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Amoeba Music LA Presents Light In The Attic DJ Set

Thursday, March 31st, 2011

There it is…the proof in the pudding! This Saturday Light In The Attic’s Matt Sullivan and Patrick McCarthy will be spinning records from the LITA catalog and their own schizophrenic collections at Amoeba Music in Hollywood! Stop by and wander around this music wonderland whilst head banging to the likes of Jim Sullivan, Michael Chapman, and, of course, Motörhead!

More info HERE!

And just for fun, we’ll be giving away copies of the two latest releases–Michael Chapman’s Fully Qualified Survivor and Michael Hurley’s Have Moicy!–so don’t miss out on this one!

Amoeba Music Presents - Light In The Attic DJ Set
6400 Sunset Blvd.
Hollywood, CA 90028
Saturday, April 2, 2011
2PM – 3:30PM
FREE!

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LITA Presents: “GAINSBOURG: A HEROIC LIFE” – NYC and LA Ticket GIVEAWAYS!

Monday, August 22nd, 2011

We’re excited to announce that we’re co-presenting several sneak preview screenings across the USA of the great new film Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life (directed by Joann Sfar). Taking the best from La Vie en Rose and Amélie, renowned comic book artist Joann Sfar’s Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life is a completely original take on one of France’s greatest mavericks, the illustrious and infamous Jewish singer-songwriter, Serge Gainsbourg (Eric Elmosnino). Born Lucien Ginsburg to Russian-Jewish parents, Sfar follows him from his precocious childhood in Nazi-occupied Paris, to his beginnings as small time jazz musician and finally pop superstar. Along the way he romances many of the era’s most beautiful women, including Juliette Greco (Anna Mouglalis), Brigitte Bardot (Laetitia Casta) and Jane Birkin (Lucy Gordon). Employing a witty surrealistic style and a soundtrack that includes many of the musician’s greatest hits, Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life is a quintessential time capsule to ‘60’s Paris.

We’re GIVING AWAY one pair of tickets to screening in New York City at the New Museum (this is sold out, so these are the only tix left!) and Los Angeles at the Bootleg Theater for this Wednesday, August 24th. For your chance to win, leave your name and email address (which is kept hidden) and tell us your favorite Serge Gainsbourg song. Winners will be announced Wednesday at 9AM (PST) and 12PM (EST). More screenings and giveways to follow, so check back soon. Good luck!

Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life – NEW YORK Sneak Preview:
Wednesday, August 24th, 7PM @ The New Museum

Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life - LOS ANGELES Sneak Preview:
Wednesday, August 24th, 7:30PM @ The Bootleg Theater

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Kool and Together – Live at Lincoln Center/NYC!

Monday, December 12th, 2011

OK, no excuses on this one. As a part of Lincoln Center’s Target Free Thursdays, Texas psych-funk (or as they call it “Black Rock”) legends Kool and Together are playing a FREE concert. They’re recent rediscovery (check out the awesome Original Recordings 1970-77 out now on Heavy Light) has led to a string of live shows and you would be a damned fool to miss them. Details here!

Kool and Together
Thursday, December 15th, 8:30PM
Target Free Thursdays
David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center

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Bringin’ the goods and giving them away! Free Basin’ Fridays is here.

Friday, January 20th, 2012

Illustration by Drew Christie

Addicted to records? Then mark your calendars for “Free Basin’ Fridays!” Each Friday on our blog, we’ll announce giveaways of new releases, selections from our back catalog, ephemera, and other limited items. In honor of the late great Kearney Barton, this week we’re giving away a massive Wheedle’s Groove package (over a $100 value). For your chance to win, leave a comment below and be sure to include your name and email address (kept private) so we can contact you! Winner is announced next Friday 1/27! Don’t sleep on this one!

Giveaway includes:

Wheedles Groove: Seattle’s Finest In Funk & Soul 1965–1979 Limited Edition 45s Box Set (x10 45s)

Wheedle’s Groove: Seattle’s Finest In Funk & Soul 1965-75 (CD)


Kearney Barton (CD)

Wheedle’s Groove Documentary (DVD)

Seattle SuperSonics Replica Trading Cards (16 cards in set, limited edition of 100)


Be sure to check out the blog every Friday at 12PM PST for Free Basin’ Fridays and your chance to stock up on the good stuff…for free! And big thanks to our bud Drew Christie for doing the illustration for the series. Check him out here!

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Free Basin’ Fridays – Diana Darby “I V (Intravenous)” LP Giveaway!

Friday, June 22nd, 2012

TGIFBF! It’s Free Basin’ Friday! This week we couldn’t be more stoked to give away a LP copy of Diana Darby’s IV. 

Diana Darby’s I V (intravenous) is a brand new album of songs that have passed through seven years of fire in a real life, retaining what Pitchfork called “minimal, whispered rendition(s)” of “powerfully fatalistic evaluations of hope.”

I V follows in the footsteps of three critically acclaimed releases and continues Darby’s unique ability to create beautiful and scary confessional tapestries, full of “fine lyrics and stellar arrangements” (Pop Matters). It is sure to reconnect Darby to her loving cult — and entrance an entirely new crowd of noir-folk fans with her deceptively lovely songcraft.

Though living in Nashville for the past several years, Darby returned to New York in 2011 to record new songs inspired by a staggering amount of deeply challenging circumstances. Her guitar and vocal tracks were cut live from ferociously focused single takes. Additional instruments and harmonies were added back home. The result is a nuanced, intense, gorgeous full-length album with top-notch studio players (Viktor Krauss, Dan Dugmore, and David Henry) adding to Diana’s vision.

The rare combination of chillingly evocative musicianship, coupled with Diana’s voice and words has produced a fourth album that is anunforgettable psychotropic journey.

Leave a comment below with your name and email (kept private) for your chance to win! Winner will be announced next Friday.

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