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It’s that time again.  Tomorrow, Saturday, April 16^th, is Record Store Day, the one day a year we join together to celebrate the uniqueness and the supreme audio knowledge of our local old-school independent music merchants.  As usual, your Los Angeles-area record meccas will play host to a slew of in-store concerts, DJ sets, and sell a ton of exclusive RSD releases.  Listed below are the best of the bunch.

Amoeba – Hollywood

DJ Sets and Record Signing:

12 NOON – Evidence
2 PM – Henry Rollins
4 PM – F*cked Up

Other Noteworthy Events:

Amoeba Hollywood will hold exclusive Record Store Day releases behind the front counters. Line will form outside store no earlier than 8am on Saturday morning.

11 AM – 4 PM – Limited edition Record Store Day t-shirts from Anti- and Epitaph Records & Family Industries.  Live silk-screening! Make a $5-$10 sliding scale donation to Doctors Without Borders, choose your design, and get your limited-edition t-shirt!

2 PM – Beastie Boys Pre-order for Hot Sauce Committee Part Two.
Pre-order the new album (out May 3rd on Capitol Records ) and receive a FREE pair of tickets to the theatrical screening of their new long-form video!
DATES: April 17, April 18, April 19
TIMES: 12:15 pm & 1pm
LOCATION: Laemmle’s Fallbrook 7, 6731 Fallbrook Ave, West Hills, 91307

Record Store Day gift bag giveaway (with purchase, while supplies last)

Fingerprints Music – Long Beach

In-Store Concerts:

2 PM – Keith Morris (DJ Set)
5 PM – Foo Fighters (SOLD OUT – Absolutely no walk up entry)
7 PM – Brett Dennen*

*As of this posting there is still room on the guest list for Brett Dennen, but space is filling up quickly and RSVP is required. Please call the store for details: (562) 433-4996

Other Noteworthy Events:

6 AM – Fingerprints opens

7 AM – Beastie Boys Pre-order for Hot Sauce Committee Part Two.
Pre-order the new album (out May 3rd on Capitol Records ) and receive a FREE pair of tickets to the theatrical screening of their new long-form video!
DATES: April 17, April 18, April 19
TIMES: 12:15 pm & 1pm
LOCATION: Laemmle’s Fallbrook 7, 6731 Fallbrook Ave, West Hills, 91307

2 PM – 3 PM – F*cked Up work the counter and make musical suggestions

Please note: Fingerprints Records will be closed during the in-store events.

Origami Vinyl

In-Store Concerts:

2 PM – Secret Guest
8 PM – The Growlers

Other Noteworthy Events:

Store opens at 10 AM

Check here for a complete list of participating stores, and here for the complete list of limited edition vinyl Record Store Day releases.

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She’s baaaaaack!  Santigold has been keepin’ it pretty low-pro since the release of her critically acclaimed self-titled debut album.  But she’s back, with a vengeance!  Jay-Z’s new lifestyle website, Life + Times just debuted the raucous, synth-based track, “Go,” featuring Yeah Yeah Yeahs front woman Karen O.  Santi also sat down with Life + Times to decode the meaning of the song, describe her collaboration with Karen O, and explain her concept of the new American Dream.

Stream Santigold’s new track, “Go,” over at Life + Times, now; plus read the Life + Times interview with Santigold, after the jump.

Santigold Interview with Life + Times

Life + Times: What does “GO” represent for you?

Santigold: In this song, “GO” has a dual meaning. On one hand it’s a challenge, beckoning any would-be usurpers to come show and prove. On the other, it’s a call to myself to rise to the occasion. “Go” is a “fun” song. It’s playful, but like many of my songs, lyrically it was an opportunity for me to vent. It’s about the difficulties of holding onto what’s yours, everything from your ideas and energy, to your confidence. As artists, we give so much and make ourselves vulnerable. Sometimes it’s hard to stay grounded. You get so caught up in all that you have to do to constantly deliver, then suddenly you realize you’re so far from where you started that you almost don’t remember the way back. And that’s a dangerous thing, in so many ways. So in this song, I talk about guarding what’s mine. Also, this song comments on the era we live in and the NEW American dream. The dream used to be that if you worked hard, and you were good at what you did, you could pave your own way in America and the sky was the limit. It was based on the idea that there was “opportunity for each according to ability or achievement.” However, things have changed. The NEW American Dream is to become rich and famous by happenstance – or sex tapes – and to get there with as little work or talent as possible. And as a result, we are suffering – though many of us don’t know it – as quality becomes a notion of the past. We’re ruining art, our planet, and our health, all due to our newfound obsession with instant gratification, with the short term quick-fix. So, my song’s about all that in a way. I guess I know I work so hard at trying to cultivate my talent. And I get frustrated watching all these people trying to jump on and fake it. Sadly, it works. But not in my song!

L+T: How did your collaboration with Karen O (of The Yeah Yeah Yeahs) come about?

SG: Well, I went to my friend Nick Zinner’s photography show, which was great, one night and I ran into Karen, and we were talking. I was probably bitching about working on my record, which makes up most of my tired conversation these days, and she kind of volunteered to help in any way. A while later, I was working with Q-Tip, trying to come up with some ideas, and he played what ended up being the foundation beat of the track, and I had, like, an “audio-vision,” if that’s what you call it, of the song. In an instant in my mind, I heard what the finished song would sound like and it had Karen on it. So I worked on it a bit and sent it to Karen. I felt all insecure and was like, “You know, if you’re feeling it, if you could come up with something, but if not, it’s cool.” And then I didn’t hear back for a while. So, I sheepishly reached out again, and was like, “Hey, no pressure, if you weren’t feeling it, it’s cool.” And Karen was like, “OMG! I sent it back to you a week ago. I thought you hated what I did so much you didn’t ever want to speak to me again.” I told her I never got it, and we agreed that being an artist was insane and we laughed at our psycho- insecurity, and were both psyched on what she called our “rad track.”

L+T: Why music?

SG: No choice really. It chose me. I even get the impulse to hum when I chew my food.

L+T: You created a boro-wide anthem with “Brooklyn Go Hard.” How did that feel?

SG: It was pretty awesome! And really out of the blue. I’m grateful for Jay’s and Kanye’s keen ears for honing in on that line. I guess people gravitate towards the truth! I remember when Jay called me and asked me to do the song with him, I was on tour in Europe I think. He said he would send me the track to write to, but that if I played it for anyone he would hold me over the edge of a roof by my ankles. I’ve been running that line ever since whenever I have to send early versions of music to people. It doesn’t quite have the same gravity for some reason when I say it though. I don’t think anyone believes me.

L+T: What’s the first thing you remember about making music?

SG: The first song I remember writing was when I was nine-years-old. I had just finished watching the movie Breakin’ and I was oh so inspired. I went and got a pencil and paper, and sat on the floor in front of the TV and wrote the lyrics to my first song. It was called “City Streets.”

L+T: What’s next?

SG: Getting my album out once and for all! So much red tape! Shit, I make music to be heard!

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It’s that time of year again; when music devotees make their yearly pilgrimage into the desert to worship the aural gods.  And this year’s trek out to The Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival in Indio, California has all the makings to become one of the year’s biggest and most raucous three-day music weekends.

This year, the sold-out crowd will be treated to full lineups on six separate stages, which is bound to leave most music lovers with several tough choices to make.  Check out the newly released set times for the full festival, plus utilize Coachella’s own, Coachooser application, which helps you plan your festival itinerary.

Plus, for those of you not heading out to the desert this year, starting Friday, you can stream the exclusive live webcast from the festival on Coachella’s Official YouTube Channel.

Check out the time-lapse video directed by Sam O’Hare, below, to get a sneak peek into the day in the life of Coachella.

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Baltimore-based beat-banger and M.I.A-collaborator Blaqstarr dropped his newest party-startin’ project today.  Blaqstarr: The Mixtape is a 25-track roller coaster ride featuring M.I.A, Diplo, Mos Def, Rye Rye, Talib Kweli, Steve Aoki, Chairlift’s Caroline Polachek, Flosstradamus and more.

Blaqstarr: The Mixtape is available today as a FREE download (with email address), plus check out the full track list, below.

Blaqstarr: The Mixtape Track List

01 Block Rockin Beats
02 Handstand
03 Never Hesitant [ft. M.I.A.]
04 Get Off [ft. Diplo]
05 Tween Me and You [ft. Nadastrom]
06 Hold On
07 Take Me High
08 War of Roses [ft. Talib Kweli]
09 You Know I’m No Good
10 Rain Came Into My House
11 Viktim of Society
12 Set It Off Remix
13 Coming Home
14 Tote It 2
15 Big Bills [ft. Flosstradamus and Caroline Polachek]
16 Shower Freestyle
17 Kandle Light and Roses [ft. Shanell]
18 Control Freak [ft. Steve Aoki]
19 Xtraordinary
20 Suck on My Kiss
21 Meet Me Half Way
22 Teardrop Shorty
23 Lullaby
24 Kiss Me on My Lips [ft. Mos Def]
25 Get Up [ft. Rye Rye]

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