vosotros: music for you-all

Join us in welcoming Sam Barsh back to Los Angeles to celebrate the west coast release of his new album, “I Forgot What You Taught Me” on Avishai Cohen’s Razdaz Records.  The show is this Thursday at LAND (the home of our lazy susan residency in Little Tokyo).  Doors at 9.  We’re lucky to have The Lady Tigra opening up the evening.. so don’t arrive too late!!

Barsh and Gabe will be in the studio most of this week completing The Years, an album inspired by the music of each decade - starting in the past and ending in the future ….  [the core band for the years features Barsh on keys, Gabe on bass, and Gene on drums - and Gabe + Gene will be playing in Sam’s band on Thursday, so expect to hear some songs from this new project].

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thank you to KXLU for inviting us over this afternoon - gabe and john wood performed a captivating 35 minute set that was nothing short of $ melon … you can listen here in its entirety —->>>

but in light of today’s big news, it seemed appropriate to post the kxlu finale on its own - the remix of the remix …R. Kelly - “I’m A Flirt” (grande iced bossa, unsweetened)

and speaking of john wood, learning music returns to tangier this sunday … don’t miss this show!!! after recording 12 consecutive monthly albums (all available for free download), juan wood’s learning music army is gearing up for a series of shows in the coming months…

Sunday June 16 @ Tangier - 9pm, $5

Charlie Wadhams (8:30), Learning Music (9:30), Colorforms (10:30)

and mark you calenders …. vosotros returns to LAND in little tokyo on June 26 for a special evening with Sam Barsh and The Lady Tigra …. details soon!

Thank you to everyone who made it out to LAND on Thursday!! To ring in the leap year, we celebrated the one-year anniversary of our residency in Little Tokyo and the release of our third album as a label - vosotros presents: the lazy susan.

The lazy susan was a year long collaborative effort, and features 32 musicians on 12 songs written by bassist Gabe Noel. The album introduces music by Noelsson Schmoelsson, Someone’s Piano, First Good Feeling, PB&J …and g, masunday, Saltar, My Moon Boots, The Carrot and Stick, Touhy, ump-off Pause Tape, How Long It Takes To Know, and Our Song.

Order the physical CD direct from vosotros!! Each album is handmade for you-all. Includes custom letterpressed packaging and a beautiful 28-page booklet with photos and lyrics. The album comes in 100% recycled, non-plastic packaging and is wrapped in biodegradable wood cellulose. Can you taste that piano?

On the digital front, we are excited to announce a partnership with one of our favorite Chicago labels, Thrill Jockey Records. They’ve built their own digital download store, offering high quality, DRM-free albums from a select group of independent labels. Visit FINA to see our catalog.

The Lazy Susan is also available from these fine digital retailers: Amazon | eMusic | iTunes

In other news, vosotros was recently featured on the Creative Commons blog.

Y en más otras noticias, LAZY SUSAN LISTENING PARTY at FOUND GALLERY in Silver Lake …. March 23rd … details at foundla.com.

And special thanks to Charles Altura, Aaron Arntz, Sam Barsh, Gene Coye, and PONG for playing on Thursday … kap kun krap…

We just posted two new free songs on lazy susan’s podcast - a track by Circus Minor (who played at LAND in December) and Tales of Banyan - a new project from Marcel Camargo, the lead singer of Saltar. Marcel will be performing next Thursday at our show in Little Tokyo alongside menage a moi, Readers, Restuarant, and at the speed of need.

Enjoy the rain - and the mountains while they last…

I almost went the way of Sonny Bono on Monday … having not skied in over 10 years, I figured that going down the steep side of the mountain would be a fine way to get reacquainted. I don’t remember much leading up to the wipe out - and miracuously I wasn’t hurt. But a ski patrol safety man came flying down the mountain towards me … and he was white in the face. Apparently in his 11 years on the job, he had never seen anything like it. I was just that good.

Currently in Colorado … and as long as I don’t get snowed in, I’ll be back just in time for vosotros #11, tomorrow night in Little Tokyo. What better way to close out this holiday season than music from Circus Minor, LeTron, and WE THE BEST. ¡Feliz Naviotros!

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Stop by 2nd St Jazz tomorrow night (oct 25) for our ninth installment of live@land!

We are excited for the return of sotros legend Bobb Bruno - the man who kicked off our first show back in February. Not to be missed!!!

Music from Mooey Moobau (10pm), Bobb Bruno (11pm), and Touhy (12am).