When life gets you down go back to the tapes.

New jams, new goodies, and new futures.

Fondly,

Alex//LNA

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Essentially finished with school for the semester and moving back home to California for the summer which is exciting. If you are sending any demos//goodies my way be sure you send them to the new updated address which can be found in the ‘about’ section or whatever it is called.

The Lil Daggers and The Lawds tapes will be up for pre-order within the next week or so, so keep your eyes peeled for track drops and an all new Early Summer cassette special to accompany their release. Releases are gonna flow continually throughout the summer and the tapes lined up are nothing short of brilliant. There will be also be new distro stuff soon! The more you buy the more gemz I can get my hands on for ya’!

Got 6 tracks I wanna share that have been blasting heavy for the past couple of days around here.

Dwight K. Schrute vs. Weezy- Office Musik (Clockwork Edit)
Lulz.

Ghostface Killah vs. Beirut- Save Me Concubine (From the Hood Internet Thugz)
Thug.

Gonjasufi- Kowboyz and Indians
Phat album.

My Sunshine- Ty Segall
Ty never disappoints.

Tears In My Beers- Mean Jeans
I always have my mean jeans on… especially when there are new Mean Jeans tracks.

Just Enough- Julian Lynch
New Julian Lynch bliss.

Live Easy.

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Almost time for me to move back to the golden state for summer. Hitting the road for all sorts of road trip action, including a visit to the amazing Henry Miller Library for the Woodsist Fest in June. It’ll be a real bong voyage for sure. Not only will I be living easy, LNA is about to get major. Well, not too major. Got a couple vids to give y’all a taster of some upcoming stuff.

Cheers.

My Only Girl from Hazed Nostalgia on Vimeo.

From the upcoming John K. tape co-released with The Curatorial Club

Kiss You from Hazed Nostalgia on Vimeo.

From the upcoming Jeans Wilder//Deep Sht split tape

Red//Green from Hazed Nostalgia on Vimeo.

From the upcoming Shep & Me tape

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I’ve only got three weeks of school left. I’m ecstatic to say the least. There are going to be really beautiful things happening here at LNA once school stops being a nuisance and I’m kickin’ it domestic back in California. Tons of delicious tapes and one or two delicious vinyl records. I blabbed about the first record from Soft Cat in an earlier post and this morning I was motivated to whip up a film collage for one of the tracks off of the record which is below.

When My Brother Reaches Me from Hazed Nostalgia on Vimeo.

Can’t wait for summer! Ah! Keepin it hazy and lazy for sure.

<3 Alex//LNA

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Been shipping orders like mad round here and I hope to have ‘em all out by today which happens to be 4/20. It is only appropriate that I got the tracks for the upcoming Weed Diamond tape today as well as the track for the upcoming Tangles tape yesterday. Time to zone on the astral plane for surrre but not until everyone’s goodies are off in the post! I’m gonna be zoning with that guy up there. We are gonna play bocce and listen to Julian Lynch in the sun.

There are plenty of new distro goods for y’all to sink your teeth into and they will be up on the site shortly. A grip of tapes from Lost Sound which Jon hooked me up with when he came my way for an awesome show featuring his band Sandy City (their 7″ will be in the distro soon too!), Bare Wires (Kinda LNA alums via Matthew Melton demo), pe-rad (LNA alums), and one of the more recent additions to the LNA fam the ever so psychedelic jam-kings of Spokane The Soul and the Machine. It was a really ridiculously fun show. Thanks to everyone who came out.

I’m really stoked on Mountain Man Fest and I’m gonna try to wrangle myself a booth to sell tapes at it this summer. So everyone needs to go and pledge to the kickstarter so this ridiculously awesome showcase can go down! It is basically every band you could ever want to see in a single day.

If you are lurkin’ hard in CA you should probably already have tickets to the Woodsist Fest at Henry Miller Library in Big Sur. I literally cannot wait. I get antsy just thinking about it.

I’m pretty swamped with school right now so a stockpile of superb tapes is piling up. Like these releases are gonna blow your mind. Since you are patient with me like this dad and I’m unconditionally loving like this child I’m gonna share some tracks that are making my week super boss. Probs already got ‘em, but just in case…

If Your Girl by Forest Swords (this delish channeling of Aaliyah can be found on the Forest Swords LP on OESB. It is a hands down absolute must buy. Not just because Matt and I go way back but because it is the shit.)

Don’t Lie by The Mantles (from The Mantles S/T LP on Siltbreeze. So good.)

Suffering Season by Woods (from their new album At Echo Lake. Nothing like the daytrotter version but even more spectacular.)

Right Thurr by Chingy (I drank beer at a bro party and heard this song and I remembered how much I liked it.)

Requiem for O.M.M. by Of Montreal (I smoked hooka and rediscovered an album that soundtracked some really good times in my life. This song is capturing the way I feel right now BIG time.)

Happy Trails Kiddos!

A.D.//LNA

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So, I’ve gotten way behind on my life. I’m sorry to everyone who has ordered in the past couple of weeks but your goods are going out today//tomorrow. Sometimes I just can’t handle all my shit and then all that shit just hits the fan and then all I do is watch dark cerebral dramas//WWII movies on netflix instant and skate around like I’m hesh. Stuff around here won’t move the speed of light all the time.

Those in Spokane should come to this tomorrow night. It’ll be delish so come lurk with us.

I’m obsessed with Brule’s Rules currently. Dr. Steve Brule has a lot of simple life lessons that are really valuable. Like if you milk tastes sour just check the expiration date dummy. Or, if you could have a girl or a jetpack.. take the jetback because then you could just fly to the girls. Or, if you have a vag-ana you don’t need a new one because you’ve already got one and if you have a pe-nus don’t cut it off just keep on it. I especially like it when he solicits bones for Richard Dunn because he is a wobbly old guy. Dr. Brule is a genius of or time and he has a cool uncle.

If I had the choice between a pretty girl and a motorcycle + sidecar, I’d take the motorcycle because then I could just ride to the girls and they would get in my sidecar. Or, I could just drive my cool uncle around like the above dude.

Wanted to share four songs I can’t stop listening to:
Still 16 by The Rantouls
Caesar by Ty Segall
T.L. Defender by The Traditional Fools
Walla Walla (WA) by Charlie & The Moonhearts

Love you kids.

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I’m having a pretty crap time in school right now so summer and tapes are all I really care about. Got two massive tapes out within the next couple of weeks, one from Lil’ Daggers bringing the surf punk stank to tape and one from The Lawds who are bringing some of the most delicious early rock n’ roll//garage vibes that I’ve ever heard to tape. Both could seriously be bands I found on an obscure regional garage comp from 1964. I couldn’t be more stoked considering my current obsession with rock n’ roll roots and proto-punk (if I may use that term). Be excited!

There are like a million new and exciting things in the distro, so get at it. Also the current Spring Break themed cassette special won’t last forever (because Spring Break doesn’t last forever) so get at it while its still around.

Attention Spokane people! You can basically buy everything on this site from Unified Groove! This includes tapes and many of the things in the distro. So, don’t have me ship stuff 5 miles away! Go support our radical local record store, we are very lucky to have ‘em. Also, LNA is putting on a show featuring BARE WIRES, SANDY CITY, THE SOUL AND THE MACHINE, and PARADE! April 14th @ The Empyrean 7pm and only $5! The money you save could be spent on all the tapes and distro stuff I’m bringing. It’ll be the cheapest of the cheap since it is in person with no shipping.

Abe Vigoda – Wild Heart from the battle on Vimeo.

This Abe Vigoda song (a partial cover of a Stevie Nicks song) is brilliant and Matt from Forest Swords who made this video is brilliant. Buy his new LP on OESB like now.

Cheers,

Allex//LNA

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Yo kids!
Three new tapes are officially out and about, flaunting their stuff all over the town. Kevin Greenspon, Carter Mullin, and Junior Low drinkin’ Maker’s Mark and on the prowl for ears. Check ‘em out on the tapes page. Pictures will be up as soon as I can track down my digital camera queen Caroline (who has dated multiple members of Young Prisms for the record ((her claim to fame besides taking all the tape pictures))).
Four more tapes are more or less on their way from The Lawds, Lil Daggers, John K., and a split betwixt Jeans Wilder and Deep Sht. Doesn’t get better than that. Wait! It does! There is also one most premium vinyl record in the oven from Soft Cat. Delish!

I’m also stoked to announce LNA’s first “Special Project”. I approached the splendid Teenage Cool Kids about a cassingle a while back and they replied with this bomb of a project. A three issue Tape//Zine//Gifty fanklub doodad dubbed ‘Wild Style.’ It was so premium I couldn’t possibly pass it up. The first issue is in planning stages, but we are hoping to have it out by mid-April. The tapes will feature primarily new songs that will end up on the next Teenage Cool Kids LP. These badboyz are gonna be limited to 100, so when you see it around (in Maximum Rock and Roll, on the LNA site, or the various T.C.K. outlets) make like a cheetah and order up. But, don’t worry I’ll give a big heads up when its about that time to scramble.

Enough rambling. But this comic is making me sad.

Heart,

Alex//LNA

P.S. Buy that GD Eternal Summers 10″ (either from Chimney Sweep or right here), it is phenomenal.

P.S. II This is in my top 5 music videos of all time. Serious. Its magic.

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Got three new tapes up for pre-order! One from Junior Low, another from Carter Mullin, and another from Kevin Greenspon! They will ship on or before March 15th! Dope. Got releases from Boneless, Lil Daggers, Jeans Wilder, Deep Sht, and John K. coming up soon. Oh boy.

I would like introduce everyone to a very special project by the name of Soft Cat. This is one of the most gorgeous, atmospheric folk projects I’ve ever heard complete with a fresh, unique voice. Soft Cat will be releasing their debut vinyl on LNA near the end of April. I’m ecstatic. Originally Neil, of Soft Cat, and I talked about a tape but when he sent me the final tracks I had to put it on hold until I could gather the funds to put it out on vinyl. I couldn’t hold in the secret any longer, so here I am blurting. The digital (and possibly CD version) will be released by Waaga Records, with whom I am stoked to be working with.

There are new goodies in the distro with more always coming! An Active Child restock is immanent as well as a stocking of the new Transparent single from Perfume Genius. Be sure to check out the 7″+Tape deals with both Campfires and Bare Wires.

Stay Golden Ponyboy.

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Howdy punkers,

Thanks to everyone who has ordered recently, as always it means the world to me. There will be a new special for March in the coming days, so keep your eyes peeeeeled. The Kevin Greenspon, Junior Low, and Carter Mullin tapes will all be up for pre-order in a week or so. The dubber is whirling, the paint is out, and records are spinning. Plus, there are a ton of splendid tapes coming up for the spring so be excited.

If you didn’t see, tapes got some major love on Pitchfork. It is a really splendid piece of journalism and it was great to see all the tape-nerds gettin’ their two cents in the article. Some really genuine (uncensored on my part) comments. Thank-you Marc for doing tapes justice.

My other venture Hazed Nostalgia is off the ground and stuff is happening. There are a number of exciting VHS projects ranging from super 8 short films to soundtracked archive footage. There are also a number of zines that need submissions, so check the site if you are interested in contributing to the zine projects. Excitement!

Always fun stuff going on here at LNA.

-Alex//LNA

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