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Record Store Day 2012 Contest Winners
Record Store Day 2012 may be over, but we are still celebrating with the winners of the AMAZING contest we ran for which the grand prize was a Pro-Ject Debut III turntable and a stack of vinyl!...
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Album Picks: Death Grips, Light Asylum, Santigold, Lower Dens
Lots of great new stuff came out on Tuesday, and I’ll get to that, but I need to talk about Death Grips a bit first. The Money Store is surely one of the best things anyone has recorded yet this year,...
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The Perfect Graduation Gift!
Congratulations to all the 2012 grads out there! To make shopping for your grad a little easier, swing by any Amoeba Music store, purchase a $50 Amoeba gift certificate, and receive a FREE $10 Amoeba...
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Digging Numero Group's Solid Bronze
This year, as with every year since 2008, Record Store Day was a huge success. My mind still boggles at the shear scope and breadth of this years' list of limited Record Store Day releases and I think...
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The 26th Annual JazzReggae Festival, 5/27 & 5/28
Join us at UCLA's Intramural Field on May 27th and 28th for the JazzReggae Festival -- the largest, entirely student-produced and run event of its kind on the West Coast! Enjoy live performances from...
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Sidewalk Sale at Amoeba Hollywood, 5/19
Join Amoeba Hollywood in front of the store on Saturday, May 19th from noon-5pm for our next sidewalk sale! Pick up some awesome deals on CDs, vinyl, DVDs, box sets and more all at great savings. For...
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B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls Double Header, May 12th!
Join the B.ay A.rea D.erby Girls on Saturday, May 12th at the Festival Pavilion at Fort Mason in San Francisco for their first double header of 2012! Come see the Berkeley Resistance take on the...
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Songs & Gift Ideas for Mother's Day: Sunday, May 13th, 2012
2Pac "Dear Mama" (1995) [from Me Against the World] Mother’s Day 2012 (Sunday, May 13th) may soon be upon us but there's still plenty of time left to get mom the gift of music from Amoeba, whether you...
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Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch (47) Dead from Cancer
According to several unconfirmed sources over the past hour and a half word was circulating that Adam Yauch (aka MCA) of the Beastie Boys had died from throat cancer. And just now, according to Rolling...
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14th Annual Los Angeles Film Noir Festival- Final Weekend!
This weekend brings the 14th Annual Los Angeles Film Festival to a close with a bang. Nine screenings will be presented over 3 days, with a couple of interviews & a book signing thrown in for...
View ArticleNew Videos, Shows: Nick Waterhouse, Hanni El Khatib, Cass McCombs
Checking in on Friday once again, this week saw new videos from LA/CA acts Nick Waterhouse, Hanni El Khatib and Cass McCombs. Nick Waterhouse’s Time’s All Gone was released this week, it’s a...
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See Silversun Pickups on Jimmy Kimmel Live! May 8th or at Amoeba SF on May 9th
Amoeba is giving away wristbands to see L.A.’s Silversun Pickups on May 8th on Jimmy Kimmel Live! The band is celebrating the release of their new album, Neck of the Woods, which comes out May 8th. To...
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out this week 4/10 & 4/17 & 4/24...grouper...mirrorring...unison...
I became a fan of Grouper a couple of years ago when I first heard Dragging A Dead Dear Up A Hill. That was Grouper's album from 2008. Grouper is Liz Harris. And Liz Harris is amazing. Her music is not...
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Hip-Hop Rap-Up, Week End 03.16.12: Amoeba Hollywood Top 5 + Hip-Hop In The Park
Amoeba Hollywood Hip-Hop Top 5 : Week Ending May 5th, 2012 1) J Dilla "Think Twice" & "E=Mc2" (BBE) 7" single 2) Apollo Brown & OC Brown Trophies (Mello Music/Fat Beats) 3) B.O.B. Strange...
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The Late, Great George Lindsey
Goober learns about the mysteries of Woman from Barney. George Lindsey, star of both The Andy Griffith Show and Hee Fuckin' Haw, has died. I love Goober Pyle!
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The Brothers Comatose Will Get Naked for You...
File this under creative marketing! Native San Franciscans The Brothers Comatose will get naked for you. Really. But they are no easy date! You have to buy tickets to their May 19th show at The Great...
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A Tribute To MCA & The Beastie Boys
Beastie Boys "Jimmy James" (1992) from Check Your Head In the two days since the shocking news of the sudden death on May 4th of Adam Yauch - aka MCA of the Beastie Boys - everyone has been sharing...
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