Timbre Tantrum

This is a note to inform visitors, that we at TimbreTantrum.com are currently on hiatus while we prepare our newest online and interactive home of original content for all things independent music.  We appreciate your viewership through our first year of existence, and we look forward to bringing you a more distinctive point of view in our next reincarnation.

If you’d like to stay up-to-date with Timbre Tantrum through our transition, use the links on the right side of the homepage to follow us on Facebook or Twitter.

We can’t wait to share with you our Timbre Tantrum 2.0!

Sincerely,

-Timbre Tantrum Staff

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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. Read the rest of this entry →

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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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