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Stones Throw Records Documentary Premiere Party - Exchange LA - 6/20/13

Stones Throw Records Documentary Premiere Party Exchange LA 6/20/2013 Better than: the NBA finals. Founded in 1996 by DJ/producer Peanut Butter Wolf (Chris Manak) three years after the death of his best friend Charizma, Stones Throw Records has become one of the most successful and respected inde ... More >>

The Best Concerts to See in Los Angeles This Week

Don't forget to check our constantly-updated Los Angeles Concert Calendar Monday, June 17 Alice Smith TROUBADOUR Grammy-nominated songstress Alice Smith acquired massive buzz with her 2006 BBE release, For Lovers, Dreamers & Me. Smith soon inked a deal with Epic Records, where she became a victim ... More >>

L.A. Film Festival 2013: Documentaries About the City, From Rappers to the LACMA Rock

L.A. County Hospital, casting directors and Richard Nixon also feature in a fest brimming with nonfiction SoCal films

In Advance of his 12-Hour 12/12/12 Extravaganza, Peanut Butter Wolf Picks His Top 12 12" Inch Singles He Bought at Age 12

Since unleashing his metal-themed 666 mix and DJ set on June 6, 2006, Stones Throw chief Peanut Butter Wolf has spent the last half-dozen years watching the signs of the beat. July 7, 2007 brought forth his 777 spiritual podcast mix, following by performances on seven consecutive nights in seven c ... More >>

What? No Meatballs?

The Five Best Concerts to See in L.A. This Weekend

Friday, July 13 Aesop Rock EL REY THEATRE A heavy hitter in the early-aughts' onslaught of brainy indie-rap word-slingers, Aesop Rock now is 15 years into a nearly blemishless career. This New York native and San Fran transplant is celebrated for his nearly unmatched ability to braid colorful verbi ... More >>

Music Picks: Aesop Rock, Azealia Banks, Toots & the Maytals

Also, Mariachi El Bronx, Phil Ranelin, Spaceghostpurrp and others

Stones Throw 15th Anniversary Party - Exchange LA - December 22, 2011

Timothy NorrisMayor Hawthorne and Peanut Butter Wolf​Stones Throw Records 15th Anniversary Party The Exchange LA 12-22-11 See also: Stones Throw Records Turns 15: Label remains a genre unto itself Stones Throw Records has long been an anomaly in the music industry, boasting a genre defying ... More >>

Music Picks: The Descendents, Stones Throw 15th Anniversary Show,, Princess Pangolin, Brian Setzer

Also, Guns N' Roses, Weingart, Stevie Wonder's House Full of Toys, and others

Peanut Butter Wolf, Gaslamp Killer, Jason Bentley -- 11/11/11/ Party -- Eagle Rock Center for the Arts

Lainna FaderGaslamp Killer​Peanut Butter Wolf, Gaslamp Killer, Jason Bentley, Hyasynth and others 11/11/11/ Party Eagle Rock Center for the Arts Since 2006, Stones Throw label head Peanut Butter Wolf has specialized in numerically-aligned calendar day parties. Last night's party, which went f ... More >>

Mary J. Blige, Larry Carlton, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

Also, Peanut Butter Wolf, Lucy Woodward, Chromeo and others

How To Get Signed: Stones Throw Artist Vex Ruffin's Tips For Getting Your Demo Tape Heard

A correction was issued for this post. Please see the bottom of the piece. Most aspiring music artists who hope to get noticed nowadays have similar, tired routines. They post their songs for free, spam the usual social networks, and then sit back and wait for Jimmy Iovine to call. Yet L.A.-base ... More >>

Last Night: Beats Rhymes & Life Party with Madlib, Phife, Peanut Butter Wolf, and Prince Paul

Lainna FaderPhife from A Tribe Called Quest​The inaugural edition of Paper Ships was a party celebrating the release of Michael Rapaport's documentary, Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest, which opens in L.A. and New York today. Featuring sets from frosty (Dublab), Garth T ... More >>

Stones Throw 15 Year Anniversary Party with Peanut Butter Wolf, Rick, and Mayer Hawthorne

Lainna FaderPeanut Butter Wolf DJing Stones Throw 15 Year Anniversary Party​Stones Throw Records are celebrating their 15 year anniversary with a series of direct-to-vinyl shows, recorded live in front of an audience. Last night was the first show in the series with jazz group Rick (with Sam G ... More >>

SXSW Bands from A-Z: M-Q

​ Here we are once again, with our servicey enterprise that's both informative and educational. A mix of genres awaits you at the jump as we go through awesome bands in M-Q playing SXSW official showcases.

Top 5 Things to Do This Weekend in L.A.

​ "L.A. proved too much for the man," sang Gladys Knight, "So he's leavin' the life he's come to know, He said he's goin' back to find [Ooh, said the Pips] what's left of his world, The world he left behind, Not so long ago." Well, "the man" was kind of a wuss, right? You don't have to take t ... More >>

Watch: Dâm-Funk, Steve "Just a Touch" Arrington and Teen Inc. Record Together, DJ Quik Claims to Have Made a Billion Dollars

Steve Arrington in his Slave days, fantastic jheri curl in full effect.​Things are getting weird at Stones Throw, but we suppose that's what happens any time things get too damn funky That, or someone got into MED's medical marijuana stash. Former Slave frontman Steve Arrington ("Just a Touch ... More >>

[UPDATED: Venue Changed] Peanut Butter Wolf: "My 10 First 45s," in Honor of Stones Throw's 10-10-10 Bash, Plus His Exclusive Bruce Haack Remix

Peanut Butter Wolf talks about his earliest vinyl purchases ahead of the Stones Throw 10-10-10 blowout.​UPDATE: Due to permit restrictions, Stones Throw's 10-10-10 event is no longer taking place at The Sex. The location has been changed to downtown's Club 740. New flyer after the jump. That ... More >>

Tonight: Nite Jewel, Dr. John, Wang Chung, Greg Laswell, Kisses, Seneca Hawk

Nite Jewel​Ramona Gonzalez may be growing up, but the music she is making as Nite Jewel isn't growing out. On her new EP, Am I Real?, made in collaboration with Cole Greif-Neill, follows up last year's debut album Good Evening with more spare, spacey explorations of electro-funk and disco-pop ... More >>

Tonight: Maps & Atlases, Voxhaul Broadcast, Teen Inc., Lelia Broussard, Sara Radle

Drew ReynoldsMaps & Atlases​Indie-rock has just about exhausted all its permutations, hasn't it? You think so, and then you stumble across somebody like Chicago four-piece Maps & Atlases, whose don't let their technical prowess and penchant for experimentation (or impressive beards, for that ... More >>

Music Picks: Femi Kuti, Love Revisited, Fol Chen, Riot Grrl Carnival

Also, Dam-Funk, the Outline, CocoRosie and others

Peanut Butter Wolf's 5 Favorite Stones Throw Releases

by Peanut Butter Wolf In honor of Jeff Weiss' "The Madlib Mystique," which graces the cover of the on-stand issue of L.A. Weekly, we asked Stones Throw Record head honcho Chris "Peanut Butter Wolf" Manak for his five favorite records he's released over the years. The renowned DJ put his own spin on ... More >>

The Madlib Mystique

An exclusive interview with underground hip-hop's most elusive producer

First Fridays at NHM

Now-Again Records: Egon Calling

Label reissues prime funk from a wild period in music history

Dâm-Funk: Keytar Hero

“I’m not doing the neo-soul thing. I’m a funkster. I’ve been doing this since I was a kid”

INCHES reviews 'Woodstock', Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf, We Break Cameras, Lilofee (MP3s)

In the strange wake of music's digital rebirth, vinyl has experienced a modest boom in popularity, seen by many as a replacement for the awkward middleman that is the compact disc. INCHES reviews the output of L.A.'s healthy vinyl community (artists and labels, indie or other), believing that good m ... More >>

Nite Jewel Plays Free Show Tonight, Leaks New Song, Signs To Stones Throw?! (MP3s)

Local dreamy disco haze-maker Nite Jewel only just wrapped up a European tour, and she's making headlines again back home. Tonight, Ramona Gonzales (who's lately been performing with a duo backing her) is doing a free live set at Hyperion Tavern's weekly Calling All Kids night. She's rumored to hit ... More >>

Unlocked Grooves: Breakestra, Mayer Hawthorne, Myron and E.

L.A., Bay Area artists redefine the sound of soul

Mayer Hawthorne: From Motown to Our Town

Soul salvation finds seed in Los Angeles

Videothing Releases FYF Fest Trailer

Videothing Releases Trailer for FYF Fest

Peanut Butter Wolf's Got Shows (In Different Area Codes): Nine Gigs, Nine SoCal Codes, All 90s Music

Following on the heels of his two previous marathon DJ gigs (eight gigs in a row last year, seven the year before), Peanut Butter Wolf has announced a nine-night tour of the nine area codes stretching from Los Angeles, Orange County to the Inland Empire. Each night the resident Stones Throw DJ will ... More >>

Rock Picks: Daedelus, Peanut Butter Wolf, Femi Kuti, Isis

Also, The Choke, Nouvelle Vague, Wilco, Sunset Rubdown and others

At the New Intelligentsia Venice Bash: Traveling Tattooed Baristas, Wurstkuche Dogs and Cold Beer Between the Espresso Pulls

Long lines, hot dogs, beans and booze: the Intelligentsia Venice opening party. For those on the Westside unfamiliar with the Sunset Junction cult that surrounds the Silver Lake outpost of Chicago's Intelligentsia Coffee -- where a quick-fix takes on the seriousness of a wine tasting, where espress ... More >>

Rock Picks: Mark Eitzel, Wanda Jackson, Dan Deacon, Heartless Bastards

Plus, Hecuba, James Pants, Angus & Julia Stone and others

Coachella Friday Set Times Leaked? Are These Real?

Greg Gillis, aka Girl Talk. The Coachella message board lit up this morning when someone posted a pretty convincing list of Friday set times, one of the last big secrets the festival reveals. For those of us going, the set times are obviously important because they dictate what we'll be missing, w ... More >>

Lucent Lamour with Adam Freeland and Z-Trip; Peanut Butter Wolf, Prince Paul and Arabian Prince at the Echoplex

Hang the DJs with Yo! Majesty, Dazzler and We Are the World

Coachella 2009 Announced: Amy Winehouse, Paul McCartney, My Bloody Valentine ... Throbbing Gristle! Leonard Cohen!

Yeah, so all the silly speculation probably isn't done yet, as Goldenvoice always adds a few heavy-hitters after the initial announcement, but the initial line-up is up. Click through to see it in all it's glory. We'll start analyzing it soon, but for now: Throbbing Gristle! No Pavement? Let the ... More >>

Coachella Rumor Mill Works Overtime, but the Confirmations Continue to Trickle In

(Michel Gondry's video for the Chemical Brothers' "Let Forever Be.") Here's a list of "confirmed" (so far) acts to appear at Coachella 2009, according to the very reliable Monklish blog. His guarantee: "I've been told that these have been making arrangements to attend the festival as contractuall ... More >>

Coachella 2009 Speculation Begins: Confirmations Start Trickling, Rumors Swirl. The Smiths? Pavement? Dexy's Midnight Runners?

No, dummy, we made the Dexy's rumor up. But a few names are starting to trickle out re: Coachella 2009, which runs from April 17 to April 19. The Consequence of Sound blog has a pretty extensive rundown of confirmations it has gathered from culling MySpace pages and band tour dates, and a decent ... More >>

Weiss' Best Reissues & Compilations of 2008

Steve Stein and partner Double Dee, were dropping lessons on kids when Shadow and Cut Chemist were still constructing crates out of lincoln logs. Finally collected on the aptly named, Illegal Art label, Steinski's seminal singles are that rarity--as fun as they are important. Neither The Avalanches ... More >>

Best L.A. Record Label: Stones Throw Records

Tonight at the Silent Movie Theatre: Rare Footage from the Delicious Vinyl Vaults

Cinefamily at the Silent Movie Theatre has been on fire this month, each week delivering films from the birth and golden era of hip hop. This is the final week of the month-long series. Tonight they're turning over the reigns to the estimable Delicious Vinyl crew, who will be screening rare foot ... More >>

In the Beginning: Hip-Hop at the Movies

Rapper's delight

Rock Picks: Peanut Butter Wolf, Serj Tankian, Conor Oberst

Also, Carrie Rodriguez, Dolly Parton, Buddy Guy, and more

Peanut Butter Wolf Spinning Eight Days Straight

Well: Last year's July, 2007 tour of LA by Peanut Butter Wolf saw him jump from club to club for seven nights straight. The year before, he spun metal on 6-6-06. This year, starting on 8-1-08 and moving through 8-8-08, the Wolf is going eight days straight at eight different clubs spinning videos. ... More >>

Record Reviews: Badd Santa, Beanie Sigel, Regime Noir

Holiday music that doesn't suck, unhinged thug talk and a MySpace page

Soleful Saturday

Back in the USSR

“Pravda” at Disney Concert Hall

Rebel Central

The fantastical real-life story of L.A.’s Stones Throw Records, a hip-hop legend in the making