Had the distinct pleasure of schooling these Aussies on their Spanish whilst visiting the legendary Sound Factory studio in Hollywood, where Temper Trap have just finished mixing their new album with producer Tony Hoffer. Read about it via SPIN, and revisit the band’s big breakthrough jam below.

Good tunes for the trippers: “Cardiff’s Cate Le Bon … sings like Nico over a score that could’ve been produced by Os Mutantes in their prime.” Via A.V. Club.

[Photo stolen from my friend Kyle Dean Reinford.]

Wanted to like tolerate this one less than I did. Click on Vanessa to read it.

Very proud of this one. Tearist will put a hole in your head. Jesse Miller will fill that hole with wisdom, with help from some impressive guests. Check it:

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FRIDAY February 10th 2012
Andre Hyland Presents: The Jesse Miller Talk Show
The Improv Comedy Lab; Doors @ 10pm – Show @ 10:30

GUESTS:
-SKYLER STONE: Comic (Comedy Central, Craig Ferguson)
-TEARIST: Music (Henry Rollins’ KCRW Show)
-SCOTT SPIEGEL: Writer/Director (Evil Dead 2, Hostel 3)

HOSTED BY:
Jesse Miller (Andre Hyland) (Fuel TV’s Stupidface & The Daily Habit)
Co-Host-Daryl (Paul Oyen) (HBO’s Funny or Die)
Dancer-Tanya (Anna Lee Lawson) (HBO’s Funny or Die, Stupidface)

The Improv Comedy Lab
8162 Melrose Ave.Los Angeles, CA

AGES: 18+ // Only $5
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Wanted to like Odd Future’s neo-soul wasteland funk more than I did. Ho hum. Read all about it via the A.V. Club. At least Earl is back. OFWGK†A.

Guitar god and Megadeath mastermind Dave Mustaine (above, left, a lot younger) invited SPIN magazine into his home to document his most prized possessions, some of which were M&Ms, medieval weapons and a miniature horse named Rocky. We overheard some strange things whilst there–talk of an upcoming apocalypse the details of which shall be revealed to “the elites”–but this article is just the fun stuff. (Buy me a beer and I’ll tell you what Lauryn Hill has to do with any of this.) You know, anecdotes about selling pot, finding God, and buying crossbows for small children. Cool video too. Check it.

In hindsight, might’ve been a tad generous with the grade. Read at the A.V. Club.

FREE. A special 20-minute rapid-fire edition of the Jesse Miller Talk Show proudly sporting the musical stylings of the hypnotically haunting, golden-throated god known as House of Wolves, a.k.a. Rey Villalobos. A show within a show (within a show) in the Gower Gultch. Info above. FB invite here.

Attack on Memory by Cleveland’s Cloud Nothings is the first contender (and admittedly an early one) for the Best Album of 2012. Find out why via SPIN.

The Internet had a lot to say about Ice Cube’s recent team-up with Eames in honor of the ongoing Pacific Standard Time project here in Los Angeles. Turns out we were all just waiting for an excuse to celebrate the dude again. Wrote a little something for the LA Weekly on a whim. Check it. (Even though, with due respect, my E-40 shout-out was omitted by the editor.)