Best Coast & Iggy Pop - "Let's Boot and Rally"
 
Insane amount of Best Coast happenings. First there was her not one, but two Fleetwood Mac covers, “Storms” and “Rhiannon,” the latter on an upcoming F-Mac tribute album, Just Tell Me That You Want Me, and now she’s teaming with Iggy Pop on a cool song for “True Blood.” It premieres on this Sunday’s episode of “True Blood,” and you can hear it now via KCRW, whose Gary Calamar co-wrote the song, as music supervisor for the show. Hopefully it makes it onto a “True Blood” soundtrack, I love the song, it sounds like X at their most rockabilly.
 







 

Poolside Album preview
 
L.A. duo Poolside continue to drum up buzz for their upcoming full-length album, Pacific Standard Time. Right now it’s streaming from our friends at KCRW ‘till July 16. After that you’ll have to wait a bit to pick up a physical copy of the disc. For now, enjoy the sweet sounds of this proggy, sunny electro duo’s music with a cocktail. Something blue, maybe with a tiny umbrella.
 

Amoeba Hollywood has started regularly selling tickets to local shows, with the added bonus of charging low service fees (if you're into saving money and who isn't really?).

All tickets can be purchased at the registers (while supplies last) for a $2 service fee.

If you have a question about whether we've sold out of a specific show, please call the store at 323-245-6400.



Here is a current list of the tickets we have for sale at Amoeba Hollywood:

Show Name	Venue	Show Date	Ticket Price (fee not included)
Aesop Rock	El Rey Theatre	07/13/2012	$18.00
Ariel Pink	The Fonda Theatre	10/05/2012	$22.50
Austra	El Rey Theatre	09/15/2012	$19.00
Be Good Tanyas	Bootleg Theatre	08/17/2012	$20.00
Ben Howard	The Fonda Theatre	10/06/2012	$25.00
Big Krit	El Rey Theatre	07/30/2012	$22.00
Dan Deacon	El Rey Theatre	10/20/2012	$17.00
Devil's Playground	Dragonfly	07/20/2012	$20.00
Dr. Dog	John Anson Ford	10/05/2012	$30.00
Easy Star All Stars	El Rey Theatre	09/20/2012	$20.00
First Aid Kit	The Fonda Theatre	10/16/2012	$25.00
FYF Fest Weekend Pass	Historic State Park, DTLA	09/01 & 09/02	$89 (+$4 fee)
Grimes	El Rey Theatre	10/10/2012	$20.00
The Kills	The Mayan	08/14/2012	$35.00
Kimbra	The Fonda Theatre	10/04/2012	$25.00
Mates of State	The Echo	07/05 & 07/07	$13.00
Nick 13	El Rey Theatre	07/21 & 07/22	$18.00
The Raveonettes	El Rey Theatre	10/08/2012	$25.00
Rodriguez	El Rey Theatre	09/28/2012	$25.50
Swans	The Fonda Theatre	09/11/2012	$30.00
Tennis	El Rey Theatre	08/12/2012	$20.00
Thee Oh Sees	El Rey Theatre	09/09/2012	$17.00
The Walkmen	John Anson Ford	09/12/2012	$30.00

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Ben Tuttle
3+ years employment
Sound Man Extraordinaire


Q:  So Ben, what music did you listen to when you were a kid, like before you could pick yourself?  What was playing in your home?

BT:  My dad used to listen to the Beatles, I remember that.  Probably Rubber Soul and I remember listening to Chuck Mangione and Slim Goodbody.  He was an informative performer for kids and he wore a full body unitard that showed the inside of his body.  I saw him perform in Oakland when I was a kid, my mom took me.

What was the first music that really struck you and made you a big music lover?

George Gershwin "An American in Paris" and "Rhapsody in Blue" and Led Zeppelin.  Those were the first tapes that I ever listened to that I remember.  My brother turned me on to Houses of the Holy.

What's the first instrument you picked up?  Whatall do you play now?

Piano.  That was the first thing.  My mom made me take lessons when I was 5.  I didn't learn the music and I just did it by ear cause I figured out how to do it like that.

Now, drums, guitar, keyboards, vibes, saxophone.  Those are pretty much all the instruments I play on a regular basis.

What was the first live show you ever saw?
Slim Goodbody was the first show I remember but he didn't have a band or anything, so I guess the first live show I ever went to was the Dead.  My brother took me to see the Grateful Dead and while I enjoyed the new experience I ended up falling asleep.  I was a kid, I was 12 maybe.