Free In-Store
JASON SIMON
Free In-Store
@ Vacation
Wednesday October 27th. 7:00pm
JASON SIMON (Dead Meadow) In-Store Oct 27th
Free In-Store
JASON SIMON
Free In-Store
@ Vacation
Wednesday October 27th. 7:00pm
GHASTLY CITY SLEEP In-Store Tuesday Oct 19th
GHASTLY CITY SLEEP
Free In-Store
@ Vacation
Tuesday October 19th. 7:00pm
GHASTLY CITY SLEEP is one of those bands where the timeless adage “writing about music is like dancing about architecture” comes to mind. It’s fundamentally pointless, especially when it comes to a band like this. Reams of paper could be written up and they still wouldn’t encapsulate the dense, lush, and often subtle textures that comprise this Brooklyn quartet’s true sound. A precursory scan of Google results might produce comparisons to MOGWAI or a “heavier” RADIOHEAD, as if it were easy to pin down...
Free In-Store
@ Vacation
Tuesday October 19th. 7:00pm
Thanks to:
KIT In-Store Oct 15th
KIT
Free In-Store/Record Release Party for the
NEW Invocation LP
@ Vacation
Friday October 15th. 7:30pm
KIT is a super-melodic experimental rock band mainly from Los Angeles, California. They were recently described by Rob Barber of High Places as “a strange intersection where Void meet Incredible String Band”, and this gives some insight into their wonderful muddling of genres. They play fast, short and defiant songs that mess with the ideas of pop music and wayward punk. Maybe they'll start off playing a song straight - sweetness and light abounds - but before you know it everything gets flipped on its head and chased into damaged terrain. KIT songs can typically embrace hardcore rush, pop verse, jagged noise and cheer rally, all within the same moment - nothing but raw energy and instinctive songwriting holding it all together.
KIT
Free In-Store
@ Vacation
Friday October 15th. 7:30pm
MOUNT CARMEL - Free In-Store Thurs Sep 30th 7pm
MOUNT CARMEL
Free In-Store @ Vacation
Thursday September 30th. 7pm
The trio of Matthew Reed, Patrick Reed and Kevin Shubak--heretofore known as Mount Carmel--hails from Columbus, Ohio, but if you're expecting lo-fi, greaser's palace pop a la Psychedelic Horseshit or Times New Viking, think again. Mount Carmel is a straight-up blues rock power trio. And by straight-up we mean sans revisionist three-dollar currency, Sub Pop grunge hybridization or ironic posturing. These guys have been weened on a diet almost steadfastly consisting of British blues/rock innovators: Peter Green-era Bluesbreakers, Cream and Ten Years After are immediately recognizable in their sound (in fact, the latter's "Hear Me Calling" is covered on here). This isn't a lark or something these guys are doing between noise projects--it's their life. Good, old-fashioned rock 'n' roll, plain and simple. Some folks never made time for punk, just like you've always snubbed your nose at the drum solo. Hard to believe, right? But just because you didn't live through it the first time doesn't mean you're not doomed to repeat it. The piquancy of '70s-era redbud fusing with the aroma of banana- (or strawberry-) scented paper burning and hanging in the air, the sweet cascade of Ripple hitting the back of your throat, the blurry exotica of Rorer's ubiquitous 714... it's all here, undeniably, unpretentiously and unwittingly realized. In fact, their sound is so genuine, you'll swear you were dead! Or at the very least unborn. Dig it.
MOUNT CARMEL Free In-Store
@ Vacation Thursday September 30th. 7pm
Thanks to
SILTBREEZE
and Colt 45
TONIGHT: DJ Tonearm @ Vacation Wed Sep 22nd.
TONIGHT!
DJ Tonearm from the
VERY BE CAREFUL show
@ the FIVE STAR BAR will be spinning records
@ Vacation on Wed. the 22nd from 7-9pm
WHITE HILLS - In-Store Sun Sep 26th 4pm
WHITE HILLS
Free In-Store @ Vacation
Sunday September 26th. 4pm
A label like "space-rock" deserves music that's as nuanced and limitless-feeling as space, and space-rock deserves a band like White Hills. Not only do they add urgency to familiar psychedelic rock templates, but they pay just as close attention to the quiet moments as the raging ones-- each track on their self-titled Thrill Jockey debut displays a careful layering of sounds and atmospheres. - Pitchfork
WHITE HILLS
Free In-Store @ Vacation
Sunday September 26th. 4pm
Thanks to
THRILL JOCKEY
and Colt 45
TORCHE: SONGS FOR SINGLES LP/CD Pre-Order!
Torche's new CD/LP, Songs For Singles!
The album is available for pre-order on both CD and LP. The LP version comes in 5 colors as listed below. The most limited color (which should be 'teal' but we'll have to just wait and see how it comes out) is practically exclusive to Vacation Vinyl and is currently not available for order anywhere else.
This is a one-per-custumer, first-come-first-serve sorta deal, and is available to in-store customers only. You are welcome to order one copy of each color while supplies last…
just not two of each color.
And if that were not exciting enough, there's more! When you stop by to pre-order the new album, please enter your name to win a test press copy of Songs For Singles.*
Vacation Vinyl has moved to Los Angeles' Sunset Junction!
We are no located at 3815 W Sunset Blvd, LA, CA 90026.
*No purchase necessary. Just come in and put your name on a ballot. It's that easy. There are two test presses to win, so you got a decent shot. Go for it. Get it done.
NIGHT HORSE IN-STORE Friday Aug 20th
NEXT FREE IN-STORE
FRIDAY AUGUST 20th
Night Horse exploded on to the Los Angeles rock scene in 2008, playing their first live show ever, while mixing their debut EP The Dark Wont Hide You for Tee Pee Records. Since then, Night Horse has caught the ears and eyes of critics and fans alike with their unique ability to blend the classic sounds of hard rock and blues music with a much needed breath of contemporary fresh air. “If Sonic Youth had been immersed in an ocean of Allman Brothers inspiration, or Soundgarden had been steeped in late 60s Fleetwood Mac, then they might have turned out something like this. Night Horse take traditional blues-rock, spark it up with riotously noisy flashes and drag the rhythms through an early-90s grunge experience. Moreover, they’re cohesive, charismatic and compelling.”
Night Horse return with their highly anticipated sophomore effort Perdition Hymns, produced and mixed by Matt Bayles (Pearl Jam, Mastodon, The Sword). Perdition Hymns is a patent demonstration of a group that has quickly become a well-refined song-writing machine. The band has chiseled the six-minute jam style songwriting of The Dark Wont Hide You into the hook-laden gems that comprise Perdition Hymns; with riff driven catchiness and soaring melodies that stick.
FREE IN-STORE @
VACATION
(NEW LOCATION!)
3815 W Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026
THIS FRIDAY AUG 20th
7pm
NEXT FREE IN-STORE Monday Aug 9th: NAILS + BLACK BREATH
NEXT FREE IN-STORE
MONDAY AUGUST 9th
LIVE SOUTHERN LORD SHOWCASE w/
+
+
BXI
(Boris + Ian Astbury)
Listening Party
+
DJ Set by GREG ANDERSON
- SUN))) + GOATSNAKE -
3815 W Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026
(In The Sunset Junction next to Secret Headquarters)
SCION METAL w/ IRON AGE. F*CK the FACTS. FIGHT AMP
The SCION METAL RSVP LIST is now open at Vacation.Limited spaces available for guaranteed entry.
Come in. Sign up. You are all set.
Sunday Aug 15th
IRON AGE
F*CK the FACTS
FIGHT AMP
@
The ROXY
9009 Sunset Blvd
West Hollywood 90069
SCION
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