L.A. Record

Infobox Magazine
title = L.A. RECORD


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publisher = YBX Media Inc
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total_circulation = 20,000
circulation_year = 2007
language = English
category = Music
frequency = Monthly
founders = Sean Carlson, Dan Monick, C.W. Rose, Chris Ziegler
founded = 2005
firstdate = August 2005
country = flag|United States
language = English
website = [http://www.larecord.com larecord.com]
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"L.A. RECORD" is an independent music magazine originally published weekly as a broadsheet poster. The poster usually depicts a local Los Angeles musicians and according to the magazine editors is meant to recreate an iconic album cover. In March 2008, it began publishing as a monthly magazine with a poster inside. The magazine is available to the public free of charge at local community spots in Southern California.

History

The magazine was founded in 2005 by promoter Sean Carlson (involved from 2005-07), photographer Dan Monick, publisher Charlie Rose (not the TV personality) and writer Chris Ziegler. Their first issue featuring the Rolling Blackouts was set up as a parody of the New York Dolls' self-titled album cover. The cover and concept was chosen because the Rolling Blackouts were playing with the New York Dolls at the 2005 Sunset Junction Street Fair. The tradition of recreating album covers was developed by other bands who also wanted to recreate their favorite record cover. While there is no official rule, it has appeared in every issue. Now the publication is known for interviewing many local LA bands before they become popular in the mainstream [ [http://www.papermag.com/blogs/2007/11/the_la_records_guide_to_ontheu.php#more Paper Magazine] ] including the Cold War Kids, Spindrift, Health (band), Flying Lotus, Moonrats, and Blank Blue.

It concluded its first volume, a 29-issue run which began in August 2005 with the Rolling Blackouts, in March 2006 with Melvins collaborator and solo artist David Scott Stone. The second volume of 46 issues, also a weekly broadsheet, began in February 2007 with Big Business and concluded in December 2007 with AntiMC, leaving 75 total poster issues.

For the third volume, which began in March 2008 with Pocahaunted on the cover and BARR on the poster, L.A. RECORD began publishing monthly as a sixteen-page newsprint magazine with a poster as the centerfold. The website was also redesigned to make room for more content in February 2008.

Other visual contributors include photographer Chrissy Piper who shot several covers for Volume 1 and Erik Brunetti (owner and founder of FUCT), Ashkahn who did design work on several covers.

In August 2008 the magazine printed what may have been Isaac Hayes' [http://larecord.com/interviews/2008/08/10/isaac-hayes-im-an-honorary-king/ last known interview] . [ [http://www.laobserved.com/archive/2008/08/last_interview_with_isaac.php L.A. Observed reporting L.A. RECORD's Isaac Hayes interview.] ]

The Magazine

The magazine came in two types of formats. It was a broad sheet format containing an interview with a musician from Los Angeles, also featured on the cover. There is also an interview with a visiting band on tour, and other reviews or previews of local music, art, film, comedy and entertainment events.

The current format type is a monthly magazine which includes several interviews with local and touring bands as well as album reviews, original artwork, illustrated comic reviews of shows and records and expanded interviews. Also each issue includes a 22 x 32 inch poster featuring a local Los Angeles artist recreating an album cover of their choice.

The magazine is also known to release vinyl 45 singles. The first one by L.A. Record writer and musician Devon Williams was released in summer 2007 to high acclaim [ [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/47091-guest-list-best-of-2007 Pitchforks Best of 2007 Guest List, Randy Randall from No Age called it classic pop] ] . As a small but growing magazine it is becoming accepted and read among other industry magazines [ [http://printfetish.com/2007/07/pf_interview_jay_babcock_edito.html Arthur Magazine publisher Jay Babcock, calling it one of his favorite publications] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.larecord.com LA Record Official site]
* [http://www.mushrecords.com/articles/ThaviusBeckLARecordAccidental.html Sample of Old Poster Format Magazine]