<b>We're doing a residency at The Echo in Los Angeles the month of September.</b>
 
To celebrate, we're releasing a few covers of our favorite jams. 

The first is Jackson Browne's "Somebody's Baby," recorded this past week in Joshua Tree, Ca (and mixed by Neil Weir at Old Blackberry Way in Minneapolis, MN). 

The first show is this Monday, Sept. 16

Featuring: 
The Ten Thousand
Cillie Barnes
Black Hi-Lighter
and the comedy stylings of Andre Hyland!


***We're also doing an in-store at Origami Vinyl to kick off the whole thing. Sunday, September 15th at 7pm. Join us for live jams, rare vinyls, fun and more! Origami Vinyl is located at 1816 W Sunset Blvd.

Somebody's Baby (Jackson Browne Cover) -download now!

This track is a remix of the new Actions' single The Echo by producer Hokaze.
The single include the original mix + 5 remixes and it's out right now via Niteo Records on the best digital stores!

BUY THE ECHO HERE:

ITunes
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the...

Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Echo-Actions/dp...

CDBaby
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/theactions

Bandcamp
https://theactions.bandcamp.com/album...

The original mix is supported and played by Tom Robinson on BBC Radio 6 Music and Gary Crowley on BBC Radio London 94.9 FM and Amazing Radio.

Artwork by Mstar Design
Single Cover Photo by Stephan Telaar featuring actor Eugen Feihe

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http://www.theactions.co.uk
press: james@mysticsons.com
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booking: the_actions@theactions­.co.uk
http://www.niteorecords.com

The Actions - The Echo 
Single Description

Artist: THE ACTIONS
Album: THE ECHO (Single)

Cat: NITEO001
TRACK N.1 THE ECHO [3'.53"] 
TRACK N.2 THE ECHO (RGL "Rulers Dub Remix") [5'.34"] 
TRACK N.3 THE ECHO (Hokaze "Blissful Dub Remix") [3'.48"] 
TRACK N.4 THE ECHO (3dtorus "Driving Straight Edit") [4'.21"] 
TRACK N.5 THE ECHO (Dubtail Remix) [6'.34"]
TRACK N.6 THE ECHO (3dtorus "Moving Slow Edit") [3'.19"]

©The Actions
All Rights Reserved

The Echo  (Hokaze "Blissful Dub" Remix)

One Night In Echo Park - Nude in Paris

In-store DJ Sets from Randy "Hotthobo" Ellis and XL Middleton at the Pre-Party for the Modern Funk Fest Los Angeles 2016, which took place at Vacation Vinyl, and in support of the Starship Connection 7" on ABC, the Adam Chini 7" on Hobo Camp, XL Middleton's "Psychic" 12" feat Egyptian Lover and the Diamond Ortiz "Special Request" Cassette on MoFunk.

Hotthobo's all 7 inch set goes till 27:20, then XL Middleton goes from there till the end.
Shouts to Danbone and Spence of ABC records (who had a killer DJ set which I forgot to record...sorry dudes)and Diamond Ortiz who played a live set after.

Modern Funk Fest LA Pre Party (DJ Sets by Hotthobo & XL Middleton)

The Echo  (Guitar Edit)

Today we have a special guest mix feature from our very own Damon Steele. Over the last three weeks, Steele has been busy making his presence felt across LA’s preeminent dance floors with back-to-back sets at Sound Nightclub, The Echo, and lastly Pattern Bar for our SPECTRUMS release party. For his April guest mix, he delivers an expansive 100-minute mix serving as an opus to this three week hot streak of shows.

 Not unlike his live performances, Steele’s selection ranges from bright disco grooves, to banging club-favorites, while also touching on deeper more brooding house tracks, keeping the energy fresh and the audience on their toes through out.  Steele’s mix gives proof to his dynamic nature as a taste-maker, and his masterful mixing ability

Follow Damon Steele:
@damon-steele
https://www.instagram.com/dmo_steele/
https://www.facebook.com/damonsteelemusic/
https://twitter.com/dmo_steele

LAMP Weekly Mix #275 feat. Damon Steele

Audrey Nielson joins Paul to talk student journalism.  Dr. Rayda Krell stumbles on brand new plant species in the Science Building, Veronica Kenausis breaks down e-books vs paper books, and Paul and Pete try to fill Chantel's shoes again.

WCSU411 - New journalists, new plants, new book formats, and old guys making jokes

Available on Temple Music Group.
https://www.facebook.com/djdavidisaac

Jayko Feat. Saint Malo - The Echo (David Isaac Remix) Available on Beatport

| THE ECHO | Responsible E.P.

DOWNLOAD NOW: 
tinyurl.com/lsdkapb

For more info contact: 
erin@listen-up.biz / james.mack@listen-up.biz

THE ECHO - Responsible:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Tx6-H...

https://soundcloud.com/theechoheard

iO Sounds: https://www.facebook.com/iosound
iO Sounds: https://soundcloud.com/iosounds

THE ECHO - 'Responsible' (IO Sounds remix)

Download: http://www.xlr8r.com/mp3/2013/06/signals-ambassadeurs-remix

Download at XLR8R

The Echo "Signals (Ambassadeurs Remix)"

~Record Labels:
Wulfpack, Be Adult Music, Closer Orbits, Temple Music Group, Jah Love Recordings, Blue Orb Records, Anadamide, LBA Records, and Bent Ant.

~ 1/2 of Vert Der Ferk
~ Member of Mint Condition
~ Founder of Twilight Boogie Sound Camp
~ Resident DJ at Temple Nightclub (SF,CA) 2010-2012


David Isaac has been an avid fan of house music since 1994.  In 1995 he relocated from his hometown of Seattle, WA to Los Angeles, CA where his interest in DJing really began to blossom.  After a couple years of passing out mix-tapes to the local promoters in LA, he finally got his chance to play at “Insomnia”, one of LA’s most notable after-hours parties that took place in the late 90’s.  It wasn’t long before he became a resident at “Insomnia” and at a Sunday weekly event called “The Mix”.

In 2010, he relocated to San Francisco where he enjoyed over a year of being a resident DJ at Temple Nightclub before finally moving back to Los Angeles in 2012.  His time in San Francisco introduced him to the Burning Man community, and upon returning to Los Angeles found himself knee deep in the local micro-festival scene.  During this period he was blessed to be a resident of the Blackbird Bus art-car, and co-founded a weekly event with Christi Mills called “Unity”.  In 2021 he relocated once again, this time to San Antonio, TX where he's now a member of "Mint Condition", a DJ collective with Adam Madrigal, Alain Baylon, Anthony Garcia, and Culliere.

David has several releases on a handful of record labels that include Wulfpack, Be Adult, and Temple Music Group.  In the late 90’s he and long time friend DJ Tone released a white-label mash-up of Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean and Madonna’s Holiday.  Now, they have teamed up again and have begun to release music as “Vert Der Ferk".

Accelerating music & culture for twenty-five years.

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Home of Random Noise, The Wolf Den, @WCSU, TIPpl, and many more.
Cool People. Cool Stories. Cool School.

Electronic/Alt/Rock duo with a dark/psych edge. 
Hundreds of gigs played including opening for R.E.M., Green Day, Garbage, Distillers…
A single in an MTV US movie O.S.T. 
Introduced and supported by Tom Robinson on BBC Radio 6Music, Gary Crowley on BBC London, Simon Raymonde (Cocteau Twins/Bella Union) on Amazing Radio and John Kennedy on X-Radio.

Contact & Bookings: the_actions@theactions.co.uk

Randy Ellis (formerly Hotthobo) is a co-owner and label manager of Hobo Camp Records in Los Angeles, and NTS radio host/DJ of the show "Mint Condition".  His 100% vinyl sets journey deep into an abyss of new, classic, and obscure 12" and 7" records, with a focus toward high-end boogie, disco, two step, sweet soul, italo, house and modern funk.

Booking: hotthobo@gmail.com

Other Projects:
NTS: nts.live/shows/mint-condition
Hobo Camp: hobocamp.bandcamp.com
Voltaire Records: https://soundcloud.com/voltaire_records

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There are certain bands that demand to be listened in a certain way: Pink Floyd might require a bong & lazer light show; Led Zeppelin benefits from giant, wood-paneled speakers, and FREE ENERGY—a band responsible for having crafted some of the finest guitar-filled power pop this side of Weezer or Cheap Trick—should be played on a cassette deck in a Camaro screaming down the highway; stereo cranked, feather roach clip dangling from the rearview.

“Being from the Midwest definitely informed our aesthetic,” says Free Energy vocalist Paul Sprangers. “Growing up in a small town with radio and MTV—then later discovering indie rock and punk rock—really shaped the kind of music we make now. So, I had the same kind of unabashed love for Phil Collins as I did for Pavement—I don’t think I ever grew out of that. It probably shows.”

The story of FREE ENERGY, however, doesn’t begin in the backseat of a muscle car, rather St. Paul, Minnesota, where Sprangers and guitarist Scott Wells—both members of the late, great Hockey Night—were signed to NYC powerhouse DFA records based on their homemade demos. After signing and spending a year writing and demoing they moved to NYC to record with James Murphy. As the record neared completion, Sprangers and Wells moved to Philly, brought in their Minnesota friends to fill out the band, and toured relentlessly behind the release of 2010’s Stuck on Nothing.

While it might have seemed an odd fit for a power-riffing pop rock act to put out a record on a West Village disco label, the euphoric vibe of Free Energy—embodied in tracks like “Free Energy” and “Bang Pop”—was actually a perfect compliment to the roster of artistically different but equally accomplished bands, such as Black Dice, Yacht, The Rapture, and LCD Soundsystem. The record spawned nearly two years of solid touring and a pile of accolades, including a Best New Music nod from Pitchfork and Rolling Stone’s assessment that the band “totally fucking rules.”

At a time when a lot of indie rock is mired in gloom or coated with layers of reverb, FREE ENERGY is interested in sounding like Thin Lizzy or Fleetwood Mac: old-school juggernauts that made clear, well-crafted hook-laden singalongs; songs about love, truth, and the journey within. It’s a time-tested formula, but clearly one that can still sound fresh in the right hands.

“For some reason, DFA was the only label that really understood us,” says Sprangers, “They got what we were trying to do, and could hear potential in our demos. We learned so much from their philosophy, and continue to apply it to this day—it was a true education. So, after having done a record with James and DFA—which was a dream come true—it felt like a good time to push ourselves further, which turned out to be making and releasing a record ourselves.”

As the band began work on album number two they flirted with a couple different producers. They cut an unreleased track with Jeff Glixman (the producer responsible for Kansas’ classic rock staple, “Dust in the Wind”) before doing a trial run with John Agnello. Agnello’s work with the likes of Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr. and The Hold Steady made him a good fit for the band, but it was his formative work in the 80’s with the likes of Cyndi Lauper, Hooters, and Bruce Springsteen that sealed the deal.

“He really produced,” says Wells. “He came to band practices in Philly. He helped us shape the songs and get the sounds that we needed. He helped us get more clean, digital drum sounds like The Outfield used, which was a priority for us. We wanted to make the biggest, brightest rock songs we could. ”

The resulting album is Love Sign, to be released on the band’s new imprint “Free Energy Records” in January of 2013. Much like it’s predecessor, the new record flirts with hysteria-inducing pop songwriting and classic rock production. Tracks like “Electric Fever,” “Hey Tonight” and “Girls Want Rock” demonstrate the band doing what they love—condensing handclaps, harmonies, fist-pumping choruses, and lazer guided guitar leads in such a way that the songs always feel vaguely familiar. These are songs that demand to be blasted in a car as one sings along at the top of one’s lungs. These are songs crafted by young men who clearly have an understanding of pop music’s DNA; the way a good melody can be more catchy than the common cold. Given their go-for-broke vibe, It makes sense that the band keeps a framed photo of Van Halen in their practice space.

Ultimately, Free Energy occupy their own interesting niche. Are they an indie rock band? A classic rock band? A power pop band? Even the band isn’t sure (“I wish someone would tell us what we are,” says Sprangers, “because we’ve been described as everything!”), but in the end it doesn’t matter. The tracks on Love Sign flirt with the great themes of lasting rock music—the search for truth, falling in and out of love, and the quest for happiness—without ever sounding like retreads of a bygone era. Love Sign proves that there will always be ways to reconfigure the rock and roll archetypes into something fresh and —for lack of a better word—rocking.

“When I think of great songs by Peter Gabriel, or Tom Petty, I hear the them almost like hymns. They speak to something greater than ourselves. Even the simplest rock music—songs about partying and girls—can be transcendental,” says Sprangers. “I hope people can relate to what we do on some level. I hope kids like it. I hope moms like it. I don’t care about being cool, I just want to connect. I want people to know that no matter what, life is good, and every experience is meaningful. Maybe that’s weird. But we definitely feel like weirdos and we always have…maybe we always will, which is totally fine.“

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