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Origami Vinyl — Echo Park's crispiest vinyl emporium and record label hosts Hi Five Fest, a weekend pop-up shop and showcase of live bands and DJs. Some of our favorite labels like 4AD, Matador, Mexican Summer, True Panther, Sub Pop, XL, Merge, Fat Possum, Captured Tracks and more send over live bands and DJs to rock the Amigo Room and provide good vibes poolside. And Eskuché Headphones sets up a sweet selection of headphones for sampling with an amazing bounty of vinyl. 

Line-up includes:

+ Soft Metals
+ John Famiglietti of HEALTH
+ La Vampires
+ Pangea
+ HOTT MT
+ Tijuana Panthers
+ The Softpack

Plus a vinyl pop-up shop with Origami in the Clubhouse throughout the weekend.

Score 15% off the cost of your room Tuesday, July 3 through Sunday, July 8 when you book with the code ORIGAMI. 

All evening events are 21+ and free to hotel and Feel Good Spa guests and Swim Club pass holders. Day Passes to the pool are 20 bones — includes all-day access to events plus the pool & hot tub, gym, sauna and steam room. Add this to your calendar on Facebook.

The Tijuana Panthers play punked up barbershop surf pop with the just the right amount or reverb. 

Duo Patricia Hall and Ian Hicks (LA via Portland) are Soft Metals. Their moody, stargazing sound is a product of their love for 70s and 80s synth music, ranging from early industrial, minimal synth, house, techno, synth pop, krautrock, psychedelic rock and shoegaze. 

LA Vampires is the solo project of Amanda Brown, a hazy spaced-out goth pop, with nods to the production style of DJ Screw.

LA's Pangea play scuzzed out guitar pop echolalia with layered vocal harmonies à la Wavves.

The Soft Pack are known for that kind of melodic but muscular back yard punk pop that, if you could roll it up in your shirt sleeve, would make you feel like a total badass with a heart of gold, of course.

HOTT MT describe their sound as Thai Gaze influenced by Tom Kha Gai. Their through-cotton-balls sound is something like immersion in a silky coconut milk sea. Which may be why their surprise visit to Flaming Lips founder Wayne Coyne's OKC compound paid off with collaborations on "2012 (You Must Be Upgraded)" and "I'll Never Hate Again."

HEALTH recently put their densely atmospheric blend of guitar fuzz and space doom synth over frantic rhythm in service of virtual massacre vehicle Max Payne 3, an odd partnership that highlights their ability to turn a set of constraints to their decided advantage. Let's hope they find new and more challenging cages to create their ways out of.