Another month, another Tuesday residency at The Central. This time we're only helping with half of the residency but just be sure to stop by one of the nights to get a taste of some of our local and not-so-local flavor this month. A weekly residency couldn't have come at a better time for Escalator Hill who just released their debut record Poplar Avenue and are looking to showcase their
On September 30th we are presenting the first of a series of "Best of 2011" shows to finish off the year. While it may seem a bit early for such a night, we've been anxious to put this show together all year, and the sooner we do so the sooner you'll become as big a fan as we are of these bands.Pageants made their debut show on the very first day of 2011 at pehrspace. A room full of friends
It's been a few years since we presented a show at the good ol' Silverlake Lounge and we were due for a comeback. Yes, the venue where Los Angeles first saw the likes of Rufus Wainwright, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Silversun Pickups, Mirah, Mono, and hundreds of other bands (that now play places a little bigger than the 200-capacity room) still doesn't get the respect it deserves. But if there
We're so happy to be asked back to co-present another Tuesday residency at The Central and if you look at these lineups it's pretty easy to see why. Not only do we get to see new rising stars The Dead Ships every week, but each night is loaded top-to-bottom with some of our favorite bands in town.First song into a set The Dead Ships recently did at the Silverlake Lounge, we were instantly pulled
The last time we celebrated the release of a Nocturnes album, it was back in 2008 after listening to their debut A Year of Spring, an album so good we busted out the '61 Chateau Margaux and passed around some Gurkhas to light up ten seconds into track one. But that's nothing compared to what we'll be doing for their newest album Aokigahara. While it seemed that The Nocturnes had been in, well,
It's been a few years since we were asked to do a show at the Bootleg. Those two shows were two of the best shows we've ever been apart of but, admittedly, we're probably a little too low-maintenance for such fancy digs so another show at the club seemed pretty unlikely. That is until Incan Abraham called... If you felt a rumble coming from the the westerly direction of Santa Monica last June,
Here we have the second of the two residencies we're helping with this month and this time it's our old haunting grounds the Alexandria Hotel. It took about three years and a few million dollars of renovations to complete the newly opened hotel bars. Out went Charlie O's and in came The Down & Out and on the second floor, The Mezz (two for the price of one -- we like that). These two bar/clubs
We're presenting a lot of good shows this month (two residencies and two record release shows to be exact). Just the idea of seeing 11 shows/45 bands in one month kinda sounds fun. What's even more fun is that we're going to be doing it with a few dozen bands we've never done shows with before beginning with...Judson McKinney's name might sound familiar to those who followed the husband/wife
It was a June gloomy afternoon when we received a nice email from Philly punk duo SLUTEVER about setting up a show and within a few days the date had been set at our beloved pehrspace. Seems fitting to have another summer soiree at the venue that's celebrating five years of strip mall awesomeness this year and we're lucky to bring such a lineup for the evening...SLUTEVER brings their Spector-fi'd
The wonderful indie folk duo of I Hate You Just Kidding celebrates the release of their new record Days Grow Longer on Saturday at pehrspace. It's the perfect hazy, summery title to this perfectly listless, sunny album with songs that seamlessly slo-fi into Lee Hazlewood territory 60's pop (our favorite song "Some Things Never Change") then freefalls into ambient electronic indie-pop (our other
We're back at Lot 1 Cafe tonight where we've gathered a rather wonderful lineup of future folk pop superstars for only the most enthusiastic of folk pop enthusiasts...For a few months since its release, Nicole Vaughn has been humbly playing small shows around town, quietly promoting one our favorite records of the year with her sophomore album Say It. And that's just one of the many great
We were quite smitten with Incan Abraham when we first caught them early last year at El Cid back when they were called Red Tide. Subsequent shows since then have only solidified their place in L.A.'s psych-pop scene however recently they've progressed to even more spaced-out, drum circle on Mars territory. It's sexy, celestial dance rock stuff and we love it. Be sure to download both their "
We were just asked to help with Wednesday's show at Marathon Live which only adds to the onslaught of Facebook event invites you are now about to receive this month as we are presenting/co-presenting a "Who do we think we are, Goldenvoice?" six shows this month -- five of which came in requests this past week. Anyway, we love shows. You love shows. And we all love free shows, most of all at
Our only show in May should be a fun one as the loveable Seasons boys have asked us to help with night one of their Friday residency at Casey's. A lot has changed since our first show with them some three years ago. That residency was back at our beloved Mr. T's Bowl when the young upstart Highland Park band was just getting their sea legs under them. Now, the band has released quite a collection
We honestly can't go a few weeks without going to the great, grand, grawesome art gallery slash performance space known as pehrspace and luckily we were gift-wrapped this amazing lineup to facilitate any withdrawals we might be having lately, which have been many.The first time we did a show with Silian Rail was quite an evening. To put it mildly, they crushed everything in their path. So much so
So back in December we were given the privilege to present two shows at one of our favorite weeklies Marathon Live, which of course you already know has hosted since 2007 the likes of Glasser, Parson Red Heads, and members of Warpaint before anybody heard of them. Well, we're back with another great lineup comprised of bands likely to make some cool tastemaker's class of 2011.Other Mountains is
If you're old enough to remember a show some fourteen years ago at the Alligator Lounge that may have involved a certain wee (lesser known) Jon Brion opening for a certain Garage Orchestra then you would have some idea of the last time we had any involvement with a show on west westside (west of the 405/north of the 10). It's not for lack of trying as we did dabble with some shows at Dakota
First of all, we are sooooo glad to be back in Los Angeles after a brief stint in Austin. We were pretty low-key the whole week, opting for panels, meetings, and workshops rather than shows, alcohol, and bbq. Being boring comes with old age. Regardless, we are happy to be back in the true live music capital of the world and presenting a show tomorrow at Lot 1.This is our third Saint Sea Hat show
It's been a few years since the honor of presenting a night in Long Beach was bestowed upon us and we couldn't be more happy to bring some friends out to the greatness that is The Prospector. If you or someone you know live within a 150 mile radius of this fine establishment, we highly recommend moving your beautiful behinds in the direction of Juniper & 7th on Tuesday for a couple reasons: Filet
Something occurred to us when we were asked to help out with tonight's show at The Smell: We love The Smell. Seems appropriate to come to this realization when the little/big space on Main Street just happens to be celebrating their 13th Anniversary this weekend.We do have many fond memories of The Smell over the years. Many include our favorite local bands' early shows (Mia Doi Todd, Irving,
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