K presents "KeMo Thera-P" for the first time. And we can hardly wait to see The Monolators vid for "We Fell Dead". Videos will be followed with performances. Performances will be followed with drunkenness. Drunkenness will be followed by makeout sessions, which we will then videotape for next year's video release show. So, here's the deal: October 20, 2006 8-BIT THE MORMONS K THE MONOLATORS The
We've been anxiously awaiting the return of Boston's Kayo Dot since we missed their last stop in town earlier this year. Luckily for us, the genius that is Ovrcast (who by the way are absolutely killing it these last few months) recently wrangled them in for a latenight set and we couldn't have been more pleased. KD's richly orchestrated dark metal was an instant hit with us when their 2003 album Choirs of the Eye was released. The ominous undertones that swell throughout the record are layered with all the perfect amount of dissonant [...]
Real quick-like... It would be foolish not to be at Largo tonight. Gillian & David is one thing, but wait until you see their supporting cast. Like whoa... For those not wanting to stand in long lines that stretch down to Damiano's, the alternatives tonight would be Kristin Hersh at El Cid or Mika Miko at The Smell... The Section Quartet perform Radiohead's OK Computer at The Echo on 10/15. The
While many music fests work hard to be very Euro in scale and magnitude, sometimes simply asking a few local bands and artists to come out and play a couple tunes can be just as good or even better, as in the case of this year's Eagle Rock Music Fest. It was a rather casual evening of music, food, and kids running around in circles. Walking to and fro down Colorado to all the stages and booths
So after attending the Eagle Rock Music Festival (which we'll post about tomorrow), we went downtown, but not for Detour. Detour was kid's stuff compared to the lineup at Dave's warehouse on 6th St. 400 Blows, Triclops!, and Qui were brilliant. The crowd was beautiful. And the drunk girl with the Garciaparra jersey climbing the halfpipe was awesome. The legendary David Yow joined Qui for a few
The Airborne Toxic Event's debut at the Echo was a huge surprise to us. First of all, we shouldn't have even been there at all, but at the last minute the crew didn't feel like driving down to the Detroit for Asobi Seksku and Darker My Love. And then we remembered a nice little piece of unsolicited email that TATE threw in our inbox and headed on over for their big show. And even though we know
The Airborne Toxic Event's debut at the Echo was a huge surprise to us. First of all, we shouldn't have even been there at all, but at the last minute the crew didn't feel like driving down to the Detroit for Asobi Seksku and Darker My Love. And then we remembered a nice little piece of unsolicited email that TATE threw in our inbox and headed on over for their big show. And even though we know
As usual, another very busy week ahead of us so we'll make this quick so you can get back to work on your busy Friday. Tonight, the Bird and the Bee begin their October residency at the Silverlake Lounge. Since her residency at the SLL six years ago with the amazing band Merrick, Ms. George has probably done more weekly residencies around town than any other band in Los Angeles music history so
6 years. Or 2293 days. Or 55,000 hours. That's how long it had been since we last saw Patrick Park perform. On a random evening in Silver Lake we were first introduced to the Park when he opened for Rilo Kiley and Irving at the Silverlake Lounge in June of 2000. We were standing at the back of the room when all of a sudden a tall, messy-haired fella came on stage and busted out some folk-style
The third installment of the always entertaining The Underground Guide to Los Angeles was recently released and Skylight Books hosted its launch with the editors Pleasant Gehman and Iris Berry on hand to read excerpts a few weeks ago. The book is filled with lots of not-so-underground hip locales around town that most people who have lived here more than a year already know about or at least
A few local music sites recently went through a makeover and we thought we'd mention them since... well, we're waiting for a 45-minute 3D composite to render and you know how long that takes on an overclocked 386. Let's start with KCRW.com since G used to work there way back when the site looked worse then KXLU's travesty does now and learned all about multi-threaded streaming and shit.
Let's face it, last week was loaded. We tried to make it out to everything but it just was not to be. So we had to prioritize... Maimou played their first L.A. show in two years so of course we had to be stagefront. We almost cried went they opened with "Bed Spins" and ended with "Wonkatania" (yes, that "Wonkatania"). It's a shame that it might be another few years until the next reunion, but
"Sea Wolf is like one of the best bands I've ever seen." That was overheard while hundreds piled outside of Spaceland after the band ended a month-long residency at the club and we can hardly disagree. Alex Church has always been our favorite Irving member (if you have to choose just one) and the fact that he started his own project made us ecstatic from day one. Their September free weeklies
Lots going on this coming week beginning tonight with Lavender Diamond and Eleni Mandell at the Getty. Quincy celebrates the release of her new CD Come Closer at Amoeba. And The Muffs headline over at Safari Sam's for another edition of Kiss or Kill... Echo Park Music Festival should be fun over at the lake Saturday and Sunday. Future Pigeon, Listing Ship, and Very Be Careful are just a few of
What kind of band completely disappears after releasing one of the best records of 2004? The Maimou kind of band, that's who. Actually, they didn't really disappear per se, they just kind of wandered off. Zac Baird momentarily played keys for Daniel Powter and currently tickles ivories for KoRn. Juliana Sheffield moved back to Austin and then to NYC (how dare she) and somehow wound up in Cirque du Soleil's new rock circus "Delirium." Their one and only album, Persephonics , is simply a beautiful collection of wonderous trip-hop and ambient pop. It's a [...]
Ok, so here some pics from Banksy's show in downtown Los Angeles over the weekend. We went on opening day Friday, but some people bragged that they got in the night before. Whatever. It was a great exhibit of work that we've been wanting to see for a long time and we're glad he or she decided to have it here. Thank you. More photos will be posted on our Flickr/Imeem/blahblahblah accounts.
So we just got back from Banksy 's show. Probably won't need to post pics since the entire L.A. blogosphere was there but it was nice seeing all the infamous work in person. The Paris Hilton piece was there. That was hot. Mila Kunis was there too. She was hot. Anyway, shows, yes?... Breakestra perform at the Temple Bar on 9/16. Hit the Floor was one of the best records of 2005 in our pointless opinion. But the songs are even better en vivo... Carina Round continues her month-long stay at [...]
It may seem we don't cover the arts community too much, but we actually go to more art shows than rock shows, especially when they involve a one Audrey Kawasaki . For just over a year, she's risen to the top of L.A.'s art scene and recently unveiled her stunning "The Karakuri Sisters" as the featured exhibit for the third showing of "Picks of the Harvest." We've raved about her before, so we think we'll just let her work do the blurbing. But be sure to hit up this exhibit if you get a chance. Some of the best [...]
Greetings, Angelenos (and one jailbound NYer). We write to you from arctic Las Vegas where we'll be quickly doing some work at Photoshop World , feasting on a buffet or two, and taking a few pulls of Wheel of Fortune before heading back later on tonight for some things... It will be crazy sold out for Cold War Kids tonight at the Troubadour, but apparently some tickets might be available prior to the show. Amazing how big this band has gotten so quickly. That's what happens when you're good. And if you haven't heard, bidding [...]
Once in awhile we'll post about an out-of-town band, but only if they meet certain criteria: They they need to play in L.A. at some point and they have to be damn great. And so we've decided to make this a regular thing maybe just to keep things interesting, beginning with a band from Philly, The PoPo . We've been tracking the group for a bit and were glad they decided to do a little L.A. stint to promo their upcoming album on Buddyhead (due 10/31). Dancy political post-punk is a common formula with the kids these [...]
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