Best Coast's Bobb Bruno & Bethany Cosentino Hello everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Far too many exceptional shows last week including last night's NO CANCER! Benefit show with No Age , Vivian Girls , Best Coast , Graham Forest , Darker My Love and more. I do believe Bethany from Best Coast 's performance as one of their most entertaining yet. [...]
Monday February 8, 2010 [Pick of the Night] Useless Keys / Light FM / The Black Apples / L.E.F. @ The Echo (Free) – Useless Keys has the Monday night residency. [Recommended] Princeton / Casxio / Rafter / The Jubilee Singers @ Spaceland (Free) – Princeton continues their Monday night residency. Red Arrow Messenger / Jenny O / Rumspringa @ Bootleg (Free) – Red Arrow Messenger continues its Monday night residency. Gamble House / [...]
Oh Darling - Photo By Kyle Oddson Recommended Los Angeles Shows – January 11th – January 17th Monday, January 11th The French Semester/ The Monolators / Manhattan Murder Mystery @ The Echo (Free) Weed Diamond and Tan Dollar @ Synchronicity Space Tuesday, January 12th Queen Kwong EP Release Party @ Spaceland Seven Saturdays / The Parson Red Heads / Go West Young Man @ Bootleg Olin & The [...]
Pee-wee Herman Starts His Residency at Club Nokia Mostly another good week to check out some local bands... Monday 1/11/10 [Pick of the Night] The Minor Canon @ Unknown Theatre – Two sets – 10 PM and 11:30 PM – One of my favorite local bands. [Recommended] The French Semester / Asbury / The Monolators / Manhattan Murder Mystery @ The Echo (Free) – The French Semester are doing the free Monday night residency [...]
Vampire Weekend Album Release Show At Henry Fonda Theatre Tues. Jan. 12th Happy Monday everyone! This first week back after the holidays certainly was a productive one! So many great shows so little time. I did manage to catch 60-Watt Kid and Glasser at Spaceland on Saturday. 60-Watt Kid BLEW MY FREAKIN MIND . Their lush spacey songs are will know doubt draw comparison [...]
Stellar songstresses back-to-back tonight at the Hotel Cafe — first it's Azure Ray's Maria Taylor [pictured], abetted by Brandon Walters, followed by Jesca Hoop . ... There's a full plate of residencies — Year Long Disaster (with It's Casual) at Spaceland, the Northstar Session (with David George) at the Bootleg Theater, the French Semester (with the Monolators, Manhattan Murder Mystery and Asbury) at the Echo, the Steelwells (with the Romany Rye) at the Silverlake Lounge and Semi Sweet at the Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa. ... Also: [...]
PHOTO by Sung. J. Bentley on the decks at Skybar. Will probably look about the same spinning at the Viceroy. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy @ Disney Concert Hall (7 pm show) Big Bad Voodoo Daddy (10 pm) @ Disney Concert Hall Bootie LA New Years Eve Bootleg Ball @ Echoplex Chromeo with Peanut Butter Wolf, VEGA and Gaslamp Killer @ Club Nokia Club Underground & Hang The DJ's presents Roarrrinn' 2010 Year of the Tiger w/ [...]
With the exception of New Year's Eve, not too much going on this week. I also recommend checking out the 88 tonight for free.... Monday 12/28/09 [Pick of the Night] Mere Mortals / The 88 / Vesuviasonic / Shield @ Spaceland (Free) - I always forget how good the 88 is until I see them. Great chance to see them for free at a tiny club. This is the last night of the Mere Mortals residency. [Recommended] [...]
PICK OF THE WEEK Mika Miko Final shows Wed 12/30 w/ Le Joshua, Prs Hltn, Mthrfckrs, Mr. Wright And The El Salvadorians (members of No Age and Mika Miko) Thurs 12/31 w/ Staring Problem, Ima Fucking Gymnist & DiGiTS Fri 1/1 w/ Hello Astronaut Goodbye Television, My Little Red Toe, OG Silver Daggers The Smell THIS WEEK'S TICKET GIVEAWAYS [...]
Local Natives Play at The Echo Dec. 22nd w/ Voxhaul Broadcast & Chief T he holidays are upon us and most of you are probably off to the 4 corners of the world to be home for the holidays. I myself will be heading home to Salt Lake City for a few days of quality fam time. If you're in LA for the holidays there is still plenty to see and do. Lady Gaga 's Monster Ball Tour [...]
[Fun, festive fundraisers. Cool concerts. Punchy parties. And the Pity Party. This weekend has it all, and I must be quick so I can try to find my godawful-est sweater for the Christmas Sweater Festival on Saturday:] Tonight: Foreign Born [pictured] headlines Spaceland. I hope they use the sleigh bells if they play "Union Hall." ... Red Cortez , the VLA , Rademacher and the Growlers play a benefit for Artists in Aid at the Edgar Varela Fine Arts [...]
It's the wrap-up of Buzz Bands Playlist 2009 — beginning at noon today on Indie1031.com , I will finish counting down my favorite SoCal songs of the year. But first, a confession: A friend and loyal reader asked me at the Buzz Bands party on Sunday night where, in my list, a certain band would appear. My jaw dropped. I'd flat-out forgotten somebody. Which was bound to happen, I suppose, considering as many songs/bands as I did. So I hope you'll forgive me today for having 41 songs in my Top 40. ... And who knows, I've [...]
Join me on Indie 103.1 at noon today as Buzz Bands LA Playlist 2009 — the countdown of my favorite local tracks of the year — continues. Today's show will pick up where last week's left off, at song No. 72. The final week, on Dec. 16, I will be sharing the top 40. After the jump, the list so far: Buzz Bands LA Playlist 2009 The Dec. 2 show 103. Crash Kings, [...]
It's the Buzz Bands LA Playlist 2009 — the recap. Today marked the first of my three shows on Indie 103.1 counting down my favorite local tracks of the year. Thanks to Indie for the invite, thanks to all the bands who reached out to me for sending their music. Next Wednesday will be Part 2, with the final show scheduled for noon on Dec. 16. For now, here's the first segment. Comments welcome. I promise to add links to all the bands. Really. Buzz Bands [...]
Dirty Projectors Play the Disney in February Walt Disney Concert Hall 2/27/10: Dirty Projectors w/ LA Philharmonic (on sale Saturday at 10 AM) Bren Events Center at UC Irvine 1/11/10: Weezer (on sale Saturday at 10 AM) El Rey 1/15/10: State Radio (Saturday at 10 AM) 2/9/10: St. Vincent / Wildbirds & Peacedrums (Saturday at 10 AM) 2/13/10: The Album Leaf (Saturday at 10 AM) 2/18/10: Medeski Martin [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Coconut and the Duke : "Walcott (Vampire Weekend cover)" [mp3] other Coconut and the Duke posts at Largehearted Boy Cold Cave : "Theme from Tomorrowland" [mp3] from Love Comes Close (remastered) other Cold Cave posts at Largehearted Boy Daniel, Fred, & Julie : "Runner" [...]
[Birthday greetings go out today to Simon Le Bon ... and here's what's in store tonight:] Critics have heaped accolades on Sunset Rubdown's latest album "Dragonslayer," a labrynthian blast of image-heavy art-rock. The Montreal-based ensemble, led by Wolf Parade's Spencer Krug, ends the U.S. leg of its tour tonight at the Troubadour, where tUnE-YaRdS opens. ... Should be a fun night of dress-up (and cover) at the Echo — Otik Records presents the Voyeurs (as Creedence Clearwater Revival), the Flying [...]
TUNE IN Today For Wire, School Of Seven Bells, Neal Casal, The Checks, Kasabian, Julian Casablancas, Detachments, Lissy Trullie, Camera Obscura, The Sounds, Visqueen, Howard Devoto, Bloc Party, The Monolators, Erin McKeown, Miracle Fortress, The Cribs and 109 more!
Can there be too much of a good thing? The Eagle Rock Music Festival — which, if you have any affection for good local music at all, qualifies — is liable to have you sprinting up and down Colorado Boulevard on Saturday. By my count, there are about 70 bands performing on 15 or so stages — and there are other cool happenings, such as Pehrspace's "Pehriscope" (at Swork coffeehouse) — one-time collaborations by artists such as the Monolators, Meredith Meyer and Timonium incorporating projections, films, live soundtracking and more. The festival is neighborhood-y is the best way [...]
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