Black Mountain Play the Echo TonightIt's a ridiculously busy night for shows tonight and all this week. None of these shows tonight is sold out yet. It feels a little like there's gotten to be too much competition for shows in this town. It's good for the bands, because they get higher guarantees, but then fans are forced to see bands in venues that are a little too big (Interpol/Liars, Tokyo Police Club/White Rabbits), or else they're forced to pay too much for tickets (JAMC/BRMC). Don't mind me, just a mini-tirade for Tuesday.
Tuesday's Picks 10/23/07:
Black Mountain / The Cave Singers @ the Echo ($10) – This one gets listed first because it's a fair price for two pretty good indie bands. Black Mountain play dark, psychedelic music along the same lines of LA’s the Warlocks. They’ve been working on their new album for two years. Look for it in January on Jagjaguwar (one of my favorite labels this year). The Cave Singers are on Matador and play really damaged old school folk music. Their record’s worth checking out if you’re into that sort of thing.
Download Black Mountain’s “Druganaut”
Download The Cave Singer’s “Seeds of Night”
The Jesus and Mary Chain / Black Rebel Motorcycle Club @ Wiltern ($40 / $50 with all the svc charges) – It’s pretty odd that BRMC is opening for JAMC. I mean, that’s like getting Interpol to open for Joy Division (if Ian Curtis was alive of course). The fact that this isn’t sold out shows you how expensive this ticket is ($25 would be a much fairer price). If I hadn’t seen them six months ago, I’d still be tempted.
Interpol / Liars @ Forum ($25-32) – A couple of interesting bands in an awful venue (the Forum's one of the worst places I've ever seen a show - the Beastie Boys almost 10 years ago). Interpol’s hit or miss live. They should have done two nights at the Greek if they thought the demand was there. I think Farmer Dave’s still touring with Interpol on keys.
Pharoahe Monch @ Knitting Factory ($25) – Underground hip-hop legend who was in Organized Konfusion.
Let’s Independent: Light FM / Nightfur / Lo-Fi Sugar @ Boardner’s (Free) – I’m not super familiar with any of these bands, but Joe at Radio Free Silver Lake knows how to throw a good monthly party.
Black Mountain / The Cave Singers @ the Echo ($10) – This one gets listed first because it's a fair price for two pretty good indie bands. Black Mountain play dark, psychedelic music along the same lines of LA’s the Warlocks. They’ve been working on their new album for two years. Look for it in January on Jagjaguwar (one of my favorite labels this year). The Cave Singers are on Matador and play really damaged old school folk music. Their record’s worth checking out if you’re into that sort of thing.
Download Black Mountain’s “Druganaut”
Download The Cave Singer’s “Seeds of Night”
The Jesus and Mary Chain / Black Rebel Motorcycle Club @ Wiltern ($40 / $50 with all the svc charges) – It’s pretty odd that BRMC is opening for JAMC. I mean, that’s like getting Interpol to open for Joy Division (if Ian Curtis was alive of course). The fact that this isn’t sold out shows you how expensive this ticket is ($25 would be a much fairer price). If I hadn’t seen them six months ago, I’d still be tempted.
Interpol / Liars @ Forum ($25-32) – A couple of interesting bands in an awful venue (the Forum's one of the worst places I've ever seen a show - the Beastie Boys almost 10 years ago). Interpol’s hit or miss live. They should have done two nights at the Greek if they thought the demand was there. I think Farmer Dave’s still touring with Interpol on keys.
Pharoahe Monch @ Knitting Factory ($25) – Underground hip-hop legend who was in Organized Konfusion.
Let’s Independent: Light FM / Nightfur / Lo-Fi Sugar @ Boardner’s (Free) – I’m not super familiar with any of these bands, but Joe at Radio Free Silver Lake knows how to throw a good monthly party.
Ranch Party: Merle Jagger @ Spaceland – The Merle Jagger guys used to host this club night at the Lava Lounge before the Lava Lounge got shut down. This will happen once a month at Spaceland.
Other Options:
Tokyo Police Club / White Rabbits @ El Rey ($15) – Tokyo Police Club recently signed to Saddle Creek and started working on their debut album. I’m a little surprised that warrants headlining El Rey, but then again, I’m not a concert promoter. I saw White Rabbits at Spaceland in June and wrote that they were pretty good with a few standout tracks. I honestly can’t remember it at all now. Alcohol kills brain cells.
Man Man / Sleeping States @ Troubadour ($12) – Man Man had all the internet buzz 2 ½ years ago.
Kill the Complex @ Key Club (Free)
Luca @ Knitting Factory Alterknit ($5) – Early show.
Moving Units @ Viper Room (Free if you RSVP to Metromix)
2 comments:
You can get J&MC tickets for free tonight:
http://www.goldstarevents.com/events/los-angeles-ca/the-jesus-and-mary-chain.html
free is definitely a lot better than $50.
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