Weekend Live Music Options 12/14/07 - 12/16/07

Recommended on Friday 12/14/07:
Christmas Sweater Competition: The Deadly Syndrome / Eskimohunter / The Pity Party / The Happy Hollows / The Mae Shi @ Crash Mansion ($5 minimum donation) – Solid lineup, all doing two fifteen minute sets (for charity). Four out of five of these bands have done Spaceland residencies and the fifth can’t be far behind.
RZA @ El Rey ($25)
Dead Ponies @ On the Rox
Van Halen @ Staples Center ($150) – Kinda steep.

Also Appearing on Friday 12/14/07:
LA Riots / Publicist (Seb from Trans Am) / Anavan @ Echoplex ($10) – Indie dance crowd.
The Morning Benders @ the Echo ($5)
Hearts of Palm UK @ El Cid ($10)
Imperial Teen / Midnight Movies @ Troubadour ($14)
Circus Minor @ Spaceland


Recommended on Saturday 12/15/07:
Dead Meadow / Rosewood Thieves / Henry Clay People @ Little Radio ($12) – Christmas party with only 150 tickets available for the public. Dead Meadow's new album comes out on Matador on 2/5/08. The first MP3 is now available "What Needs Must Be"
Les Savy Fav / The Dodos / We Barbarians @ El Rey ($19) – Heavy indie rock.
Download “What Would Wolves Do” and “The Equestrian”
Stevie Wonder @ Nokia Theatre LA Live (Sold Out) – A real legend.

Also Appearing on Saturday 12/15/07:
Snoop Dogg @ House of Blues ($55) – Benefit for Snoop’s football league.
Pigeon John @ Temple Bar ($12)
The Greyboy Allstars @ Troubadour ($25)
Ultraviolet, Stones Throw, The Fader Party @ 209 S. Garey (Free) – DJs Peanut Butter Wolf, Valida, Dam-Funk, & Jamie Strong, Free Drinks – RSVP to ultravioletwear@yahoo.com
Etta James @ Wiltern ($50)
Dynamite Walls @ Spaceland
Check Yo Ponytail: Klever & Titsworth / Japanther / The Black Ghosts / Ima Gymnist @ the Echoplex ($12) – Indie dance crowd.

Recommended for Sunday 12/16/07:
The Harpeth Trace / Listing Ship / Correatown @ Spaceland (Free)

Also appearing on Sunday 12/16/07:
Tori Amos @ Nokia Theatre LA Live ($54 tix remain) – I sat 2nd row at a Tori Amos concert once in college. The way she worked the corner of that piano bench as she sang about subjects like rape was a bit disturbing.
Part Time Punks: Savage Republic @ the Echo ($10)