Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Los Angeles Live Music Calendar 1/22/08 - 1/27/08

Yeasayer Play the Echoplex on Saturday

In my efforts to give you news you can use, here's the calendar for the entire week (sorry I forgot about Monday). Highlights for the week include some big hype shows and some of my favorite local bands of 2007....
Tuesday 1/22/08
[Hype Alert] The Teenagers / Mezzanine Owls @ the Echo ($10) – The Teenagers are an upbeat Parisian synth/guitar/bass trio with some hype behind them right now. Bronson’s got a piece on them HERE. Also at Spaceland Wednesday.
Signal Hill / Keith Waggoner (of Amateurs) @ Silverlake Lounge ($8) – This is Joe from Radio Free Silver Lake’s pick.
Ranch Party: Merle Jagger @ Spaceland – Monthly country music night.
Ryan Adams @ Bridges Auditorium at Claremont Colleges ($35) – Claremont’s about 30 miles east of Echo Park.
Restaurant @ Safari Sam’s ($8)
The French Semester @ the Scene (Free)
The Locust @ Troubadour (Sold Out)
Anchors Aaweigh @ Bordello ($8) – The guy from the Blood Arm

Wednesday 1/23/08
[Recommended] The Moon Upstairs / Suki Ewers / Greater California @ The Echo ($7) – The Moon Upstairs put out one of my favorite local releases last year. They play George Harrison inspired rock ‘n’ roll.
[Hype Alert] Club NME: The Teenagers / Run Run Run / Mostly Bears @ Spaceland – The Teenagers are a British upbeat band with some hype behind them right now. Bronson’s got a piece on them HERE.
[Recommended] Buddy @ Hotel Café – Wimpycore.
Amnion @ Three of Clubs (Free)
Steve Aoki Record Release Party: Har Mar Superstar @ the Roxy (Free with RSVP)
Two Ton Boa / The Youngs @ Bordello
Gallows @ Troubadour ($15) – The LA Weekly’s pick.
David Garza @ Largo
Artichoke @ Tangier ($8)

Thursday 1/24/08
[Recommended] Airborne Toxic Event / Radars to the Sky / Venus Infers / Aushua @ Spaceland ($8) – RSVP to airbornersvp@gmail.com to get on the list. The next to last week of ATE’s monthlong residency.
[Recommended] Dead Ponies / The Savages @ Silverlake Lounge ($7) – Intense rock ‘n’ roll.
[Recommended] Black Rebel Motorcycle Club @ Key Club (Sold Out)
[Recommended] Rademacher @ the Prospector in Long Beach
[Recommended] Peter Bjorn & John / Sea Wolf @ Samueli Hall in Costa Mesa (Sold Out)
Feral Children / The Transmissions / Black Kites @ The Scene
[CANCELLED] Hey Willpower / Money Mark @ the Echo ($10) – Hey Willpower is one of the guys from Imperial Teen with one of the guys from Tussle. [CANCELLED]
The Grouch & Eligh (Living Legends) / Brother Reade @ Knitting Factory ($20) – Hip-hop
Ingrid Michaelson @ Troubadour (Sold Out)
Masta Ace @ Safari Sam’s ($18)
The Watkins Family Hour @ Largo – The Nickel Creek members
Priscilla Ahn @ Hotel Café
Rob Dickinson (Catherine Wheel) @ Viper Room

Friday 1/25/08
[Recommended] Ringo Starr @ House of Blues (Free) – 1:00PM show. Line up starting at 9:00AM or try buying Ringo’s new album at Amoeba or listening to KLOS.
[Recommended] Black Rebel Motorcycle Club @ Safari Sam’s ($30) – You can watch the “Berlin” video that was filmed at Little Radio a while back. You briefly see the back of my head.
[Recommended] Talib Kweli @ House of Blues (Sold Out) – Hip-Hop
Jason Isbell / Will Hoge / Jeremy Fisher @ Spaceland ($15) – The former Drive By Truckers member. His solo album is good.
Au Revoir Simone / Karin Tatoyan / Princeton @ Troubadour ($12) – Their debut album is pretty good.
Pigeon John @ El Cid ($10) – Full band set.
The Blow / Mirah @ The Fonda ($15)
Jim Ward / Nico Stai @ Paul G Gleason Theatre – Jim Ward is the lead singer/guitarist of Sparta. There are shows at 7:00PM and 10:00PM but the later show is already sold out.
Lemon Sun / Astra Heights @ the Echo ($5)
Restaurant @ Mr. T’s Bowl
Hello Astronaut, Goodbye Television @ the Smell ($5)

Saturday 1/26/08
[Recommended / Hype Alert] Yeasayer / MGMT @ the Echoplex ($10) – Yeasayer made my best of 2007 list. Their debut album has a lot of great ideas and succeeds with a lot of them. Tickets have sold so well for this one, that apparently they moved it downstairs to the Echoplex. Download two of Yeasayer’s best tracks: “Sunrise” and “2080” I haven’t spent as much time with MGMT’s CD, but it’s got some good tracks too.
[Recommended] Correatown @ Pehrspace – Record release party
[Recommended] Talib Kweli @ House of Blues ($22.50)
Earthless @ The Mountain (Free) – What I’ve heard sounds good. From their Myspace page: “We play long instrumental,partially structured improvised rock-n-roll with a lot of ‘cosmic nodding.’”
From The Jam (Rick Buckler and Bruce Foxton) @ El Rey ($27.50)
Tim Finn / Miranda Lee Richards @ Troubadour ($22)
The Stitches / The Superbees @ Safari Sam’s ($13)
Abe Vigoda @ the Smell ($5)
The Movies / Le Switch @ the Prospector in Long Beach ($5) - Two of my favorite local bands. Make sure you stop by Fingerprints record store when you're Long Beach.
Rocket @ Spaceland ($8)

Sunday 1/27/08
[Recommended/Hype Alert] White Williams / Magic Bullets / The Blakes @ Echo ($10) – White Williams is probably the poppiest of the new hyped-up, electro-noise-pop acts.
[Recommended] The Spires / Jake Mann / Franklin for Short / Frankel @ All Star Lanes in Eagle Rock ($5 includes bowling shoe rental) – Frankel made one of my favorite local releases of last year.
[Recommended] Brunch Americana: Dave Gleason @ Safari Sam’s (Free) – Noon to 4:00PM
The Mother Truckers @ the Mint – Voted the best roots rock band in 2006 by the Austin Chronicle and they’ve shared the stage with Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson.
Upsilon Acrux / Bobb Bruno @ Spaceland (Free)

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