Wednesday, March 25, 2009

[UPDATED] Live Music Options 3/23/09 - 3/29/09

Radar Bros. Will (Gently) Rock You and Your Kids This Sunday 


Why bother with SXSW when you can see this many great bands in LA in one week?


Monday 3/23/09
[Pick of the Night] PJ Harvey and John Parish / Howie Gelb @ El Rey (Sold Out) – Tried to get in to see them at SXSW, but PJ didn’t text our guy back….
Dark Meat / Long Legged Woman / In Retrograde @ the Smell ($5)
Bishop Allen / Miniature Tigers / Mt. St. Helen’s Vietnam Band / Singsing and Marmar @ Troubadour ($12)
Kamran’s Birthday Night Bash @ the Echo (Donations to APLU) – Prince vs. the Rat Pack
Nico Stai / The Temper Trap / Rosie and the Goldbug / Oh Land @ Spaceland (Free)
Lovelikefire / French Miami / Legs on Sale @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)
The Jake Labotz Band @ Redwood Bar & Grill

Tuesday 3/24/09
[Pick of the Night] The Minor Canon / Western States Motel @ Home Restaurant on Riverside (Free)
[Recommended] Spinto Band / Maps and Atlases / Light FM @ Spaceland ($12)
Ten Out of Tenn @ Troubadour ($12) – A bunch of singer-songwriters out of Tennessee
T Model Ford / Dark Meat / Grampall Jookabox @ the Echo ($10)
An Horse / Wintersleep @ Echoplex ($10)
Bart Davenport / Sugar and Gold / Botticellis @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)
Mike Stinson / Dave Gleason @ Redwood Bar & Grill
Brett Dennen @ House of Blues Sunset
HR of Bad Brains @ Knitting Factory
Margaret Cho @ Largo ($25)
Franco Near Death / Chores / Divisible / Manhattan Murder Mystery @ Mr. T’s Bowl
The Proclaimers @ Hotel Café

Wednesday 3/25/09
[Pick of the Night] Marnie Stern / Starfucker / What’s Up? @ the Echo ($12)
Thee Oh Sees / The Fresh and Onlys / Restaurant / Ty Segall @ Silverlake Lounge ($10)
Club NME: No Kids / Parenthetical Girls / Black Gold @ Spaceland ($10) – Tomlab night.
Tricky / We Are the World @ The Fonda ($25)
Sam Roberts Band / Mother Mother @ Troubadour ($15)
Brett Dennen @ House of Blues Sunset
Sarah Silverman @ Largo ($25)
The High Society / Black Fortys @ Bordello ($8)

Thursday 3/26/09
[Pick of the Night] Early Man / Red Fang / Barrio Tiger @ Spaceland ($12) - I always like a good metal show at Spaceland. 
[Recommended] These Arms Are Snakes / Tera Melos @ the Echoplex ($12)
[Recommended] Kenan Bell / Illinois / Dot Hacker / Boom Bip DJ Set @ the Echo ($10) - One of the many LA artists that got a lot of great exposure at SXSW this year. 
Pre / The Mae Shi / Past Lives / Foot Village @ the Smell ($5) - Big lineup at the Smell
The Tallest Man on Earth / Emily Wells @ Troubadour ($12) - Some good buzz from this Swedish singer-songwriter. 
Rhett Miller @ Largo ($30) - The Old 97's frontman. 
Great Northern / The Jakes / Lemon Sun @ the Roxy ($7) - The new Great Northern is really well produced and should exponentially grow their fan base. They're heading out in May with Eulogies and the Dears. 
Beep Beep / Sebastian Grainger & the Mountains / The Show is a Rainbow / Princeton @ Knitting Factory ($13)
Dan Hicks and the Hot Licks / The Ditty Bops / Van Dyke Parks @ El Rey ($28.50)
Blank Dogs / Fancy Space People / Naked on the Vague @ Pehrspace
Alaska in Winter / New Villager / Juliette Commagere @ Bordello ($10)
Hot Panda / Agent Ribbons @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)

Friday 3/27/09  
[Pick of the Night] Pelican / Wolves in the Throne Room / Tombs @ Troubadour ($15)
Jon Brion & Friends @ Largo ($25)
Cold War Kids / Crystal Antlers @ Orpheum ($19) - I'm sure this bill would really confuse that 75% over at Pitchfork that is so clueless, self-righteous and overly serious.
The Asteroids Galaxy Tour @ The Echo ($15)
Gliss / The Takeover UK / Hello Vegas @ Spaceland ($10)
Los Lobos @ Conga Room ($36 - $75)
J.J. Cale / Pieta Brown @ McCabe’s (Sold Out)
Seasons / Go West Young Man / Marvelous Toy / The Shade @ Perhrspace
Zee Avi @ Hotel Café

Saturday 3/28/09
[Pick of the Week] Prince @ Conga Room (Sold Out) – Show at 9:30 PM
[Recommended] Prince @ Nokia Theatre (Sold Out) – Show at 7:00 PM
[Recommended] Prince @ Club Nokia (Sold Out) – Show at Midnight
[Recommended] Chad VanGaalen / Women / The Boat People @ Spaceland ($12)
[Recommended] Patton Oswalt / David Cross @ Largo ($25) - Two of my favorite comics. 
Herman Dune @ Natural History Museum - Shows at Noon and 2:00 PM - French duo. Everybody's pal Todd Clifford is tour managing them. 
J.J. Cale / Pieta Brown @ McCabe’s (Sold Out)
The Grates / The Gibbs @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)
Hardcore / Punk Matinee and Record Swap @ the Echo ($8)
Madeleine Peyroux @ Club Nokia ($40 - $50)
The One AM Radio / Amateurs @ Space 1520
AIDS Wolf / White Mice / Bipolar Bear @ the Smell ($5)
Z Berg @ Home (Free)
Tom Morello Justice Tour @ The Fonda ($15) – with guests Slash, Shooter Jennings, etc.
Boo and Boo Too / Band of Outsiders / Spider Problem / Fun Machine @ Echo Curio
Suicidal Tendencies / Biohazard / The Prodigal Son @ Hollywood Palladium ($32.50)
Hungry Beat Dance Party @ Pehrspace

Sunday 3/29/09
[Pick of the Day] Kidrockers: Radar Bros. / Le Switch @ the Echo ($12) – Hosted by Matt Dwyer; adults most be accompanied by a kid and vice versa
[Recommended] Part Time Punks: The Homosexuals / Silver Apples / Shark Toys @ the Echo ($12) - A couple of legendary artists. 
Lil’ Wayne / T-Pain / Gym Class Heroes @ Gibson Amphitheatre ($51 - $96) - Gym Class Heroes? 
The Renderers / VOICEs VOICEs @ The Smell ($5)
Neil Hamburger/ The Fuxedos @ Spaceland ($8)
Japan Nite 2009 @ Knitting Factory ($15)

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