Monday, July 12, 2010

Live Music Options: 7/12/10 - 7/18/10

Happy Birthday Play Spaceland on Friday


Well, if you're an MGMT or Kings of Leon fan then you're probably pretty excited about this week, otherwise you've got to do some digging (especially after the M.I.A./Sleigh Bells cancellation)....
Monday 7/12/10
[Pick of the Night] Mississippi Man / Superhumanoids / Dahga Bloom / Useless Keys @ The Echo (Free) – One of those go early and stay late kinda nights.
[Recommended] Summer Darling / Wait.Think.Fast / Cue the Moon @ Spaceland (Free) – Summer Darling is the resident band.
[Recommended] The Outline / The Color Turning / The Damselles & the TC4 @ Bootleg Theater (Free) – The Outline is the resident band.
Yellow Red Sparks / Pacific Hurt / Windy City Gentleman / Verb the Adjective Noun @ Silverlake Lounge (Free)
Kings of Leon / Built to Spill / The Features @ Hollywood Bowl (Sold Out) – This is a lease event, so make sure you know what you can take into the Bowl. I like Built to Spill.
Doug Benson @ Largo
The Mynabirds @ Hotel Café
Greg Mullen / Glacier Saint / Maraca Mouths / Air Surgeon @ Echo Curio
Hyena / Kid Infinity / Myths / Professor Calculus @ Echo Curio

Tuesday 7/13/10
[Pick of the Night] Admiral Radley @ Amoeba (Free) – 7:00 PM show; Grandaddy/Earlimart hybrid
[Recommended] Elisa Randazzo / Miranda Lee Richards / Bridget St. John / Neal Casal @ Spaceland ($10) – Elisa used to be in Fairchild with her ex and just recently put out a record on Drag City.
Andy Clockwise / Marvelous Toy / Silent Comedy @ Troubadour ($10)
Smog Sessions: MRK1 / Juan Basshead / Emu / Kemst @ Echo ($5 w/ RSVP)
French Passion Classical Music @ Hollywood Bowl ($8 - $99)
Eytan and the Embassy / Philadelphia Grand Jury / Ballerina Black @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)
Spirit Animal / Gun Runner / The Non @ Bootleg Theater ($8)
Sam Bradley @ Hotel Café
Pato Banton @ The Glass House ($15)
Kingsizemaybe / Double Naught Spycar / Los Duggans @ 3 of Clubs
Big Tree / The Shade / C-Horse / Birdlips @ Echo Curio

Wednesday 7/14/10
[Pick of the Night] Smokey Robinson / Lizz Wright @ Hollywood Bowl ($8 - $99) – Remember ABC’s tribute song? No? This is the kind of show I’d sit in the back and sing along.
[Recommended] The Californian / Judson and Mary / Billy Harvey / Charlie Wadhams @ Spaceland ($5) - A couple of solid, late additions to the bill...
Low End Theory: Asura / Jonwayne / Anenon @ Airliner ($10)
Lola Loshkey / VOICEs VOICEs / Halloween Swim Team / Corridor @ Pehrspace
Dub Club / 45 Funk @ Echoplex and Echo (Free before 10 PM)
Kings of Leon / Built to Spill / The Features@ Verizon Wirelss Amphitheater ($70)
La Roux / Tokimonsta @ Club Nokia (Sold Out)
Sweethead / Nico Vega / Scarlet Grey @ Troubadour ($12)
Victoria Noll / RF Maston / Roughed Up Fold @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)
Fred Armisen @ Largo ($20)
Chris Shiflett & the Dead Peasants @ Hotel Café
Basshaters / Mirage / Damion Romero / Indian Mound @ Echo Curio

Thursday 7/15/10
[Pick of the Night] Benji Hughes and Friends @ Largo ($20) - Eccentric singer gets the crowd rapped around his finger. Jackson Browne will be appearing with him.
[Recommended] Shakey Graves / Frankel / Drew Stedman / The Venus Illuminato @ Redwood Bar - First Frankel show since 2008
Dusty Rhodes and the River Band / Satellite Crush / The Rambles @ Spaceland ($7)
Moses Campbell / Hello the Mind Control / Waytansea Point / Stellaluna @ The Smell ($5)
Wakey!Wakey! / Olin & the Moon @ Bootleg Theater ($12) – Some decent buzz
Ben Lee / Brother / Ry Cuming @ Santa Monica Pier (Free)
Fitz & the Tantrums / The Heavy @ UCLA Hammer Museum (Free)
Antibalas / The Sway Machinery @ Echoplex ($22)
Bell Plays Bruch @ Hollywood Bowl ($8 - $99)
Killola / Queen Kwong / Ezra Reich @ Viper Room ($12)
Hawthorne Heights / The Story Changes / PMToday / Acidic @ Troubadour ($11)
Threadless West Coast Social: DJ Greg Dulli / Teen Inc. / The Samps @ The Echo (Free before 9:30 PM, $5 after)) – 7:30 PM show
Terraplane Sun / Vantage / Cloudhanger @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)
KT Tunstall @ Hotel Café
Ulysses Grewmen / Peter J. Woods / Moment Trigger / True Womanhood @ Echo Curio

Friday 7/16/10
[Pick of the Night] Happy Birthday / Residual Echoes / Dirt Dress / My Pet Saddle @ Spaceland ($10) – Worst band name candidate, Happy Birthday have generated some good buzz off of their Sub Pop debut.
[Recommended] No Jacket Required: Wounded Lion / So Many Wizards / Woah Hunx @ The Grandstar in Chinatown ($5) – New club presented by Aquarium Drunkard every 1st, 3rd and 5th Fridays of the month (he’ll be DJ’ing tonight)
Mahjongg / Mikki and the Mauses / Garbaj Kaetz @ Bootleg Theater ($10) – K Records
MGMT / Francis and the Lights / Helios Creed @ Greek Theatre ($46)
John Doe and Exene / The Living Sisters @ The Autry ($22 / $30 seated)
Caravan Palace @ California Plaza (Free)
Rademacher @ Casey’s (Free)
Shirley Rolls / C-Horse / Brown Irish / Mountain Animal Hospital @ Pehrspace
Secret History / Sweater Girls / Waterlaso @ The Echo ($8)
Warner Bros. Presents: Bugs Bunny at the Symphony w/ fireworks@ Hollywood Bowl ($15 - $50)
Lords of Acid / My Life with the Trill Kill Kult / Blownload @ Club Nokia ($28)
Hypernova / The Yellow Dogs / Action Designs @ Troubadour ($12) – Straight Outta Iran
Signals / Rare Grooves / Still Flyin’ / Heller Keller @ The Smell ($5)
Sarah Silverman @ Largo ($25)
Tyrone Wells @ Hotel Café
Dan Navarro @ McCabe’s ($17.50)
Lil’ Kim @ Key Club ($30 - $40)

Saturday 7/17/10
[Pick of the Night] Dead Meadow / Featherbeard / MOAB @ Spaceland ($14) – Zep/Sabbath lovers
Jeremy Messersmith @ The Mint ($8) – Early showcase at 8:00 PM
One Day As A Lion @ Undisclosed Location in Pomona ($12) - One Day As A Lion is Zach de la Rocha and Jon Theodore. Show is at 3:00 PM and tickets go on sale at Noon on Wednesday via Ticketweb and at Fingerprints and the Glass House record shop.
Die Antwoord / Borgore / Destructo @ El Rey ($30) – M.I.A. and Sleigh Bells and all the other bands from Hard have cancelled.
Moses Campbell @ Malibu Library (Free) - All ages show at 1:00 PM
Stevenson Ranch Davidians @ Casey’s (Free)
Simon Joyner / Queen Victoria / Claire Cronin @ Echo Curio
Dirt Dress / Dander de Milo / God Equals Genocide / Audacity / Haunted Tiger @ Mr. T’s Bowl
Gipsy Kings @ Greek Theatre ($30 - $120)
Warner Bros. Presents: Bugs Bunny at the Symphony w/ fireworks@ Hollywood Bowl ($15 - $50)
Thrice / Kevin Devine / Bad Veins / The Dig @ Fox Theater in Pomona ($25)
Teenage Bottlerocket / Banner Pilot / Vultures United / Gentleman Prefer Blood @ Troubadour ($12)
Laura Jansen @ Hotel Café
Let Live / We Be the Echo / WITT / Badass Magic @ The Smell ($5)
Shelby Lynne @ McCabe’s ($34.50) – Early show at 8PM is sold out, still tix for the 10PM show.
Oh Yeah, The Future / Therapy Session / Tubby Boots @ Pehrspace
Restaurant / The Paper Planes / Annie and Her Guns @ The Prospector in Long Beach

Sunday 7/18/10
[Pick of the Night] Grand Ole Echo: Dave Gleason / Wheelhouse @ The Echo (Free) - Early show at 5:00 PM; CD release show for Gleason. Leslie from Leslie and the Badgers will be appearing with Wheelhouse (which features Brian Whelan from the Broken West).
Diabetes Benefit: Ludacris / Ray J / New Boyz @ Club Nokia ($40 - $75)
The Swell Season / She & Him / The Bird and the Bee @ Hollywood Bowl ($14 - $102)
MGMT / Francis and the Lights / Helios Creed @ Fox Theater Pomona ($33 - $48)
Tool @ Nokia Theatre LA Live (Sold Out)
One Day As A Lion @ Undisclosed Location in Los Angeles ($10) - One Day As A Lion is Zach de la Rocha and Jon Theodore. Show is at 3:00 PM and tickets go on sale at Noon on Wednesday via Ticketweb and at Origami Vinyl.
FYF Fest Presents: Cults / Superhumanoids / Chris the Rapper @ Synchronicity ($7)
Drink Up Buttercup / Rabbits Running / Oh My Stars @ Spaceland ($5)
Your Town Follies with Stefan Haves @ Largo ($30)
Part Time Punks @ The Echo ($5) – Factory Records night
Gipsy Kings @ Greek Theatre ($30 - $120)

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