Sunday, October 24, 2010

Live Music Options: 10/25/10 - 10/31/10

Janelle Monae Plays the Palladium on Saturday 


I only made it out once last week, for Kelley Stoltz at Spaceland. I'm loving his new record. He's not a super dynamic performer, but I thought he sounded great. Some pretty good choices each night this week...


Monday 10/25/10
[Pick of the Night] Jessie Baylin / Richard Swift @ Bootleg ($10) - I'm a big Richard Swift fan.
[Recommended] Wet & Reckless / Rumspringa / Bowery Beasts / LA Font @ Silverlake Lounge (Free) - Wrapping up their Monday night residency.
[Recommended] Evan Voytas / Lesands / Allo Darlin @ The Echo (Free) - Last night of the Monday night residency.
[Recommended] Radars to the Sky / Torches in Trees @ Spaceland (Free) - Last night of the Radars to the Sky residency.
UNKLE / Sleepy Sun @ El Rey ($27)
Boom Boom Satellites / Vampires Everywhere! @ Troubadour ($18)
The Wellspring / Little Stevies / Carter Hulsey @ Hotel Café
JP, Chrissie & the Fairground Boys / Amy Correia @ House of Blues Sunset ($23)
Bilal @ Amoeba (Free) – 7:00 PM set
Miss Josie Bunnie @ Pehrspace
Phil Alvin @ Redwood Bar
Justin Beiber / Sean Kingston @ Staples Center ($40 - $66)
Juliette Commagere / Aqualung @ Bardot (Free w/ RSVP)

Tuesday 10/26/10
[Pick of the Night] Murder Ballads: Frank Fairfield / Simon Stokes / Boy Scout Jamboree / Triple Chicken Foot / Vaud & the Villains / Amanda Jo Williams / Driftwood Singers / Julia Holter / RT n’ the 44’s / Emily Lace & Henry Wolfe @ Echoplex ($8) – Performing songs from the pages of murder ballad history.
[Recommended] Reigning Sound / The Ettes / Shirley Rolls @ The Echo ($12) – Memphis garage legend. Also at Spaceland on Wednesday.
Thrones / Christian Mistress / Gypsyhawk @ Spaceland ($8) – Joe Preston's solo project - he's played with Earth, Melvins, High on Fire and Sunn O))). 
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros @ Grove of Anaheim ($33)
Lights / Jeremy Fisher @ El Rey ($15)
Mad Planet / Sean Shan / Ballerina Black @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)
Seabear / Grandchildren @ Troubadour ($15)
The Harmony Tour: Never Shout Never @ The Wiltern
Eliza Doolittle @ Hotel Café
James Lavelle DJ set @ Amoeba (Free) – 7:00 PM set
Carnage Asada / The Mormons @ Redwood Bar

Wednesday 10/27/10
[Pick of the Night] Reigning Sound / The Ettes / Death Hymn Number 9 @ Spaceland ($12) – Memphis garage legend. This band merges soul. Also at the Echo on Tuesday.
Gorillaz / N.E.R.D. @ Gibson Amphitheatre ($80 - $143) - They were bad on their first tour, but I've heard they're pretty cool now. 
Low End Theory: Onra / Thavius Beck / My Dry Wet Mess @ Airliner ($10)
Neil Sedaka @ Walt Disney Concert Hall ($45 - $116)  
Father’s Day / The McDaniels / Laco$te / clipping @ The Smell ($5)
White Sea / Seven Saturdays @ Hotel Café – White Sea features Morgan Kibby of M83
Playing For Change @ Wilshire Ebell ($35 - $75)
VersaEmerge / Anarbor / The Dangerous Summer / Conditions @ Troubadour ($10)
wOOtstock: An Evening of Geeks + Music with Paul and Storm @ Largo
Bullet For My Valentine / Escape the Fate / Black Tide / Drive A @ Palladium ($36)
Tim & Eric / Neil Hamburger @ the Glass House ($20)
Jason Simon @ Vacation (Free) – 7:00 PM
JP, Chrissie & the Fairground Boys / Amy Correia @ House of Blues Anaheim ($23)

Thursday 10/28/10
[Pick of the Night] Built to Spill / Revolt Revolt / Finn Riggins @ El Rey ($25) - I've always been a big Built to Spill fan. They're not exciting to watch on stage, but sound great. 
Black Cobra / Ancestors / Black Math Horseman / Lantvrn @ Spaceland ($12 or $18 for Thursday and Friday) – It’s an American heavy metal weekend at Spaceland (Thursday and Friday anyway). Night one of the All Hallows Eve fest.
Meiko @ Hotel Café
Breathe Owl Breathe / Little Wings / The Migrant / Give Me Motion @ Bootleg ($10)
AP Tour Fall 2010: Bring Me the Horizon / August Burns Red / Emarosa @ Fox Theater Pomona ($20)
Fun. / Steel Train / Jarrod Gorbel @ The Music Box ($16)
The Broken Column / Act As If / Hello Vegas @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)
Foxy Shazam / Free Energy / Hollerado @ Troubadour ($15)
Bilal / J*Davey / Quadron @ Echoplex ($20)
Raw Power Rangers / Insect Surfers @ The Echo ($8) – Raw Power Ranger cover Raw Power as a rock opera
Sarah Silverman @ Largo ($25)
Rocky Horror Picture Show @ The Wiltern
Corinne Bailey Rae / Orgone @ Avalon ($40)
Kate Nash / Stacy Clark @ The Glass House ($20)
Spindrift / Vieja / Strangers Family Band @ Redwood Bar
Moving Picture Show / The Suicide Denial @ Viper Room ($15)
Starfucker @ Detroit Bar ($10)
Fear @ Key Club ($20)
Mini Mansions / Slang Chickens @ Space 1520 (Free)

Friday 10/29/10
[Pick of the Week] 2nd Annual Rock and Roll Circus: The Henry Clay People / The Little Ones / Andy Clockwise / We Barbarians / The Monolators / The Dig / Downtown Union @ The Echo and Echoplex ($12) – Starts at 7:00 PM. Side show acoustic performers include: Red Cortez, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Marvelous Toy, The Steelwells, Olin and the Moon and The Hectors. I've got some tickets to give away for this one. 
[Recommended] Big Business / Night Horse / The Fucking Wrath / The Shrine @ Spaceland ($12 or $18 for Thursday and Friday) – Night two of the mini-All Hallows Eve fest
[Recommended] Peelander-Z / Brothers Collateral / Sir Weston @ Grand Star ($12) - Another Aquarium Drunkard presents show. "Japanese Action Comic Punk Band" who wear some bright ass costumes on stage. I saw them at SXSW a couple of years back and it's a high energy show.
[Recommended] Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan / Willy Mason @ El Rey ($20)
[Recommended] Jon Brion @ Largo ($25)
Spain @ Origami (Free) – 8:30 PM
Devics / Jake Blanton / Willoughby @ Bootleg ($8)
AP Tour Fall 2010: Bring Me the Horizon @ Club Nokia
Kate Nash / Peggy Sue @ The Music Box ($23)
Stone Temple Pilots / Black Rebel Motorcycle Club @ Nokia Theatre ($40 - $80)
Moving Units / Rainbow Arabia @ Troubadour ($23)
Suicide Silence / Mychildren Mybride @ The Glass House ($20)
Peter Mulvey & Jeffrey Foucault @ McCabe’s ($16)
The Secret Sisters / The Americans @ McCabe’s ($18) – Late show at 11:00 PM
JackAss / Kings of the Wild Frontier / Los Dugans @ Redwood
Nico Vega / Saint Motel @ The Roxy ($14)

Saturday 10/30/10
[Pick of the Night] Of Montreal / Janelle Monae @ Palladium ($38) - Promises to be very theatrical. Janelle Monae's great. 
[Recommended] Ninjatune 20th Anniversary: Amon Tobin / Kid Koala / DJ Food & DK / Eskmo / Toddla T & Serocee / Ghostbeard / Cut Chemist @ Echoplex ($25) - Should be a good time.
Cut Chemist / The Duke Spirit / Gram Rabbit @ The Legendary Park Plaza ($75)  
Portugal. The Man / White Denim / HoneyChild @ El Rey ($22) - White Denims got a show lined up for Spaceland next week. 
Pelican / Goatsnake / Nails @ Troubadour ($15) - A good week for fans of heavy jams.
Tiger Army / Jack Grisham & the West Coast Dukes / Throw Rag @ The Grove of Anaheim ($28)
Lady Antebellum / David Nail @ Nokia Theatre
The Dan Band @ Club Nokia ($20 - $30)
Beats Antique / Eliot Lipp @ The Music Box ($25)
Suffocation / The Faceless @ The Glass House ($25)
TS and the Past Haunts / Silian Rail / Cue the Moon @ Pehrspace
Where Angels Suffer @ Viper Room ($24)
Hard Haunted Mansion: Bloody Beetroots / Mr. Oizo / Busy P / Crookers / Fake Blood / Rusko / Brodinski / Destructo @ Shrine Auditorium (Sold Out) 

Sunday 10/31/10
[Pick of the Night] DJ Shadow / Pigeon John @ House of Blues Sunset ($33) - I haven't followed him too closely since Endtroducing... but he's probably still interesting
[Recommended] Joe Pug / Nik Freitas @ Spaceland ($10) - I've heard good things about this folky, singer-songwriter. Not the most festive option on Halloween night, but good if you're already sick of the dress up parties. 
Frank Alpine / Violet Tremors @ The Echo ($5)
Halloween Silent Film: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde @ Walt Disney Concert Hall ($38 - $63)
Tiger Army / Mad Sin / Hillbilly Casino @ The Grove of Anaheim ($28)
Horrorpops / Rezurex / Fangs of Fur @ The Glass House ($22)
Kasio Antaxia / The Rizlas / Dharma Bums / Black Beverly Heels @ Redwood
Murderdolls @ The Roxy ($15)
Hard Haunted Mansion: Underworld / A-Trak / Boys Noize / Calvin Harris / Flying Lotus / Jack Beats / Destructo / Booka Shade / AC Slater @ Shrine Auditorium ($75)

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