Live Music Options: 8/8/11 - 8/14/11

Deerhunter Play the Wiltern on Tuesday



A few good shows this week.

Monday 8/8/11

[Pick of the Night] Robert Francis / Papa / Cave Country / Blair @ Bootleg (Free)

[Recommended] Active Child / Touche / Sleeping Bags / The Static Jacks @ The Echo (Free)

[Recommended] Stone Darling / Infantree / Whispering Pines @ The Satellite (Free)

The Ross Sea Party / A House For Lions / Spirit Vine / The Dead Ships @ Silverlake Lounge (Free)

Phish @ Hollywood Bowl

Caught a Ghost / Pollyn @ Bardot (Free w/RSVP)

Tuesday 8/9/11

[Pick of the Week] Deerhunter / Dunes / David Scott Stone @ The Wiltern ($27) – I still love that last album.   

[Recommended] Allah-Las / Farmer Dave Scher / The Tyde / Tomorrow’s Tulips @ The Echo (Free) – Good lineup and the price is definitely right.

Wet and Reckless / Various Cruelties @ The Satellite ($8)

The Wallburds / Loch & Key / Canoneers / Belize / Ansel / Black Kettle @ Echoplex ($8)

Dancing Heals / Saint John and the Revelations / NOW @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)

Matisyahu @ Grove of Anaheim

Wednesday 8/10/11

[Pick of the Night] Vetiver / Waters / CB Brand @ Troubadour ($15)

[Recommended] Blues Night: Robert Cray / Keb’ Mo’ / Mavis Staples @ Hollywood Bowl ($2 - $141) – Mavis Staples at the Satellite was one of the best shows of the year.

Sia @ The Wiltern ($34 - $47)

The Street and Babe Shadow / The Bixby Knolls @ The Satellite ($8)

Big Audio Dynamite / The Chain Gang of 1974 @  Club Nokia ($35 - $49)

Low End Theory: Daedelus @ Airliner ($10)

Jill Scott / Anthony Hamilton / Mint Condition / DJ Jazzy Jeff @ Gibson Amphitheatre ($80 - $201)  

Vans Warped Tour: Sum 41 / Against Me! / Less Than Jake / Relient K @ Cal State Dominguez Hills

Marcia Griffiths @ Echoplex ($10)

Forever Goldrush / Welldigger’s Banquet / Sons of August @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)

Thursday 8/11/11

[Pick of the Night] Incan Abraham / Tennis System / Flora and Fauna @ Bootleg ($7)

[Recommended] Robert Ellis @ Origami (Free) – 5:00 PM

Christina Perri / honeyhoney / Sarah Ault @ Troubadour (Sold Out)

Ellie Goulding / Bag Raiders @ The Wiltern ($34)  

STRFKR / Melted Toys @ El Rey ($18)

LA Font / The Dead Ships / Terraplane Sun @ The Echo ($5)

Noah Lit & Megafauna / Marcus Very Ordinary @ Pershing Square (Free)

Beatnik Jr. / Tapioca and the Flea / Basement Babies / Naked Kids @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)

Halloween Swim Team / Sisu / Morose @ 267 S. Main ($5)

Avi Isenberg / Naïve Thieves / Saint Sea Hat / Not An Airplane @ The Prospector In Long Beach ($5)

Big Audio Dynamite / The Chain Gang of 1974 @ Grove of Anaheim

STS9 @ House of Blues Sunset

Sole and the Skyrider Band / Busdriver @ The Roxy ($12)

Royal Crown Revue / Orgone / Ameera @ Santa Monica Pier (Free)

Friday 8/12/11

[Pick of the Night] The Decemberists / Wye Oak @ Greek Theatre ($33 - $43) – Make sure you get there early for Wye Oak.

[Recommended] Buck 65 / Jel (of Themselves) @ The Satellite ($15)

[Recommended] Robert Ellis @ McCabe’s ($15)

Eels / The Submarines @ El Rey ($30)  

Junip / Beware of Safety @ Bootleg ($20)

Rodrigo y Gabriela / Los Amigos Invisibles @ Hollywood Bowl ($16 - $168)

Natural Child / Liquor Store / The Double Negatives / Johnny O’Donnell @ Blue Star ($10)

Bob Schneider @ Troubadour ($20) -

Pulp Tribute Night: Love Grenades / Fonda @ The Echo ($8)

Nekromantix @ House of Blues Sunset

Saturday 8/13/11

[Pick of the Night] The Get Up Kids / The Henry Clay People @ The Satellite ($23)

Power of the Riff: Pentagram / Eyehategod / Winter / Pelican and many more @ The Echo & Echoplex ($35)

Pacific Festival: Snoop Dogg / Cut Copy / Steve Aoki / Calvin Harris / Ghostland Observatory / !!! / Black Lips / Phantogram / Toro Y Moi / Bag Raiders  and many more @ Oak Canyon Ranch ($75 - $175) – A couple of people I’d like to see in the lineup. I’ve heard Snoop’s pretty horrible about phoning it in these days.

Gipsy Kings @ Greek Theatre ($35 - $121)

Rodrigo y Gabriela / Los Amigos Invisibles @ Hollywood Bowl ($16 - $168)

The Cause / Atomic & the Shallow / Mothership / Shades of Truth @ Troubadour

Gold Soil / Rarebit / Anenon / Rom-Dos @ Bootleg ($10)

The Milk Carton Kids @ McCabe’s ($15)

Sunday 8/14/11

[Pick of the Night] Califone @ The Satellite ($12) – Really good band.

[Recommended] Roots Roadhouse: The Sadies / Old Man Markley / Mike Stinson / Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys / Eilen Jewell / Jesse Sykes & Phil Wandscher / Dawn Landes / Jackshit / Resavrant and many more @ The Echo and Echoplex ($18)

Snoop Dogg / Tank / New Boyz @ Club Nokia ($40 - $60)

Linda Perhacs @ Cinefamily

Gipsy Kings @ Greek Theatre ($35 - $121)

Dav Koz / Bobby Caldwell / Sheila E @ Hollywood Bowl ($16 - $144)

Chris Blackwell @ Grammy Museum ($25)