Live Music Options: 9/26/11 - 10/2/11

Hanni El Khatib Plays the Echo on Monday

Some good dad rock type shit and a good share of hipster rap, chillwave and other bullshit. 

Monday 9/26/11
[Pick of the Night] Hanni El Khatib / Kissing Cousins / Feeding People @ The Echo (Free)
Ben Folds / Charlie Winston / Chad Valley @ Bardot (Free w/ RSVP) 
Big Moves / Light FM / Cassorla / Monte Mar @ Bootleg (Free) 
Big Back Delta / Letting Up Despite Great Faults / Death Kit / Echoes de Lux @ The Satellite (Free)
Red Circle Underground @ Silverlake Lounge (Free)

Tuesday 9/27/11
[Pick of the Night] Emmylou Harris and Her Red Dirt Boys / Patty Griffin / Buddy Miller @ The Greek ($35 - $65)
[Recommended] Thurston Moore @ The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever  (Sold Out) - The new record's a little boring, but he's always good to watch.
Dum Dum Girls @ Amoeba (Free) - 7:00 PM 
Mark Eitzel / The Legendary Copper Bottom Band / Janitor @ Rotary Room ($8) - 4519 Santa Monica Blvd
Soft Pipes / Oh Darling / Adventure Gallery @ The Satellite($5)
Kings Go Forth / The Damselles @ The Echo ($12)
MC Chris @ Troubadour ($15)
Steve Earle and the Dukes @ House of Blues Sunset ($35) 
Duran Duran / Neon Trees @ Nokia Theatre ($60 - $150)
Lisa Hannigan @ El Rey ($17)
Sleeper Agent @ Bootleg ($10)
Jim Campilongo @ Bootleg ($8)

Wednesday 9/28/11
[Pick of the Night] Jens Lekman @ Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (Sold Out) 
Dirt Dress / Owens Valley Dynamite / Babies on Acid / Seth Pettersen and the Undertown @ El Cid  
Neon Indian / Com Truise @ Bootleg (Sold Out) 
Nurses / Dominant Legs / Harlan @ The Echo ($10)
AM / Shawn Lee @ Troubadour ($12)
Justin Townes Earle with Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit @ Music Box ($20)
Rusty Anderson / Revoltaire @ The Satellite ($12)- Paul McCartney's guitarist.
Yellowman @ Echoplex ($15)
Low End Theory @ Airliner ($10)

Thursday 9/29/11
[Pick of the Night] Gillian Welch @ The Music Box ($30) - Good, old time shit
[Recommended] AA Bondy / Nik Freitas @ Bootleg ($14) - Good singer-songwriter
[Recommended] Jon Brion @ Largo ($25) - If you haven't seen him, you're not really taking advantage of the city.
[Recommended] Ravi Shankar @ Hollywood Bowl - Indian legend
[Recommended] Tinariwen @ Amoeba (Free) - 6:00 PM; free taste for Friday's show
[Recommended] Flash Bang Grenada / Foliero / Spaceghostpurrp / Jonti / Vex Ruffin @ Freak City ($10) - Another good lineup presented by Passion of the Weiss.
Fool's Gold / Tijuana Panthers @ Troubadour ($15)
Odd Future @ Hollywood Palladium ($42) - Swag
Jimmy Eat World: Bleed American @ The Wiltern 
Dan Mangan @  The Satellite
Braids / Pepper Rabbit / Painted Palms @ The Echo ($12)
Nouvelle Vague perform Dawn of Innocence @ El Rey ($30)
Stephen Brower and the Silent Majority @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)

Friday 9/30/11
[Pick of the Week] Tinariwen / TV on the Radio / Hindi Zahra / Globesonic @ El Rey ($30) 
[Recommended] Rebirth Brass Band / The Dustbowl Revival @ The Echoplex ($21)
[Recommended] Jon Brion @ Largo ($25)
Neon Indian / Com Truise @ Troubadour (Sold Out)
Active Child / Chad Valley / Jonti @ The Echo ($12)
Big Sir / Sea of Cortez @ Bootleg ($12)
Esperanza Spalding @ Orpheum 
Hugh Laurie @ The Mint ($15)

Saturday 10/1/11
[Pick of the Night] Eagle Rock Music Festival: Flying Lotus / Gaslamp Killer / Nosaj Thing / Nobody / Tokimonsta / Shadow Shadow Shade / Rooney / Blonde Summer / Gangi / Nocando / Health / Boom Bip / Kenan Bell / Allah Las @ Eagle Rock on Colorado Blvd ($5 suggested donation) - Fun lineup. Expect the Low End Theory stage to be packed like last year.
[Recommended]  Portugal. The Man / Alberta Cross @ Avalon ($27)   
[Recommended] Peter Bjorn and John / Release the Sunbird @ Troubadour (Sold Out)
Erasure @ Palladium 
Jolie Holland @ McCabe's ($18)
Southern Culture on the Skids @ Detroit Bar ($15)
The Peach Kings / Emily Greene @ Bootleg 
Etienne de Crecy @ El Rey ($25) 
Revolver @ The Satellite ($12)
Elbow / Devotchka @ The Greek ($30 - $40)
Infected Mushroom @ The Music Box ($15) 
Santana / George Lopez @ Hollywood Bowl ($36 - $272)
Dreams Come True @ The Wiltern
Manhattan Murder Mystery @ The Smell ($5)
Warren G @ Key Club

Sunday 10/2/11
[Pick of the Night] Dum Dum Girls / Crocodiles @ Detroit Bar ($13) 
Marnie Stern / Dunes / Wet & Reckless / Cinderella Motel @ Bootleg ($12) 
Kindest Lions / Violet Tremors / Jewels of the Nile @ The Echo ($8) 
Steve Poltz / Billy Harvey / Daniel Ahearn @ The Satellite ($8)
The Chapin Sisters @ McCabe's ($15)

Live Music Options: 9/14/10 - 9/19/10

A day late and a dollar short. I spent last week checking out a lot of music shrines and cities I'd never visited. Caught some great jazz, Charlie Louvin (hopefully not his last show) and some serious honky tonks. Some good stuff going on this week, unfortunately I'm still frantically playing catchup...

Tuesday 9/14/10
[Pick of the Night] The Tallest Man on Earth / S. Carey @ The Music Box ($18) – Nice, stripped down folk music. Sean Carey’s the drummer from Bon Iver.
Shonen Knife / Neverever / Fantastica Bastidas @ Spaceland ($14) – They’re also playing at 5:00 PM at Amoeba. Hard to believe Naoko will turn 50 this year.
Funeral Party / Deluka / Dahga Bloom @ Bootleg Theatre ($10) –Recently named #47 on NME’s best new bands of 2010.
Omar Rodriguez Lopez Group / Le Butcherettes @ Troubadour (Sold Out)
Mason Jennings @ Largo ($25)
She Saw / The Diet Thrills Foreman / Tremellow @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)
A Pretty Mess / The Black Widows / Abactive Ramex @ Redwood Bar
Jan Bell / Will Scott / The Driftwood Singers / Judson and Mary @ Echo Curio
Daughtery @ Grammy Museum (Sold Out)

Wednesday 9/15/10
[Pick of the Night] AA Bondy / JBM / Up Died Sound @ Spaceland ($12) – I heard mixed things about the FYF Fest this year, but a lot of my friends really seemed to enjoy AA Bondy’s set.
[Recommended] The Melvins / Totimoshi @ Troubadour ($18) – Heavy sounds.
The Walkmen / Japandroids / Dan Mangan @ The Music Box ($23)
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club / Jeffertitti’s Nile @ The Glass House ($20)
Low End Theory: Diabia$e / Low Limit / Mike Gao / Blank Blue @ Airliner ($10)
Mason Jennings @ Largo ($25)
Bleu / Mike Viola @ Hotel Café
US Royalty / Chasing Kings / Line and Circle / The Smiles @ Bootleg ($8)
Another Perfect Crime / Thee Nataniel Fregoso and the Bountiful Hearts / EZ Tiger / Ingenue @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)
Pepper / Shwayze @ Grove of Anaheim
Stab City @ Redwood Bar
Fully Fullwood Band / Robert Ffrench @ Echoplex ($10 before 10 PM, $15 after)

Thursday 9/16/10
[Pick of the Night] Menomena / Suckers / Tu Fawning @ El Rey ($20) – I like the last couple of Menomena records. If you miss TV on the Radio, check them out.
[Recommended] Mark Kozelek @ Largo ($30) – I’ve liked him from the Red House Painters days. Also playing tomorrow night.
Buddy Guy @ Grammy Museum ($20)
AA Bondy / JBM @ Detroit Bar ($12) – If you missed him at Spaceland on Wednesday.
Primus / Mariachi El Bronx @ Club Nokia ($40 - $50)
Radio Moscow / Night Horse / The Shrine / Make Up Sex @ Spaceland ($10)
The Chapin Sisters / The Finches / Hi Ho Silver Oh @ The Echo
Sam Amidon / Miracle Parade / Il Gato @ Bootleg ($10)
Stephen Kellogg & the Sixers / Audra Mae / Roy Jay @ Troubadour ($18)
Lower Heaven / Ben Starshine / Chief Nowhere / Stevenson Ranch Davidians @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)
Pepper / Shwayze @ Grove of Anaheim
Jennifer Knapp @ The Mint ($20)
Batwings Catwings / Sundelles / Unstoppable Death Machines @ The Smell ($5)
Pillars and Tongues / Metal Rouge / Up Died Sound / Team Brick @ Echo Curio
Hotrod Hillbillies / Badluck Bandits @ Redwood

Friday 9/17/10
[Pick of the Night] The Parson Red Heads / Le Switch / The World Record @ Spaceland ($5 or $2 if you wear all white) – The Parson Red Heads are moving back to Oregon. Wish them well (and see three great bands in one night).
[Recommended] Mark Kozelek @ Largo ($30) – I’ve liked him from the Red House Painters days.
Local Natives / The Love Language / The Union Line @ The Music Box (Sold Out) – The latest breakout LA band.
Autolux / Gold Panda @ The Glass House ($15)

Gamble House / Colleen Green @ Grand Star in Chinatown ($5) - Aquarium Drunkard's night
Pantha Du Prince / The Sight Below @ Echoplex ($14)
Men @ The Echo ($5)

Lobster Fest: Saint Motel / Venus Infers / Spider Problem @ Ports O'Call Village in San Pedro ($9)
Andy Clockwise @ Hotel Café
Daniel Ahearn / Alex & Sam / I Hate You Just Kidding / Nicole Vaughn @ Pehrspace
Primus / Mariachi El Bronx @ Club Nokia ($40 - $50)
Marina and the Diamonds / Young the Giant @ El Rey ($20)
Mystery Jets / Dominant Legs @ Troubadour ($18)
Kathleen Madigan @ Grove of Anaheim
Hanson / A Rocket to the Moon @ House of Blues Sunset ($39)
Eliza Gilkyson @ McCabe’s ($22.50)
Almon Loos / Omar & the Stringpoppers @ Redwood Bar
The Adicts @ Key Club ($25)
Disturbed / Avenged Sevenfold @ Verizon Wireless
yOya / Ana Caravelle @ Origami (Free) – 7:00 PM
Spirit Vine @ 5 Star Bar
The Silver Lake Chorus / Rose Rossi @ Bootleg ($10)
Bare Wires / Plasma Centre @ The Smell ($5)
Smithfield Bargain / Bikos / The Sunshine Factory / Tommy Santee Klaws @ Echo Curio

Saturday 9/18/10
[Pick of the Week] Phoenix / Grizzly Bear / Girls @ Hollywood Bowl (Sold Out) – Phoenix and Girls put out two of my favorite records last year.
[Recommended] The Love Language / Radar Brothers @ Origami Vinyl (Free) – The Love Language at 5:00 PM and Radar Brothers at 7:00. The new Radar Brothers is finally available on hot wax.
Local Natives / The Love Language / The Union Line @ The Music Box (Sold Out) – The latest breakout LA band.
Tyvek / Jeff the Brotherhood / Wounded Lion / Protect Me @ The Smell ($5) - Just got back from Nashville and Memphis and I saw Jeff the Brotherhood stuff everywhere down there.
Autolux / Gold Panda @ El Rey ($22) – Autolux is a good live band.
93.5 Kday’s Frest Fest: Ice Cube / DJ Quik / Tha Dogg Pound / Warren G @ Nokia Theatre ($25 -$85) – Good lineup.
Lobster Fest: Dengue Fever / Fitz & the Tantrums / Gram Rabbit / The Growlers / AWOLNATION / We Barbarians / Leslie & the Badgers @ Ports O'Call Village in San Pedro ($9)

The Riverdales / Kepi Ghoulie / Toys That Kill @ Troubadour ($20)
Old Lumps / Moses Campbell / Hi Ho Silver Oh / Ema and the Ghosts @ Pehrspace
The Paul F. Tompkins Show @ Largo ($25)
Serj Tankian @ Greek Theatre ($35 - $78)
Casxio / The Dance Party / Yellow Alex & the Feelings / SeanShan @ Spaceland ($8)
Heart @ Gibson Amphitheatre ($52 - $117)
Dirty Sweet / The Binges @ Bootleg ($10)
Reel Big Fish @ Grove of Anaheim
Nekromantix / The Howlers / Mutilators / The Grims @ The Glass House ($22)
Elizabeth Cook @ McCabe’s ($15)
Swords of Fatima / New Rome Quartet / Electric Children / Secret Society of the Sonic Six / Art of Bleeding @ Redwood Bar
Lyfe Jennings @ Key Club ($33) – Early and late show
Jack’s 5th Show: Steve Miller Band / The Cult / The Fixx / Night Ranger / Skid Row / Modern English / Sweet @ Verizon Wireless
Spider Problem / Bastidas / Dangerously Sleazy @ Echo Curio

Sunday 9/19/10
[Pick of the Night] Tamaryn / Puro Instinct / Dunes @ The Echo ($8) – These days, getting your music released on Mexican Summer pretty much guarantees every blogger, college radio kid and indie record store employee is going to give it a listen.
[Recommended] Richard Thompson @ Amoeba (Free) – 5:00 PM; Fairport Convention? Anyone?
[Recommended] Japandroids @ Detroit Bar ($12) – Spazzy in a good way.
Lobster Fest: John Doe & Exene Cervenka / The Section Quartet / Miss Derringer / Walking Sleep / Tijuana Panthers @ Ports O'Call Village in San Pedro ($9)

Mia Doi Todd / Henry Wolfe @ Hotel Café
Ozomatli / Calexico / Mexican Institute of Sound @ Hollywood Bowl ($17 - $141) – Interesting lineup.
Screeching Weasel / The Dollyrots @ Club Nokia ($27)
The Emotions / Deniece Williams / Barbara Lewis @ Gibson Amphitheatre ($29 - $102)
Pete Anderson / Gwendolyn / The David Brothers @ the Echo (Free) – 5:00 PM show
Chilly Gonzalez Piano Talk Show @ Largo ($20)
Peter Himmelman @ McCabe’s ($20)
Jonas Brothers / Demi Lovato @ Verizon Wireless
Judgement Day @ Origami (Free) – 7:00 PM
Fiction Company / Black Mercies @ Spaceland (Free)
Candye Kane / Karling Abbeygate / Thomas Yearsleys Exotiki / The Blasters @ Redwood Bar