Recent Concert Announcments (Sunset Junction and more)

Sunset Junction [more to be announced]

8/27/11: Melvins / Charles Bradley / Art Brut / Tapes ‘n Tapes / He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister / The Stripminers / Ladies of Motown / Cold Blank / Swedish Eagle / Morgan Page / Art vs. Science

8/28/11: Hanson / The Belle Brigade / Peaches (DJ Set) / The Three Degrees / The Growlers / EC Twins / Trent Cantrelle / Lady Danville / Lazr Tag

The Satellite [Ticketfly]

6/10/11: The Belle Brigade / Little Hurricane (now)

6/14/11: Mother Mother (now)

6/15/11: Wildbirds and Peacedrums / Therapies Son (now)

6/16/11: Booker T. / Nick Waterhouse (Thursday at Noon)

6/17/11: The Hundred in the Hands (now)

6/30/11: J. Roddy Walston and the Business (now)

8/13/11: The Get Up Kids (Thursday at Noon)

The Echo [Ticketweb]

6/14/11: Mona (Thursday at 10 AM)

6/27/11: Cults (now)

6/29/11: The Parson Red Heads (TBD)

8/5/11: Donkeys (now)

Echoplex [Ticketweb]

6/19/11: Swervedriver (now)

The Wiltern

5/26/11: Stevie Nicks (fan club presale now; Friday at 10 AM)

Troubadour [Ticketfly]

5/11/11: Prince (now)

6/14/11: Chief / Papa (Wednesday at 1:00 PM)

7/19/11 & 7/21/11: Alkaline Trio / Smoking Popes (Thursday at Noon)

One Colorado in Old Town Pasadena [Free KCRW shows]

6/11/11: Diego Garcia

6/25/11: Motopony

California Plaza in Downtown LA [Free KCRW shows]

7/15/11: Seun Kuti & Egypt 80

7/22/11: Joaquin “Joe” Clausell

The Music Box

6/6/11: Flogging Molly / The Drowning Men (Saturday at 10 AM)

8/2/11: The Naked and Famous (now)

Nokia Theatre

7/15/11: American Idol Live Tour 2011 (Friday at 10 AM)

7/16/11: Roberto Tapia / Enigma Norteno (Friday at 10 AM)

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

7/30/11: LA Rising – Rage Against the Machine / Muse / Rise Against / Ms. Lauryn Hill / Immortal Technique / El Gran Silencio (Friday at 10 AM)

Club Nokia

7/24/11: B’z (Saturday at 10 AM)

7/30/11: Zoe (Friday at 10 AM)

10/20/11: The Musical Box [Tribute to Genesis] (Friday at 10 AM)

John Anson Ford

8/16/11: k.d. lang & the Siss Boom Bang / The Secret Sisters (Saturday at 10 AM)

Greek Theatre

7/29/11: Los Lonely Boys / Los Lobos (Friday at 10 AM)

7/30/11: Peter Frampton (Friday at 10 AM)

8/17/11: Go Go’s (Friday at 10 AM)

10/22/11: Idina Menzel (Saturday at 10 AM)

Largo [Laughstub]

7/8/11: Vanessa Carlton (now)

8/27/11: Patton Oswalt (now)

Gibson Amphitheatre

9/17/11: Ke$ha / LMFAO / Spank Rock (citicard presale now; Saturday at 10 AM)

Bootleg [Ticketfly]

5/18/11: Patrick Park (now)

5/22/11: Steve Earle (now)

The Glass House [Ticketfly]

7/23/11: Alkaline Trio / The Smoking Dopes (Thursday at Noon)

McCabe’s

6/18/11: Matthew Sweet – Girlfriend stripped (now)

7/24/11: Frank Fairfield (now)

Grammy Museum

6/1/11: Flavor Flav (now)

Royce Hall

5/18/11: Thao with the Get Down Stay Down / Morning Teleportation (now)

Bardot

5/16/11: Obi Best / Gardens and Villa (Free w/ RSVP)

Alex’s Bar

7/9/11: David Bazan / Rocky Votolato (now)

Live Music Options: 5/3/10 to 5/9/10

Les Savy Fav Play the Getty on Saturday and the Echoplex on Sunday

Broken Social Scene, Will Oldham, The Hold Steady, Les Savy Fav...pretty good week for local music fans.

Monday 5/3/10
[Pick of the Night] Broken Social Scene / Julie Doiron @ The Music Box (Sold Out) – The new BSS record hasn’t blown me away, but it’s got some jams (and got Best New Music on Pitchfork today). I saw them back in the day at the Silverlake Lounge.
Lupe Fiasco / B.o.B. @ House of Blues Sunset ($43)
Phil Alvin / Frank Fairfield @ Redwood Bar – I still haven’t seen Frank Fairfield live, but want to.
The Hold Steady @ Grammy Museum ($15) – Early show at 7:30 PM; If I was a bigger fan, I’d jump at the opportunity to see this intimate showcase.
Square on Square / Cue the Moon @ The Echo (Free) – Ex-Marjorie Fair. The Like residency will start next week.
Sweethead / The Damn Sons / Slang Chickens / Hocus Pocus @ Spaceland (Free) – Sweethead features Van Leeuwen (guitar in Queens of the Stone Age), Serrina Sims, Norm Block (drums in Mark Lanegan Band, Plexi) and Eddie Nappi (bass in Mark Lanegan Band, Handsome). Hocus Pocus is Dios.
Two Door Cinema Club @ Bardot
Felt Drawings / Ezra Buchla / Halloween Swim Team / White Leopards @ Synchronicity
War Tapes / Jack Ladder / Dimmer / Future Ghost @ Silverlake Lounge (Free)
The Droogs / Jeff “Skunk” Baxter / Valora @ Troubadour ($25 - $50)
The Kin @ Hotel Café
Chris Cornell @ The Roxy (Sold Out)

Tuesday 5/4/10
[Recommended] Broken Social Scene@ Amoeba (Free) – 6:00 PM show; If you got shut out of the Music Box show.
Greg Laswell / Brian Wright @ Troubadour (Sold Out)
Oh Darling / Actress / Until June / Dirt Bird @ Spaceland ($5) – Dirt Bird is Claire and Athena from Shadow Shadow Shade.
Stephen Brower the Silent Majority (Ween Tribute Show) @ Bootleg ($8)
Aziz Ansari @ Largo Little Room (Sold Out)
Coheed and Cambria / Circa Survive / Torche @ Fox Theater Pomona (Sold Out0
Joe Sib’s California Calling @ Largo ($20)
Alex Kemp / Henry Wolfe / El May / Butterfly Child @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)
Kelly Dalton @ Hotel Café
Daniel Francis Doyle / I.E. / Rare Grooves / The Real Noriegas @ The Smell ($5)
Links / Useless Keys / The Moog @ Viper Room ($15)

Wednesday 5/5/10 (Cinco de Mayo)
[Pick of the Night] Eluvium / Bell Gardens / Benoit Pioulard / Whale Fall @ Bootleg ($10) – Eluvium gets compared to Eno and Fennesz.

[Recommended] Dosh / White Hinterland / The Baths @ The Echo ($10) – Anticon {Sorry I had this on Tuesday on accident}.
[Recommended] David Sedaris @ Royce Hall (Sold Out) – Funny guy.
[Recommended] Janeane Garofalo @ Largo ($20) – Funny gal.
The Hold Steady / The Donkeys / A Decent Animal @ El Rey (Sold Out) – After seeing them, I understand their appeal, but I’m still not a dedicated fan.
Low End Theory: Mochipet / Vladimir Computin / Slayers Club @ Airliner ($10)
Two Door Cinema Club / Funeral Party @ Troubadour (Sold Out) – New Irish band with some pretty good buzz surrounding them.
Pacha Massive / Wait.Think.Fast / Clorofila @ Spaceland ($10) - The most Cinco de Mayo oriented lineup.
Chlorofila @ Amoeba (Free) – 5:00 PM show
Jane's Addiction @ Bardot (Free) - Doors open at 10:00 PM
Widows Gone Wild / I Am Astronaut @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)
The Daylights / Jake Newton @ Hotel Café
Fantastica Bastidas / Juan the Mannequin / TRON / Hello My Name Is Red @ The Smell ($5)
Quetzal Guerrero & the Warriors @ Redwood Bar
Nero / Dusk @ The Roxy (Free w/ RSVP to Scion)
Wiz Khalifa / Fashwan / Logic @ Glass House ($15)

Thursday 5/6/10
[Pick of the Night] Flying Lotus @ Amoeba (Free) – 7:00 PM Show
Carlos Varela @ Echoplex ($25 - $35) – The Cuban Bob Dylan?
Spirit Vine / Hocus Pocus / Pet Saddle / Roughed Up Folk @ Spaceland ($5)
Spindrift / Nurses / Magic Mirror @ The Echo ($8)
Cannibal Corpse / Skeletonwitch @ House of Blues Sunset ($21.50)
Green River Ordinance / Matt Hires / Angel Taylor @ Troubadour ($12)
Mississippi Man / The Ferocious Few / Dirt Dress @ 3 of Clubs
Wiz Khalifa / Fashwan / Jasmine Solano @ El Rey (Sold Out)
The Atlantic Line / The Hectors / The Lyon Crowns @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)
Nicole Simone / Stone Darling @ Bootleg ($8)
Ingrid Michaelson @ Hotel Café (Sold Out)
AJ McLean @ The Roxy ($20)
The Head Cat @ Key Club ($18)
White Buffalo @ Detroit Bar ($12)

Friday 5/7/10
[Pick of the Week] Mastodon / Between the Buried and Me / Baroness / Valient Thorr @ Fox Theater Pomona ($29 - $35) – I’m not the world’s biggest fan of heavy music, but Mastodon and Baroness are two bands that have caught my ear in the past few years. I saw Mastodon at the Troubadour a few years ago and it was really good.
[Recommended] Drivey-By Truckers / The Henry Clay People @ Avalon ($23.50) - Both good live bands, rememeber there's a 10:30 curfew for bands.
[Recommended] Old Californio / I See Hawks in LA @ Redwood Bar – Good country sounds.
[Recommended] Bring the Rock Benefit: Ben Stiller / Josh Homme @ Largo ($35)
[Recommended] The Tallest Man on Earth / Gamble House @ Natural History Museum ($15)
MONO / Twilight Sad @ El Rey ($20) – Japanese post rock.
Peter Gabriel @ Hollywood Bowl ($35 - $200) – With orchestra, no drums or guitars.
Hurricane Bells @ The Echo ($12)
Downtown Union / Seasons / George Glass / Radars to the Sky @ Pehrspace
Voices Voices / Acockalips / Protect Me @ The Smell ($5)
Sissy Spacek / Laco$te / Form A Log / Lazy Magnet / Pedestrian Deposit / Robedoor @ Synchronicity
The Bobs @ McCabe’s ($24.50)
Analog Rebellion / Mansions @ Bootleg ($10)
The Janks / Veil Era / Fim / Woolen @ Spaceland ($8)
Joey Ryan & Kenneth Pattengale @ Hotel Café
Pato Banton @ The Roxy ($22)
Philm / Earthless / Railroad to Alaska @ Detroit Bar (Free)

Saturday 5/8/10
[Pick of the Night] Bonnie “Prince” Billy & The Cairo Gang @ McCabe’s (Sold Out) – Not the greatest performer, but he writes some great songs.
[Recommended] Fucked Up / The Strange Boys / Growlers / Abe Vigoda / Graf Orlock / The Like / Dangers / Audacity / Woah Hunx @ The Glass House ($8) – Fan appreciation show in the spirit of the original F Yeah Festival. Fucked Up has a reputation for putting on an intense live show.
[Recommended] Freddie Gibbs / Pollyn / Davinci / Hanni El Khatib @ Spaceland ($10) – Passion of the Weiss presents another hip hop night at Spaceland.
[Recommended] Les Savy Fav @ the Getty - Early show at 6:00 PM
[Recommended] Warpaint / Priestbird @ Bootleg ($10)
Ane Brune / Olof Arnalds @ Largo ($25)
Los Campesinos! / Signals @ El Rey ($22)
Blue Jungle @ Redwood Bar
Red Sparowes / Fang Island / Jesus Makes the Shotgun Sound @ The Echoplex ($15)
Dante vs. Zombies / Western Hymn / Horse Thieves / Hepa-Titus @ The Smell ($5)
Gwendolyn and the Good Time Gang @ the Echoplex ($10) – Early show at 11 AM.
Akwid / Clorofila @ The Echo (Free w/ RSVP) – Early show at 6:00 PM
Angel City Outcasts / The Royal Highness / Dirty Filthy Mugs @ Troubadour (Free)
Creepshow: Hoobastank / Elliott Yamin / Esthero @ Hotel Café
60 Watt Kid / The Fritz / Centipede East / French Ship @ Echo Curio
Warner Drive @ the Roxy ($10)
Lightning Swords of Death / Huntress / Moab @ 3 of Clubs (Free)

Sunday 5/9/10 (Mother’s Day)
[Pick of the Night] Les Savy Fav / We Barbarians / LA Ghost @ Echoplex ($18) – Les Savy Fav puts on a great live show.
[Recommended] Bonnie “Prince” Billy & The Cairo Gang @ McCabe’s (Sold Out)
[Recommended] Dave Gleason and the Golden Cadillacs / Mojo Monkeys / The Coals @ The Echo (Free) – Early show at 5:00 PM; Gleason’s a talented guy.
Reckless Kelly / Olin & the Moon / Miss Willie Brown @ the Roxy ($15)
Collisions / Verbs / Kid Infinity @ Echo Curio
Bonfire Madigan @ Bootleg ($10)
Alexisonfire / Trash Talk / La Dispute / Therefore I Am @ Troubadour ($15)
Patti LaBelle @ Gibson Amphitheatre

Recent Concert Announcements

Bonnie "Prince" Billy & the Cairo Gang Come to McCabe's

McCabe’s
5/8/10 – 5/9/10: Bonnie “Prince” Billy & The Cairo Gang (now from club)
5/16/10: The Parson Red Heads / Freddy & Francine / Will Courtenay (now)
5/22/10: The Chapin Sisters / I See Hawks in LA (now)
7/10/10: Mary Gauthier (now)
7/31/10: Kinky Friedman (now)

The Wiltern
5/13/10: Jakob Dylan and Three Legs featuring Neko Case and Kelly Hogan (now)
5/20/10: Massive Attack / Martina Topley Bird (Friday at 10 AM)
7/31/10: Wolf Parade / Moools (Friday at 10 AM)

Verizon Wireless
10/12/10: Jack Johnson / G. Love & Special Sauce / Zee Avi (Saturday at 10 AM)

Gibson Amphitheatre
5/1/10: Benyamin (Friday at 10 AM)
5/2/10: Magneto (Friday at 1 PM)
6/26/10: Backstreet Boys (Friday at 1 PM)
9/24/10: Tony Bennett (Monday at 10 AM)

Hollywood Palladium
5/14/10: Hombres G / Enanitos Verdes (Friday at 1 PM)
5/29/10: Angels and Airwaves / Say Anything (Friday at 10 AM)
6/5/10: El Gran Combo (Friday at 1 PM)

Club Nokia
6/10/10: Rescue Me Comedy Tour – Denis Leary (Friday at 10 AM)
6/11/10: Basia (Friday at 10 AM)
8/20/10: Crowded House (Friday at 10 AM)

Nokia Theatre
6/17/10: Video Games Live (Friday at 10 AM)

The Fonda
6/17/10: GBH (Saturday at 10 AM)

Spaceland
5/2/10: Solid Gold (now at Ticketweb)
5/8/10: Freddie Gibbs (now at Ticketweb)

The Echo
4/20/10: Bear Hands / The Holloys (now at Ticketweb)
4/23/10: Everybody Was In the French Resistance..Now (now)
4/27/10: Juliette Lewis / Tahiti Boy / The Palm Tree Family (now)
5/2/10: Title Tracks (now)
5/4/10: Juliette Lewis / Kitten (now)
5/14/10: Turin Brakes (now)
5/28/10: Frog Eyes / Mt. St. Helen’s Vietnam Band (now)
6/3/10: Born Ruffians / Young Rival (now)
6/6/10: Subhumans / Cross Stiched Eyes / A Heads / Rayos X (now)
6/27/10: Fuxa / LSD & the Search for God / / Suki Ewers (now)

Echoplex
5/9/10: Les Savy Fav (now)

Oak Canyon Ranch
7/3/10: Hootenanny – Nick 13 from Tiger Army / Old 97’s / Shooter Jennings / Devil Doll and others (Friday at 10 AM)

Troubadour
6/17/10: Matt Pond PA / Wintersleep (Saturday at 1 PM)

Mayan Theatre
5/20/10: Minus the Bear / Everest / Young the Giant (now)

Glass House
5/21/10: Minus the Bear / Everest / Young the Giant (now)

Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa
5/29/10: Dengue Fever (now at Ticketweb)
6/3/10: Neon Indian (now at Ticketweb)
7/1/10: Pinback present the Rob & Zach show (now)