Walking Sleep Have the Monday Night Residency at the EchoLast week was a damn good week. Pavement played for two hours at the Fox Theater in Pomona last Thursday night. The show started off a little slow, but eventually the band displayed more energy than I'd ever seen them exert. Malkmus looked like he was actually enjoying himself. And Bob, he's the secret weapon. It was probably the only shot you had to see them play such a long set, so go ahead and kick yourself now for missing it. Then on Saturday night I saw Timonium and the Radar Brothers at Echo Curio. I really enjoyed both bands. I've seen the Radar Brothers three times with the new lineup and it seems to get better each time...
Monday 4/19/10
[Pick of the Week] Walking Sleep / The Parson Red Heads / Franklin For Short / Repeater @ The Echo (Free) – Walking Sleep is the band formerly known as Flying Tourbillon Orchestra. The Parson Red Heads promise to play mostly new songs.
[Recommended] Helen Stellar / Twilight Sleep / The Meeting Places / Secret Alphabet @ Spaceland (Free) – Helen Stellar is doing the Monday night residency.
So Many Wizards / Pizza! / Roundabout / Cobra Lilies @ Silverlake Lounge (Free) – So Many Wizards is doing the Monday night residency.
Pat Metheny The Orchestrion Tour @ Walt Disney Concert Hall
XBXRX / Narwhalz / Longmont / Potion Castle / Neon Navajo / Jamaica Man @ Pehrspace
Kottonmouth Kings @ The Roxy
Zoe / Lemon Sun @ The Glass House ($30)
Tuesday 4/20/10
[Pick of the Night] Bear Hands / Holloys / Random Patterns @ The Echo ($8) – I recently caught Bear Hands at Spaceland and it was a very fun show. Sorta Hot Hot Heat, dancey rock type of music.
[Recommended] The Bronx / Violent Soho / Mariachi El Bronx / Sean Wheeler & Zander Schloss @ El Rey ($22) – Good heavy band.
Earth / Wolves in the Throne Room / Lori Goldsten @ Echoplex ($12) – Versatile veterans.
Mr. Gnome / Cue the Moon @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)
Taylor Hawkins & the Coattail Riders / Dios @ Troubadour ($15) – Foo Fighters drummer
Eagles @ Hollywood Bowl (a helluva lot)
The Kissaway Trail / Phillip Roebuck @ Spaceland ($8)
Sublime / Rome @ Hollywood Palladium
Casey Neill / Amanda Jo Williams / Shakey Graves @ Bootleg
The White Sundays/ Taylor Locke & the Roughs @ Viper Room ($15)
Ratt @ Key Club ($30)
Ozomatli @ Amoeba (Free) – 6:00 PM
Wednesday 4/21/10
[Pick of the Night] Megafaun / Breathe Owl Breathe / Hi Ho Silver Oh @ The Echo ($10) – The guys in Megafuan used to be in a band with Justin Vernon of Bon Iver.
Joseph Arthur and Friends @ Bootleg ($15) – His early stuff was pretty good, haven’t checked in with him for a bit…
Bitch / Angie Evans @ Spaceland ($10) – Not the old LA band.
Foxy Shazam / Young Veins / Bad Rabbits @ Troubadour ($14)
Michael Rose / Eljai @ Echoplex ($15)
Sublime / Rome @ Hollywood Palladium
A Fine Frenzy @ Largo ($20)
HT Heartache / Thousand Dozen Gloves / Nick Jago / Roughed Up Folk @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)
Low End Theory Club: Nocando / Dumbfounded / Mary Anne Hobbs @ Airliner ($10)
Him @ House of Blues Anaheim
Semi Precious Weapons / Nico Vega @ The Roxy
Johnny Gill @ Key Club ($20)
Thursday 4/22/10
[Pick of the Night] Le Switch / The Mallard / Los Baby Fools @ Bootleg ($8) – Le Switch recently released a single from their forthcoming full lengh (due out later this summer). It will also be available on a split 7” with Les Blanks. Los Baby Fools is Ryan Wilson’s (Division Day) side project. The Mallard is Greer’s (Rademacher) new band.
[Recommended] Japandroids / Nobunny / All Leather @ The Echoplex ($14) – I caught Japandroids at Spaceland recently. Fun noise.
[Recommended] Awesome Color / Dunes / Hair Police @ Spaceland ($10) – Another good noisey show. They’re on Thurston Moore’s label.
Princeton / Active Child / Pocahaunted @ Troubadour ($12) – Active Child are putting out some music on Filter.
The Bronx / Violent Soho / Mariachi El Bronx / Sean Wheeler & Zander Schloss @ House of Blues Anaheim
Hole / Little Fish @ The Music Box (Sold Out)
Blondes / Lucky Dragons / VoicesVoices @ Synchronicity – Some decent buzz going around for Blondes.
HoneyHoney @ Hotel Café
Shelby Lynne / Findlay Browne @ The Roxy ($25)
We Barbarians / Correatown / All Wrong and the Plans Change / The Cooling Time @ The Echo ($7)
Trampled By Turtles / Old Californio / The Black Tongued Bells @ The Mint ($10)
War Tapes / Sing Orpheus / Normandie @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)
Bonobo / Yppah @ El Rey ($20)
Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour @ Royce Hall ($26 - $50)
Grouper / John Wiese / Infinite Body / Ilyas Ahmed @ The Smell ($5)
Voice on Tape / Chelsea Wolfe / Motorcycle Maus / Felt Drawings @ Pehrspace
Friday 4/23/10
[Pick of the Night] Jon Brion and Friends @ Largo ($25)
[Recommended] Les Blanks / Rademacher @ Casey’s Downtown (Free) – Low key downtown action.
Everybody Was in the French Resistance..Now / Ezra Furman and the Harpoons @ The Echo ($8) – Eddie from Art Brut.
Glasser / The Samps @ Bootleg ($10)
GZA the Genius @ Detroit Bar ($20)
Hole / Little Fish @ The Music Box ($35)
High On Fire / Priestess / Black Cobra / Bison B.C. @ El Rey ($20) – High on Fire’s heading to Europe with Metallica.
Norah Jones / Sasha Dobson @ The Orpheum (Sold Out)
Tyrone Wells / Jayme Dee / Kathryn Ostenberg @ Troubadour ($15)
The Fuxedos / The Art of Bleeding / Oso / The Blasting Company @ Spaceland ($10)
Him @ The Wiltern ($35)
Glen Phillips @ McCabe’s ($23)
+Dog+ / Actuary / Bavab Bavab @ Synchronicity
Bleu & Mike Viola @ Hotel Café
Battlehooch / Slang Chickens / Ryan Harrison and the Orphans @ Echo Curio
Johnny Thunders Memorial @ Redwood Bar
Saturday 4/24/10
[Recommended] Shearwater / Wye Oak / Hospital Ships @ Spaceland ($12) – I’m a big Wye Oak fan. Shearwater’s another big indie band.
[Recommended] Conan O’Brien @ Gibson (Sold Out) – I’m sure you’ve heard about the move to TBS.
[Recommended] Stagecoach: Keith Urban / Sugarland / Billy Currington / Merle Haggard / Bobby Bare @ Empire Polo Field in Indio ($80 - $800) – Not the greatest lineup, but Merle Haggard is worth the drive.
Black Prairie / The Living Sisters / Paige, Dora, Live and Lindsay @ Bootleg ($14)
High On Fire@ Detroit Bar ($14)
Aaron Dilloway / The Haters / Pedestrian Deposit / Monsturo / Chambers @ The Smell
US Air Guitar Championships @ Troubadour ($20)
The Spires / The French Semester / Divisadero / The Lunch Club @ Pehrspace
Josh Rouse @ Largo ($25)
The Super Bees / The Black Tibetans / The Living Sickness @ Redwood Bar
Marcy Playground @ Key Club ($20)
Sunday 4/25/10
[Pick of the Day] Kidrockers: Warpaint / His Orchestra @ The Echo ($12) – Early show at 1:00 PM; You need a kid. The bands don’t play for long which is always good for my childlike attention span.
[Recommended] Conan O’Brien @ Gibson (Sold Out)
[Recommended] The Monolators / Allah Las / Ancient Crux / Sean Bones @ Spaceland ($5)
Javelin / Maus Haus / 60 Watt Kid @ Bootleg ($10) – Brooklyn band on the Thrill Jockey label.
Blank Dogs / Cosmetics @ The Echo ($8)
Keith Emerson and Greg Lake @ The Orpheum ($38 - $75)
Wirepony / The 1921A @ The Echo (Free) – Early show at 5:00 PM
Nate Lapointe Band / Jamieson Trotter / Jeff Jenson Band @ Bootleg ($20)
Stagecoach: Toby Keith / Brooks & Dunn / Jason Aldean / Oak Ridge Boys / The Avett Brothers / Doyle Lawson / Truth & Slavage Co. @ Empire Polo Field in Indio ($80 - $800)
Josh Rouse @ Largo ($25)
Jason Castro / Michael Castro / Camera Can’t Lie @ Troubadour ($15) – He was the dreadlocked kid on American Idol season seven.
The Bloody Beetroots @ Palladium
Christian Scott @ Amoeba (Free) – 5:00 PM
[Pick of the Week] Walking Sleep / The Parson Red Heads / Franklin For Short / Repeater @ The Echo (Free) – Walking Sleep is the band formerly known as Flying Tourbillon Orchestra. The Parson Red Heads promise to play mostly new songs.
[Recommended] Helen Stellar / Twilight Sleep / The Meeting Places / Secret Alphabet @ Spaceland (Free) – Helen Stellar is doing the Monday night residency.
So Many Wizards / Pizza! / Roundabout / Cobra Lilies @ Silverlake Lounge (Free) – So Many Wizards is doing the Monday night residency.
Pat Metheny The Orchestrion Tour @ Walt Disney Concert Hall
XBXRX / Narwhalz / Longmont / Potion Castle / Neon Navajo / Jamaica Man @ Pehrspace
Kottonmouth Kings @ The Roxy
Zoe / Lemon Sun @ The Glass House ($30)
Tuesday 4/20/10
[Pick of the Night] Bear Hands / Holloys / Random Patterns @ The Echo ($8) – I recently caught Bear Hands at Spaceland and it was a very fun show. Sorta Hot Hot Heat, dancey rock type of music.
[Recommended] The Bronx / Violent Soho / Mariachi El Bronx / Sean Wheeler & Zander Schloss @ El Rey ($22) – Good heavy band.
Earth / Wolves in the Throne Room / Lori Goldsten @ Echoplex ($12) – Versatile veterans.
Mr. Gnome / Cue the Moon @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)
Taylor Hawkins & the Coattail Riders / Dios @ Troubadour ($15) – Foo Fighters drummer
Eagles @ Hollywood Bowl (a helluva lot)
The Kissaway Trail / Phillip Roebuck @ Spaceland ($8)
Sublime / Rome @ Hollywood Palladium
Casey Neill / Amanda Jo Williams / Shakey Graves @ Bootleg
The White Sundays/ Taylor Locke & the Roughs @ Viper Room ($15)
Ratt @ Key Club ($30)
Ozomatli @ Amoeba (Free) – 6:00 PM
Wednesday 4/21/10
[Pick of the Night] Megafaun / Breathe Owl Breathe / Hi Ho Silver Oh @ The Echo ($10) – The guys in Megafuan used to be in a band with Justin Vernon of Bon Iver.
Joseph Arthur and Friends @ Bootleg ($15) – His early stuff was pretty good, haven’t checked in with him for a bit…
Bitch / Angie Evans @ Spaceland ($10) – Not the old LA band.
Foxy Shazam / Young Veins / Bad Rabbits @ Troubadour ($14)
Michael Rose / Eljai @ Echoplex ($15)
Sublime / Rome @ Hollywood Palladium
A Fine Frenzy @ Largo ($20)
HT Heartache / Thousand Dozen Gloves / Nick Jago / Roughed Up Folk @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)
Low End Theory Club: Nocando / Dumbfounded / Mary Anne Hobbs @ Airliner ($10)
Him @ House of Blues Anaheim
Semi Precious Weapons / Nico Vega @ The Roxy
Johnny Gill @ Key Club ($20)
Thursday 4/22/10
[Pick of the Night] Le Switch / The Mallard / Los Baby Fools @ Bootleg ($8) – Le Switch recently released a single from their forthcoming full lengh (due out later this summer). It will also be available on a split 7” with Les Blanks. Los Baby Fools is Ryan Wilson’s (Division Day) side project. The Mallard is Greer’s (Rademacher) new band.
[Recommended] Japandroids / Nobunny / All Leather @ The Echoplex ($14) – I caught Japandroids at Spaceland recently. Fun noise.
[Recommended] Awesome Color / Dunes / Hair Police @ Spaceland ($10) – Another good noisey show. They’re on Thurston Moore’s label.
Princeton / Active Child / Pocahaunted @ Troubadour ($12) – Active Child are putting out some music on Filter.
The Bronx / Violent Soho / Mariachi El Bronx / Sean Wheeler & Zander Schloss @ House of Blues Anaheim
Hole / Little Fish @ The Music Box (Sold Out)
Blondes / Lucky Dragons / VoicesVoices @ Synchronicity – Some decent buzz going around for Blondes.
HoneyHoney @ Hotel Café
Shelby Lynne / Findlay Browne @ The Roxy ($25)
We Barbarians / Correatown / All Wrong and the Plans Change / The Cooling Time @ The Echo ($7)
Trampled By Turtles / Old Californio / The Black Tongued Bells @ The Mint ($10)
War Tapes / Sing Orpheus / Normandie @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)
Bonobo / Yppah @ El Rey ($20)
Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour @ Royce Hall ($26 - $50)
Grouper / John Wiese / Infinite Body / Ilyas Ahmed @ The Smell ($5)
Voice on Tape / Chelsea Wolfe / Motorcycle Maus / Felt Drawings @ Pehrspace
Friday 4/23/10
[Pick of the Night] Jon Brion and Friends @ Largo ($25)
[Recommended] Les Blanks / Rademacher @ Casey’s Downtown (Free) – Low key downtown action.
Everybody Was in the French Resistance..Now / Ezra Furman and the Harpoons @ The Echo ($8) – Eddie from Art Brut.
Glasser / The Samps @ Bootleg ($10)
GZA the Genius @ Detroit Bar ($20)
Hole / Little Fish @ The Music Box ($35)
High On Fire / Priestess / Black Cobra / Bison B.C. @ El Rey ($20) – High on Fire’s heading to Europe with Metallica.
Norah Jones / Sasha Dobson @ The Orpheum (Sold Out)
Tyrone Wells / Jayme Dee / Kathryn Ostenberg @ Troubadour ($15)
The Fuxedos / The Art of Bleeding / Oso / The Blasting Company @ Spaceland ($10)
Him @ The Wiltern ($35)
Glen Phillips @ McCabe’s ($23)
+Dog+ / Actuary / Bavab Bavab @ Synchronicity
Bleu & Mike Viola @ Hotel Café
Battlehooch / Slang Chickens / Ryan Harrison and the Orphans @ Echo Curio
Johnny Thunders Memorial @ Redwood Bar
Saturday 4/24/10
[Recommended] Shearwater / Wye Oak / Hospital Ships @ Spaceland ($12) – I’m a big Wye Oak fan. Shearwater’s another big indie band.
[Recommended] Conan O’Brien @ Gibson (Sold Out) – I’m sure you’ve heard about the move to TBS.
[Recommended] Stagecoach: Keith Urban / Sugarland / Billy Currington / Merle Haggard / Bobby Bare @ Empire Polo Field in Indio ($80 - $800) – Not the greatest lineup, but Merle Haggard is worth the drive.
Black Prairie / The Living Sisters / Paige, Dora, Live and Lindsay @ Bootleg ($14)
High On Fire@ Detroit Bar ($14)
Aaron Dilloway / The Haters / Pedestrian Deposit / Monsturo / Chambers @ The Smell
US Air Guitar Championships @ Troubadour ($20)
The Spires / The French Semester / Divisadero / The Lunch Club @ Pehrspace
Josh Rouse @ Largo ($25)
The Super Bees / The Black Tibetans / The Living Sickness @ Redwood Bar
Marcy Playground @ Key Club ($20)
Sunday 4/25/10
[Pick of the Day] Kidrockers: Warpaint / His Orchestra @ The Echo ($12) – Early show at 1:00 PM; You need a kid. The bands don’t play for long which is always good for my childlike attention span.
[Recommended] Conan O’Brien @ Gibson (Sold Out)
[Recommended] The Monolators / Allah Las / Ancient Crux / Sean Bones @ Spaceland ($5)
Javelin / Maus Haus / 60 Watt Kid @ Bootleg ($10) – Brooklyn band on the Thrill Jockey label.
Blank Dogs / Cosmetics @ The Echo ($8)
Keith Emerson and Greg Lake @ The Orpheum ($38 - $75)
Wirepony / The 1921A @ The Echo (Free) – Early show at 5:00 PM
Nate Lapointe Band / Jamieson Trotter / Jeff Jenson Band @ Bootleg ($20)
Stagecoach: Toby Keith / Brooks & Dunn / Jason Aldean / Oak Ridge Boys / The Avett Brothers / Doyle Lawson / Truth & Slavage Co. @ Empire Polo Field in Indio ($80 - $800)
Josh Rouse @ Largo ($25)
Jason Castro / Michael Castro / Camera Can’t Lie @ Troubadour ($15) – He was the dreadlocked kid on American Idol season seven.
The Bloody Beetroots @ Palladium
Christian Scott @ Amoeba (Free) – 5:00 PM
