Showing posts with label Tenacious D. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tenacious D. Show all posts

Monday, December 21, 2009

Live Music Options: 12/21/09 - 12/27/09

Helen Stellar Play Spaceland Monday Night
It's Christmas week so a lot of the clubs are already closed down. Enjoy your holidays everyone. I plan on posting some best of lists in the coming weeks....
Monday 12/21/09
Tivo Alert: Silversun Pickups on The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien – 11:35 PM on NBC
[Pick of the Week] Mere Mortals / Helen Stellar / Healamonster & Tarsier / Silverphial @ Spaceland (Free) – Great chance to see Helan Stellar and Healamonster & Tarsier for free on the Mere Mortals residency.
[Recommended] The Blind Boy Paxton & Frank Fairfield Show @ Redwood Bar – Old timey music.
[Recommended] Largo Comedy All Stars @ Largo ($25) – Benefit for St. Judes Christmas Charity
Black Cobra / It’s Casual / Groamville / Harassor / Chingalera @ Viper Room ($12) – Heavy bands from the Southern Lord label.
Moonrats / VoiceVoices / Sister Crayon / Corridor @ The Echo (Free) – The Manimal Vinyl residency continues
Links / Parade of Lights / Samuel Stewart / Red Tide @ Silverlake Lounge (Free) – Links are doing the Monday night residency this month.
Lady Gaga @ Nokia Theatre (Sold Out)
Kristen Toedtman / Brendan Hines / Brandon Mayer & Hidden Powers / Sally Jaye @ Bootleg ($10)
Robin Thicke @ Club Nokia ($45 - $75)
David Scott Stone @ Echo Curio
Steel Panther @ House of Blues Sunset
Nicole Kidman / Kevin Greenspon / Snowsuit / No Babies @ Pehrspace
Miso / Maile Misajon / Jill and Haven / Shevy Smith @ Hotel Café

Tuesday 12/22/09
[Pick of the Night] Bilal / Exile & DJ Day featuring Blu / Milosh / Om’Mas Keith / Shafiq Husayn / Daedelus / J. Rocc / Kutmah @ Echoplex ($15) – Great linup. Plug Research party.
[Recommended] Local Natives / Voxhaul Broadcast / Chief @ The Echo ($10) – Bring a canned good and get a gift from the band. Local Natives recently signed to Frenchkiss Records (who are on a total hot streak lately).
Leopold and His Fiction / Magic Mirror / Ojos Rojos @ Spaceland ($8)
Kid Cudi @ Club Nokia ($25 - $35) – Got lots of exposure through Kanye West
Sweet Honey in the Rock @ Walt Disney Concert Hall ($25 - $72)
Jim Turner Presents: HoneyHoney / Nicole Atkins @ Largo ($10)
Lady Gaga @ Nokia Theatre (Sold Out)
Stab City / Sean Wheeler / Zander Schloss @ Redwood Bar
Metal Rouge / Sleepwalkers Local / Headlight / Lowlight Situations @ Echo Curio
Killbirds / Kid Theodore @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)
Mark Ballas / Sydney Wayser / Ryan Blakely Smith @ Hotel Cafe

Wednesday 12/23/09
Tenacious D @ Largo ($50) – Benefit for Pablove
Kid Cudi / Chip the Ripper @ Club Nokia ($25 - $35)
Spaceland on Ice: Swords of Fatima / New Rome Quartet @ Pershing Square (Free) – Starts at 7:00 PM
Preservation Hall Jazz Band @ Walt Disney Concert Hall ($29 - $83)
Lady Gaga @ Nokia Theatre (Sold Out)
Low End Theory Club @ Airliner ($10)
Clowns and Fetuses / Grex @ Echo Curio

Thursday 12/24/09

Friday 12/25/09
Merry Christmas

Saturday 12/26/09
Wampire / Asss / Neon Navajo @ Echo Curio
Salt-N-Pepa @ Club Nokia ($40 - $50)
Hepcat @ House of Blues Sunset ($21.50)
Stephen Pearcy @ the Roxy ($20)

Sunday 12/27/09
[Pick of the Day] Brunch Americana: Miguel Garcia & the Vaquetones / Sarah Gayle Meech / Dale Peterson / West of Texas @ Redwood Bar – I hear Sarah Meech is moving to Nashville, so this might be the last time you see her in a while.
The Outskirts / Las Sangronas Y El Cabron / Toy Attica / Angustia / The Potential Lunatics @ The Smell ($5)
Part Time Punks @ The Echo ($5) – Smiths/Morrissey night

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Benefit Announcements



Here are a few benefit shows that were announced in the last couple of days that caught my eye....
Pablove Benefit: Band of Horses / Sea Wolf / Black Rebel Motorcycle Club / Tom Morello / Shirley Manson / Butch Walker / Tom Gabel / Jarrod Gorbel / Charlotte Martin @ Avalon on 11/21/09 (buy tickets $35 for GA / $65 for VIP)

Pablove Benefit: Tenacious D @ Largo on 12/23/09 - $50 - call 310-855-0350 for tickets.

When You Awake Presents
A Tribute To Neil Young Friday, November 20, 2009 Bootleg Theater, 2220 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90057 8:30 pm Doors, 9:00 pm Show
Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at door 18+
To purchase tickets, go to: http://www.inticketing.com/events/58595

The event will include:
Performances of Neil Young songs by Delta Spirit, Ferraby Lionheart, Jason Simon of Dead Meadow, The Parson Redheads, Leslie Stevens of Leslie and the Badgers, Family of the Year, Justin Gordon, Restavrant, The Chapin Sisters, Shakey Graves and the Dark Horse House Band featuring Andy Creighton of The World Record/Parson Red Heads, Brian Whelan and Dan Iead of The Broken West, Josh Charney of Le Switch, John Hoskinson and Rob Douglas
Special DJ Sets by Turquoise Wisdom, Crafts with Benny Kelly and a Neil Young- inspired photo booth hosted by Sterling Andrews of Gooseberries

About The Children’s Music Fund:
Founded by Raffi Tachdjian MD, MPH, an immunologist and pediatric pain specialist from the Mattel Children's Hospital at UCLA, The Children’s Music Fund is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation. The organization’s mission is to provide musical instruments and music therapy for chronically ill child patients. Also, they fund ongoing research in the field of music therapy in reference to medical practices.