Recent Live Show Announcements

Nokia Theatre LA Live

10/19/11: Roger Daltrey performs The Who’s Tommy (Friday at 10 AM)

The Music Box

7/22/11: Fitz and the Tantrums (Saturday at 10 AM)

El Rey

6/28/11: Warren Haynes Band (Thursday at 10 AM)

10/3/11: Toro y Moi (Saturday at 10 AM)

The Satellite

Mondays in June: The Californian (Free)

The Echo

Mondays in July: Crystal Antlers (Free)

Club Nokia

6/25/11: Musiq Soulchild (Friday at 10 AM)

Fox Theater Pomona

7/25/11: Queens of the Stone Age (Friday at 10 AM)

STAPLES Center

10/6/11: Enrique Iglesias / Pitbull (Friday at 10 AM)

Gibson Amphitheatre

10/27/11: Jason Aldean / Chris Young (Friday at 10 AM)

Hollywood Palladium

8/19/11: Rock Boxx Tour – Z-Trip / De La Soul / Nosaj Thing / Daddy Kev (Friday at 10 AM)

The Wiltern

8/17/11: Old 97’s / Josh Ritter (Friday at 10 AM)

Greek Theatre

8/6/11: Funk Fest – Morris Day & the Time / Sugarfoot’s Ohio Players / One Way with Al Hudson / Dazz Band / Mary Jane Girls (presale Thursday at 10 AM, password = 80YEARS; Friday at 10 AM)

8/13/11: Gipsy Kings (presale Thursday at 10 AM, password = 80YEARS; Friday at 10 AM)

8/27/11: Goo Goo Dolls / Michelle Branch (presale Thursday at 10 AM, password = 80YEARS; Friday at 10 AM)

9/10/11: Ray LaMontagne / Brandi Carlile (presale Thursday at 10 AM, password = 80YEARS; Friday at 10 AM)

9/20/11: Return to Forever IV / Zappa Plays Zappa (presale Thursday at 10 AM, password = 80YEARS; Friday at 10 AM)

Troubadour [Ticketfly]

8/21/11: God Is An Astronaut (Friday at 1:00 PM)

10/7/11: Star Slinger (Saturday at 1:00 PM)

Echoplex [Ticketweb]

8/2/11: Woods / The Fresh & Onlys (now)

Bardot

5/23/11: Motopony / Iyeoka (Free w/ RSVP)

5/30/11: High Highs (Free w/ RSVP)

6/6/11: Mr. Little Jeans (Free w/ RSVP)

6/13/11: Fiction Family (Free w/ RSVP)

6/20/11: Telepathe / Lesands (Free w/ RSVP)

6/27/11: Rickie Lee Jones / Hazel (Free w/ RSVP)

Grammy Museum

6/8/11: Danny Elfman (now)

6/22/11: The Airborne Toxic Event (AmEx presale is Friday at Noon; non-AmEx is 6/13 at Noon)

Hammer Museum

7/7/11: Graffit6 / Eastern Conference Champions

7/14/11: The Soft Pack / Hanni El Khatib

7/21/11: Grouplove / Mile Greene

7/28/11: The Henry Clay People / Lady Danville

Center for the Arts in Eagle Rock [Ticketweb]

5/27/11: Mount Eerie / Key Losers (now)

6/24/11: Red Sparowes / Coliseum (now)

7/28/11: Cults / Guards Writer (now)

Live Music Options: 3/21/11 - 3/27/11

Fresh & Onlys Play Tuesday at the Echo

This is posted from the past. Hopefully I see some of these bands while I'm in Austin...

Monday 3/21/11

[Pick of the Night] Frank Fairfield @ Redwood Bar

[Recommended] Living Things / Kids of 88 / Bloodgroup @ The Satellite (Free) – Kids of 88 are a self-proclaimed “slutty new wave/electro duo.” Bloodgroup are from Iceland.

[Recommended] Spirit Vine / Mi Gu / Wet & Reckless / Sister Crayon @ The Echo (Free)

HoneyHoney / The Dead Trees / Yellow Red Sparks @ Bootleg (Free)

Bowery Beasts / The Damn Sons / Traps PS / Slpwlkrs / The Black and Reds @ Silverlake Lounge (Free)

Girl Talk @ Palladium (Sold Out)

Teddy Thompson / DJ Elijah Wood @ Bardot (Free w/ RSVP)

Tuesday 3/22/11

[Pick of the Week] Strange Boys / Fresh & Onlys / Natural Child @ The Echo ($10) – I’ve been dying to see the Fresh & Onlys.

[Recommended] Raphael Saadiq / Quadron @ The Music Box ($30) – Talented soul singer.

[Recommended] The Soundtrack of Our Lives / Nico Stai @ Echoplex ($15) – TSOOL put on a good live show.

[Recommended] Viva Voce / Damien Jurado / The Jezabels @ The Satellite ($14) – I’ve always been a Damien Jurado fan.

Ebsen and the Witch / Julianna Barwick / Native Fauna @ Bootleg ($12) – Ebsen & the Witch are an interesting new goth-y band.

Destroyer / The War on Drugs / Devon Williams @ Troubadour (Sold Out) – I’ve never been a big Destroyer fan, but I do recognize their appeal.

George Glass / Radars to the Sky / Les Blanks / Mama’s Joy @ LaBrie’s (Free) – I’ve always been a Les Blanks fan.

City and Colour / Gord Downlie / Dan Romano @ El Rey (Sold Out)

If By Yes with Nels Cline & Trevor Dunn @ Largo ($25)

Otis Heat / The Diamond Light / Terraplane Sun @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)

Moses Campbell / Chung Antique @ The Smell ($5)

Voxhaul Broadcast @ Amoeba (Free) – 7:00 PM

Best Supporting Actress / K’Tel 79 @ Lot 1 Café ($5)

Toro Y Moi / Cloud Nothings @ Detroit Bar ($12)

Wednesday 3/23/11

[Pick of the Night] Raphael Saadiq @ Grammy Museum (Sold Out)

Toro Y Moi / Braids / Cloud Nothings @ Troubadour (Sold Out)

Acid Mothers Temple / Shilpa Ray and the Happy Hookers @ The Satellite ($12) - Japanese weirdos.

Liam Finn / The Luyas @ The Autry ($15)

O’Death / David Dondero / Franz Nicolay @ The Echo ($12)

Prince Rama / Lucky Dragons / Sun Araw / Carsick Cars / Adventure @ The Smell ($5)

The Watkins Family @ Largo ($25)

Ponderosa / Black Apples @ Bootleg ($8)

The Novocaines / Hot Panda / Cannoneers / Enfant Terrible @ Silverlake Lounge ($10)

Early Winters / The Jezabels @ Hotel Café

Low End Theory @ Airliner ($10)

Watch It Sparkle / Hello My Name is Red / The Bellhaunts / The Level Spirits @ The Redwood

Thursday 3/24/11

[Pick of the Night] Wye Oak / Callers @ The Echo ($10) – The new Wye Oak is their best yet. And they’re a good live band too.

[Recommended] Strange Boys / Natural Child / White Fence @ Center for the Arts in Eagle Rock ($10) – If you’re busy on Tuesday and can’t make the show at the Echo.

The Entrance Band / Jeffertitti’s Nile / My Pet Saddle @ The Satellite ($10)

The Appleseed Cast / Muscle Worship @ Echoplex ($12)

Abe Vigoda / M. Women / Masters and Johnson / Dunes / Protect Me @ The Smell ($5)

The Backbeats / Street Corner Symphony / On the Rocks @ Troubadour ($15) – Did you watch “The Sing-Off?” These are some of the competitors.

Wizards & Stars: A Literary and Musical Celebration with Paul Myers & Scott Miller @ Largo ($25)

The Hours / Army Navy @ Bootleg ($10)

Olentangy John / Driftwood Singers / Harlowe and the Great North Woods / Tommy Santee Klaws @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)

Ed Kowalczyk / Ha Ha Tonka @ Hotel Café

OMD @ Amoeba (Free) – 6:00 PM

King Tuff / Apache / The Audacity / Crazy Band / Cosmonauts @ Five Stars Bar ($10)

Ximena Sarinana @ Detroit Bar ($15)

Friday 3/25/11

[Pick of the Night] Sharon Van Etten / Little Scream / Ivan & Alyosha @ The Satellite ($12) – I caught her set at the Aquarium Drunkard’s Waved Out fest last Fall.

[Recommended] Say Hi / The Parson Red Heads / The Yellow Ostrich / Blair @ The Echo ($12) - I haven’t see The Parson Red Heads since they moved away.

[Recommended] Jon Brion @ Largo ($25) – Always an impressive show.  

Thee Oh Sees / DOM @ Center for the Arts in Eagle Rock ($12)

Rainbow Arabia / Spoek Mathambo / mathewdavid @ Echoplex ($12) – Spoek Mathambo’s supposed to be interesting.

Grouplove / Le Sands / Hanni El Khatib @ Troubadour ($12) – Hanni El Khatib’s getting a lot of positive buzz right now.  

OMD / Oh Land @ The Music Box (Sold Out)

Asking Alexandria @ Fox Theater Pomona ($21)

Kenny Loggins @ Grove of Anaheim ($45 - $75)

Black Love / Blacke Elephant / Black Jesus / Black Sand Desert @ The Smell ($5)

Radioactive Chicken Heads / Stab City / Jew Cocks / Unstoppable Death Machines @ The Mime ($5)

Tecumseh / Ezra Buchla / Rale / Pedestrian Deposit @ Pehrspace ($5)

Los Lonely Boys @ Grammy Museum ($20)

Har Mar Superstar / The Weekend Pilots / No More Kings @ Viper Room ($10)

Bone Thugs & Harmony @ Galaxy Theatre

Saturday 3/26/11

[Pick of the Night] DOM / Miniature Tigers / Heavy Hawaii @ The Satellite ($10) – Some of the DOM stuff I’ve heard is pretty cool. Pitchfork seems to really like them (but don’t hold that against them).

[Recommended] Patton Oswalt @ Largo (Sold Out) – Funny man.

[Recommended] Slick Rick @ Key Club ($22) – The Ruler

[Recommended] Sharon Van Etten / Little Scream @ Detroit Bar ($12) – If you live down South and miss the show at the Satellite.

MEN / Psychic Friend @ Echoplex ($12)

Lady Danville / Family of the Year / Voxhaul Broadcast / Live Oak Revue @ Troubadour ($12)

Seth MacFarlane @ Club Nokia ($30 - $150) – The creator of Family Guy performs with a 36 piece orchestra.

Melanie Fiona / Timothy Bloom @ El Rey ($25)

Aussie BBQ: Maniac / Andy Clockwise / Dan Brodie & the Grieving Widows / Grand Atlantic / Level Spirits / The Boat People / Wagons / Dash & Will / Novacaines / Hungry Kids of Hungary @ The Echo ($15) – Doors at Noon

Girl Talk @ Palladium ($36)

Habib Koite / Oliver Mtukudzi / Afel Bocoum @ Royce Hall ($43 - $68)

Art vs Science / American Royalty / Florrie @ Bootleg ($12)

The 88 / Wakey!Wakey! @ Hotel Café

Good Charlotte @ House of Blues Sunset

Captain Ahab vs. Kevin Blechdom / Marklion / Opera Mort / Caldera Lakes @ The Smell ($5)

Bone Thugs & Harmony @ Galaxy Theatre

Sunday 3/27/11

Gold Panda / Dam Mantle @ Troubadour ($12)

Neil Hamburger @ The Satellite ($8)

Part Time Punks: Factory Records Night – Boy Division (Joy Division cover band) @ The Echo ($5)

Alvin Love @ Hotel Café



New Music Releases: February 22, 2011

Unfortunately I haven't gotten too deep into any of these releases yet. A few of them sound promising though...

Releases That Got My Attention:

Adele: 21 (Columbia) – The winner of 2009’s Grammy for best new artist releases her second album. At the Palladium on 6/9/11. Listen HERE

Julianna Barwick: The Magic Place (Asthmatic Kitty) – For fans of pretty, ethereal, vocal records.

Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy & Cairo Gang: Island Brothers (Drag City) – Latest 10” single.

The Caribbean: Discontinued Perfume (Hometapes) – Sixth album from the indie rockers.

Johnny Cash: Bootleg Volume 2 – From Memphis to Hollywood (Sony Legacy) – 57-track collection with 16 never issued recordings, 11 singles, 11 outtakes. Listen HERE

The Cave Singers: No Witch (Jagjaguwar) – Third record from the “rustic” “backwoods” bluesy band with the singer with the love it or hate it voice. At the Autry on 3/13/11. Listen HERE

Danielson: Best of Gloucester County (Sounds Familyre) – It’s been five years since Ships. This one features guest appearances from Jens Lekman and Sufjan Stevens. At the Satellite on 4/9/11.

David Dondero: A Pre-Existing Condition (Ghostmeat) – Some originals and lots of covers (including Little Feat, Charlie Pride, Neil Young, Doug Sahm, Dylan and Jawbreaker).

Eagle and Talon: In Manila (Bi/Akka) – Local band alert

Earth: Angels of Darkness Demons of Light 1 (Southern Lord) – One of the more critically adored heavy bands. Getting good reviews.

The Flying Burrito Brothers: Authorized Bootleg – Fillmore East 11/7/70 (Hip-O) – I haven’t listened to this yet, but this is post Gram Parsons.  It’s still a prime band and they play all the songs you’d want to hear.

Gil-Scott Heron & Jamie xx: We’re New Here (XL Recordings) – Jamie from the xx reworks Gil-Scott Heron’s I’m New Here record. Interesting idea to put these two artists together.

Light Asylum: In Tension (self-released) – New York critical darlings. Cold, steely, Depeche Mode meets Ian Curtis (P.S. that’s a woman singing).

MP3: Dark Allies (via Pitchfork)

Loch Lomond: Little Me Will Start A Storm (Tender Loving) – Folk influenced indie music from Portland.

The Low Anthem: Smart Flesh (Nonesuch) – Americana fans take note. At the Autry on 5/9/11.

The Luyas: Too Beautiful To Work (Dead Oceans) – I try to listen to everything on the Dead Oceans label (but haven’t gotten around to this yet). Tied in with the Montreal scene (Owen Pallett, Sarah Neufeld and Bell Orchestre help out).  At the Autry on 3/23/11.

MP3: Too Beautiful To Work

Malachai: Return To the Ugly Side (Domino) – Eclectic Bristol duo touches on pretty much ever genre. Geoff Barrow Listen HERE

Medication: Judgment Day EP (Sacred Bones) – Lo-fi indie rock mang.

Brad Mehldau: Live In Marciac (Nonesuch) – Local jazz pianist does original material and covers Nick Drake, Radiohead, Nirvana and The Beatles.  At Largo on 4/14/11.

Dustin O’Halloran: Lumiere (Fat Cat) – You like Devics?

The Psychic Paramount: II (No Quarter) – Experimental New York band with the drummer from one of my favorite college bands, Panel Donor. Haven’t heard it yet.

Puro Instinct: Headbangers In Ecstasy (Mexican Summer) – Local sisters. Gorilla vs. Bear loves this. The cover is like the American Apparel of album covers.

Sister Crayon: Bellow (Manimal) – Female fronted group with a Portishead meets CocoRosie vibe.

Six Organs of Admittance: Asleep On the Floodplain (Drag City) – Some groovy acoustic guitar playing (as usual).

Slug Guts: Howling Gang (Sacred Bones) – Aussies with a bit of a Birthday/Mudhoney vibe.

Toro Y Moi: Underneath the Pine (Carpark) – Best new music on Pitchfork (if that sorta thing impress ye). Expands on his chillwave sound, but still not my bag baby. At the Troubadour on 3/23/11.

Various Artists: Blue Valentine Soundtrack (Lakeshore) – Mostly Grizzly Bear stuff.

Various Artists: West Indies Funk (Trans Air) – Another cool compilation worth tracking down.