Live Music Options: 7/12/10 - 7/18/10

Happy Birthday Play Spaceland on Friday

Well, if you're an MGMT or Kings of Leon fan then you're probably pretty excited about this week, otherwise you've got to do some digging (especially after the M.I.A./Sleigh Bells cancellation)....

Monday 7/12/10
[Pick of the Night] Mississippi Man / Superhumanoids / Dahga Bloom / Useless Keys @ The Echo (Free) – One of those go early and stay late kinda nights.
[Recommended] Summer Darling / Wait.Think.Fast / Cue the Moon @ Spaceland (Free) – Summer Darling is the resident band.
[Recommended] The Outline / The Color Turning / The Damselles & the TC4 @ Bootleg Theater (Free) – The Outline is the resident band.
Yellow Red Sparks / Pacific Hurt / Windy City Gentleman / Verb the Adjective Noun @ Silverlake Lounge (Free)
Kings of Leon / Built to Spill / The Features @ Hollywood Bowl (Sold Out) – This is a lease event, so make sure you know what you can take into the Bowl. I like Built to Spill.
Doug Benson @ Largo
The Mynabirds @ Hotel Café
Greg Mullen / Glacier Saint / Maraca Mouths / Air Surgeon @ Echo Curio
Hyena / Kid Infinity / Myths / Professor Calculus @ Echo Curio

Tuesday 7/13/10
[Pick of the Night] Admiral Radley @ Amoeba (Free) – 7:00 PM show; Grandaddy/Earlimart hybrid

[Recommended] Elisa Randazzo / Miranda Lee Richards / Bridget St. John / Neal Casal @ Spaceland ($10) – Elisa used to be in Fairchild with her ex and just recently put out a record on Drag City.
Andy Clockwise / Marvelous Toy / Silent Comedy @ Troubadour ($10)
Smog Sessions: MRK1 / Juan Basshead / Emu / Kemst @ Echo ($5 w/ RSVP)
French Passion Classical Music @ Hollywood Bowl ($8 - $99)
Eytan and the Embassy / Philadelphia Grand Jury / Ballerina Black @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)
Spirit Animal / Gun Runner / The Non @ Bootleg Theater ($8)
Sam Bradley @ Hotel Café
Pato Banton @ The Glass House ($15)
Kingsizemaybe / Double Naught Spycar / Los Duggans @ 3 of Clubs
Big Tree / The Shade / C-Horse / Birdlips @ Echo Curio

Wednesday 7/14/10
[Pick of the Night] Smokey Robinson / Lizz Wright @ Hollywood Bowl ($8 - $99) – Remember ABC’s tribute song? No? This is the kind of show I’d sit in the back and sing along.
[Recommended] The Californian / Judson and Mary / Billy Harvey / Charlie Wadhams @ Spaceland ($5) - A couple of solid, late additions to the bill...
Low End Theory: Asura / Jonwayne / Anenon @ Airliner ($10)
Lola Loshkey / VOICEs VOICEs / Halloween Swim Team / Corridor @ Pehrspace
Dub Club / 45 Funk @ Echoplex and Echo (Free before 10 PM)
Kings of Leon / Built to Spill / The Features@ Verizon Wirelss Amphitheater ($70)
La Roux / Tokimonsta @ Club Nokia (Sold Out)
Sweethead / Nico Vega / Scarlet Grey @ Troubadour ($12)
Victoria Noll / RF Maston / Roughed Up Fold @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)
Fred Armisen @ Largo ($20)
Chris Shiflett & the Dead Peasants @ Hotel Café
Basshaters / Mirage / Damion Romero / Indian Mound @ Echo Curio

Thursday 7/15/10
[Pick of the Night] Benji Hughes and Friends @ Largo ($20) - Eccentric singer gets the crowd rapped around his finger. Jackson Browne will be appearing with him.

[Recommended] Shakey Graves / Frankel / Drew Stedman / The Venus Illuminato @ Redwood Bar - First Frankel show since 2008
Dusty Rhodes and the River Band / Satellite Crush / The Rambles @ Spaceland ($7)
Moses Campbell / Hello the Mind Control / Waytansea Point / Stellaluna @ The Smell ($5)
Wakey!Wakey! / Olin & the Moon @ Bootleg Theater ($12) – Some decent buzz
Ben Lee / Brother / Ry Cuming @ Santa Monica Pier (Free)
Fitz & the Tantrums / The Heavy @ UCLA Hammer Museum (Free)
Antibalas / The Sway Machinery @ Echoplex ($22)
Bell Plays Bruch @ Hollywood Bowl ($8 - $99)
Killola / Queen Kwong / Ezra Reich @ Viper Room ($12)
Hawthorne Heights / The Story Changes / PMToday / Acidic @ Troubadour ($11)
Threadless West Coast Social: DJ Greg Dulli / Teen Inc. / The Samps @ The Echo (Free before 9:30 PM, $5 after)) – 7:30 PM show
Terraplane Sun / Vantage / Cloudhanger @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)
KT Tunstall @ Hotel Café
Ulysses Grewmen / Peter J. Woods / Moment Trigger / True Womanhood @ Echo Curio

Friday 7/16/10
[Pick of the Night] Happy Birthday / Residual Echoes / Dirt Dress / My Pet Saddle @ Spaceland ($10) – Worst band name candidate, Happy Birthday have generated some good buzz off of their Sub Pop debut.
[Recommended] No Jacket Required: Wounded Lion / So Many Wizards / Woah Hunx @ The Grandstar in Chinatown ($5) – New club presented by Aquarium Drunkard every 1st, 3rd and 5th Fridays of the month (he’ll be DJ’ing tonight)

Mahjongg / Mikki and the Mauses / Garbaj Kaetz @ Bootleg Theater ($10) – K Records
MGMT / Francis and the Lights / Helios Creed @ Greek Theatre ($46)
John Doe and Exene / The Living Sisters @ The Autry ($22 / $30 seated)
Caravan Palace @ California Plaza (Free)
Rademacher @ Casey’s (Free)
Shirley Rolls / C-Horse / Brown Irish / Mountain Animal Hospital @ Pehrspace
Secret History / Sweater Girls / Waterlaso @ The Echo ($8)
Warner Bros. Presents: Bugs Bunny at the Symphony w/ fireworks@ Hollywood Bowl ($15 - $50)
Lords of Acid / My Life with the Trill Kill Kult / Blownload @ Club Nokia ($28)
Hypernova / The Yellow Dogs / Action Designs @ Troubadour ($12) – Straight Outta Iran
Signals / Rare Grooves / Still Flyin’ / Heller Keller @ The Smell ($5)
Sarah Silverman @ Largo ($25)
Tyrone Wells @ Hotel Café
Dan Navarro @ McCabe’s ($17.50)
Lil’ Kim @ Key Club ($30 - $40)

Saturday 7/17/10
[Pick of the Night] Dead Meadow / Featherbeard / MOAB @ Spaceland ($14) – Zep/Sabbath lovers
Jeremy Messersmith @ The Mint ($8) – Early showcase at 8:00 PM

One Day As A Lion @ Undisclosed Location in Pomona ($12) - One Day As A Lion is Zach de la Rocha and Jon Theodore. Show is at 3:00 PM and tickets go on sale at Noon on Wednesday via Ticketweb and at Fingerprints and the Glass House record shop.
Die Antwoord / Borgore / Destructo @ El Rey ($30) – M.I.A. and Sleigh Bells and all the other bands from Hard have cancelled.

Moses Campbell @ Malibu Library (Free) - All ages show at 1:00 PM
Stevenson Ranch Davidians @ Casey’s (Free)
Simon Joyner / Queen Victoria / Claire Cronin @ Echo Curio
Dirt Dress / Dander de Milo / God Equals Genocide / Audacity / Haunted Tiger @ Mr. T’s Bowl
Gipsy Kings @ Greek Theatre ($30 - $120)
Warner Bros. Presents: Bugs Bunny at the Symphony w/ fireworks@ Hollywood Bowl ($15 - $50)
Thrice / Kevin Devine / Bad Veins / The Dig @ Fox Theater in Pomona ($25)
Teenage Bottlerocket / Banner Pilot / Vultures United / Gentleman Prefer Blood @ Troubadour ($12)
Laura Jansen @ Hotel Café
Let Live / We Be the Echo / WITT / Badass Magic @ The Smell ($5)
Shelby Lynne @ McCabe’s ($34.50) – Early show at 8PM is sold out, still tix for the 10PM show.
Oh Yeah, The Future / Therapy Session / Tubby Boots @ Pehrspace
Restaurant / The Paper Planes / Annie and Her Guns @ The Prospector in Long Beach

Sunday 7/18/10
[Pick of the Night] Grand Ole Echo: Dave Gleason / Wheelhouse @ The Echo (Free) - Early show at 5:00 PM; CD release show for Gleason. Leslie from Leslie and the Badgers will be appearing with Wheelhouse (which features Brian Whelan from the Broken West).
Diabetes Benefit: Ludacris / Ray J / New Boyz @ Club Nokia ($40 - $75)
The Swell Season / She & Him / The Bird and the Bee @ Hollywood Bowl ($14 - $102)
MGMT / Francis and the Lights / Helios Creed @ Fox Theater Pomona ($33 - $48)
Tool @ Nokia Theatre LA Live (Sold Out)
One Day As A Lion @ Undisclosed Location in Los Angeles ($10) - One Day As A Lion is Zach de la Rocha and Jon Theodore. Show is at 3:00 PM and tickets go on sale at Noon on Wednesday via Ticketweb and at Origami Vinyl.

FYF Fest Presents: Cults / Superhumanoids / Chris the Rapper @ Synchronicity ($7)
Drink Up Buttercup / Rabbits Running / Oh My Stars @ Spaceland ($5)
Your Town Follies with Stefan Haves @ Largo ($30)
Part Time Punks @ The Echo ($5) – Factory Records night
Gipsy Kings @ Greek Theatre ($30 - $120)

Recently Announced Live Shows

The Music Box
9/14/10: The Tallest Man on Earth / S. Carey (Friday at 10 AM)

Echoplex
9/25/10: Dungen (TBA)

Pappy & Harriet’s in Pioneertown
9/24/10: Dungen (now)

Verizon Wireless in Irvine
9/26/10: Zac Brown Band / Robert Randolph & the Family Band (Saturday at 10 AM)

Hollywood Palladium
9/11/10: Scissor Sisters (Friday at 10 AM)
10/30/10: Of Montreal / Janelle Monae (now)

The Wiltern
11/12/10: Stars (Friday at 10 AM)

Club Nokia
9/21/10: Ratatat (Friday at 10 AM)
10/22/10: Vince Gill (Friday at 10 AM)
10/23/10: The Temper Trap / Delphic / The Hundred in the Hands (Saturday at 10 AM)

Fox Theater Pomona
9/24/10: Ratatat (Friday at 10 AM)
10/22/10: The Temper Trap / Delphic / The Hundred in the Hands (Saturday at 10 AM)

Grove of Anaheim
10/30/10 – 10/31/10: Tiger Army (Saturday at 10 AM)

Spaceland
10/12/10: Remy Zero (now at Ticketweb)

Don't Knock the Rock Festival

The Don’t Knock the Rock Festival kicks off again this Thursday. Screenings take place each Thursday night at 8:00 PM at the Cinefamily at 611 N. Fairfax.

Schedule:
7/8/10 – Screening of The One Man Beatles (Emitt Rhodes Documentary) followed by an Emmitt Rhodes tribute show featuring The Parson Red Heads and others and a Q&A with producer Tony Blass (Emitt and drummer Joel Larson will be in attendance) [THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT]

7/15/10 – Screening of Dogs in Space (Australian post-punk film starring Michael Hutchence) and We’re Livin’ On Dog Food (documentary surrounding Dogs in Space)

7/22/10 – Krazy Kings Fanklub Night: Do It Again (doc about an attempt to get the Kinks to reunite) shown with Mondo Kinks Video Mix! (hour of rare Kinks footage)

7/29/10 – Target Video Presents: SoCal Punk Rockers (two hours from the Target Video archives – including Black Flag, the Screamers, TSOL, etc..)

8/5/10 – Deconstructing Dad: The Music, the Machines and Mystery of Raymond Scott plus The Secret Animated History of Raymond Scott (Jerry Beck guides you through Scott’s work as featured in Ren & Stimpy, The Simpsons, Duckman, Animaniacs and more)

8/7/10 – Roundtable discussion on Music in Film, TV and New Media

8/12/10 – Lee Hazlewood Rare Films Bonanza!: Cowboy in Sweden shown with Nancy & Lee in Las Vegas and N.S.V.I.P.’s (Not…So…Very…Important…People)

8/19/10 – An Evening with Thom Anderson: Screening of Get Out of the Car! and “-- -------“ and Olivia’s Place

8/26/10 – Vince Martin Night: Vagabondo! Plus Vince Martin Tribute Show

Live Music Options: 7/5/10 - 7/11/10

Kind of a light week for live music...

Last week was good though. I saw Tame Impala on Monday night. Good crowd. I wasn't super impressed (cool sound, but the songs weren't great and the vocals didn't do anything for me) , but they've got some potential. On Thursday night I had a great time seeing Devo at Hollywood Park. Only $8 to get in and I walked away with $86 in gambling winnings. On Friday I caught a little bit of the Les Blanks/Le Switch show at the Grand Star in Chinatown. Hadn't been there in about six years....

Monday 7/5/10
[Pick of the Night] The Outline / Superhumanoids / Red Arrow Messenger @ Bootleg (Free) – The Outline is doing the Monday night residency this month. Superhumanoids is getting some pretty good buzz all of a sudden.
[Recommended] Summer Darling / Twilight Sleep / Future Ghost / CA Condors @ Spaceland (Free) – Summer Darling is doing the Monday night residency this month.
[Recommended] Mississippi Man / Rumspringa / Jeffertitti’s Nile / Papa @ The Echo (Free) – Mississippi Man is doing the Monday night residency this month.
Yellow Red Sparks / Vanaprasta / Seven Saturdays / Non Ultra Joy @ Silverlake Lounge (Free) – Yellow Red Sparks is doing the Monday night residency this month.
Phil Alvin @ Redwood Bar
Stellaluna / Normandie Wilson / Mammoth Life @ Synchronicity

Tuesday 7/6/10
[Pick of the Night] Fol Chen / Baths / Random Patterns / Pizza! @ The Echo ($10) – Record release party for the Highland Park band. That’s #2 for Asthmatic Kitty.
[Recommended] The Delta Mirror / Jesus Makes the Shotgun Sound / Halloween Swim Team / Wet and Reckless @ Spaceland ($5)
A Glorious Celebration @ Hollywood Bowl ($8 - $99) – Vivaldi and Poulenc
Marina & the Diamonds / Jasmine Ash @ Troubadour (Sold Out) – Welsh singer-songwriter
Steel Train / Matt Embree / Young the Giant / Shadow Shadow Shade @ El Rey ($17)
The Night / (Our) Living Sacrifice / Guitars @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)
Defiance Ohio / Moses Campbell / Summer Vacation @ Synchronicity

Wednesday 7/7/10
[Pick of the Night] Femi Kuti & the Positive Force / Terence Blanchard with Lula Washington Dance Theater / Richard Bona @ Hollywood Bowl ($8 - $99)
Crooked Cowboy / Jeffertitti’s Nile / Lantvrn / John Carpenter @ Spaceland ($7)
Carbon Leaf / Brandon Stanley @ Troubadour ($15)
Julia Nunes @ The Echo ($15)
Low End Theory: E. Super / Scrapes / Walter Gross @ Airliner ($10)
See Green / International Tennis Champions / Red Tide @ Bootleg ($8)
Halsted / Tommy and the High Pilots @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)
Chris Shiflett & the Dead Peasants @ Hotel Café

Thursday 7/8/10
[Pick of the Week] Admiral Radley / The Happy Hollows @ UCLA Hammer Museum (Free)
[Recommended] Benji Hughes and Friends @ Largo ($20)
Znaider Plays Mozart @ Hollywood Bowl ($8 - $129)
Au Revoir Simone / Alexa Wilding / George Sarah @ Echoplex ($14)
Wires in the Walls / The Steelwells / Oh Darling / Wake Up Lucid @ Spaceland ($7)
Sugarland / Michelle Branch / Will Hoge @ Greek Theatre ($41 - $96)
Spell Talk / Stephen Brower & the Silent Majority @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)
Brian Wright & the Waco Tragedies @ Hotel Café
Weed Diamond / Dash Jacket / Tan Dollar / Nicole Kidman @ The Smell ($5)
Park Lane / Seneca Hawk / Fay Wrays / Roman Holiday @ The Viper Room ($12)
AB & the Sea / So Many Wizards / What Laura Says @ 3 of Clubs (Free)
Kevin Litrow / Dubbumba @ Synchronicity
Konono No. 1 – Congolese Trance Dance-Tronica @ Santa Monica Pier (Free)

Friday 7/9/10
[Pick of the Night] Harlem / The Black Apples / Audacity @ The Echo ($10)
Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti / Magic Kids / Puro Instinct @ Echoplex ($14)
The Donkeys / Big Search / Chapel of Thieves @ Spaceland ($10)
Wrong Way Driver / Wet and Reckless @ Casey’s (Free)
A Beatles Celebration @ Hollywood Bowl ($15 - $50) – With Patti Austin, Rob Laufer, Bettye LaVette, Todd Rundgren, Brian Stokes Mitchell
The Superbees / The Hitchhikers / The Red Cavaliers / Barrio Tiger @ Redwood (Free)
VOICEs VOICEs / Jesus Makes the Shotgun Sound / War Tapes @ Synchronicity
Jackshit / Lynda Kay / Hi Ho Silver Oh @ The Echo ($12)
Bobby Long / He Is We / Trouble Over Tokyo @ Troubadour ($15)
The Wailers @ Hollywood Park
Peter Case @ McCabe’s ($20) – Early show at 8:00 PM is sold out, still tickets for the 10:00 PM show
Yes / Peter Frampton @ Greek Theatre ($36 - $100
Sky Parade / Shine Brothers / Black Nite Crash @ Bootleg ($8)
Tyrone Wells / HoneyHoney @ Hotel Café
Saccharine Trust / Saturn / Rare Grooves / The Real Noriegas @ The Smell ($5)
Jordin Sparks @ Club Nokia ($12 - $42)

Saturday 7/10/10
[Pick of the Night] El Guincho / Holloys @ Spaceland ($12) - One of El Guincho's only US appearances at the moment.
[Recommended] Dawes @ Getty Museum (Free)
Swahili Blonde / We Are the World / Weave! @ Echoplex ($10) – The LA Weekly has the scoop on Swahili Blonde
Lilith: Sarah McLachlan / Emmylou Harris / Miranda Lambert / Brandi Carlile and more @ Verizon Wireless ($19 - $258)
A Beatles Celebration @ Hollywood Bowl ($15 - $50) – With Patti Austin, Rob Laufer, Bettye LaVette, Todd Rundgren, Brian Stokes Mitchell
Bad Astronaut @ Eagle Rock Center for the Arts ($13) – Joey Cape playing an acoustic set featuring Lagwagon songs
The Briggs / Cobra Skulls / Longway / Your Arsenal @ Troubadour ($15)
The Dan Band @ Club Nokia ($20 - $30)
Stevenson Ranch Davidians @ Casey’s (Free)
The Thrilling Adventure Hour @ Largo ($25)
Mary Gauthier @ McCabe’s ($22.50)
Chris Botti / Katharine McPhee @ Greek Theatre ($30 - $80)
Freddy & Francine / Smoke Wagon @ Bootleg ($10)
Continues / Former Ghosts / Felt Drawings @ The Smell ($5)
Back to the Future the Ride / Howardamb / Wet Mango @ Pehrspace
Lukas Rossi / Run Devil Run @ The Viper Room ($15)
Franklin for Short @ Origami Vinyl (Free) – 7:00 PM

Sunday 7/11/10
[Pick of the Night] A Beatles Celebration @ Hollywood Bowl ($15 - $50) – With Patti Austin, Rob Laufer, Bettye LaVette, Todd Rundgren, Brian Stokes Mitchell
DM Stith / Inlets / Silje Nes @ Spaceland ($10) – Asthmatic Kitty artist
Papa / Sweaters / Damn Sons / The Franks @ Bootleg ($8)
Steve Miller Band / Los Lobos @ Greek Theatre ($35 - $75)
Full Frontal / Manicorn @ Echo ($5)
Your Town Follies with Stefan Haves @ Largo ($30)
White Arrows @ Cinespace – Doing the Spaceland residency in August
Mary Gauthier @ McCabe’s ($22.50)
Olivia Mancini / Pam Shaffer / Ana Caravelle @ Echo Curio
Ollin / Viet Ruse / Nada Mas Basura @ Redwood
Gestapo Khazi @ Origami Vinyl (Free) – 7:00 PM

Recent Live Music Announcements

The Music Box
10/20/10: Ra Ra Riot (on sale now)

El Rey Theatre
11/3/10 – 11/4/10: Gary Numan performs The Pleasure Principle (now)

The Orpheum
7/31/10: Joanna Newsom / Robin Pecknold of Fleet Foxes (now)

Spaceland
7/17/10: Dead Meadow (now at Ticketweb)
Mondays in August: White Arrows
8/21/10: Angus Khan (now)
8/27/10: Tweakbird (now)
10/15/10: David Bazan (now)

Echoplex
11/1/10: Apples in Stereo (now at Ticketweb)

Bootleg Theater
8/26/10: Black Mountain (now at inticketing)

Glass House
8/13/10: Wavves / The Growlers / Crystal Antlers / Abe Vigoda (now)
10/31/10: Horrorpops (Saturday at Noon)

Detroit Bar
9/16/10: AA Bondy (now)
10/12/10: The Melvins (now)
10/14/10: Valient Thorr / Red Fang (Saturday at 10 AM)

McCabe’s
8/27/10: Mark Olson (now)
9/10/10: The Ditty Bops (now)
9/11/10: Jesse Winchester (now)

Sunset Junction
8/21/10: Bad Brains / Ghostland Observatory / The Ohio Players / Evelyn Champagne King / Shiny Toy Guns / Fishbone / Miles Davis Bitches Brew Re-mix Featuring J. Rocc / Orgone / Saint Motel / White Apple Tree / Big Daddy Kane / Everest / Chief / Eastern Conference Champions / Pollyn (now)
8/22/10: Edwarde Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros / The Whispers / Freddie Poole / Lee Scratch Perry / Mayer Hawthorne / Meshell Ndegeocello / Girl in a Coma / Fitz & the Tantrums / Rolling Radio / The Deadly Syndrome / Red Cortez / Leslie and the Badgers / Wheelhouse / The Janks (now)

Sunset Strip Music Festival
8/27/10: Kix / P.O.D. / Warner Drive (now)
8/28/10: Smashing Pumpkins (now)