Ticket Giveaway: Women at the Echo on Wednesday

I've got a few pairs of tickets to give away for the Women / Manchild this Wednesday (Oct. 20th) at the Echo. Should be a doozy.

To win these tickets, email me [dukeufo at gmail] with the name of your celebrity crush. The contest closes Wednesday at Noon. Please put "Women" in the subject line.

MP3: Women - Narrow With the Hall
MP3: Women - Eyesore

Live Music Options: 10/18/10 - 10/24/10

Superchunk Play El Rey on Tuesday

Great lineup of shows this week..

Monday 10/18/10

[Pick of the Night] Evan Voytas / Pizza! / Halloween Swim Team / The Sweet Hurt @ The Echo (Free) – Eclectic lineup.

[Recommended] Wet & Reckless / Twilight Sleep / Manhattan Murder Mystery / Diamonds Under Fire @ Silverlake Lounge (Free) – Good lineup.

[Recommended] Radars to the Sky / Wait.Think.Fast / One Trick Pony / The Here Nows @ Spaceland (Free) – Another good free lineup.

[Recommended] Jonsi / Mountain Man @ Fox Theater Pomona ($35) – Sigur Ros fans take note.

Mumford & Sons @ The Palladium ($37) – Surprised these guys have already worked their way up to the Palladium

Foals / Esben and the Witch @ El Rey ($18)

French Horn Rebellion / Mia Doi Todd / Secret Headliner @ Bardot (Free w/ RSVP)

Griffin House / Tyler James @ Troubadour ($15)

Blood Red Shoes / Sky Larkin / Younger Youth @ Bootleg ($120

Clark 8 / Whitman / Nicole Kidman / Ezra Buchla / Stellaluna @ Pehrspace

Phil Alvin @ Redwood

John Legend and the Roots @ Grammy Museum (Sold Out)

Tuesday 10/19/10

[Pick of the Week] Superchunk / The Vaselines / Telekinesis @ The Music Box ($26) – I like all three of these bands and was really impressed with Superchunk the last time I saw them.

[Recommended] Broken Social Scene / The Sea and Cake @ The Wiltern ($40)

[Recommended] Sleigh Bells @ Detroit Bar (Sold Out)

[Recommended] Deer Tick / J Roddy Walston and the Business @ El Rey ($20)

Interpol / White Rabbits @ Fox Theater Pomona (Sold Out)

Butterfly Bones / Jump Jump Dance Dance @ Spaceland ($8)

Scout Niblett / Fort King / Tommy Santee Klaws @ The Echo ($10)

Jason Diaz / The Diamond Light / The Muddy Reds @ Bootleg ($8)

Milktooth / Brent Nettles / Thurlow / Trevor Menear @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)

Ra Ra Riot / Givers @ The Glass House ($17)

Brunch with Superchunk @ Origami (Info here)

Macy Gray @ House of Blues Anaheim

Wednesday 10/20/10

[Pick of the Night] Sleigh Bells / Pictureplane / The Sundelles @ El Rey (Sold Out)

[Recommended] Women / Manchild @ The Echo ($12) – The new record is getting a lot of attention.

[Recommended] Ravi Shankar: 90^th Birthday Celebration @ Walt Disney Concert Hall (Sold Out)

Blake Shelton / Joanna Smith @ Club Nokia ($20 - $50)

Ra Ra Riot / Villagers and Givers @ The Music Box ($23)

Envy / La Dispute / Touche Amore / And So I Watch You From Afar @ Troubadour ($15)

Sing Orpheus / Lifter / Ravens Moreland @ Spaceland ($8)

Brooke Fraser @ Largo ($30)

Paulie Pesh / Olin & the Moon / The Steelwells / The Monthlies @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)

Bell X1 @ Hotel Café

Low End Theory: Odd Future / Bigg Jus @ Airliner ($10)

Mary J. Blige @ Gibson Amphitheatre

Thursday 10/21/10

[Pick of the Night] Film School / Lovelikefire / Rabbits Rabbits Rabbits @ The Echo ($12) – Bring your earplugs.

[Recommended] Frank Fairfield / Amanda Shires / Shakey Graves @ Redwood

Amusement Parks on Fire / Twilight Sleep / Nightmare Air @ Bootleg ($8)

Eugene Chadbourne / Kevin Blechdom / Corey Marc Fogel @ The Smell ($5)

Wiz Khalifa / Yelawolf / DJ Bonics @ The Music Box (Sold Out)

Born Ruffians / Meligrove Band / Walking Sleep @ Troubadour ($15)

Big Dick / The Pukes @ Spaceland ($8) – Little Richard tribute band

Dead Country / Death On Wednesday @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)

Hawksley Workman @ Hotel Café

Four Year Strong @ The Glass House ($17)

Electric Six @ Detroit Bar ($15)

Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band @ Verizon Wireless ($50 - $150)

Laurie Anderson @ Royce Hall ($40 - $65)

Megadeath / Slayer / Anthrax @ Gibson Amphitheatre ($50 - $100)

Friday 10/22/10

[Pick of the Night] Mark Sultan / Kelley Stoltz / My Pet Saddle @ Spaceland ($12) – I’m a huge Kelley Stoltz fan. I ordered the new album direct from Sub Pop last week and I still haven’t gotten  it.

[Recommended] Taj Mahal / Vieux Farka Toure @ Royce Hall ($40 - $65)

Azure Ray / Tim Fite / Whispertown @ Troubadour ($15)

Owen Pallett / Little Scream / Woom @ Echoplex ($14)

Jail Weddings / Sweaters / Amanda Jo Williams @ Bootleg ($10)

Vince Gill / Gary Mule Deer @ Club Nokia ($45 - $65)

Captain Ahab / The Slaves / Kevin Shields / tik tik @ The Smell ($5)

The Temper Trap / Delphic / The Hundred In the Hands @ Fox Theater Pomona ($23)

Recoil @ El Rey ($25) – Alan Wilder of Depeche Mode

Wiz Khalifa / Yelawolf / DJ Bonics @ The Music Box (Sold Out)

Widespread Panic @ Greek Theatre

Minus the Bear / Tim Kasher / The Globes @ The Wiltern ($30 - $35)

Nostalghia / Aaron Beaumont @ Hotel Café

Bizzy Bone @ The Glass House ($15)

Black Elephant / Dirt Dress @ Pehrspace

Electric Six @ Key Club

Saturday 10/23/10

[Pick of the Night] Sufjan Stevens / DM Stith @ The Wiltern (Sold Out) – Bummed I never got around to buying tickets for this.

[Recommended] Elf Power / Astra Heights @ Bootleg ($12)

The Octopus Project / Starf*cker / Physical Forms / Strength @ Echoplex ($14)

Interpol / White Rabbits @ The Greek Theatre ($40)

The Temper Trap / Delphic / The Hundred In the Hands @ Club Nokia (Sold Out)

The Rudy Coby Experiment @ El Rey ($22)

Spencer Day / Lucy Woodward @ Troubadour ($20)

Rocket @ 3 Clubs

Russian Circles / Keelhaul / Call Me Lightning @ Spaceland ($14)

Janeane Garofalo @ Largo ($25)

The Fab Faux @ Orpheum ($42 - $123) – Performing Sgt. Peppers and Revolver in their entirety

Weather / Eliza Rickman / Neema @ Hotel Café

White Shit / Demoralize / Dude Mirror @ The Smell ($5)

Azure Ray / Tim Fite / Whispertown @ The Glass House ($15)

Jackshit @ McCabe’s ($15)

Shakira @ Staples Center ($10 - $150)

Sunday 10/24/10

[Pick of the Night] Sufjan Stevens / DM Stith @ The Wiltern (Sold Out)

[Recommended] Johnny O’Donnell / John Carpenter / Yellow Alex and the Feeling @ Spaceland (Free) – John Carpenter really impressed me the last time I saw him.

Glen Campbell @ The Grove of Anaheim ($44 - $87)

Bobby Brown / Johnny Gill / Ralph Tresvant @ Gibson Amphitheatre

Triptykon / 1349 / Yakuza @ El Rey ($20 - $52)

Shanbehzadeh Ensemble! @ Troubadour ($45) - Traditional Persian music

Two Years Before the Mast / Builder / Then There Were Two @ Bootleg Theater

Gold Motel / Michael Runion / Family of the Year @ The Echo ($10) – Early show at 6:00 PM

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

Trashcan Sinatras @ McCabe’s (Sold Out)

Joan Osborne @ The Roxy ($25)



Recent Live Music Announcements

Smooth Operator

Staples Center

8/19/11: Sade (Monday at 10 AM)

Honda Center

8/30/11: Sade (Monday at 10 AM)

Gibson Amphitheatre

12/4/10: Daniel Tosh (Friday at 10 AM)

2/1/11: Ozzy Osbourne / Slash (Friday at 10 AM)

The Wiltern

12/17/10: Halford / Warbringer / PHILM (Friday at 10 AM)

Hollywood Palladium

12/10/10: Above and Beyond (Thursday at 10 AM)

Club Nokia

11/24/10: Fantasia / Eric Benet & Kandi (Friday at 10 AM)

12/18/10: Ozomatli (Friday at 10 AM)

Nokia Theatre LA Live

12/18/10: Stevie Wonder and Friends (Friday at 10 AM)

The Music Box

1/22/11: Guster (Saturday at 10 AM)

Fox Theater Pomona

2/19/11: Chromeo (Saturday at 10 AM)

Troubadour

11/17/10: Natasha Bedingfield (Friday at 1:00 PM)

12/11/10: Rockdrive 2010 (10/26/10 at 1:00 PM)

Spaceland

11/23/10: Unsane / 400 Blows (now at Ticketweb)

12/8/10: MillionYoung / Teen Daze / The Great Mundane (now)

1/25/11: The Vaccines (now)

Echoplex

12/21/10: Dum Dum Girls (now at Ticketweb)

1/18/11: Tobacco / Royal Bangs (now at Ticketweb)

Largo

11/2/10: The League live (now)

11/17/10: The Ghost of a Saber Toothed Tiger [Sean Lennon and Charlotte Muhl] (now)

Bootleg

10/21/10: Amusement Parks on Fire (now at InTicketing)

10/26/10: Giant Drag (now)

1/27/11: Wovenhand (now)

The Glass House

10/27/10: Tim and Eric (Friday at Noon)

11/5/10: Cold War Kids (Friday at Noon)

11/19/10: People Under the Stairs (now)



Ticket Giveaway: David Bazan and Wye Oak

I've got some tickets to give away for the David Bazan / Wye Oak show this Friday (October 15th) at Spaceland. Bazan's band this time around features: David Bazan: guitar, vocals. Blake Wescott: guitar, backing vocals, Andy Fitts: bass, backing vocals. Alex Westcoat: drums.

Wye Oak's If Children was one of my favorite records of 2008 and I've been itching to see them since. Indie rock fans take note.

To win these tickets, email me [dukeufo at gmail] with the name of your favorite album this year. Please put "Bazan Tix" in the subject line. The contest closes Friday at 3:00 PM.


MP3: David Bazan - Bless This Mess
MP3: David Bazan - Cold Beer and Cigarettes
MP3: Wye Oak - Take It In
MP3: Wye Oak - Warning

Live Music Options: 10/11/10 - 10/17/10

The Morning Benders Come to the Music Box on Thursday

Had a really good week seeing live music last week. Belle & Sebastian at the Hollywood Forever was very cool. It was a pretty mellow set, but they sounded quite good. The stage and viewing area was much larger than I expected and you could take a picnic in without anybody really looking too closely at your stuff. We got there kinda late, so parking was a problem. Quite a hike through Hollywood. I also caught Besnard Lakes at the Echoplex on Friday. So good. They played a lot off of The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse, which made me very happy.

Monday 10/11/10

[Pick of the Week] Teenage Fanclub / Radar Brothers @ El Rey ($25) – Huge fan of both of these bands.

[Recommended] Wet & Reckless / White Arrows / The Franks / Practice Band @ Silverlake Lounge (Free)

[Recommended] Radars to the Sky / George Glass / Red Cortez / Backwords @ Spaceland (Free)

[Recommended] Evan Voytas / Hands @ The Echo (Free)

Fran Healy / Carina Round @ Bardot (Free w/ RSVP)

Jessie Baylin / The Belle Brigade / Whispertown @ Bootleg ($10)

Danielle Ate the Sandwich / The Wellspring @ Hotel Café

Tuesday 10/12/10

[Pick of the Night] The 88 / Scott Doherty @ Troubadour ($15)

Punch Brothers featuring Chris Thile / Jon Brion @ El Rey ($25) – Kinda like Largo, but at the El Rey

Remy Zero / Sanders Bolhke / Great Northern @ Spaceland ($15) – They of the theme to Smallville

Eels / Jesca Hoop @ The Music Box ($31)

Fran Healy / The Hopelessly Devoted / Robotanists @ Hotel Café (Sold Out) – Travis fans who missed him this weekend

Macy Gray / Nikki & Rich @ The Roxy ($25)

The Blakes / Sea of Cortez / Lord Huron @ Bootleg ($10)

The Melvins / Totimoshi @ Detroit Bar ($18)

Smog Sessions @ The Echo ($10)

Olentangy John / Silver City Dead / Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside / We Are Country Mice @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)

The Script / Hugo @ The Wiltern ($35 - $42)

Dave Koz @ Grammy Museum ($15)

Jack Johnson @ Verizon Wireless

James @ House of Blues Anaheim

Alice in Chains / Deftones / Mastodon @ Gibson Amphitheatre ($20 - $80)

Wednesday 10/13/10

[Pick of the Night] Off! @ Club Lingerie ($8) – 1^st EP Record Release show

[Recommended] Off! @ Amoeba (Free) – 7:00 PM show. The band features Keith Morris, Dimitri Coats, Mario Rubalcaba and Steven McDonald

[Recommended] The Corin Tucker Band / The Golden Bears / Wait.Think.Fast @ El Rey ($18) – I was a Sleater-Kinney fan.

Frightened Rabbit / Plants and Animals / Bad Veins @ Mayan Theatre ($20)

Bettie Serveert @ Spaceland ($15) – Hard to believe their first album came out on Matador in the US in 1992.

James / Ed Harcourt @ The Music Box ($27.50)

Gogol Bordello / Forro In the Dark @ Club Nokia ($35)

Matt Costa / Threes & Nines @ Troubadour ($18)

The Acorn / Leif Vollebekk / Stone Darling @ The Echo ($12)

El Ten Eleven / Baths / Sister Crayon @ Bootleg ($12)

Go West Young Man / The Spies / Square on Square / Novacriminal @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)

Cinjun Tate @ 3 of Clubs (Free)

Low End Theory: Exile / Sam XL @ Airliner ($10)

Thursday 10/14/10

[Pick of the Night] The Morning Benders / Twin Sister / Cults @ The Music Box ($17.50) – That Morning Benders record has really grown on me.

[Recommended] Shadow Shadow Shade / Eastern Conference Champions / Lesands @ Echoplex ($12)

M.I.A. / Rye Rye @ Mayan Theatre (Sold Out)

Zola Jesus / Broken Spindles / Obstacle Corpse @ The Echo ($10)

Legendary Shack Shakers / Bob Wayne and the Outlaw Carnies @ Spaceland ($12)

Miike Snow / Mark Ronson & the Business Intl / MNDR @ Club Nokia ($25)

K-OS / Shad / Astronautilus @ El Rey ($20)

John West / Sara Haze / Isaiah Blas & the Pennant @ Troubadour ($15)

Cory Chisel / Henry Wolfe / Hand @ Bootleg ($12)

Death to Anders / George Glass / Francisco the Man / Maxwell Demon @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)

Toby Lightman / Sweet Talk Radio @ Hotel Café

The MuerTones / Margate / Triple Chicken Foot @ Redwood

CKY @ The Roxy ($20)

Valient Thorr / Red Fang @ Detroit Bar

Friday 10/15/10

[Pick of the Night] David Bazan / Wye Oak @ Spaceland ($17) – On a night inundated with clubby (both lounge and dance) bands, here’s your alternative. I’ve got some tickets to give away for this one.

LCD Soundsystem / Hot Chip / Sleigh Bells @ Hollywood Bowl ($40 - $72) – I do like some of those Sleigh Bells songs (they'll headline El Rey on the 20th).

Four Tet / Jon Hopkins @ The Music Box ($20)

Kruder & Dorfmeister / Jason Bentley @ Club Nokia ($45)

LTJ Bukem @ House of Blues Sunset ($30)

Miike Snow / Mark Ronson & the Business Intl / MNDR @ The Wiltern ($35)

Eric Andersen accompanied by Van Dyke Parks @ McCabe’s ($22.50)

Mike Doughty / Mike Viola @ Bootleg ($22)

Nicole Atkins and the Black Sea / Gamble House @ The Echo ($12)

Look at What the Light Did Now (Feist film) @ Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever ($12)

Manhattan Murder Mystery / Luna is Honey / Torches in Trees @ Pehrspace

Jamaica / Nighwaves / Parallels / French Horn Rebellion @ Echoplex ($10)

Slant / Color Free @ Troubadour ($12)

Malaikat dan Singa / Foot Village / Neverever / Dunes @ The Smell ($5)

Say Anything / Motion City Soundtrack / Saves the Day / Valencia @ Avalon ($34)

Maxim Ludwig & the Santa Fe Seven / Parlor Hawk @ Hotel Café

Pure Country Gold / Sawyer Family / The Country / The Rebel Set @ Redwood

The Aggrolites @ The Roxy ($20)

Frightened Rabbit / Plants and Animals / Bad Veins @ House of Blues Anaheim

Saturday 10/16/10

[Pick of the Night] The National / Owen Pallett @ Fox Theater ($33) – I’m not really a big fan of the National, but I’ve always felt like I should be.

Kenan Bell / Hesta Prynn @ Bootleg ($10)

Dub Quake: Michael Rose / Scientist with Roots Radics / Sister Nancy / Ranking Joe / Lloyd Hemmings / Lady Tigra and others @ Echoplex ($25 for two day pass)

Bootie LA @ Spaceland ($5 before 10 PM, $10 after) – LA’s bimonthly mashup bootleg party

Valient Thorr / Red Fang / Green and Wood @ The Echo ($10) – This is an early show at 6:00 PM

Gaelic Storm @ Troubadour ($23)

Rocket / The Spider Problem @ 3 Clubs

Paul F. Tompkins show @ Largo ($25)

Ron White @ the Wiltern ($60 - $70)

Palm Reader / Plasma Centre / Peter Pants / ParallaxScroll @ The Smell ($5)  

Tangent Transmission / Fim / John German & the Early Humans / Nacosta @ Pehrspace

Calavera / Wooly Bandits / Surf Rats / Inazuma @ Redwood

We Barbarians @ Detroit Bar ($10)

DJ Quik @ Key Club ($35)

Rabbits Rabbits Rabbits @ Origami (Free) – 7:00 PM

Sunday 10/17/10

[Pick of the Night] Jonsi / Mountain Man @ the Wiltern ($47 - $63) – Sigur Ros put on a great live show, so hopefully Jonsi holds his own.

[Recommended] Mountain Man @ Amoeba (Free) – 5:00 PM show

[Recommended] Jonsi @ Origami (Free) – 5:00 PM show but it’s already full

Holy Fuck / Indian Jewelry / Clip’d Beaks @ Spaceland ($14) – Critically acclaimed electronic band.

Die Antwoord @ The Music Box ($30) – South African rave-hop

Joe Frank @ McCabe’s (Sold Out)

Dubquake: The Heptones / Stone Love / Peanut Butter Wolf / The Lions / Sister Nancy / Tippa Lee @ Echoplex ($25 for two day passes)

Hoodoo Gurus @ Viper Room ($12)

T. Mills @ Troubadour ($15)

Vincent Minor / Obi Best @ Bootleg ($8)

Lucky Dragons / Mi Ami / Kit / The Urxed / Traps, ps @ Pehrspace

Million Kids / Scream / The Gears / Brainspoon @ Redwood

Rascall Flatts @ Verizon Wireless