Weekend Live Music Picks

A great chance to see some of the biggest local bands this weekend. That's Silversun Pickups not looking at the camera in the photo.

Friday 2/3/06
Dead Meadow / Silversun Pickups / The Clean Prophets @ Troubadour [$12] - Dead Meadow's a neo-pyschedelic band with the occasional Sabbath riff. They're on Matador Records. Silversun Pickups are one of the most popular local bands. Angst-ridden lyrics and crunchy guitar sounds. They're on Dangerbird Records and currently finishing up their full lengh record. The Clean Prophets are another local band who just finished their record and are starting to get some good buzz (including an LA Times notice this week). There's a little bit of Echo & the Bunnymen & Chamelons in their sound.
Download Dead Meadow's "At Her Open Door"
Download The Clean Prophets' "Tambourine Crown"

Sea Wolf/ The Good Listeners @ El Cid [$5] - Sea Wolf is part of the Ship Collective of local artists (along with two other bands playing this weekend: Silversun Pickups andIrving). They're more of a melancholy indie band. The Good Listeners are a local band that recently popped onto my radar but I still haven't seen them.

The 88 @ Spaceland [Advance tickets sold out so get there early] - Local band. I've reviewed their album and written about them before. They're starting to get more national exposure. The All Music Guide throws around the Knack, Squeeze and Jellyfish in describing their sound.

Saturday 2/4/06
The Charlatans UK / Mellowdrone @ Little Radio Warehouse (1218 Long Beach Ave./LA, CA) [$12]- Tickets for this show go on sale at Sea Level Records on Saturday at noon. Support your local record store while you're there (RIP Aron's and Rhino Westwood). It's the Charlatans first show in a long time and they're filming a video. Hard to believe their first album came out in 1990. I really liked "The Only One I Know."

Of Montreal / Irving @ Ex_Plex [Sold Out] - Of Montreal was never my favorite member of the Elephant 6 collective but they're one of the only survivors and seem to just keep getting bigger. Irving's a local indie pop band with a new album coming out on Eenie Meenie on April 4th.
Download Irving's "I Can't Fall in Love"
Download Of Montreal's cover of the Shins' "Know Your Onion"

Sunday 2/5/06
Eleni Mandell @ Tangier [$10] - For the KCRW people. She's a local artist with a smooth adult sound. She'll be doing it every Sunday night in February.