Friday Night Music Options 5/4/07

Dengue Fever Play the EchoPlex Tonight

Tivo Alert: Tom Waits on Conan

Tonight's Pick:

Silver Lake Film Fest: The Little Ones / Dengue Fever / Sea Wolf / The Bird and the Bee @ EchoPlex – You need to go check out a movie and flash your stub to get in. You can also buy day passes for $15. Very solid local lineup. The Little Ones put out my favorite local disc last year. They just got off a tour with Kaiser Chiefs and the Walkmen. They’re playing some of the monster festivals this summer (Bonnaroo and Austin City Limits) and they’ve been remixed by Stereolab and CSS. Impressive. Dengue Fever are one of the most unique local bands. They play Cambodian psych music. Tonight corresponds with the screening of “Sleepwalking Through the Mekong” in the Silver Lake Film Fest. The film chronicles their visit to Cambodia. Based on this trailer (HERE) it looks very cool. You can see it at 9:45 PM Saturday at the Los Feliz 3. Sea Wolf (ex-Irving bass player, Alex Church) have a new EP out Tuesday on Dangerbird. Go over to their Myspace and listen to “You’re a Wolf.”

Where I'll Probably Actually Be:

Tandemoro @ the Echo ($5) – An Echo Park dance party with Ryan from Division Day. I haven’t seen Tandemoro yet, but I’ve heard great things.

Also Appearing:

Cloud Cult / Anchors for Architects / Divisadero @ Knitting Factory ($8) - Cloud Cult's new album got a respectable 6.9/10 from Pitchfork and was favorably compared to Danielson and Arcade Fire.
Kinky @ El Rey (Sold Out) – Mexican dance rock
Lovelikefire / Lemon Sun @ El Cid ($8)
8-Bit @ the Scene – Crazy Highland Park party band.
The Autumns / The Sugarplastic @ Spaceland ($10) – They’re playing every Friday in May.