Live Music Options: 2/28/11 - 3/6/11

Mavis Staples Performs at the Satellite on Thursday



Monday 2/28/11

[Pick of the Night] Red Cortez / Richard Swift / Everest / The Dead Trees @ The Satellite (Free) – I’d definitely pay to see Richard Swift and Everest, so free is impossible to beat.

[Recommended] Jenny O  / Jonathan Wilson / J. Tillman @ Bootleg (Free) – Talented lineup.

Slang Chickens / Papa / Help / The Lovely Bad Things @ The Echo (Free)

Robotanists / War Tapes / Endless Hallway / Skull Tape / The Neighborhood @ Silverlake Lounge (Free)

Puro Instinct @ Paul and Andre’s

Deaf / Lost Lake / The Hectors / Black Elephant @ 5 Star Blue (Free)

Phil Alvin @ Redwood

Eulogies / Family of the Year @ Bardot (Free w/ RSVP)

Tuesday 3/1/11

[Pick of the Night] Arbouretum / Endless Boogie / Imaad Wasif @ The Satellite ($8) – Some good stoner rock…

Biffy Clyro / Moving Mountains / The Blank Faces @ Troubadour (Sold Out) – Scottish alt rockers

Joseph Arthur / Line and Circle @ Bootleg ($10)

Hillsong United @ Staples Center (Sold Out) – Aussie Christians

Jukebox the Ghost / My Pet Saddle / Gardens and Villa @ The Echo ($10) – Record for Yep Roc, get compared to OK Go and Ben Folds.

Found Footage Festival @ Largo ($20)

State to State / The Cooling Time / Standing Shadows / Open Source Rebellion @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)

Panic at the Disco @ Roxy

Wednesday 3/2/11

[Pick of the Night] A Hawk and Hacksaw / Infantree @ The Satellite ($12) – Mostly instrumental band with all those Eastern European influences (plus he was in Neutral Milk Hotel).    

The Bellrays / Bare Wires / Dirt Dress @ The Echo ($8) – Good lineup.

Low End Theory: Syd from Odd Future / Cadalack Ron @ Airliner ($10)

Ferraby Lionheart / Demo Team / Captain and Holland @ Bootleg ($7)

Swans / Devendra Banhart / Wooden Wand @ El Rey ($32) – Underground legend.

Biffy Clyro and Mark Z Danielewski @ Bootleg ($25) – The author and band perform and discuss how his novel influenced the band. I saw him do this for his previous novel,

House of Leaves and it was pretty interesting.

Damon Packard / Pregers (Dean Spunt) / Earn @ Dem Password (Free)

Lords of Acid / ANGELSPIT / Radical G / Skum Love @ Club Nokia ($23)

John Popper & the Duskray Troubadours @ Key Club ($20 - $60)

Kaki King / Zoe Keating @ Largo ($25)

Sean Kangataran / Brad Standley and the Foxlies / Garrett Pierce @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)

CKY @ Viper Room ($15)

Thursday 3/3/11

[Pick of the Week - Mavis Staples @ The Satellite ($25) – Early show, doors open at 7:00 PM; I’m really excited to see soul/gospel legend Mavis Staples. Check out her latest album with Jeff Tweedy.

The Entrance Band / Sun Araw @ The Satellite ($10) – The Entrance Band is doing a Thursday night residency at the Satellite month.   

Crystal Castles / Suuns @ Fox Theater Pomona (Sold Out)

Elliot Randal & the Deadman / Sima / The Goodnight Noises @ Viper Room ($10 w/ flyer) – For the Americana, twang fans…

Great Northern / Sabrosa Purr / Moving Picture Show @ Bootleg ($10)

Civil Twilight / The Daylights / Voxhaul Broadcast @ Troubadour ($12)

Emilie Autumn @ El Rey ($20)

He’s My Brother She’s My Sister @ Downtown Central Library ($15)

Eddie Spaghetti / Blag Dahlia / Sean & Alexander @ The Echo ($12)

Meshell Ndegeocello @ Largo ($30)

The Devil Whale / Yellow Red Sparks / The Sunshine Factory / Glen Martin @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)

I.E. / Laco$te / Simo Soo / Broken Eyes @ The Smell ($5)

The Broken Numbers Band / Coyote / Sonark / The Lonely Wild @ The Airliner ($5) 

Michael Nhat / Halloween Swim Team / So Many Wizards / Magick Orchids @ Lot 1 ($5)

Alexi Murdoch / The Watson Twins @ Detroit Bar ($20)

Red Cortez @ Origami (Free) – 7:00 PM

Friday 3/4/11

[Pick of the Night] Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise Tour @ The Satellite (Sold Out) – Loads of the Olivia Tremor Control, El Power, Neutral Milk Hotel folks play the music of those bands. I was a big fan of so many of those bands..

[Recommended] Autolux / The Soft Moon @ The Echoplex ($15) – Autolux is a great live band, if you’ve never seen them.  

[Recommended] Cut Chemist @ Amoeba (Free) – 6:00 PM

Wild Nothing / Abe Vigoda @ Natural History Museum ($9) – Early show starts at 5:00 PM. Pitchfork generation.

Wet & Reckless / The Holloys / Tandemoro @ Bootleg ($8) – Good local lineup.

The Concretes / Millionyoung / Blackbird Blackbird @ Troubadour ($15) – The veteran Swedish indie pop band is back.

Missing Persons @ Key Club ($18 - $54)

Conspiracy of Beards @ The Mint ($15)

Sweater Girls / Neverever @ The Echo ($8)

Trey Anastasio @ The Music Box (Sold Out) – Phish lead singer.

MUSINK: Suicidal Tendencies / Biohazard / CKY @ OC Fair & Event Center ($25 - $108)

Nodzzz / Audacity / Tijuana Panthers / Ale Mania @ The Smell ($6)

Civil Twilight / The Daylights / Voxhaul Broadcast @ The Glass House ($10)

Noel Paul Stookey @ McCabe’s (Sold Out) – Paul from Peter, Paul and Mary

Anni Rossi / Whitman / Ezra Buchla / Emily Lacy @ Echo Park Country Outpost

Texas Terri Bomb @ Redwood

Hugh Cornwell @ Viper Room ($20)

Gold Motel @ Origami (Free) – 7:00 PM

Saturday 3/5/11

[Pick of the Night] Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Dave Holland @ Walt Disney Concert Hall (Sold Out) – Jazz legends.

[Recommended] Autolux / The Soft Moon @ Detroit Bar ($15) – If you missed them at the Echoplex.

[Recommended] Mike Watt & His Missingmen / Sassafrass @ Redwood

Baths / Braids / Gobble Gobble @ Troubadour ($12) – Local, electro-pop kid put out a well received record on Anticon last year.

Diamond Rings / PS I Love You @ The Satellite ($10) – Big buzz and good reviews for this guy.

Japanther / Tinylittle / Jehovas Fitness / Joyce Manor @ The Smell ($6)

Conspiracy of Beards @ The Echoplex ($10) – Early show at 3:00 PM. Acapella group that performs Leonard Cohen songs. Benefit for 826 LA.

Alexi Murdoch / The Watson Twins @ Bootleg ($25)

Voxhaul Broadcast / Nico Stai / The Sea of Cortez / Summer Darling / Hi Ho Silver Oh @ Center for the Arts in Eagle Rock ($10)

Michael Showalter / David Wain @ The Echo ($14) – Early show at 6:00 PM

MUSINK: Thrice / Circa Survive @ OC Fair & Event Center ($25 - $108)

Julieta Venegas / Ceci Bastida @ Nokia Theatre LA Live ($25 - $100)

The Thrilling Adventure Hour @ Largo (Sold Out)

Faster Pussycat @ Key Club ($18)

Chick Corea & Gary Burton @ Royce Hall ($43 - $83)

Sunday 3/6/11

[Pick of the Night] Broken Records / US Royalty @ The Satellite ($10) – Scottish band on 4AD that gets compared to Arcade Fire and Springsteen.

Morcheeba / The Mumlers @ The Music Box ($28) 

The Velvet Teen / Themes @ The Echo ($10) – Early show at 5:30 PM

David J / Sleepmask / The New Room @ The Echo ($10)

We Barbarians / The Union Line @ Detroit Bar ($10)

Yemen Blues @ Troubadour ($25)

MUSINK: The Used / Hot Water Music @ OC Fair & Event Center ($25 - $108)

Gobble Gobble / Captain Ahab / Foot Village / Heller Keller @ The Smell ($5)

New Music Releases: February 15, 2011

So much music to try to keep up with this week. I'm starting to remember why I stopped doing these posts....

Pick of the Week:

Telekinesis: 12 Desperate Straight Lines (Merge) – With this record, Telekinesis should cross over to snag Death Cab For Cutie’s audience. Produced by DCFC’s Chris Walla, it’s very well done breakup indie rock with a bit of punch. While I did like their first album, I’m surprised how much I like this new one. At the Echo on 2/24/11. Aquarium Drunkard has a free download HERE.  

Other Recommended Releases:

Arbouretum: Gathering (Thrill Jockey) – You’ve got to be open to stoner rock to appreciate this one. Slow, dense riffs with an almost pastoral quality. Cool shit in my book. At the Satellite on 3/1/11.

PJ Harvey: Let England Shake (Vagrant) – This record’s full of anti-war songs, complex arrangements and dramatic singing. Some of it’s pretty accessible and a lot of it’s challenging.  Harvey’s releases are always interesting listens. This one should please her fans. At Coachella on 4/17/11. Listen HERE

Mogwai: Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will (Sub Pop) – They brought back the vocals. Plenty for heavy post-rock fans to be happy about. At the Mayan on 5/10/11. Listen HERE

MP3: Rano Pano

MP3: San Pedro

Yuck: Yuck (Fat Possum) – I saw them live before listening to the record, which made me give them the benefit of the doubt. Really good live show, pretty good album (maybe too many ballads?). Live, they’re sort of like a young, British version of Dinosaur Jr. (circa 1991). At the Echo on 4/13/11 and The Satellite on 4/14/11. Listen HERE

Other Releases That Got My Attention:

Asobi Seksu: Flourescence (Polyvinyl) – Dream poppers; The vinyl is pink. At the Troubadour on 3/9/11. Listen HERE

The Babies: The Babies (Shrimper) – Kevin Morby (bass player in Woods) and Cassie Ramone (guitar in Vivian Girls) play damaged pop. The vinyl doesn’t come out until late March.

Beans: End It All (Anticon) – Ex-Anti Pop Consortium

Bright Eyes: The People’s Key (Saddle Creek) – I’ve never gotten into Connor Oberst or Bright Eyes, so I don’t have much to say. At the Fox in Pomona on 4/13/11 and Coachella on 4/16/11 Listen HERE

Hayes Carll: KMAG YOYO (Lost Highway) – The first time I saw Carll was back to back with Ryan Bingham, and I just preferred Bingham. But I haven’t heard this record yet.

The Dears: Degeneration Street (Dangerbird) – The Montreal collective’s second album for local label, Dangerbird. At the Troubadour on 3/10/11. Listen HERE

Dream Diary: You Are the Beat (Kanine) – This Brooklyn band’s being marketed to twee pop/Sarah Records fans.

Drive-By Truckers: Go-Go Boots (ATO) – Their 11^th album. Listen HERE

East River Pipe: We Live In Rented Rooms (Merge) –This is the indie singer/songwriter’s seventh album. Haven’t spent enough time with this one yet.

A Hawk and a Hacksaw: Cervantine (L.M. Duplication) – Eclectic tunes. Very capably played folk music from all around the world. At the Satellite on 3/2/11.

La Sera: La Sera (Hardly Art) – Katy Goodman is the bass player in Vivian Girls.

Peaking Lights: 936 (Not Not Fun) – Weirdo guitar synth psych dub music.

The Skull Defekts: Peer Amid (Thrill Jockey) – Daniel Higgs from Lungfish joined these Swedes. It’s a weird, experimental rock record. Still digesting this one..

Sonic Youth: Simon Werner a Disparu (SYR) – Instrumental album that grew out of recording the soundtrack to a French film Simon Werner a Disparu (known as Lights Out in the US). I haven’t heard it, but it’s getting good reviews (critics are saying it’s atmospheric and experimental).   

The Twilight Singers: Dynamite Steps (Sub Pop) – Greg Dulli’s back with the Twilight Singers. At the Music Box on 5/25/11. Listen HERE

Recent Concert Announcements

Daniel Lanois & Brian Blade Play the Satellite on Saturday

The Satellite (f/k/a Spaceland)

1/22/11: Rocco DeLuca / Daniel Lanois and Brian Blade (now at Ticketfly)

3/1/11: Arbouretum / Endless Boogie (now)

The Echo

5/6/11: J. Mascis / Black Heart Procession (now at Ticketweb)

Empire Polo Club

4/15/11 – 4/17/11: Coachella (Friday at 10 AM)

Greek Theatre
4/23/11: Robert Plant and the Band of Joy (presale now, password = ANGEL; Saturday at 10 AM)

El Rey

4/8/11: The Dodos / Reading Rainbow (Saturday at 10 AM)

5/31/11: Bruce Cockburn / Jenny Scheinman (Saturday at 10 AM)

Gibson Amphitheatre

4/15/11: Janet Jackson (now)

6/20/11 & 6/22/11: Rush performing Moving Pictures and other classics (Monday at 10 AM)

The Wiltern

5/4/11: James Blunt (Friday at 10 AM)

The Music Box

3/4/11: Trey Anastasio (presale Friday at 10 AM, password = PHISHFOOD; Saturday at 10 AM)

6/10/11: Friendly Fires (presale now, password = KISSOFLIFE; Friday at 10 AM)

Club Nokia

2/12/11: B.o.B. / Far East Movement (presale Friday at 10 AM, password = MAGIC; Saturday at 10 AM)

Troubadour

4/10/11: Protest the Hero (Friday at 1:00 PM)

Hollywood Bowl

4/16/11: Rod Stewart & Stevie Nicks (Monday at 10 AM)

5/20/11: Kylie Minogue (Saturday at 10 AM)

The Glass House

4/21/11: fun. (Saturday at Noon)

Detroit Bar

2/12/11: Smith Westerns (now)