If you can't find anything to do this week, then you're not looking very hard.
Monday 5/17/10
[Pick of the Night] Frank Fairfield and Friends @ Redwood Bar
[Recommended] Nashville Flood Benefit: Meiko / Buddy / Chris Pierce and others @ Hotel Café
[Recommended] The Like / Jail Weddings / Gestapo Khazi / Starfucker @ The Echo (Free)
[Recommended] Sweethead / Earthlings? / Sean Wheeler & Zander Schloss @ Spaceland (Free) –Sweethead features Van Leeuwen (guitar in Queens of the Stone Age), Serrina Sims, Norm Block (drums in Mark Lanegan Band, Plexi) and Eddie Nappi (bass in Mark Lanegan Band, Handsome). Earthlings? are another band from the desert rock/QOTSA/EODM crowd. Sean Wheeler and Zander Schloss are ex-Throw Rag and Circle Jerks guys.
War Tapes / Living Days / Repeater / Hexam Heads @ Silverlake Lounge (Free) – War Tapes is doing the May residency at the SLounge.
Falling Still / Electric Soul Co. / Rajas / Square on Square @ Troubadour ($5)
Todd Barry and Friends @ Largo ($20)
Zach Steel / Ilo Mar / Mike Kitcher / Sleepwalkers Local @ Echo Curio
Psychic Handbook / Back to the Future the Ride / Foreign Cinema @ Pehrspace
Dancy Laury Dance / Ezra Reich / Spirit Animal / Random Impulse @ Viper Room
Tuesday 5/18/10
[Pick of the Night] Roky Erickson with Okkervil River / Leslie & the Badgers @ the Music Box ($32) – This was moved from the Mayan to the Music Box. What I’ve heard of the new record is really good.
[Recommended] Jonathan Richman @ The Smell ($15) – Still love that early stuff.
Massive Attack / MNDR / Martina Topley Bird @ The Wiltern (Sold Out) – I haven’t listened to Massive Attack since the 1990s, but those first few albums were good.
Black Math Horseman / Green and Wood / Lantvrn / Fatso Jetson @ Spaceland ($5) – Tee Pee records band with the retro metal sound.
Converge / Coalesce / Gaza / Touche Amore / Black Breath @ El Rey – The early 1990s hardcore band.
60 Watt Kid / Voices Voices / Pizza! / Tan Dollar @ The Echo ($5)
Scarlet Grey / Assemble the Skyline / New Years Day / Vogue in the Movement @ Troubadour ($10)
Styx / Foreigner / Kansas @ Gibson Amphitheatre ($30 - $100)
Chuck Palahniuk presents “Tell All” @ Largo (Sold Out)
Ivan and Alyosha / Cassorla / The Moviegoers @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)
Nina Storey / Ruby Friedman @ Hotel Café
Dos / Tsigoti / Married in Berichev / French Quarter / Whitman @ Echo Curio
A Dirty Mess / Penis Envy / White Flag Down @ Redwood
Wednesday 5/19/10
[Pick of the Night] Caribou / Toro y Moi @ El Rey ($20) – I still haven’t heard the new record, but I still revisit the first two albums.
[Recommended] Broken Bells / The Morning Benders @ The Music Box (Sold Out) – The record’s a little dull, but it’s still James Mercer and Danger Mouse.
[Recommended] Roky Erickson with Okkervil River @ Center for the Arts in Eagle Rock (Free) – This is a free kids show at 3:30 PM. Adults must have a kid with them.
[Recommended] Horse Feathers / Dawn Landes / Liz Pappademas @ Bootleg ($10) – Nice, rural sounds.
[Recommended] Sara Radle / Andrew Lynch / Correatown / C-Horse @ Spaceland ($5) – Talented local lineup. Radle has played with The Rentals and The Waking Sleep, Lynch has collaborated with Earlimart and Angela Corea’s a talented singer-songwriter.
[Recommended] Henry Wolfe & Farmer Dave Scher / Jenny O @ Hoel Café – I like Farmer Dave, but not familiar with the rest.
Alex Chilton Tribute @ Redwood – Not familiar with most of the artists performing, but I love Chilton.
Massive Attack / Anti-Pop Consortium / Martina Topley Bird @ The Wiltern ($50)
Low End Theory: Baths / Qzen @ Airliner ($10)
Talib Kweli & Hi Tek @ House of Blues Sunset ($27.50) – Kweli’s a very talented rapper.
Abused Romance / Standing Shadows / Adrian Vera / Avenue 52 @ Troubadour ($10)
Thee Nathaniel Fregoso and the Bountiful Hearts / Allah Las @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)
Garfunkel and Oates @ Largo ($25)
Julieta Venegas @ Club Nokia
Thursday 5/20/10
[Pick of the Night] Chris Hillman @ Grammy Museum ($20) – Acoustic songs and Q&A. I saw Hillman at the first Stagecoach and really enjoyed it. He’s just as responsible for country rock as Gram Parsons.
Shout Out Louds / Freelance Whales @ El Rey ($20) – Saw the Shout Out Louds at SXSW a couple of years ago. Pretty good.
Minus the Bear / Everest / Young the Giant @ the Mayan ($22) – I’m an Everest fan, but not too familiar with the other bands.
Massive Attack / Nite Jewel / Martina Topley Bird @ The Wiltern (Sold Out)
Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek @ Grove of Anaheim
Casxio / Vanprasta / Symphonic Circles / Imagine Dragons @ Troubadour ($10)
Bastard / Memory / M31 / The Shrine @ Spaceland ($5)
Barron Von Luxxury / Diamonds Under Fire @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)
Glee @ Gibson Amphitheatre ($45 - $85)
Sarah Silverman @ Largo ($25)
Rats perform live soundtracks for short films @ Echo Curio
The Royal Highness @ Viper Room ($20)
Nashville Pussy / Riot Brides / Cockpit @ Key Club ($18)
Existereo / Intuition / Screwtape / Michael Nhat @ Synchronicity
Friday 5/21/10
[Pick of the Night] Cass McCombs / Foreign Born / Boys Like Us @ The Highlands Masonic Temple [104 N. Avenue 56 in Highland Park] ($17) – All bands performing with the Calder Quartet. Boys Like Us is Rostam Batmanglij from Vampire Weekend and Discovery.
[Recommended] Shadow Shadow Shade / Red Cortez @ Bootleg ($10) – Shadow Shadow Shade is headed up to Sasquatch in a couple of weeks.
[Recommended] Jon Brion and Friends @ Largo ($25)
The National / Ramona Falls @ The Wiltern ($23) – The National is one of those bands I feel like I should like, but they just don’t move me when I put it on.
The End Times Opry: Rebecca Corry / Murry Hammond / Hi Ho Silver Oh and others @ Center for the Arts in Eagle Rock ($20)
Shout Out Louds / Freelance Whales @ El Rey ($20)
Minus the Bear / Everest / Young the Giant @ the Glass House ($20)
The Drowning Men / The Pity Party / The Franks / The Damn Sons @ Spaceland ($8)
Far / Dead Country / Volapike @ Troubadour ($15)
Foot Village / Robedoor / Future Islands / Lower Dens @ Synchronicity – Future Islands is a pretty cool electronic/rock band on Thrill Jockey.
Woah Hunx / Christmas Island / Tijuana Panthers @ Echo Curio
OK Go / Earl Greyhound / Debate Team @ The Music Box (Sold Out)
The Dan Band @ Club Nokia ($20 - $30)
Sweethead / Normandy @ Alex’s Bar ($8) – See Spaceland on Monday for description
Francis and the Lights / Teen Inc @ The Echo ($10)
Glee @ Gibson Amphitheatre ($45 - $85)
Vienna Teng / Alex Wong / Sara Watkins @ McCabe’s ($17.50)
John Butler Trio @ House of Blues Sunset
Feel Free / Monster Pussy / Roundabout / Wild Pack of Canaries @ The Smell ($5)
Stab City @ Redwood Bar
Spider Problem / Haunted Tigers / Hello My Name Is Red @ Mr. T’s Bowl
The Binges @ Viper Room ($20)
Pete Rock @ Key Club ($20)
Saturday 5/22/10
[Pick of the Day] Silver Lake Jubilee: The Living Sisters / Spain / Olin and the Moon / The Growlers / Eulogies / Nico Stai / Wait.Think.Fast. / Blue Jungle / Mississippi Man / Dirt Bird and others @ Myra Between Fountain and Santa Monica ($5)
[Recommended] Future Islands / Lower Dens / Superhumanoids / Pizza! @ the Smell ($5) – Future Islands is a cool, electronic/rock/art band from Baltimore on the Thrill Jockey label.
[Recommended] Clem Snide / Heligoats @ Spaceland ($12) – Eef Barzelay. They’re back in a big way.
[Recommended] Jon Brion and Friends @ Largo ($25)
The National / Ramona Falls @ The Wiltern (Sold Out)
Shooter Jennings & Hierophant / Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real @ Troubadour ($20)
Kaki King / An Horse @ El Rey ($20)
Glee @ Gibson Amphitheatre ($45 - $85)
Far / Dead Country @ The Glass House ($15)
The Babies / Heavy Hawaii @ Echo Curio – Early show from 6PM – 8PM
Actuary / Xome / Sissisters / Conscious Summary @ Echo Curio
The Chapin Sisters / I See Hawks in LA @ McCabe’s ($15)
Patrick Watson @ Hotel Café
Lords of Altamont / Muck and the Mires / Sonic Avenues / Sin Alley @ Redwood Bar
Pharmacy / Apes of Wrath / Hotel St. George / Ovideo Music / Jack Ladder / Taso @ Mr. T’s Bowl
Odelia / By Sunlight / Future Ghost / The Break Ups @ Pehrspace
Chris Pureka / Fences / One Trick Pony / Lucky Tubb @ The Mint ($10)
Morrissey’s Birthday: Sweet and Tender Hooligans @ Key Club ($20)
Daughters of the Sun / Vampire Hands / Dva Damas @ Synchronicity
Sunday 5/23/10
[Pick of the Week] Silver Lake Jubilee: Radar Brothers / Foreign Born / Division Day / The Like / Useless Keys / The Monolators / Dios / Wet & Reckless / Timonium / Tenlons Fort / Seasons @ Myra Between Fountain and Santa Monica ($5)
Bonfire Madigan / Dubus / Patsy / The I’s @ Bootleg ($10) – Performing songs by Arthur Russell
Frightened Rabbit / Maps and Atlases / Our Brother the Native @ The Music Box ($20)
The Pillows / Noodles / Monokuro / Pop Chocolat @ Glass House ($20)
Creed Bratton @ McCabe’s ($15)
Jyp Tour / 2 AM Club @ the Wiltern ($50 - $150)
Groovy Rednecks / The Cheatin’ Kind @ The Echo (Free) – Early show at 5:00 PM
Geneva Jacuzzi / Soft Metals @ The Echo ($5)
Sara Bareilles / Chris Pierce @ Hotel Café ($12.50) – Another venue jumping into the Kids thing. This is an early show where adults need to bring a kid to get in. Starts at 2:00 PM.
Blue Jungle / Captured By Robots @ Redwood Bar
Bleed the Dream / We Are the Arsenal @ The Roxy ($13.50)
Demon Hunter @ Key Club ($15)
Weatherbox / Look Mexico / Summer Vacation / Joyce Manor @ Synchronicity
[Pick of the Night] Frank Fairfield and Friends @ Redwood Bar
[Recommended] Nashville Flood Benefit: Meiko / Buddy / Chris Pierce and others @ Hotel Café
[Recommended] The Like / Jail Weddings / Gestapo Khazi / Starfucker @ The Echo (Free)
[Recommended] Sweethead / Earthlings? / Sean Wheeler & Zander Schloss @ Spaceland (Free) –Sweethead features Van Leeuwen (guitar in Queens of the Stone Age), Serrina Sims, Norm Block (drums in Mark Lanegan Band, Plexi) and Eddie Nappi (bass in Mark Lanegan Band, Handsome). Earthlings? are another band from the desert rock/QOTSA/EODM crowd. Sean Wheeler and Zander Schloss are ex-Throw Rag and Circle Jerks guys.
War Tapes / Living Days / Repeater / Hexam Heads @ Silverlake Lounge (Free) – War Tapes is doing the May residency at the SLounge.
Falling Still / Electric Soul Co. / Rajas / Square on Square @ Troubadour ($5)
Todd Barry and Friends @ Largo ($20)
Zach Steel / Ilo Mar / Mike Kitcher / Sleepwalkers Local @ Echo Curio
Psychic Handbook / Back to the Future the Ride / Foreign Cinema @ Pehrspace
Dancy Laury Dance / Ezra Reich / Spirit Animal / Random Impulse @ Viper Room
Tuesday 5/18/10
[Pick of the Night] Roky Erickson with Okkervil River / Leslie & the Badgers @ the Music Box ($32) – This was moved from the Mayan to the Music Box. What I’ve heard of the new record is really good.
[Recommended] Jonathan Richman @ The Smell ($15) – Still love that early stuff.
Massive Attack / MNDR / Martina Topley Bird @ The Wiltern (Sold Out) – I haven’t listened to Massive Attack since the 1990s, but those first few albums were good.
Black Math Horseman / Green and Wood / Lantvrn / Fatso Jetson @ Spaceland ($5) – Tee Pee records band with the retro metal sound.
Converge / Coalesce / Gaza / Touche Amore / Black Breath @ El Rey – The early 1990s hardcore band.
60 Watt Kid / Voices Voices / Pizza! / Tan Dollar @ The Echo ($5)
Scarlet Grey / Assemble the Skyline / New Years Day / Vogue in the Movement @ Troubadour ($10)
Styx / Foreigner / Kansas @ Gibson Amphitheatre ($30 - $100)
Chuck Palahniuk presents “Tell All” @ Largo (Sold Out)
Ivan and Alyosha / Cassorla / The Moviegoers @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)
Nina Storey / Ruby Friedman @ Hotel Café
Dos / Tsigoti / Married in Berichev / French Quarter / Whitman @ Echo Curio
A Dirty Mess / Penis Envy / White Flag Down @ Redwood
Wednesday 5/19/10
[Pick of the Night] Caribou / Toro y Moi @ El Rey ($20) – I still haven’t heard the new record, but I still revisit the first two albums.
[Recommended] Broken Bells / The Morning Benders @ The Music Box (Sold Out) – The record’s a little dull, but it’s still James Mercer and Danger Mouse.
[Recommended] Roky Erickson with Okkervil River @ Center for the Arts in Eagle Rock (Free) – This is a free kids show at 3:30 PM. Adults must have a kid with them.
[Recommended] Horse Feathers / Dawn Landes / Liz Pappademas @ Bootleg ($10) – Nice, rural sounds.
[Recommended] Sara Radle / Andrew Lynch / Correatown / C-Horse @ Spaceland ($5) – Talented local lineup. Radle has played with The Rentals and The Waking Sleep, Lynch has collaborated with Earlimart and Angela Corea’s a talented singer-songwriter.
[Recommended] Henry Wolfe & Farmer Dave Scher / Jenny O @ Hoel Café – I like Farmer Dave, but not familiar with the rest.
Alex Chilton Tribute @ Redwood – Not familiar with most of the artists performing, but I love Chilton.
Massive Attack / Anti-Pop Consortium / Martina Topley Bird @ The Wiltern ($50)
Low End Theory: Baths / Qzen @ Airliner ($10)
Talib Kweli & Hi Tek @ House of Blues Sunset ($27.50) – Kweli’s a very talented rapper.
Abused Romance / Standing Shadows / Adrian Vera / Avenue 52 @ Troubadour ($10)
Thee Nathaniel Fregoso and the Bountiful Hearts / Allah Las @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)
Garfunkel and Oates @ Largo ($25)
Julieta Venegas @ Club Nokia
Thursday 5/20/10
[Pick of the Night] Chris Hillman @ Grammy Museum ($20) – Acoustic songs and Q&A. I saw Hillman at the first Stagecoach and really enjoyed it. He’s just as responsible for country rock as Gram Parsons.
Shout Out Louds / Freelance Whales @ El Rey ($20) – Saw the Shout Out Louds at SXSW a couple of years ago. Pretty good.
Minus the Bear / Everest / Young the Giant @ the Mayan ($22) – I’m an Everest fan, but not too familiar with the other bands.
Massive Attack / Nite Jewel / Martina Topley Bird @ The Wiltern (Sold Out)
Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek @ Grove of Anaheim
Casxio / Vanprasta / Symphonic Circles / Imagine Dragons @ Troubadour ($10)
Bastard / Memory / M31 / The Shrine @ Spaceland ($5)
Barron Von Luxxury / Diamonds Under Fire @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)
Glee @ Gibson Amphitheatre ($45 - $85)
Sarah Silverman @ Largo ($25)
Rats perform live soundtracks for short films @ Echo Curio
The Royal Highness @ Viper Room ($20)
Nashville Pussy / Riot Brides / Cockpit @ Key Club ($18)
Existereo / Intuition / Screwtape / Michael Nhat @ Synchronicity
Friday 5/21/10
[Pick of the Night] Cass McCombs / Foreign Born / Boys Like Us @ The Highlands Masonic Temple [104 N. Avenue 56 in Highland Park] ($17) – All bands performing with the Calder Quartet. Boys Like Us is Rostam Batmanglij from Vampire Weekend and Discovery.
[Recommended] Shadow Shadow Shade / Red Cortez @ Bootleg ($10) – Shadow Shadow Shade is headed up to Sasquatch in a couple of weeks.
[Recommended] Jon Brion and Friends @ Largo ($25)
The National / Ramona Falls @ The Wiltern ($23) – The National is one of those bands I feel like I should like, but they just don’t move me when I put it on.
The End Times Opry: Rebecca Corry / Murry Hammond / Hi Ho Silver Oh and others @ Center for the Arts in Eagle Rock ($20)
Shout Out Louds / Freelance Whales @ El Rey ($20)
Minus the Bear / Everest / Young the Giant @ the Glass House ($20)
The Drowning Men / The Pity Party / The Franks / The Damn Sons @ Spaceland ($8)
Far / Dead Country / Volapike @ Troubadour ($15)
Foot Village / Robedoor / Future Islands / Lower Dens @ Synchronicity – Future Islands is a pretty cool electronic/rock band on Thrill Jockey.
Woah Hunx / Christmas Island / Tijuana Panthers @ Echo Curio
OK Go / Earl Greyhound / Debate Team @ The Music Box (Sold Out)
The Dan Band @ Club Nokia ($20 - $30)
Sweethead / Normandy @ Alex’s Bar ($8) – See Spaceland on Monday for description
Francis and the Lights / Teen Inc @ The Echo ($10)
Glee @ Gibson Amphitheatre ($45 - $85)
Vienna Teng / Alex Wong / Sara Watkins @ McCabe’s ($17.50)
John Butler Trio @ House of Blues Sunset
Feel Free / Monster Pussy / Roundabout / Wild Pack of Canaries @ The Smell ($5)
Stab City @ Redwood Bar
Spider Problem / Haunted Tigers / Hello My Name Is Red @ Mr. T’s Bowl
The Binges @ Viper Room ($20)
Pete Rock @ Key Club ($20)
Saturday 5/22/10
[Pick of the Day] Silver Lake Jubilee: The Living Sisters / Spain / Olin and the Moon / The Growlers / Eulogies / Nico Stai / Wait.Think.Fast. / Blue Jungle / Mississippi Man / Dirt Bird and others @ Myra Between Fountain and Santa Monica ($5)
[Recommended] Future Islands / Lower Dens / Superhumanoids / Pizza! @ the Smell ($5) – Future Islands is a cool, electronic/rock/art band from Baltimore on the Thrill Jockey label.
[Recommended] Clem Snide / Heligoats @ Spaceland ($12) – Eef Barzelay. They’re back in a big way.
[Recommended] Jon Brion and Friends @ Largo ($25)
The National / Ramona Falls @ The Wiltern (Sold Out)
Shooter Jennings & Hierophant / Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real @ Troubadour ($20)
Kaki King / An Horse @ El Rey ($20)
Glee @ Gibson Amphitheatre ($45 - $85)
Far / Dead Country @ The Glass House ($15)
The Babies / Heavy Hawaii @ Echo Curio – Early show from 6PM – 8PM
Actuary / Xome / Sissisters / Conscious Summary @ Echo Curio
The Chapin Sisters / I See Hawks in LA @ McCabe’s ($15)
Patrick Watson @ Hotel Café
Lords of Altamont / Muck and the Mires / Sonic Avenues / Sin Alley @ Redwood Bar
Pharmacy / Apes of Wrath / Hotel St. George / Ovideo Music / Jack Ladder / Taso @ Mr. T’s Bowl
Odelia / By Sunlight / Future Ghost / The Break Ups @ Pehrspace
Chris Pureka / Fences / One Trick Pony / Lucky Tubb @ The Mint ($10)
Morrissey’s Birthday: Sweet and Tender Hooligans @ Key Club ($20)
Daughters of the Sun / Vampire Hands / Dva Damas @ Synchronicity
Sunday 5/23/10
[Pick of the Week] Silver Lake Jubilee: Radar Brothers / Foreign Born / Division Day / The Like / Useless Keys / The Monolators / Dios / Wet & Reckless / Timonium / Tenlons Fort / Seasons @ Myra Between Fountain and Santa Monica ($5)
Bonfire Madigan / Dubus / Patsy / The I’s @ Bootleg ($10) – Performing songs by Arthur Russell
Frightened Rabbit / Maps and Atlases / Our Brother the Native @ The Music Box ($20)
The Pillows / Noodles / Monokuro / Pop Chocolat @ Glass House ($20)
Creed Bratton @ McCabe’s ($15)
Jyp Tour / 2 AM Club @ the Wiltern ($50 - $150)
Groovy Rednecks / The Cheatin’ Kind @ The Echo (Free) – Early show at 5:00 PM
Geneva Jacuzzi / Soft Metals @ The Echo ($5)
Sara Bareilles / Chris Pierce @ Hotel Café ($12.50) – Another venue jumping into the Kids thing. This is an early show where adults need to bring a kid to get in. Starts at 2:00 PM.
Blue Jungle / Captured By Robots @ Redwood Bar
Bleed the Dream / We Are the Arsenal @ The Roxy ($13.50)
Demon Hunter @ Key Club ($15)
Weatherbox / Look Mexico / Summer Vacation / Joyce Manor @ Synchronicity
