Live Music Options: 5/23/11 - 5/29/11

Gardens and Villa Play a Free Show Monday

Monday 5/23/11

[Pick of the Night] White Arrows / Milo Greene / Eulogies / Gardens and Villa @ Bootleg (Free) – I’ve heard good things about Gardens and Villa. Their album was recorded by Richard Swift and will be released by Secretly Canadian in July.  

[Recommended] Yeasayer / Smith Westerns / Hush Hush @ The Music Box ($25) – I’m not the world’s biggest Yeasayer fan, but worth checking out for Smith Westerns.

[Recommended] He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister / Amanda Jo Williams / BlackHole Oscillators / Messes @ The Satellite (Free)

James Blake / Nite Jewel @ Troubadour (Sold Out) – Pitchfork loves the dub step loving crooner.

Dirty Dozen Brass Band @ The Mint ($25)

Taylor Locke & the Roughs / Bleu / Scott Simons @ Silverlake Lounge (Free)

The Bixby Knolls / Harlan / Future Ghost @ The Echo (Free)

The Chris Robinson Brotherhood @ Echoplex ($15)

Motopony / Iyeoka / Love Inks @ Bardot (Free w/ RSVP) – Motopony will also be at the Troubadour on Tuesday.

Ben Daughtrey, Jonathan Palmer and Lisa Loeb @ Largo ($20)

Olin & the Moon @ Hotel Café

Captain Ahab / Dreamgoatz / Phaxanation & the Dust Kickers / Greenlander @ Pehrspace

She Wants Revenge / Nico Vega @ The Roxy

Tuesday 5/24/11

[Pick of the Night] Menomena / Kiev @ Samueli Theater in Costa Mesa ($20) – Menomena’s a great band.

[Recommended] Yeasayer / Smith Westerns / Hush Hush @ The Music Box (Sold Out) – Night two. Get there for Smith Westerns.

James Blake @ Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (Sold Out) – Night two of the Pitchfork approved singer.

Alberta Cross / Rumspringa / Last American Buffalo / Catwalk @ The Satellite ($10)

The Lonely Wild @ The Central (Free)

CB Brand / Robert Ellis / The Reflectables @ The Echo ($10) – Some country influenced night.

Sam Roberts Band / Motopony @ Troubadour ($15)

Elizabeth Cook / Leslie Stevens @ Bootleg ($15)

The Lords / Golden State @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)

Sean Rowe / Kristeenyoung @ Hotel Café

Foster the People @ Amoeba (Free) – 6:30 PM

Black Beverly Heels / Barrio Tiger / Dirty Eyes @ Redwood

Scott Weiland @ Viper Room (Sold Out)

System of A Down @ The Forum ($41 - $75)

Wednesday 5/25/11

[Pick of the Night] Morning Teleportation / Jaill / Devon Williams @ The Satellite ($10) – A couple of promising indie pop bands. Morning Teleportation has a bit of a Modest Mouse vibe and Jaill is signed to Sub Pop.

[Recommended] White Denim / Rabbits Rabbits Rabbits / The Allah Las @ The Echo ($12) – I saw White Denim at The Satellit (Spaceland) recently. Good live band, gets a bit mathy.

Low End Theory: 6Blocc / Egadz @ Airliner ($10)

Team Coco Presents: The Basic Cable Band & A Night of Comedy @ Troubadour ($25) – Conan’s band and some comedians

The Twilight Singers / Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s / Jonneine Zapata @ The Music Box ($23)

Noah and the Whale / Bahamas @ El Rey ($22)

Shane Alexander / Rie Sinclair / The Makepeace Brothers @ Bootleg ($12)

Yellow Red Sparks / Radars to the Sky / Golden Spell @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)

Kevin Devine / Ten Out of Tenn – Katie Herzig, Trent Dabbs / Denison Witmer @ Hotel Café

Rob Zombie @ Majestic Ventura Theater ($36)

The Smittens / Red Pony Clock / History of Manners / Homesick Elephant @ Redwood

Jack’s Mannequin @ The Roxy

System of A Down @ Irvine Meadows ($46 - $102)

Thursday 5/26/11

[Pick of the Night] The Radio Dept. / Therapies Son @ Troubadour ($20) - Swedish shoegazers are back again.

Stevie Nicks @ The Wiltern ($51 - $121) – I do love me some Fleetwood Mac.

Mia Doi Todd / Blank Blue / Janitor @ The Echo

LA Font / Ross Sea Party / Iyeoka @ The Satellite ($8)

Bach, Rock & Shakespeare 8 @ Greek Theatre ($8 - $12) – Marshall High Orchestra and a battle of the bands.

Stiff Little Fingers / Sharks / Suedehead @ El Rey ($25)
Sarah Silverman @ Largo ($25)

The Red Paintings / Antenna the End @ Bootleg ($10)

Melissa Moshe / Sue Scrofa / Coyol @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)

Sam Bradley with Holly Conlan @ Hotel Café

Black Flamingo / Spirit Vine @ Space 15 Twenty (Free)

Friday 5/27/11

[Pick of the Night] Jon Brion @ Largo ($25)

[Recommended] Prince @ The Forum ($20 - $200) – I wasn’t very impressed when I saw him, but everybody else seems to be getting a better experience.

Mount Eerie / Key Losers / Nicholas Krgovich @ Center for the Arts Eagle Rock ($10) – Good singer songwriter but can get me a little down.

Big Black Delta / Sing the Body Electric / Echoes De Luxe @ The Satellite ($8) – Rachel at KCRW blogged that they’re an artist you should know.

Gangi / SFV Acid / Baron Von Luxxury @ The Echo ($8)

Richard Thompson @ McCabe’s (Sold Out) – Benefits International Rescue Committee

Daniel Lanois’ Black Dub / Rocco DeLuca @ House of Blues Anaheim ($34)

Watson 66 / Pan AM @ Troubadour ($15)

Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Experience @ Greek Theatre ($30 - $150)

The Script / Andrew Allen @ Club Nokia (Sold Out)

JYJ @ Nokia Theatre ($40 - $180)

Dustin O’Halloran / Rachel Grimes @ The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever ($20)

My Chemical Romance @ Hollywood Palladium (Sold Out)

Joan as Police Woman / Rachael Cantu @ Bootleg ($12)

Sam Bradley with Holly Conlan / Lakes / A House For Lions @ Hotel Café

Red Pony Clock / Wounded Lion / Fatty Dearest @ The Smell

Japan Benefit: B Real and Friends @ The Roxy ($20)

Stiff Little Fingers / Sharks @ Galaxy Theatre

Saturday 5/28/11

[Pick of the Night] Asobi Seksu / Scattered Trees / Useless Keys @ The Satellite ($14) – Some good shoegazey pop.

[Recommended] Daniel Lanois’ Black Dub / Rocco DeLuca @ The Music Box ($30) – Daniel and Rocco are a couple of stand up dudes.

[Recommended] Prince @ The Forum ($20 - $200) – I’m tempted to give it another shot.

Allo’ Darlin / Red Pony Clock @ The Echo ($10) – Do you like twee?

Patton Oswalt @ Largo ($25) – Great standup.  

Spring Beer Fest: The Dustbowl Revival / The Silent Comedy @ Echoplex ($20) – Starts at Noon goes until 4:00 PM

War / Tower of Power / Tierra @ Greek Theatre ($30 - $85)

The Dan Band @ Club Nokia ($20 - $30)

Harris Grade / The Hush / Matt Von Roderick / Falling Awake / The Modern Drone @ Troubadour

The Dickies / Fiesty Piranhas @ Key Club ($15 - $45)

Saturday Night Rub-a-Dub: Sister Nancy / Soom T / Madoo / Ranking Joe / Tippa Lee @ Echoplex ($10 before 10 PM)

My Chemical Romance @ Hollywood Palladium ($41)

Doran Danoff / Walking Sleep @ Hotel Café

Mobb Deep @ House of Blues Sunset ($30 - $98)

Fa Fa Fa / No Paws (No Lions) / Whitman / Seed @ The Smell ($5)

Glee Live! @ Staples Center (Sold Out)  – Early show at 3:00 PM and late show at 8:00PM

Sunday 5/29/11

[Pick of the Night] Prince @ The Forum ($20 - $200) – Monday’s a holiday, so might be a good night to check out the purple one.

Guitar Wolf / Cheap Time / The Rock Tigers @ Troubadour ($15)

Neil Hamburger @ The Satellite ($8)

Maren Parusel / Light FM @ Alex’s Bar

Grand Ole Echo @ The Echo (Free) – Starts at 5:00 PM

Smiths/Morrissey Nite @ Echoplex ($8)

Walter Meego / High Highs / Seven Saturdays @ Bootleg ($10) 

Live Music Options: 11/1/10 - 11/7/10

Le Switch Celebrate Their Record Release on Thursday at Spaceland (photo credit: Brian Looby)

Damn fine week for live music...

Monday 11/1/10

[Pick of the Night] Deerhunter / High Places / Casino vs. Japan @ Music Box ($20) – The new Deerhunter record’s a leading contender for album of the year from all your favorite blogger/writers. It shows a lot of artistic growth.  

[Recommended] Black Apples / John Carpenter / Whispering Pines / Johnny O’Donnell (Free) – Black Apples are doing the Monday night residency this month at the Echo. If you haven’t seen John Carpenter yet, I highly recommend you check him out.

[Recommended] Dirt Dress / Traps PS / Tijuana Panthers / Rare Grooves @ Spaceland (Free) – Dirt Dress are doing the Monday night residency at Spaceland in November. Their music has a sort of lo-fi, early Velvet Underground vibe. Three of these bands are part of the DIY, Papermade collective.

The Apples In Stereo / Fol Chen @ Echoplex ($15) – OG Elephant 6 band channel ELO on their latest album.

Chasing Kings / Pacific Hurt / Eyes Lips Eyes / Judson and Mary @ Silverlake Lounge (Free) – Chasing Kings is doing the Monday night residency at the Silverlake Lounge this month.

DJ Shadow / Pigeon John @ House of Blues Anaheim ($40) – Beat heads.

Laura Veirs / Leslie & the Badgers / Led to Sea @ Troubadour ($14)

Paul Gilbert @ House of Blues Sunset ($22.50)

Aloe Blacc @ Amoeba (Free) – 7:00 PM

It’s A School Night: Very Special Guest / Dan Layus @ Bardot (Free w/ RSVP)

Tuesday 11/2/10

[Pick of the Night] White Denim / Devon Williams @ Spaceland ($14) – Schizo, jarring, classic rock inspired Austinites who are known for their energetic live shows.

Stew and the Negro Problem / Candypants @ Echoplex ($23 or $28 for seated) – Bronson previewed this show for the LA Weekly. Check it out here. I haven’t seen them for over a decade.

Two Door Cinema Club / Funeral Party / Generationals @ The Music Box ($20) – Catchy Electropop/Indie rock from Bangor and Donaghadee, Northern Ireland

The Californian / Alpine Decline / Death To Anders @ LaBrie’s in Glendale (Free)

Marcus Very Ordinary / Daniel Ahearn @ the Echo

Ingrid Michaelson / The Guggenheim Grotto @ Troubadour (Sold Out)

The Lonely Wild / The Honey Trees / Wild Feathers / Auditorium @ Bootleg ($8)

Lewis Black in conversation with Craig Ferguson @ El Rey ($25 - $95)

Elsinore / Count Fleet / Coyol @ Silverlake ($8)

The League Live @ Largo (Sold Out) – The FX show about Fantasy Football

Kaki King / Northstar Session / Yellow Red Sparks @ Hotel Café
The Suzan @ Cinespace (RSVP)

The Sleeping / Tides of Man / pmtoday / Just Like Vinyl / Happy Body Slow Brain @ The Glass House ($12)

The Livingston’s / Symbol Six / White Flag Down @ Redwood

Gov’t Mule @ House of Blues Anaheim ($34)

Kristian Hoffman @ M Bar ($5)

The Wayne Horvitz Gravitas Quartet @ Redcat

Wednesday 11/3/10

[Pick of the Night] Elton John & Leon Russell @ Hollywood Palladium (Sold Out) – The two legends celebrate the release of their new T Bone Burnet produced album. I’ve never been that into Elton John, but I’m a huge Leon Russell fan.

[Recommended] Ornette Coleman @ Royce Hall ($43 - $83) – Free jazz pioneer.

Marnie Stern @ the Echo ($10) – A bit experimental and noisy. I’ve always enjoyed Zach Hill’s drumming.

Glasser / Teen Inc. @ Troubdaour ($12) – Her first album on True Panther Sounds is getting good reviews.

Gary Numan / Motor @ El Rey ($35) – Playing his classic album, Pleasure Principle from start to finish.

Voxhaul Broadcast / Eastern Conference Champions / Strange Vine @ Spaceland ($10)

Paul Weller @ The Wiltern ($46 - $56)

Snoop Dogg / Mike Epps @ Gibson Amphitheatre ($35 - $92)

Actress / Co. Fee / Tully @ Airliner ($10)

Ingrid Michaelson / The Guggenheim Grotto @ The Music Box (Sold Out)

Papercranes / Jenny O / Matt Hopper @ Bordello ($8)

Stephen Brower & The Silent Majority / Overcasters @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)

Kelli Scarr / 8MM @ Hotel Café

Eddie Nichols @ Redwood

Donavon Frankenreiter @ The Roxy ($25)

Natacha Atlas @ The Conga Room

Thursday 11/4/10

[Pick of the Night] Le Switch / Mississippi Man / Shirley Rolls / Big Whup @ Spaceland ($7) – This is the record release party for Le Switch’s second long player, The Rest of Me Is Space. I volunteered to write some of the press materials for the record, so I definitely recommend it.

[Recommended] Physical Forms / Figurine / Contemporary Casuals / XBXRX @ The Smell ($5) – Interesting night of music at the Smell. Physical Forms is ex-Mae Shi, Figurine features Jimmy Tamborello and Contemporary Casuals features Boom Bip and Josh Klinghoffer.

[Recommended] Freddie Gibbs @ Key Club ($15) – Very talented rapper. I saw him at Spaceland recently.

Loch & Key / Francisco the Man / Gardens and Villa / Parents @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)

Gary Numan / Battle Circus @ El Rey ($35) – Playing Pleasure Principle from start to finish.

Ghostland Observatory / DJ Jack @ Club Nokia ($28) – Hipsters really turned on these guys.

Walter Meego / Dominant Legs / White Apple Tree @ The Echo ($10) – Chicago transplants.  

Reel Big Fish / Goldfinger @ House of Blues Sunset ($23)

Enter Shikari / Haste the Day / Sleeping With Sirens / Lights Go Blue @ Troubadour ($15) – English post-hardcore band

Godsmack / 5FDP / Drowning Pool @ Nokia Theatre ($30 - $50)

Drake @ Gibson Amphitheatre ($57 - $83) – Former child actor turned #1 artist.

Emily Wells / Henry Wolfe @ Largo ($20)

Hawksley Workman / Alex Dezen @ Hotel Café

Nellie McKay / Shane Alexander / Persia White @ The Roxy ($15)

Ruben Albarran of Café Tacuba @ Detroit Bar ($20)

Colour Revolt / Dahga Bloom @ Origami (Free) – 6:00 PM

Circa Survive @ House of Blues Anaheim ($26)

Honeychild @ Space 1520 (Free) – 7:00 PM start

Friday 11/5/10

[Pick of the Week] Dr. Dog / Here We Go Magic / Good Old War @ The Wiltern ($35) – Great albums and a lot of fun to see live.

[Recommended] Trans Am / Nice Nice / Jonas Reinhardt @ Spaceland ($14) – I’ve always enjoyed their robot rock.

[Recommended] Mavis Staples / Billy Bragg @ Royce Hall ($33 - $58) – Both of these artists have benefit from affiliations with Wilco.

Cold War Kids @ The Glass House ($20) – Does anybody else think the new Black Keys sounds a little like the Cold War Kids?  

Small Black / Class Actress / Young Prisms @ The Echo ($10) – Indie hipsters

Yelle / Hawnay Troof @ Echoplex ($17) – French electro-pop

Les Blanks / Goldenboy @ Casey’s Irish Pub (Free) – I always enjoy seeing Les Blanks.

Colour Revolt / The Pity Party @ Bootleg ($12)

No Joy / La Sera / Devon Williams / Dunes @ The Smell ($5)

Helmet / Intronaut @ Key Club ($18)

Johnny Flynn / Cheyenne Marie Mize / Brother Sal @ Hotel Café

Cheryl Wheeler / Jill Sobule @ McCabe’s (Sold Out)

Bayside / Senses Fail / Title Fight / Balance and Composure @ Troubadour (Sold Out) – For the swishy hair crowd

Alan Jackson / Chris Young @ Nokia Theatre ($50 - $80)

Great Big Sea @ House of Blues ($25)

Djavan @ Club Nokia ($40 - $85) – Brazilian singer-songwriter

Ryuichi Sakamoto @ El Rey (Sold Out)

Gov’t Mule @ The Music Box ($30)

Paula Cole @ Largo ($40)

Shooter Jennings @ House of Blues Anaheim ($25)

Dokken @ Galaxy Theater in Santa Ana

Saturday 11/6/10

[Pick of the Night] Kisses / Obi Best @ Spaceland ($8) – Kisses is Jesse Kivel from Princeton’s side project. They’ve benefited from some good buzz for their singles.

Florence and the Machine / Hanni El Khatib / Grouplove @ The Wiltern ($30 - $35) – Her voice draws comparisons to Kate Bush, they sell a ton of records and are critically acclaimed (especially in the UK).

Kevin Greenspon / Tujunga / Nicole Kidman / Coup Pigeons @ The Smell ($5)

Mike Gordon @ Troubadour (Sold Out) – Co-founder of Phish

The Heavy / Wallpaper @ El Rey ($18)

The Monolators / The Tleilax Music Machine / BoxViolet / Hot TV @ Pehrspace ($5)

Too $hort @ Key Club ($35)

Senses Fail / Bayside @ House of Blues Anaheim ($24)

Johnny Flynn / Cheyenne Marie Mize / Johnnyswim @ Hotel Café

Circa Survive / dredg / Codeseven / Animals As Leaders @ Avalon ($25)

Tim & Eric Awesome Tour, Great Job! / Pusswhip Banggang / Neil Hamburger @ Club Nokia ($25 - $35)

The Thrilling Adventure Hour @ Largo ($25) – Staged production of old-time radio featuring Chris Hardwick, Janet Varney, Romany Malco, Busy Phillips and Maria Thayer

Laurence Juber @ McCabe’s ($20)

Young the Giant / Vanaprasta / The Smiles @ The Roxy ($12)

No Joy / La Sera / Lower Dens @ Origami (Free) – 7:00 PM

Nitzer Ebb @ Galaxy Theater in Santa Ana

Sunday 11/7/10

[Pick of the Night] Bear in Heaven / Lower Dens / Sun Airway @ Troubadour ($15) – Critically acclaimed Brooklyn band.

[Recommended] The Dodos / The Deadly Syndrome @ Detroit Bar ($12) – Pretty good reason to drive down to Costa Mesa on a Sunday night.  

PVT @ Spaceland ($8) – Aussie/Londoners on Warp Records.

Massive Attack / Thievery Corporation / Red Cortez / Saint Motel / Voxhaul Broadcast @ Gibson Amphitheatre ($72 - $90)

Frontier Records 30^th Anniversary: Adolescents / The Middle Class / Rikk Agnew / Flyboys / The Pontiac Brothers @ Echoplex ($15) – Stars at 4:00 PM

Florence and the Machine / Hanni El Khatib / Grouplove @ The Wiltern ($30 - $35)

Ledisi @ El Rey ($32)

Artichoke / Cave Country / Ragnar @ Hotel Café

Confide @ The Glass House ($12)

Richard Shindell / Krista Detor @ McCabe’s ($22.50)

Sweater Girls / Sourpatch @ Origami (Free) – 7:00 PM

Night Horse / Lecherous Gaze / Nails @ Alex’s Bar in Long Beach (Free)

Recent Concert Announcements

White Denim is Coming to Spaceland

Spaceland
11/2/10: White Denim (now at Ticketweb)

Masonic Temple at Hollywood Forever
9/28/10: Perfume Genius (now at Ticketweb)

Gibson Amphitheatre
10/3/10: Terra Music Fest – Nelly Furtado / Fefe Dobson / Belanova (Wednesday at 1:00 PM)
10/26/10: Snoop Dogg / Mike Epps (Friday at 1:00 PM)
11/7/10: Massive Attack / Thievery Corporation (Friday at 10 AM)

The Wiltern
11/18/10: Katherine Jenkins (Friday at 10 AM)

Fox Theater Pomona
10/19/10: Interpol / White Rabbits (Friday at 1:00 PM)
11/26/10: Attack Attack! / Emmure / Pierce the Veil (Saturday at 10 AM)

Club Nokia
11/4/10: Ghostland Observatory (Friday at 10 AM)
12/3/10: The Posies / Brendan Benson / Aqueduct (Saturday at 10 AM)

Pappy and Harriet’s (Pioneertown)
9/17/10-9/18/10: Clean Air Clear Stars Festival: Dead Meadow / Wiskey Biscuit / Sky Parade / The Meek / Nightmare Air / 1776 / Federale / Brush Prairie / Hawkeye and others (now at Inticketing)

El Rey
10/3/10: Guitar Wolf / Hans Condor (Saturday at 10 AM)
10/19/10: Deer Tick (Saturday at 10 AM)
10/23/10: The Rudy Cole Experiment (Saturday at 10 AM)
10/26/10: Lights (Saturday at 10 AM)
11/15/10: Cornershop (Saturday at 10 AM)
11/19/10: Hey Monday / Cartel / The Ready Set (Saturday at 10 AM)

The Music Box 10/21/10: Wiz Khalifa / Yelawolf (Saturday at 10 AM)
11/5/10: Gov’t Mule (Saturday at 10 AM)
12/11/10: Peter Hook presents Unknown Pleasures (presale Friday at 10 AM, password = unknown; Saturday at 10 AM)

Troubadour
10/29/10: Moving Units (Thursday at 1:00 PM)

Largo
10/3/10: Aimee Mann (call club)

Live Music Options: 1/18/10 - 1/24/10

The Hot Rats Play Spaceland on Tuesday and the Troub on Thursday

Hopefully you're all at the Spoon show at El Cid. I was in Las Vegas all weekend, so I didn't get this updated until now....

Tuesday 1/19/10

[Pick of the Night] White Denim / Brazos @ Troubadour ($14) - A lot of good bands in Austin these days...

[Recommended] The Hot Rats / Lemon Sun @ Spaceland ($15) - The Hot Rats is Gaz Coombes and Danny Goffey of Supergrass doing a bunch of cover songs. Supergrass is great, so it should be a fun show.

The Pee-wee Herman Show @ Club Nokia ($30 - $125)

Olin and the Moon / Dusty Rhodes and the River Band @ The Echo (Free)

Aziz Ansari @ Largo (Sold Out)

Boomsnake / Pepper Rabbit / Gamble House @ Bootleg ($10)

The Karabal Nightlife / Where Astronauts Go to Hide / Line and Circle @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)

Rachel Cantu @ Hotel Cafe

Moses Campbell / Penny Sledge / The Symbolick Jews @ The Smell ($5)

Wednesday 1/20/10

[Pick of the Night] Har Mar Superstar / Neon Trees / Little Red Radio @ Spaceland ($12) - Bringing the fun.

Jel / Odd Nosdam / Free the Robots @ Airliner ($10)

The Ettes / The Blood Arm / Heavy Young Heathens @ The Echo ($10)

Residual Echoes / El Chon @ Echo Curio

Daniel Merriweather / Samantha Ronson @ Troubadour ($15)

Black Lips / Japanese Motors @ Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa ($15)

As Tall As Lions @ the Glass House ($12)

Aziz Ansari @ Largo (Sold Out)

The Pee-wee Herman Show @ Club Nokia ($30 - $125)

Royal Crown Revue @ The Mint

Thursday 1/21/10

[Pick of the Night] Idaho Falls / Red Cortez / Old Californio @ Spaceland ($7) - Get there early to see Old Californio.

[Recommended] Music Go Music / Wounded Lion @ the Echo ($10) - Some good ABBA sounds.

[Recommended] The Hot Rats / Lemon Sun @ Troubadour ($15) - If you missed them at Spaceland on Tuesday. Radiohead and Spoon were hanging out at Spaceland to see them.

Maus Haus / The Californian / Melanoid / Pomegranate @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)

The Pee-wee Herman Show @ Club Nokia ($30 - $125)

Big Bang / Persephone's Bees / Annie Stela @ The Roxy ($12.50)

The Watkins Family Hour / Ben Lee @ Hotel Cafe ($20)

Mangled Bohemians / Simo Soo / Intergalactic Noise @ Echo Curio

Fantastica Bastidas / M31 / The Cigarette Bums / Peg Leg Love / Animals on Coke @ The Smell ($5)

The Last 55s / Cowgirls and Indians @ Bootleg ($8)

Friday 1/22/10

[Pick of the Night] Jon Brion @ Largo ($25) - He's cut it down to once a month.

[Recommended] Cold War Kids / Alec Ounsworth @ The Wiltern ($20) - Pitchfork favorites (kidding).

[Recommended] Black Lips / Nobunny / Audacity @ The Glass House ($12)

Jemina Pearl @ The Echo ($10) - From Be Your Own Pet

Robin Williams on Fire / Mincemeat or Tenspeed / Realicide / Simo Soo / tik tik @ the Smell ($7)

Black Sparrow Press / Blackbird Baum / Cobra Lillies / Mista Cookie Jar @ Pehrspace

Joseph Arthur @ Troubadour ($20)

My Flag is on Fire / Graham Forest @ Echo Curio

Andy Clockwise / Tracy Bonham @ Hotel Cafe

John Hammond @ McCabe's ($22.50)

Movits / The Blasting Company @ Spaceland ($10)

The Pee-wee Herman Show @ Club Nokia ($30 - $125)

Shwayze @ The Roxy ($18.50)

Anti-Flag @ the Fonda ($16)

Lalah Hathaway @ El Rey ($35 - $50) - Donny's daughter

Saturday 1/23/10

[Pick of the Night] Black Lips / Nobunny / Jemina Pearl @ El Rey ($17) - Solid lineup

[Recommended] Wrong Way Driver / Letting Up Despite Great Faults / Socadia / Modern Time Machines @ Spaceland (Free)

Lucky Dragons / Mi Ami / Foot Village / VNC / Missincinatti @ the Smell ($7)

Joseph Arthur @ Troubadour ($20)

Mindy Smith / Landon Pigg @ Bootleg ($20)

Full Frontal / Haunted Tiger / Scatterd Like Birds / John Thill @ Pehrspace

City and Colour / Lissie @ The Fonda (Sold Out)

My Imaginary Friends / The Monthlies @ Echo Curio

The Pee-wee Herman Show @ Club Nokia ($30 - $125)

Sunday 1/24/10

[Pick of the Week] The Minor Canon / Rademacher / Andrew Lynch / Quiet Americans @ Spaceland ($7) - One of my favorite local bands. Good lineup.

Memory / Protect Me @ The Echo ($5)

John Thill / Pizza! / I.E. / Musical Charis / Aristides @ The Smell ($5)

The Pee-wee Herman Show @ Club Nokia ($30 - $125)

I See Hawks in LA / Matt the Electrician @ McCabe's ($15)

Talibami / Sex Worker @ Echo Curio