by Brad Roberts
Is Halloween finally over? Are we there yet? What seemed like the longest Halloween in the history of the holiday came to an end Saturday night...or not. Dia de los Muertos is officially celebrated Monday (not technically Halloween, but...) with a "Debauchery" at Echoplex.
Hometown heroes, Silversun Pickups, come blazing back through town for two shows before they jet off to Europe for a couple of months of touring. (photo at right by Timothy Norris) First the LA Weekly's "LA 101" show at Gibson Amphitheatre on Tuesday with The Dandy Warhols and more. The Flying Tourbillon Orchestra are featured with others on the "Locals Only" stage. Then they play the "Kidrockers" show at The Echo on Sunday afternoon with The Henry Clay People, which makes it a show with two of the best bands in the world.
Death Cab For Cutie are playing at a premiere party on Sunday for The Twilight Saga: New Moon, with a local band, also featured on the soundtrack, Sea Wolf. Almost without exception, every new and local band I love cites The Pixies as a major influence. They will be showing why when they play three nights at the Hollywood Palladium beginning Wednesday. Devo have resurrected themselves and play two nights at Henry Fonda and Flute-rock-god, Ian Anderson, is at The WIltern on Friday.
Everybody's thrilled that one of the town's nicest bands, The Happy Hollows , have been signed by Autumn Tree Records and they'll be five straight Mondays of celebration at Spaceland during November. Sub Pop's Avi Buffalo turns 19 at The Echo on Thursday.
Monday, November 2
- "Dia de los Muertos Debauchery" w/ Resurex, Viernes 13, Los Creepers, The Howlers, Gamblers Mark, Hot Rod Funeral, La Cholita's Dead Girl Burlesque Troup and more @ Echoplex
- Blind Boy Paxton & Frank Fairfield Variety Show @ Redwood Bar
- The Happy Hollows, Pepper Rabbit, Dirt Dress @ Spaceland
- Curt Smith, Michael Wainwright, Marie Digby, Kandace Ferrel @ Hotel Cafe
- White Rabbits, Glass Ghost, Local Natives @ El Rey
- I.E., Disco Bunny, Bastidas, Hello My Name Is Red @ Pehrspace
- Mississippi Man, Dietra Kruschev, Amanda Jo Williams, Shakey Graves @ Silver Lake Lounge
- Shonen Knife, Mike Watt & The Secondmen, Ty Segall @ The Echo
DECISION:
The Happy Hollows celebrate their recent signing to Autumn Leaf Records with a November residency at Spaceland, and every Monday will provide another opportunity to see this band before they blow up big. Mississippi Man begins a residency at Silver Lake Lounge with a terrific lineup of Dietra Kruschev, Amanda Jo Williams and Shakey Graves.
Tuesday, November 3
- LA Weekly's "LA 101" w/ Silversun Pickups, The Dandy Warhols, Matt and Kim, Dengue Fever; and on the KROQ Locals Only stage: Funeral Party, Aushua, The Flying Tourbillon Orchestra, and more. @ Gibson Amphitheatre
- Devo, Reggie Watts @ Henry Fonda Music Box Theatre
- Caitlin Crosby, Brother Sal, Kate Miller Heidke, Kat Parsons, Perrin Lamb @ Hotel Cafe
- Lights, Stars of Track & Field @ The Troubadour
- Lucero "Ramblin' Roadshow and Memphis Review" w/ Jack Oblivian, John Paul Keith & The One Four Fives @ Echoplex
- Black Whales, Devlin, Pigeon @ Silver Lake Lounge
- Port O'Brien, The Parson Red Heads, Evangelicals @ The Echo
- Warpaint, Seaspin, Corridor @ Spaceland
DECISION:
Silversun Pickups great album, Spoon, has only made this band more popular and they prove it by headlining the LA Weekly's "LA 101" festival at Gibson Amphitheatre over such heavyweights as The Dandy Warhols. For the "Locals Only" showcase, The Flying Tourbillon Orchestra are one of the stand-out bands being featured. Two good shows at Spaceland and The Echo and the legendary Devo open for two nights at the Henry Fonda Music Box.
Wednesday, November 4
- Broadcast, Atlas Sound, The Selmanaires @ The Troubadour
- Butch Walker, The Chapin Sisters, Tony Lucca, Spencer Day @ Hotel Cafe
- Devo, Reggie Watts @ Henry Fonda Music Box Theatre
- Low vs Diamond, Melee, Voxhaul Broadcast @ The Echo
- Faun Fables, Gwendolyn, Dirt Bird @ The Mint
- Pixies, No Age @ Hollywood Palladium
- Club NME: Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson, These United States, Jesse Woods @ Spaceland
- Drew Danbury, Kevin Greenspon, Land of Ill Earthquakes, Clark 8 @ Echo Curio
- Mia Doi Todd, Bone Gunn, The Good Listeners, Paul Livingston @ Bootleg Theatre
- Shotgun Showdown, Cue the Moon, Exdetectives @ Silver Lake Lounge
DECISION
The Pixies are in town for three nights at the Hollywood Palladium to cover their illustrious and influential career. Strong show at The Echo with Low vs Diamond, Melee and Voxhaul Broadcast.
Thursday, November 5
- Les Blanks, NazcarNation @ Space 15 Twenty
- The Bravery, Howling Bells, Living Things, The Dustys @ The Wiltern
- Will Hoge, Freeman, Kelly Dalton, Song and Wager, State Shirt, Youth Symphony @ Hotel Cafe
- Avi Buffalo, Bobb Bruno, The Wild Bunch @ The Echo
- Cage the Elephant, Morning Teleportation, The Shackletons @ El Rey
- Dinosaur Jr, Lou Barlow, The Missingmen @ House of Blues
- Magnolia Memoir, Eleni Mandell Jazz Combo @ Bootleg Theatre
- Pixies, Black Gold @ Hollywood Palladium
- The Chinese Stars, Sensitive Hearts, Rene Hell, Sewn Leather, Halloween Swim Team @ The Smell
- Nordic Collective featuring Bostich and Fussible @ Echoplex
- Cat Foot Spirit, Gift Shop Shakers, TBA @ Hyperion Tavern
- Last American Buffalo, Music For Animals, Diamond Light, Cricket and the 2:19 @ Silver Lake Lounge
- Still Flyin', Yellow Fever, Hearts of Palm UK @ Spaceland
- Tahiti 80, Brookville @ The Troubadour
- Vandaveer, Paige Stark, Judson McKinney @ Echo Curio
DECISION:
Just signed by Sup Pop, Avi Buffalo will also be celebrating his 19th birthday with a show at The Echo. This is likely to be a memorable show as this remarkable band will have Aaron Embry opening for them with his own particular hybrid of indie that entrances and hypnotizes (Update: Aaron had to cancel due to illness and will be replaced by Bobb Bruno). Cat Foot Spirit is Sam Seree's (of Tommy Santee Klaws) own band , and they play an equally hypnotic blend of guitar, vocals and mandolin that weave a spell not unlike the Klaws band, playing tonight at Hyperion Tavern.
Friday, November 6
- Ian Anderson @ The Wiltern
- Múm, Sin Fang Bous, Hildur Gudnadottir @ El Rey
- Hawnay Troof, Panther, David Scott Stone, snowsuit*, The Urxed @ The Smell
- Ludo, Meese, Ha Ha Tonka, Without a Face @ The Troubadour
- Pixies, Rain Machine @ Hollywood Palladium
- Buddy, Or, The Whale, Graydon, Cave Country, John Pringle, Yellow Red Sparks @ Hotel Cafe
- Karma To Burn, 16, Totimoshi @ Spaceland
- Fitz & The Tantrums @ The Echo
- Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Quintet, Madlib, Coleman, B+ @ Echoplex
- Jon Brion @ Largo at the Coronet
- Laco$te, Rene Hell, Sewn Leather, Tearist, Tik//Tik @ Pehrspace
- Robotanists, Agent Ribbons @ Echo Curio
- Tacocat, Stellarphone, Pterodacdudes, Angry Christians, Blue Jungle @ L'Keg
- Beware Of Safety, Woolen @ Bootleg Theatre
DECISION:
Ian Anderson (above) plays acoustic Jethro Tull at The Wiltern. I was a big fan in the seventies, when they really achieved superstar status, but never saw them live. Nice show at Hotel Cafe tonight with Buddy, Or, the Whale and Cave Country among others.
Saturday, November 7
- Saint Motel, Rumspringa, Army Navy, Red Arrow Messenger @ The Roxy
- Citizen Fish, Star F*cking Hipsters, Molotov Compromise @ The Echo
- Rademacher, Birds & Batteries, Kissing Cousins, Agent Ribbons @ American Legion Post 206
- Nina Storey, Pete and J, Randy Coleman, Jake Walden, Stewart Lewis, Drew Danburry @ Hotel Cafe
- Jim Ward, Chuck Ragan, Joey Cape, Audra Mae #@ El Rey
- The Lawrence Arms, Teenage Bottlerocket, Cobra Skulls, Madison Bloodbath @ The Troubadour
- Audacity, TRMRS, Allah Lahs, Shark Toys @ L'Keg
- Jason Falkner, Nico Stai, War Children @ Spaceland
- Kill Kill Kill, Meho Plaza, Asphalt Thieves, Coastline Appartition @ Pehrspace
- No Paws (No Lions), George Sarah, Verbs, E&E @ The Smell
- Over the Rhine, Katie Herzig @ Largo at the Coronet
- The Kris Special, Or, The Whale, Bodhi, Seasons @ Echo Curio
- Gamble House, She's Your Sister @ Bootleg Theatre
DECISION:
Elaine Layabout has a hot show at the American Legion Post 206 in Highland Park with Rademacher and Kissing Cousins among the lineup. Seasons continue their non-stop performing schedule that's really getting them noticed, with a set at Echo Curio.
Sunday, November 8
- "Kidrockers" presents Silversun Pickups, The Henry Clay People @ The Echo (1 PM)
- Benefit for Laura Ann w/ The Backward Clock Society, Light FM, The Pity Party, The Pulsars, Tim Rutili, The Happy Stars @ Echoplex
- Tiff Randol, Kashmere, Dawn Mitschele, Melyssa Marie, Gavin Guthrie @ Hotel Cafe
- Death Cab For Cutie, Band of Skulls, Sea Wolf, Anya Marina @ Hollywood & Highland
- Langhorne Slim, Dawes, Austin Lucas @ The Troubadour
- Over the Rhine, Katie Herzig @ Largo at the Coronet
- Matt Costa, Aushua, Hallelujah The Hills @ Bootleg Theatre
DECISION:
For those who can arrange to be taken by a kid, Silversun Pickups and The Henry Clay People play an incredible double-bill for "Kidrockers" at The Echo at 1 PM.
Death Cab For Cutie and Sea Wolf appear at the New Moon premiere party at Hollywood & Highland. It would be fun to see these bands, but you couldn't pay me to attend. I'm sure the movie will come and go, but the bands will persevere and go on. When I was young, I never would have believed that movies would become one of the most disposable forms of popular culture. Contrarily, I would have been shocked to know how vital and alive the art of rock and roll would be 60 years into it's history.
Anyway, let me know if I missed anything at: RFSLshowlistings@gmail.com
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