by Brad Roberts
The glorious monster noise of The Besnard Lakes (at right) will swamp me on Friday night at The Echo. I've seen this band multiple times over the years and they continually bring out great albums, the most recent, A Coliseum Complex Museum, being no exception. And their concerts tend to be all-enveloping sonic experiences combining massive walls of sound and compositions of sometimes aching psychedelic beauty.
The week also brings set by some local favorites like Kind Hearts & Coronets, Devendra Banhart and Bodies of Water coming together for A Tribute to Asa Ferry on Monday at Echoplex. Bebopalula are at Harvard & Stone and Frank Fairfield is at Bootleg on Wednesday.
Monday, November 28
Recommended:
A Tribute to Asa Ferry w/ Kind Hearts & Coronets, Devendra Banhart, Bodies of Water, The Living Sister, Keith Hendriksen @ Echoplex
King Washington, Brothers Zmed, Ugly Sweaters, The Fuzzy Crystals @ The Satellite
Midnight Cities, Jhey & The Whee, Westerner, The Modern Age @ Silver Lake Lounge
Also playing:
- Fatal Jamz, Part Time, James Ferraro, Cullen Omori @ The Echo
- "School Night!" w/ Night Talks, Leon Else, Ocean Park Standoff, Soto Voce @ Bardot
- Seu Jorge: The Life Aquatic/A Tribute to David Bowie @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel
- Alina Bea, Devin Hoff, Nia Andrews, Moontalk @ Bootleg Bar
- Rick Barry @ Hotel Café Second Stage
- Ilegal Mescal Music Series w/ Brenda Carsey & The Awe, Lasers Lasers Birmingham, Main Man @ Harvard & Stone
- Aurora, Foreign Air @ The Fonda Theatre
Tuesday, November 29
Recommended:
Late Night Revival, The Electric West, Mini Bear, Barrie Rose @ Union
Also playing:
- Princess Nokia, Cam & China, The Rail Up @ The Echo
- Spain @ The Love Song
- Clay, Dana Williams @ Hotel Café
- Kris Bradley, Coby Brown, The Fair Wells EP Release Show @ Hotel Café Second Stage
- Ramonda Hammer Single Release Show, LA Font, The Knitts, Mothdrops @ The Hi Hat
- An Evening with Robbie Robertson @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel
- "Getting Doug With High" @ The Troubadour
- Vancouver Sleep Clinic, Lo Moon, MNTN @ Bootleg Theatre
- Perfect People, Rim Job @ The Smell
- Furn, Ryan Santiago, The HVTS, The North @ Silver Lake Lounge
- LAE., My Name Is You, Bridesmen, Brodie Johnson @ El Cid
- The Golden Tongues, The No. 44, Dream Phases @ Harvard & Stone
Wednesday, November 30
Recommended:
Horses Heaven, Bebopalula, Grand Canyon @ Harvard & Stone
My Bubba, Frank Fairfield, Meredith Axelrod @ Bootleg Bar
Also playing:
- Honus Honus, The Memories, Family Pet @ The Echo
- Mount Kimbie, Kris Bowers @ The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
- "Desert Nights" w/ Pegasus Warnng, Nia Andrews @ The Standard
- An Acoustic Christmas w/ Over The Rhine @ The Troubadour
- Dragonette, Gibbz, Autumn in June @ The Roxy
- Mondo Cozmo w/ Matt Maeson, Bjorn& The Sun @ Hotel Café
- Lola @ Hotel Café Second Stage
- Daughter, Alexandra Savior @ The Wiltern
- Gabriella Lyn, WARD, AKAZI @ Silver Lake Lounge
Thursday, December 1
Recommended:
Hunny's Winter Talent Show w/ Melissa Brooks & the Aquadolls, Wax Idols, Private Island, Kid Bloom, Shaking Hands @ Echoplex
Also playing:
- Arc Iris CD Release Show, Qais Essar and the Qosmonauts, Lone Kodiak @ The Satellite
- Phantoms, Manatee Commune, Overjoy @ The Echo
- Goody Grace, Samson, Diz & The Fam @ Hotel Café
- Alicia Witt, Kevin Gordon @ Hotel Café Second Stage
- Michael Stasis Record Release Show, Dent May, Jimmy Whispers @ El Cid
- Doyle Bramhall II, Future Stuff @ Teragram Ballroom
- Lydia, Elder Brother, Family Thief @ The Troubadour
- Whitehorse, Chris Kasper @ Bootleg Bar
- Blushh, Rosie Tucker, Haathi, Secret Guest @ Silver Lake Lounge
- War Of Icaza @ The Smell
- James Vincent McMorrow, Allan Rayman @ The Wiltern
- Lee Fields and The Expressions, Lady Wray, Holy Hive @ El Rey
Friday, December 2
Recommended:
The Besnard Lakes, Nightjacket, Brass Box @ The Echo
Also playing:
- Snow Tha Product, Woke, Fool Boy Marley @ Echoplex
- Eric Bellunger, Dibi @ The Troubadour
- Bobby Long, Dinosaur Parade EP Release Show, The Shadow Heist @ Hotel Café
- Raye Zaragoza, Erik Penny, Vancans, Kat Myers & The Buzzard @ Hotel Café Second Stage
- Islands performing Return to the Sea @ The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
- Rising Appalachia, Around Diarra, Dustin Thomas @ Teragram Ballroom
- Topanga, Zebulon Krol, Tolliver @ El Cid
- Gil Landry, Paige Calico @ Bootleg Bar
- Negro Galacticus, Vitamin Daughter, Fringe, Celebrity Crush @ The Smell
- Machine, Bearcoon, Dusty Santamaria, Automatik Eden, Morten Lava, New Diplomat @ Silver Lake Lounge
- The Jackshit Yuletide Extravaganza: Have Yourself A Very Shitty Christmas VII @ McCabe's
Saturday, December 3
Recommended:
Jay Som, Los Angeles Police Department, Plush @ The Echo (5:30 PM)
Also playing:
- The Expendables, Tribal Theory, Law @ The Regent Theatre
- XYLØ, Corey Harper, The Jane Archives @ The Troubadour
- Asking Alexandria, Born of Osiris, I See Stars, After the Burial, Upon a Burning Body, Bad Omens @ The Wiltern
- My Little Jeans, Trace @ Teragram Ballroom
- Catherine Lidstone, Clark Chimp @ Silver Lake Lounge
- Steve Grand, A Night of Alanis Morisette: Jagged Little Pill @ Hotel Café
- Rachael Sage, Katie Pearlman, Folk Riot and Friends @ Hotel Café Second Stage
- Hana Vu, Vitamin Daughter, Poolboy @ The Smell
- The Jackshit Yuletide Extravaganza: Have Yourself A Very Shitty Christmas VII @ McCabe's
Sunday, December 4
Recommended:
Body Language, SUMit, Mothlight @ The Echo
Also playing:
- An evening with Kristen Hersh @ Echoplex
- Part Time Punks w/ Soft Kill, All Your Sisters, The Agnes Sisters, Black Mare @ Echoplex
- Hellrazor, Tele Novella, Boarchucker @ The Hi Hat
- Kevin Fowler, Honey County @ The Troubadour
- City of The Sun @ Hotel Café
- A Special Benefit Concert for Jerry Donahue w/ Richard Thompson in Solo Performance @ McCabe's
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