The L.A. Show Low Down (Or: "I'm Evolving, From A Child To An Aging Child...")

by Brad Roberts

Last week was one hell of a week with five monumental concerts, three giant Cinerama films at the Arclight Cinerama Dome, and I'm just bouncing off the walls from all the audio and visual stimulation. I don't know if life gets better than this. From Dirt Bird and Lavender Diamond on Monday to The Album Leaf on Saturday, I think I saw some of my favorite shows of the year! All this activity may leave this week's Low Down a little thread bare, but the coming week has it's share of must-see attractions.

Radio Free Silver Lake is really proud to pair up with Origami Vinyl to have been asked to host the Double LP Release Show for The World Record that features an amazing line up of  talent from Francisco The Man to The Damselles & the TC4, and a lot in between, at Echoplex on Thursday.  

O.K., I'm convinced someone is trying to kill us with festivals. What the hell do you think we are?! Beginning  Thursday is the first day of the three-day Culture Collide Festival which happens all over the Silver Lake/Echo Park area and which invites artists from all over the world to come to our little musical hotbed of a neighborhood and participate in the creative energy that oozes out of our sidewalks. Welcome to all, from U.S.A. bands like Of Montreal to Pageants to Unknown Mortal Orchestra of New Zealand or The Netherlands' Go Back To The Zoo and Niki and The Dove from Sweden.

Saturday is one of my favorite festivals of all, The 14th Annual Eagle Rock Music Festival which is maybe the most suburban/urban music festival of the year. I plan on spending the day here as it's a chance to see good friends and to catch up with bands I haven't seen yet. Sunday hosts the Abbot Kinney Festival 2012 in Venice and offers a relaxed, beach-related atmosphere to the festival environment. Get your festival on this week, as next up are Halloween events, followed by the onslaught of year end holidays.

Monday, October 1

- SuperSoul Monday w/ Jason Joseph & The Spectacular w/ special guests, Nick Blaemire And The
Hustle, Baker @ Hotel Cafe

- Adventure Galley, Gangi, Jane Horror, DJ set by Lassi @ The Central

- Lindsay Nourse, Pam Shaffer @ Los Globos upstairs (8 PM)

- Listen, Wild Betsy @ Los Globos upstairs (10 PM)

- Wolf Gang, The Royal Concept, Frank + Derol @ The Troubadour

- "School Night!" w/ Chris Stills, Communist Daughter, Jean Wilder, The Chevin @ Bardot

- Kera and the Lesbians, Peter Pants, Heroes and Heroines @ Bootleg Bar

- Last In Class, TS and The Past Haunts, Dead Dawn, Balthazar @ The Satellite

- Robert DeLong, Y Luv, The Denouemont, DJ Channel One @ Echoplex

- Superhumanoids, Cosmic Kids, Body Parts, Benedek @ The Echo

- The Lumineers, Bad Weather California @ Henry Fonda Music Box Theatre

DECISION:

Superhumanoids have a big line up with Cosmic Kids and Body Parts to begin their residency at The Echo. The first of two chances to catch Gangi this week is tonight at The Central, the second being their record release show at The Satellite tomorrow. I've been looking forward to a new Gangi record for a long time so I'm excited about this.

Tuesday, October 2

- Harper Blynn, The Spring Standard, Kita Klane, Immanu El @ Hotel Cafe

- White Ash Falls @ Origami Vinyl

- Cate Le Bon, Ryat, The Moor  @ Bootleg Bar

- Emmylou Harris and Her Red Dirt Boys @ Royce Hall

- Lynyrd Skynyrd @ Club Nokia

- Sonnymoon, Jonwayne, B Lewis, CVLTS @ The Echo

- The Jezabels, Yukon Blonde @ The Troubadour

- The Shins, Washed Out @ Gibson Amphitheatre

- Deerhoof, Buke and Gase, Raleigh Moncrief @ Echoplex

- Gangi record release party, Regal Degal, Secret Circuit @ The Satellite

- Go West Young Man, Sheera, The Breakups, College Kids @ The Central

- The Lumineers, Bad Weather California @ Henry Fonda Music Box Theatre

DECISION:

So tonight I intend to see Gangi (above) at their record release show at The Satellite. I caught Gangi most recently at a side show set at El Cid in the middle of the afternoon during Silver Lake Jubilee this summer and it turned out to be just about the best set I saw in the entire festival. The burst of creativity that flooded the room was something to behold, and even thought there were only a few people there, there was electricity in the room.

I would love to have seen The Shins performing their latest album, which I seem to like more than anyone else. But having suffered through them at the Hollywood Palladium a few years ago, where their delicate intricate melodies were rendered as hard rock anthems, with the fans screaming their lyrics into my ear and the terrible, bass-heavy dynamics of that venue ruining the music, and knowing it would sound the same at the Gibson, I'll pass. I love The Shins, but if I can't see them in a decent size club, with good acoustics, I'll wait until they're less popular.

There is also a great show out in Santa Monica at The Central starring Go West Young Man with the sterling line up of The Breakups and College Kids.

Wednesday, October 3

- Kate Earl, The Young Romans, Neon Hymns, Tomten @ Hotel Cafe

- Slash, Myles Kennedy, The Conspirators, Foxy Shazam @ The Wiltern

- Mount Eerie, Bouquet, Ever Ending Kicks @ Eagle Rock Center for the Arts

- Nick Lowe, Eleni Mandell @ The Troubadour

- Maria Minerva, Pharaohs, Father Finger, Dream Panther @ The Central

- Eyes Lips Eyes, Hobart W Fink, Vex Ruffin, Owls @ The Satellite

- KCRW presents A Show for Mayla w/ Father John Misty, Daniel Lanois, Inara George, Becky Stark, Great Northern @ Bootleg Theatre

- Kimbra, The Stepkids @ Henry Fonda Music Box Theatre

- Max and the Moon, Brandon and the Chics @ The Library at The Redbury

- Tashaki Miyaki, Babies on Acid, L.A. Witch @ The Echo

DECISION:

KCRW is presenting a benefit show for Mayla Embry (at right) and the wonderful artists donating their time to this most heartfelt and worthy effort; Father John Misty, Great Northern, Becky Stark, Inara George and Daniel Lanois will put on a beautiful show at the Bootleg Theatre. Nikki and Aaron Embry's three year old daughter Mayla has been diagnosed with leukemia, so let's give back to this wonderful family that has given so much to this music community for so many years. Get tickets here.

And here is a link to make donations.

Thursday, October 4

- Culture Collide Festival 2012 @ various locations, Silver Lake/Echo Park

- Culture Collide Festival: Go Back To The Zoo, Monster Cat, Touchy Mob @ Origami Vinyl (5 PM)

- Miguel  @ Amoeba Music

- Kyle McNeill, Leftover Cuties, The Shook Twins, Poeina Suddarth @ Hotel Cafe

- Alex Maslansky, movie screening: Peckinpah's "Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid" @ Echo Country Outpost

- Coheed and Cambria,  Aeges @ The Troubadour

- Culture Collide Festival: John Talabot, American Royalty, The Balconies, Boxeur the Coeur @ The Echo

- Radio Free Silver Lake and Origami Vinyl present The World Record record release, Francisco The Man, Seasons, Geronimo Getty, The Damselles & The TC4, Adeline & The Philistines @ Echoplex

- Sea Wolf @ Pappy and Harriet's

- The Milk Carton Kids, Leslie Stevens @ Largo at the Coronet

- The Thrill Kill Cult, Left Spine Down @ El Rey

- Kimbra, The Stepkids @ Henry Fonda Music Box Theatre

- Patrick Wolf 10th Anniversary Acoustic Tour, Woodpigeon @ Bootleg Theatre

- Peter Pants, Slutever, Palm Reader, The Dining Dead @ The Smell

- The Intelligence, Zig Zags, Shark Toys @ The Satellite

- Little Green Cars @ McCabe's

DECISION:

Tonight is the record release show for The World Record, hosted by RFSL and Origami Vinyl at Echoplex. First time I've hosted a show there so come on over. The World Record are such an integral part of the local music scene that they have to put together a show that includes six other bands to include all the people that wanted to play. Enjoy sets by Seasons, Geronimo Getty, Adeline and the Philistines and Francisco The Man as The World Record sprint across the finish line.

Culture Collide starts today and features headliners Liam Finn, Cosmic Kids and Ximena Sariñana in a variety of East Side venues.

Friday, October 5

- Culture Collide Festival 2012 @ various locations, Silver Lake/Echo Park

- Culture Collide Festival: Kyst, The Trouble With Templeton, Coldair @ Origami Vinyl (5 PM)

- The Calder Quartet @ The Harold Williams Auditorium, The Getty Center

- Robyn Hitchcock @ McCabes (8 PM & 10 PM - completely different sets)

- She Wants Revenge, Gliss, Pyyramids @ The Roxy

- The Black Keys, Tegan and Sara @ Staples Center

- The Head and the Heart, Blitzen Trapper, Bryan John Appleby @ The Wiltern

- The Helio Sequence, Slowdance @ The Troubadour

- The Maccabees, IO Echo @ El Rey

- The Offspring, Neon Trees, Dead Sara @ Hollywood Palladium

- Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, BODYGUARD, Dam Funk @ Henry Fonda Music Box Theatre

- Orlando Greenhill, Sunblast The Shadows, Moms With Tats, In Tents @ The Smell

- Randy Michael and the Sharply Dressed Lads, Alexandra and the Starlight Band, Hammered Satin, The Bloodstream @ The Satellite

- The Fuxedos, The Mike Penny Orchestra, Art of Breeding (Film Screening), Lost Moon Radio, Quazar and the Bamboozled @ Bootleg Bar

DECISION:

The Culture Collide Festival has a schedule crammed with goodies today like You Say France & I Whistle from Sweden, WIM from Australia and some great 'good ol' USA bands, Avi Buffalo, Writer and Jason Faulkner. Robyn Hitchcock has two separate and distinct shows at McCabe's at 8 and 10 PM. 

Saturday, October 6

- Culture Collide Festival 2012 @ various locations, Silver Lake/Echo Park

- 14th Annual Eagle Rock Music Festival @ Colorado Blvd, Eagle Rock

- Touché @ Touch Vinyl

- Culture Collide Festival: Ewert And The Two Dragons, Moss, Efrat Ben Zur @ Origami Vinyl

- Sweetwater & The Satisfaction, Marina V, Lil' Dawnee Frinta, Pink Thunder, Mary Lorson @ Hotl Cafe

- Further w/ Phil Lesh & Bob Weir @ The Greek

- Culture Collide Festival: Of Montreal, Icona Pop, Gold Fields, Ewert and The Two Dragons, Go
Back To The Zoo @ Echoplex

- Dark Star Orchestra @ El Rey

- Dry The River, Houndmouth @ The Troubadour

- Joe Jackson & the Bigger Band, Regina Carter @ Orpheum Theatre

- Peter Gabriel @ Hollywood Bowl

- Rickie Lee Jones @ The Broad Stage

- She Wants Revenge, Lonely Trees, Ringside @ The Roxy

- The Dustbowl Revival, Ladies Gun Club @ McCabe's

- Vision, The Pocket Rockets, Horrorscopes @ Lot 1

- Ben Howard, Marcus Foster, Gill Landry @ Henry Fonda Music Box Theatre

- Lovers Drugs, Act As If, Tic Tic Boom @ El Cid

- Nostalghia, Dirt Bird, Actually Huizenga @ HM 157

- Stepdad, Rich Aucoin, Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt @ The Satellite

- VerBS, Basitdas, Aftergloam, Tremellow @ The Smell

- MONO, Chris Brokaw @ Bootleg Theatre

DECISION:

Culture Collide continues, but I have always attended The Eagle Rock Music Festival and I will be there again this year. The line up is a bit more diverse and unfamiliar, but that will provide the fun of discovery. There are a ton of big shows tonight from Peter Gabriel at Hollywood Bowl to Ricky Lee Jones on The Broad Stage or medium shows like The Dustbowl Revival at McCabe's. You can get your Grateful Dead fix from two perspectives, either Further, which features two actual Dead members, Phil Lesh and Bob Weir, or Dark Star Orchestra, which is a tribute band to the real thing. The former at The Greek, the latter at El Rey.

Sunday. October 7

- The Hood Internet, Body Language, Kid Static, Osillator Bug @ Los Globos

- New Order, Run Run Run @ The Greek

- Abbot Kinney Festival 2012 @ Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice, CA

- Abbot Kinney Festival w/ Tommy Santee Klaws, Kitchen Hips, Dorian Wood, Dirt Bird, Madame Headress, Mrs. Hobbs, Leftover Cuties and more @ Robin's Sculpture Garden

- Culture Collide Festival After Party @ Echoplex (5 PM)

- Lloyd Cole @ McCabe's

- Nic Harcourt & 88.5 KCSN present Laura Marling w/ Florence Hartigan, The Lonely Wild w/ Kita
Klane @ Hotel Cafe

- Six60 @ Bootleg Bar

- Florence + The Machine, The Maccabees, The Weekend @ Hollywood Bowl

- Mono/Poly, ELOS, Fat Albert Einstein, Kone, Jincallo, Dave Betamax, Heru @ Bootleg Bar

 DECISION:

 Abbot Kinney Festival is probably the quaintest and most laid back of all the festivals this weekend. If I can make it to my third festival of the week I will be sure to spend time in Robin's Sculpture Garden to see Tommy Santee Klaws, Dirt Bird and others in this superb program. Headliners include Nite Jewel  and American Royalty. And Culture Collide Festival wraps up today with more terrific acts like Chad VanGaalen and an after party at Echoplex.

Comments

[Pony Boy]

Hey, like me you're looking at last years Culture Collide fest schedule. Their website has some bad links that take you back to 2011.

[Bert Selig]

wow - no love 4 the FREE FISHBONE SHOW friday night @ crawfod family forum @ kpcc?

[Bert Selig]

*Crawford

[RFSL Pinto]

Here's the long link to the Culture Collide 2012 schedule.

http://filtermagazine.com/index.php/news/entry/the_official_2012_filter_magazines_culture_collide_schedule/

[RFSL Pinto]

RFSL has much love for Fishbone, the event was just a little off the beaten trail.

Here's the info. Do not miss.
Fishbone
Friday, October 5, 8:00 - 9:30pm
The Crawford Family Forum
474 South Raymond Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91105
7:30pm - Doors Open
8:00pm - Program

Admission is FREE, but RSVPs are required.
RSVP here:
http://www.scpr.org/events/2012/10/05/cause-fishbone-here-say/