by Brad Roberts
Let's hear it for Pam Shaffer and her album, It Is Happening Again, which is being launched with a Record Release Show at Hotel Cafe on Thursday night. Another artist who peddles similar mysterious enchantment is Little Red Lung, whose Zoe-Ruth Erwin is not only on the bill, but was also the photographer for the album art at right.
SXSW launches it's music festival in Austin, Texas on Tuesday sucking up local bands like Body Parts, Yellow Red Sparks, Haim, Family of the Year, Lord Huron, Gliss, Hands, NO, The Blank Tapes, Sea Wolf, Jenny O, Fol Chen, Letting Up Despite Great Faults and The Lonely Wild, our Austin compatriot Tenlons Fort, along with big acts like The Airborne Toxic Event, Devendra Banhart and Divine Fits.
A lot of the younger up-and-coming local bands have foregone this year's SXSW and will be appearing in Los Angeles this week including Halfbluud, Frank Fairfield and Willoughby, who have shows buried in the schedule. It's a light week but there are treasures to be found.
Monday, March 11
- Lucy Rose, SuperSoul Monday w/ Jason Joseph & The Spectacular w/ special guests, Kita Klane, Nylo @ Hotel Cafe
- Hunter Hunted, Alto, Time and Energy @ Bootleg Bar
- "School Night!" w/ Austin Brown, MØ, Mikhael Paskalev @ Bardot
- Harper Simon, Jerry Borgé, The Eagle Rock Gospel Singers, Money Mark @ The Satellite
- Harriet, Song Preservation Society, Aan, Wall @ The Echo
- Jack Joseph, Puig, Thomas Dolby, Rocky Business, Lil Brown Kid, Joachim Garraud @ The Central
- Xina Xurner, Laurette Goldfish, Jeepneys @ Pehrspace
DECISION:
We have our Monday residencies with Hunter Hunted, Harper Simon and Harriet at Bootleg Bar, The Satellite and The Echo, respectively. MØ play Bardot for "School Night!" before heading to Austin.
Tuesday, March 12
- Robert Francis, Madi Diaz, All Spots To Black, Basement Babies, Ghostlight Orchestra @ Hotel Cafe
- THEblack&THEwhite, The Mercy Beat, Kid Cadavern @ The Central
- The Warlords of Rock n Roll Thunder and Lightning, La La La Birdtime, Year Of Suns, Good Thunder @ Silver Lake Lounge
- Autre Ne Veut, Majical Cloudz @ The Troubadour
- Mikhael Paskalev, Jhameel, Bear Attack @ Bootleg Bar
- Broken Anchor, House of Wolves, Justin Knittel @ The
Satellite
- CHVRCHES, Isaac Delusion, MØ @ The Echo
DECISION:
CHVRCHES (at right) and MØ, both on their way to SXSW, play The Echo tonight, and Robert Francis is starting a residency at Hotel Cafe.
Wednesday, March 13
- Meiko, David & Devine, Jackie Brubaker record release, Tom Bradley @ Hotel Cafe
- "Desert Nights" w/Shane Alexander, Phantom Tortoise, Trevor Menear @ The Standard
- LEVEL SE7EN, Albert Garret & the Bad Romantics, Naama Kates, Harlequin Jones, The Windsors @ Silver Lake Lounge
- Conspirator, NVO @ The Central
- Frightened Rabbit, The Twilight Sad @ The Fonda Theatre
- Kelly Sweet, Brian Whelan, The Lincoln Bedroom @ The Satellite
- Kill For Kicks, The Kidneys @ Lot 1
- Octopus Mask, Owl Fly South, Prison for Kids @ Bootleg Bar
DECISION:
Shane Alexander at "Desert Nights" at The Standard, Frightened Rabbit and The Twilight Sad at The Fonda prop up a rather meager night.
Thursday, March 14
- Hayley Kiyoko Record Release Show, Pam Shaffer Record Release Show, Little Red Lung, Bent Knee, Zoe Z @ Hotel Cafe
- K'Noup & Kelly, The Nukes, Helicopter Rounds, Day Above Ground, Watch for Horses, Late Night
Howlers @ The Troubadour
- The Black Tibetans, Willoughby, Virginia Reed, Rocco DeLuca, Luffy @ The Viper Room
- Totimoshi, Gaytheist, Stripper Pussy, Dolphins and Shit @ Silver Lake Lounge
- Cotillon record release show, Free Moral Agents, Raw Geronimo, Brown and Blue @ The Echo
- Light FM, Echoes De Luxe, Halfbluud @ The Satellite
- Shannon Inouye, King and the Cattail, Pacific Ghost @ El Cid
- The Spires, Jim Brown @ Townhouse at The Del Monte
DECISION:
This is the night of the week when there are at least three shows you should catch. Pam Shaffer is having a Record Release Show for her magnificent new album It Is Happening Again at Hotel Cafe with Little Red Lung, just to make it irresistible. Both are wonderful songwriters/storytellers. At El Cid, Shannon Inouye one of the leads in the powerfully vocal band Emerson Starht fm headlines, and Halfbluud (at right) are on for the Light FM show at The Satellite.
Friday, March 15
- Chris Stills, Carrie Manolakos, Jessica Fine, Marley Munroe @ Hotel Cafe
- Anais Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer, Frank Fairfield @ McCabe's
- Gold Chain Music, Honest Expression & Coexist, Bonez, B. Payne, On the One @ The Troubadour
- Maroon 5, Neon Trees, Owl City @ Staples Center
- Nancy and Beth @ Largo at the Coronet
- Battle Tapes, Thorcraft Cobra, P L a N E T S @ The Satellite
- The Black Ryder, Young Prisms, Gateway Drugs @ The Echo
- Haunted Summer @ Casey's Bar
- The Ten Thousand EP Preview Party, The Vim Dicta @ Bootleg Bar
- bikos, Trotsky Icepick @ Taix Lounge
DECISION:
Tonight you can catch a nice late show at Taix Lounge with bikos (at left) which starts after 10 or Battle Tapes and P L a N E T S at The Satellite or go out to McCabe's on the west side for the acclaimed Anais Mitchell & Jefferson Hamer and opener Frank Fairfield. Haunted Summer continues their residency at Casey's Bar.
Saturday, March 16
- Katrina Parker, Danni Rosner, Cassandra McGrath, Bard, Brittany Myers, The Hoof @ Hotel Cafe
- Sock Puppet Sitcom Theatre presents "I Love Lucy" @ The Echo
- Black Prairie, Ashleigh Flynn @ McCabe's (8 & 10 PM)
- Greensky Bluegrass, Ryan Montbleau Band @ The Troubadour
- Martha Wainwright @ Largo at the Coronet
- Oceanography, Wet & Reckless, Wilding, Only the Messengers @ Bootleg Bar
- Richard Buckner, Ry Cuming @ The Satellite
- Santoros, Death Hymn Number 9, Pool Honeys, Baby Fleas @ The Smell
DECISION:
Good bill at The Bootleg with Oceanography, Wet & Reckless and Wilding on the same stage.
Sunday, March 17
- Ollin's 11th Annual St. Patty's Day Bash @ The Satellite
- K'Noup & Kelly, Derek Anthony Gray, Philosophy Of Soul, As You Were, Future Fix @ The Troubadour
- $wingin' Utter$, Sean and Zander, Wild Roses, Jason Cruz and the Howl @ Echoplex
- Highasakite @ Amoeba Music
- John Schlocker/Larry Brown Memorial Concert @ McCabe's
DECISION:
Big bash at The Satellite for St. Patrick's Day.
Sorry for such a short column but you can blame it on SXSW. We should be back to normal by next week.
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