by Brad Roberts
At The Echo on Friday night to see the terrific set by The Veils, I was chatting with Kevin Bronson when he let slip that there were rumors of a gigantic secret show on Saturday. All one needed to do was get in line before 8 AM at El Rey to try to get a ticket. By now everyone knows this was for The Rolling Stones at Echoplex (above). I was too busy...and that will have to be my excuse. The historical nature of the show and the fact that I leaned more toward The Stones than The Beatles during
their 1964 and 1965 "Get Off My Cloud"/"Ruby Tuesday" era, makes me kind of sorry I missed it. Now beginning their sixth decade in the limelight, The Rolling Stones kick off their newest tour on Friday night at the slightly less intimate Staples Center.
Last week was packed with good shows, and this week looks just as busy. On Saturday there's a mini music festival called The Eclectic Music Festival & Art Walk at Burke Triolo Studio and three stages staked out across South Pasadena, with Torches, Tapioca and the Flea, L.A. Witch and Mt. Ossa among others slated to play. Starts at 2 PM. And be on the look out for shows with NO, Haunted Summer, Tall Tales and the Silver Linings, The Black Apples, Pam Shaffer, Pageants and so many more. Enough to keep you out every night.
Monday, April 29
- Chief, Carly Ritter, Thumb Wars @ The Satellite
- Baby Alpaca, MT. OSSA, Skin Town @ The Echo
- Gavin Turek, Zak Waters, Fellow Bohemian, BOM D, a very special guest @ Bootleg Bar
- The Wingard Manor, Nodigga, Bird Mad Girl, Animal Games, Toy Bombs@ Los Globos
- SuperSoul Monday w/ Jason Joseph & The Spectacular w/ special guests, David Poe, The Writer's Block w/ Mike Elizondo & Lindsey Ray w/ special guests, Sky White Tiger @ Hotel Cafe
- The Circus Kids w/ special guests @ The Central
- Christian Lee Hutson, Ocha La Rocha, Burly Temple @ Redwood Bar
- "School Night!" w/ Big Black Delta album launch party, Shy Girls, Emma Ejwertz, The Last Internationale @ Bardot
- Debaser, Marmits, Precious, Capt'n Fresh & the Stay Fresh Seals@ Pehrspace
- METZ, White Lung, Mrs. Magician @ The Troubadour
- Merx, Broken Water, Tara Jane O'Neil, Naps @ The Smell
- Abbot Kinney, The Moth and The Flame, Lindsay Rae Spurlock, Jesse Payo @ Silver Lake Lounge
DECISION:
With all the shows tonight I'm going to point you toward Hotel Cafe where Sky White Tiger performs an early set at 7 PM. Sky White Tiger (at right) is actually the stage name for Louis Schwadron who is a dazzling one-man-band all by himself. He played for one of my Lot 1 shows and this guy's a whirling dervish of talent. Part-musician, part-dancer, part-street busker, part-everything else, this guy brought the club to life.
Tuesday, April 30
- Cayucas @ Origami Vinyl
- Marnie Stern, SISU, Qui @ The Satellite
- La Santa Cecilia @ Amoeba Music
- BritWeek w/ Chad Valley, Ski Lodge, Oddience @ The Echo
- Masaki Batoh's Brain Pulse Music @ Echoplex
- Robert Raimon Roy, Jack Davey, Jonwayne @ Bootleg Bar
- FM Radio, SanguineDrake, Vanish Valley, Samantha Mollen @ Hotel Cafe
- Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3, Peter Buck @ The Troubadour
- DWNTWN, The Hard Knocks, The Mercy Beat, and special guests @ The Central
- The Echo & The Sound, Irontom, The Spreewells @ Silver Lake Lounge
- The Black Apples, Body Parts, Missing Teen @ Harvard & Stone
- Black Boots, The Shag Rats, The Ugly Kids, Illuminated Eyes@ Redwood Bar
DECISION:
The Black Apples (at right) have a pretty spectacular show tonight to polish off their last residency night at Harvard & Stone. Vanish Valley are playing a set at Hotel Cafe and La Santa Cecilia do a free in-store at Amoeba Music. I caught the spectacular Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 a few years ago at Spaceland and it was an unforgettable show, and tonight his illustrious band mate, Peter Buck, is playing an opening set at The Troubadour.
Wednesday, May 1
- Adam Green & Binky Shapiro, Pageants, Tall Tales and the Silver Linings @ The Echo
- Victor Essiet and the Mandators, Judah Eskender Tafari @ Echoplex
- NO, So Many Wizards, The Dead Ships @ Bootleg Bar
- The Mots Nuveaux, Totsy, Mika Newton, Chase Bell w/ special guest Emma Bell @ Hotel Cafe
- Vietnam, Gap Dream, The Shine Brothers @ The Satellite
- Clinic, No Joy, EFG @ The Troubadour
- The Dustbowl Revival @ The Mint
- David Sedaris @ Royce Hall
- Keenhouse, Grand Atrium, James Cobo @ The Central
- Old Crow Medicine Show, Robert Ellis @ El Rey
- The Echo and the Sound, Cult Vegas, Mars & the Massacre, No Small Children @ Silver Lake Lounge
- "Desert Nights" w/ Trevor Menear, Cristina Black, The Flowerthief @ The Standard
- Paramore, Kitten @ The Wiltern
DECISION:
Nice shows out there but I lean toward The Echo with Adam Green & Binky Shapiro being supported by two top bands, Pageants and Tall Tales and the Silver Linings or Bootleg Bar with three other break-out bands, NO (at right), So Many Wizards and The Dead Ships.
Thursday, May 2
- PYYRAMIDS, Missing Teen @ The Satellite
- Maps & Atlases, Young Man @ The Echo
- Alice Russell @ Amoeba Music
- Meiko, Maria De Pilar, Automático Fiésta@ Los Globos
- BritWeek w/ Little Boots, Avan Lava, Feathers @ Echoplex
- Elliot Easton's Tiki Gods, Taylor Greenwood, Cathy Heller Record Release Show, Lukas Graham, Jodee Seiders @ Hotel Cafe
- Os Mutantes, Capsula @ The Troubadour
- Hobart W Fink, Gnar Baby, Kind Hearts and Coronets, Haunted Summer, Swan, Owls @ Silver Lake Lounge
- Caitlin Rose, Daniel Romano @ Bootleg Bar
- Burnt, Giraffe Aftermath, The Delerians, and Special Guests @ The Central
- Lights, Siberia Acoustic @ El Rey
- Traps PS, Slam Dunk, Corners, Breakfast @ The Smell
DECISION:
I think Silver Lake Lounge has the best of the night where Hobart W. Fink has a big line up of six bands including Kind Hearts and Coronets and Haunted Summer (photo at right by Amanda Glover). This sounds like a dynamite show.
Friday, May 3
- The Rolling Stones @ Staples Center
- Yellow Alex, Jamaican Queens, Mirror Talk, Monster Paws @ The Satellite
- Tamaryn, The Black Ryder, Dream Boys @ Echoplex
- First Fridays w/ Javelin, Helado Negro, Matthewdavid @ The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
- Great White Buffalo @ Bootleg Bar
- Emerson Star, Pam Shaffer, Jameson & Co.@ El Cid
- Frankenstein's Birthday Boogie w/ Wild Betsy, Triple Dog Dare, Tarantula Records @ Lot 1
- Kiven, Holly Conlan, Casey K, Amy Krebs @ Hotel Cafe
- Built To Spill, Junor Rocket Scientist @ The Troubadour
- Brown and Blue, TBA @ Pehrspace
- Beat Connection, ODESZA, Astronautica @ The Central
- Zulu Lounge - La Nuit D'Absinthe w/ Fishtank Ensemble and more @ El Rey
- Robot Vengeance, 1000 Needles, ComputeHer, 8 Bit Weapon, Trash80 @ The Smell
DECISION:
Sure, there's Built To Spill at The Troubadour and Fishtank Ensemble at El Rey, not to forget, The Rolling Stones at Staples, but I'll be heading over to El Cid to see Pam Shaffer (at right), Emerson Star and Jameson & Co. for a cozy show with some very exciting talent.
Saturday, May 4
- Sleepy Sun, Gram Rabbit, Strange Vine @ The Satellite
- Rucky Punch @ Origami Vinyl
- Cinco de Mayo w/ Sloe Poke, Mexico88, Spin Out @ The Echo
- Eclectic Music Festival & Art Walk w/ Torches, Tapioca and the Flea, L.A. Witch, Mt. Ossa, Jacaranda Red, Phoebe Bridgers @Burke Triolo Studio, Pasadena
- Wide Streets, Corners, Dirt Dress, Traps PS @ Pehrspace
- Alice Russell, Shafiq Husayn, The Dove Society @ The First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles
- Miner, The Cerny Brothers, Tyler Lyle @ Bootleg Bar
- The Picture and the Frame album release, The Herbert Ball Orchestra, Loretti @ El Cid
- California Guitar Trio @ McCabe's
- Mike Watt & The Missing Men, Feral Kizzy, No Small Children, The Radio Kills @ Redwood Bar
- K's Choice presents A Fragile Tomorrow, Keaton Simons Record Release Show, Karmina @ Hotel Cafe
- Built To Spill, Junor Rocket Scientist @ The Troubadour
- Feed Your Head and All Scene Eye presents Judson, Hobart W. Fink, Shannon Inouye, + special guest @ Lot 1
- Beat Connection, ODESZA, Astronautica @ The Central
- Bonobo, El Ten Eleven @ @ The Fonda Theatre
- Art Opening with music by Suzi Star, Pure Shit, Stripper Pussy, I.E.@ The Smell
- Brad Mehldau, Joshua Redman @ Royce Hall
DECISION:
There's a nice little local festival taking place in Pasadena called Eclectic Music Festival & Art Walk with Torches, L.A. Witch and Mt. Ossa at Burke Triolo Studio and surrounding locations in South Pasadena. But I have a Feed Your Head show at Lot 1 and starring Judson who has assembled a first-class band for the occasion. It's been way too long since I've seen him perform and this will be an exciting program.
Cinco De Mayo festivities blast off at The Echo, while The Picture and the Frame play an album release show at El Cid , Mike Watt & The Missing Men at Redwood Bar and Built To Spill finish up a two night run at The Troubadour.
Sunday, May 5
- Cinco de Messo w/ Cotillon, VUM, Brent Rademaker, Cobalt Cranes, The Withers, Beach Dads, Adult Books & more TBA @ The Satellite
- Grand Ole Echo w/ Grant Langston, Rich McCulley, Slim Zwerling & The Yums, The Dahls ( @ The Echo (5 PM)
- Krautrock Nite w/ NEU!, CAN, Faust, Tangerine Dream @ The Echo (10 PM)
- Tenacious D, Sasquatch @ Bootleg Bar
- Bonobo, El Ten Eleven @ El Rey
- Killing Joke, Czars @ The Fonda Theatre
- Street Corner Symphony, Lindsay Pearce & Lynsey Shaw w/ Teleskopes @ Hotel Cafe
DECISION:
Another good Grand Ole Echo takes place this afternoon at The Echo with Grant Langston, and there's nice variety in the bill cooked up for Cinco De Mayo hosted by Near Mess Records called the Cinco De Messo Celebration at The Satellite with Cotillon, VUM and Cobalt Cranes.
Happy Cinco De Mayo everyone, and have a great week.
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