by Brad Roberts
As the festival-goers return from Texas the local calendar ramps up with tons of shows, both big and small, that would light up any week. On Saturday night Radio Free Silver Lake will present a show to bid a fond farewell to one of the most reliable and much loved bands in the local scene. After nearly ten years, Radars To The Sky (at right from a 2012 show) are wrapping up their long run with a show/celebration at El Cid also featuring two of the other best bands it's our pleasure to know, The Californian and The World Record. We at RFSL are excited to announce a ticket giveaway for this event. Check back later in the week.
Beginning the week with a very festive line up of St. Patrick's Day shows (today) at a number of venues, Charlie Clark's Irish shindig at Harvard & Stone appears to have the edge. Something called The St. Paddy's All Star Jam Band provides the music and is made up of local talent including Mr. Clark, Kaitlin Wolfberg, Ryan Fuller and more. Lot 1 has a good show also, check the Monday listings.
This is also the week when St. Vincent comes back to town for two shows. And I stupidly put purchasing tickets for her Friday show at The Wiltern on the back burner when suddenly it was too late. SOLD OUT. She's also playing a set at The Grammy Museum on Thursday, but I'm already spoken for that evening. As with any show that I've seen by St. Vincent, I'm sure these shows will be more than merely memorable and I regret not attending.
Electro-rock genius pioneers, Kraftwerk, are playing an historic set of 8 3D Concerts this week at The Walt Disney Concert Hall highlighting eight of their groundbreaking albums, recreating the set of shows they played in January in Sweden. Beginning with Autobahn on Tuesday at 7:30 and Radio-Activity at 10:30 (these are separate shows) they continue through Friday night presenting two albums per night.
Monday. March 17
- The Eagle Rock Gospel Singers, The Show Ponies, SomeKindaWonderful @ The Satellite
- James Supercave, Jungle @ The Echo
- Tony Molina @ Origami Vinyl (5 PM)
- Eric Zayne, Trickster Guru, Emmett Skyy @ Hotel Cafe
- Moses Sumney, Deradoorian, White Sea @ Bootleg Bar
- The St. Paddy's All Star Jam Band featuring Charlie Clark, Eric McCann, Kaitlin Wolfberg, Walter Spencer, Nate Laguzza, Special Guests: Ryan Fuller, Leah Harmon, Sharif Dumani, Matthew Allen Van Winkle @ Harvard & Stone
- Mike Gordon @ El Rey
- "School Night!" w/ Jamie Scott, Agnes Obelisk (solo), Woman' Hour, Hosier, VSC, Joe Jonas @ Bardot
- Black Water Jukebox, Red Roses, The Amadans @ Redwood Bar
- Turin Brakes, Miranda Lee Richards @ The Troubadour
- St. Patrick's Day Party w/ Smithfield Bargain, Six Mile Station, Mike Schadel, The Boys of Bail @ Lot 1
- Atomafox, SheGun, Glam Shanks, Sirens @ Silver Lake Lounge
- Prism Pipe, Experimental Art and Film @ Pehrspace
DECISION:
A couple of St. Patrick's Day parties start off the week right with The St. Paddy's All Star Jam Band featuring Charlie Clark of Broken Arrow, Eric McCann of A House For Lions, Kaitlin Wolfberg of many bands, Matt Van Winkle of Tall Tales & The Silver Lining, Ryan Fuller of Fort King and many others at Harvard & Stone. Watch out! This could color the whole rest of your week.
Another St. Patty's Day Party is going on over at Lot 1 with Smithfield Bargain, Six Mile Station, making their L.A. debut, Mike Schadel and The Boys of Bail. And Turin Brakes has a show with the remarkable Miranda Lee Richards (so impressive at Hotel Cafe last month) at The Troubadour, and the residencies continue unabated.
Tuesday, March 18
- Truckfighters, Crobot @ The Satellite
- Yellow Ostrich, Pattern is Movement, Thumpers @ The Echo
- Cashmere Cat, Trippy Turtle, Obey City @ Echoplex
- Lake Street Dive w/ The Congress, The Endangered, Marcus Cohen & The Congress @ Hotel Cafe
- Ásgeir @ The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
- Band Of Skulls, Deap Vally @ The Belasco Theatre
- "The Moonrise Club" w/ The Dustbowl Revival @ El Cid
- Rozzi Crane, Rosie Tucker @ Bootleg Bar
- Snot, Philm, Hell or Highwater, Evolove @ The Troubadour
- Sun Araw, MNDSGN @ The Del Monte Speakeasy at The Townhouse
- Sam Outlaw, Ranger, Cal KIng, Austin McCutchen @ Silver Lake Lounge
- Kraftwerk 3D Concert: Autobahn (7:30 PM) @ Walt Disney Concert Hall
- Kraftwerk 3D Concert: Radioactivity (10:30 PM) @ Walt Disney Concert Hall
DECISION:
El Cid is inaugurating a new weekly jazz event under the moniker "Jazz Tuesday/The Moonrise Club" with The Dustbowl Revival performing three different sets beginning at 7:30 to accompany your dining pleasure. This sounds like a new concept worthy of exploration. Band Of Skulls headline a show featuring Deap Vally at The Belasco Theatre, Sun Araw are out at The Del Monte Speakeasy at The Townhouse.
Kraftwerk begins their eight show engagement at The Walt Disney Concert Hall tonight with Autobahn (1974) at 7:30 and Radio-Activity (1975) at 10:30 PM. Tickets for these 3D Concerts must be purchased separately. Young Icelandic singer/songwriter Ásgeir plays a sold out show at The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
Wednesday. March 19
- Skaters, Team Spirit, LA Font @ The Satellite
- Mutoid Man, Lightsystem, Black Mare, Moss Breaker @ The Echo
- K.Flay, Air Dubai, Itch @ Bootleg Bar (7 PM)
- Fire at Sea, Kathleen Grace & Co., Sometimes We Sing Together @ Room 5
- Hosier, Bear's Den, Distant Cousins, Andy Suzuki & The Method @ Hotel Cafe
- Mizz Absurd @ The Other Door
- The Used, Taking Back Sunday @ Hollywood Palladium
- Kraftwerk 3D Concert: Trans Europe Express (7:30 PM) @ Walt Disney Concert Hall
- Kraftwerk 3D Concert: The Man-Machine (10:30 PM) @ Walt Disney Concert Hall
- Perfect Pussy, Stoic Violence, G. Green, Big Swamp Thunder @ Bootleg Theatre
- "Desert Nights" w/ Maeda, Amanda Keidan, Mark Rivett, Beams @ The Standard
- Heavenly Beat @ Bootleg Bar (11 PM)
- Bleachers @ The Troubadour
DECISION:
Kraftwerk 3D Concert continue tonight with performances of 1977's Trans Europe Express at 7:30 and 1978's The Man-Machine at 10:30 PM at The Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Or you can catch the hugely talented Jill Avilez in her Mizz Absurd persona at The Other Door in North Hollywood.
Thursday, March 20
- Milagres, The Family Crest, Boogarins @ The Satellite
- St. Vincent @ The Grammy Museum
- The Lonely Wild, The Apache Relay, The Soil & The Sun @ The Roxy
- Kraftwerk 3D Concert: Computer World (7:30 PM) @ Walt Disney Concert Hall
- Kraftwerk 3D Concert: Techno Pop (10:30 PM) @ Walt Disney Concert Hall
- NOBUNNY, Shannon & the Clams, Hunx and his Punx, Cherryglazerr @ Echoplex
- Lost In The Trees, Icy Demons, Hi Ho Silver Oh @ The Echo
- The Belle Game, Ski Lodge, TV Girl @ Bootleg Bar
- Jeremy Messersmith, Yellow Red Sparks, Mt Warning, The Covz, Solander @ Hotel Cafe
- INVSN, Dear Boy, Bonfire Beach @ The Troubadour
- GALACTIC, Bushy One String @ El Rey
- A White Hunter, Cloud Becomes Your Hands, Gnarbaby, Gun/Her, Dolphins N Shit, Sodomy Sanctuary @ Lot 1
- The 77 Club, Burning Jet Black, Articles, Ballerina Black, Little Galaxies, Elemenoh's @ Silver Lake Lounge
- Pompeya, Joycut, Kauf, Channel One B2B Justin Cornwall @ Los Globos
DECISION:
Way too crowded schedule tonight making me actually relieved that I got a ticket months ago to see the lushly symphonic orchestral band Lost In The Trees (at right) as they embark on a new, stripped down musical direction. also on the bill at The Echo is Hi Ho Silver Oh. Moving beyond the melancholy thoughtfulness of his previous work, Ari Picker, is channeling a new-found hopefulness into the new Lost In The Trees, is a new freedom and compactness in the music.
St. Vincent is sitting down for an interview at The Grammy Museum today with Grammy Museum Executive Director Bob Santelli, followed by a musical performance which sounds like a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Tomorrow she plays The Wiltern.
The Lonely Wild are back home and playing on the Strip at The Roxy and there's a good show at just about every venue.
Friday, March 21
- Sons Of The Velvet Rat @ Origami Vinyl
- Lydia Loveless, The Herbert Bail Orchestra, Mojo Stone @ The Satellite
- St. Vincent @ The Wiltern
- Weekend, Cities Aviv, Surf Club @ The Echo
- Ana Tijoux, Subsuelo, Kumbia Queers @ Echoplex
- Wakey! Wakey!, Jillette Johnson, Casey Shea @ Bootleg Bar
- A White Hunter, Gorgon Zoloft, cthtr, Big Swamp Thunder @ The Smell
- Kraftwerk 3D Concert: The Mix (7:30 PM) @ Walt Disney Concert Hall
- Kraftwerk 3D Concert: Tour de France (10:30 PM) @ Walt Disney Concert Hall
- Punch Drunk Kick, Turbo Lightning, Sanglorians, Detangler @ El Cid
- The Toadies, The Supersuckers, Battleme @ The Troubadour
- The Black Lips, The Coathangers @ El Rey
- Calico, Amelia White, The Battlefield, Lily Kershaw, The Acetates @ Hotel Cafe
- Jackshit @ McCabe's
- Afternoons, Jack Diaz, Babes, The Royals @ Silver Lake Lounge
- Heathers, Girlpool, Winter, American Culture @ Pehrspace
- Tashaki Miyagi, Joel Jerome, LA Witch, Cherry Glazerr @ The Church on York
DECISION:
St. Vincent is on tour with her recently released self-titled album and has her official Los Angeles show at The Wiltern tonight. The less said about the fact that I'm missing this is the best way to handle it. I can lick my wounds with Afternoons (at right) at Silver Lake Lounge, or Tashaki Miyagi at The Church on York, or a recently transplanted band from Boston who pleased me at Los Globos a couple of weeks ago, Winter, who are at Pehrspace.
Saturday, March 22
- Astronautalis, Playdough, The Dead Men, Transit @ The Satellite
- SXSW Aftermath w/ The Districts, Gavin Turek, Dune Rats, Kauf, Misun @ Echoplex
- Small Black, Snowmine, North Americans @ Bootleg Bar
- Radars To The Sky, The Californian, The World Record @ El Cid
- Jackshit @ McCabe's
- The Sounds, Blondfire, Strange Talk @ Club Nokia
- Sons Of The Bitch, Birthdaygirl, Bodysnatchers, The Delicates @ The Smell
- The Orwells, Twin Peaks, Criminal Hygiene @ The Troubadour
- Shane Alexander, Doug Pettibone & Chris Pierce, Glen Martin, Sanguindrake, Mandolin Orange @ Hotel Cafe
- My Hawaii, Jacknife Records, The Musebox @ Bigfoot Lodge
- Rachel Goodrich, The Ghost Ease, Hex Horizontal, SheKhan @ Pehrspace
- "Lines&Strings" w/ music by Gun/Her, BCGs, Artist formerly known as Golden Afternoon, Ken South Rock @ Lot 1
DECISION:
Tonight is the farewell show for longtime RFSL friends Radars To The Sky as Andrew and Kate Spitzer prepare to spend a year in Washington D.C., along with other band members moving on. It makes me especially nostalgic as they were one of the very first local bands I got to know personally as people and was warmly welcomed as a friend and colleague. It's been my honor to call them friends. And Radio Free Silver Lake is proud to present this show at El Cid with two more of our favorite bands, The Californian and The World Record making it practically a family affair. After nearly ten years, Radars To The Sky are taking what they call a possible permanent hiatus. We'll see...and hope.
Examples abound all over the rest of the town that attest to the still growing and ever-changing music scene that we are swimming in. My Hawaii at Bigfoot Lodge, The Districts and Gavin Turek playing a SXSW Aftermath Show at Echoplex, Criminal Hygiene opening for The Orwells at The Troubadour, even Swedish post-punk band The Sounds at Club Nokia.
Sunday, March 23
- Brunch w/ Beginners, Alina Cutrono, Copernicus Poe, Gold & Soil @ Lot 1
- Broncho, Gothic Tropic @ The Satellite
- The Crookes, Tropical Popsicle, Corners, Adult [email protected] The Echo
- Mikki And The Mauses, Ni Hao, Pop Heart @ The Smell
- Evan Mellows, Gallant, Chris Batson @ The Fold at Bootleg
- Space Waves, Miss Massive Snowflake, LoveyDove, N.O.W. @ TRiP
DECISION:
Some nice Sunday night music available tonight starting with Space Waves and LoveyDove in Santa Monica at TRiP Bar.
Tropical Popsicle are on The Crookes bill at The Echo and Gothic Tropic are on the Broncho booking at The Satellite.
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