by Brad Roberts
This could be seen as a fairly mellow week though I still find things to do. The surprise announcement of a single release show for Lady Low (right) at The Troubadour on Thursday night made me very happy. I've been a fan of theirs since first hearing about them in May and attending one of their residency nights at 3 of Clubs that month. The combination of three powerful lead singers, a back up string section, and the romantic indie ballads they write allows them to soar. They are hypnotic and addictive. When they added Psychic Love, another pop powerhouse band, to the bill, I knew I shouldn't miss this. Lady Low is gearing up for a series of shows and will be at The Spare Room at The Roosevelt Hotel on October 30th and at Harvard & Stone in November on the 2nd.
Radio Free Silver Lake is proud to be presenting a show this Saturday at Lot 1 featuring a band in town from Denmark, The Foreign Resort (left), who produce a psychedelic post-punk wall of sound that is very appealing. They're on an extensive U.S. tour that has taken them from coast to coast and their friends, Light FM, asked if I'd put on a show with both bands when they come through L.A. and I said yes immediately. It also gave me the opportunity to get Viva Violet to play a show, who I have been trying to get for a while. With the addition of a side project from a member of The Foreign Resort called The Distant Intimate, we've got four bands for a full evening of top drawer entertainment. And I'm always up to hear the latest from the ever-reliable Light FM. Thanks Josiah Mazzaschi for getting this off the ground.
Mutemath are on tour and drop into town for a big show and a little show, both sold out. Monday at Club Bahia and Tuesday at The Echo. And there's a lot of local shows tucked inside...
Monday, October 19
- Balcony.TV presents Topher Mohr, Givers & Takers, Dr. Doctor @ The Satellite
- Kim and the Created, Audacity, LA Witch, Walter @ The Echo
- Ought, Upset, Sextile @ Echoplex
- "School Night!" w/ Leisure, Beach Baby, Vaults, Golden Rules @ Bardot
- Their Wedding, Back Pocket Memory, Sheer @ Silver Lake Lounge
- The Silver Lake Chorus, Ruth Koleva, The Van Allen Belt, Bitter's Kiss @ Hotel Cafe
- Coin, Colony House, Elliot Moss @ The Troubadour
- Kid Cadaver, Avec Sans, The Cold & Lovely, Coyote @ Bootleg Bar
- Eagles of Death Metal Record Release Show, Seven Sinners @ Teragram Ballroom
- Lianne La Havas @ The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
- Mutemath @ Club Bahia
- @ Harvard & Stone
DECISION:
The Silver Lake Chorus are enjoying a months residency at Hotel Cafe and the power and beauty of all those voices raised in song gently lifts one into a state of ecstatic splendor. They have become so admired that major indie artists like Inara George, The Flaming Lips and The New Pornographers have written material for them. Ruth Koleva, The Van Allen Belt and Bitter's Kiss are also performing tonight.
Kim and the Created have created another top bill for their residency at Echoplex with Audacity and LA Witch.
Mutemath have sold out Club Bahia tonight.
Tuesday, October 20
- GospelbeacH @ Amoeba Music
- A Tribute to Jackson Browne w/ Greg Felden, Ted Russell Camp, Tasso Smith, Duniven, Jerry Borge, Omar Velasco, Eugene Edwards, Greg Collins, Maxim Ludwig, Henry Wolfe, Amy Reickelman @ The Satellite
- Mutemath @ The Echo
- Bob Moses, Desert Sound Colony @ Echoplex
- Beach Baby, Leisure, Rare Monk @ Bootleg Bar
- Gabe Dixon, Eliza Rickman Record Release Show, Daphne Willis & Sonia Lee, Johanna Chase, Alex Lytle @ Hotel Cafe
- Benjamin Clementine @ The Troubadour
- Mudhoney, FUZZ, The Freeks @ The Regent Theatre
- Wallburds, Spooky Island, Seasons, The Violet Minefield, Slow White @ Silver Lake Lounge
- Sick of Sarah, Sad Robot, Lost Element @ El Cid
- House of Affection presents The Mo Odds @ Little Joy
- @ Harvard & Stone
- Deaf Wish, Fakers, Lamps, Bulbs @ The Smell
DECISION:
Too many good shows tonight. GospelbeacH are doing a free in-store at Amoeba Music in anticipation of their appearance at "Desert Nights" on Wednesday at The Standard. A lot of wonderful artists are coming out for A Tribute to Jackson Browne, including Duniven, Jerry Borgé, Omar Velasco, Maxim Ludwig, Henry Wolfe and Amy Reickelman and many others at The Satellite.
Fakers jumped onto the bill at The Smell, creating a buzz for this show which includes Deaf Wish from Australia. And maybe the best show of all is over at Silver Lake Lounge for the Wallburds residency ( I love the stills from The Birds that they're using for promo) with a five band line up: Spooky Island, Seasons, The Violet Minefield and Slow White. Mutemath hit the club scene with a gig at The Echo. Pre-sale is sold out but there will be a few tickets available at the door at show time.
Wednesday, October 21
- The Entrance Band, The Babe Rainbow, Pesos @ The Satellite
- Bully, Heat, Lovely Bad Things @ The Echo
- White Sea, Soren Juul, Alohaha @ Bootleg Bar
- "Desert Nights" w/ GospelbeacH, The Circulars @ The Standard
- Con Bro Chill, Magic Giant, Monogem @ The Troubadour
- John McLaughlin @ Hotel Cafe
DECISION:
Simple choice tonight: "Desert Nights" with GospelbeacH and The Circulars at The Standard.
Thursday, October 22
- Go Betty Go, The Dollyrots, The Love Me Nots @ The Satellite
- Skylar Spence, Kero Kero Bonito @ The Echo
- Mr Twin Sister, Timothy the DJ @ Echoplex
- Will & The People, Sound of Cerces & Mike Adams & His Honest Weight, Holland Bell, Miwa Gemini @ Hotel Cafe
- Jungle Giants, Say Say @ Bootleg Bar
- Honky Tonk Hacienda w/ Petunia & The Vipers w/ Special Guests DJ Bonebrake, Johnny Bazz, Angela Easterling @ El Cid
- Frank Turner, The Sleeping Souls @ The Mayan
- The Airborne Toxic Event @ The Wiltern
- Heartless Bastards, Slothrust @ The Fonda Theatre
- Katie Garfield, Deluka, Lady Low, Psychic Love, Beachwood Coyotes @ The Troubadour
- YACHT, Larry Jus, Green Gerry @ Teragram Ballroom
DECISION:
This is the night for Lady Low at The Troubadour to celebrate the release of their single, the beautiful "Burning Like A Fever", another torch song, barn-burner. This band is on a roll! Three other hot bands make this the show of the night, Psychic Love, Deluka and Katie Garfield will be performing too.
Local mega-stars The Airborne Toxic Event are filling up The Wiltern now.
Friday, October 23
- Quiet Life, Cotton Jones, Crushed Out @ The Satellite
- No Bunny, Jump N Funk, Rich Medina, Mark Hines @ The Echo
- Natalie Prass, Promised Land Sound @ Echoplex
- Breakfast @ The Lost Room
- Emily Wells, Adela Diane & Ryan Francesconi @ Bootleg Bar
- Sara Lov Album Release Show, Alyeska, Two Sheds @ Eagle Rock Center for the Arts
- Small Black, Painted Palms, Soren Juul @ The Roxy
- Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Seeker w/ Roadside Scholars, Tyson Motsenbocker & Mike Edel, My November Guest, Silver Lions @ Hotel Cafe
- Eagles of Death Metal Record Release Show, Gram Rabbit @ Teragram Ballroom
- Maxim Ludwig, Hit City U.S.A., Icewater, Dzang @ El Cid
- Signor Benedick The Moor, Yonnas Abraham, Sound/Wrongboy, Moodie Black @ The Smell
- DNT, Many Distant Cities, The Standard Affiliates @ Silver Lake Lounge
- The Adicts, Rick Thorne @ The Fonda Theatre
- Bring Me The Horizon, Issues, PVRIS @ El Rey
- Peter Case Record Release Show @ McCabe's
DECISION:
Sara Lov has released some wonderful new material and is celebrating with an Album Release Show for Some Kind of Champion out at Eagle Rock Center for the Arts with Alyeska and Two Sheds.
Saturday, October 24
- Radio Free Silver Lake presents The Foreign Resort, Light FM, Viva Violet, The Distant Intimate @ Lot 1
- Melvins, Field @ The Echo
- William Fitzsimmons, Jake Phillips @ The Troubadour
- Swerve EP Release Party, Wet & Reckless, The Fontaines @ El Cid
- Luna, Quilt @ Teragram Ballroom
- Django Django @ Bootleg Bar
- Freddy & Francine, Samuel J & Friends, Children of the Sun w/ Samuel J, Ryan Whitewolf, Elijah Porangui, Shanee Pink, Jordie Lane @ Hotel Cafe
- DIIV, No Joy, Sunflower Bean @ The Roxy
- Kosha Dillz, Danger Boy, Scorpion Warrior, Hugh Augustine @ The Smell
- Rocco Deluca @ McCabe's
DECISION:
When Light FM approached with an idea to put on a show featuring their Danish friends, The Foreign Resort, we at Radio Free Silver Lake jumped at the chance, also with Viva Violet and The Distant Intimate at Lot 1.
Sunday, October 25
- BUSted: Stories About Getting Around L.A. Told By People Who Don't Drive @ Stories Books and Cafe
- Dungen, Sophia Knapp @ The Echo
- Part Time Punks w/ Peacers, Elisa Ambroglio, Sadistic Candle, The Herms @ Echoplex
- Decorations EP Release Show, Dream Machines @ Bootleg Bar
- All Scene Eye presents October's Child, Marian Marena, Bird Concerns, Wash @ The Virgil
- Luna, Quilt @ Teragram Ballroom
- Kadavar, The Shrine, All Them Witches @ El Rey
- Upsilon Acrux, Corima, Pigeonwing @ The Smell
DECISION:
Start the day with an early evening of storytelling at BUSted: Stories About Getting Around L.A. Told By People Who Don't Drive, hosted by Scott Schultz, at Stories Books and Cafe (at right). Then walk up a few doors and have your face melted by Dungen at The Echo.
All Scene Eye are presenting October's Child and Bird Concerns, among others, at The Virgil.
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