The L.A. Show Low Down (Or: "They Say It's Never Over - The Chipping Away At The Boulder, The Spinning Of The Wheels...")

by Brad Roberts

Some nice shows this week leading up to a weekend of numerous events, especially on Saturday when I have my Feed Your Head show which is pitted against a stopover in town by The Brian Jonestown Massacre and Matt Pond PA. The Brian Jonestown Massacre just played a three night run at Teragram Ballroom last year in May but they're back for a big one night show at The Fonda Theatre. Miranda Lee Richards opens the evening.

My Feed Your Head show is a real thrill for me because Seasons will be headlining and they haven't played this gig for a few years and that's too long. A new project by Malcolm Sosa called 123Death will be making their debut at Lot 1 in the 10:15 spot and Joe Levi and Westerner bracket the whole thing.

Like Pinback, Matt Pond PA ent on hiatus about a year ago but,  Pinback, they are already returning to the concert stage when they come back to town to play Resident on Saturday.

The Smell is hosting the WFSU Fest 2017 on Saturday and Sunday featuring over 20 performers.

During the week you can catch sets by Psychic Love, Gold Star, I See Hawks in L.A., The Dead Ships and Two Sheds, just to name a few.

Of course, tonight is Oscar night (Sunday Feb, 26), so this is a bare bones Low Down as I have to don my rented tux and attend my seventeenth Academy Awards. If anyone had told me as a kid that I would actually go to the Oscars, and seventeen times, I would have called them crazy. Maybe I am? Or just lucky, depending on your point of view.

Monday, February 27

Recommended:

The Palms, Psychic Love, The Years, Flower Punks @ The Satellite

Gold Star, Dustin Lovelis, Cory Becker @ Bootleg Bar

Also playing:

• The Palms, Psychic Love, The Years, Flower Punks @ The Satellite
• Mind Meld, Death Valley Girls, Prittiest Eyes, OGOD @ The Echo
• Buscabulla, Empress Of @ Echoplex
• "School Night!" w/ Special Guess Headliner, Armors, Pacific Radio, Matt Woods @ Bardot
• Tim Barnett, Mark Strassner, Aly Ryan, Mitchell Thomas, Kiki Halliday @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Jens Lekman, The Dove & The Wolf @ Teragram Ballroo
• CVBZ @ The Hi Hat
• Gold Star, Dustin Lovelis, Cory Becker @ Bootleg Bar
• Lissie, Jim & Sam @ Hotel Café
• Steve Poltz @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Summer Moon, Mereki, The Bulls @ The Troubadour
• Ilegal Mescal Music Series w/ Glittertearz, Anna Christie, Sol Ange @ Harvard & Stone
• The Memories, TOMA, Bed Bits, Bed Bugs @ Resident

Tuesday, February 28

Recommended:

 I See Hawks in L.A., Naleen Kula, The Everyday Visuals @ The Hi Hat

Also playing:

• Spain @ The Love Song
• Ugly God, Nessly, Ski Mask the Slump God, Caye @ Echoplex
• I See Hawks in L.A., Naleen Kula, The Everyday Visuals @ The Hi Hat
• Bell X 1, Vita And The Woolf @ The Troubadour
• The Shorelines, The Lavender Scare, Dominic Zinn, The  Wrong Windows, Jake Long @ Silver Lake Lounge

Wednesday, March 1

Recommended:

 The Dead Ships, Kim and The Created, Facial @ The Roxy

"Desert Nights" w/ White China Gold, Luke Paquin, Mapache, Austin McCutchen @ The Standard

Also playing:

• Fartbarf, + TBA @ The Echo
• The Dead Ships, Kim and The Created, Facial @ The Roxy
• "Desert Nights" w/ White China Gold, Luke Paquin, Mapache, Austin McCutchen @ The Standard
• Mondo Cozmo, Sego @ The Troubadour
• Dream Machines, Superet, Raener @ The Hi Hat
• Jack Savoretti, Diana DeMuth, Magic City Hippies @ Hotel Café
• Arum Rae, RKDN, Luis @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• The Brinks, Flavia, LOVEYOU @ Bootleg Bar
• Flying Hand, Abraham Lincoln, Killjoi, The Absurd @ Silver Lake Lounge

Thursday, March 2

Recommended:

Boo Seeka, Magic Bronson, Dyan @ The Echo

Also playing

• Boo Seeka, Magic Bronson, Dyan @ The Echo
• Jack Savoretti @ Hotel Café
• Blake Morgan & Janita, Rozzi Crane, Brynn Stanley, War & Pierce @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Railroad Earth, Tom Hamilton's American Babies @ Teragram Ballroom
• Sheryl Crow @ The Troubadour
• Richie Ramone, Izzy Malik @ The Hi Hat
• AOE, Abjo, hosted by Novando @ Bootleg Bar
• Dream Clinic, Shoreside Vale, The Space Sanchos, The OK Shack @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Huh What & Where DTLA Monthly w/ Gravez, TEK.LUN, DrewsThatDude, + surprise guests @ Resident

Friday, March 3

Recommended:

Creeper Lagoon, Two Sheds @ The Echo

Also playing:

• First Fridays w/ Emily Wells, Japanese Breakfast @ The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
• Creeper Lagoon, Two Sheds @ The Echo
• Shiny Toy Guns, Kitten @ The Regent Theatre
• ELOHIM, weld, Smle @ Echoplex
• The Wood Brothers, Shook Twins @ The Troubadour
• Nicolette Smith, Milo Greene @ Hotel Café
• Elijah Ocean, Alec Lytle & Them Rounders, @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Bleeding: A Dance Party to kick off Women's Month w/Jasmine Solano, Kitten @ Resident
• John Isaac Watters Rainstorm Brother, We Are The West, Flood Coats, Amigo @ The Hi Hat
• Dent May, Cones, Lily McQueen @ Bootleg Bar
• Alice Bag, Seth Bogart, San Cha, Xina Xurner, Cisco Dykes, Butcher Boys @ The Smell
• Caitlin Eadie, The Swansons, L.A. Coyote, Electric Carlos, Beatjackers, Shane Grey @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Hippo Campus @ Teragram Ballroom

Saturday, March 4

Recommended:

Feed Your Head presents Seasons, 123Death  Westerner  Joe Levi @ Lot 1

The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Miranda Lee Richards @ The Fonda Theatre.

.Matt Pond PA, Annuals, Completions @ Resident (6:30 PM)

Also playing:

• Feed Your Head presents Seasons, 123Death, Westerner, Joe Levi @ Lot 1
• Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, The Creation Factory @ Teragram Ballroom
• Shiner @ The Echo
• The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Miranda Lee Richards @ The Fonda Theatre
• Classical Revolution: LA w/ An Unexpected Pair, Shostavovich meets Judah's Priest @ Silver Lake Lounge (4 PM)
• Temples, Night Beat, Deap Vally, Froth, JJUUJJUU @ The Regent Theatre
• "Alone and Together" featuring Kevin Morby, Sam Cohen, Eric D. Johnson, Joe Russo and Josh Kaufman @ The Sanctuary at Pico-Union Project 
• The Wood Brothers, Shook Twins @ The Troubadour
• Chicano Batman, Sad Girl, 79.5 @ The Roxy
• Groves EP Release Party, Jane, The Habits, Cologne @ The Hi Hat
• Matt Pond PA, Annuals, Completions @ Resident (6:30 PM)
• Mike Maimoni, Your Future Lover, Jon Licht @ Georgia Feroce @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Sinkane Album Release Show, Grateful Shred @ Bootleg Bar
• WFSU Fest 2017 w/ Madame Gandhi, Ginger Shankar, Wolfprize, Corina Seas, Disco Shrine, Inti WaWa, Soar, Saint Cecilia, Restkust, Maddie Ross, Mona Demone @ The Smell (5 PM)

Sunday, March 5

Recommended:

The Smell is hosting the WFSU Fest 2017 w/ Kimya Dawson, WASI, Blushh, Aparato, San Cha y Las Strenas, Skydive, Sawyer Key, Whisper Kid, Minimall, Gypsum, Lucy Gucy, Bad Cop/Bad Cop @ The Smell (4 PM}

Also playing:

- Part Time Punks w/ Cosmonauts (My Bloody Valentine nite), Thigh Master, Echolust, Deaf Dance @ The Echo

- Trevor Hall, SATSANG @ Teragram Ballroom

- Laura Stevenson, Chris Farren, Ogikubo Station @ Bootleg Bar

The Smell is hosting the WFSU Fest 2017 w/ Kimya Dawson, WASI, Blushh, Aparato, San Cha y Las Strenas, Skydive, Sawyer Key, Whisper Kid, Minimall, Gypsum, Lucy Gucy, Bad Cop/Bad Cop  (4 PM}