The L.A. Show Low Down

by Brad Roberts

I really dropped the ball on this one. I'll post the list as it is just to make sure there's no hole in our history.

Finally The Shins are resurfacing with a revived career thanks to a new album, Heartworms, coming out next Friday and a preliminary concert tour to introduce us to it. Kid Wave open the show at El Rey, which will sell out moments after tickets go on sale on Tuesday. (The tickets must have sold out before this cause they never became available...too bad) (actually a block of tickets were released on Friday morning and I managed to score one at box office price...SO I'M GOING!)

Monday, March 6

Recommended:

Tashaki Miyaki, Winter, The Tyde, Shannon Lay @ Echoplex

The Do-Its, Mo Troper, Surprise Vacation @ Ham & Eggs Tavern

Also playing:

• Geordie Kieffer, Magic Bronson, Split Party, Ceasefire @ The Satellite
• Vallis Alps, Matt Maeson @ The Echo
• Tashaki Miyaki, Winter, The Tyde, Shannon Lay @ Echoplex
• "School Night!" w/ Midnight Sister, Active Bird Community, Kid Bloom, Brayton Bowman @ Bardot
• Savannah Gardner, Michael Conrad, Eden Iris, Jim Priest @ Silver Lake Lounge
• La Bouquet, Rad Horror, Field Medic @ Bootleg Bar
• Mount Holly @ Hotel Café
• Legends Lost: A Monday Monday Tribute to 2016 w/ Nina Storey, Ari Herstand, Distant Cousins, Leila Milki, Keaton Simons, Clare Means, Patrick Simons, Sarah Holland, Malynda Hale, Juliet Roberts, Devin Rush, Maria Z; Jesse Ruben @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Steel Panther, Them Evils @ The Roxy
• Helado Negro, Sotomayor @ Resident
• Whiskey Myers, The Wans @ The Troubadour
• The Do-Its, Mo Troper, Surprise Vacation @ Ham & Eggs Tavern

Tuesday, March 7

Recommended:

Reggie Watts & Karen, Gateway Drugs @ The Satellite

 Also playing:

• Reggie Watts & Karen, Gateway Drugs @ The Satellite
• Red Hot Chili Peppers @ Staples Center
• Faulkner, The Wav @ Hotel Café
• Zero to Billy w/ Billy Galewood, Eric Schwartz, Dan Davis Comedy Night @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Night Talks, Lauren Ruth Ward, Holy Wars, Beyond Rare @ The Hi Hat
• X Ambassadors, Morgxn, MILCK @ The Roxy
• This Saxophone Kills Fascists, Jessika Kenney's Svaramorphed Calligraphies @ The Smell
• Bash & Pop, The Yawpers @ The Troubadour
• Six Organs of Admittance, Itasca @ Bootleg Bar
• Ruth Caro and the Fish Heads, Youth on Soda, Lunar Gateway @ Silver Lake Lounge

Wednesday, March 8

Recommended:

"Desert Nights" w/ Erika Wennerstrom, Gold Star @ The Standard

Also playing:

• Red Hot Chili Peppers @ Staples Center
• Dude York, Naked Giants, American Nights @ Resident
• "Desert Nights" w/ Erika Wennerstrom, Gold Star @ The Standard
• Big Thief, Fell Runner, Henry Jamison @ The Troubadour
• Milky Chance, Noah Kahan @ Teragram Ballroom
• Leah Capelle @ Hotel Café
• Vanladylove, Sarah Petrella, Kirsten Arian @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Naomi Greene Vinyl Release Show, Danke, Jett Kwong @ Bootleg Bar
• Friend Request, Bass Church, Past Hype, Amir C @ The Lexington
• One Hundred Paces, Jonah Sissoyev, John Day River, Travis March @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Prissy Whip, Consumer., Illuminati Sex Party @ The Smell

Thursday, March 9

Recommended:

LVL UP, Palm, Los Angeles Police Department @ The Echo

Also playing:

• LVL UP, Palm, Los Angeles Police Department @ The Echo
• Popshop West 047 w/ Youngr, Japanese Wallpaper, Jamie Isaac @ Echoplex
• Andy Allo, Bell @ Hotel Café
• David Rothschild, Great American Canyon Band, Madison Cunningham @ Hotel Cafe
• Red Hot Chili Peppers @ Staples Center
• Imelda May @ Teragram Ballroom
• Greg Gaffin of Bad Religion @ The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
• G Love, Special Sauce @ The Troubadour
• Rudy De Anda, Protistas, The Red Pears, Dabble @ The Hi Hat
• Vanderocker, Apache Wilds, International Connection, Kelsa @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Japandroids, Craig Finn @ The Fonda Theatre

Friday, February 10

Recommended:

The Shins, Kid Wave @ El Rey

Also playing:

• The Molochs, Feels, Frankie Flowers @ The Echo
• Pure Bathing Culture, Big Search, Ablebody, American Nights @ Echoplex
• Hey Violet, Jessarae @ The Troubadour
• Mako, Night Lights @ The Roxy
• Red Hot Chili Peppers @ Staples Center
• DNK, Elli Perry, Denmantau @ Hotel Café
• Rebecca Loebe CD Release Show, Chris Ayer and Adam Barnes, Short Sleeve Heart, Drew Southern, Hibbity Dibbity, Courtney Kaiser Sandler @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• The Japanese House, Blaise Moore @ Teragram Ballroom
• Terry Malts, Acid Tongue, Wyatt Blair, Gabbi Green @ The Hi Hat
• Lady Lamb, Dustin Lovelis @ Bootleg Bar
• Chris Lind, Christopher Piliguian, The Inverse Effect, Resin, Reignbow, The Relevant Elephants @ Silver Lake Lounge
• The Shins, Kid Wave @ El Rey
• Japandroids, Craig Finn @ The Fonda Theatre
• Langhorne Slim @ McCabe's

Saturday, March 11

Recommended:

 Alex Lahey, Emerson Star, Liv Slingerland a @ The Echo

The Warlocks, The Creation Factory, Gateway Drugs, The Tissues @ The Hi Hat

Also playing:

• Alex Lahey, Emerson Star, Liv Slingerland a @ The Echo
• The Warlocks, The Creation Factory, Gateway Drugs, The Tissues @ The Hi Hat
• Rock The Night w/ Jakob Dylan, Chris Martin, Butch Walker, Jade @ Teragram Ballroom
• The Station Breaks, Jason Sinay, Animal Cloud Record Release Show @ Hotel Café
• Brandon McCulloch, Arthur Autumn, Maiah Manser @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Janvi Anand, Saahas Patil, Mike Moody @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Common Kings, MAYDAY!, Markus Rothman @ The Fonda Theatre
• The Railsplitters, Steep Ravine @ McCabe's

Sunday, March 12

Recommended:

 Fucked Up, No Age, Dangers @ The Echo

Also playing:

• Fucked Up, No Age, Dangers @ The Echo
• Part Time Punks w/ Soviet Soviet, The Wraith, Deth Crux @ The Echo
• Koi Child @ The Hi Hat
• Bird Concerns EP Release Show, Moontalk, Albert and His Dreamboats @ Bootleg Bar
• Brother Sal and the Devil May Care @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Enter Shikari, Rival Tides @ The Roxy
• Noam Pikelny @ McCabe'S