The L.A. Show Low Down (Or: "Change Lies In Every Direction, So Now I Guess We Just Begin Again...")

by Brad Roberts

The best shows of the week all involve local artists, both big and small. The Airborne Toxic Event (left) have gotten so huge that they had to book four dates at El Rey after the third one sold out. They play this Thursday and on the two subsequent Thursdays, Mar. 30 and Apr. 6, and added Friday, Apr. 7th, for which there are still some tickets available. Since The Belle Brigade stopped, Ethan Gruska has pursued his own project, culminating in a debut album called Slomotionary, and he opens for Agnes Obel on Tuesday, also at El Rey.

Very exciting local show at Bootleg Bar on Sunday night with Nate Cole, who we all know and love from Castledoor, and the constantly changing and evolving Tenlons Fort and Avi Buffalo rounding out a heavy lineup. There's also Seasons at Taix Lounge on Friday. and The Buttertones Record Release Party at Bootleg Bar on Saturday.

Monday, March 20

Recommended:

 Tashaki Miyaki, Lael Neale, Joel Jerome, Slow Dancer @ The Echo

Also playing:

• Geordie Kieffer, Julia Nunes, Plasmic, CLARA-NOVA @ The Satellite
• Tashaki Miyaki, Lael Neale, Joel Jerome, Slow Dancer @ The Echo
• "School Night!" w/ Doombird, Allday, Let'a Eat Grandma @ Bardot
• Alison, Danielle Radford, Solomon Georgio @ Silver Lake Lounge
• The Reverend Shawn Amos, Clifton Weaver @ The Hi Hat
• La Bouquet, Tampa, Jupiter Winter @ Bootleg Bar
• Kong, Matthew Koma @ Hotel Café
• Monday Monday w/ TBA @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Steel Panther @ The Roxy
• Ilegal Mescal Music Series w/ Cellar Doors, Former Faces @ Harvard & Stone
• The Band Perry @ El Rey

Tuesday, March 21

Recommended:

 Sonny And The Sunsets, Part Time, Psychomagic, Reptaliens @ Resident

Agnes Obel, Ethan Gruska @ El Rey

Also playing:

• Reggie Watts & Karen @ The Satellite
• Skott, Midnight to Monaco @ The Echo
• Kate Tempest @ Echoplex
• Andy Shauf, Aldous Harding @ The Regent Theatre
• Holly Macve, Distant Cousins, Jordan Rodriguez @ Hotel Café
• Steve Kazee, Mike Mains, Sunny Ozell @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Night Talks, Twin Temple, Drag, Paul Hernandez @ The Hi Hat
• Cameron Avery, Part Friend @ Teragram Ballroom
• Sonny And The Sunsets, Part Time, Psychomagic, Reptaliens @ Resident
• Lake Street Dive @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel
• Maggie Rogers, Overcoats @ The Troubadour
• Wrabel, Molly Kate Kearney @ Bootleg Bar
• Jesca Hoop, Lola Lennox @ The Rich
• Grace ALbritton, The Velopheliacs @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Cutty Flam, Amoeba Boys, The Singles @ Harvard & Stone
• Agnes Obel, Ethan Gruska @ El Rey

Wednesday, March 22

Recommended:

 Dungen @ Amoeba Music

"Desert Nights" w/ G H O S T  (Ghost are The Sweet Hurt, Paris Carney, Priscilla Ahn, Inga Roberts, Louis) @ The Standard

Also playing:

• Dungen @ Amoeba Music
• Island Apollo, The Brevet, The Sound of Ghosts, Ships Have Sailed @ The Satellite
• Allison Crutchfield and the Fizz, Vagabon, Upset @ The Echo
• Anderson .Paak @ Space 15 Twenty
• "Desert Nights" w/ G H O S T  (Ghost are The Sweet Hurt, Paris Carney, Priscilla Ahn, Inga Roberts, Louis) @ The Standard
• Picture This, Jim & Sam @ Resident
• JAIN, Two Feet @ The Troubadour
• Clap! Clap! @ The Hi Hat
• Rotana, Jaden Larue, Brynn Stanley, Natalie Gelman @ Hotel Café
• The Hawkline Monster & Bearcoon, Paul The Trombonist, Chris Assaad @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Rainbow Kitten Surprise, CAAMP @ The Roxy
• Vera Blue, Caroline Smith @ Bootleg Bar
• Cedar Boulevard, St. Tropez, No Darling, Jake Tittle @ Silver Lake Lounge

Thursday, March 23

Recommended:

The Airborne Toxic Event @ El Rey

French Vanilla, Roses, Post-Life @ The Smell

Also playing:

• Flames of Durga EP Release Show, Stars At Night, The Menstruators, Pleasure Fix @ The Satellite
• Slothrust, Sons of an Illustrious Father, Ramona Hammer @ The Echo
• Polyphia, Jason Richardson, Covet @ Echoplex
• Modern English, Cold Showers, Sextile @ The Regent Theatre
• Dia Frampton w/ Angel Snow, The Americans, Scotch Jane Record Release Show, Palo Duro @ Hotel Café
• Darla Beaux, Rachel Kaplan, Ross Grant @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Bad Pop, Slowkiss @ Resident
• Potty Mouth, Partybaby, Tennis System, Pastel Felt@ The Troubadour
• French Vanilla, Roses, Post-Life @ The Smell
• Sleeping Lessons, Twin Seas, Mind Monogram @ Silver Lake Lounge
• The Airborne Toxic Event @ El Rey

Friday, March 24

Recommended:

 Seasons, Platonic @ Taix Lounge

Also playing:

• The Beta Machine EP Release Party, Zano, Convey @ The Satellite
• La Luz, Omni, Happyness, Veiny Hands, Thee MVPS @ The Echo
• Eric Zayne, Jules Galli & The Puscie Jones Review @ Hotel Café
• Kari Kimmel, Los Kingdom, Courtney Ariel & William Hawkins, The Gluteens @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Vita and the Woolf @ The Roxy
• The Motet, Thumpasaurus @ Teragram Ballroom
• Seasons, Platonic @ Taix Lounge
• DW and the Carefrees, Steppe People, Kim Free, Jenn Prince @ The Hi Hat
• Jeremy Enigk, Tomo Nakayama @ Bootleg Bar
• Big Business, Death Eyes, Fever Creep @ The Smell
• Lions and Poets, Way, Kris Olsen @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Nikki Lane, Robert Ellis & Jonathan Tyler @ El Rey

Saturday, March 25

Recommended:

The Buttertones Record Release, Guantanamo Baywatch, Wild Wing @ Bootleg Bar

Also playing:

• Facial, TEST, Clear @ The Echo
• Leftover Crack, Naked Aggression, Starving Wolves, Bad Cop/Bad Cop, Informal Society @ The Regent Theatre
• Colony House, Knox Hamilton @ The Troubadour
• Japan Nite w/ CHAI, Tokyo CHaotic!!!, Walkings @ The Hi Hat
• Electric Guest, Chaos Chaos @ Teragram Ballroom
• Fire Chief Charlie Album Release Show, The Bluegrass Situation w/ Skin & Bones; Knoup w/ Theoudplayer, Chris Daniel & Palm of Granite @ Hotel Café
• Brandon McCulloch presents Lauren Salvo, Little Temple, James Longstreet; Sam Babayan, Isla June, Gaelynn Lea, Amie Cota @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• The Buttertones Record Release, Guantanamo Baywatch, Wild Wing @ Bootleg Bar
• Vice Cooler, The Red Laugh, Fucked Forever, Moisture Boys @ The Smell
• Rick Shea, Claire Holley @ McCabe's

Sunday, March 26

Recommended:

Nate Cole, Tenlons Fort, Avi Buffalo @ Bootleg Bar

Also playing:

• BUSted: True L.A. Non-Motorist Stories, 3rd Anniversary @ Stories Books & Cafe
• Rolling Blackouts Costal Fever, Moaning, Draa, Glaare @ The Echo
• Part Time Punks w/ Soft Kill, Chain of Flowers, @ The Echo
• Benefit for The Smell, Thee Oh Sees, Clipping, Super Lunch, Matter Room, Plumber @ Teragram Ballroom
• Solidarity For Sanctuary w/ Cujo, The Shingles, Dr. Doctor, Disco Shrine @ The Hi Hat
• Nate Cole, Tenlons Fort, Avi Buffalo @ Bootleg Bar
• Greg Brown, Bo Ramsey @ McCabe's