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The L.A. Show Low Down (Or: "Bare Bones Edition...")

by Brad Roberts

It's pretty ironic and bizarre to be celebrating American Independence now that our country has been purchased by the Russians and run by a madman. To quote the eloquent orange one, "Sad!"

week of July 3 - 9

Monday, July 3 

Recommended:

4th of July Fireworks Spectacular w/ Pentatonix @ Hollywood Bo

Bloody Death Skull, Cutty Flam, Ramonda Hammer, August Eve @ The Echo

playing tonight:

• 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular w/ Pentatonix @ Hollywood Bowl
• AOE, Trishes, Michael O., Emily Elbert @ The Satellite
• Bloody Death Skull, Cutty Flam, Ramonda Hammer, August Eve @ The Echo
• Part Time Punks - David Bowie Nite @ Echoplex
• Watch for Horses, Hollow Fortyfives, RMB, Late Night Revival @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Girl Pusher, Model/Actriz, HOUNDS @ The Smell

Tuesday, July 4

Recommended:

4th of July Fireworks Spectacular w/ Pentatonix @ Hollywood Bowl

playing tonight:

• 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular w/ Pentatonix @ Hollywood Bowl
• Noelle Tannen, Joe Endozo, Fayleen Morrow, Esbie  Fonte @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Ilegal Mescal Music Series w/ Cesar Saez, The Mexican Standoff @ Harvard & Stone

Wednesday, July 5

Recommended:

Miss Jupiter Presents Amagianascience Debut Album Release Show w/ Mother Echo, Nora Keyes, Rachel Mason @ The Hi Hat

playing tonight:

• Norwegian Arms, King Hurrah, Cold Fronts (solo) @ The Satellite
• "Desert Nights" w/ Lucy & La Mer, Annachristie @ The Standard
• Miss Jupiter Presents Amagianascience Debut Album Release Show w/ Mother Echo, Nora Keyes, Rachel Mason @ The Hi Hat
• Tulpa & Blankts, Goodnight Texas, LRN GRN & The Lost Grapes, Mister Paradise, Tyler Edwards @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• She-Devils, Tesha @ Resident
• Anarbor, Sundressed, Shadow The Wild @ Bootleg Bar

Thursday, July 6

Recommended:

Psychic Love, Jupiter Winter, Big Air, Yellowbirddd @ The Satellite

Robert Jon & The Wreck, The Two Tens, LA River Bend @ The Hi Hat

playing tonight:

• Psychic Love, Jupiter Winter, Big Air, Yellowbirddd @ The Satellite
• The Regrettes, The Tracks @ Levitt Pavilion Los Angeles
• Titan, Silverio, Anzano @ The Regent Theatre
• Froth, Adult Books, Moaning @ The Echo
• Teen Daze, Sam O.B. @ Echoplex
• Distant Cousins, Gidon, Zev the Wolf, Shaun Jacobs @ Hotel Café
• Kat Myers & The Buzzards, Ivory DeVille, Joel Jerome @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Sheer, Furnace Girl, Prissy Whip @ The Smell
• Robert Jon & The Wreck, The Two Tens, LA River Bend @ The Hi Hat
• Kyle McNeill, Maesa Pullman and The Last Hurrah, Fabiano Nascimento @ Bootleg Bar
• The Absurd, Cairo Knife Fight, Piel, The Golden Hexegrams, Cristina Vane @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Beach Fossils, She Devils, Ablebody @ El Rey

Friday, July 7

Recommended:

Sure Sure, Street Joy, Emerson Star @ The Satellite

playing tonight:

• Sure Sure, Street Joy, Emerson Star @ The Satellite
• Fartbarf, The Manx, FACIAL @ The Echo
• The Melvins, Spotlights @ The Troubadour
• Western Standard Time @ Levitt Pavilion Los Angeles
• Sean Rowe, Annie Hardy @ The Sanctuary at Pico-Union Project
• Trace Bundy & Mike Dawes, Zachariah Kaler @ Hotel Café
• Lilac Sessions w/ Marcus Von Rittberg, The Hawkline Monster, Chris Loggins; Lynette Williams, Nina Storey, Madi Diaz @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Eagle Rock Gospel Singers, Black Crystal Wolf Kids, Jamie Drake, Jason Hawk Harris @ The Hi Hat
• Rozes, Carrie Lane @ Resident
• "Amp vs. Amp" Battle Show: Kicked Off  The Streets vs. The High Curbs, Sweet Pill vs. The OK Shack, Sea Ghouls vs. EMP  @ The Smell
• Ashes and Roots, Old Man's Money, Arthur Watership, Jane N' The Jungle, The Hate Club @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Paula Cole @ McCabe's

Saturday, July 8

Recommended:

King Washington, Faulkner, Wilding, Hamster @ The Troubadour

playing tonight:

• Madame Gandhi, Veronica Banqui, Le Ra, Fawns of Love, Play Like A Girl @ The Echo
• King Washington, Faulkner, Wilding, Hamster @ The Troubadour
• The Suffers @ Levitt Pavilion Los Angeles
• Unseen Fest. w/ HOTT MT, Goon, Draag, Alyeska, Wolf Woodcock @ The Hi Hat
• Part Time, Haunted Horses, L.A. Drones, Deth Crux @ El Cid
• DragonForce, Once Human @ The Roxy
• Karen & Kill Evans, Abe, DARK PULSE @ The Smell
• Aydra Jenson, Juliet Annerino @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Sara Niemietz Record Release Show, Gene Evaro Jr. @ Hotel Café
• Scout Durwood, Cindy Alexander, Carly & The Universe, Horace Gold, Sara Jackson-Holman @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Jesse Redwing @ Bootleg Bar
• Peter Case @ McCabe's

Sunday, July 9

Recommended:

Grand Ole Echo w/ Gethan Jenkins, Brian Whelan, Desure, Professor Columbo @ The Echo

playing tonight

• Grand Ole Echo w/ Gethan Jenkins, Brian Whelan, Desure, Professor Columbo @ The Echo
• Part Time Punks w/ The Phantom Limbs, Egrets On Ergot, Future Shoxx @ Echople
• Audra Isadora @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Love Bothing EP Release Party, Chatrooms, Old Notes, Andys Room, Birdluck @ The Hi Hat
• Lord Dying, Yidhra, Rtg, Ironaut @ Bootleg Bar
• NRBQ @ McCabe's

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week of July 10 - 16

Monday, July 10

Recommended:

Bloody Death Skull, Part Time, Wyatt Blair, The Fuzzy Crystals @ The Echo

playing tonight:

• AOE, I, Us & We, Wake the Wild @ The Satellite
• Bloody Death Skull, Part Time, Wyatt Blair, The Fuzzy Crystals @ The Echo
• "School Night!" w/ Autumn In June, DWNTWN Record Release Show, Hollis Brown, Badalax @ Bardot
• Winter (Homecoming Party), BOYO, Franky FLowers, Fragile Gang @ The Hi Hat
• Early Dolphin, Highland Eyeway, Dream Vacation @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Dustin Lovelis, Two Sheds, Rufrano @ Bootleg Bar
• Mutoid Man, Helms Alee, MGR @ Resident
• Monday Monday w/ TBA, Distant Cousins @ Hotel Café Second Stage

Tuesday, July 11

Recommended:

RJ Chesney & The Amateurs, William Hawkins & Courtney Ariel, Gregg Stewart @ Hotel Café Second Stage

playing tonight:

• All Things Blue, Barrie Rose, Bel Haven @ The Satellite
• RJ Chesney & The Amateurs, William Hawkins & Courtney Ariel, Gregg Stewart @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Jaymes Young, Matt Maeson @ The Troubadour
• Steel Panther, The Delta Riggs @ The Roxy
• Dogbreath, Nice Try, Harmony Tividad @ Bootleg Bar
• Julian B, Choric Mu @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Rajas, All Souls, (Big) Pig @ The Hi Hat

Wednesday, July 12

Recommended:

The Crazy Brave Record Release Party, Modpods, LA River Bend @ The Satellite

playing tonight:

• The Crazy Brave Record Release Party, Modpods, LA River Bend @ The Satellite
• Rajas, All Souls, (Big) Pig @ The Hi Hat
• Teammate, Dales @ Resident
• Joe Marson & Friends Fay Wolf, Paul Julius @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Dante, The Gutter Daisies @ Silver Lake Lounge

Thursday, July 13

Recommended:

Mad Alchemy Liquid Lighting Tour w/ LSD & the Search for God, The Stevenson Ranch Davidians, Jesus Sons, Dream Phases, Creatures Choir, Family of Light Band, The Astrroid No. 4, The Turns @ Bootleg Bar

Psychic Love, Yeses @ The Satellite

The Jigsaw Seen, Spidey, Bebopalula, The Forty Nineteens @ Silver Lake Lounge

playing tonight:

• Psychic Love, Yeses @ The Satellite
• Twilight Concert Series w/ Marcia Griffiths, Jah9 @ Santa Monica Pier
• Sports, Yeek, LTENGHT @ The Echo
• CB Brand @ The Love Song
• Ships Have Sailed w/ Jenna Lotti, Annabot, Curious Quail, People Who Could Fly; Shaun Jacobs, Left Vessel @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• War Tapes, L.A. Drones, Le  Cos @ El Cid
• Spirit Mother, Kevin Nichols, Ecstatic Union @ The Smell
• My Goodness @ Resident
• Mad Alchemy Liquid Lighting Tour w/ LSD & the Search for God, The Stevenson Ranch Davidians, Jesus Sons, Dream Phases, Creatures Choir, Family of Light Band, The Astrroid No. 4, The Turns @ Bootleg Bar
• The Jigsaw Seen, Spidey, Bebopalula, The Forty Nineteens @ Silver Lake Lounge

Friday, July 14

Recommended:

ExSage EP Release Party, Wendy Belen, Gateway Drugs, Polyplastic @ The Echo

playing tonight:

• ExSage EP Release Party, Wendy Belen, Gateway Drugs, Polyplastic @ The Echo
• Jacquie w/ Special Guests, Jules Gslli Fridays w/ Dezmond Meeks & more, Elijah Blake @ Hotel Café
• Scott Ruth, Jesse Macht, Yonatan, Sloanwalkers, Tyler Boone @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• King, Caroline Smith, Arima Ederra @ Resident
• Alvarez Kings, Big Mother Gig, Yacht Punk @ The Hi Hat
• R-REXTASY, Sister Mantos, Momma @ Bootleg Bar
• Frankie & The Witch Fingers, MIND MELD< Psychic Jiu-Jitsu, Kaz Mirblouk @ The Smell
• Adventurist, The Ricky Fitts, Fate Under Fire, Coat Check Girl, Red Light Camera, Cassandra @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Joan Shelley @ McCabe's

Saturday, July 15

Recommended:

Dead Heavens, Æges, Dragg @ Resident

playing tonight:

• Now Now, DEM YUUT, Las Penas @ The Echo
• Nerf Herder, Ozma, Punch Punch Kick @ The Troubadour
• Playboy Manbaby, Catsigns, The High Curbs, The Rosewaters, Santa Barbara @ The Hi Hat
• Dead Heavens, Æges, Dragg @ Resident
• Neila Dar Record Release Show, Singer & The Scientist@ Hotel Café
• Robin Bacior, Nora Rothman EP Release Show, Brandon McCulloch, Kate Sland @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Rare Monk @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Palm, Palberta, Shit Giver @ Bootleg Bar
• John Jorgenson Bluegrass Band @ McCabe's

Sunday, July 16

Recommended:

Brenda Carsey & the Awe Album Release Show w/ Solar Sons, Cassini, Luci @ Hotel Café

playing tonight:

• Grand Ole Echo w/ Banta, Brea Burns, Mara Connor @ The Echo
• Part Time Punks - New Order Nite @ The Echo
• Thou, Graf Orlock, Cloud Rat, False, Moloch @ The Echo
• Jazz Night @ Bootleg Bar
• Brenda Carsey & the Awe Album Release Show w/ Solar Sons, Cassini, Luci @ Hotel Café
• Sound Collective: Sestra, Suerra Blax, Kapali Long, The Last Internationale @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Las Piñas, Las Sanronas Y El Cabron, The Groans, The Vixens @ The Smell
• Led Kaapana @ McCabe's

The L.A. Show Low Down (Or: "The Singer's Going To Sing A Song, And He Wants You All To Sing Along...")

by Brad Roberts

Week of June 19 - 25

Long time since I've head from The Stevenson Ranch Davidians, so this Monday's show is a special event when they open for the Send Medicine residency night, Also Wam Dingis, Cuesta Loeb and Natalie Carol at The Satellite.

 

 

 

Monday, June 19

Recommended:

Send Medicine, The Stevenson Ranch Davidians, Wam Dingis, Cuesta Loeb, Natalie Carol @ The Satellite

playing tonight:

• Send Medicine, The Stevenson Ranch Davidians, Wam Dingis, Cuesta Loeb, Natalie Carol @ The Satellite
• Moon Honey, HOTT MT, Twin Temple @ The Echo
• Sevsaliza, Sasha Marie, SwearxxxWords @ Echoplex
• "School Night!" w/ Twinkids, Saya, Gemini Rising, Northeast Party House @ Bardot
• Upset, French Vanilla, Shit Giver @ The Hi Hat
• The Walcott, HoneyHoney, Ted Russell Kamp, Calico the band @ Bootleg Bar
• Monday Monday w/ TBA, Jane Ellen Bryant @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Jacob Whitesides, Castro, Taylor Grey @ The Troubadour
• Ilegal Mescal Music Series w/ Slugs, Family Cash, Wires @ Harvard & Stone
• Deathlist, Sunbathe, Gun/Her @ The Smell
  

Tuesday, June 20

Recommended:

Lucy & La Mer, Easy Friend, Andy Clockwise @ Harvard & Stone

playing tonight:

• The Cooties @ The Satellite
• TRACE, Luna Shadows, Layne @ The Echo
• dodie, Tessa Violet, Jim and Sam @ Echoplex
• Troubadours at Hotel Cafe w/ Emma Rena, Dylan Dunlap, Ryan Edgar, & Nico Franc ; Liz Vice @ Hotel Café
• L.A. Music Critic Awards Winners Showcase w/ Bob Leggett featuring Katie Costello, The Spider Accomplice, Papermoon Gypsies, Jerad Finck Lovers and Poets, Wendy Sweetlove, Elyse Haren, Janny Street @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Eagle Rock Brewery's Battle Of The Bands 2017 @ The Hi Hat
• Roger Waters, Us + Them @ Staples Center
• Langhorne Slim & Sara Watkins @ The Troubadour
• PolarTropica, L.A. Girlfriend, The Broken Hearts @ Bootleg Bar
• Ten Miles Wide, Ever So Android, He-Monster, Antenna The End @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Lucy & La Mer, Easy Friend, Andy Clockwise @ Harvard & Stone
• Foodman, KRON, Diamondstein, Sophiaaaahjkl;8901 @ Resident
• Hot Flash Heat Wave, Inner Wave, Worn-Tin @ The Smell
  

Wednesday, June 21

Recommended:

 "Desert Nights" w/ GospelbeacH, George Is Lord @ The Standar

playing tonight:

• King Crimson @ The Greek
• Bipolar Sunshine, Luna Luna, I, Us, & We @ The Echo
• Roger Waters, Us + Them @ Staples Center
• Mountain, Dream Club @ The Regent Theatre
• "Desert Nights" w/ GospelbeacH, George Is Lord @ The Standard
• Chase Bryant @ The Troubadour
• Nick Waterhouse, Sadgirl @ Teragram Ballroom
• Paintbox, Sleuth Dogs, Barrie Rose @ Harvard & Stone
• Welfair, Irene Diaz, August Eve, Gemma Castro, La Infinita @ The Hi Hat
• Fictionist, Arms Akimbo, Raener @ Resident
• Tulpa & BLANKTS, Shallows, Sean Renner @ Hotel Café
• Coby Jones, Samson, Travis Marsh, Shaun Jacobs of Jacobs Riot @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Steve Earle @ Amoeba Music (6 PM)
• The Atomics, Chase Atlantic, The New Electric Sound @ The Roxy
• Broken Fueld Runner, Super Whatevr, River Gods, Church Mouse, Family Thief @ Silver Lake Lounge

Thursday, June 22

Recommended:

The Rescues, Chris Stills, Sweet Crude @ Hotel Café

 Tennis System, Kid Bloom, Low Speech @ The Hi Hat

playing tonight:

• Mad Caddies, The Happys, Naked Walrus @ The Roxy
• Twilight Concert Series w/ Khalid, Bibi Bourelli @ Santa Monica Pier
• Aldous Harding, Midnight Sister, Annie Harding @ The Echo
• !!! (Chk Chk Chk), Honus Honus, Sego @ Echoplex
• The Rescues, Chris Stills, Sweet Crude @ Hotel Café
• Diana Demuth, Tim Wheatley @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Leche @ Levitt Pavilion, Los Angeles
• Dopapod, Shaky Feelin' @ Teragram Ballroom
• Futurecastle: A Joint Performance by Rare Futures and Gavin Castleton, Bird Concerns @  Resident
• David Archuleta @ The Troubadour
• Tennis System, Kid Bloom, Low Speech @ The Hi Hat
• Toothless, Minnow @ Bootleg Bar
• The Mosaics, Lily Lyon, Dchav, Jr. Sun, Honeypot @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Sad Park, Sarchasm, Pseudo @ The Smell

Friday, June 23

Recommended:

Boogaloo Assassins 10 Year Anniversary @ The Echo

playing tonight:

• The Revolution @ The Wiltern
• Boogaloo Assassins 10 Year Anniversary @ The Echo
• Jason Mraz & His Superband @ Hollywood Bowl
• Black Lips, Timmy's Organism, Starcrawler @ The Regent Theatre
• Moonchild @ The Troubadour
• Tank and The Bangas, Sweet Crude @ Levitt Pavilion, Los Angeles
• Brave Native, Creature Canyon, The Strike, Gavin Hayley, Alexander Cardinale @ Hotel Café
• Coby Brown, Caleb Trask, Josh Grider, D Henry Fenton, John Bardy Butch Norton Duo @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Belanova @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel
• Feminist Friday w/ She Keeps Bees, Shannon Lay @ Resident
• The Donkeys, Lens Mozer @ The Hi Hat
• Ripe, Courtship @ Bootleg Bar
• Jurassic Shark, Plumber, Pure Muscle, Hot Brothers @ The Smell
• Arlington, Arms Akimbo, Johnny Rich @  Silver Lake Lounge
• Bad Suns, The Chain Gang of 1974, The Marias @ The Fonda Theatre
• The Mastersons and friends - Special CD Release Concert @ McCabe's

Saturday, June 24

Recommended:

 Kinky @ Levitt Pavilion, Los Angeles and Air @ The Greek

playing tonight:

• Air @ The Greek
• Walters Etc., Peach Kelli Pop, DINERS @ The Echo
• REO Speedwagon, Styx, Don Felder @ The Greek
• J Luca, RVRB, Matt Rose, Noé @ The Troubadour
• Kinky @ Levitt Pavilion, Los Angeles
• Mating Ritual Album Release, Beginners, Dyan, La Bouquet, Oddnesse, Inspired and the Sleep, The Openers @ The Hi Hat
• Seu Jorge performing The Life Aquatic: A Tribute to David Bowie w/ The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra @ Hollywood Bowl
• Ruby Force Record Release Show @ Hotel Café
• Horace Gold, Matt Succich, Rusty Tinder, Tizdale, The Blackbird Revue @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Shark Toys, Swarming Branch, POW! @ Bootleg Bar
• Blind Pilot, Charlie Cunningham @ El Rey
• Deathbomb Arc showcase w/ KASSH Signor Benedick The Moor, Girl Pusher, Baseck, Scumboys/Wrongboy, GRYPT, Hareld @ The Smell
• The Barefoot Movement @ McCabe's

Sunday, June 25

Recommended:

"Déjà Vu": The Complete Album Live in Concert featuring Jeff Alan Ross, Rob Bonfiglio, Steve Fekete, Adam Daniel, Chad Watson, and Christopher Allis @ McCabe's

playing tonight:

• Grand Ole Echo w/ Willie T. Taylor, Deception Past, Jenny Don't And The Spurs, Hayley Thompson King @ The Echo
• Part Time Punks w/ High-Functioning Flesh Record Release Show, Collin Gorman Weiland, C57BL/6 @ The Echo
• Jet Trash EP Release Show @ Silver Lake Lounge (5 PM)
• Peter Bradley Adams, Anna Tivel @ The Troubadour
• My Jerusalem, Mourners @ Resident
• Barry Zito @ Hotel Cafe
• Showtime Goma and Nancy Feast, Roses, Red Channel @ The Hi Hat
• "Déjà Vu": The Complete Album Live in Concert featuring Jeff Alan Ross, Rob Bonfiglio, Steve Fekete, Adam Daniel, Chad Watson, and Christopher Allis @ McCabe's

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Week of June 26 - July 2

Dirty Penni Fest w/ Deap Vally, The Shrine, Plague Vendor, Mike Watt and the Jom and Jerry Show, Enjoy, Starcrawler, Zig Zags, Jurassic Shark, Girl Pusher, Flat Worms, Here Lies Man, Beach Bums, Hit Bargain, The Red Pears, Clit Kat, Espresso, Girl Tears, Janelane, Fringe, Capital Wasteland, Sabrina is Not in This Chat, Sketch Orchestra, Model/Actriz, Worn TIn, Dirty Laundry TV, Penniback Records @ The Echo & Echoplex

 

 

 

 

 

Monday, June 26

Recommended:

"School Night!" w/ Ray Little, Haerts, Strangers You Know, Ethan Gruska @ Resident (this week only)

playing tonight:

• Send Medicine, Cannons, The May Company, OK MAYDAY @ The Satellite
• Moon Honey, Miya Folick, Smoke Season, Lauren Ruth Ward @ The Echo
• Reverie, Blimes Brixton, Welfair, amindi k. fro$t @ Echoplex
• "School Night!" w/ Ray Little, Haerts, Strangers You Know, Ethan Gruska @ Resident (this week only)
• Big Language, Luke Strand, DELAVINA @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Goody Grace, lovelytheband @ The Roxy
• The Walcotts, Hamish Anderson, Joel Taylor @ Bootleg Bar
• Monday Monday Hootenanny, Brandon Jenner @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Ilegal Mescal Music Series w/ Cave Clove, Curtsy, Ramona Hammer @ Harvard & Stone

Tuesday, June 27

Recommended:

Climate Day L.A. w/ Moby, Neon Indian, Weyes Blood @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel

playing tonight:

• Sabrina Claudio @ The Echo
• Ella Vos, GROVES, Exes @ Echoplex
• Gordi, Chord Overstreet, Shaun Jacob of Jacob's Riot @ Hotel Café
• Alicia Witt, Electric-Jazz Chanteuse Maya, Aya Maguire & Jessica Gerhardt, D'ALA @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Steel Panther, Voodoo Kills @ The Roxy
• Climate Day L.A. w/ Moby, Neon Indian, Weyes Blood @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel
• Ron Gallo / White Reaper, Naked Giants @ The Troubadour
• Jonah Parzen-Johnson, Similar Fashion, Booker Stardrum @ Bootleg Bar
• Jessie Reyez @ The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
• Red Letter Day, PJKTS, Brian Hadsell, Kira Alexi @ Silver Lake Lounge
• The Revivalists @ The Grammy Museum
• The Social Underground @ Resident
• Lucy & La Mer, Doctrine, Emma Cole @ Harvard & Stone

Wednesday, June 28

Recommended:

Defend L.A. W/ The Pretty Flowers, The Lavender Scare, Kayves, Lonely Bones @ The Hi Hat

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel

playing tonight:

• Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel
• Marnie Herald, Erin Lang @ The Satellite
• EX EYE, Grand Lord High Master, Maccabee @ The Echo
• Chaparrel @ The Love Song
• "Desert Nights" w/ Angela McCluskey, Chris Stills @ The Standard
• Everclear @ The Belasco Theatre
• Bea Miller, FYOHNA @ The Troubadour
• Fit For An Autopsy, Tombs, Moon Tooth, Colombian Necktie @ The Roxy
• Defend L.A. W/ The Pretty Flowers, The Lavender Scare, Kayves, Lonely Bones @ The Hi Hat
• Pierce Fulton Album Release Party, Josh Ocean of NVDES, Noosa & Botnek @ Resident
• Super Lunch, Cotton Ships @ The Smell
• Joe Marson & Friends, Imaginary Tricks, Darla Beaux, Crimson Calamity, Callaghan Belle @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Lola Marsh, KaiL Baxley @ Bootleg Bar
• The Automatic Knives, A.R.S.N.K., Savage Gospel  @ Harvard & Stone
• Day Wave, Blonder, Dear Boy @ El Rey
• Wayward Cactus, Lunar Gateway @ Silver Lake Lounge

Thursday, June 29

Recommended:

The Buttertones, Pinky Pinky @ Levitt Pavilion Los Angeles

playing tonight:

• Tolliver, MetronOhm, Kilo Tango, The Black Heartthrobs @ The Satellite
• The Paranoyds, Frankie and the Witch Fingers @ The Echo
• Surf Curse, Tacocat, Starcrawler @ The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
• Spain @ The Love Song
• The Buttertones, Pinky Pinky @ Levitt Pavilion Los Angeles
• David Ryan Harris Record Release Show w/ Raelee Nikole & more @ Hotel Café
• Sarah Hollins EP Release Show, 100 Year War w/ Special Guests @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Twilight Concert Series w/ LeMaitre, Coast Modern @ Santa Monica Pier
• Buzzcocks, Dollyrots @ The Roxy
• Holy Wars EP Release Party, New Language, Night Talks @ The Hi Hat
• Bedouine, Chimney, Special Guest @ Bootleg Bar
• Foxes & Lions, Runnner, Bird & Thorn, Rachel Mazer @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Sir Sly, PAPA @ El Rey

Friday, June 30

Recommended:

NK Riot Album Release Party, VOWWS, The Eleventh Frequency @ The Echo

playing tonight:

• October Kickoff Party w/ Junior Boys, Kilo Kish, How To Dress Well @ The Globe Theatre
• NK Riot Album Release Party, VOWWS, The Eleventh Frequency @ The Echo
• Vieux Farka Toure @ Levitt Pavilion Los Angeles
• Dream Machines, Superet, Thumpasaurus @ The Troubadour
• David Ryan Harris Record Release Show w/ Jessica Childress & Lynette Williams, Adam Lasher Band, Jules Galli and Friends @ Hotel Café
• Alfa Record Release Show, Griff Clawson, Nick Rosen Project w/ Kerry Hart, Olivia Grace  @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Nikka Costa@ Teragram Ballroom
• Maria Del Pilar @ Resident
• Ducktails, Jimmy Whispers @ The Hi Hat
• Killradio, Radkey @ Bootleg Bar
• Caterwall, Super Lunch, The Chonks, The Pavemen @ The Smell
• Megan Jade, Everly, Johmny Chief Project, Drugs In The Alley, Crashing Spades, Bryan Senatore @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Buzzcocks, Dollyrots @ The Roxy

Saturday, July 1

Recommended:

The Districts, The Spirit Of The Beehive @ The Troubadour

playing tonight:

• Choco (w/ fireworks) @ Levitt Pavilion Los Angeles
• Yung Pinch @ The Roxy
• The Districts, The Spirit Of The Beehive @ The Troubadour
• John Isaac Watters Rainstorm Brother, @ The Hi Hat
• No Chaparone @ Resident
• Meatbodies, Feels, POW @ Teragram Ballroom
• Ray Argyle, Rose Shawhan, Sahil Bahl, Justin Paul Sanders @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Louise Goffin, Myra Flynn, Fort Defiance, Brandon McCulloch @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Diana, Nicholas Krgovich @ Bootleg Bar

Sunday, July 2

Recommended:

Dirty Penni Fest w/ Deap Vally, The Shrine, Plague Vendor, Mike Watt and the Jom and Jerry Show, Enjoy, Starcrawler, Zig Zags, Jurassic Shark, Girl Pusher, Flat Worms, Here Lies Man, Beach Bums, Hit Bargain, The Red Pears, Clit Kat, Espresso, Girl Tears, Janelane, Fringe, Capital Wasteland, Sabrina is Not in This Chat, Sketch Orchestra, Model/Actriz, Worn TIn, Dirty Laundry TV, Penniback Records @ The Echo & Echoplex

Land of Talk @ The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery

playing tonight:

• Land of Talk @ The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
• Jessica Fichot @ Levitt Pavilion Los Angeles
• Part Time Punks w/ Noveller, Troller, Pet Heaven @ Echoplex
• Dirty Penni Fest w/ Deap Vally, The Shrine, Plague Vendor, Mike Watt and the Jom and Jerry Show, Enjoy, Starcrawler, Zig Zags, Jurassic Shark, Girl Pusher, Flat Worms, Here Lies Man, Beach Bums, Hit Bargain, The Red Pears, Clit Kat, Espresso, Girl Tears, Janelane, Fringe, Capital Wasteland, Sabrina is Not in This Chat, Sketch Orchestra, Model/Actriz, Worn TIn, Dirty Laundry TV, Penniback Records @ The Echo & Echoplex
• Adan Jodorowsky, Cesar Saez, Rudy De Anda @ Bootleg Bar
• The Bolos, Jesus Sons @ Resident (4 PM)

The L.A. Show Low Down (Or: "Never Minding The World With The Armor Of A Few Of Us, Losing Everything To Hope...")

by Brad Roberts

Two Week Edition

Week of June 5 - 11

The big show for me this week is Dead Meadow (at right), Matt Hollywood and the Bad Feelings and Baast on Friday at The Satellite. The Playboy Jazz Festival is this coming weekend at Hollywood Bowl, so beware Hollywood traffic those days.

Monday, June 5

Recommended:

Moon Honey, The Dead Ships, SWIMM, The Bomb @  Echoplex

playing tonight:

• Send Medicine, Dream Phases, Elijah Ocean, Fleece @ The Satellite
• Whores, Wrong, Bummer, Hepa-Titus @ The Echo
• Moon Honey, The Dead Ships, SWIMM, The Bomb @  Echoplex
• Big Language, StaG, Andrea Silva, Anna Lee & the Authority @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Former Faces EP RElease, Greyface, Ghost Pavilion @ The Hi Hat
• The Walcott, Jessica Childress, Puscie Jones Review @ Bootleg Bar
• Monday Monday hosted by The Deltaz @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Badflower, Goodbye June, Cheridomingo @ The Troubadour
• Ilegal Mescal Music Series w/ The Maria's, The Deapsea Goes, The Crazy Brave @ Harvard & Stone

Tuesday, June 6

Recommended:

Imaad Wasif, Avi Buffalo, Iress @ Bootleg Bar

Daniel Lanois & Rocco DeLuca @ The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery

playing tonight:

• DCHAV, GETSOME! @ The Satellite
• Daniel Lanois & Rocco DeLuca @ The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
• Amy Vachal w/ Jesse Clegg, Patrick Droney @ Hotel Café
• Neighborhood Thieves w/ Chloe Jane, Madeleine McQueen &  Sydney Bakst, Rosy Nolan @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Mothlight Album Release, Rosechild, Raener, Lanterns @ The Hi Hat
• Dylan Scott, Temecula Road @ The Troubadour
• Imaad Wasif, Avi Buffalo, Iress @ Bootleg Bar
• Nicolette Smith, Fire Chief Charlie, Alex Meinglas, Kim Tillman, What the Time Presents @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Lucy & La Mer, Wasi, Rosi Turker @ Harvard & Stone
• Gothic Tropic, Madame Gandhi, Kid Bloom @ Resident

Wednesday, June 7

Recommended:

 "Desert Nights" w/ We Are The West, Justine Bennett @ The Standard

playing tonight:

• Nina Diaz, SEE @ The Satellite
• No Vacation, The Belinda Butchers, Tim Atlas @ The Echo
• Valerie June, Lynn Cardona @ El Rey
• "Desert Nights" w/ We Are The West, Justine Bennett @ The Standard
• Teleskopes, Bone Acre, Holy Wars @ Harvard & Stone
• Princess @ Teragram Ballroom
• The Picturebooks, Mike Vallely & The New Arms @ The Hi Hat
• Dermot Kennedy, Saint Mesa @ Resident
• Austin Brown w/ Dana Williams, J Gregory, Juju Blooms @ Hotel Café
• Michelson & The Hawkline Monster, Worth @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Skating Polly, Gal Pals, Starcrawler @ Bootleg Bar
• Sheryl Crow @ The Grammy Museum
• Sleeplust, New Spell, Yumi, The Gorgeous Knight @ Silver Lake Lounge

Thursday, June 8

Recommended:

So Many Wizards, Roses, Susan, Trabants @ The Hi Hat and Boogarins, JJUUJJUU @ Bootleg Bar

playing tonight:

• Smooth Hound Smith @ The Satellite
• Merchandise, B Boys, Chasm @ The Echo
• Adult, Sextile, Pod Blotz @ Echoplex
• CB Brand @ The Love Song
• The Rescues, Christina Castle @ Hotel Café
• Edison, Jesse Clegg, Everett Coast, Andrew London @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Princess @ Teragram Ballroom
• Waters, NVDES, Fast Friends @ The Roxy
• Wheeler Walker Jr., Republican Hair @ The Troubadour
• So Many Wizards, Roses, Susan, Trabants @ The Hi Hat
• Sheryl Crow @ The Greek
• Boogarins, JJUUJJUU @ Bootleg Bar
• Thanks Light, SilverTwins @ Silver Lake Lounge
• SadGirl, Gemma Castro @ The Smell

Friday, June 9

Recommended:

Dead Meadow, Matt Hollywood and the Bad Feelings, Baast @ The Satellite

Maxim Ludwig Record Release Show, Banta, Olivia Jane Kaplan @ Bootleg Bar

playing tonight:

• Dead Meadow, Matt Hollywood and the Bad Feelings, Baast @ The Satellite
• First Fridays w/ Wild Belle, Gabriel Garzon-Montana, Nick Hakim @ The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
• Overcoats, Yoke Lore @ The Echo
• Taj Mahal & Keb Mo @ The Grammy Museum
• TJ Stafford, Lou Pine @ The Troubadour
• Bombadil, Mario Jose, The Filharmonic, Travis Atreo, Pontea, Johnny Gates, Cody Lovass @ Hotel Café
• Alec Lytle, Harrison Kipner, L. Sharp, Mike Wingless & The Flight, Greg McFall Record Release Show @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Hurray For The Riff Raff, Making Movies @ Teragram Ballroom
• Nancy Sanchez @ Resident
• Free Throw, Homesafe, Heart Attack Man, Mom Jeans @ The Hi Hat
• Maxim Ludwig Record Release Show, Banta, Olivia Jane Kaplan @ Bootleg Bar
• Cuco, The Tracks, Jurassic Shark, August Eve @ The Smell
• Shayne Grey, Sammy Plotkin, Amber Blu, Peter Bonoff, The Pretty Flowers, Jacob the Horse, Johnny Rich @ Silver Lake Lounge
• ZZ Ward, Earl St. Clair @ The Roxy
• SoMo, K Major @ The Fonda Theatre
• Jonathan Edwards @ McCabe's

Saturday, June 10

Recommended:

Saturdays Off The 405 w/ White Fence @ The Getty Center

Playboy Jazz Festival @ Hollywood Bowl

playing tonight:

• Playboy Jazz Festival @ Hollywood Bowl
• Valley Queen, Velvet, Metronohm, Lexie Rose @ The Echo
• Saturdays Off The 405 w/ White Fence @ The Getty Center
• VHS Collection, Tigertown, DWNTWN @ The Troubadour
• Turnover, Gleemer, Westpoint, Minnow @ The Hi Hat
• Unwed Sailor, Ant'lrd @ Resident
• Said The Sky, Xan Griffin, William Black @ The Roxy
• Tocaio, Commissure, Night Wolves, Zanya @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Kawika Young, Young Mister, Melody Federer, John Coggins @ Hotel Café
• Freddie & Francine w/ Caroline Spence, Horace Gold, Daniel Kirkpatrick, Pueblo @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Joshua James, RIVVRS @ Bootleg Bar
• Frankenzap's Monster @ McCabe's

Sunday, June 11

Recommended:

Chris Stills & Friends @ Hotel Café Second Stage

playing tonight:

• Grand Ole Echo w/ Casper Allen, Rick Shelly @ The Echo
• Part Time Punks w/ Anatcho Punk Nite w/ Penis Envy covers Crass, Blood Jelly covers Flux of Pink Indians, Subhumans, Rudimentary Peni and Zounds, Gutterchild covers Vice Squad @ The Echo
• Pop Wig Records Rock Gig #1 w/ Angel Dust, Big Bite, Odd Man Out, Bugg, firewalker @ The Hi HatPlayboy Jazz Festival @ Hollywood Bowl
• The Anniversary, Dude York, Fullbloods @ The Troubadour
• Saint Pe, Never Young, Vex Ruffin @ Bootleg Bar
• Countless Thousand @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Chris Stills & Friends @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Roy Book Binder @ McCabe's

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Week of June 12 - 18

Excited to see Low and Mono on Monday, June 12 at Downtown's Globe Theatre.

Monday, June 12

Recommended:

Low, Mono @ Globe Theatre

Send Medicine, Avid Dancer, The Dead Horse Rhythm, Bjorn and the Sun @ The Satellite

Frank Ferdinand, Omni @ The Regent Theatre

playing tonight:

• Send Medicine, Avid Dancer, The Dead Horse Rhythm, Bjorn and the Sun @ The Satellite
• Moon Honey, Draemings, Cellars, Alina Bea @ The Echo
• Low, Mono @ Globe Theatre
• Rostam @ The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
• Frank Ferdinand, Omni @ The Regent Theatre
• "School Night!" w/ Ten Fe, Blond Ambition, Dermot Kennedy, Amy Shark @ Bardot
• Big Language, Seneca and the River, Illuminati Hotties  @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Nick Hakim @ Amoeba Music
• Spaceface, Sugar Candy Mountain, Veronica Bianqui @ The Hi Hat
• The Walcotts, Hearty Har, Ben Jaffe @ Bootleg Bar
• Monday Monday hosted by Kristen Toedtman, Alisha Witt @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• AJR Album Release Show, Bay Ledges @ The Troubadour
• Ilegal Mescal Music Series @ Harvard & Stone
• LP, Josiah and the Bonnevilles @ El Rey

Tuesday, June 13

Recommended:

Pom Poms and Ramona Hammer Joint Record Release Party, Brass Box, Alyeska @ Echoplex

playing tonight:

• Brendan Wardell and the Lucas Bros., The Bath Boys, Yassir Lester, Jamel Johnson, Chase Bernstein @ The Satellite
• Amy Shark, Nicole Hale @ The Echo
• Pom Poms and Ramona Hammer Joint Record Release Party, Brass Box, Alyeska @ Echoplex
• Ten Fe w/ Tom Crouch, Jesse Malin @ Hotel Café
• Suzy Jones, Katrina Stone @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Vista Kicks, Midnight Faces, Name The Band @ The Hi Hat
• Circa Waves, Dreamers, Mainland @ Teragram Ballroom
• Dan Auerbach @ The Grammy Museum
• The Deslondes @ Bootleg Bar
• Joan Osborne Sings Bob Dylan @ The Regent Theatre
  

Wednesday, June 14

Recommended:

Justin Harward of The Moody Blues @ The Grammy Museum

playing tonight:

• Honors, Saro, Lily McQueen @ The Echo
• Justin Harward @ The Grammy Museum
• Theo Katzman, Joey Dosik, Madison Douglas @ The Troubadour
• Marian Hill, Opia @ The Fonda Theatre
• Russell Watson @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel
• Ten Fe w/ Tom Crouch @ Hotel Café
• Joe Marson & Friends, Auni, Zac Taylor, Ninet, Darka Beaux @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• A Giant Dog, Qui, Criminal Hygiene @ Bootleg Bar
• ZOSO - The Ultimate Led Zeppelin Experience @ El Rey
• Jamarage, Detangler @ Silver Lake Lounge

Thursday, June 15

Recommended:

Gangs of Youth, The Soft White Sixties @ The Echo

Imagine Dragons @ The Belasco Theatre

playing tonight

• Kevin Morby @ Amoeba Music
• Andrew St. James, The Lovemakers, US Elevator @ The Satellite
• Gangs of Youth, The Soft White Sixties @ The Echo
• Sandy (Alex G), Japanese Breakfast, Cende @ Echople
• The Rescues, Rita Wilson, Cobi @ Hotel Café
• Edison, Rose + Pacific, Houston In The Blind @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Cosmonauts @ Teragram Ballroom
• Phoenix, Mac DeMarco, The Lemon Twigs @ Hollywood Bowl
• COIN, A R I Z O N A @ The Troubadour
• North Mississippi Allstars, Rev Sekou @ The Roxy
• Imagine Dragons @ The Belasco Theatre
• Cory Branan @ Bootleg BarMOCA Music w/ Teebs, Milo & more @ The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
• Hello Stranger, no suit w/ Jackii, Vicaria, The Patients  @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Marian Hill, Opia @ The Fonda Theatre

Friday, June 16

Recommended:

Evan Dando, Gateway Drugs @ The Roxy

playing tonight:

• Boston, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts @ The Greek
• Elderbrook, Kauf, Georgi Kay @ The Echo
• Evan Dando, Gateway Drugs @ The Roxy
• COIN, A R I Z O N A @ The Troubadour
• Jules Galli & Friends, Johnny Gates, Bootleg Rascal, Mike Marlin & The Melomaniacs @ Hotel Café
• Christopher Paul Stelling, David Rothschild, The High Divers, 222 & The Rifle @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• The Hellflowers, North By North, The Great Sadness @ The Hi Hat
• Amindi K. Fro$t, The Crudes, Dancing Tongues, Widow @ The Smell
• Bad Suns, Hunny, Field Medic @ The Fonda Theatre
• Jill Sobule @ McCabe's

Saturday, June 17

Recommended:

Opening Night with The Moody Blues at The Hollywood Bowl

The Dustbowl Revival, Birds of Chicago @ Teragram Ballroom

The Record Company, The Brothers Comatose @ The Fonda Theatre

playing tonight:

• Opening Night with The Moody Blues @ The Hollywood Bowl
• The Maxican Standoff, Nancy Sanchez, Sin Color @ Levitt Pavilion Los Angeles
• Drab Majesty, Xeno and Oaklander, Chasms, Tamara Sky @ Echoplex
• Reeve Carney, O'Neill Hudson @ The Troubadour
• The Record Company, The Brothers Comatose @ The Fonda Theatre
• VIZA, Indigo Child, Avakian, Christopher Piliguian @ The Roxy
• The Dustbowl Revival, Birds of Chicago @ Teragram Ballroom
• Cosmos & Creature, Shea Diamond, Brandon McCulloch @ Hotel  Café
• Trubdr. Adam Road, Ray Goren, Morten Lava, Mint Trip, Ryan Tharp and Jacob Furr @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Zakk Sabbath, Beastmaster @ El Rey
• Dan Navarro @ McCabe's

Sunday, June 18

Recommended:

Celebrate Father's Day at the Grand Ole Echo w/ The Easy Leaves, Gospel Beach, Paige Calico, Mayeux & Broussard @ The Echo

playing tonight:

• New Move, Sister Mantos, David Divad @ The Hi Hat
• Grand Ole Echo w/ The Easy Leaves, Gospel Beach, Paige Calico, Mayeux & Broussard @ The Echo
• Part Time Punks w/ Kristeen Young, Technophobia, NHLA @ Echoplex (10 PM)
• Punk is Dad - A Special Father's Day Celebration w/ Redd Kross, The Side Eyes, J.F.A., The Meow Twins, Professor and the Madman, White Night @ Echoplex (4 PM)
• John Mellencamp @ The Greek
• Reggae Night XVI w/ Ziggy Marley w/ Orchestra, The Specials @ Hollywood Bowl
• Top Tune Comedy Show, Alicia Witt @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Ben Vaughn Trio, Barbara Manning w/ David Wenger, Russ Tolman and Friends @ McCabe's

The L.A. Show Low Down (Or: "No Town More Barren Than Our Town, No Haven Safer Than The One They Tore Down...")

by Brad Roberts

Two-Week and Memorial Day Edition

One has to have been blind not to have been noticing the rapid slow down in the local music scene lately. I don't know if people are so shell-shocked at this horrifying Trump presidency that they have been rendered immobile, or if no one dares leave the house, or if all have been stunned into a creative breakdown, but whatever it is, the effects are being felt all over.

I can barely muster the energy to walk up the street, yet have been attending the high ticket attractions that I payed for months ago, like Feist, The Shins, and The New Pornographers. All three shows were great, but there's a bit of a palor hanging over every audience. I'm hopeful of a return to normalcy, but far from sure of it.

With no more music coming from Taix Lounge, El Cid, The Lost Knight, The Lost Room, Pehrspace, and others, the choice of venues has dropped to a handful. Is the local music scene dying or just sleeping? I honestly don't know.

Therefore...I'm going to do a two-week edition. And there are signs of life over the course of the next two weeks and beyond.  There are the Calvin Love and The Diamond Light residencies on Monday, the Omar Velasco residency on Tuesday, but I missed out on tickets for Amanda Palmer and Edward Ka-Spel at The Troubadour on Wednesday since it's sold out 

The week is rounded out with the Play Like A Girl program at Echoplex on Saturday featuring a host of female fronted bands like Kitten, Smoke Season and Sisu among many others.

Week of May 22 - May 28

Monday, May 22

Recommended:

Calvin Love, Los Angeles Police Department, Nani @ Bootleg Bar

The Diamond Light, Ivory DeVille, Children @ The Satellite

playing tonight:

• The Diamond Light, Ivory DeVille, Children @ The Satellite
• Barrows, Moth Drops, Psychic Jui-jitsu, Dream Phases @ The Echo
• Kikagaku Moyo, Sugar Candy Mountain, Levitation Room @ Echoplex
• "School Night!" w/ Magic Giant, Pop Noir, Azul, Glades @ Bardot
• AM Exchange, Rebel Rose, Jamarage, Dingo Down @ Silver Lake Lounge
• The Strumbellas, Reuben and the Dark @ The Fonda Theatre
• Asian American Heritage Month Showcase ft. Young Lovers, Miss Jupiter, Christian Francisco, Past Hype, Bones Like Snowflakes @ The Hi Hat
• Calvin Love, Los Angeles Police Department, Nani @ Bootleg Bar
• Anuhea w/ Mahi Crabbe and Tenelle @ Hotel Café
• Monday Monday Hootenanny, Leslie Mendelson, Rotana@ Hotel Café Second Stage
• An Evening with Judith Hill @ The Troubadour
• Ilegal Mescal Music Series w/ Marco With Love, The Sweet Things, Liza Colby @ Harvard & Stone
• Morrissey's 58th Unhappy Birthday Celebration w/ Sweet and Tender, Dirty Old Town @ El Rey

Tuesday, May 23

Recommended:

Omar Velasco, Griff Goldsmith, Xander Ferreira @ The Hi Hat

playing tonight:

• Air Traffic Controller, Low Hums @ The Satellite
• Lauv, Molly Kate Kestner, CVBZ @ The Echo
• Balcony TV presents Josh Radnor and Ben Lee w/ Laura Jean Anderson & Zeke Duhon @ Hotel Café
• The Bluegrass Station presents Sam Lee, Chris Lind, Madison Cunningham & Margo Valiante; Mike Brown @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Omar Velasco, Griff Goldsmith, Xander Ferreira @ The Hi Hat
• Girlpool, Snail Mail @ Teragram Ballroom
• Mother Mother, Smoke Season, Preston Graves @ The Troubadour
• Fakear, Pink Sock @ Bootleg Bar
• Fenech-Soler, Knox Hamilton, Hawai @ The Roxy
• Jim Priest, Sandra Macat, A.O. Gerber, Electric Carlos, Them Guns @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Mosquito, special guests @ Harvard & Stone
• Katelyn Tarver, NONA, Violet Days @ Resident
• Matisyahu @ Amoeba Music (6 PM)
  

Wednesday, May 24

Recommended:

Amanda Palmer and Edward Ka-Spel @ The Troubadour

playing tonight:

• Poppy Jean Crawford, Sweater, Cryote @ The Satellite
• Hoops, Parts, The Tracks @ The Echo
• Candlemass, Taake, GosT, Volahn @ The Regent Theatre
• "Desert Nights" w/ Pete Molinari, Reverend Jeff + friends @ The Standard
• Amanda Palmer and Edward Ka-Spel @ The Troubadour
• Pinkish Black, Clay Rendering @ The Hi Hat
• Cassandra Jenkins Release Show, Lola Lirke, Ali Dinteen w/ Hannah Sassoon, Petunia & the Vipers @ Resident
• KASL, J. Bonigno, Marco With Love @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Monogem Record Release, Party Nails, Sheare @ Bootleg Bar
• Genevieve Artadi, WASI, Sir.Kami @ The Smell
• Quantum Split, Lonely Bones, About The Noise, SilverTwins @ Silver Lake Lounge

Thursday, May 25

Recommended:

Band of Horses, Frightened Rabbit @ The Greek

Dear Lemon Trees, Madison Cunningham, Charlyne Yi @ Bootleg Bar

playing tonight:

• Pantha du Prince, Telefon Tel Aviv, Newman Wolf @ The Regent Theatre
• JR JR @ The Echo
• Band of Horses, Frightened Rabbit @ The Greek
• Earl St. Clair w/ special guests, Saint Mesa, Vincint, Sam Woolf @ Hotel Café
• Laura Leighe, Nico Franc, Ivy Alex, Christopher Watson, Wolfe Jackson @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• The Andres Dinner Party, Marry The Psycho, FOOL @ The Smell
• Zee Will, NiceGuyxVinny @ Resident
• Elephant Revival, Steve Poltz @ The Troubadour
• Midnight Oil @ The Wiltern
• No Parents, C ROY, Dumb Fucks, Enemy, Musty Boyz @ The Hi Hat
• Dear Lemon Trees, Madison Cunningham, Charlyne Yi @ Bootleg Bar
• ZAUB, Aaron Waldman, Becca Roth, Bubbeleh @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Gavin James, Marc Scibilia, Chord Overstreet @ El Rey

Friday, May 26

Recommended:

Cutty Flam Album Release Party, Summer Twins, Twin Seas @ The Hi Hat

playing tonight:

• Wafia, Demo Taped @ The Echo
• Arkona, Sirenia, MindMaze, GraveShadow @ Echoplex
• Martha Ambrosius, Eric Benét @ The Wiltern
• Grand Canyon w/ The Reigning Monarchs, Chesney Hawkes, Diana DeMuth, Jessy Greene @ Hotel Café
• Mario Jose, Jennifer Knapp w/ Special Guests, Leila Milki Album Release Show, Isabelle @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• MainMan, The Planters, Fitness, James V @ Teragram Ballroom
• Hidden Charms, Isaac Rother & The Phantoms @ Resident
• Cutty Flam Album Release Party, Summer Twins, Twin Seas @ The Hi Hat
• L.A. Takedown, Tara Jane O'Neil @ Bootleg Bar
• Prettiest Eyes, Moaning, Rearranged Face, Cat Scan @ The Smell
• Wallows, Love Ghost, The Feal, Christopher Piliguian @ The Roxy

Saturday, May 27

Recommended:

Play Like A Girl w/ Kitten, Smoke Season, Sisu, Blimes Brixton, Hewan, The Bedroom Witch, Stars At Night, Twin Temple, Spare Parts For Broken Hearts, Iress, + DJ sets by Vowws, Kera and the Lesbians, Honey Power, Smash Club @ Echoplex

Shonen Knife, Winter, French Vanilla @ Bootleg Bar

playing tonight:

• Colin Keene, Mike Scully @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Play Like A Girl w/ Kitten, Smoke Season, Sisu, Blimes Brixton, Hewan, The Bedroom Witch, Stars At Night, Twin Temple, Spare Parts For Broken Hearts, Iress, + DJ sets by Vowws, Kera and the Lesbians, Honey Power, Smash Club @ Echoplex
• Melanie Taylor, Alone Together, Dough The Freshkid, Watrcup, Torrio Jetson @ The Troubadour
• Sleepy Sun Record Release, Big Search @ The Hi Hat
• Spookey Ruben - Electric Brunch Residency @ Resident (2 PM)
• Giuda, Stitches, Hammered Satin @ Teragram Ballroom
• Charlotte Martin final live performance w/ special guest Yonatan, Campfire Cassettes Record Release Show, Don't Stop Or We'll Die @ Hotel Café
• Brandon McCulloch, Future Feats, John Chandler, Molly Kruse @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Shonen Knife, Winter, French Vanilla @ Bootleg Bar
• WAR, Los Lonely Boys @ The Greek
• Part Time, Billy Changer, Gabbi Green, Canto @ The Smell

Sunday, May 28

Recommended:

The Lovely Bad Things, Wild Wing, The Red Pears, JOOS @ The Hi Hat

playing tonight:

• Jurassic Shark, Espresso, Clit Kat, Keif Season, Kuromi @ The Echo
• Part Time Punks w/ Smiths/Morrissey Nite @ The Echo
• The Lovely Bad Things, Wild Wing, The Red Pears, JOOS @ The Hi Hat
• Ty Alex, Erin Cassels Brown @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Tickle Torture, jackbenny, The Put Off @ Bootleg Bar
• Frontier Ruckus, Special Guests @ Hotel Café
• Tongue & Groove @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• French Vanilla, Mommy Long Legs, Rotten Blossom, Peach Kelli Pop @ The Smell

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Week of May 29 - June 4

This week I catch up with The Mountain Goats as John Darnielle introduces his latest music on Wednesday at The Mayan.

Björk is performing with an orchestra in a very special show at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Tuesday.

Monday, May 29 MEMORIAL DAY

Recommended:

The Diamond Light, Wilding, Water Slice, Good Snake @ The Satellite

Calvin Love, Korey Dane, NO WIN, Jacky Winter @ Bootleg Bar

playing tonight:

• The Diamond Light, Wilding, Water Slice, Good Snake @ The Satellite
• Killer Kaya, The Bad Applez, Ruby Jane & The Reckless, Desert Tundra @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Doctrin Bearhunter, Caroucells @ The Hi Hat
• Calvin Love, Korey Dane, NO WIN, Jacky Winter @ Bootleg Bar

Tuesday, May 30

Recommended:

Björk @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

Oh Land @ The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery

playing tonight:

• Battle Tapes, Rococode, Holy Wars @ The Satellite
• Sean Gadd Record Release Party, Cillie Barnes, Alyeska @ The Echo
• The Protomen @ Echoplex
• Björk @ Walt Disney Concert Hall
• Stray Birds, Roof Beam Carpenters, Particle Kid @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Oh Land @ The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
• Decker-Con, Tim Heidecker, Gregg Turkington @ The Regent Theatre
• Peter Matthew Bauer, Butch Bastard, Reverend Baron @ Bootleg Bar
• Synth Punk, El Mister Mudd, Hollow Fortyfives, Fernweh @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Katelyn Tarver, Groves, O'neill Hudson @ Resident

Wednesday, May 31

Recommended:

The Mountain Goats, Holy Sons @ The Mayan

Miranda Lee Richards Album Release Show, GospelbeacH, Purple Mountain Majesties, Maesa @ Bootleg Bar

playing tonight:

• Rosie Tucker, Fell Runner, Foxes & Lions, Huxlee @ The Satellite
• The Mountain Goats, Holy Sons @ The Mayan
• Dead & Company @ Hollywood Bowl
• "Desert Nights" w/ @ The Standard
• Too Many Zooz @ The Troubadour
• DLD @ The Roxy
• Maty Noyes, David Davis @ Hotel Café
• Jennah Bell, Panthyr, Emma Jane Thommen, Darla Beaux @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Miranda Lee Richards Album Release Show, GospelbeacH, Purple Mountain Majesties, Maesa @ Bootleg Bar
• Dead & Company @ Hollywood Bowl
• Obey The Wolves, No Darling, chainsaw rainbow, Snails @ Silver Lake Lounge

Thursday, June 1

Recommended:

Sam Outlaw, Michaela Anne @ The Troubadour

playing tonight:

• Beat Mosaic, Jorgie, Youth On Soda @ The Satellite
• Popshop West 048 w/ Fletcher, Flint Eastwood @ The Echo (7 PM)
• Reed Mathis and Electric Beethoven @ The Echo (10:30 PM)
• Little Hurricane, Jaime Wyatt @ Echoplex
• The Rescues, Adaline @ Hotel Café
• Edison, Kris Angelis EP Release Show w/ Adjoa Skinner, Shani Rose EP Release Show @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Durand Jones & The Indications, Street Joy @ Resident
• Sam Outlaw, Michaela Anne @ The Troubadour
• Springtime Carnivore, Cones, Buzzy @ Bootleg Bar
• Natalie Ceva, Alex Cano, Cilience, Lower Still @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Mount Kimbie, Ash Koosha, Tirzah @ El Rey

Friday, June 2

Recommended:

Blake Hazard, Two Sheds, Parting Lines @ Resident

playing tonight:

• Vulfpeck, Joey Dosik @ The Regent Theatre Cat Signs, Billy Changer, Distractor @ Mas Malo
• The Weirdos, Dirty & His Fists, The Wolly Bandits @ The Echo
• Busted @ The Troubadour
• Mario Jose, Johnny Gates, Silver Twins @ Hotel Café
• Roses & Cigarettes, Sheila Nicholls, Hunter Perrin @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Wavves, So Stressed, Kino Kimino @ Teragram Ballroom
• Blake Hazard, Two Sheds, Parting Lines @ Resident
• Feral Ohms, Pins Of Light, Zig Zags @ The Hi Hat
• Happyness, BOYO @ Bootleg Bar
• Beach Bums, Red Punk, Matter Room, Clit Kat @ The Smell
• CAPTURE, Owls Head @ The Roxy
• Lewis Del Mar, Anna Wise @ El Rey
• CHON, Tesa Melos, Little Tybee @ The Fonda Theatre
• Hubby Jenkins @ McCabe's

Saturday, June 3

Recommended:

Avi Buffalo, Dante Elephante, Rufrano @ The Echo (5:30 PM)

playing tonight:

• Vulfpeck, Joey Dosik @ The Regent Theatre
• Avi Buffalo, Dante Elephante, Rufrano @ The Echo (5:30 PM)
• Highly Suspect @ The Fonda Theatre
• John Isaac Watters Rainstorm Brothers @ The Hi Hat
• The Birthday Massacre, Army of the Universe, Sumo Cyco @ The Roxy
• Great Good Fine OK, Morgan, Pretty Sister @ Teragram Ballroom Go Fever @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Sam Babayan Band, Josh Halverson, Everly, Travis Peery Band @ Hotel Café
• Zachariah & The Lobos Riders & Missi Pyle, K Phillips, Atomic Walrus, Short Sleeve Heart @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Lambchop, Brokeback @ Bootleg Bar
• Justin Townes Earle, The Sadies @ El Rey

Sunday, June 4

Recommended:

Grand Ole Echo w/ Christian Lee Hutson, Johnny Fritz, Mapache, Matt Hopper, Mister Paradise @ The Echo

playing tonight:

• Goon, Dead Soft, Young Jesus, YESES @ The Hi Hat
• Grand Ole Echo w/ Christian Lee Hutson, Johnny Fritz, Mapache, Matt Hopper, Mister Paradise @ The Echo
• Part Time Punks w/ The Primitives, Cruel Summer, Susan @ The Echo
• Tiger Jaw, Saintseneca, Smidley @ The Regent Theatre
• Computer Games @ Teragram Ballroom
• Elvis Costello and The Imposters @ The Greek

 

The L.A. Show Low Down (Or: "I Saw An Old Sigh When My World Was Way Down, Quiet On The Streets So I Climbed The Stairs To The Rarified Air...")

by Brad Roberts

On this quiet week I would nominate The Jesus And Mary Chain at The Wiltern on Friday for the big show, and catch a delightful and emerging talent in The Little Miss on Sunday at The Hi Hat.

Monday, May 15

Recommended:

Nicholas Mudd Band, Joe Bourdet Band, Lasers Lasers Birmingham @ Silver Lake Lounge

playing tonight:

• Conor Oberst @ Amoeba Music (4 PM)
• The Diamond Light, The Black and The White, Jeremiah Mountain, Hydro Kitten @ The Satellite
• Barrows, Hepa.Titus, Boarchucker, VS Colour @ The Echo
• "School Night!" w/ Fyohna, Steady Holiday, Boxed In, My Native Tongue @ Bardot
• Nicholas Mudd Band, Joe Bourdet Band, Lasers Lasers Birmingham @ Silver Lake Lounge
• An Asian American Heritage Month Showcase featuring Young Lovers, Miss Jupiter, Christian Francisco, Past Hyde, Bones Like Snowflakes @ The Hi Hat
• Calvin Love, Fatal Jamz, Shannon Lay @ Bootleg Bar
• River Oaks, JT Woodruff, Heavy Things @ Resident
• Monday Monday w/ The Hawkline Monster, Marcus Von Rittberg, Chris Loggins, Ari Herstand, Dustin Robinson, Taylor Crawford, Jasmine Commerce, Jessie Payo; Mike Maimone @ Hotel Café Second Stage

Tuesday, May 16

Recommended:

Omar Velasco, Jenny O, Mapache @ The Hi Hat

playing tonight:

• Redd Kross, The Side Eyes @ The Echo
• Omar Souleyman, Egon, London Contemporary Orchestra @ Echoplex
• Handsome Ghost, Francis Cone, Javier Dunn @ Hotel Café
• Chris Pierce w/ Full Band, Parthenon Huxley, Corey Harper @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Omar Velasco, Jenny O, Mapache @ The Hi Hat
• Vancouver Sleep Clinic, I, Us & We @ The Troubadour
• The Night Came, Cannons @ Bootleg Bar
• Daniel Paige Band, The Grizzled Mighty, The Dirty Roots, Dag @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Katelyn Tarver, Oliver Riot, The Marias @ Resident

Wednesday, May 17

Recommended:

"Desert Nights" w/ Levi Parham, Lauren Barth @ The Standard

playing tonight:

• Emel Mathlouthi, Briana Marela @ The Echo
• "Desert Nights" w/ Levi Parham, Lauren Barth @ The Standard
• Astrid S, Guest @ The Troubadour
• Jessy Lanza, Kate NV @ Teragram Ballroom
• No Win, People Flavor @ The Hi Hat
• Phantogram, How To Dress Well @ El Rey
• Egrets on Ergot, Sister Mantos, Choreography, Healing Gems @ Resident
• Peter Cincosi @ Hotel Café
• Steve Smith, Marjorie Fair, Jesse MacLeod @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• The Roosevelts, Julian Frampton Band @ Bootleg Bar
• Brothers of Others, Fernando Perdomo, Jacob Jeffries @ Silver Lake Lounge

Thursday, May 18

Recommended:

Sweet Spirit, The Lonely Wild @ Resident

playing tonight:

• Ceremony, The World, The Coltranes, Leisure World @ The Echo
• Pallbearer, Gatecreeper, Venomous Maximus, Los Angeles Metal Shows @ Echoplex
• Rebecca Peters & Madison Malone, Trackless, Tudor Williams @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Woods, Golden Daze @ Teragram Ballroom
• KRAAK & SMAAK, Psychemagic, Luxxury, Colby J. @ The Regent Theatre
• Sweet Spirit, The Lonely Wild @ Resident
• Rubblebucket, Sego, Alexander F @ The Troubadour
• So Much Light, Nnambi  Ogbonnaya, Nights & Weekends @ The Hi Hat
• The Orbiting Human Circus Featuring The Music Tapes @ Bootleg Bar
• Dylan Sherry, Ivy Leaguers, Charles-Lee Auslender @  Silver Lake Lounge

Friday, May 19

Recommended:

The Jesus and Mary Chain @ The Wiltern

playing tonight:

• Ceremony, Antwon, Sabretooth Zombie @ The Echo
• The Jesus and Mary Chain @ The Wiltern
• Paul Kelly & Charlie Owen w/ Cat Clyde, Matt Ellis @ Hotel Café
• Mario Jose, Fit To Fly, Taylor Crawford, Leo James Conroy, Margaret Lane @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Poptone, Nostalghia @ Teragram Ballroom
• Feminist Friday featuring Juke Joint w/ Jackie Jackson @ Resident
• Left Brain, Wavy Baby @ The Hi Hat
• Matthew Logan Vasquez, Juanita Stein @ Bootleg Bar
• Blessed, Hex Horizontal, Jew Cocks, Entertainment Law @ The Smell
• Kim Free, Louis Schefano, Ward, The Wispys, Orange Mayfield, The Oil Barons, Snowbelt II @  Silver Lake Lounge
• Anais Mitchell @ McCabe's

Saturday, May 20

Recommended:

The Wild Reeds, Blank Range, Allie Buckley @ Teragram Ballroom

playing tonight:

• Ceremony, Cold Beat, Initiate @ The Echo
• Moving Units presents the music of Joy Division w/ Plague Vendor, Second Still @ The Regent Theatre
• Infinity Shed, Meishi Smile, Ablebody, Thought Tempo @ The Hi Hat
• The Wild Reeds, Blank Range, Allie Buckley @ Teragram Ballroom
• Subtle Kind of Murder w/ Damian Sage, The Falling Doves @ Hotel Café
• Scout Durwood Album Release, Jon Licht w/ Felipe Lazae & Devin O'Roarke, Raye Zaragoza W/ Anthony Federov @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Tyler Cole & Willow @ Bootleg Bar
• Dawn Gun, Ashley Dominique, Zayyy, Slayrah, Jupiter Black, TSLA @ The Smell

Sunday, May 21

Recommended:

The Little Miss, Paige Calico, Dr. Jones, Moisture Boys @ The Hi Hat

DIIV, The Paranoyds, Tashaki Miyaki @ The Regent Theatre

playing tonight:

• Grand Ole Echo w/ Snake Arms, Andrew Sheppard, Dusty Greens Bones Band, One Grass Two Grass @ The Echo (3 PM)
• Part Time Punks w/ Inhalt, Kontravoid, Boan @ Echoplex
• DIIV, The Paranoyds, Tashaki Miyaki @ The Regent Theatre
• The Little Miss, Paige Calico, Dr. Jones, Moisture Boys @ The Hi Hat
• Jazz Night w/ Orkestar Meze, Daniel Rotem @ Bootleg Bar
• Holly Bowling @ Hotel Café
• It Could Always Be Colder, Kid Indigo, If I Die In Mississippi, Yiwei, Tristan Puig, Badlands, Remembran @ The Smell

The L.A. Show Low Down (Or: "Glistening In The Moonlight, Lisening To The Frogs, Hiding Ourselves In The Trees, Watching With Demon Eyes...")

by Brad Roberts

The only time I ever saw The Flaming Lips (at right) was when they played Jimmy Kimmel Show over 10 years ago and played a half hour set out in the backyard of the El Capitan Theater which is just outside my kitchen window. But it's time I finally caught a full performance from this landmark band and I get my chance on Tuesday night at The Theatre at Ace Hotel.

This was also going to be the week to see Grandaddy in their current tour for the latest album, until the unexpected death of their bass player, Kevin Garcia, last Tuesday which devastated the band and has shut down the tour. Condolences to all. Their new album is a winner and a fitting tribute for Garcia.

PJ Harvey is in the middle of a new world tour and drops in to Los Angeles on Friday night at The Greek.

Zach Rogue of Rogue Wave is involved in a new project called Rogue + Jaye, which is a collaboration between Zach and Courtney Jaye, and they have even released an album, and are appearing on Tuesday at Hotel Café. His consistently fine output just got even better.

Next Sunday The Echo/Echoplex complex offers a bunch of compelling shows with the Grand Ole Echo at 3 PM with the wonderful Pearl Charles, aided by Lauren Barth, Levi Parham, and The Country Lips at Echoplex. Stick around for more hippies with Acid Mothers Temple, Babylon, and Flying Hair at 8:30 PM, also at Echoplex, and then go upstairs for Part Time Punks with The Vacant Lots, Gateway Drugs, and The Meeting Places at The Echo.

Monday, May 8

Recommended:

A chance to see supergroup La Santa Cecilia in a free set at Amoeba Music at 5:30 PM.

Get loud with four bands, Barrows, QunQ, Facial, and Moaning at Echoplex.

Calvin Love has been crafting his subtle and deeply personal worldview songs for a while now, developing a strong following, contrasts with Maxim Ludwig's loud, gritty swagger tonight at Bootleg Bar.

playing tonight:

• La Santa Cecilia @ Amoeba Music (5:30 PM)
• The Diamond Light, Down and Outlaws, EasyFriend @ The Satellite
• Lydia Ainsworth, Jim-E Stack, Rival Consoles @ The Echo
• Barrows, QunQ, Facial, Moaning @ Echoplex
• "School Night!" w/ Rafferty, Kid Wave, On Planets, Bay Ledges @ Bardot
• Aye Nako, Potty Mouth, Sister Mantos, French Vanilla @ The Hi Hat
• Calvin Love, Maxim Ludwig, Deep Fields, Glances, special guests @ Bootleg Bar
• The Social Underground: Open Jam Sessions w/ SuVi, Groove Martini @ Resident
• Monday Monday w/ Hayley Brownell, McKail, Leo James Conroy, Arthur Watership, Lean, Diana DeMuth, The Creston Line, Josiah & the Bonnevilles, Madison Douglas, Ivory DeVille @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Mod Sun, Marty Grimes, SwagHollywood, New Hippys @ The Roxy
• Ilegal Mescal Music Series w/ Midnight Divide, Holy Wars, Madus @ Harvard & Stone

Tuesday, May 9

Recommended:

If you're not at The Flaming Lips show at The Theatre at Ace Hotel, with Klangstof, check out Omar Velasco on the second night of his May Tuesday residency at The Hi Hat, featuring an impressive line up with Lola Kirk, Christian Lee Hutson, and Sierra Reeves.

playing tonight:

• Reggie Watts & Karen @ The Satellite
• The Flaming Lips, Klangstof @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel
• Brainstory, E Arenas, Chola Orange, Qvole Collective @ The Echo
• Josh Radnor & Ben Lee @ Hotel Café
• Willa Mamet, Mosaics, Mascarada, Sumeau, Scarlett @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Omar Velasco, Lola Kirk, Christian Lee Hutson, Sierra Reeves @ The Hi Hat
• Peter Silberman @ Teragram Ballroom
• Rodney Crowell, Joe Robinson @ The Troubadour
• The Weeks, The Lonely Biscuits, Lauren Ruth Ward @ The Roxy
• Futurebirds, Gold Connections @ Bootleg Bar
• Violet Rose, Old Man's Money @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Mosquito, special guests @ Harvard & Stone
• Katelyn Tarver, Shallows, Riot Child @ Resident
• Barnes Courtney, Foxtrax @ El Rey

Wednesday, May 10

Recommended:

A new project by Rogue Wave's Zach Rogue called Rogue + Jaye have their first local show at Hotel Café.

"Desert Nights" features Eleanor Friedberger, Henry Wolfe at The Standard.

Tift Merritt and The Suitcase Junket headline at Bootleg Bar.

playing tonight:

• Lil Peep @ The Echo
• "Desert Nights" w/ Eleanor Friedberger, Henry Wolfe @ The Standard
• Frank Iero and the Patience, Dave Hause and The Mermaid @ The Troubadour
• Ryan Reidy, Fragile Gang, Shit Giver, Post Life @ The Hi Hat
• Cataldo @ Resident
• Rogue + Jaye, Madison Douglas @ Hotel Café
• Ryan Amador, Nicky Egan, Kate Bass, Drinker @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Tift Merritt, The Suitcase Junket @ Bootleg Bar
• Bird Concerns, M. Lockwood Porter, Bird & Thorn, Derek Ted @ Silver Lake Lounge

Thursday, May 11

Recommended:

Dear Boy make beautiful sounds at The Echo, with Loveyou andAvalon Lurks.

playing tonight:

• Greyhounds @ The Satellite
• Dear Boy, Loveyou, Avalon Lurks @ The Echo
• Timber Timbre, The Wooden Sky @ Echoplex
• Com Truise, Clark, Tamara Sky @ The Regent Theatre
• The Americans, Craig Paddock @ Hotel Café
• Tom Fruend & Kirby Lenker, Mark Bates, The Mrs., The Improv Trio @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Gabriel Garzon-Montano, Space People @ The Troubadour
• The BuildOn Benefit w/ The 100 Year War, Zealyn, Tyler Hilton, Greg Holden and Zane Carney @ The Roxy
• Magic Wands, Geneva Jacuzzi, Glaare @ The Hi Hat
• Jesse Wilson, Ulysses S. Grant, Kat Khaleel @ Bootleg Bar
• Jerkagram, Orphan Goggles, The Anti-Job @ Silver Lake Lounge

Friday, May 12

Recommended:

The Red Pairs, Pity Party, Beach Bums, and The Cozzmos rally for The Smell, while PJ Harvey does The Greek.

playing tonight:

• Real Friends, Tiny Moving Parts, Have Mercy, Broadside, Nothing Nowhere @ The Regent Theatre
• PJ Harvey @ The Greek
• Ely Rose Presents Creepshow, The Proof., Mike Barone & Friends @ Hotel Café
• Complicated Animals, Friends & Nightmares, Ghost Pavillion @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• All Them Witches, Idle Bloom @ The Roxy
• WASI EP Release Party, Goons, Blushh, Maddie Ross, Taleen Kali @ The Hi Hat
• Alina Bea, OHMME, Ben Babbitt @ Bootleg Bar
• The Red Pairs, Pity Party, Beach Bums, The Cozzmos @ The Smell
• Aleksandre James, Cities, Daise, WildEyes, Snowball II @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Jerron Blind Boy Paxton @ McCabe's

Saturday, May 13

Recommended:

Terrific bill with Superet, Emerson Star, and Green Gerry at Bootleg Bar.

playing tonight:

• Fishbone, Tabitha featuring Stephen Perkins @ Echoplex
• Twin Forks, Dan Layus, The Social Animals @ The Troubadour
• Maniac, Midnite Snaxxx, Die Group @ The Hi Hat
• Conor Oberst @ The Greek
• Aimee Mann @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel
• Train, OAR, Natasha Bedingfield @ Hollywood Bowl
• Alex Dezen, Mike Dunn, Jeff Caudill @ Resident
• The Thurston Moore Group, Marissa Anderson @ Teragram Ballroom
• Alxxa, Henry Hall, Melissa Gottlieb, Simone, The Dales @ Hotel Café
• Kristeen Young & Brandon McCulloch & special guests, Drew Chadwick, Henry Grace, Justin Levinson @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Superet, Emerson Star, Green Gerry @ Bootleg Bar
• Willa Rae & The Minor Arcana, Mia Milan, The NewArkansans, Brandon Solis @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Young Lovers, Terra Firma Dinosaur, Sunset Swim, Surrogate Brains @ The Smell
• Quiles & Cloud, Allison Pierce @ McCabe's

Sunday, May 14

Recommended:

Spend the afternoon and evening with Grand Ole Echo starring Pearl Charles, Lauren Barth, Levi Parham, and The Country Lips at 3 PM, Acid Mothers Temple, Babylon, and Flying Hair at 8:30 PM both at Echoplex, and then Part Time Punks takes over The Echo at 10 featuring The Vacant Lots, Gateway Drugs, and The Meeting Places.

playing tonight:

• Grand Ole Echo w/ Pearl Charles, Lauren Barth, Levi Parham, The Country Lips @ Echoplex (3 PM)
• Acid Mothers Temple, Babylon, Flying Hair @ Echoplex (8:30 PM)
• Part Time Punks w/ The Vacant Lots, Gateway Drugs, The Meeting Places @ The Echo
• Matt Pryor, Dan Andriano @ The Echo (6 PM)
• Sleeptalk, Hush, Kill Trend, Rouxx @ Bootleg Bar
• As It Is, Roam, Grayscale, Skeep On It @ The Roxy
• Lonely Heartstring Band @ McCabe's

The L.A. Show Low Down (Or: "Even By Day I Had A Dream, I Am A Dreamer...")

by Brad Roberts

Post-Coachella malaise infects the whole scene this week, but things turn around during this month of May with a full slate of concerts on the horizon. This includes shows by The Flaming Lips, Grandaddy, and The Mountain Goats, all backed by, recent, new, or upcoming albums. First out of the gate though is Feist (right), who has three nights at The Palace Theatre on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday to introduce last week's release of Pleasure, her first new album since 2011.  Pleasure is a brave and bold move from Leslie Feist, who explores a range of life's burning emotions from exhilaration to morbidity making this a searing personal statement. Never having seen a concert at The Palace Theatre I look forward to watching this artist from my sixth row seat on Friday night.

An Intimate Evening with Okkervil River at Bootleg Theatre was sold out before I even heard about it, but fortunately I've seen them numerous times so I can let this one go. But if you've never seen them I can't recommend this Tuesday night show more highly. And with the band playing requests and rarities as an acoustic trio, this will be very special indeed.

Locals to check out this week include Psychic Love, Omar Velasco, Avi Buffalo, and Samira Winter.

Monday, May 1

Recommended:

The Palms, The Years, Psychic Love @ The Troubadour

Brant Bjork, Royal Thunder, Black Wizard, Barrows @ The Echo

playing tonight:

• The Diamond Light, Well Hung Heart @ The Satellite
• Brant Bjork, Royal Thunder, Black Wizard, Barrows @ The Echo
• Weedeater, The Obsessed, Primitive Man, Fatso Jetson, Karma To Burn @ The Regent Theatre
• "School Night!" w/ The Veers, Lauren Ruth Ward, special guest, Former Faces @ Bardot
• Peppina, Gigi Lyn @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Bedbugs, Family Hahas, Arms Akimbo, Gardenside @ Bootleg Bar
• Son Volt, Anders Parker @ The Roxy
• Monday Monday w/ Olivia Millerschin, Lisa Richie, Tim Olstad, Annachristie, Sarah Hollins, Sydney Sprague, Kail Baxley @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• The Palms, The Years, Psychic Love @ The Troubadour

Tuesday, May 2

Recommended:

An Intimate Evening with Okkervil River, Bird of Youth @ Bootleg Theatre

Omar Velasco, Cornelia Murr, Wyndham @ The Hi Hat

Celebrating 50 Years of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band @ The Grammy Museum

playing tonight:

• Easy, Neil Young deGrasse Tyson, Tambourines, Mush Pot @ The Satellite
• An Intimate Night w/ KCSN and Beth Hart, Ethan Gruska @ Hotel Café
• Phil Barnes w/ Derek Webb, Lucy & LIV, Lizzie Weber @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Omar Velasco, Cornelia Murr, Wyndham @ The Hi Hat
• Laura Marling @ The Mayan Theatre
• Celebrating 50 Years of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band @ The Grammy Museum
• Ozomatli and Friends, Banda La Maravillosa @ The Troubadour
• An Intimate Evening with Okkervil River, Bird of Youth @ Bootleg Theatre
• Raindeer Flotilla, Desert Tundra, Tina DeCara, Suvi @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Katelyn Tarver @ Resident

Wednesday, May 3

Recommended:

Robyn Hitchcock @ The Troubadour

playing tonight:

• Tim Kasher, Allison Weiss, No Win @ The Echo
• Chaparral @ The Love Song
• "Desert Nights" w/ Adam Naas, VIIA  @ The Standard
• Robyn Hitchcock @ The Troubadour
• Sorority Noise, Walter Etc, The Obsessives @ The Hi Hat
• James McCartney w/ Anna Rose, Alex Bloom w/ Aaron Child's & Huxlee @ Hotel Café
• Chris Bandi, Charlie Rose & Caleche Ryder, Ninet, Keenan Donovan @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Lael Neale, The Cairo Gang, Allie Crow Buckley @ Bootleg Bar
• Kiefer Sutherland @ The Roxy

Thursday, May 4

Recommended:

Avi Buffalo, Park Strangers, Minimall, Bien Bien, What the Sound Presents @ Silver Lake Lounge

playing tonight:

• Bad Feelings, LUMiN, Rad Horror @ The Satellite
• Diet Cig, Lisa Prank, Janelane @ The Echo
• Soulfly, Gruesome, Lody Kong, Thrown Into Exile @ Echoplex
• Current Swell w/ Eddie Berman, Junius Meyvant @ Hotel Café
• Rozzi Crane, Mendez, Taylor Hill @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Parachute, Kris Allen, Molly Kate Kestner @ The Roxy
• Avec Sans @ Resident
• Sondre Lerche, Dedekind Cut @ The Troubadour
• Sir Richard Bishop, Robert Millis @ Bootleg Bar
• Avi Buffalo, Park Strangers, Minimall, Bien Bien, What the Sound Presents @ Silver Lake Lounge

Friday, May 5

Recommended:

Feist @ The Palace Theatre

playing tonight:

• First Friday's w/ Buyepongo, Chico Mann, Captain Planet @ The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
• Charlie Bliss, Upset, French Vanilla @ The Echo
• Oh Malo Record Release Show, Mister Moon, The Rare Occasions, Jason Hawk Harris & Jamie Drake @ Hotel Café
• Taylor John Williams, Rand, Peridot, Jessica Rau, Mariana Bell & friends @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Feist @ The Palace Theatre
• The Expanders, Boogaloo Assassins @ The Roxy
• John Isaac Watters Rainstorm Brother @ The Hi Hat
• Jet Elfman, Sunny War, Tristan Puig @ The Smell
• Old Crow Medicine Show performing Blonde On Blonde @ The Wiltern
• Blue October, Ryan Delahoussaye @ The Fonda Theatre
• Danny O'Keefe @ McCabe's

Saturday, May 6

Recommended:

Paul Bergman, Brett Davenport, Dimber, Samira Winter @ The Echo

Dweezil Zappa: 50Years of Zappa, Ike Willis @ The Fonda Theatre

Feist @ The Palace Theatre

playing tonight:

• Paul Bergman, Brett Davenport, Dimber, Samira Winter @ The Echo
• Lewis Watson, KaiL Baxley @ The Troubadour
• Feist @ The Palace Theatre
• Racquet Club, Gentlemen Prefer Blood @ Resident
• Joshua Powell & The Great Train Robbery, The Brothers Brothers Band @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Nellie McKay w/ Soecial Guests, A Night of Dolly Parton w/ The Girls, Jensen McRae, Madison Douglas, Abby Posner, jackbenny, Heather Robb, Ben Brucker, Briana Lee, Madison Malone, Rebecca Peters, Jared Lee, Smoky Knights  @ Hotel Café
• Caitlin Eadie, Gyasi Ross, Katie Ferrara, The Drives, The Ricky Fits, Ellisa Sun @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Dweezil Zappa: 50Years of Zappa, Ike Willis @ The Fonda Theatre
• Dirk Hamilton, Waldo Bliss @ McCabe's

Sunday, May 7

Recommended:

Grand Ole Echo w/ Sarah Gayle Meech, Sam Morrow @ The Echo (3 PM)

Feist @ The Palace Theatre

playing tonight:

• Grand Ole Echo w/ Sarah Gayle Meech, Sam Morrow @ The Echo (3 PM)
• Honey Child Single Release Party, Miss Jupiter (9:30 PM)
• Part Time Punks w/ Depeche Mode Nite @ The Echo
• Feist @ The Palace Theatre
• Haux, Aisha Badru @ Bootleg Bar
• Hannah Bowers Album Release Party @ Silver Lake Lounge
• The Reluctant Apostles @ McCabe's

The L.A. Show Low Down (Or: "And There Is Not Another Place That I Would Rather BeThan Here...")

by Brad Roberts

Big shows by the likes of The Zombies (left) at The Grammy Museum on Wednesday and at The Theatre at Ace Hotel on Thursday, and The Pixies on Tuesday and Wednesday at The Theatre at Ace Hotel, highlight this week. Also noteworthy, The Magnetic Fields have a show at Royce Hall on Wednesday.

Locally, check out shows with Eli Chartkoff, Dante Elephante, Pity Party, and Two Sheds.

Monday, April 24

Recommended:

Draemings EP Release Party, Lauren Ruth Ward, Cassini @ The Echo

playing tonight:

• IRONTOM, Thumpasaurus, Grandson @ The Satellite
• Draemings EP Release Party, Lauren Ruth Ward, Cassini @ The Echo
• Wrekmeister Harmonies, Mary Lattimore, Helen Money @ Echoplex
• "School Night!" w/ The Geek X VRV, Public Access TV, The Dip, Ghost Lion @ Bardot
• Smokin Ziggurats, Houston In the Blind, Jeff Crosby & the Refugees, The Torie Tyson Band @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Cold War Kids @ The Grammy Museum
• Wild Year, Ccurtsy, Bel Haven, Cousin Liar @ The Hi Hat
• Kona, Drum & Lace, Melody Reyne, VIAA @ Bootleg Bar
• Shawn Stockman @ Hotel Café
• The Night Game, Sure Sure, Bad Wave @ Resident
• Balkan Beat Box, Afrolicious Soundsystem @ The Troubadour
• Ilegal Mescal Music Series @ Harvard & Stone

Tuesday, April 25

Recommended:

Veers, Smoky Knights, Elle Belle @ Harvard & Stone 

Pixies @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel

playing tonight:

• Mermaed @ The Satellite
• Leif Vollebekk, Nico Yaryan @ The Echo
• Eliza Rickman, Vincint @ Hotel Café
• Ashley Peacock, Abby Litman @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Gaz Coombs, Simone Turkington Magic, Marjorie Fair @ The Hi Hat
• Pixies @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel
• Tree Machines, TS Idiot, The Idles @ Silver Lake Lounge
• CLARA-NOVA, Kauf, Paper Pilots, Rainstorm Brother @ Bootleg Bar
• Veers, Smoky Knights, Elle Belle @ Harvard & Stone 

Wednesday, April 26

Recommended:

 Deaf/Mute, Faye Wrays, Eli Chartkoff, Wolf Woodcock  @ The Hi Hat

playing tonight:

• Ugly Sweaters, Swimsuit Issue, Palm Springsteen @ The Satellite
• Asphyx, Grave Hill, Skeletal Remains, Ruin @ The Echo
• Spain @ The Love Song
• "Desert Nights" w/ Nick Shattuck, Tremble Weeds @ The Standard
• Rise Against, Sharp Shock @ The Troubadour
• Pixies @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel
• Kansas @ The Wiltern
• San Fermin, Low Roar @ The Roxy
• Deaf/Mute, Faye Wrays, Eli Chartkoff, Wolf Woodcock  @ The Hi Hat
• Shelly Fairchild, KCSNs Intimate Acoustic Radio Taping w/ Nikki Lane @ Hotel Café
• Lily Virginia, Ellee Duke @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• The Unlikely Candidates, Cemetery Sun, The Fame Riot, Varsity @ Bootleg Bar
• In The Womb, Andorkappen, Blackberry Tongues @ The Smell
• Wayward Cactus, Society Falls, PHEVR, The Deepsea Goes @ Silver Lake Lounge

Thursday, April 27

Recommended:

The Walters, Dante Elephante, Summer Salt @ The Hi Hat

The Zombies @ The Grammy Museum  

The Magnetic Fields @ Royce Hall

playing tonight:

• Vistalite EP Release Show, Stop Plate Techtonics, Dead Ait @ The Satellite
• Lusine, Geotic @ The Echo
• Essence, Kawehi @ Hotel Café
• Joy Autumn, Storry @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• The 1975 @ The Greek
• The Zombies @ The Grammy Museum
• Bleachers @ The Roxy
• Coast Modern, 888, Sundara Karma @ The Troubadour
• The Magnetic Fields @ Royce Hall
• The Walters, Dante Elephante, Summer Salt @ The Hi Hat
• Ne-Hi, Moaning, Weird Love @ Bootleg Bar
• Shiva Linga, Hybrid Sheep Organizer, Apes-Ma, Lacy Buchanan @ The Smell
• Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors, Stephen Kellogg @ El Rey

Friday, April 28

Recommended:

Jurassic Shark, Pity Party, Beach Bums @ The Smell

playing tonight:

• Pile, Gnarwahl, Prissy Whip @ The Echo
• Miracle Legion @ Echoplex
• Big Freedia, Boyfriend, Moods @ The Regent Theatre
• New Found Glory, Trash Boat @ The Troubadour
• The Magnetic Fields @ Royce Hall
• The Zombies @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel
• DIVVY @ Hotel Café
• Shane Henry Album Release, Taylor John Williams, Matt McAndrew @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• The Family Crest, Family & Friends @ Bootleg Bar
• Jurassic Shark, Pity Party, Beach Bums @ The Smell
• Shane Grey, Bad Joy, KCs Heroes, Sonia Dali & The Salvadors, Truly Talented @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Syd Straw @ McCabe's

Saturday, April 29

Recommended:

The Wedding Present, Colleen Green Band @ The Echo

playing tonight:

• The Wedding Present, Colleen Green Band @ The Echo
• Intronaut, Bell Witch @ Echoplex
• An Evening with The Zombies @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel
• New Found Glory, Trash Boat @ The Troubadour
• The Long Ryders, Translator @ The Roxy
• Brit Manor Video Release Party, VIAA, Def Sound @ The Hi Hat
• Melody Federer, Sara Niemietz & W G Snuffy Walden, Jake Davis, Elevaters and Adam Stern @ Hotel Café
• Emily Keener, Rainne, Aftrs @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Youth On Soda, Dead Air, Rat In The Louvre, Noyes @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Sallie Ford, Molly Burch @ Bootleg BaR
• Part Time, Love Nothing, Snowball II, The Lulls @ The Smell
• Terry Allen @ McCabe's

Sunday, April! 30

Recommended:

Jacob Metcalf, Two Sheds, God Of Love @ The Hi Hat

playing tonight:

• Grand Ole Echo w/ Austin McCutchen, Moonsville Collective, David Luning, Mount Baine @ The Echo
• Part Time Punks w/ Richie Ramone, The Tissues, Readership Hostile @ Echoplex
• Jacob Metcalf, Two Sheds, God Of Love @ The Hi Hat
• New Found Glory, Trash Boat @ The Troubadour
• Change Directions Kick Off Party w/ Javier Dunn, Sonia Leigh, Daphne Willis, Van Wild, + more @ Hotel Café
• Monti Boi One Year Anniversary @ The Smell
• Crystal Bowersox @ McCabe's

The L.A. Show Low Down (Or: "We Dig For The Bones Of An Idol When The Will Is Gone, 'Cause Something Keeps Turnng You On...")

by Brad Roberts

The Coachella 2017 festival's second weekend continues to impact the local music scene so there's not a lot to offer this week. 

Spiral Stairs is the side project of Scott Kannberg (at right), guitarist for Pavement, and his new album, Doris And The Daggers is a reflection of his passage into middle age, with all its ups and downs. Collaborations with members of The National, Broken Social Scene and Kelley Stoltz add color and craft to an album already being heaped with praise. He drops into the Resident for a show on Thursday night which includes a return of local favorites The Henry Clay People, along with High Cameras for the week's highlight.

Last Wednesday I witnessed an evening of pure unadulterated power pop nirvana in the form of a concert by The New Pornographers highlighted by selections from their great new album at The Theatre at Ace Hotel. It was the kickoff of their current tour and high energy and a great spirit of fun set the audience's spirits soaring. Smash hit followed smash hit until one felt punch-drunk from the assault.

Monday, April 17

Recommended:

Draemings, Brass Box, Ever So Android, Dancing Tongues, Jesse Jo Stark @ The Echo

Tortoise, 1939 Ensemble @ Teragram Ballroom 

playing tonight:

• IRONTOM, Nona, Soulfire Collective, Varsity Wee @ The Satellite
• Draemings, Brass Box, Ever So Android, Dancing Tongues, Jesse Jo Stark @ The Echo
• Bing & Ruth, Alex Izenberg @ The Sanctuary at Pico-Union Project
• "School Night!" w/ Dream Club, The Ages, Dark Rooms, Jenn Grant @ Bardot
• Car Seat Headrest, Preoccupations @ The Regent Theatre
• James Price, Dirty Faction, Milhouse Palacios @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Tortoise, 1939 Ensemble @ Teragram Ballroom
• King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard @ The Roxy
• Kona, Nicky Sparkles, Tolliver @ Bootleg Bar
• Tall Juan, Los Blenders, Las Logan Menores, Sheer @ Resident
• Jamie McLean Band @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• CalArts Soundstream 2017 w/ Ackland, Battery, Grace Fellows, Newman, Primero Sueño, Shirasawa-22, Cilience @ The Troubadour
• Ilegal Mescal Music Series @ Harvard & Stone

Tuesday, April 18

Recommended:

Blossom, Arkells, Wilderado @ The Echo

playing tonight:

• Blossom, Arkells, Wilderado @ The Echo
• HOMESHAKE, Andy Boay, Mozart's Sister @ Echoplex
• Twin Peaks, Hinds, The Memories @ The Regent Theatre
• TFDI @ Hotel Café
• Sam Fischer, Caleb Hawley & The Strike @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Breakbot, Busy P @ The Roxy
• "Desert Nights" w/ Chrysta Bell @ The Standard
• Downtown Boys, Girl Pusher, Brutus VIII @ The Snell
• BAMBAATA @ Resident
• The Relationship, Cotillon, Ablebody, The Planters @ Bootleg Bar
• Lions and Poets, Jim Priest, Bipolarte, Bad Joy @ Silver Lake Lounge

Wednesday, April 19

Recommended:

David Crosby & Friends @ The Wiltern

playing tonight:

• Horisont, The Dirty Streets, Lords of Beacon House @ The Satellite
• Triptides, The Creation Factory, Vinyl Williams, Superet @ The Echo
• "Desert Nights" w/ Ben Lee & Escondito @ The Standard
• An Acoustic Evening w/ Emily King @ The Troubadour
• Jack Garrett @ The Roxy
• Polica, Zack Villere, Dizzy Fae @ Teragram Ballroom
• Shoot & Show, Holy Wars, The Crazy Brave @ The Hi Hat
• Ora Cogan, Little Wings, Vikesh Kapoor, Sam Burton; Distant Cousins, Gidon Record Release Show, Shane @ Hotel Café
• David Crosby & Friends @ The Wiltern
• Califone, Tara Jane O'Neil Record Release Show, Rachel Blunnerg @ Bootleg Bar
• S U R V I V E, M Geddes Gengras, SSLEEPERHOLD @ El Rey
• Slow Children, Jules Shear, All Systems Know, Tree Machines @ Silver Lake Lounge

Thursday, April 20

Recommended:

Spiral Stairs, The Henry Clay People, High Cameras @ Resident

playing tonight:

• A Tribute to Prince @ The Satellite
• Pond, Ezra Furman @ The Echo
• Troubadours @ Hotel Café
• Everett Coast, King Daniel Holy Stoned EP Release @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Spiral Stairs, The Henry Clay People, High Cameras @ Resident
• Thee Commons, Downtown Boys, Surfbort, Tall Juan @ Teragram Ballroom
• Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes, Culture Abuse @ The Hi Hat
• Grateful Shred @ Bootleg Bar
• Henry Hall, Soft Deadlines, The Echo Bombs, The Place, Playing Tourist Forever @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Whitney, Dent May @ El Rey

Friday, April 21

Recommended:

Coachella 2017 @ Empire Polo Club

Climate Day LA w/ Deerhoof, Weyes Blood, Sophie, and more @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel

Also playing:

• Coachella 2017 @ Empire Polo Club
• Climate Day LA w/ Deerhoof, Weyes Blood, Sophie, and more @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel
• Jay Som, Kera and the Lesbians, Pinky Pinky @ The Echo
• Feminist Friday w/ Juke Joint, Jackie Jackson & Her Royal Gents @ Resident
• DenManTau, Close Talker & Superwhatevr @  @ Hotel Café
• Miranda Glory, Shoshana & Aki, Jillian Speer, Taylor John Williams, Chris Youmans @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• State Champs, Against The Current @ Teragram Ballroom
• HONNE @ The Roxy
• Hot Flash Heat Wave, Franky Flowers, Hearty Har @ The Hi Hat
• Julie Byrne, Korey Dane, Avi Buffalo @ Bootleg Bar
• Nicole Haley, Johnny Chief, Dia, Identity Crisis, Lou Era, Triune, Truly Talented @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Floating Points, Aun Araw @ El Rey
• Eric Andersen @ McCabe's

Saturday, April 22

Recommended:

Prettiest Eyes, Pinky Pinky, Cigarette Bums @ The Hi Hat

playing tonight:

• Coachella 2017 @ Empire Polo Club
• Live Salamander Exhibit, Major Entertainer, Umbra Vita, Thief @ The Echo
• A Special Evening with Reverend Horton Heat, Dale Watson @ The Regent Theatre
• Prettiest Eyes, Pinky Pinky, Cigarette Bums @ The Hi Hat
• Guided by Voices, Prism Tats @The Roxy
• Howie Day @ Hotel Café
• Courtney Hart, Emree @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Justin Paul Sanders, Saint Baby James, Palace Depression, Tose Shawhan @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Clipping, JPEGMAFIA, They Hate Change, Miguel Mendez, Lana Del Rabies @ The Smell
• Beausoleil avec Michael Doucet @ McCabe's

Sunday, April 23

Recommended:

Silence the Lies Rock the Truth IX w/ Visa, The Dirty Diamond, KillaKiah, Ayline @ The Roxy

Earth Day Greenpeace Benefit Show w/ Stolar, Kris Angelis, TV Carpio, Jon Bryant, Color Me Home @ Hotel Café

playing tonight:

• Coachella 2017 @ Empire Polo Club
• Grand Ole Echo - The Not-So-Silent Auction @ The Echo
• Part Time Punks w/ Soft Metals, Chasms, Houses of Heaven @ The Echo
• Silence the Lies Rock the Truth IX w/ Visa, The Dirty Diamond, KillaKiah, Ayline @ The Roxy
• Current Joys, French Vanilla, Mo Dotti @ The Hi Hat
• Earth Day Greenpeace Benefit Show w/ Stolar, Kris Angelis, TV Carpio, Jon Bryant, Color Me Home @ Hotel Café
• Peter Himmelman @ McCabe's

The L.A. Show Low Down (Or: "Got So Hooked On A Feeling, I Started Dealing In A Stage Of Grief So Demanding I Got A Stand-in...")

by Brad Roberts

On Friday, Coachella 2017 opens for its first weekend at the Empire Polo Grounds in Indio and it would successfully suck all the air out of our local scene, except that there are top notch acts performing almost every night this week right here in Los Angeles. While Radiohead, Lady Gaga and Kendrick Lamar woo the desert audience, Sigur Rós plays three special shows with The L.A. Philharmonic at Walt Disney Concert Hall Thursday through Saturday as part of Iceland's Reykjavík Festival, Simple Plan are at The Wiltern on Friday, and Coheed and Cambria breeze through the Hollywood Palladium on Saturday.

The highlight of the week for me is The New Pornographers (above) at The Theatre at Ace Hotel, Wahahatchee open the night, on Wednesday. This is the tour celebrating the release of their seventh album, Whiteout Conditions, and as promised each ticket-goer at this concert on Wednesday will receive a copy of that album. In spite of the absence of Dan Bejar on this enterprise, the band still delivers sharp and pungent lyrics wrapped in a sunny power-pop setting. This is the first night of their tour and even though it's in the sit-down environment of The Theatre at Ace Hotel, and I lucked out with a ticket in the 8th row, it's hard to imagine an audience remaining seated at a New Pornographers show.

It's been many years since I've seen Minus The Bear, but I always enjoyed them in concert and this Wednesday, while I'm at The New Pornographers, they are at The Belasco Theatre.

Monday, April 10

Recommended:

There's a couple of good residences to choose from tonight from IRONTOM with Hawai, He Monster and Arms Akimbo at The Satellite, and Draeming at The Echo, with Psychic Love, Moon Honey and Easyfriend.

Also playing:

• IRONTOM, Hawai, He Monster, Arms Akimbo @ The Satellite
• Draeming, Moon Honey, Easyfriend, Psychic Love @ The Echo
• "School Night!" w/ Saro, Laura Jean Anderson, Impossible Summer, Birthday @ Bardot
• Niantic, Lavender Scissorhand Syndrome, Choric Lumina and the Light Crusaders @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Wyatt Blair, POLARTROPICA, Nanami Ozone, College TV @ The Hi Hat
• Kona, Malia, Alexandra, Hounds @ Bootleg Bar
• TUFT, Quiet Oaks, Small Forward, Mise En Scene @ Resident
• Ilegal Mescal Music Series @ Harvard & Stone

Tuesday, April 11

Recommended:

Mount Eerie have the first of two nights at The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, and Of Montreal are playing at Teragram Ballroom tonight.

Also playing:

• John Early, Claudia O'Doherty, Marcella Arguello, Solomon Georgia, Penis, Tashi & Amanda Blank @ The Satellite
• Annie Hardy, Peter Matthew Bauer @ The Echo
• Slow Hollows, The Paranoyds, Cuco l, Raener @ Echoplex
• Andre Cymone, Kozze @ Hotel Café
• Bradley Palermo, Native Names @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Mount Eerie @ The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
• The Cairo Gang, CFM, Shannon Lay @ The Hi Hat
• Of Montreal, Christina Schneider's Japeto Solutions @ Teragram Ballroom
• Susto, Cat Clyde, Isaak Opatz @ Bootleg Bar
• Jim Swayzee, Killjoi, Pathos, Uniform @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Dreamcar @ The Roxy

Wednesday, April 12

Recommended:

Tonight I see The New Pornographers at The Theatre at Ace Hotel and Minus The Bear play The Belasco Theatre.

Mount Eerie finish up a two-nighter at The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

Also playing:

• The New Pornographers, Wahahatchee @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel
• Minus The Bear @ The Belasco Theatre
• Mount Eerie @ The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
• "Desert Nights" w/ Brianna Falcone, Izaak Opatz @ The Standard
• Dreamcar @ The Roxy
• PAWS, Pressers, Shutups @ Resident
• Widower, Luke Wade @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Ian Sweet, Post Life, Janelane @ Bootleg Bar
• Broken Field Runner, Josh Olsen @ Silver Lake Lounge

Thursday, April 13

Recommended:

The Buttertones would be worth catching at a free in-store at Amoeba Music.

Sigur Rós & The L.A. Philharmonic begin a three-night run at Walt Disney Concert Hall for the Reykjavík Festival. Future Islands have a gig at The Roxy before heading out of Coachella tomorrow.

Also playing:

• The Buttertones @ Amoeba Music
• Sigur Rós & The L.A. Philharmonic @ Walt Disney Concert Hall
• Carrie Manolacos, Leah Capelle, Fialta, Surrogate & Tyson Motsenbocker @ Hotel Café
• Kylie Rothchild & Friends @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Future Islands, Midnight Sister @ The Roxy
• Flavia, Christopher Piliguian, Haathi, Mleo, Titus @ The Troubadour
• Trap Girl, Duderella, Intimachine, The Pocket Rockets @ Resident
• Choir! Choir! Choir! @ Bootleg Bar
• Impuritan, Space Waves, Old Toy Trains @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Sohn, William Doyle, Nylo @ The Fonda Theatre

Friday, April 14

Recommended:

Coachella 2017 takes over everything at Empire Polo Grounds starting today for this first weekend of the now two-weekend festival.

Also playing:

• Coachella 2017 @ Empire Polo Grounds
• Simple Plan @ The Wilshire
• Sigur Rós & The L.A. Philharmonic @ Walt Disney Concert Hall
• Joe Purdy, Jenny O @ The Troubadour
• Go By Ocean @ Hotel Café
• Sally & George, Hot October, Eric Kufs EP Release, Taylor John Williams @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Church: Easter Special w/ Mark de Clive-Lowe, Nia Andrews, Linafornia @ Resident
• The Bottom Dollars, Dream Phases, Psychic Jui-Jitsu, Fiona Silver @ The Hi Hat
• Julia Jaklin, Christian Lee Hutson @ Bootleg Bar
• Red Leslies, Indigo State, Mary Bloom, Katfunk @ The Smell
• Los 5, The PCH Crew, Little Empire, Somewhat Ace @ El Rey
• Evie Sands, Thee Holy Brothers @ McCabe's

Saturday, April 15

Recommended:

 Coheed and Cambria, are at Hollywood Palladium.

Also playing:

• Coachella 2017 @ Empire Polo Grounds
• Kid Wave, Sudan Archives, Aalok, Hydro Kitten @ The Echo
• Sigur Rós & The L.A. Philharmonic @ Walt Disney Concert Hall
• Good Riddance, Screw 32, Western Addiction, Spanish Love Songs @ The Troubadour
• The Courtneys, Matt Lamkin, French Vanilla @ Resident
• Coheed and Cambria, Neverender GAIBSIV @ Hollywood Palladium
• Draag, James V, Rebecca Schiffman @ The Hi Hat
• Anders Osborne, New Breed Brass Band @ Teragram Ballroom
• Last Giant, The Spreewells, Goldenboy featuring The New Familiar @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Deb Talan, Coffee Shop Arena Rock III @ Hotel Café
• Maggie McClure, Emily Zuzik, Royal Jelly Jive & The Rainbow Girls @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Marco Benevento, Wyndham, The Eagle Rock Gospel Singers @ Bootleg Bar
• The Beat Jackers, VerBSn Clive, OneWerd, Choice Reef & M.I.E, High Sun @ The Smell
• Ruthie Foster @ McCabe's

Sunday, April 16

Recommended:

Grand Ole Echo has Kat Meyers and the Buzzards at The Echo this afternoon.

Also playing:

• Coachella 2017 @ Empire Polo Grounds
• Grand Ole Echo w/ Kat Meyers and the Buzzards @ The Echo
• Part Time Punks w/ Crash Course in Science, All Your Sisters, Koran, Second Still @ The Echo
• Jazz Night w/ The Baba Orchestra, Echo Corpse, Thumpasaurus @ Bootleg Bar
• Howlimg for the Homeless Benefit w/ SLUGS, Velopheliacs, Lost Anyway, Bedroomtalk @ The Hi Hat
• Girl Pusher, Authority Figure, Curse, Select Sex @ The Smell