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
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