This Week In LA: This Week In LA: St. Vincent, The Album Leaf, Sea Wolf, Imaad Wasif, Mumford & Sons, Pocahaunted

Best Coast's Bobb Bruno & Bethany Cosentino Hello everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Far too many exceptional shows last week including last night's NO CANCER! Benefit show with No Age, Vivian Girls, Best Coast, Graham Forest, Darker My Love and more. I do believe Bethany from Best Coast's performance as one of their most entertaining yet. As I have said several times before - watch out for that band. Tons of great shows this week including St. Vincent at The El Rey which I have been looking forward to for MONTHS! Its been far too long since I've had my Annie fix. Her new video for for "Laughing With A Mouth Full Of Blood" is amazing. Also this week Brit buzz band Mumford & Sons will play a SOLD OUT show at The Troubadour and The Album Leaf will play at the El Rey Theatre with Sea Wolf on Saturday. The Monolators will also play their first show ever at The Smell this Friday with Make Me from San Francisco! Did we forget any shows? Add to the hype machine! Feel free to send us an email to tonightinla@rockinsider.com. xoxo JAX - ROCK INSIDER AKA THE MANAGEMENT MONDAY FEB. 8TH, 2010 Gamble House, HAIM, Guy Fantastico, Damn Sons @ Silverlake Lounge - FREE (21 Yrs+) LA Record Presents Princeton, Casxio, Rafter, History Of Manners @ Spaceland - FREE (21 Yrs+) - Ohioan, Ah Holly Fam’ly, M. Geddes Gengras, Bow+Arrow, and Moment Trigger @ Synchronicity Space - $5 (All Ages) - Sean Carnage Presents BIRTH! CD RELEASE PARTY, Realicide, Tearist, Former Ghosts, Heligoats @ Pehrspace - $5 (All Ages) - Joe Jack Talcum, American Sheriff, Lord Grunge, The Bassturd + DJ Jester The Filipino Fist @ Echo Curio - $5 (All Ages) - - Useless Keys, Light FM, Black Apples, L.E.F @ The Echo - FREE (21 Yrs+) - Red Arrow Messenger, Jenny, Rumspringa @ Bootleg Theater - FREE - Spirit Animal, All Wrong and The Plans Change @ The Roxy Theater Laura Jansen @ Hotel Cafe TUESDAY FEB. 9TH, 2010 St. Vincent, Wildbirds & Peacedrums @ The El Rey Theatre - $18 (All Ages) Mumford & Sons, Family Of The Year @ The Troubadour - SOLD OUT (All Ages) Ferraby Lionheart, Evan Voytas, Buddy, Josh Ottum @ Bootleg Theater - FREE (18yrs+) - Rene Hell (Iowa City), Chiara Giovando, Ezra Buchla, Pedestrian Deposit, and Human Hands @ Synchronicity Space - $5 (All Ages) - Hod Hulphers, The Moore Brothers, Cave Country @ Echo Curio - $5 (All Ages) - Mia Doi Todd, Correatown, Ariana Delawari, DJ Nobody, + Special Guest @ Spaceland - $8 (21 Yrs+) - Laco$te, Michael Nhat, Fawn As Women, Fantastica Bastidas @ The Echo - $5 (18 yrs+) - Nouvelle Vague, Soko, Findlay Brown @ Henry Fonda Theater - $23 (All Ages) - Loudon Wainwright III @ Largo - $30 (All Ages) - Roll the Tanks, Gooby Goo & Peekers, Bomb Your Face @ Silverlake Lounge - $7 (21 Yrs+) - Paperplanes, Two Guns, Cowboy and Indian @ The Prospector, Long Beach - Red Tide, River Avenue, Flying Machine @ El Cid WEDNESDAY FEB. 10TH, 2010 Findlay Brown, Pizza!, Cobra Lilies @ The Echo - $5 (18yrs+) Low End Theory: Nocando record release, Dntel, King Cannibal @ The Airliner - Thurlow, Samuel Stewart, Mouse Kills Tiger, The Heligoats @ Echo Curio - $5 (All Ages) - Club NME with Silent Star, The Dig, The Passports, Imagine Dragons @ Spaceland - $5 (21 Yrs+) - Dub Club Presents Courtney Melody, Tippa Lee @ The Echoplex - $10 (21 Yrs+) - Pete Yorn, Tim Kasher (of Cursive), Craig Wedren (ex-Shudder to Think) (of Cursive) @ Bootleg Theater - $15 (18yrs+) - Wild Beasts, Still Life Still, Magic Bullets @ The Troubadour - $15 (All Ages) - The Tuffingtons, Warlords of Rock n' Roll Thunder & Lightning, New PLanets @ Silverlake Lounge - $8 (21yrs+) THURSDAY FEB. 11TH, 2010 Imaad Wasif Residency w/ Becky Stark, Voice On Tape @ Spaceland $7 (21 Yrs+) The Thermals, Thao With The Get Down Stay Down, Slang Chickens @ The Troubadour - $16 (All Ages) - Semiconscious Gloria, Seasick + special guests @ Synchronicity Space - $5 (All Ages) - Michael Nhat, Big Whup, No Paws (No Lions), Pangea @ The Smell - $5 All Ages - Body Parts, Alina Cutrono, Micah James, Deathday Party @ Echo Curio - $5 (All Ages) - Grand Ole Echo Presents Justin Townes Earle, Joe Pug, The Hi Hos @ The Echo - $10 (18yrs+) - Eyedea & Abilities, Dosh, Silent Army @ The Echoplex - $10 (18yrs+) - Alec Ounsworth (of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!), The Romany Rye, Line and Circle @ The Bootleg - $13 (21yrs+) - Death Hymn #9, Aftergloam, Stab City, Manhattan Murder Mystery @ L'Keg Gallery - $5 (All Ages) - Editors, The Antlers @ The Wiltern - All Ages - Captains, Venus Bogards, Bullied By Strongs, Dreamers @ Silverlake Lounge - $8 (21yrs+) - Lucha VaVoom @ The Mayan Theatre FRIDAY FEB. 12TH, 2010 The Monolators, Make Me(SF), Heavy Hawaii, The Preteens @ The Smell - $5 (All Ages) Pocahaunted, Moon Duo (members of Wooden Shjips), Psychic Handbook + more TBA @ Synchronicity Space - $5 (All Ages) Pearl Harbor @ Space 15 Twenty - 6PM FREE (All Ages) - The Crystal Method @ Avalon Hollywood - $20 (18yrs+) - Chicago Underground Duo, Pit Er Pat, The Pity Party @ Bootleg Theater - $12 (18yrs+) - Christian Death @ The El Rey Theatre - $23 (All Ages) - Sierra Swan, Carina Round, Samuel Stewart, .Wildlife @ pehrspace - $5 (All Ages) - Let Go of the Rail, Moment Trigger, Lee Noble, The Deep Sea Goes @ L'Keg Gallery - $5 (All Ages) - Dog, The Crystelles, Actuary, Geronimo, Sissister @ Echo Curio - $5 (All Ages) - Web In Front Presents Shadow Shadow Shade, Twilight Sleep, Marvelous Toy @ Spaceland - $8 (21 Yrs+) - Club Underground Presents Fitz & The Tantrums, Sweater Girls @ The Echo - $8 (18yrs+) - The Beat Junkies, Slum Village @ The Echoplex - $10 (21yrs+) - Moan Red, Ric Veda, The Jack Fris Radio Choir, The Marietta James @ Redwood Bar - $8 (21yrs+) - 100 Monkeys @ The Glass House, Pomona - Shawn Colvin @ Canyon Club, Agoura Hills - Billy Boy On Poison @ The Viper Room SATURDAY FEB. 13TH, 2010 The Album Leaf, Sea Wolf, Magik*Magik Orchestra @ The El Rey Theatre - $17 (All Ages) - Woolen + special guests @ Synchronicity Space - $5 (All Ages) - Peter’s Pool Boys presents Laco$te, Repetitions, (members of Flaspar from Portland, OR), I.E., Essay @ The Smell - $5 (All Ages) Ash Reiter, Devotionals, Foxtails Brigade, The Karabal Nightlife @ Eco Curio - $5 (All Ages) Daniel Lanois' Black Dub @ Spaceland - $14 (21 Yrs+) Lovers and Strangers Valentines Art & Music Festival w/ Xanimo, The Idyllist, Radio Freq, White Arrows + DJs and more @ The Echoplex - $10 (18yrs+) FUNKY SOLE (CLUB NIGHT) @ The Echo Alice In Chains @ Hollywood Palladium - (All Ages) Blue Tape Red Tape, Dream Panther, Things @ McWorld - FREE (All Ages) ZOMBIE PROM w/ Saint Motel, Young The Giant, Chasing Kings, Links @ The Roxy - $11.50 (All Ages) - West Indian Girl, Pollyn @ Bootleg Theater - $13 (18yrs+) - G. Love & Special Sauce @ House Of Blues Sunset - Spain @ Origami Vinyl - FREE 7pm ALL AGES SUNDAY FEB. 14TH, 2010 Part Time Punks w/ The Meek, Weekend, Young Prisms @ The Echo - $5 (18yrs+) Halloween Swim Team, Meho Plaza, Narwhal Party, Blue Tape Red Tape, Dream Panther, Insects Vs. Robots, Moostache, Things, Lola Loshkey, Starskate @ McWorld - $3 (All Ages) 4PM - John Wiese, Lasse Marhaug, Joe & Joe (Joseph Hammer and Joe Potts Duo), - Seven Depressions (Damion Romero and Shannon Walter Duo) @ The Smell - $5 (All Ages) - Kidrockers w/ Dengue Fever, Buddy @ The Echo (Day Show) - Daniel Lanois' Black Dub @ Spaceland - $14 (21 Yrs+) - Van Dyke Parks, Clare & the Reasons @ McCabe's - $22.50 (All Ages) 7PM - Normandie, Night Horse, Yours Til Death @ The Viper Room - $8 (21 Yrs+) - Motion City Soundtrack with Set Your Goals, This Providence, and The Swellers @ House Of Blues Sunset - Justin Bieber @ Hollywood Palladium The Monolators, Make Me, Heavy Hawaii, The Preteens FRIDAY FEB. 12TH, 2010 @ The Smell 247 S. Main St. Right Click and Select "Save As" To Download. Sea Wolf - Stanislaus St. Vincent - Laughing With A Mouthful Of Blood Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man Thao With The Get Down Stay Down - Know Better Learn Faster The Antlers - Bear Princeton - Calypso Gold The Monolators - Anxiety Pearl Harbor - California Shakedown MP3S WE JUST REALLY REALLY LIKE Best Coast - When I'm With You Gamble House - Central Park UPCOMING SHOWS YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT: FEB 15TH - Rock Insider Presents Princeton, Le Switch, Wade Ryff & Friends, Adam Stern @ Spaceland - FREE (21 Yrs+) FEB 16TH - Dios Album Release Show w/ The Henry Clay People, Signals @ The Troubadour - FREE! (ALL AGES) FEB 17TH - COLD CAVE w/ Best Coast, Smith Westerns, Avi Buffalo @ The Glass House Pomona FEB 19TH - Ancestors, Black Math Horseman @ Spaceland FEB 26TH - The Strange Boys, Chain & The Gang @ The Echo Feb 27th - Dirty Projectors (with Los Angeles Philharmonic) @ Walt Disney Concert Hall MAR. 5TH Deer Tick @ The Natural History Museum MAR. 10TH Little Boots, Dragonette @ El Rey Theatre MAR. 27TH - Surfer Blood, Best Coast, Turbo Fruits @ The Echo APR 10TH - Liars w/ Fol Chen @ The El Rey Theatre APR 14TH - Vampire Weekend @ Fox Thatre Pomona APR 22ND - Japandroids @ The Echoplex APR 23RD Norah Jones @ The Orpheum - SOLD OUT APR 27TH - Dr. Dog, Deer Tick @ Henry Fonda Theatre MAY 5TH - Broken Social Scene @ The Henry Fonda MAY 13th James Taylor/Carole King @ Hollywood Bowl MAY 14th James Taylor/Carole King @ Hollywood Bowl MAY 15th James Taylor/Carole King @ Hollywood Bowl MAY 21ST - Shout Out Louds - EL Rey Theatre MAY 21st Kaki King, An Horse @ El Rey Theatre

THIS WEEK IN LA: The Soft Pack, VV Brown, Patti Smith, Pink Floyd Experience

The Soft Pack 10 Release Shows In 1 Day This Sat. Jan 30th, 2010 We're back from an extended hiatus while we were out on the road!!! First things first - Beach House's amazing 3rd album "Teen Dream" is available NOW on Sub Pop. The album is already #10 on the iTUNES album chart! People seriously this record is a MUST LISTEN. Pitchfork even gave it a well deserved 9.0. I've listened to "Walk In The Park" at least 9 times today alone. Download "Norway" from the album in the side bar. Crystal Antlers - Tentacles from The Heap on Vimeo. Second - Crystal Antlers have a new video for their track "Tentacles." WATCH IT RIGHT HERE. Crystal Antlers are back in Southern California after pretty much a 1.5 years of straight touring. The band are working on writing and recording their sophomore album. Really excited to see how things progress. So many great shows this week including FYF Presents 10 shows in 1 day with The Soft Pack this Saturday Jan. 30th. Avi Buffalo will be playing with them at the FMLY Mansion in Venice at 1PM. THE SHOW IS FREE! For all the details on the other 10 shows follow FYFFest or The Soft Pack on twitter. You can also find details right here. http://www.twitter.com/fyffest http://www.twitter.com/thesoftpack THURSDAY JAN. 28TH, 2009 Patti Smith @ Hammer Museum The Parson Red Heads, The Chapin Sisters, Social Studies, All Spots To Black @ The Echo - $7 (18 Yrs+) - Abe Vigoda, Silk Flowers, Bronze, TEARIST @ The Smell - $5 (All Ages) - Jason Webley, Eliza Rickman @ Echo Curio - $8 (All Ages) - Fishtank Ensemble, Diego's Umbrella, Jessica Fichot @ Spaceland - $5 (21 Yrs+) Fruit Bats, Citay @ The Echoplex - $13 - The Golden Years, Johnny O'Donnell & A Cast of 1000s, Devon Williams @ L'Keg Gallery - $5 (All Ages) - Death Kit, Yours Til Death, The Half-Hearted @ The Bordello - Jason Diaz, Wade Ryff, Zmed Brothers, Peppermint Wolf @ Silver Lake Lounge - Tasso, Barrio Tiger @ King King - The Mother Hips, Travel By Sea @ Hotel Cafe - HoneyHoney @ The Viper Room - Nick Jonas & The Administration, Diane Birch @ The Wiltern - Pee Wee Herman Show @ Club Nokia FRIDAY JAN. 29TH, 2010 Spaceland and ArjanWrites.com presents Superfraiche featuring VV Brown, Reni Lane, Love Grenades, Scott Simons @ Spaceland - $10 (21 Yrs+) - The Adolescents, Riverboat Gamblers, John Doe @ Alex's Bar Pink Floyd Experience @ The Orpheum - Boomsnake, Slang Chickens, Superhumanoids @ Echo Curio - $5 (All Ages) - Figurine, Psychic Powers, Suzanne Kraft @ pehrspace - $5 (All Ages) - Lots O’ Crap presents… My Name Is Dalloway, Magic Fingers (San Luis Obispo) - Chris Cornell @ The Troubadour - SOLD OUT - Club Underground: The Tender Box, Satellite Crush @ The Echo - Polysics, Sabrosa Purr, New Kingdom @ The Roxy - Thee Makeout Party!, Brendan Daniel & The Chics @ Redwood Bar - Gpkism, Seileen @ Bootleg Theatre - Andy Clockwise record release, Nneka, Aya Larkin, Lauren Shera @ Hotel Cafe - Pee Wee Herman Show @ Club Nokia - Bowling For Soup @ The El Rey Theater - The Adolescents, Riverboat Gamblers, John Doe @ Alex's Bar - The Fray, The Honor Society @ House Of Blues Sunset - LL Cool J @ The Key Club - Pink Floyd Experience @ Orpheum SATURDAY JAN. 30TH, 2010 THE FMLY + FYF PRESENT The Soft Pack + Avi Buffalo @ The FMLY Mansion, Venice - FREE! ALL AGES!! - 1PM! Pink Floyd Experience @ The Orpheum Farmer Dave Scher, Lithuanian Prince, Greater California @ The Prospector - Asura, Sequins and Skeletons, Wild Mountain Time, Anenon @ Echo Curio - $5 (All Ages) - Traps, ps, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Kill Kill Kill, Meredith Meyer @ pehrspace - $5 (All Ages) - Gowns, Feel Free, Neon Navajo @ The Smell - $5 (All Ages) - Nico Stai, Chief, Yikes! A Lion, Fences @ Spaceland - $5 (21 Yrs+) - Bowerbirds, Julie Doiron @ The Echo - Help Haiti: A Benefit Show w/ The Pity Party, Pocahaunted, Letting Up Despite Great Faults, Morgan (from the Whispertown 2000) @ CineSpace - Daijobu, Run Through The Desert, Oedipus, Eenik, Rakoon @ The Troubadour - Strung Out, Pulley, The Darlings @ El Rey - John Nolan (Straylight Run), Mansions @ Bootleg Theatre - Cobalt Cranes, Tremellow, Peg Leg Love @ Little Joy - Moving Units, Rumspringa, Casxio @ The Glasshouse - The Residents @ The Henry Fonda - The Music of Led Zeppelin @ The Wiltern - I See Hawks In LA, Old Californio - David Lindley @ McCabe's SUNDAY JAN. 31ST, 2010 Part Time Punks: Depeche Mode Night @ The Echo - Live Footage w knifeandfork (visuals), Tango Nuevo @ Echo Curio - $5 (All Ages) - Neil Hamburger, JP Incoroporated, Brendon Walsh, Barbara Butterfield @ Spaceland - $5 (21 Yrs+) - Cave Country, Tall Tales and the Silver Lining, Tommy Santee Klaws @ Dakota Lounge - Ivan and Alyosha, Brown Sugar Sinks, Greg Jong @ Bootleg Theatre - Digable Planets @ The Key Club - The Lucky Stars @ The Redwood Bar Beach House - Norway Avi Buffalo - What's In It For? The Soft Pack - C'mon The Parson Red Heads - Raymond Crystal Antlers - Tentacles Abe Vigoda - Don't Lie Chief - Stealing Big Whup - Yaaaay! Best Coast - When I'm With You 60-Watt Kid - 2012

WIN TICKETS TO SEE A.A. BONDY SATURDAY AT THE ECHO

Thanks to our good friends at FYF Fest we are giving away 3 pairs of tickets to see A.A. Bondy, Nik Freitas, and Willy Mason this Saturday afternoon at The Echo. A.A. Bondy- aka Scott Bondy who spent most of the 90's fronting the band Verbena - put out what I consider one of the most underrated records of 2009 - When The Devil's Loose. You can download the track below but do yourself a favor and nab the whole album on iTUNES. TO ENTER: Send your full name to tonightinla@rockinsider.com subject line: AA BONDY. REMEMBER: The show is an early show and begins at 6PM so get there early! AA Bondy - To The Morning

THIS WEEK IN LA: Vampire Weekend, Adam Franklin & The Bolts Of Melody, A.A. Bondy, Jam For Ron Asheton, Yummy Fur

Vampire Weekend Album Release Show At Henry Fonda Theatre Tues. Jan. 12th Happy Monday everyone! This first week back after the holidays certainly was a productive one! So many great shows so little time. I did manage to catch 60-Watt Kid and Glasser at Spaceland on Saturday. 60-Watt Kid BLEW MY FREAKIN MIND. Their lush spacey songs are will know doubt draw comparison to Animal Collective and Atlas Sound but their energy is straight up punk rock. If you haven't had the opportunity to catch this band yet do yourself a favor and make it a priority. Lots of great shows this week including Vampire Weekend's SOLD OUT date at The Henry Fonda and Wednesday's Jam For Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton at The Roxy featuring Mike Watt among others. Our show of the week however is a slam dunk at Spaceland this Sun. Jan 17th with Adam Franklin (Swervedriver) and The Bolts of Melody. You will want to arrive early for the opening acts. Also playing next Sunday will be a new project by Mr. Jack Burnside of Mezzanine Owls fame that has be christened with the name Rabbits. Jenni Tarma (Eskimohunter) Dan Horne (Mezzanine Owls, Music Go Music, Beachwood Sparks), and Chris Newcomer (The Arms) will also be sitting in. HELL YA! PRESENTS Adam Franklin (Swervedriver) & The Bolts Of Melody w/ Rabbits, The Arms SUNDAY JANUARY 17TH AT SPACELAND [PURCHASE TICKETS] $12 | All Ages (1717 N Silverlake Blvd) MONDAY JAN. 11TH, 2010 The French Semester, The Monolators, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Asbury @ The Echo - FREE (21 Yrs+) Weed Diamond, Tan Dollar, Wonder Wheel @ Synchronicity Space - $5 All Ages - Year Long Disaster, Fatso Jetson, Hydrovibe, It’s Casual @ Spaceland - FREE (21 Yrs+) - Sean Carnage Presents Thurston Moore Is A Faggot, Tenlons Fort, Elijah Crampton, Tik///tik @ pehrspace - $5 All Ages - Jesca Hoop, Maria Taylor, Brandon Walters, Mark Growden, Nicole Simone, Ryan Harrison and The Orphans @ The Hotel Cafe - (21 Yrs+) - The Steelwells, Yellow Red Sparks, The Romany Rye @ Silverlake Lounge - Free (21 Yrs+) - The Northstar Session, Clockwork, David George @ Bootleg Theater - FREE All Ages - Odawas, Dominique Leone, The Vespertines @ Echo Curio - $5 (All Ages) TUESDAY JAN. 12TH, 2009 Vampire Weekend, Very Be Careful @ The Henry Fonda Theater - SOLD OUT Seven Saturdays, The Parson Red Heads, Go West Young Man @ Bootleg Theater - $8 (All Ages) - Obi Best, The Monthlies, Queen Kwong, Meredith Meyer, + DJ MR Shovel @ Spaceland (21 yrs+) - Olin & the Moon, Eleni Mandell @ The Echo - FREE (21 Yrs+) - The Secret 6. Lantvrn, Lucy Ryder @ Silverlake Lounge - $8 (21 Yrs+) - Garrison Starr, Ruby Friedman Orchestra, Daphne Willis, Anna Rose @ The Hotel Cafe - Phenomenal Handclap Band, Jubilee @ cinespace - Static Aktion Showcase w/ Cloaked Light, Pale Blue Sky, Josh Burke, Infinite Body, Rale, Mirror To Mirror, Earn + Pedestrian Deposit @ Echo Curio - $5 (All Ages) - Howie Day @ The Roxy Theatre - The Pee-Wee Herman Show @ Club Nokia WEDNESDAY JAN. 13TH, 2010 Jam for Ron Asheton feat Scott Asheton, Mike Watt, & Steve Mackay of the Stooges, Stephen Perkins (Jane's Addiction), Chad Smith (RHCP), Jesse Hughes (Eagles of Death Metal), Clem Burke and More @ The Roxy The Phenomenal Handclap Band, The Holloys, Jogger, White Arrows @ The Echo - $10 (18Yrs+) - CLUB NME w/ The Meeting Places, Wrong Way Driver, The Robotanists, OVideo @ Spaceland (21 yrs+) - Oh Darling, The Passports, Mia Maestro, Nadine & Terence @ Bootleg Theater - $8 (All Ages) - Molino, Space Waves, Half Hearted @ Silverlake Lounge - $8 (21Yrs+) - Spaceland On Ice w/ Le Switch, New World Record @ Pershing Square - 7PM FREE (All Ages) - Nana Grizol, Pangea, Devon Williams, Moses Campbell @ The Smell - $5 (All Ages) - Awesometown w/ Jubilee, Mid City West, Dirty Dave, Anne Lee @ Shortstop Bar - Boats, Batwings Catwings, Rough Kids @ Echo Curio - $5 (All Ages) - Dub Club Presents Willi Williams with The Expanders featuring David Hillyard, Larry McDonald, Mr. T-Bone, Jah Faith @ The Echoplex - $10 (18 Yrs+) - The Pee-Wee Herman Show @ Club Nokia THURSDAY JAN. 14TH, 2009 Kimya Dawson, Your Heart Breaks (Seattle, WA), Angelo Spencer (Olympia, WA) @ The Smell - $8 All Ages Twilight Sleep, The Arms, A Decent Animal, Red Tide @ Silverlake Lounge - $8 (21 Yrs+) - Robert James, Cigarette Bums, Manhattan Murder Mystery @ L'KEG Gallery - $5 All Ages - The Finches, Red Pony Clock, The Paddle Boat @ Synchronicity Space - $5 All Ages - The Builders and The Butchers, Blue Giant, Mia Riddle @ Spaceland (21 yrs+) - Man/Miracle @ Origami Vinyl - 7PM - FREE - Creedle, Upsilon Acrux @ Bootleg Theater - $10 (All Ages) - Gestapo Khazi, Stab City, The Champanties, The Choke @ Alex's Bar Long Beach (21 Yrs+) -Performer Magazine Presents Julia Nunes (early set), Danny Tieger, Make Moon @ The Echo - $15 (All Ages) - Alberta Cross, Hacienda, The Jakes @ The Troubadour - $12 (All Ages) - The Pee-Wee Herman Show @ Club Nokia - The Daylights, Golden State, Apollo Run, The Spring Standards, Kelly Dalton @ Hotel Cafe - Van Dyke Parks, Clare & the Reasons, Josh Mease @ McCabe's Guitar Shop - So Many Wizards, Man/Miracle, Briefcase Scenario, W.M.X. & Most Things @ Downtown Independent Theatre - FREE SHOW (21 Yrs+) - The Garden Party w/ Correatown, Garland, Vanaprasta, All Wrong & The Plans Changes @ Junglerush - $5 - Killing Spree Night @ Medusa Lounge FRIDAY JAN. 15TH, 2010 Abe Vigoda, Alps Of New South Wales, Signals, M,Women @ Echo Curio - $5 All Ages Dios, Forcefield ON, Bella Novela, Pterodactyl, Eugene and the 1914 @ Alex's Bar - (21 Yrs+) - New Planets, Tigers Can Bite You, Luke Janela, Modern Time Machines @ pehrspace - $5 All Ages - Night Horse, Dusted Angel, Normandie @ Spaceland (21 yrs+) - Mount Righteous, Seasons @ Bootleg Theater - $8 (All Ages) - GZA, Curtains, DJ Dark Alley @ The Echoplex - %16 (18 Yrs+) - Club Underground w/ Psychic Powers, Evan Voytas @ The Echo - $5/$7 Under 21Yrs (18 yrs+) - Styx @ House Of Blues Anaheim - The Pee-Wee Herman Show @ Club Nokia - The Outline, Mini Mansions, Superhumanoids @ The Unknown Theatre - $10 (All Ages) SATURDAY JAN. 16TH, 2010 FYF Fest Presents AA Bondy, Nik Frantis, Willy Mason @ The Echo - EARLY SHOW 6PM - $10 All Ages Moses Campbell, Watercolor Paintings, Subtle Selves, Voice On Tape @ The Smell - $5 All Ages - Merry Christmas, Les Blanks, Roman Candles, Plus Special Guests @ L'Keg Gallery - $5 All Ages - Meho Plaza, SISU, boxViolet, soccoro @ pehrspace - $5 All Ages - Orphan Fairytale, Dolphins into the Future, Monopoly Child Star Searchers, Eekhorn X, Helmutmut @ Synchronicity Space - $5 All Ages - Hockey, Asa Ransom, Eastern Conference Champions @ Spaceland (21 yrs+) Foot Foot, The Finches, Ash Reiter, Loyal Sons & Daughters @ Echo Curio - $5 (All Ages) - Funk Sole @ The Echo - 10PM FREE (21 Yrs+) - My American Heart, AJ Rafael, On The Surface, Polaris at Noon @@ The Troubadour - $12 (All Ages) - The Pee-Wee Herman Show @ Club Nokia - Papa, Slang Chickens @ Bootleg Theatre SUNDAY JAN. 17TH, 2010 Hell Ya! Presents Adam Franklin & The Bolts of Melody, Rabbits (Featuring Jack Burnside of Mezzanine Owls, Jenni Tarma of Eskimohunter), The Arms @ Spaceland - $12 DOS (21 yrs+) Part Time Punks w/ Yummy Fur (Members of Franz Ferdinand & The 1990s), Neverever @ The Echo - $8 (18 Yrs+) - Castanets, Tiger Saw, Alps Of New South Wales, Bridges Academy Rock Recital @ Bootleg Theater - $10 (All Ages) - ORPHAN FAIRYTALE (Belgium), DOLPHINS INTO THE FUTURE (Belgium), EEKHOORN X (Belgium), HELMUTMUT (Belgium), JAMES FERRARO (member of The Skaters) @ K'Keg Gallery - $5 All Ages - Rival Sons Residency @ Cinespace - 18 Yrs+ - Andrew Jackson Jihad, Kepi Ghoulie, Partners in 818 @ Echo Curio - $5 (All Ages) Did we forget any shows? Add to the hype machine! Feel free to send us an email to tonightinla@rockinsider.com. Right Click and Select "Save As" To Download. AA Bondy - To The Morning Vampire Weekend - Horchata The Parson Red Heads - Raymond Holloys - Lake Land Signals - Spector Yummy Fur - Hong King In Stereo Dios - Puttin It Down Year Long Disaster - Show Me Your Teeth Best Coast - When I'm With You 60-Watt Kid - 2012

This Week In LA: Sonic Youth, Atlas Sound, Brilliant Colors, Woodsman, Best Coast

Brilliant Colors (San Francisco, CA) Welcome back from the holiday break! It is a new decade can you believe it? I sure can't. I even went as far as accidentally writing 20010 on my rent check because I'm so used to the double zeroes. Plenty of amazing shows this week including our show of the week featuring San Francisco's Briliant Colors. Seriously download their track "Absolutely Anything" in the sidebar and tell me that's not a smash. They will be joined by Best Coast, Dunes (feat the fabulous Kate Hall on drums), and Animal Style. Let's just say you'd be kicking yourself if you missed this show. Up and coming Mexican Summer glo-fi/ambient act Woodsman will also hit LA this week playing three show including a free in-store at Origami on Tues. Jan 5th. I really enjoyed their new Collages LP. Pick it up right here. Bradford Cox of Deerhunter will bring his Atlas Sound side project to the Natural History Museum Friday night kicking off their First Fridays series. He will be joined by the fabulously eccentric Tune-Yards. Oh and some band called Sonic Youth are in town playing two make up shows. If anyone has an extra ticket just lying around please feel free to e-mail me. Did we forget any shows? Feel free to send us an email to tonightinla@rockinsider.com. xoxo JAX - ROCK INSIDER AKA THE MANAGEMENT MONDAY JAN. 4TH, 2010 The French Semester, Letting Up Despite Great Faults, The Spires, The Health Club @ The Echo - FREE David Scott Stone, Ariana Delawari, Lucky Dragons @ Echo Curio - $5 All Ages - Sean Carnage Presents: Batwings Catwings (members of TPF!, Puppy Dog), The Girl with Violent Arms, Chuff Chuff, Garden State, DJ Pretzel Dix @ Pehrspace - $5 All Ages - Year Long Disaster, Open Hand, Totimoshi, Barrio Tiger @ Spaceland - Free (21 Yrs+) - The Color Turning, The Living Suns, Yeah Brother, The Steel Wells @ Silverlake Lounge - FREE (21 Yrs+) - The Northstar Sessions, Joshua Norton, Get Back Loretta @ Bootleg Theatre - The Blind Boy Paxton and Frank Fairfield Variety Show @ Redwood Bar - The Flying Tourbillon Orchestra, The Mulhollands, That Noise @ The Viper Room TUESDAY JAN. 5TH, 2010 Woodsman, Young Prisms, Bipolar Bear, Pearl Harbor @ L'KEG Gallery - $5 All Ages - Lot’s O’Crap presents: Former Ghosts, Railcars, Mother McKenzie, Professor Calculus, Philip Seymour Hoffman @ the Smell - All Ages - Whispering Pines, Old Toy Trains, Space Waves @ Spaceland - (21 Yrs+) - Olin & the Moon, Marnie Herald @ The Echo - Happy Dwarf, The Sundowners, The New Room @ Silverlake Lounge - Young Prisms, Woodsman @ Origami Vinyl - 7PM FREE - Funeral Party, Casxio, Hotstreets, Odd Modern @ The Viper Room - The Webb Sisters, Joey Ryan @ Hotel Cafe - Soko, Feather Beard, Gold (Paige Stark), Josh Hedlund @ Gallery 2023 Quebb - Jeffertitti's Nile, Insects vs. Robots, The Mayfly Dance, Li Diaguo @ The Troubadour - Dim Mak Tuesdays feat. FASHEN, THEM JEANS, DAN OH, AND COSMIC KIDS! @ Cinespace WEDNESDAY JAN. 6TH, 2009 Best Coast, Brilliant Colors, Dunes, Animal Style @ Synchronicity Space Pearl Harbor, Young Prisms (SF), Woodsman (Denver, CO), Allah Las @ The Smell - $5 All Ages - Spaceland on Ice w/ Twilight Sleep, Kissing Cousins @ Pershing Square - FREE 7PM -CLUB NME w/ Wet And Reckless, Butterfly Child, Tigers Can Bite You, The Rhone Occupation @ Spaceland - (21 Yrs+) -Dub Club @ The Echoplex -Brazzaville, David J, Salt Petal @ The Echo -Crash Kings, Darlings of the Day, vOLUMe @ The Viper Room -Fair To Midland, Opus Dai, Endless Hallway @ The Troubadour -FORMING @ Cha Cha Lounge - FREE (21 Yrs+) -Norse Horse, Summer Twins & Clark 8 @ Old Town Pub, Pasadena -Scion House Party LA w/ Distance, MRKI w/ MC Nika D, Starkey, and 12th Planet @ The Roxy THURSDAY JAN. 8TH, 2010 Static Aktion presents: Sun Araw, James Ferraro, Sean McCann, The Urxed, Garden State @ the Smell - $5 All Ages The Happy Hallows, Dirt Dress @ the Mint - The Stevenson Ranch Davidians, The Quarter After, Miranda Lee Richards, - - Kathleen Balloon w/ Crooked Cowboy @ Spaceland - (21 Yrs+) - NAR, P R O T E C T M E, Railcars, F'N A @ L'KEG Gallery - $5 All Ages - Mississippi Man, Rumpsringa, Links, The Silent Comedy @ The Echo - Nerfbau, Take Up Serpents + more! @ Synchronicity Space - Sara Watkins @ Largo at the Coronet - Living Things, The Tender Box, White Arrows @ The Viper Room - The Rumble w/ Aushua, Chasing Kings, Cat Party @ 3 of Clubs - Yours Til Death, Garland @ Silverlake Lounge - 21 Yrs + - Audacity, Living Suns, Cosmonauts, Tomorrow's Tulips @ The Prospector - GOLD DUST @ Footsies - 8PM - FREE (21 YRS+) FRIDAY JAN. 9TH, 2009 Atlas Sound, Tune-Yards @ Natural History Museum (5:30PM) Queen Victoria, 60 Watt Kid, State Champion, Giving Up @ Synchronicity Space - Death Sentence: PANDA! (SF), PILES (SF), Kit, Dunes @ the Smell - $5 All Ages - Golden Animals, Allah Las, Kinch, Jeffertiti's Nile@ Spaceland - (21 Yrs+) - Believe It Or Not I Care, No Enemy, (AxRxM), Ballistic Rounds @ L'KEG Gallery - $5 All Ages - Sonic Youth, Sic Alps @ Fox Theater Pomona - Dante Vs. Zombies @ Pantheon Bar - Club Underground w/ Sweaters, Hot Sauce Mentor @ The Echo - Art Fein Presents The 24th Annual Elvis B-Day Bash @ The Echoplex - Andy Clockwise, Brother Sal @ Hotel Cafe - Chris Murray Combo, Roger Rivas & The Bulletts, The Ifficials, The Roundabouts @ The Troubadour - The Happy Hollows, Gangi, Useless Keys, The Soft Hands @ The Viper Room - Seasons, Marvelous Toy, Eliza Rickman, Melanoid @ Juanita's - Michael Nhat @ KXLU Demolisten - 7PM - JAMUARY NIGHT #1 w/ Slang Chickens, Papa, Oh!Gypsy! @ Unknown Theater SATURDAY JAN. 10TH, 2010 Sonic Youth, Sic Alps @ The Wiltern Rufus Wainwright @ Long Beach Terrace Theater - Tan Dollar, Italic Indians, Weed Diamond, Moon Pearl @ Echo Curio - $5 All Ages - Glasser, 60-WATT Kid @ Spaceland - (21 Yrs+) - Dragstrip 66 - Hat's All Folks - Grand Finale and 17th Anniversary Show @ The Echoplex - Lower Heaven, Drew Andrews (Album Leaf), My Pet Saddle, Eagle Winged Palace @ Redwood Bar - Ninja Academy, WITT (SD), Totally Serious, Solar Wimp @ The Smell - $5 All Ages - The Ringers, The Vacation, Lady Sinatra, Perfect Machines @ The Viper Room - Meho Plaza @ Origami Vinyl - 7PM FREE - Artist Reception featuring performance by Timonium; artists: S. Patricia Patterson and Izumi Yokoyama (Vasanti Lackner, curator) @ Pehrspace SUNDAY JAN. 11TH, 2010 Pocahaunted, Sissy Spacek, Zola Jesus, DJ Dean Spunt @ the Smell - The Terrapin, The Hectors, Seasons, Divisadero @ Spaceland - $5 (21 Yrs+) - My Dads, Pussy Cow, National Sunday Law @ Echo Curio - $5 All Ages - Part Time Punks w/ Love Grenades, Wet Look @ The Echo - The Lymbyc Systym, Helios, The One AM Radio @ Bootleg Theatre Brilliant Colors Best Coast Animal Style Dunes Wed. Jan 6th at Synchronicity Space $5 | All Ages (4306 Melrose Ave Los Angeles 90029) Right Click and Select "Save As" To Download. Brilliant Colors - Absolutely Anything Woodsman - Sunglass Tune-Yards - Sunlight Atlas Sound - Walkabout Pearl Harbor - California Shakedown Sic Alps - Clarence Best Coast - When I'm With You 60-Watt Kid - 2012 UPCOMING SHOWS YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT: JAN 13th - Jam for Ron Asheton feat Scott Asheton, Mike Watt, & Steve Mackay of the Stooges, Stephen Perkins (Jane's Addiction), Chad Smith (RHCP), Jesse Hughes (Eagles of Death Metal), Clem Burke and More @ The Roxy JAN 14TH - Kimya Dawson @ The Smell JAN 22ND - Cold War Kids, Alec Ounsworth (of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah) @ The Wiltern JAN 23RD The Black Lips, Nobunny, Jemina Pearl @ El Rey Theatre Feb 27th - Dirty Projectors (with Los Angeles Philharmonic) @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

This Week In LA: Lady GaGa, Local Natives, + Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

Local Natives Play at The Echo Dec. 22nd w/ Voxhaul Broadcast & Chief The holidays are upon us and most of you are probably off to the 4 corners of the world to be home for the holidays. I myself will be heading home to Salt Lake City for a few days of quality fam time. If you're in LA for the holidays there is still plenty to see and do. Lady Gaga's Monster Ball Tour is pulling into town for the next 3 days, Local Natives will play at The Echo on Tuesday (Our show of the week) and lots of local shows if you're in the mood to check out some new music. TICKET GIVEAWAY! What would the holidays be without a little gift giving! We're giving away a pair of tickets each for St. Vincent @ The El Rey Theatre Feb. 9th and The Black Lips at The El Rey w/ No Bunny Jan 23rd. To enter: Send an e-mail with your full name subject line: ST. VINCENT TICKETS or BLACK LIPS TICKETS to tonightinla@rockinsider.com. Winners will be chosen at random by Dec. 31st, 2009! Next week plenty of New Years Eve action! I personally will be playing at Spaceland with The Monolators, The Henry Clay People, Le Switch, and Aushua. If you live on the east side this should be your place to be New Years Eve! RIP Brittany Murphy Did we forget any shows? Feel free to send us an email to tonightinla@rockinsider.com. xoxo JAX - ROCK INSIDER AKA THE MANAGEMENT LA RECORD Presents LOCAL NATIVES w/ Voxhaul Broadcast, Chief At The Echo Tues. Dec. 22nd, 2009 8PM | $5 Adv/$10DOS | All Ages [BUY TICKETS] Get A Free Ticket To The Show when you pick up Local Natives 7" Single at Origami Vinyl in Echo Park MONDAY DEC. 21ST, 2009 Manimal Vinyl Residency w/ Moonrats, VOICEsVOICEs, Sister Crayon, Corridor @ The Echo - FREE (21Yrs+) THE MONSTER BALL TOUR W/Lady GaGa @ Nokia Theatre at L.A. Live Benefit Show w/60-Watt Kid, Avi Buffalo, Fort Wife @ Dipiazzas Long Beach - $7 All Ages - Sean Carnage Presents Nicole Kidman, Kevin Greenspon, Snowsuit, No Babies @ Pehrspace - New Music Mondays w/ David Scott Stone, Moment Trigger, Jeremy Drake @ Echo Curio - $5 All Ages - Kristen Toedtman, Brendan Hines, Brandon Mayer and Hidden Powers, Sally Jaye @ Bootleg Theatre - Miso, Maile Misajon, Jill and Haven, Shevy Smith, Roothub @ Hotel Cafe - Mere Mortals, Helen Stellar, Healamonster and Tarsier @ Spaceland - Red Tide, Links, Samuel Stewart, Chasing Kings @ Silverlake Lounge - FREE (21Yrs+) - Frank Fairfield @ The Mint - Robin Thicke @ Club Nokia - Steel Panther @ House OF Blues Sunset - ON TV: Silversun Pickups on The Tonight Show w/ Conan O Brien TUESDAY DEC. 22ND, 2009 Local Natives, Voxhaul Broadcast, Chief @ The Echo - Purchase the band's single at Origami and get in for FREE. - $10 (All Ages) THE MONSTER BALL TOUR W/Lady GaGa @ Nokia Theatre at L.A. Live - Kid Cudi @ Club Nokia - Metal Rouge, Sleepwalkers Local, The Faraday Trippers, Headlight, Lowlight Situations, Queen Victoria, Justin McInteer @ Echo Curio - $5 All Ages - Mark Ballas, Sydney Wayser, Ryan Blakely Smith @ Hotel Cafe - Killbirds, Kid Theodore @ Silverlake Lounge - Leopold and His Fiction, Magic Mirror, Ojos Rojos @ Spaceland - Dim Mak Holiday Party @ Conespace - Free All Night w/ RSVP - Vtech and Plug Research Present Plug Research 2010 Bilal, Exile & Dj Day Feat Blu, Milosh, Om'mas Keith, Shafiq Husayn, DJ Sets by Deadelus, J.Rocc, Kutmah @ The Echoplex - Mississippi Man, Plague Vendor, Charles Mansion @ The Prospector, Long Beach (21 Yrs+) WEDNESDAY DEC. 23RD, 2009 THE MONSTER BALL TOUR W/Lady GaGa @ Nokia Theatre at L.A. Live - Spaceland on Ice w/ Swords of Fatima, New Rome Quartet @ Pershing Square - A Smooth Jazz Christmas w/ Dave Koz, David Benoit, Peter White, Rick Braun and Brenda Russell @ Gibson Amphitheatre - Clowns and Fetuses, Grex @ Echo Curio - $5 All Ages - MOSCOW's XMAS WEDNESDAY w THE CHASE, TYGERS OF WRATH, BRADLEY RIOT THURSDAY DEC. 24TH, 2009 Santa Claus w/ The 8 Prancing Reindeer feat. Rudolph @ Your House - 12AM All Ages - FREE! MERRY CHRISTMAS!! FRIDAY DEC. 25TH, 2009 Druzzi (The Rapture) DJ Set w/ Blake Miller, The Villains and Keith 2.0 @ Avalon MERRY CHRISTMAS!! SATURDAY DEC. 26TH, 2009 Salt N' Pepa @ Club Nokia - Wampire, Asss, Bob Bellerue, Animal Style @ Echo Curio - $5 All Ages - Electric Christmas w/ Paparazzi, Breakdown, Joaquin, Royal Rich, WE A.R.E., Elektrolux, Empire, Saint @ Glasshouse Pomona - $15 All Ages - Mahi Gato, Kamikaze, The Richard Ramirez Beatdown, Aero @ Bordello SUNDAY DEC. 27TH, 2009 100 Monkeys @ The Roxy - Afternoon Brother, Hollow Man, Totally Serious @ Echo Curio - $5 All Ages - Downtown Women's Center Benefit w/ The Outskirts, Las Sangronas Y El Cabron, Toy Attica, Augustia, The Potential Lunatics @ The Smell - WAR w/ The Family Stone Band @ The Grove Anaheim - Part Time Punks @ The Echo - Neil Hamburger @ Spaceland Right Click and Select "Save As" To Download. Dios - Puttin It Down Local Natives - Airplanes VOICEsVOICEs - Flulyk Visions Chief - Stealing 60-Watt Kid - Take The Pain Out Of Your Chest

This Week In LA: Morrissey, Passion Pit, Avi Buffalo, Pearl Harbor, Evan Voytas

Pearl Harbor (Los Angeles, CA) Well last week just flew by didn't it? December seems to do that.. This week is pocked with holiday celebrations and last shows of the year. An amazing amount of solid local bills this week. If you haven't ventured out to see local music in quite some time might I recommend getting out of your house to check out Shirley Rolls, The Henry Clay People, Tearist, Correatown, Avi Buffalo, Pizza!, Signals, Evan Voytas, and Le Face at some point this week? There are also plenty of Holiday Soirees to make sure you'll be well fed and slighty tipsy. Remember to drive safe out there... New batch of MP3's can be found in the sidebar. Download them now so you know what's going on with music. Did we forget any shows? Feel free to send us an email to tonightinla@rockinsider.com. xoxo JAX - ROCK INSIDER AKA THE MANAGEMENT MONDAY DEC. 7TH, 2009 Manimal Vinyl Residency w/ Polyamorous Affair, Weave, ZAZA, TEARIST, Laco$te @ The Echo - FREE (21 Yrs+) Sean Carnage Presents Pizza!, Signals, GULL, Gone to Croatoan @ pehrspace $5 All Ages - - NEW MUSIC MONDAY with Yukata Makino, Kick Dewitt, David Scott Stone @ Echo Curio - $5 All Ages - LA Record Issue Release Party @ Cha Cha Lounge - The Entrance Band @ Origami Vinyl - Free All Ages 7PM - The Diamond Lights, Heavy Water Experiments, The Downtown Train @ Crane's Tavern (Free Admission. $1 beers from 9-10.) - Morrissey, Doll & The Kicks @ FOx Theatre Pomona - Giant State, Links, Repeater, Mata Leon @ Silverlake Lounge - Free (21 Yrs+) - Rachel Cantu, Diamonds Under Fire @ Bootleg Theater - $8 All Ages - Mere Mortals, Sky Parade, Threes And Nines @ Spaceland - FREE (21 Yrs+) - The Daylights, The Ruse @ The Roxy TUESDAY DEC. 8TH, 2009 Buzz Bands LA Presents Parade of Lights, Army Navy, Evan Voytas, White Arrows @ Spaceland - $5 Jonathan Richman @ The Mint - Black Math Horseman, Jesus Makes the Shotgun Sound, National Sunday Law @ Silverlake Lounge - The Steelwells, Horse Stories, Yellow Red Sparks, Son of the Velvet Rat @ Bootleg Theater - All Ages - The French Semester, The Spires, The Monthlies, Seasons @ The Echo - Rosie Thomas, Josh Ottum @ Largo - Willie Nelson, Asleep At The Wheel @ Club Nokia - Winston Calling Benefit w/ Black Francis, The 88, Tenacious D, Michael Penn, David J (Love and Rockets/Bauhaus), Grand Duchy (feat: Black Francis & Violet Clark) @ The Echoplex ZAZA @ Origami Vinyl - Free 7pm - I See Stars, We Came As Romans, Of Mice & Men, Broadway @ The Troubadour - Story of the Year @ The Roxy - AM, Sara Lov, Automatic Loveletter, Hannah Georgas @ Hotel Cafe - Dynamite Walls, Snow In Africa, Eight O'Clock Holiday, Petree, The Muddy Reds @ The Viper Room - Bruce Hornsby & the Noisemakers w/ Bob Schneider @ HOB Sunset - Cubic Zirconia, Skeet Skeet @ Temporary Spaces 2 WEDNESDAY DEC. 9TH, 2009 Rex Aquarium, Learning Music, Nik Freitas, Henry Wolfe @ Silverlake Lounge - $8 (21yrs+) Folktale Records presents The Finches, Foot Ox, Splinter Cake, Whitman @ The Smell - Jonathan Richman @ The Mint - Bebel Gilberto with DJ Lara Gerin @ Henry Fonda Theater - Rex Aquarium, Learning Music, Nik Freitas, Henry Wolfe @ Silverlake Lounge - $8 (21yrs+) - Grand Hallway, Cave Country, Buddy, The Good Listeners @ Bootleg Theater - All Ages Casxio, Iglu & Hartly, The Dance Party @ Crazy Girls Light FM, Tigers Can Bite You @ Pershing Square - Ohian, Ah Holly Fam'ly, M. Geddes Gengras @ Synchronicity Space - All Ages - Forming At Cha Cha - Leslie & The Badgers, Paperplanes @ Alex's Bar, Long Beach - Club NME: Zaza, In Waves, IO Echo (DJ Set) @ Spaceland - Winston Calling: A Rock and Comedy Benefit featuring for Baby Winston Bertrand @ The Echo - Dawes, Pepper Rabbit @ Hollywood Forever Cemetery Masonic Lodge - Dierks Bentley @ The Wiltern - Volbeat, Danko Jones, Lady Sinatra @ The Trouabadour - All Ages - Sean Paul @ HOB Sunset - JR Richards and Marianne Keith, Joe Firstman @ Hotel Cafe - Busdriver, Bossasaurus, Oscar McClure @ The Airliner - Califone @ Hammer Museum THURSDAY DEC. 10TH, 2009 Neverever, Cowabunga Babes, Pearl Harbor and Animal Style @ Synchronicity Space - All Ages The Rumble w/ Tape Deck Mountain, All Wrong & The Plans Change, The Drowning Men, Evan Voytas @ 3 OF CLUBS - Jonathan Richman @ The Mint - Lemon Sun, Dirty Sweet, Silent Comedy, Spirit Vine @ Spaceland - $8 (21Yrs+) - Grooms, Northstar Session, Radio Moscow, Brydan Smith @ Silverlake Lounge - $8 (21yrs+) - Agent Ribbons, The Finches, Evan Way @ Bootleg Theater - All Ages - Deadbolt, Throw Rag, Motochrist, Blagg Dahlia @ The Echo - UNTIL THE LIGHT TAKES US pre-party @ Vacation Vinyl - Free 7PM - Skinny Puppy, Vverevvolf Grehv @ Club Nokia - Morrissey @ Gibson Amphitheatre - Live Arts Benefit w/ Alanis Morissette, Greg Laswell, Miss Willie Brown, Emcee for the evening: Andrew WK @ The Troubadour - Billy Bob Thornton @ HOB Sunset - Dead Rock West, Lucy Walsh @ Pershing Square - The Rescues, Nina Storey, Jim Bianco, Kenneth Pattengale @ Hotel Cafe - Rose’s Pawn Shop, 50 Cent Haircut @ Redwood Bar - The Furious Seasons, Meredith Meyer, The Capshuns, Chase Frank @ EVFA FRIDAY DEC. 11TH, 2009 Magik Markers, Sic Alps, Foot Village, Bipolar Bear @ The Smell - $5 All Ages Haus Party w/ Cowabunga Babes, Christmas Island, Le Face, Whoa Hunx @ Boo Radley's - Curtis Peoples, Keaton Simons @ The Mint - The Holloys (live), DJ O-Raj, special guests Chad Marshall & Merrily Lupo @ Stronghold Loft (1625 Abbot Kinney. take stairs next to Stronghold) - Black Elefant, Traps, ps, 1050 Lies, Big Whup @ pehrspace - $5 All Ages Queen Kwong, Dante vs Zombies, Echoes De Luxe @ Bootleg Theater - All Ages - SPACE HELL OPENING RECEPTION w/ Cosmonauts, I.E., Kid Infinity @ L'Keg Gallery - $5 All Ages - DOG, bavab bavab, Actuary + more TBA @ Synchronicity Space - All Ages - Tristeza, Lower Heaven, Drew Andrews (Of The Album Leaf) @ Spaceland - (21Yrs+) - The Capshuns, Bixby Knolls @ The Echo - ZAZA @ Vacation Vinyl 7PM - John Doe @ McCabe's - 8PM & 10PM - Band Of Skulls, Red Cortez, Jimmy Sweet and the Loved @ The Troubadour - SOLD OUT - Tower of Power / Average White Band @ Club Nokia - Ice Cube @ HOB Sunset - Mannheim Steamroller @ Nokia Theatre At LA Live - Son Volt with Sera Cahoone @ El Rey Theatre - Boy Scout Jamboree (Spindrift acoustic), Space Waves, Happy Prescriptions, Old Toy Trains @ Mr. T's Bowl - Seasons, Shirley Rolls, The Choke, Co-Op @ Juanita's - Jon Brion @ Largo At The Coronet - The Steelwells, The Living Suns, The Union Line, Rye Douglas Band and Moostache @ HOB Anaheim SATURDAY DEC. 12TH, 2009 Brett Dennen, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, Robert Francis@ The Wiltern Avi Buffalo @ Origami Vinyl - 3pm FREE All Ages The FMLY inaugurates its new space w/ 60 Watt Kid, Tempo No Tempo, Grooms, Professor Calculus @ The Courtyard (1670 Beverly Blvd) - The Start, Mellowdrone, Shiloe, Cat Party @ The Troubadour - PALO VERDE + CINDER CONE (9pm doors) followed by VODKA SOAP/JAMES FERRARO AFTERPARTY featuring dj sets by JAMES FERRARO and SPENCER CLARK plus guests (midnite doors) - BRITTAIN ASHFORD + EVAN WAY + CRICKET and the 2:19 @ Echo Curio - $5 All Ages - Passion Pit, Band of Skulls, Plague Vendor @ Fox Theater Pomona - Static Aktion and KXLU 88.9FM present… STATIC AKTION EVENT 1 w/ Pocahaunted, James Ferraro, Mark McGuire, Vodka Soap, Mirror To Mirror plus DJ Heather Gram and vegan baked goods by Out Of Step Baking Co. - All Ages - TMRS. Dizzy Jaguars, La Ghost, more TBA @ L'Keg Gallery - Princeton, The Parson Red Heads, The Coals @ Spaceland (21yrs+) - Repeat Offender Hit+Run 4 Year Anniversary Party w/ Zackey Force Funk, Crime. Dj sets by THE GASLAMP KILLER, KUTMAH, NOBODY, ABCNT, FARMER DAVE SCHER - Correatown @ Origami Vinyl - 7pm FREE All Ages - Todd Snider, Ashleigh Flynn @ EL Rey Theatre - KROQ ALMOST ACOUSTIC CHRISTMAS w/ AFI, Rise Against, Alice In Chains, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Three Days Grace, Dead By Sunrise, Anberlin @ Gibson Amphitheater - SOLD OUT - So Many Wizards @ The Prospector - Ezra Reich @ Bardot SUNDAY DEC. 13TH, 2009 Buzzbands LA Holiday Party w/ Letting Up Despite Great Faults, Death Kit, Sprit Animal, Wet and Reckless, + Hell Ya Deejays @ Spaceland Aquarium Drunkard presents The Decade Party with The Henry Clay People @ Origami Vinyl - 7pm FREE Part Time Punks w/ The Slits, Weave! @ The Echo - Lots O' Crap Presents CHURCH, Manhattan Murder Mystery, M31 @ The Smell - $5 All Ages - Brittain Ashford, Evan Way, Cricket and the 2:19 @ Echo Curio - $5 All Ages - Evangelista, Thrones @ The Echoplex - Aquarium Drunkard presents The Decade Party with The Henry Clay People @ Origami Vinyl - 7pm FREE - Love Grenades, The Killbirds, Lucy Ryder @ Dakota Lounge - KROQ ALMOST ACOUSTIC CHRISTMAS W/ Muse, 311, Slightly Stoopid, Phoenix, Metric, Vampire Weekend, Cage the Elephant, White Rabbits @ Gibson Amphitheater - SOLD OUT - Big D At The Kid's Table, See Spot, Sonic Boom Six, and Knockout @ El Rey Theatre - Joe Purdy, Meaghan Smith, Lauren Shera, Sydney Wayser @ Hotel Cafe - The Aimee Mann Christmas Show @ Largo at the Coronet Right Click and Select "Save As" To Download. Pearl Harbor - California Shakedown Tearist - Closest Furthest Evan Voytas - Astro Tape Deck Mountain - On My Honor Sic Alps - Clarence Correatown - Racing Tides Le Face - Isolation

Ticket Giveaway: Cold Cave, Surfer Blood, Abe Vigoda This Friday In Eagle Rock!

Ok so about that blog hiatus....Yeah I'm not being very good about not doing that.... Well aren't you glad I broke the little vacation to bring you this semi-exclusive contest. We're giving away 4 pairs of tickets to 4 lucky winners to see Cold Cave, Surfer Blood, Abe Vigoda, and Former Ghosts this Friday Dec. 4th at the Eagle Rock Center for the Arts. The show is being presented by our dear friends at FYF Fest and Eagle Rock Music Fest. They consistently bring you shows that walk the line and we are happy to support anything they do. MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE SHOW TO ENTER: E-mail your FULL NAME to tonightinla@rockinsider.com. Winners will be chosen at random and will be notified by 3pm on Friday. Dec. 4th. Cold Cave - Life Magazine Surfer Blood - Floating Vibes Abe Vigoda - Don't Lie