L'Keg Gallery Fire. Closed Until Further Notice

Why hello everyone,

I am sure you no doubt miss my rambling blog posts and daily missives on the music community in Los Angeles. I have taken a very long hiatus from regular postings outside of my weekly concert calendar due to a demanding work load and other priorities in my life.

Plenty of news going on in the Los Angeles music community right now so and I felt inspired to report some of it. Who knows maybe I will be getting back into the swing of blogging regularly again. In the mean time here’s a quick recap of some of what’s going on…

L’KEG GALLERY FIRE. VENUE CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

One of my favorite venues to visit/play L’Keg Gallery in Echo Park caught on fire last night and will be closed until further notice. All shows scheduled for the next few weeks including Harlem’s show TOMORROW night have been canceled. As reported by L’Keg on their facebook page the fire came from outside the venue with the bulk of the damage being sustained to the venues door and roof. Nobody was injured in the fire and no artwork was damaged.

No word yet on if a donation fund has been set up for the gallery but if you would like to help out you can email L’Keg through their website.

THE FLYING TOURBILLON ORCHESTRA ARE NOW WALKING SLEEP

The Flying Tourbillon Orchestra are now Walking Sleep

First Afternoons become Shadow Shadow Shade and now The Flying Tourbillon Orchestra have decided to hop on the name change wagon and will now be called Walking Sleep. Check out the hilarious video of the band made about their forthcoming album, upcoming Echo residency, and of course the name change. I never quite mastered whether it was Tourbillion or Tour-bbeeee-on or Toooourbilllllllion……

LOCAL NATIVES ALBUM OUT THIS WEEK ON FRENCH KISS! PITCHFORK FINALLY RECOGNIZES LA

Local Natives - Gorilla Manor

And finally everyone’s favorite eclectic indie pop group Local Natives have finally released “Gorilla Manor” their French Kiss Records  debut this week. Pitchfork gave the album an 8.4 Best New Music thus breaking the East Side 6.9 curse. They also announced a massive US tour dates for which you can find below including stops at Coachella, Bonnaroo, and Sasquatch Festivals. Pick up Gorilla Manor on itUNES.

MP3 - Local Natives – Sun Hands

LOCAL NATIVES TOUR DATES
04-20 Tucson, AZ – Solar Culture

04-22 Dallas, TX – The Cavern

04-23 Austin, TX – Emo’s Inside

04-24 Houston, TX – Mango’s

04-26 Little Rock, AR – Sticky Fingerz Chicken Shack

04-27 Haittesburg, MS – Thirsty Hippo

04-29 St. Augustine, FL – Cafe 11

04-30 Nashville, TN – The Basement

05-01 Atlanta, GA – Masquerade

05-04 Chapel Hill, NC – Local 506

05-05 Washington, DC – DC 9

05-06 New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom

05-07 Philadelphia, PA – Kung Fu Necktie

05-08 Allston, MA – Great Scott

05-10 Pontiac, MI – Crofoot-Pike Room

05-11 Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom

05-12 Columbus, OH – The Basement

05-14 Chicago, IL – Schubas

05-15 Rock Island, IL – Rock Island Brewing Company

05-17 Minneapolis, MN – 400 Bar

05-18 Iowa City, IA – The Mill

05-19 Columbia, MO – Mojo’s

05-21 Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge

05-22 Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court

05-25 Spokane, WI – Empyrean

05-26 Boise, ID – Neurolux

05-27 Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios

05-28 Vancouver, BC – Media Club

05-30 Seattle, WA – Sasquatch

06-03 San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill

06-10 Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo