No Age have finally announced the details for their highly anticipated (at least around these parts) follow up to 2008’s Nouns. The album entitled “Everything in Between” will see the light of day Sept. 28th via Sub Pop.
The band will be playing a handful of shows this summer including gigs in Moscow and a few spots opening for Sonic Youth and Pavement.
Everything in Between:
01 Life Prowler
02 Glitter
03 Fever Dreaming
04 Depletion
05 Common Heat
06 Skinned
07 Katerpillar
08 Valley Hump Crash
09 Sorts
10 Dusted
11 Positive Amputation
12 Shred and Transcend
13 Chem Trails
07-03 Calgary, Alberta – Royal Canadian Legion #1
07-04 Calgary, Alberta – Sled Island Festival
07-10 Pomona, CA – Glass House
07-24 Baltimore, MD – Whartscape Festival
07-31 London, England – Field Day Festival
08-02 Edinburgh, Scotland – Edinburgh Fringe Fest
08-04 St. Petersburg, Russia – Tanci
08-06 Moscow, Russia – Solyanka
08-08 Myslowice, Poland – OFF Festival
09-11 Raleigh, NC – Hopscotch Music Festival
09-12 St. Paul, MN – Roy Wilkins Auditorium *
09-13 Chicago, IL – Millennium Park *
09-14 Milwaukee, WI – Pabst Theater *
09-16 Columbus, OH – The LC Pavilion *
09-17 Washington, DC – Black Cat
09-30 Hollywood, CA – Hollywood Bowl *^
* with Pavement
^ with Sonic Youth
It is no mystery that I love and truly adore OK Go. I worked with the band on their last record Oh, No while I was at Capitol Records. The band recently split ways with EMI. Now on a label of their own making the band are free to do whatever they want with their videos including offering up their latest eye popping experiment “End Love” to fans to download for free on their website. They even launched a pretty web savvy contest using Facebook promoting one and all to download that shit totally for free.
There is seemingly no end to their creativity when it comes to making eye catching and stunning videos. Watch it below!!
PS. The video for “End Love” was filmed on Echo Park Lake. I actually live right on Echo Park Lake. You can actually see my house. haha
Thanks to Gorilla vs. Bear for this tasty tid-bit. Lo-Fi Pop duo Pearl Harbor have officially changed their name to Puro Instinct and have just released a new EP.
Changing band names seems to be a trend in Los Angeles these days. The Flying Tourbillon Orchestra=Walking Sleep. Afternoons=Shadow Shadow Shade. The Muslims=The Soft Pack. The Weather Underground=Red Cortez.
I quite liked the name Pearl Harbor so hopefully Puro Instinct grows on me.
Maybe this means I should change the name of this website?
The band will also be touring later this summer with Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti. You can also pick up a new digital EP direct from the band for only $5 on bandcamp. All the money goes straight to the band so be a dear and buy direct. The EP will be out on vinyl later this summer on Gloriette.
MP3- Puro Instinct – California Shakedown
PURO INSTINCT TOUR DATES
Jun 19 2010 Showcave Eagle Rock, California
Jul 9 2010 Echoplex Los Angeles, California, US
Jul 10 2010 Bimbos San Francisco, California, US
Jul 12 2010 doug fir Portland, Oregon, US
Jul 13 2010 Neumo’s Seattle, Washington, US
Jul 14 2010 Biltmore Vancouver, British Co, CA
Jul 16 2010 Urban Lounge Salt Lake City, Utah, US
Jul 17 2010 BLUEBIRD DENVER, Colorado, US
Jul 19 2010 7th St. Entry Minneapolis, Minnesota , US
Jul 20 2010 Lincoln Chicago, Illinois , US
Jul 21 2010 Pike Room Pontiac, Michigan, US
Jul 22 2010 Mod Club Toronto, Ontario, CA
Jul 23 2010 la sala rosa montreal, Quebec, CA
Jul 24 2010 Irving Plaza NY, New York , US
Jul 25 2010 Middle East Boston, Massachuse, US
Jul 27 2010 Johnny Brendas Philly, Pennsylvan, US
Jul 28 2010 Rock N Roll Hotel Washington D.C., US
Jul 29 2010 LOCAL 506 CHAPEL HILL, North Caro, US
Jul 30 2010 Earl Atlanta, Georgia , US
Jul 31 2010 Bottle Tree Birmingham, Alabama , US
Aug 2 2010 Hailey’s Denton, Texas, US
Aug 3 2010 Mohawk Austin, Texas, US
Aug 5 2010 Plush Tucson, Arizona, US
Aug 6 2010 CASBAH SAN DIEGO, California, US
Aug 7 2010 Detroit Bar Costa Mesa, California, US
I got to know Brian and Dave of Japandroids a little bit this spring while Avi Buffalo were on the road with them. There is no denying how dedicated, hardworking, and absolutely crazy these guys are. Haha. Some of the coolest dudes I have ever met.
The band have been on the road for well over a year and are continuing strong after the release of last year’s much touted and loved LP Post-Nothing.
Japandroids have been releasing a series of five 7 inch singles this year – The 2nd and most recent of which for the below track “Younger Us” which is a rawkus post-punk anthem with an energy and genuine spirit that I think only Brian and Dave could pull off. These guys are the real deal. Download the track below and pick up the 7 inch right here.
MP3 – Japandroids – Younger Us
So most of you who follow me on Twitter know what a huge fan of WASHED OUT aka Ernest Greene I am. Yesterday the project unveiled a new single recorded for Kia Adult Swim Singles Program featuring Caroline from Chairlift. This track has been on repeat for the last 24 hours. It is quite the breezy hypnotic tune. Sooo good.
MP3 – WASHED OUT feat Caroline Polacheck – You and I
Why hello one and all – It’s been a while…..
No doubt you have noticed a complete and total lack of posting on rock insider over the course of the last two months. Truth be told I have been working on other projects and opportunities. I’m sorry for the interruption in service to the music community of LA at large. Rock Insider has been a labor of love for a little over 5 years. As with anything there comes a time to focus on other things so that we can come back to our passions with renewed vigor.
I just wanted to post a note saying that rock insider is NOT DEAD. we are simply taking a break to re-evaluate things and make this website even better than before. I thank you for your patience.
Coming up this week: A new format for the concert calendar, one of our famous mixtapes, and new features that should renew your interest and excite your senses.
Thanks again for following us.
DEAKIN
Everybody’s hitching a ride to Austin this week for some music festival but that doesn’t mean there aren’t any amazing events happening around Los Angeles! This week Animal Collective side project Deakin will be playing two shows on Sunday Mar 21st at the Eagle Rock Center For The Arts, Tune-Yards returns to LA, and High Places will play their first live show in a long ass time before embarking on a spring tour.
I will be in Austin this week with Robert Francis and Avi Buffalo for SXSW
SUNDAY MAR 14TH, 2010
Broken Bells @ The Troubadour – SOLD OUT
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Thousand Dozen Gloves @ The Echoplex, $25, 18yrs+
- Sabertooth Tiger, Memory, Tremellow, Mumiy Troll @ Spaceland, $5, (21yrs+)
- Aussie BBQ 2010 w/ The Chevelles, City Riots, Crayon Fields, Goons of Doom, Dappled Cities, Cassette Kids, Sherlock’s Daughter @ The Echo, Day Show, $15, All Ages
- Kidrockers w/ Watson Twins + Special Guests @ The Echoplex, 1PM, $12, All Ages
- Part Time Punks w/ Blessure Grave, Twin Crystals, Random Cuts @ The Echo, $5, 18yrs+
- Gun Outfit, Dunes, Residual Echoes, So Many Wizards @ Echo Curio, $5, All Ages
- Pill Wonder, 60 Watt Kid, Queen Victoria and Ezra Buchla @ Synchronicity, $5, All Ages
Real Vocal String Quartet, Alicia Jo Rabins @ Bootleg, $15
- Beaches, Love Of Diagrams, Sun Araw, Crystal Antlers @ The Smell, $5, All Ages
- The Swell Season @ McCabe’s Guitar Shop, SOLD OUT
- Darker My Love @ The Prospector
MONDAY MAR 15TH, 2010
Moonrats, Lawrence Arabia, Corridor @ Spaceland, FREE, (21yrs+)
Audacity, ty segal and charlie and the moonhearts @ Burger Records
- The Delta Mirror, Pop Noir, Cannoneers @ The Echo, FREE, (21yrs+)
- Echo & Warp Records present Gonjasufi (DJ set), Gaslamp Killer, Main Frame @ The Echoplex, $10, 18yrs+
- Sean Carnage & KSPC-FM Present The So So Glos, The Lovely Bad Things, Protect Me, Batwings Catwings @ pehrspace, $5, All Ages
- Seaspin, Crayon Fields, Washington, The Damn Sons, Blue Skies For Black Hearts @ Silverlake Lounge, FREE, (21yrs+)
- Halina Larsson, Nema, The Tails @ Bordello, $8, (21yrs+)
- Andy Clockwise, Le Switch, Marvelous Toy, Matt Ellis @ The Troubadour
- Jucifer @ Vacation Vinyl, FREE, 7PM
- She & Him w/ The Chapin Sisters @ Largo At The Coronet
- Jonneine Zapata, Children Colide, Viva City @ The Roxy
TUESDAY MAR 16TH, 2010
Efterklang, Sisu, 60 Watt Kid @ Spaceland, $12, (21yrs+)
Infinite Body, Earn, Jeans Wilder + more TBA @ Synchronicity, $5, All Ages
- White Stripes Under The Great White Northern Lights Screening @ The Echoplex, 8PM, FREE, All Ages
- Spleen United, Terry Poison, Mad Planet @ The Echo, $8, 18yrs+
- Reptet, Learning Music, Zoo @ Echo Curio, $5, All Ages
- The White Stripes Film Screening @ The Redwood Bar, 7PM, FREE, (21yrs+)
- The Union Line, Arrows, The Ross Party @ Silverlake Lounge, $8, (21yrs+)
- Peg Leg Love, The Light Rays, The Meka Leka His @ The Prospector Long beach (21yrs+)
WEDNESDAY MAR 17TH, 2010
Les Blanks, The Blasting Company, Francisco The Man @ Spaceland, $5, (21yrs+)
- St. Patricks’s Day w/ Olin & The Moon (performing The Pogues “Rum, Sodomy, and The Lash”), Brant Bjork @ The Echo, $10, 18yrs+
- Dub Club @ The Echoplex, $5, (21yrs+)
- St. Patty’s Extravaganza with The Pirates Charles, Dred Crew of Oddwood, Weasels Exist @ The Redwood Bar, (21yrs+)
- Kingsize, Dead Country @ Silverlake Lounge, $8, (21yrs+)
- Sick Puppies, Janus, Art Of Chaose @ The Troubadour
- Young Dubliners @ House Of Blues Sunset
- New Planets, Kazai Rex, Central Music, Banna Beag Mall, Media Orphan
@ Mr. T’s Bowl
THURSDAY MAR 18TH, 2010
KCRW Presents Xiu Xiu, Tune-Yards, Noveller @ The Echo, $12, 18yrs+
- Wrong Way Driver, The Mallard, Names of Stars, Ovideo @ Spaceland
- Gajah (acid Reign), Sirah, Michael Nhat, Halloween Swim Team Improv Set @ Echo Curio, $5, All Ages
- YNM Mgt. Showcase w/ Jerkules, Shakey Graves, Drew Stedman. Trout & Parrot and more @ The Redwood Bar, (21yrs+)
- Ray Argyle (Archways), Confessions Of A Corn Silo @ Silverlake Lounge, $8, (21yrs+)
- New Found Glory with Saves The Day, Hellogoodbye and Fireworks @ House of Blues Sunset
- Brant Bjork @ Vacation Vinyl, 7pm, FREE, ALL AGES
- Voodoo Glow Skulls, Hub City Stompers, Cellphish, Buddha Bomb @ Alex’s Bar, Long Beach, $10 (21yrs+)
FRIDAY MAR 19TH, 2010
Echo & Club Underground Present High Places, Nite Jewel, Dunes @ The Echo, $10, 18yrs+
- Early Dolphin Record Release, The Spires, The French Semester @ Echo Curio, $5, All Ages
- Lobstin, Jehovas Fitness, Watercolor Paintings, Ana Caravelle @ pehrspace, $5, All Ages
- Hop-Frog’s Drum Jester Devotional, Night at Noon, Amps for Christ @ Synchronicity, $5, All Ages
- Brian Fallon (Of The Gaslight Anthem), Joe Sib @ The Troubadour
- Family Album, Haunted Tiger, Diving Bell @ Spaceland
- The King Cheetah, The Swagger Sticks, The Cold Chills, Telemere Repair, AFG Must Rock @ Mr. T’s Bowl
- Noel Paul Stookey @ McCabe’s Guitar Shop
- Eugene And The 1914, Fort Wife @ Fingerprints Long Beach, FREE, ALL AGES
SATURDAY MAR 20TH, 2010
Sounds of L.A.: Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba @ The Getty
Otik Records presents Shirley Rolls, Worker Bee, Hexham Heads @ Spaceland, $5, (21yrs+)
Mike Watt & His Missingmen, Beta Wolf @ The Redwood Bar, 10pm, (21yrs+)
- Beth Hart @ The Echo, 7PM, $15, All Ages
- Funk Sole (CLUB NIGHT) @ The Echo, FREE, (21yrs+)
- Let’s Paint TV, Flugeldar!!!, Mannlicher Carcano @ Echo Curio, $5, All Ages
- Talea: Electronic Operatic Sound Ritual @ Synchronicity, $5, All Ages
- Jean Baudin, Constant Collection, Devin Sarno & G.E Stinson @ Bootleg, $10
- Devil makes Three, Old Man Markley @ The Troubadour
- Boris Smile “Rockets EP” Release Show @ Open Books, Long Beach, All Ages
- Katie The Pest, Baby Champ, Electric Jellyfish, Light Music @ The Prospector Long beach (21yrs+)
- Torches in Trees @ Hyperion Tavern
- – Papermade Records Showcase: w/ Dash Jacket, Wonder Wheel, Tan Dollar, Black Elephant @ Pehrspace
SUNDAY MAR 21ST, 2010
Deakin @ Eagle Rock Center For The Arts – 2 SHOWS SOLD OUT
- Hell Ya! Night @ Spaceland, $5, (21yrs+)
- Part Time Punks w/ Frank Alpine, Killing Spree @ The Echo, $5, 18yrs+
- Electric Jellyfish, Black Apples, Young Hunting, The Coals @ Echo Curio, $5, All Ages
- Mia Doi Todd, Mauricio Takara (Sao Paulo), Rebekah Raff Harp Ensemble @ Bootleg, $10, (21yrs+)
- Gomez, The Little Ones @ El Rey Theatre
- Groove Armada Live Set @ Henry Fona
- Tears for Fears @ The Wiltern
- Worker Bee @ Origami Vinyl, FREE, 7PM
- “LOCAL INDIE ROCK BANDS SUPPORT PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRAT PETER MATHEWS FOR CONGRESS CONCERT” – all proceeds to benefit Mathews for Congress campaign fund – Tiger Tank Euphoria, Eugene and the 1914, Bryan McPherson – @ Alex’s Bar Long Beach, $5 (21 yrs +)
- Saosin, Maylene & The Sons Of Disaster @ The Glass House, Pomona, $15, All Ages
- Larry Brown, John Schlocker Memorial Concert @ McCabe’s Guitar Shop
- Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba @ Amoeba, 7pm, FREE, All Ages
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High Places – On Giving Up
Nite Jewel – Weak For Me
Tune-Yards – Sunlight
Audacity – Teenage Town
Jeans Wilder – Pretty Bird 001
60 Watt Kid – We Come From The Bright Side
Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba – I Speak Fula
Broken Bells (AKA James Mercer of The Shins + Danger Mouse)
Well Well Well….This is Awkward.
I kind of skipped a week here at Rock Insider headquarters while I was in NYC to see the first two dates of Avi Buffalo’s spring tour with Rogue Wave. The band were also just chosen to play the Pavement curated All Tomorow’s Parties Festival in Minehead in May! Crazy stuff in store over the next few months.
Also crazy stuff in store this week in LA. Broken Bells will be playing a SOLD OUT show this Sunday at The Troubadour. My brother caught their preview show at The Bootleg a few weeks back and is still raving about the James Mercer (Shins) and Danger Mouse (badass) collab. Check out a video of the duo playing “The High Road” below.
Also this week in LA: YOU SAY PARTY! WE SAY DIE! FINALLY WILL BE PLAYING IN LOS ANGELES!!!!!!!!!!!
A few years back the band got detained at the Canadian border and weren’t allowed to enter the United States for 2 years!!! ahh I’m so excited.
Concert Calendar w/ picks below! See you out at shows?
SUNDAY MAR 7TH, 2010
LA Record & White Noise Present: Audacity, FIM, Fantastica Bastidas, Peg Leg Love @ Spaceland, $5, (21yrs+)
The Like, Jail Weddings, VOICEsVOICEs, Manhattan Murder Mystery @ All Star Lanes, Free Admission, Free Colt 45 all night, (21yrs+)
- Earthworm Ensemble @ The Echo – EARLY SHOW – Kid’s Show, $5, All Ages
- Part Time Punks @ The Echo, $5, 18yrs+
- L’Orchidee D’Hawaii, Bell Novela, Manicorn, George Glass @ Echo Curio, $5, All Ages
- Living Suns, My Pet Saddle, and Tijuana Panthers @ Cinsepace, FREE, 18yrs+
- One Trick Pony, Dylan Trees @ Griffith Park, 3pm, All Ages, Free
- Voxhaul Broadcast, Grand Atlantic @ The Viper Room (21yrs+_
MONDAY MAR 8TH, 2010
Thee Vicars, Night Beats, Cobalt Cranes, Los Sweepers, Strangers Family @ The Redwood Bar (21yrs+)
- Moonrats, ASKA, Adanowsky, Soko @ Spaceland, FREE, (21yrs+)
- The Delta Mirror, Alexandra Hope, Corridor, Sister Crayon @ The Echo, FREE, 21yrs+
- New Music Monday w/ David Scott Stone, The urged, Mirror To Mirror @ Echo Curio, $5, All Ages
Sean Carnage Presents A very secret special guest, Bambara, Summer of Glaciers, Hellomynameischad @ pehrspace, $5, All Ages
- Seaspin, Wild Yaks, Repeater, The Romany Rye @ Silverlake Lounge, FREE, (21yrs+)
- Alesana, with A Skylit Drive , Of Mice & Men , The Word Alive and We Came as Romans @ El Rey Theatre, All Ages
- Stockholm Syndrome, These United States, Check In The Dark @ The Roxy
- Year Long Disaster, National Dust, Bigbang, Normandie, Chasing Kings @ Troubadour
- David Bazan, Headlights, Kissing Cousins @ Alex’s Bar, Long Beach, (21yrs+)
TUESDAY MAR 9TH, 2010
Laura Veirs, Old Believers, Cataldo @ Spaceland, $12, (21yrs+)
Red Tide, Superhumanoids, Random Patterns, His Orchestra @ Silverlake Lounge, $8, (21yrs+)
- Future Sounds & The Echo Present Twin Tigers, Skybombers, Useless Keys, Apes of Wrath @ The Echo, $5, 18yrs+
- Taterbug, Tracy Trance, Infinite Body, Pocahaunted @ Echo Curio, $5, All Ages
The Neurotics, The Crazy Squeeze, D-Rex @ The Redwood Bar, (21yrs+)
- Meredith Meyer, Haroula Rose, Brandon McCulloch and The Deadbirds, Dudley Saunders @ The Viper Room, (21yrs+)
- Stereo Heroes @ Cinespace
- Planets (Napa), Totally Serious, LA Fog, Secondary (Seattle, WA) @ The Smell, $5, All Ages
- The Big Pink, A Place To Bury Strangers, Active Child @ The El Rey Theatre
Manchester Orchestra, The Features, Biffy Clyro, O’Brother @ Troubadour – SOLD OUT
- Wild Yaks, Girl Problems @ The Viper Room (21yrs+)
WEDNESDAY MAR 10TH, 2010
Abe Vigoda, Lovvers, The Black Apples @ The Echo, $10, 18+
Little Boots, Dragonette, Class Actress @ El Rey Theatre
Text of Light (feat. Lee Ranaldo), Parallel @ Silent Movie Theatre (Cinefamily)
- Club NME w/ Olin & The Moon, Correatown, Finn Riggins, Jared Mees & The Grown Children @ Spaceland, $7, (21yrs+)
- Dub Club Presents Ras Michael and the Sons of Negus mixed by Scientist, All Star Sabar Orchestra, Claudius Linton @ The Echoplex, $12, (21yrs+)
- Cassorla, Learning Music, Boy Eats Drum Machine, Dylan Trees @ Echo Curio, $5, All Ages
- Hell Ya! Presents The Dance Party, Killola, Bullet & Snowfox, Intelligent Design @ Crazy Girls, $5, 21 Yrs+
- Delta Spirit, We Barbarians, Jonny Corndawg @ Bootleg, $12, (21yrs+)
- Agent Ribbons, Wet & Reckless, Kissing Cousins, Esquire @ Silverlake Lounge, $8, (21yrs+)
- The Temper Trap, Darker My Love @ Henry Fonda
- Manchester Orchestra, The Features, Biffy Clyro, O’Brother @ Troubadour – SOLD OUT
- Twin Tigers, The Soft Hands, Bella Novella, L’Orchidee D’Hawai @ Alex’s Bar, Long Beach
THURSDAY MAR 11TH, 2010
Slow Club @ Spaceland, $10, (21yrs+)
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Whigs @ The Echoplex, $25, 18yrs+
Thee Ohsees, 400 Blows, Baths @ Nomad Warehouse
- The Cave Singers, The Dutchess And The Duke, The Moondoggies @ The Echo, $12, 18yrs+
- Beliss, Ora Cogan, Amanda Jo Williams, Fort King @ Echo Curio, $5, All Ages
- Jason Heath & The Greedy Souls, Fire Bug, Seasons, Torches in Trees @ Garden Party (209 S Garey St. LA 90012)
- Hear Gallery Presents Go West Young Man, Satellite Crush, Dreamers, Lexicondon @ 5 Star Bar, FREE, 18yrs+
- Kevin Earnest, Alex Kemp, Pilot Whale @ Silverlake Lounge, $8, (21yrs+)
- So Cow, Battlehooch, Christmas Island, Judgement Day @ The Smell, $5, All Ages
- The New Mastersounds, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue @ El Rey Theatre
- Dawes, Cory Chiesel & The Wandering Sons, Jason Boesel @ Troubadour
- Jim Bianco, Joey Ryan @ Hotel Cafe
- Miles Kurosky (Ex Beulah) @ Amoeba, 7pm, FREE
- An Evening With the Watson Twins @ Largo, $25
- Spindrift, The Stevenson Ranch Davidians @ The Prospector Long Beach
FRIDAY MAR 12TH, 2010
Crystal Antlers @ The Grace First Presbyterian Church, Long Beach, All Ages
Echo & Club Underground Present Sleepy Sun, Slang Chickens @ The Echo, $10, 18yrs+
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Whigs @ The Echoplex, $25, 18yrs+
- Quasi, Explode Into Colors, The French Semester @ Spaceland, $14, (21yrs+)
- Amps For Christ, Cabeza De Vaca Arkestra + The Live Soundtrack of Parallax @ Echo Curio, $5, All Ages
CGT Mouse’s Birthday Show! w/ Stoned At Heart, Jack Wilson Jr., Downtown/Union @ pehrspace, $5, All Ages
Pack AD, Symbol Six, The Muertones @ The Redwood Bar (21yrs+)
- The Diamond Light, The Gasoline Angels, Megasapien @ The Unknown Theatre, $10, All Ages
- Killing Spree (Bar Night) w/ Djs Black Rainbow, Gibby Miller, Zane Is Trouble, Carlorossi @ Two Headed Horse
Holly Miranda, Yellow Red Sparks @ Bootleg, $10
Anna Oxygen, Broken Water, Happy Prescriptions, Dunes @ The Smell, $5, All Ages
- Adolescents, Youth Brigade @ El Rey Theatre
- CONTROL present M.A.N.D.Y. & Felix Cartal (Record Release Party) @ Avalon Hollywood
- The Happy Hollows, The Veils, Twilight Sleep @ The Troubadour
- Little Boots, Dragonette, Class Actress @ The Glass House, Pomona, $15, All Ages
- Carrie Newcomer @ McCabe’s Guitar Shop, $17.50
- Truth Salvage Company w/ The Parson Red Heads, Basia Bulat @ Hotel Cafe
- Zac Brown Band @ Gibson Amphitheatre
SATURDAY MAR 13TH, 2010
You Say Party We Say Die, White Arrows @ The Echoplex, $14, 18yrs+
The Fresh And Onlys, Wounded Lion, Surf City, Pivot @ Spaceland, $10, (21yrs+)
IHRNR + Wendo Present Hunx & His Punkettes, Shannon & The Clams, Audacity, Dunes @ 622 N. Ave 54, Highland Park, $5, Free Beer provided by Colt 45
- Funky Sole (CLUB NIGHT) @ The Echo, FREE, (21yrs+)
- Extra Life, Jesus Makes The Shotgun Sound, Halloween Swim Team, + Guests @ Echo Curio, $5, All Ages
- La Ghost, The Health Club, Cosmonauts, Black Elephant (ex AM) @ pehrspace, $5, All Ages
- Aaron Anderson & Eric Carlson (ex Hardland/Heartland) Acid Wreath and the Post-Everything Melted Brain Mess /M/Negalith All La LA Land: Beyond the Dead End @ Synchronicity, $5, All Ages
- Chop Tops, Los Duggans, Sawyer Family, Hard Fall Hearts, Seven 40 Seven @ The Redwood Bar (21yrs+)
- Choir Of Young Believers, Great Northern @ Bootleg, $8
- Death Sentence: Panda!, Auto Da Fe, Foot Village, The Urxed @ The Smell, $5, All Ages
- Vinicio Capossela, Sara Lov @ El Rey Theatre
- Matthew Good, Automatic Love Letter @ The Troubadour
- The Franks @ Origami Vinyl, Free, 7PM
- HARD13 with Fake Blood, Jack Beats, Boy 8-Bit, and DESTRUCTO @ Club Nokia
- Lucy Kaplansky @ McCabe’s Guitar Shop, $20
- Watson Twins @ Fingerprints, Long Beach FREE, ALL AGES
- Athlete @ Hotel Cafe
- E-40 @ The Key Club
- The English Beat @ The Roxy
- A Sunny Day in Glasgow w/ Pollyn + George Sarah @ The Mint
- Toad The Wet Sprocket @ The Galaxy Theater, Santa Ana
- Saturday Night At The Getty: The Living Sisters @ Harold M Williams Auditorium
- FMLY Ride w/ Entrance Band, 60 watt kid, Neon Navajo, Rumspringa, @ McWorld – see link for details http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=292806724718&ref=ts
Repeater, Seaspin, Useless Keys, Dietra Kruschev @ The Prospector, Long Beach
SUNDAY MAR 14TH, 2010
Broken Bells @ The Troubadour – SOLD OUT
The Swell Season @ McCabe’s Guitar Shop, SOLD OUT
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Thousand Dozen Gloves @ The Echoplex, $25, 18yrs+
- Sabertooth Tiger, Memory, Tremellow, Mumiy Troll @ Spaceland, $5, (21yrs+)
- Aussie BBQ 2010 w/ The Chevelles, City Riots, Crayon Fields, Goons of Doom, Dappled Cities, Cassette Kids, Sherlock’s Daughter @ The Echo, Day Show, $15, All Ages
- Kidrockers w/ Watson Twins + Special Guests @ The Echoplex, 1PM, $12, All Ages
- Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Thousand Dozen Gloves @ The Echoplex, $25, 18yrs+
- Part Time Punks w/ Blessure Grave, Twin Crystals, Random Cuts @ The Echo, $5, 18yrs+
- Gun Outfit, Dunes, Residual Echoes, So Many Wizards @ Echo Curio, $5, All Ages
- Pill Wonder, 60 Watt Kid, Queen Victoria and Ezra Buchla @ Synchronicity, $5, All Ages
- Real Vocal String Quartet, Alicia Jo Rabins @ Bootleg, $15
- Beaches, Love Of Diagrams, Sun Araw @ The Smell, $5, All Ages
- Darker My Love @ The Prospector
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Slow Club – It Doesn’t Have To Be Beautiful
You Say Party! We Say Die – Monster
Class Actress – Careful What You Say
Superhumanoids – Cranial Contest
The Hood Internet – I Ain’t That Earthquake (Wallpaper vs. Little Boots)
Dirty Projectors play with the La Philharmonic Saturday Feb 27th!
Another week of shows down….another one begins!!!!
Busy week ahead for shows in the southland. Dinosaur Jr. will be playing a FREE show at The Troubadour on Tuesday. Better camp out early less ye not get in. Also Dirty Projectors will be returning to Los Angeles to perform a special event with the LA Philharmonic Orchestra at the Walt Disney Concert Hall.
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MONDAY FEB. 22nd, 2010
Tommy Santee Klaws, Gamble House, Fort Wife, Regrets and Brunettes, Italian Japanese @ Silverlake Lounge – FREE (21yrs+)
- Sean Carnage Presents Nicole Kidman Ellie Fortune Mason Lindahl Subtle Selves @ Pehrspace – $5 All Ages
- Red Arrow Messenger, The Damn Sons, United By Sound @ Bootleg – FREE (21yrs+)
- Useless Keys, Free Energy, Boxviolet, Repeater @ The Echo – FREE (21yrs+)
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 23rd, 2010
Dinosaur Jr. @ Troubadour – FREE SHOW FIRST COME FIRST SERVED! (All Ages)
Glacier Hiking, Haim, Kitten, Go West Young Man @ The Echo – $5 with RSVP (18yrs+)
Free Energy, The Mystery Lights, The Blank Tapes, Early Dolphin @ Spaceland (21yrs+)
- Blessed Deep, Puppies and Kittens, Garbaj Kaetz @ Echo Curio – $5 All Ages
- Roll The Tanks, Bill Clark Star Vehicle, Oh The Spanish Moss, Torches In Trees @ Silverlake Lounge – $7 (21yrs+)
- Ferraby Lionheart, Leslie & The Badgers, Charlie Wadhams, All Spots To Black @ Bootleg – FREE (21yrs+)
- Mariah Carey @ Gibson Ampitheatre
- Butch Walker Album Release Show @ Hotel Cafe
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 24th, 2010
Goldspot @ Hotel Cafe
- Elaine’s Hella Hipster Hoedown w/ Manhattan Murdery Mystery, Mystery Lights, Hi Ho Silver Oh, The Shade, The Layabouts @ Echo Curio – $5 All Ages
- Sarah Burton, Faye Blais, Rob Laufer @ Silverlake Lounge – $8 (21yrs+)
- Nicole Simone, Penelope Fortier, Sonus Quartet @ Bootleg – $10 (21yrs+)
- Oliver Future, Jesus Makes The Shotgun Sound, Queen Kwong @ The Echo (18yrs+)
- Dub Club @ The Echoplex
- Club NME w/ Dan Black @ Spaceland
- The Rescues, Lucy Schwartz @ The Troubadour (All Ages)
- Mariah Carey @ Gibson Amphitheatre
- Hollyboots, New Clear Child, AXIS @ Mr. T’s Bowl
- Spider Problem, Peg Leg Love, The Crystelles, and The Choke @ 5 Stars Bar
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 25th, 2010
Andrew Lynch, The Section Quartet, Downtown/Union, Eagle & Talon @ The Echo – $5 (18yrs+)
Down & Derby Roller Disco @ The Echoplex
Visqueen, Bear Hands, Adam Bones @ Spaceland (21yrs+)
- City of Progress, Whqles, Water and Power, Wrag and Bone, and Cousins @ Synchronicity Space – $5 All Ages
- Ellie Fortune, Mason Lindhal, Featherbeard, Jeffertiti’s Nile @ Echo Curio – $5 Al Ages
- Cheese On Bread, Diamonds Under Fire @ Silverlake Lounge – $8 (21yrs+)
-Spring Summer, Audra Mae, Senator & The New Republic @ Bootleg – $8 (21yrs+)
- Pancho and Sancho, Fish Circus, Leave it Alone, Full Force Rising @ The Troubadour (All Ages)
- Cheap Trick @ House Of Blues Sunset
- The Icarus Line @ The Roxy
- The Soundtrack of Our Lives, Nico Vega, ONCE @ The Glass House, Pomona
- Jim Bianco, Joey Ryan @ Hotel Cafe
- Fuck-Ass and the Greese Patrol, Wicked Relish, Venus Envy, Little Baby Justice, The Lazy Stalkers @ Mr. T’s Bowl
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 26th, 2010
Strange Boys, Chain and the Gang, Neverever @ The Echo – $10 (18yrs+)
Trannyshack @ The Echoplex
Memory Tapes @ Spaceland – $10 (21yrs+)
- The Damselles, HoneyHoney @ Casey’s Downtown
- la-underground Presents Timonium Silian Rail Summer Darling Powerdove @ pehrspace – $5 All Ages
- Dramaturgy presents The Downtown Train, Tricky Sizzler, Ralpheene, Spring Queen @ Echo Curio – $5 All Ages
- The Haters, Sissy Spacek, Gerrit Wittmer & Paul Knowles, AMK @ The Smell – $5 All Ages
- Eric D. Johnson, Breathe Owl Breathe, Leslie & The Badgers, Shakey Graves @ Bootleg – $10
- We Were Promised Jetpacks, The Lonely Forest, Bear Hands @ The Troubadour (All Ages)
- Bon Jovi @ The Grove, Anaheim
- Joni Mitchell’s “The Fiddle and The Drum” @ Royce Hall, UCLA
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 27th, 2010
Dirty Projectors (with Los Angeles Philharmonic) @ Walt Disney Concert Hall
Mike Watt and The Missing Men @ The Redwood Bar
Jason Mraz (Solo Acoustic) @ The Long Beach Terrace Theatre
- Las Quince Letras Blue Jungle Manhattan Murder Mystery @ pehrspace – $5 All Ages
- Bipolar Bear, Residual Echoes, Neverever, Twisted Stars @ The Smell – $5 All Ages
- Matinee show w/ Elephant Micah, Power Dove @ Echo Curio – $5 All Ages (3pm to 5pm)
- Pangea, God Equals Genocide, Moses Campbell, @ Echo Curio – $5 All Ages
- Corridor + Estelle Raskina @ Origami Vinyl – 7pm – FREE!
- Brunch with The Mother Hips @ Origami Vinyl – Noon – FREE!
- Astra Heights, The Romany Rye, Melon Sun, Jeffertiti’s Nile @ Bootleg – $10 (21yrs+)
- Four Tet, Nathan Fake, Active Child @ The Echoplex
- Funk Sole (CLUB NIGHT) @ The Echo
- Scout Niblett, Dirt Dress @ Spaceland – $10 (21yrs+)
- Zee Avi, AM @ The Troubadour (All Ages)
- Kinky @ Luckman Fine Arts Complex
- Bon Jovi @ The Grove, Anaheim
- Goodie Mob @ Club Nokia
- Evan Dando @ Hotel Cafe
- Emily Wells, Money Mark @ Getty Center
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 28th, 2010
Pehr and Space Waves Booking present: Tenlons Fort, Elephant Micah, Miniature Soap, Ben and Bruno @ pehrspace – $5 All Ages
Scream, The Holloys @ The Echo (EARLY SHOW) 6pm $10 (All Ages)
- Anarchist Cafe presents Azatlan Underground, Subsistenzia, Guerrilla Queenz, In Lak Ech, Plus Yoga Class, Vegan Food, Workshops, Poets, Anarchist Dating Game, Theatrical Play, and much more. @ The Smell – 1pm-8pm
- The Macaroons, Storytimefunland @ The Echo – NOON (All Ages)
- Part Time Punk Smiths/Morrisey Night @ The Echo
- Neil Hamburger @ Spaceland – $8 (21 yrs+)
- Josh Turner with Peter Brandon @ Club Nokia
- Angela McCluskey @ Hotel Cafe
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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
