SUPERGOOD RECOMMENDATIONS
This week is really exciting – there are several shows I’ve been waiting all month for (Atmosphere @ Palladium, The French Semester/Hockey @ Echo), a few more that are deviations from my typical concert going and, of course, Sunset Junction.
Tonight is going to be an exciting Monday for me. I’ll be busy meeting up with hip-hop producer Paul Cho and rising indie-electro soul artist Mark Foster, as well as potentially hanging with new supergood friends Saint Motel, who will be playing the Monday night residency at Spaceland in September. After a long day of meetings – I am hoping to swing by Echo and check out Thelonious Monster if possible (I just like the name, I actually haven’t heard the music yet) and then I will probably pop over to Echo Curio to catch a performance by the up and coming band The Cartographers before heading over to Spaceland to see Local Natives continue their August residency. I wonder if they will play their Talking Heads cover this week? If you’re into the bigger performance – I would check out The Flaming Lips and Ghostland Observatory at Greek Theatre. Ghostland was one of my favorite performances at Coachella this past spring and The Flaming Lips are certainly a spectacle to be witnessed at least once in a lifetime.
Tuesday night I will be back at echo for Marvelous Toy and Correatown – I just started listening to both again and I am digging the sounds. At some point, I am going to have to bounce over to Cinespace for my favorite mid-week dance party DIMMAK Tuesdays. This week, Does It Offend You, Yeah? is going to spin a set – and they are ALWAYS fun. If you want to check out a grizzled concert veteran who has evolved with the times, Elvis Costello will be playing at the Greek Theatre.
Wednesday I’m going to Atmosphere at the Palladium. I would basically be doing you a disservice by suggesting you go see anything else. Atmosphere is, unquestionably, one of the best performers around and the crowd is an absolute spectacle. I’ve seen him about 20 times, and in Los Angeles – he really brings out the community. I remember last year at The Wiltern when it felt like every member of the crowd was reciting each lyric. Slug just has exceptional stage presence and charisma, and an unassuming swagger that allows him to control the crowd like he has his finger on its pulse. Whether you’ve seen him before or not, I highly recommend it.
Thursday my family is coming to town – so I won’t be heading out, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t either. Rootdown is going on at El Cid, the Japanese guitar sensation Yuto Miyazawa is at The Knitting Factory, Carney is performing on KROQ Locals Only Night at The Roxy. If you want to switch it up, but do something fun – check out The Down & Derby Roller Disco at Echoplex.
Friday I’d be steering you the wrong way if I didn’t suggest you go to echo to see the rising immigrant-indie-rock LA sensation The French Semester and Hockey, a quartet of hipsters from Oregon. These two great bands are storming echo for a night of spectacular indie-rock that will leave you thirsting for more.
Saturday you’ve got a plethora of choices. Sunset Junction kicks off with a few top notch acts (I’m preferring Sunday’s line-up). You might want to check out The Matches at Troubadour as it is potentially their last performance in Los Angeles ever (tickets are going fast – so get them soon!). I am thinking of heading to Pehrspace for a CD Release extravaganza, including new releases and performances from Seasons, Odd Modern and Manhattan Murder Mystery.
Sunday is definitely the choice day for Sunset Junction in my opinion – with performances by local LA funk-stars Orgone, the not-discussed enough Love Grenades, the classic funky soul of Morris Day & The Time, and one of my childhood favorites, Arrested Development, as well as a handful of other great acts. If jazz for the older crowd is your thing, maybe you’ll swing by the Hollywood Bowl for some classic funk from Tower of Power and today’s version of edgy elevator jazz from Brian Culbertson, Dave Koz and Friends.
Be on the look out for more updates from SUPERGOODMUSIC mid-week and continuing enhancements of the website….
CONCERT BLAST
Monday August 17, 2009
The Growlers, Xu Xu Fang, Thelonious Monster @ Echo (Free)
The Flaming Lips, Ghostland Observatory, Stardeath and White Dwarfs @ Greek Theatre
Clipse, The Cool Kids, Dom Kennedy @ HOB - Sunset
The Cartographers, Lovers @ Echo Curio
Local Natives, Voxhaul Broadcast, Soko, The Lonely H @ Spaceland (Free)
Japan Night with Tshushimamire, Red Bacteria Vacuum, Omadaka, Lemon Drop Kick, A Juku Girls @ The Roxy
Papercut Massacre, Costa Nova, Oh Darling, Paper or Plastic, Katie Cole @ The Viper Room
Lower Heaven, Nic Jago, Miranda Lee Richards, Meeting Places @ Silverlake Lounge (Free)
Steel Panther, Jeremiah James, Lamour, Bold Action Thrill @ Key Club
Veil Era @ The Airliner Club
Depeche Mode, Peter Bjorn and John @ Hollywood Bowl
Lindsey Ray, Annie Bethancourt, Barrett Johnson, Paula Valstein @ The Hotel Café
The Mint Session w/ Kevin Kanner Quintet & J-Logic @ The Mint (Free after 9:30)
Blade, Jesse Cole, Marbella, Molly Marlette, Eddie Moffett @ El Cid
Charlie Green and The Giant Bird, Mitch Allan and Guests @ Molly Malones
Tuesday August 18, 2009
Correatown, Marvelous Toy, The Break Ups, Killsonic @ Echo
Elvis Costello and The Sugar Canes, Lucinda Williams @ Greek Theatre
Lovemakers, We Should Be Dead, People @ Silverlake Lounge
The Minor Canon, The Grownup Noise, Blank Blue, Justin Janer Quartet @ Spaceland
I Will Never Be The Same, The Disowned, Nations Afire, Links, Miss Willie Brown @ The Viper Room
Jackson and His Computer Band, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Steve Aoki, Them Jeans, Dan Oh @ Cinespace (DIMMAK Tuesdays)
TD Lind, Leftover Cuties @ The Roxy
Cubensis @ Grateful Dead Tribute
Tovey Conducts Bernstein w/ LA Philharmonic @ Hollywood Bowl
Potluck (Private Event) @ Key Club
Jay Reatard @ Amoeba Music
Flaming Lips, Ghostland Observatory, Star Death & White Dwarfs @ Glass House
Jason Reeves, Jordan Lawhead @ The Hotel Café (10 pm)
Private Showcase @ The Hotel Café (7 pm)
MusicMogul.com Finals w/ Spirit Animal @ HOB - Sunset
HHMA Showcase w/ Mike Farris & The Roseland Rhythm Revue @ The Mint
Al Qaeda w/ Mike Watt, Droughter and Alien Soundtracks @ The Prospector
Department of Real Estate, Motoko Honda, Joe Berardi, DOS (Mike Watt & Kira Roessler) @ Echo Curio
Nathan Maxwell (of Flogging Molly), Bunny Gang @ Saint Rocke
The Moth, Story Slam @ El Cid
The Freedom Ledges, Ryan Hill, Jake Coco @ Molly Malones
Long Nguyen, Cameron Dye, Dante Brunetto @ Genghis Cohen
Wednesday August 19, 2009
Great Northern @ Pershing Square (FREE)
Dawes, Mississippi Man, The Romany Rye @ Echo
Dub Club (Tom Chasteen, Roy Corderoy, The Dungeonmaster, Boss Harmony) @ Echoplex
Atmosphere, Murs, Aesop Rock @ Hollywood Palladium
Max Tundra @ Spaceland
Big Metal Wednesday @ The Roxy
ASCAP Presents: Kenan Bell, Fitz & The Tantrums, The Futhamuckas, John Forte @ Troubadour
Primer 55 w/ Stepchild, Hydrovibe, Incite, Bound @ The Viper Room
Cosio, This Is The State, Samuel Stewart @ Silverlake Lounge
Yellowjackets, Mike Stern @ Catalina Jazz Club
Nico Vegas @ The Shore (Hermosa)
Patti Labelle @ Hollywood Bowl
Daughtry, David Hodges @ Henry Fonda Theatre (Sold Out)
Neverset @ Les Deux
Emiliana Torrini @ El Rey Theatre
Paleface, Kristina Train, Matt Hires @ The Hotel Café
The Actors @ Universal Bar
Kicking k8 @ Skinny’s Lounge
Agent Orange, Di, False Alliance, The Joysticks, The Masked Villains, Fester Youth @ Key Club
Air Sex Competition @ Key Club (Plush Lounge)
Tracy Chapman @ The Wiltern
Maxim Ludwig, Maggie Morris, Lex Land, Matt Hires, Kristina Train @ The Hotel Cafe
Harper Simon @ Largo
Mortified After School Orchestra @ King King
1921A, Clockwork, Betatones, The Royal Kicks @ Knitting Factory (Front Stage)
New City Lions, The Jealousy Game @ Knitting Factory (Alterknit Lounge)
The Mars Hall, Duke Daniels, David Kirton, Kaylah Marin @ The Mint
Old California & Friends @ Redwood Bar & Grill
Kid Infinity, When Dinosaurs Ruled The Earth, Florene, Melted Cassettes, Neon Navajo @ The Smell
Soundbox feat. Kirk Eli Fletcher @ Saint Rocke
Zachariah & The Lobos Riders, I See Hawks in L.A., The Psychedlic Cowboys, David Serby @ El Cid
Low End Theory feat. Daddy Kev, Nobody, Gaslamp Killer, D-Styles, Giovvani Marks, Lexicon, Intuition & Verbs @ Airliner Club
Celest, Michael Jackson Tribute Night @ Molly Malones
Hippie Chick Thang Shebang, Danny Tieger @ Genghis Cohen
Thursday August 20, 2009
J Tillman (Fleet Foxes), Evan Way (Parson Redheads), Big Search @ Echo
Down & Derby Roller Disco @ Echoplex
Carney @ Roxy Theatre
Jedi Mind Tricks, Reef of the Lost Cauze, Esooteric, Bound By Honor @ El Rey
E-40 w/ J-Mo, Da Funk Yard, M.W.E., Big Co @ Key Club
The Atomic Tease (Art Exhibit w/ Burlesque Performance and Music by Thee Swank Bastards) @ Key Club (Plush Lounge)
JC Penney Front Row Presents: Hockey @ Troubadour
Christopher Hawley & Peter Goetz, Trevor Hall (Record Release Show), Amy Wallace, Eli Goldsmith @ The Hotel Café
Mothermother @ Spaceland
Michael Bernard Beckwith PBS Benefit @ Club Nokia
KROQ Locals Only Presents: Carney, Caitlin Crosby, End Roulette @ The Roxy
Nathan Maxwell & The Original Bunny Gang, Charlie & The Valentine Killers, Kevin Earnest, A Bible & A Gun @ The Viper Room
KMG, Karma, James Kenney, Marcela Carmona, Blue Meridian @ The Viper Room (Downstairs)
Low Red Land, Appomattox, Firs @ Silverlake Lounge
Yellowjackets, Mike Stern @ Catalina Jazz Club
Thomas Hampson sings Mahler w/ LA Philharmonic @ Hollywood Bowl
Derek Jordan @ Palms Bar
Chris Pierce @ Levitt Pavilion
Sylvain Sylvin (New York Dolls Legend), Angus Khan, United Snakes, Adam Bones (EP Release) @ Knitting Factory
True 129 Presents @ HOB – Sunset
Margaret Cho “Doing It” @ Largo
L’Effleur Des Sens @ King King
Fight Friendly and Friends @ Saint Rocke
Yuto Miyazawa @ Knitting Factory (Front Stage)
Yortoise, Danny Allen’s High Diving Horses, Courtney Fairchild, Blueprints for Escape Plans @ Knitting Factory (Alterknit Lounge)
Gilberto Santa Rosa @ Mayan Theatre
Trevor Menear, Jennifer Appelquist, Matt Duke @ The Mint
Beat Killers, The Glossiness, DJ Reuben @ The Prospector
Al Qaeda (feat. Mike Watt), Endometrium CxPx, Droughter, Ultraviolet Astronaut @ Echo Curio
Jason Boland & The Stragglers, Merchants of Moonshine, SugarWall @ briXton
Smogtown, Killing California, Superbuick, Bloodhook @ Alex’s Bar
Lonesome Heroes, 50 Cent Haircut @ Redwood Bar & Grill
Purple Rhinestone Eagle, Harsh Sunshine, The Amazements, Bad Assets @ The Smell
Venice, Lukas Nelson & The Promise @ Santa Monica Pier
Rootdown @ El Cid
Cary Judd, Elyse & The Aftermath, Jeff Forte @ Molly Malones
Patrick Dunn, Willie Ames, Savio Rego, Matt Jones @ Genghis Cohen
Friday August 21, 2009
Hockey, The French Semester @ Echo
The Sonics, Prima Donna, Japanese Motors @ Echoplex
Arrested Development @ briXton
Benji Hughes, B.R.A.M. @ Spaceland (Sunset Junction Pre-Party)
Tijuana Panthers, Paleface, Silver Darling, Ema and The Ghosts @ Pehrspace
Jon Brion @ Largo
Tea Leaf Green, Coffee Bean Brown @ Troubadour
Steely Dan @ Gibson Amphitheatre (Performing Aja and The Hits)
Ruido De Fondo, Sucker For Pumps, Gardenia, DJ Electra and Santi @ The Roxy
Lukas Rossi, Jury Pool. Last Exit, Into The Presence @ The Viper Room
International Tennis Champions @ Bootleg Theater
The Lost Cartographers @ Echo Curio
Star Off Machine @ Fitzgeralds
Iliana Rose @ Left Coast Wine Bar
D.I.M. @ Club 740
Yellowjackets, Mike Stern @ Catalina Jazz Club
Subject 2 Change, Jubala, Back Pocket Memory, The Green Party, City Likes Addiction, The Originates @ Key Club
Alpha Blondy @ Club Nokia (Cancelled)
Los Campensinos!, Girls, Ramona Falls @ El Rey
Diana Krall, LA Philharmonic @ Hollywood Bowl
Kid Theodore @ Molly Malone’s
Ricardo Arjona @ Nokia Theatre L.A. Live
Harmala @ Rusty’s Surf Ranch
Serel @ The Trip
Jedi Mind Tricks, Reef of the Lost Cauze, Esooteric @ Glass House
The 88 @ The Grove Apple Store
Justis Kao, Kid Theodore, Still Watters Run Deep @ Molly Malones
Krissi Moses, Lindsay Sinay, Across The Pacific, Gallows For A King @ Knitting Factory (Front Stage)
ZZ Top @ HOB – Sunset
Brian Travis Band, Scott Warren, Shane Alexander, Janet Robin, Chantal K @ The Hotel Cafe
Silky, Willy Electronarcosis, Kuru, Luis Miolaro @ King King (9:30 – 4 am; $5 off door w/ RSVP to rsvp@incognitola.com)
Jason Boland & The Stragglers, Merchants of Moonshine, Goodbye To Pretty @ The Mint
Shotgun Showdown, The Cartographers, Shatto @ Echo Curio
The Zeros, The Hangmen, The Hitchhikers, The Hitz @ Alex’s Bar
The Woolly Bandits, The Beat Killers, The Living Sickness @ Redwood Bar & Grill
Captain Ahab, Fleshtone, Sickboy/Droon, tik///tik, Guidance Counselor @ The Smell
Three Heads, Samantha Stollenwerck @ Saint Rocke
Paris Carney, Ryan McDermoot, Micah, John Cody, A Couple of Gypsys @ Genghis Cohen
Saturday August 22, 2009
Funky Sole @ Echo (Free)
Neon Noise @ Echoplex (Free with Sunset Junction Pass)
Harvey Danger @ Largo
Kings of Leon, The Whigs @ The Forum
The Matches (Final So Cal show), Neon Trees, Dizzy Balloon @ Troubadour
Panda (aka PXNDX) @ The Wiltern
Steely Dan @ Gibson Amphitheatre (Performing Gaucho and The Hits)
War Tapes, Fool’s Gold, Delta Spirit, The Submarines, Nico Vega, Sly & Robbie, Many More @ Sunset Junction Fair
Malbec, I Will Never Be The Same, Chasing Kings @ The Roxy
Benji Hughes, The Belle Brigade @ Spaceland (Sunset Junction After-Party – discount with SJ wristband)
Sean Healy Presents Dizzy Reed + Friends, Madame Trash Heap, The Hush, Hammerheads, Tack Rust @ The Viper Room
Los Angeles Salsa Music Festival feat. El Gran Combo, Willy Chirino and His Orchestra, Ismael Miranda, Junior Gonzalez & Veronica @ Greek Theatre
Ramana Vieira, Fabiano Do Nascimento & Trioganico @ Bootleg Theatre
Diana Krall, LA Philharmonic @ Hollywood Bowl
Scott Russo (of Unwritten Law), The Big Bang w/ Big B (of Suburban Noize) @ Saint Rocke
Seasons (CD Release), Odd Modern (CD Release), The Health Club, The Manhattan Murder Mystery (CD Release) @ Pehrspace
Bella Novela, Juanity and The Rabbit, Slippers, Los Mysteriosos @ Alex’s Bar
Yellowjackets, Mike Stern @ Catalina Jazz Club
DUBLUVA @ Good Hurt Night Club
The Cult, Year Long Disaster @ Club Nokia
Pete Hopkins @ Molly Malones
Richard Arjona @ Nokia Theatre L.A. Live
Toad The Wet Sprocket, The Janks @ Pershing Square
Stereo Blue, Anahita, Margate (Record Release Party) @ Molly Malones
Tony Lucca, Jay Nash, The Fresh, Horse Thieves, Terra Naomi, Shannon Curtis @ The Hotel Café
Devon Allman’s Honeytribe @ Cozy’s Bar & Grill
Wild Child @ Whisky A Go Go
Ramon Ayala @ HOB – Sunset
Los Campesinos!, Girls @ Glass House
A & R Connection @ Key Club (Rock Showcase, Urban Showcase)
Harvey Danger @ Largo
Lawnchair Generals, Joshua Heath @ King King
Kevin Sandbloom, MacDracula, Steve Ferrone (of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers) Malik Pointer @ The Mint
Eagle and Talon, Video, Super All-Star Cover Session @ Echo Curio
Lights & Caress of Steel @ briXton
Lamps, Drunkdriver, Bipolar Bear, Shoot It Up @ Redwood Bar & Grill
Former Ghosts, Casey and Brian, Christopher Cichocki, Puppy Dog @ The Smell
Freddy Moore and Dennis Peterse, Raymond Davis, Randy Kaplan @ Genghis Cohen
Sunday August 23, 2009
Part Time Punks – The Widow Babies (LP Release Party) @ Echo
Arrested Development, Orgone, Love Grenades, Morris Day & The Time, Cody Chesnutt, Local Natives, Built To Spill, Iliana Rose, Many More… @ Sunset Junction Fair
Dave Koz & Friends, Tower of Power, Brian Culbertson @ Hollywood Bowl
Tony Lucca, Jay Nash @ Saint Rocke
Yellowjackets, Mike Stern @ Catalina Jazz Club
International Farmers @ Sangria
The Heroes of Woodstock 40th Anniversary: Jefferson Starship, Canned Heat, Big Brother & The Holding Company, Ten Years After, Tom Constanten, Country Joe McDonald @ Greek Theatre
Beres Hammond @ LA Sports Arena
California Philharmonic @ Walt Disney Concert Hall
The New Up, The Shakers, Run Run Run, Halos @ The Viper Room
Los Campesinos! @ Detroit Bar
Steely Dan @ Gibson Amphitheatre (performing The Royal Scam & the hits)
The Hereafter, Joey Ryan, Jason Whitton, Chris O’Brien @ The Hotel Café
Hollywood Shorts (Summer Screening) @ The Hotel Café (5-7 pm)
Eiotown (Art Show) @ Largo (Free)
Beatmo, Hollyboots, DJ Drrt Face, Black Party Politics @ King King
Plushgun, Venus Infers, Front Runner, Solarcade @ Knitting Factory (Front Stage)
387 Music Entertainment Presents Isaac Kidder, Jason Corcoran, Etc. @ The Mint
Ricardo Arjona @ Nokia Theatre L.A. Live
Kill Kill Kill, Waning, Chopstick @ Pehrspace
The Ringleaders @ Alex’s Bar (FREE)
Pharmakon, Rale, Pedestrian Deposit, Mirror to Mirror @ Echo Curio
George Lynch’s Soul of We, MX Machine, Brewtality @ briXton
Night Control, Phonecalls, Rapid Youth @ The Smell
Daisy of the Spanks, Strangefinger, The Trainwrecks, Adam Marsland’s Chaos Band, The Late 70s @ Molly Malones
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