Its the final day of March and with a rather thin concert line-up, it may be time for some spring cleaning and Easter/Passover reflection. Once you've hunted for those eggs (hopefully Hunter S. Thompson style), indulged in enough shank bone and bitters, or gotten your spot so fresh and clean - maybe you'd consider checking out Chuck Inglish's Sounds Like Fun at The Central SAPC. The monthly hip-hop gathering hosted by The Cool Kid is slowly becoming a staple of the L.A. hip-hop circuit.
Wax Idols at The Echoplex and Dim Mak's Easter Sunday party at Drais are also worthy of mention. Full list of tonight's shows below...
Love Crimes, The Yes Team, Run Downhill, Suspect Ed @ TRiP (FREE)
Lee Eun Mi @ Club Nokia
The Toledo Show @ Harvelle’s
Chuck Inglish Presents: Sounds Like Fun @ The Central SAPC
Neil Hamburger, Jon Daly, Glenn Wool @ The Satellite
Moonchild, J. Mitchell MelodiousFly, Balance and the Traveling Sounds @ Bootleg Bar
King Dude, Of the Wand, The Moon, A Story of Rats @ The Echo
Wax Idols, Cold Showers, The Mallard, Dream Boys @ The Echoplex
Fabiano do Nascimento @ bluewhale
Dim Mak Sunday w/ Residents @ Drai’s Hollywood
Easter Sunday Day w/ Tulips and Ladyheat @ Lot 1 Café
Easter Sunday Night with Roses + Now @ Lot 1 Café
Sekta Core w/ Chencha Berrinches, 8 Kalacas, and Red Store Bums @ Yost Theater
Dash Rip Rock, Speed Buggy, and Paperplanes @ Alex’s Bar
The Sunday Band w/ Special Guest SPANKY @ Pappy and Harriet’s
Harry & The Hendersons, The Perverts, The Dudikoffs, and Old Friends @ Redwood Bar and Grill FREE
It's Saturday and there's a ton going on in Los Angeles this weekend. So unless you pull for one of the eight teams left in the NCAA's you have no reason to stay inside. Kansas fans, this means you (Go Blue).
I digress, on to the music...
If you're on the Westside tonight, get your butts over to the Santa Monica Pier to see Poolside and Yacht, as it's shaping up to be a lovely evening weather-wise. You could even win a set of tickets via our giveaways page. Just tweet @SUPERGOODMUSIC, @JAMINTHEVAN, @POOLSIDE, #SaMoPier to enter. Or email Contests@SUPERGOODMUSIC.com with the subject "Poolside."
That party keeps going afterwards with DJ sets over at the Pier Carrousel.
The Last Bison are playing The Mint tonight and we highly recommend going to check out this on the rise Americana act. They have some steam behind them and this might be a chance encounter to see them in such an intimate venue.
If you're looking for something low key and low cost then the Sound City screening at The Bootleg Theater is probably right up your alley. Josh Boyd will be there performing songs from In Utero and Raw Geronimo will perform songs from Fleetwood Mac.
The full list for the day is below, and the rest of the weekend can be found over on our concert BLAST, which you should sign up for if you haven't. Duh.
Close out March strong with more than just madness as the weekend kicks off raging with solid electronic music from the likes of Daedelus, Two Fresh, Ryan Hemsworth and Samo Sound Boy at The Fonda Theater, straight forward dance jams from Breakbot and Irfane, along with Bondax, for PRIVATE LABEL at Lure. A little west, The Polish Ambassador and Papadosio heat up the floor at El Rey Theatre.
If rock or indie is more your thing, an eastside invasion might be in order. The Lonely Wild celebrate the release of their record at The Satellite along with The Janks and The Wild Reeds. We've got some tickets to give away to that show. There is also ICEAGE and Sea Lions at Echoplex as well as Foxygen at The Echo.
If you're going to be around the March Madness at The Staples Center then you might as well mark it down on your itinerary to catch the FREE Capital Cities and Gold Fields concert presented by PANDORA. It kicks off at 8pm TONIGHT in Nokia Plaza as a part of the L.A. LIVE College Basketball fan Fest. It's free, but you have to RSVP HERE.
To get the funk, soul and jazz vibes in look no further than Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds, Alan Evans Trio and Fanny Franklin at The Roxy. That crew is also joined by Monophonics - so it should be solid.Notable Jon Brion impresses at Largo and Ryan Leslie croons at Belasco Theater. For a full list of Friday night music entertainment see below.
Cory Phillips, Shere, Fine Minds @ TRiP (FREE)
Coal Chamber, Sevendust, Lacuna Coil, Candlelight Red @ Club Nokia
The Ragged Jubilee, Basement Tapes @ Harvelle’s
Night Riots, Bad Suns, Rubberneck Lions, LEVELS, SODA SODA @ The Central SAPC
Mary Lorson, Aidan Makepeace, Kenton Chen, Songbirds, Nayanna Holley, Little War Twins @ WitZend
Barry Zweig Trio (FREE 8-10), DJ Alfred Hawkins @ Del Monte Speakeasy
Who’s Bad (The Ultimate Michael Jackson Tribute Band), Mandorico @ Saint Rocke
Armada, Shogun, Alex M.O.R.P.H. @ ExchangeLA
Ryan Leslie @ Belasco Theater
The Lonely Wild (Record Release), The Janks, The Wild Reeds @ The Satellite
Will Magid @ One Eyed Gypsy
Fol Chen, Royal Canoe, Egroeg @ Bootleg Bar
ICEAGE, Milk Music, Sea Lions @ The Echoplex
Foxygen, Sam Flax, Wolf Thompson @ The Echo
The Spazmatics @ Dakota Lounge
Dwight Trible Birthday Bash @ Bluewhale
Teddy Geiger @ House of Blues Sunset
Jahmark & The Soulshakers with Krooked Treez, Pachama, and La Crucial @ House of Blues Sunset Strip
Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds, Fanny Franklin, Alan Evans Trio, Monophonics @ The Roxy
Sabrosa Purr w/ The Lonely Drunks Club Band, Plague Vendor, The Black Marquee, and L.A. Rocks @ The Viper Room
Michael Woods, Burns, and Astronomar @ The Avalon
The Polish Ambassador w/ Papadosio @ El Rey Theater
LAvish Events and Entertainment presents: "THE DEAD FRESH SHOW @ The Mint LA
Veronica Falls, Brilliant Colors, Golden Girls @ Troubadour
Jon Brion @ Largo
H&S Band & Burlesqye w/ DJ Dan Mancini @ Harvard & Stone
Daedelus, Two Fresh, Ryan Hemsworth, and Samo Sound Boy @ The Fonda Theater
Denny White, Jon Regen, Tom Bertram, Jamar Rogers, Sons of Mariel @ The Hotel Café
Sandbox, Polybuzz, Raw Geronimo, Hobart W. Fink @ El Cid
Merry Christmas/Bedhed Tap Release Show w/ Noyes/Sweater Club/Dustin & the Explosions
MFG, Chambers, and Wasteland presents The Wild Ones @ Los Globos FREE w/ RSVP
Pocket Underground @ King King Club
Breakbot, Bondax, Irfane @ LURE
La Boite Funk (Musique Nonstop) @ The Detroit Bar
Terravita @ The Constellation Room @ The Observatory
Battle of the Bands 70’s Rock off in Support of Marshall Academy of the Arts w/ Black Diamond Riders, Tasty (Jaime Riedling, Nate Shaw, Sam Velde, Jeff Sewll, Jim Morland, and Craig Olsen) and Rapid Fire (Steve Soto, Frank Agnew, Dan Root, Greg Kuehn, and Sandy Haddock) @ Alex’s Bar
Spaghetti Western Benefit for the Homeless w/ Moses Campbell, Palm Reader, Wide Streets, and Maggie Moon @ Pehrspace
Continues, Black Jeans, Eyeless Sight, and Databomb @ The Smell
Dave Gleason @ Pappy and Harriet’s FREE
Icarus Landing @ Slidebar
Stalins of Sound w/ Way to Go Genius, The Leeches, and Shirley Rolls @ Redwood Bar and Grill FREE
Do you like The Avett Brothers? The Lumineers? Heartless Bastards? Tallest Man on Earth? Bands that fall into that overly broad but in a good way "Americana" category? If so, then you may want to jump on The Last Bison bandwagon as soon as possible. Lucky for you we're giving away a pair of tickets to do just that at The Mint LA this Saturday, March 30. To win just tweet at "@SUPERGOODMUSIC, @JamintheVan, @MintLA, @TheLastBison #LastBison, or email us at Contests@SUPERGOODMUSIC.com with The Last Bison in the subject.
There's a good chance that this band, who is signed to Universal Music Group, takes off in the next year, so catching them in an intimate venue like The Mint might be worth its weight in "remember when" stories come next year. Dig on their video for a cover of M83's "Midnight City" as well as their full album over on their Bandcamp.
Get rooty with Dustbowl Revival and friends at The Echo tonight. Its been a while since they played the east side - but they've definitely got that indie ethos, so don't miss out. Try your hand at winning tickets from us by tweeting out @jaminthevan @dustbowlrevival @theEchoLA @supergoodmusic or simply emailing contest@supergoodmusic.com if your twitter game isn't too strong.
Also on the east side and a courtesy contest tip, you can enjoy the sounds of Jamie Lidell at The Echoplex. Mention him on twitter or email us with his name in the subject heading and you just might win some tickets. A few other good hits for the night would be Toots and Maytals at House of Blues - Sunset Strip. The We Are/She Is release party at Alex's Bar with Jhameel. Cassian at The Central. The Vans Warped Tour kick off with MC Lars and more at Club Nokia. Or Ghostface Killah - ARTDONTSLEEP w/ Gaslamp Killer, Blue and Exile at the Mayan Theater. If you haven't read Ghostface's softest rappers lists yet, you should.
If none of that strikes your fancy but you still want to party, see the full show list below.
Derek Clapton, 21st Century Goliath, Dirty Sanchez & The Fuck-its, Anteater, Splintered in Her Head @ TRiP (FREE)
Thalia @ The Wiltern
Vans Warped Tour Kickoff Party w/ New Beat Fund, Chiodos, MC Lars, Big Chocolate, Beware of Darkness + Special Guests @ Club Nokia
Harlow Gold @ Harvelles
Cassian, Romy, Josh Brooks, GOJIRA, Das Tapes, DJSB @ The Central SAPC
Ari Herstand, Elliott Yamin, Sonia Rao, Aijia, Julia Price, Max Lugavere @ WitZend
Elle, Ragged Jubilee, California Feetwarmers @ Del Monte Speakeasy
B Side Players, Ease Up, MBT @ Saint Rocke
ArtDontSleep Presents: Ghostface Killah, Adrian Younge’s Venice Dawn, Blu & Exile feat. Dag Savage, The Gaslamp Killer, Rock Marciano @ Mayan Theater
House of Broken Promises, Blaak Heat Shujaa, Sasquatch @ The Satellite
Guy Blakeslee (of Entrance Band), The Abigails, La Luz, FROTH, KXLU Djs @ Bootleg Bar
Jamie Lidell, Empress of Ludwig Persik @ The Echoplex
The Dustbowl Revival, Decker, Paul Chesne Band, Son Ark @ The Echo
Michael Mull Octet @ Bluewhale
Toots and the Maytals @ House of Blues Sunset Strip
Rumours @ The Roxy
Gooding w/ Other Side of Morning and Marley Monroe @ On The Rox
Picture Atlantic and This Passenger @ The Viper Room
Billy Bragg w/ Kim Churchill @ El Rey Theater
Gilli Moon & Songsalive! Showcase (early show) featuring J. Walker, Brittany Pearl, Danielle W Carter, Jonie Binman & Julia Juice @ The Mint LA
Theo Katzman, Joey Dosik & Caleb Hawley @ The Mint LA
Caveman w/ Pure Bathing Culture @ Troubadour
John Reilly & Friends w/ Becky Stark & Tom Brosseau @ Largo
Ocha LA Rocha and Ponderosa @ Harvard & Stone
Pieces (of Ass) The Tenth Anniversary Event @ The Fonda Theater
Morgan Karr, Sophie Hiller, Wendy Parr, Alex Wong, Tini Grey @ Room 5 Lounge
The Tin Drums, Natalie Smith, Missy Modell, Jonah Smith, El May @ The Hotel Café
KG Bird, Saint Sea Hat, Pony Village, The Shadow Principle @ Silverlake Lounge
Habits, Bastidas!, and KULA @ El Cid
Marojo, Loretti, Florence Hartigan @ Lot 1 Café
Allensworth, Micah Brown, Delmos Wade, DJ Mellowman, Mike Walz @ The Detroit Bar
The Heartless Bastard @ The Constellation Room at the Observatory
We Are/She Is Record Release Party w/ Spare Parts for Broken Hearts, Jhameel, and Short Term Melody @ Alex’s Bar
High Places, DJ Suzanne Kraft, and DJ David Scott Stone @ The Smell
C. Gibbs, Shelly Colvin & The Weeks @ Pappy and Harriet’s FREE
The final hump day of March brings a handful of acts to get you thumping before Easter Sunday - from Flux Pavilion's heavy drops that will make you want to keep going, to the familiar beat maestros of Low End Theory at The Airliner, all the way to the quirky spectacle that is Peelander-Z at The Roxy.
Even with all that tasty entertainment - the real gem is probably the RedBull event at The Echo featuring Flume, Mystery Skulls, Tapioca & The Flea and Gliss. Its only $3 at the door and I promise Flume will melt your face!
Other notable acts include Brit glam-popper Mika at El Rey Theatre, the Milk Carton Kids Revue at Largo and Inc. takes stage at Bootleg. A full list of shows are below. Win tickets to Peelander-Z, Flux Pavilion and/or Spirit Animal by tweeting us out (@supergoodmusic @jaminthevan) or by emailing contest@supergoodmusic.com
321 Stereo w/ Aloha Radio & Diamonds & Scratch @ Central SAPC
Kai Brown, Joe Firstman, and Pawn Shop Kings @ WitzEnd
Whiteboy James and the Blues Express @ Harvelle’s
TRiPTease Burlesque @ TRiP
Happy Hour w/ Zacc West (early); Midnite w/ Blaze Mob & Rebel Lionz @ Saint Rocke
Conor Patrick w/ Caleche Manos and Greg Schroeder @ The Mint
Off With Their Heads, FYP, Roll the Tanks, Bobby Joe Ebola @ Troubadour
The Milk Carton Kids Revue @ Largo
Metal Alliance Tour w/ Anthrax performing the “Amoung the Living” album @ House of Blues Sunset Strip
Russ Liquid, D Tiberio, more TBA, Daddy Kev, Nobody, the Gaslamp Killer, D-Styles and Nocando @ Low End Theory at the Airliner
The Viper Room Presents @ Viper Room
Peelander-Z w/ Neo Geo, Knock Out, & Pretty Little Demons @ The Roxy
Flux Pavilion @ The Wiltern
Gliss, Flume, Mystery Skulls, Tapioca & The Flea @ The Echo
Warships, The Field Trip, Your Majesty, Young Empress @ Constellation Room
Piss Test, Kid Little, The Ghost @ Redwood Bar
The Disapparows @ The Redbury Hotel
Inc., Ian Isiah, SFV Acid, Cream DJs @ Bootleg Bar
Beats, Bass, & Beyond w/ Have Your Heard, Bartek, C.O.R. along w/ Jeanine Strong, Kev Da Khemist, & T-Kwon Licka @ King King
RT N the 44’s @ The One Eyed Gypsy
Spirit Animal, The Mo-Odds The Weeks @ The Satellite
Dub Club @ The Echoplex
Rick Brantley, Luke Dick, Ericka Guitron, & The Empire Assembly @ Room 5 Lounge
David & Devine, Kail Baxley, Gold Star, & Hannah Miller @ The Hotel Cafe
Mika @ El Rey
Jan and Clear Plastic w/ Huggy and DJ Zach Rosenkranz @ Harvard & Stone
Cinderella Motel, Mars & The Massacre, Wild 2 Blind, Tic Tic Boom! @ Silverlake Lounge
Travis Garland @ HOB Foundation Room
Spaceships, Ancient Animals, Pocket Rockets @ Five Star Bar
Tuesday brings a bevy of unexpected parties popping off tonight beyond the usual FREE Tuesday at The Central SAPC and Dim Mak party at Dim Mak Studios.
Rebirth Brass Band provides a double dose of NOLA funk at The Mint with early and late shows. Rising beat magician Flume engages a sold out Echoplex crowd, and Inc. rocks anti-corporate musical subtext at Bootleg Bar.
In the realm of FREE - Tapioca and The Flea do their thing at Slidebar , TheBlack&TheWhite close out their residency at The Central with help from The Diamond Light and The Milk Carton Kids dig their way through Amoeba. For a full list of shows see below
The Scenestar Presents: THEblack&Thewhite, The Diamond Light, Rainbow Jackson & Special Guests @ Central SAPC (FREE)
The Peoples Mic & James Cavern @ WitzEnd
James Clay Garrison Pro Jam (R&B Funk Soul) @ Harvelle’s
Fallopian Tunes Presents: Yolke, Big Yawn, Document Swell @ TRiP
Rebirth Brass Band (Early Show); Rebirth Brass Band (Late Show) @ The Mint
Heartless Bastards & Johnny Fritz @ Troubadour
French Montana @ House of Blues Sunset Strip
Autumn Twilights Video Release, Shotgun Radio, & Street Joy @ Viper Room
Dawn Richard @ The Roxy
Thalia @ The Wiltern
Ghastly, Draemings, & Barrie Rose @ The Satellite
Flume, Para One, & Duawd @ The Echoplex
Inc. @ Bootleg Bar
International Beat Club @ Los Globos
Turnbull Green @ Origami Vinyl FREE
Tapioca & the Flea w/ Mystery Skulls, Let’s Drive to Alaska, & Lereve @ Slidebar FREE
Fu Mary Lou, No Small Children, Interstellar, Deux Sons @ The Redwood Bar FREE
Got a case of the Mondays? Cure it with some free music as a handful of residencies come to an end. SGM staff pick - Harriet and Jenny O. at The Echo. Hunter Hunted at Bootleg and It's A School Night with Sun Rai and Kiven should both be good too.
Hunnypot Radio Live Show @ Central SAPC (FREE)
Singers @ WitzEnd
Swamp Monsters Events @ TRiP
The Vespertines @ The Observatory
March Residency w/ Mt. Ossa, Son of Heatwave, & J. ThovenRom Dos @ Detroit Bar
Charming Liars, Stitched Up Heart, Knee High Fox @ Troubadour
Blow Mondays @ House of Blues Sunset Strip Foundation Room FREE
Steel Panther @ House of Blues Sunset Strip
More Amor w/ Falling Still, Artist vs. Poet, & Ashtree @ Viper Room
Free Music Monday w/ Divide the Day, Sons of the Damned, Valor & vengeance, Kemikal Kill, Behind the Fallen, & Spades & Blades @ The Roxy FREE
Harper Simon w/ Killsonic, And And And, Don Juan y Los Blancos, and Very Special Guest @ The Satellite FREE
Hunter Hunted, Dre Babinski, & Sympathetic Frequencies @ Bootleg Bar
Hot as Sun, TV Girl, Mirror Talk, & DJ Steve Livigni; Silver Phial & The Lost & Found @ Los Glogos
A Weekly Showcase of LA’s Top Rising Talent @ Room 5 Lounge
Supersoul Monday ft. Jason Joseph & the Spectacular w/ special guests FREE; The Writer’s Block Mike Elizondo & Lindsey Ray w/ special guests, Dinner & a Suit, & Lucciana Costa @ The Hotel Café
The Rebel Light & Family Wagon @ The Harvard & Stone
It’s a School Night w/ Sun Rai, Kiven, Houses, Justin Cornwall, Tres Dubois @ Bardot
Its Sunday, and with March Madness' first weekend closing out - you may not be too motivated to go to a show tonight. But - if you are, there are a few shows on our radar worth checking out - like Deer Tick at The Observatory, double doses of feel good sing-style rappers in Mod Sun and Cisco Adler close by at The Constellation Room or Hoodie Allen, Aer and Jared Evan at El Rey Theatre, and emerging LA indie act Body Parts at The Satellite. The top show though - Spring Break Jump Off with L.A.'s own Problem ("Like Whaaaat?!?") and Gucci Mane at Exchange LA. Problem even promised the turn up will be extra real...so don't miss out.
The Pinstripes w/ Special Guests @ Central SAPC
Debbie Goodman & Friends & Abbi Rajasekhar @ TRiP
Mod Sun/Cisco Adler @ The Constellation Room
Deer Tick @ The Observatory
Cubensis w/ Moonalice @ Saint Rocke
The Lappitt-Rocha Sunday Night Jazz Jam @ The Mint
Vicente Fernandez @ Staples Center
Lo+Cool Tour ft. Los Bunkers w/ Pastilla @ House of Blues Sunset Strip
Spring Break Jump Off: Gucci Mane & Problem presented by Dro City Boys Ent. @ Exchange LA
Jack Berry, AMX, Bobby Debarge Jr., & Brittany Barber @ Viper Room
Kelly Mcgary Lounge w/ Fogelfoot @ Viper Room
Club Mercy Presents: Jake Miller @ The Roxy
Weapon of Choice: LA’s Legendary Nutmeg Funk Band performance by WOC @ King King
Body Parts w/ Foxtails Brigade @ The Satellite
Lucinda Ora, Holes & Hearts, The Black Heartthrobs, & Glowbird @ Lot 1 Café
Lebanon Hanover, Jewels of the Nile, & Deathday @ The Echo
Blue Sky Black Death w/ Child Actor @ Bootleg Bar
Old Man Markley (Daytime Show) w/ Murietta @ Slidebar FREE
Schematic w/ Asker @ Slidebar FREE
Moses Campbell, The Hive Dwellers, White Rainbow, & Young Hunting @ The Smell
Fools on Stools w/ Skip Heller & More @ The Redwood Bar FREE (Early Show)
Michael Van London, Eric Himan, The Daltonians @ The Redwood Bar FREE
Ryan White, Sunday Lane, Zak Schaffer, Allison Kaplan, & Tongue & Groove @ The Hotel Café
Hoodie Allen, Aer, & Jared Evan @ El Rey
Dim Mak Sundays w/ Sneaky Sound System & Dinka! @ Drai’s Hollywood
Yuja Wang Recital Debut @ Walt Disney Concert Hall
Get some musical meat in your calendar at Burgerama Day 2 at The Observatory with Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, King Tuff, FIDLAR, Allah-Las and more. Stick around the OC for some white boys rapping in the form of Hoodie Allen, Aer and Jared Evan at Yost Theater or go to the Burgerama after party at Detroit Bar.
Los Angelenos can jam out with Umphrey's McGee for a second night at House of Blues, get down with Rudimental at Troubadour or Django Django at Fonda Theater. Full list of other shows below...
Otis Heat w/ Deathrow Tull + The Bottom Dollars @ Central SAPC
Anna Montgomery CD Release Party @ WitzEnd
Marv Mack & Soulside Productions Presents: 562 Soul Club @ Harvelle’s
Saturday Jam Session (Open Mic 2-6 PM) & Smokey Knights, Stage 11, Rin Tin Tiger, & Scott Allan Knost @ TRiP
Burgerama (Day 2) w/ Ariel Pink, King Tuff, FIDLAR, White Fence, Allah-Las, Hunx & His Punx @ The Observatory
Which One’s Pink? LA’s Pink Floyd Tribute Band w/ Dennis Neil, a tribute to Neil Young @ Saint Rocke
Official Burgerama After Party @ Detroit Bar
Hoodie Allen w/ Aer, Jared Evan, Brodi Nicholas @ Yost Theater
Charles Wright and the Watts w/ Mike Mangan’s Big Organ Trio @ The Mint
Rudimental, Kidnap Kid, Faye @ Troubadour
Garfunkel & Oates & Very Special Guests @ Largo
Shajarian @ Nokia Theater
Umphrey’s McGee @ House of Blues Sunset Strip
Inception ft. Jochen Miller presented by Insomniac @ Exchange LA
7Lions w/ The Public Trust & 360 @ Viper Room
Enter Shikari + Architects, Heartist, & Crossfaith @ The Roxy (Early)
Fire Tiger + Jutty Ranx & Snatch Magnet @ The Roxy (Late)
Hot 92.3 Presents Funk-Tastick: Atlantic Starr & Zapp @ The Gibson Amphitheater
Suedehead, California Lions, The Green Machines, DJ On Target @ Alex’s Bar
Locals’ Night ft. Tony Powell, Jerry Flores, Eddie B., Zernell
Gillie, Lacy I.Q., & Harris @ King King
AK & Her Kalashnikovs @ The One Eyed Gypsy
Whispering Pines, White Dove, & Guides @ The Satellite
Burnout!, Crimekillz, Zackey Force Funk, Dexter Story, & Oliver the 2nd @ The Echoplex
Schematic (David Elkins of Mae) w/ Asker @ Bootleg Bar
Black Hi-Lighter, Lynda Kay, Young Creatures @ El Cid
Its Friday [night], you feel alright, and the Silent Disco party is on the westside. So reach for your 40 and turn it up at The Central SAPC....or go to Hollywood and turn up at PRIVATE LABEL at Lure for Rudimental or El Rey for VibeSquad and Lotus!
If you're looking to sweat to some bands and punk - then go to Burgerama at The Observatory for Nick Waterhouse, The Black Lips, Bleached and more. Jam in the Van will be parked there! To Jam out - consider The Mint for JGB and Melvin Seals with support from The Record Company or try a hand in West Hollywood with Les Claypool's Duo De Twang at Troubadour or Umphrey's McGee first of a two night run at House of Blues - Sunset Strip.
That's what we are keen on for tonight. For other shows - peep the list.
Silent Frisco: P-Funk vs. Michael Jackson @ Central SAPC
Sound Art Fundraiser & China Fox @ WitzEnd
D.on Darox and the Melody Joy Bakers @ Harvelle’s
Town in the City, Steven Casper & Cowboy Angst, The Sun Warshippers @ TRiP
Burgerama (Day 1) w/ The Black Lips, Bleached, Nick Waterhouse, The Spits, Night Beats, Pangea & more @ The Observatory
Happy Hour w/ Stevie G. (early); DSB – America’s Favorite Tribute to Journey w/ INXS-IVE & DJ Mr. 80’s @ Saint Rocke
La Boite Funk (Musique Nonstop) @ Detroit Bar
Offical Burgerama After Party @ Detroit Bar
Wagatail Presents JGB & Melvin Seals w/ The Record Company @ The Mint
Les Claypool’s Duo de Twang @ Troubadour
Don’t Stop or We’ll Die & very Special Guests @ Largo
Hell Yeah and All that Remains, Nonpoint, & Sunflower Dead @ Club Nokia
Surge Events Presents: Deadhead Roses @ House of Blues Sunset Strip (Foundation Room)
Umphrey’s McGee @ House of Blues Sunset Strip
Awakening: ATB w/ Josh Gallaghan presented by Insomniac @ Exchange LA
Mor ve otesi Stripped & Intimate w/ Harun Tekin and Burak Guven @ Viper Room
Rapscallions @ The Roxy
New Directions w/ Lance De Sardi ft. Raul Campos & Joaquin Garcia @ King King
Hobo Jazz @ The One Eyed Gypsy
Today is the Day, Black Tusk, KEN Mode, & Fight Amp @ the Satellite
Citizens!, Lovelife, Torches, & DJ Brandon (The Burning Ear) @ The Echo
Doldrums, Blue Hawaii, Sean Nicholas Savage @ The Bootleg Bar
Mojo Stone, Jake Salley & The Prospectors, The Far Country, & Ramshackle @ El Cid
Alex Anwandter & Automatico Fiesta; The Bug Built by Mean Red Presented by Ninja Tune & Ras G @ Los Globos
Slaves Against the Machine w/ Thorne @ Slidebar FREE
Surveillance, Chasms, Infinite Body, Unmanned @ The Smell
Killroy, Sidekick, Baldwin Park Disasters, Decry, & False Confession @ The Redwood Bar FREE
It's Thursday yo! Otherwise affectionately known as the "Weekend Warmup." So those of you Los Angelenos not watching basketball all night, or who need to go drown your sorrows after Michigan waxes your team, here are the places we suggest getting your auditory fix on for the evening.
For those of you looking for some OG's well look no further than Bobby Dee, clubben.com & Behind the Scenes present: West Coast Fest Hosted by Big Boy, ft. DJ Quick, E-40, Too Short, Warren G, Mack 10, Baby Bash, Clyde Carson, Problem, Skeme, & special guests at Club Nokia. That is no doubt a lot of OGs on one stage.
Speaking of OG's, Clutch is in town at the House of Blues on the Sunset Strip. Friggin Clutch man!
There are also a couple of excellent offerings over towards Echo Park as Har Mar Superstar, The Virgins, and C.O.L.O.R. will surely crush the intimate Bootleg Theater, while Black Lips, Night Beats, and Beach Party will be teaching kids to be destructive over at the El Rey.
If none of that floats your boat, perhaps check out the Dustbowl Revival at the Harvard and Stone. An interesting spot to see the Dustbowl, let's hope that the pants in the audience aren't too tight for dancing... Get it? Meh, crap joke, Anyways, that seems like plenty of stuff to help you keep it cool this evening, and that's what you should do.
This new video from Big Black Delta will help with that too:
Hip Hop Heads, the 8th annual Paid Dues Festival is a mere two weeks away, do you have your tickets? If you don't you better get on it, because this year promoters Murs 3:16 and Guerrilla Union have put down on paper one of the most eclectic hip hop festival lineups that you will ever see, regardless of the year, place, or time.
It's going down on March 30th at the San Manuel Amphitheater in San Bernadino. The line-up and schedule are already up. In all there are forty acts participating in the fest including heavy hitters like Macklemore, Talib Kweli, Trinidad James, De La Soul, and Tech N9ne. We here at SUPERGOODMUSIC are pretty stoked about sets from Hopsin, Grouch & Eligh, Swollen Members, Killer Mike, Black Hippy, and of course, our favorite rapper and trippy aficionado Mr. Juicy J!
Let us know if you're going to be at Paid Dues and who you're looking forward to seeing in our comments section or on twitter @JamintheVan, and when you go to the festival, remember to wear sunscreen, cause literally everyone there will be "spitting hot fire!" - Dylon (who will not be on the line up)
Hump day yo! Insert sexual innuendo there and proceed to the recommended concerts that will no doubt help you find that hump at the end of the day. I mean, get over that hump.
Anyhow, an exceptional week of music offerings continues in Los Angeles with Mos Def at The Belasco Theater. It's not so often that this place has a concert going on, and this happens to be an awesome one, so if you've got tix or still can get, then lucky you. Also lucky you if you're going to check out Imagine Dragons at The Wiltern for their Night Visions Tour or Wavves + FIDLAR, & Cheatahs at The Echo. I know for sure the latter is sold out, so hit the Craigslist if you're trying to get there last minute. It should be pretty fuzzy up in there. I expect a lot of angst riddled youngins who are angry with their parents to attend.
However, if you have no tickets to any of the bigger marquees this evening and your pockets are running a bit thin, consider the packed line up at tonight's Low End Theory at The Airliner featuring Baths, DAUWD, Dark Time Sunshine, TA-KU + residents Daddy Kev, Nobody, The Gaslamp Killer, D-Styles, & Nocando, that place will probably be pretty turnt tonight. Question is, will you?
Here it is boyz and girlz, the fall-off that I've been talking about for the past week or so. Tonight's concert calendar is PACKED and it only get's headier throughout the week.
The most eclectic offering on this Turn't Up Tuesday evening would probably be (in my humble opinion) The Virgins + Har Mar Superstar + C.O.L.O.R at The Constellation Room. Even if it was just a Har Mar Superstar show there would be a lot going on there, but add in the other two acts and that's a whole scene.
If you're hanging closer to mainland LA then might we suggest Black Francis at The Mint for a nice low-key evening of solid tunage. Or if you venture over to Echo Park dig the post SXSW influx at The Echoplex with Chelsea Light Moving (ft. Thurston Moore), Grass Widow, and buzz artist Waxahatchee.
Not to overcomplicate your decision, but there are also very intriguing offerings at The El Rey where you'll find Lianne La Havas and Jamie N Commons, The Hotel Cafe with Bernhoft and Robert Francis performing, and at The FondaJosh Ritter does what Josh Ritter does.
Like I said PACKED, and there's even more on the BLAST. So I hope y'all did your taxes, saved your change, and can make it out to some shows this week...
Hooray Monday! What do you have in store for the fine people of Los Angeles tonight? Well, for those of you back from SXSW, I assume your agenda involves sleeping and bathing. For others, Monday night is just another Friday night, and for those of you with music on the mind this evening we see a few spots where you just might want to gravitate towards.
The Joy Formidable will be try to live up to their name at The Observatory. If you don't leave with a big smile then they failed. If you do, then everyone's a winner. For those of you who have a lot of post Monday work day stress to mosh out, try the Anti-Flag 20th Anniversary Show at the Troubadour featuring Dead To Me, Donots, and Chotto Ghetto.
Further East you'll find The Specials and Little Hurricane at Club Nokia and for far less money (FREE) you'll find Harper Simon at The Satellite for his third residency show. He's supported by Willoughby, Henry Wolfe, Heather Porcarro which all sounds very pleasant.
For more listings check our weekly concert BLAST...
Oh man, it's St. Paddy's Day. definitely not my favorite holiday, I suppose that's the Jew in me, but I'm not going to be a St. Paddy's Day Grinch. That's bad vibes, I hate those more so then I do watching girls puke green stuff in the streets. So I encourage you all to wear all shades of green, drink green stuff, and smoke green stuff today, and also, to go slur your words at some concerts, cause you can yell as loud as you want at a show, sometimes it's encouraged, you know, if it's that type of show. Don't bring a drum to a Phish show though, my buddy learned that the hard way.
So then, if after that intro you're like "dude, what shows are there to see?" Well here is my response:
Over on the Westside The Toledo Show is going down at Harvelle's, and that's always a good time. Dude is wild. Plus he's got dancing ladies. Don't go if you are allergic to Black & Mild smoke.
If you'd prefer blurrily stumbling through Downtown LA, then we're never ones to dissuade you from taking in a Dustbowl Revival performance. They'll be playing for free at The Redwood Bar joined by The Cerny Brothers and The Show Ponies.
There are some cool St. Paddy's day events going off on the hip side of town (Echo Park/Silverlake). Part Time Punks is never a bad call, especially on a night when they've got the CRASS tribute band covering "Penis Envy." There's also Olin's 11th Annual St. Paddy's Day Bash over at The Satellite. There they'll be performing "Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash" by The Pogues, that actually sounds like a damn good time. There's some other stuff on the Sunday calendar, so check out the blast if none of that floats your boat.
If you take it easy tonight no worries, SXSW is officially donezo for 2013, and LA is about to catch a wave of good music as a result. So keep it heady, and in honor of St. Paddy, when in doubt, puke it out!
Friday has arrived, and I wish I had a bit more to tell you, but it looks like it's going to be a slow one as far as concert offerings go. You've got to figure that Thursday through Saturday are the big days down in Austin, and so the fall-off is slim during those three days. You've got to wait till SXSW is done with these bands and tosses them back to the world before you catch the real fall-off. This is however still Los Angeles, and regardless of what day of the week it is or what's going on anywhere else, there's always something going on here.
Some highlights off of the calendar are as follows:
The Dustbowl Revival pops up in our neck of the woods at the Del Monte Speakeasy. So get yourself an Old Fashioned and do a little dancing.
You could also spaz out with The Spazmatics atThe Dakota Lounge. Or do whatever it is one would do at a Glitter Dick show at The Redwood Bar.
For our friends in the Silverlake/Echo Park area, your locals have some decent offerings this evening, with The Black Ryder heading a bill at The Echo that also includes Gateway Drugs and Young Prisms, while over at The Satellite you can find Battle Tapes, if that's indeed who you are looking for.
Alright that's all I've got, check the Blast for the full concert calendar!
What happens when you've got an amazing venue, a great sound and production team, and two weeks until your SXSW show date and absolutely no line up? You call SUPERGOODMUSIC and they come to the rescue like Ghostbusters.
With a couple years of SXSW shows under our belt, and some great family in the G Pen team and Allhiphop.com crew, we've recruited some serious heavyweights as well as emerging artists to perform at the GPEN & SUPERGOODMUSIC Present the Allhiphop.com Breeding Ground Showcase.
Local K. Paul paves the way on the main stage for No LImit Forever, Talib Kweli, Problem and Raekwon to get rowdy and the patio is going to be pretty amped too with the likes of Kosha Dillz, Sahtyre, Watch The Duck and G-Eazy!
If you're looking for a healthy dosage of hip-hop - this is the place to be Thursday night. RSVP to the eventbrite page here. DO NOT SLEEP ON THIS!!!!
LA, you've got some heady options for your concert-going needs tonight. If you're asking us, which it seems like you might be if you're looking at this, then we'd have to say that the hot ticket this evening would be The Nigel Hall Band at The Mint. You will not find a better bang for your buck tonight, so digging that is highly recommended.
However, if you're in the mood for something a little lighter perhaps check out the comedy and musical stylings and musical comedy stylings of Reggie Watts at Largo.
If you're looking to spend no monies then might we point you in the direction of the Silverlake Lounge where the bill is chalk full of bands whom I've never heard of, but whose names got me kind of excited. So if Dolphins and Shit, Stripper Pussy, and Gaytheist sound like intriguing musical acts to you, then this might be where you belong.
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/mNvuhLbzam4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Now, for those of you lucky enough to be in Austin today, do not, I repeat, DO NOT sleep on our SUPERGOODMUSIC X G-PEN Allhiphop.com Breeding Ground Showcase featuring some serious rap game heavy hitters like Raekwon and Talib Kweli.
If you're looking for amazing music in Los Angeles - tonight consider the saxophonic sonics of Skerik's Bandalabra at The Mint or Churches and MO at The Echo. Alicia Keys at Staples Center will certainly fill any attendees with soul. Full list of concerts below...
Broken Anchor, House of Wolves, Justin Knittel @ The Satellite
Churches, MO, Isaac Delusion @ The Echo (Advance Tickets Sold Out)
Autre Ne Veut, Majical Cloudz @ Troubadour
Keely Sibilia, Saxon James, No Second Thought, Burden of Proof, The Hoops @ The Viper Room
David Bisbal Acustico @ House of Blues – Sunset
Hunter & The Dirty Jacks @ Harvelle’s
Skerik’s Bandalabra, Shovelman @ The Mint
TheBlack&TheWhite w/ Special Guests @ The Central SAPC (FREE)
Alicia Keys @ The Staples Center
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra w/ Wynton Marsalis @ Walt Disney Concert Hall
My Friends Cover Band @ Slidebar (FREE)
Fu Marylou, No Small Children, Somos Mysteriosos, Black Empathy @ Redwood Bar
La La La Birdtime, The Warlords of Rock N Roll Thunder & Lightning, Year of Suns @ Silverlake Lounge
Peter Adams, Melissa Polinar, James Thomas, Run Downhill @ Room 5 Lounge
Mikhael Paskalev, Jhameel, Bear Attack @ Bootleg Bar (FREE)
Ghostlight Orchestra, Basement Babies, All Spots To Black, Madi Diaz, Robert Francis @ The Hotel Cafe
Golden Afternoon, Bad Cop/Bad Cop, XOXO @ Detroit Bar (FREE)
Jose James, Anthony Valadez, Aaron Byrd @ Del Monte Speakeasy
Its the week leading into March Madness and SXSW Music - so offices are buzzing with water cooler talk. Add today's Daily Dose into that mix with a recommendation or two on who to see this Monday night.
Tops on the list is MØ and Austin Brown at Its A School Night. MØ is eclectic and dope, Austin Brown has Michael Jackson in his blood...so you know he's got soul. Plus, its free.
Other free shows include Harriet's residency at The Echo, The Eagle Rock Gospel Singers appearance at The Satellite and Mt. OSSA at Detroit Bar. Seeking some nostalgia? Consider AXS TV Presents: The Ultimate Stones (Rolling Stones Tribute) at The Roxy.
Full list of shows below:
Harper Simon, The Eagle Rock Gospel Singers, Jerry Borge @ The Satellite (FREE)
Harriet, Song Preservation Society, Aan, Wall @ The Echo (FREE)
Austin Brown, MØ, Mikhael Paskalev @ It's A School Night at Bardot (FREE)
Nick Bastiras, Counter Culture, Matthew Frantz, Sindrome Moscow @ TRiP (FREE)
AXS TV Presents: The Ultimate Stones (Rolling Stones Tribute) @ The Roxy
The Last Gunslinger, FevaMode, Strangers, Badwater @ The Viper Room
The Red Clay Ramblers @ McCallum Theatre
Steel Panther @ House of Blues - Sunset
Johnny Stachela & Duane Betts @ Harvelle’s
Flava In Your Ear Soul Series Hosted by Clint Coley, Charlie Bereal @ The Mint (FREE)
Tonight is thin when it comes to electronic music and hip-hop - so fans of those genres should check out Mind The Gap at Los Globos, they melt both genres in with their indie electronic dance rock group and are opening for Six60! Pure rockers have a variety of other options, including Green Day getting wild at Fox Theater in Pomona. Whatever JamFest VII is at The Roxy probably rocks too.
A full list of shows below. If you want to see a cool up and coming band at a secret location - follow wearebreakfast for details about their show later.
Siouxsie, The Banshee Nite, DJ Boss Harmony @ The Echo
Nik Turner ex Hawkwind Space Ritual, White Manna @ The Echoplex
Aussie BBQ No. 5 w/ Faker, Blackchords, Jack Carty, Trouble with Templeton, The Beards, Georgia Fair, The Falls, Bearhug, Ginger & The Ghost @ The Echo
Alla Duhova’s Todes Ballet @ The Wiltern
The Joe Moses One-Man Showses @ El Rey Theatre
KMFDM, Legion Within, Chant @ Fonda Theatre
Nicole Lexi Davis, Nikki Kelly, Cali Shaw, Alex Maryol, Sara Thacker Band @ TRiP (FREE)
JamFest VII @ The Roxy
Sib Vicious, Blaq Tongue Society, The Miskreants, Chamber Record Crew @ The Viper Room
D.R.I. @ House of Blues - Sunset
The Toledo Show @ Harvelle’s
The Lappitt-Rocha Sunday Night Jazz Jam @ The Mint
The Vim Dicta, The Buttercream, Gang, La Mer @ The Central SAPC
Green Day @ Fox Theater – Pomona
Reverend Horton Heat, Lucero, The Head Cat, Jonny Two Bags & Salvation Town @ OC Fair & Event Center
Big Epoch, Rahfee Zahkee, White Trash Firecracker, Let’s Drive to Alaska @ Alex’s Bar
Beausoleil avec Michael Doucet @ McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Heller Keller, Wonder Wheel, W-H-I-T-E, Ablebody @ The Smell
Six60, Mind The Gap @ Los Globos
Rachelle Ferrell @ Catalina Bar & Grill
Dudamel Conducts The Gospel According to The Other Mary @ Walt Disney Concert Hall
Shout Out Out Out Out, Bend Sinister @ Slidebar (FREE)
Carsick Cars, White, The Gar @ Redwood Bar
Boys School, Joel Taylor, The Grizzled Mighty, Joey Dosik @ The Hotel Cafe
Big Epoch, Rahfee Zahkee, White Trash Firecracker, Let’s Drive to Alaska @ Alex’s Bar
Matthew Frantz @ Dakota Lounge
Fertitta and McClintock, Kevin Sousa, Paul Lemire @ Saint Rocke
The turn up gets real tonight as Swedish House Mafia performs for the last time ever (allegedly) in Los Angeles at their Masquerade Motel, G Eazy gets "Loaded" with a sold out crowd at El Rey Theatre and moe. and Orgone get jam funky at Fonda Theatre.
If your wallet is suffering, consider the dance party that is Funky Sole at The Echo. Its free before 11, and Ohmega Watts is guest DJing. Efterklang and Nightlands at The Echoplex downstairs will also be sonically legit - check out Efterklang's videos if you're unfamiliar. Their compositions and videos are both pretty epic and artistic.
Full list of shows below the last video.
Saturday March 9th
Andy Clockwise, Nightmare Air, Irontom + Special Guests @ The Satellite
Funky Sole w/ Ohmega Watts @ The Echo (FREE before 11)
Efterklang, Nightlands @ The Echoplex
Pickwick, Radiation City @ The Echo (Early Show)
Kim Walker-Smith, Derek Johnson @ The Wiltern
G-Eazy, Skizzy Mars @ El Rey Theatre
Moe., Orgone @ Fonda Theatre
Entropy, Unglued, The Defects, Murdered by Drifters, DMF @ TRiP (FREE)
Aura, The Unknown, Red Lettered, Rivet @ The Roxy (Late)
Bend Sinister, Spaceship, Sam Willlows, The Heavy Heavy Hearts @ On The Rox
The Ghost Inside, Stick To Your Guns, Stay From The Path, Rotting Out @ The Roxy (Early)
The Men, Thee Commons, NASA Space Universe @ Troubadour
Not heading down to SXSW this weekend? Fret not, that's the beauty of living in LA, it's a cross-roads for music. Ain't too many bands making the trek out to Texas and not budgeting in a little swing through So Cal. So for tonight and the rest of the weekend you'll have the luxury of picking through a bunch of artists on their way to SXSW before they get there, as well as a a quality selection of musicians who have either aged out of the SXSW scene or just don't give no fughs.
So as for tonight, might I suggest Asheville native Darwin Deez at The Echo. Not just pointing you in that direction because I like to hype my hometown. The Deezman has been popping up on all sorts of radars lately and the consensus is that not only does he remind you of a character from Portlandia, but like that show, his own show is a feel good time for everyone.
Maybe you'd prefer to get jammy with your evening. If that's the case then your best bet is probably jam scene vets, Moe. at The Fonda Theater. If you wind up there remember to spin a few times for your health. It's how Jerry would want it.
Maybe you're feeling a bit adventurous and you've got some extra gas in the tank. In that case, try Pappy and Harriet's where Rufus Wainwright is set to perform. You can never go wrong with heading out to J. Tree to go to Pappy and Harriets, even if you don't actually make it into Pappy and Harriets.
There's also some other gems on the calendar like Fartbarf at El Cid and Big Dick at One Eyed Gypsy. I can't really speak to the musical quality of either show, but I can vouch that on Saturday, when you're mom asks you what you did Friday night you can tell her you saw Fartbarf or Big Dick, and that's something fun.
This Evening's Shows:
The Blackeyed Soul Club, California Lions, Boats (Kill Rock Stars) @ The Satellite
Darwin Deez, Caged Animals, Dan Croll @ The Echo (Advance Tickets SOLD OUT)
Johnny Gill, Zak Waters @ El Rey Theatre
moe., Orgone @ Fonda Theatre
White Collar Sideshow, UBERBAND, Katerpillar @ TRiP (FREE)
Kix, Femme Fatale, Hollywood Hustlers, Vyrus, Angel Roze, Nightmare, Bourbon Missile Crisis, Miserable End, Shaufrau, Evolution Eden, Uncle Daddy, Mind Virus, Suckerpunch @ Key Club
Andrew Lunna, Lasi @ On The Rox
Outasight & The Ready Set, Master Shortie, Goldhouse, 2am Club, Kelsi Luck @ The Roxy
Boy, Gambles @ Troubadour
Cherri Bomb, Buckcherry @ The Viper Room
The Bluntest, Roots & Thunder, Dread Daze, Saw Red (Sublime Tribute), Comeunity Band @ House of Blues – Sunset
Dessy DiLauro @ Harvelle’s
The Song & Dance Society, Jack Carty, Danniele DeAndrea, T-Ran Gilbert, Shovelman @ WitZend
Chris Pierce, Fallen Riviera, Connie Lim, Joshua Jones @ The Mint
Chuck Foster @ Amoeba Records
DJ Yoda w/ Special Guests @ The Central SAPC
SOlarstone, Giuseppe Ottaviani, Kristina Sky @ Exchange LA
The Burger Revolution, Sweet Valley Slumber Party, Black Sea, Wide Streets, Huxley Anne, The Dining Dead, Peter Pants (DJ Sets) @ Pehrspace
Aftergloam, Parenthetical Girls, Seacats, Brannigan’s Law @ The Smell
Strange Vine, Soft White Sixties @ Virgil
Fartbarf, Teleskopes, Badwater, 2nd Wheel @ El Cid
Matt & Kim, PAPA @ The Observatory
Chris Webby @ Constellation Room
Kissing Cousins, The Do-Its, Dawn of Sequins @ Lot 1 Café
The Herald Beat @ Origami Vinyl
Dudamel Conducts The Gospel According to The Other Mary @ Walt Disney Concert Hall
Big Bass Allstar Variety Show w/ Stephan Jacobs, Timothy Wisdom, J*Labs, OG Status, Gina The Cat @ King King Hollywood
Zomboy, Bare Noize, Heroes & Villains, Ghastly, DJ Precept @ Avalon Hollywood
Solution, Reeform, OKT @ Slidebar (FREE)
The Horde & The Harem, Gabe Hart & The Fourth Wall, Savage Gospel, Dignitary Loss @ Redwood Bar
# Both (Aimee Mann & Ted Leo) @ Largo
Big Dick @ One Eyed Gypsy
Angel Taylor, James Ethan Clark, Ben White, Sarah Dashew, Jody The Creep, Micah Dalton @ Room 5 Lounge
Joshua James, WALL, Isaac Russell @ Bootleg Theater
Todd Terry, Overfingers, Jokers of the Scene, Newbody, Goddollars, Paradise @ Los Globos
Cody The Band, Mariah McManus, The Borrower’s Debt, Emma Louise, Escape Tailor @ The Hotel Cafe
Phil Shane @ Alex’s Bar
Spazmatics @ Dakota Lounge
The Green, New Kingston, DJ West Coast Drew @ Saint Rocke
La Boite Funk (Musique Nonstop) @ Detroit Bar
Sidney Samson, Brazzabelle, Mercat @ Yost Theater
Barry Zweig Trio @ Del Monte Speakeasy (FREE)(8 PM)
Jen Hirsh @ Del Monte Speakeasy
Flight Facilities, Plastic Plate @ LURE
Rufus Wainwright, Lucy Wainwright Roche @ Pappy & Harriet’s
Swedish House Mafia @ LA State Historic Park
In terms of the concert calendar, the weekend arrives early tonight. Lots and lots of solid line-ups around town. Rising indie acts Youngblood Hawke and The Mowgli's sold out The Troubadour, and then added glowing soul child Zak Waters to the bill. Early arrival suggested.
If you're seeking beats - UZ lays down something mysterious and filthy at Club Nokia with special guest 12th Planet, as well as support from French Fries and Jerome LOL. Female beat commander ILL-esha drops by King King Hollywood with Phutureprimitive and Buku. A few miles West on Sunset Blvd., Nit Grit, Antiserum and Stratus are some of the last electronic artists to grace Key Club's stages before they close their doors. For less wobble, but plenty of dancing, consider EC Twins and friends at Exchange LA, Flight Facilities at The Observatoryor try Laidback Luke and Brazzabelle at Fox Theater Pomona.
Other notable shows include MC Lars for FREE at Slidebar, The James Hunter Six crooning at El Rey Theatre and Anuhea at The Roxy. Full list of Thursday night L.A. shows below...
Lavender Diamond, Charlyne Yi, Willie Watson (Old Crow Medicine Show) @ The Echoplex
Broncho, White Lung, Nu Sensae, Audacity @ The Echo
The James Hunter Six, The Relatives @ El Rey Theatre
Bomba Estereo, Astro, La Santa Cecilia, Que Bajo?!, Carla Morrison @ Fonda Theatre
We here at SUPERGOODMUSIC felt the need to hype this show to our friends in the Rockies because it most likely will be extra-fresh with a side of Southerncallafragelisticexpialadocious. Of course I spelled that correctly.
Big Boi is Big Boi, he's a beast. If you're too young to know who that is, then you should go to this show. It also means that the Outkast hiatus is downright tryflin' at this point, but hey, half of a great thing is still half of a great thing. Which is definitely a good thing. Add in Killer Mike and you're back to great. If you're not familiar with him, I'll quote to you the most relevant line from his press release, "He hopes to achieve getting listeners to what is being said as well as get crunk with his second album." I will end on that line, regardless of the grammar, because it contains the pertinent information, and that's all you need.
What's today? Wednesday? Weekend Warm-up Wednesday? Maybe, depends how frisky you're feeling I guess. Looking at the concert forecast for your local LA area, I'm seeing a lot of good stuff to move your ass to, if you're looking to shake it, twerk, etc. etc. The Echoplex has Dub Club going, remember to wait for the drop. Or, perhaps you want to catch one of the last shows of the soon-to-be de-funk'd Key Club, Chris Webby might not be a bad one to check out. If the East Side ain't your dive, the always funky House of Vibe All Stars are going at Harvelle's, Chali 2na is known to pop up there from time to time to bless you with his baritone rhymes.
If you'd prefer a more stationary musical experience, might I direct you towards Black Label Society at the Nokia Theater, or for the lesser endowed, maybe Jam Van veterans, The Janks at The Harvard and Stone (remember to wear black or you'll look out of place), or Tashaki Miyaki and Dream Panther at Los Globos. I've never been to Los Globos, but I hear it looks like a nightclub in "Scarface" on the inside, so there's always that. Feel free to check it out and let me know if that is actually the case. Also feel free to turn-up.
Its a subpar Tuesday when it comes to the musical calendar here in Los Angeles. Nationally touring acts en route to Austin for the first weekend of SXSW have already passed thru, and bands who are heading there for music week haven't quite yet made the voyage through Los Angeles.
Ignoring the label world, Amanda Palmer is the shining light in today's Daily Dose. The Kickstarter famous crowd sourcer brings her eclectic party and audience to The Echoplex for a night of intimate music. If that's not your steeze - go upstairs to check out Dorian Wood, Killsonic and Wife at The Echo.
Other options include TheBlack&TheWhite beginning their free residency at The Central SAPC and former resident, The Ross Sea Party occupying Harvard & Stone. A full list of shows is below....
After a glorious and gorgeous weekend its back to that work grind - but this Monday invites a new selection of resident acts to eastside venues and boasts a healthy Its A School Night lineup. The latter features DJ sets from Class Actress and Fingerpaint, who is a member of Classixx. Sinkane, who just performed with Toro Y Moi headlines the FREE party at Bardot.
Bootleg Bar's residency gets a visit from SXSW bound Body Parts and The Satellite gets the same from Jenny O on Harper Simon's residency. The best residency bill goes to Costa Mesa's Detroit Bar though - which plays host to Wildcat! Wildcat!, Tapioca & The Flea and Mt. OSSA.
Full list of tonight's shows below...
Harper Simon, Jenny O, The Living Sisters @ The Satellite (FREE)
Brainstorm, Busy Living, New Life @ The Echo (FREE)
Hunter Hunted, Body Parts, AAN, Special Guest DJs @ Bootleg Bar (FREE)
Dunson, DJ Bossa Nova @ The Central SAPC
Shere, Jo Banks w/ Lauren Augarten, Lions n Poets, Benjamin Weintraub @ The Mint
Deadbeat Darling, Rob Marcus, Yusif!, Juice @ TRiP
KAT (6 PM) @ Saint Rocke
Mt. OSSA, Tapioca and The Flea, Wildcat! Wildcat!, Mike Meza @ Detroit Bar (FREE)
AXS TV Filming ft. Britain’s Finest (Beatles Tribute) @ The Roxy
Retox, Stab City, Mothers of Gut, Bachsung @ Pehrspace
Steel Panther @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip
Jason Joseph & The Spectacular, Water Tower, Rusty Truck, Owen Campbell @ The Hotel Café
Hot As Sun @ Los Globos
Scattered Hamlet, Deadly Birds, Radio Suicide, Bryan Dallas @ The Viper Room
Dharmy, The Orphics, Peter Distefano, Harlequin Jones @ Molly Malones
Sinkane, Alpine, Fetsum, Isaac Delusion, Class Actress (DJ Set), Fingerpaint (DJ Set) @ Bardot
The first sunday of March is a preview to the madness of the month with a handful of solid shows popping off. There's the hip-hop variety party at The Central SAPC with Rhymesayers' DJ Abilities and Koreatown rapping phenomenon Kosha Dillz, plus Reazon, E-Train, Sadistik, Scotty The Kid, Dean Risko and more.
Galactic brings their funk party to The Yost Theater in the O.C. with guest spots from Living Colour's Corey Glover and the rap duo Latyrx featuring Lyrics Born and Lateef The Truth Speaker. More MCs can be found at The Observatory, where Method Man reps for the Wu.
If you were lucky enough to score tickets for Toro Y Moi at Fonda Theater - kudos for being on that one. It should be amazing. A consolation prize for those who failed to get inside the former Music Box, Nadastrom is DJing at Drai's a couple blocks away.
Other notables include Seedless at Slidebar and Ryan Bingham at Lobero Theater. Full list of shows below:
Noah and The Megafauna, The Mid Cities @ The Satellite
Rev Billy of the Church of Stop Shopping and The Triple Goddess Gospel Singers @ The Echo
DJ Abilities, Sadistik, Kosha Dillz, E Train, Scotty The Kid, Reazon, Dean Risko @ The Central SAPC
Pulp Nite (Tribute to Jarvis Cocker & Co.), Guest DJ Alex (from Transistor AM/FM) @ The Echo
The Toledo Show @ Harvelle’s
Marcus Foster, Sean Rowe, Ruston Kelly @ Saint Rocke
Damaged, Tartar Control, Well Hung Heart, Goodbye To Sunlight @ Alex’s Bar
