Tonight in L.A. (February 12, 2013)

Its Fat Tuesday - so rip out some beads, whip up a hurricane and throw some back for a midweek party with your NOLA friends.  

You can catch free brass vibes from Dirty Dozen Brass Band at Amoeba Records and then get some more funk swing from Allen Toussaint at Royce Hall at UCLA.  Other legends - The Wailers -do their own special Fat Tuesday performance at Saint Rocke.





BEAK at Echoplex could be interesting as the line-up has a lot of flavor from Peanut Butter Wolf to Billy Fuller to Vex Ruffin and Matt Williams.  For a truly eclectic sonic experience - consider OTT & The All Seeing I at King King Club.



Other notables include Ra Ra Riot at El Rey Theatre and Wildcat! Wildcat! at The Constellation Room.

Full list of shows below:

• Plague Vendor, Let’s Drive to Alaska, Elevator Sex, Shogotheband, HOTT MT @ @ The Central SAPC (FREE)

• VH1 Save The Music Foundation Presents: LaZae, The Moon Shines, Isabel B, Jason Joseph, The Parlotones @ The Mint

• Hunter Hunted, Wardell, Sympathetic Frequencies @ Troubadour

• Marishi Ten, Dom LIberati, Black Belt Karate, Paradox, Black Waat3r, Varsh @ The Roxy

• Dita Von Teese Burlesque Strip Strip Hooray @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

• Fat Ass Tuesday w/ Karaoke + Pole Dancing @ The Viper Room

• Santoros, Hindu Pirates, Levitation Room, DJ Patrick Melcher & Anthony Giancola @ Harvard & Stone

• Mean Jeans, Long Knife, The Vometts, Pizza Wolf @ Los Globos

• Bird Concerns, Kate Brown, Liz Wood, Aotearoa, Casey Wickstrom @ Silverlake Lounge

• The Red Onions, Beach Party, Death Hymn #9, Heaven @ The Echo

• BEAK feat. Matt Williams, Geoff Barrow, Billy Fuller, Vex Ruffin, Peanut Butter Wolf @ The Echoplex

• The Ruby Suns, Painted Palms @ The Satellite

• Allen Toussaint @ Royce Hall 

• Vermouth @ Bootleg Bar

• Delocated Live w/ Jon Glaser + Very Special Guests @ Largo

• Service The Soul Hosted by Hunter & The Dirty Jacks @ Harvelle’s

• The Wailers Special Fat Tuesday Performance @ Saint Rocke

• Sir Sly, Wildcat! Wildcat!, MOXI @ The Constellation Room

• Emma White, Jenni Alpert, JMac and Junior, Paul Haasch @ Room 5 Lounge

• Mardi Gras w/ Dirty Dozen Brass Band @ Amoeba Records (FREE)

• Ra Ra Riot, Pacific Air, Cayucas, Darren Revell @ El Rey Theatre

• Peace Treaty, The Aston Shuffle, Bones @ Dim Mak Studios

• OTT and the All-Seeing I, Kilo Watts @ King King Club

• Ellie Goulding @ Hollywood Palladium

• Chord Four, Burdlefly @ Bluewhale

• Peace Treaty, The Aston Shuffle, Bones, Bass Frehley @ Dim Mak Studios 

Tonight in L.A. (February 5, 2013)

February 5th gets it in tonight with bass champions Trap-A-Holics rolling thru Dim Mak Studios to ensure that the turn up is real.  Dan Sena will be doing his part too, as the Dim Mak vet celebrates the release of his EP.  There's a free vodka hour from 9-10 and SUPERGOOD will be in effect with the LiveMixTapes family - so show up early if you're trying to rage.







Maybe just grab dinner in Hollywood after catching Robert Delong's free performance at Amoeba Records.  He too celebrates the release of an album - but his is on Glassnote!



For those that planned in advance - the sold out Dirty Projectors at Troubadour sounds great.  For those that didn't - substituting the eclectic sounds of That 1 Guy and Wolff and Tuba at The Mint might work.  






OTher notables include Hot 8 Brass Band at Bootleg Bar and Frank + Derol at Saint Rocke.  A full list of shows is below; new Concert Blast will be published sometime tomorrow!

• George Krikes Jr., Chi McClean, Brendan Hines, Angel of Sona @ Room 5 Lounge

• Kris Allen w/ Jillette Johnson, Kris Allen, Jake Newton, Emmett Skyy @ The Hotel Café

• Jacq Becker w/ Marty Rod, John Torres @ WitZend

• Hunter and the Dirty Jacks @ Harvelle’s

• Social Distortion, Johnny Two Bags and Salvation Town @ House of Blues - Anaheim

• Thao & The Get Down Stay Down @ Fingerprints

• IM5, Brooklyn Haley, Ellenie, Ochoa Brothers, Van Jess, Katia Nicole @ The Mint (5:30 PM)

• That 1 Guy, Wolff and Tuba @ The Mint

• Dirty Projectors, Nick Kroll @ Troubadour (SOLD OUT)

• Demona Mortiss, Damezig, Modern Weapons, Kauze, Leveled By Lions, Project Primal @ The Viper Room

• Tatiana Prophet, Wolf Hollow Revival, Shaufrau, The Jim Priest Extravaganza @ The Viper Room Lounge

• Silverstein, Like Moths to Flames, SECRETS, Glass Cloud, Issues @ The Roxy

• Nathan Pacheco @ Club Nokia

• Kodo: One Earth Tour 2013: Legend @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

• Lovely Bad Things, Wires on Fire, Cosmonauts, Chad & The Meatbodies @ The Echo

• Hot Water Music, La Dispute, The Menzingers @ The Echoplex

• Hot 8 Brass Band, Oliwa and The Pleasure Circus, Reigning Monarchs @ Bootleg Bar

• KingQueen, Solwave, Strange Markings, Too Bad @ Silverlake Lounge

• Trap A Holics, Dan Sena (EP Release), DJ Slink, Bones @ Dim Mak Studios

• Robert Delong @ Amoeba Records )FREE_

• Santoros, Mister Elevator & The Brain Hotel, Froth, DJ Patrick Melcher, Anthony Giancola @ Harvard & Stone

• The Littlest Viking, Cobalt Cranes, The Bellhaunts, Research Team Down @ Detroit Bar

• Sir Sly, Kitten @ Constellation Room

• Frank + Derol, Stella by Starlight @ Saint Rocke

• Billy Bones @ Redwood Bar

• David Scott Stone, Bachsung, Hex Horizontal, Catheter @ The Smell

Tonight in L.A. (January 17th)

Not a ton to love about the concert options tonight in L.A., but a few gems exist and there is plenty of local talent to discover.

Catch Yo La Tengo for free at Amoeba records, Hollywood's elite can ride the Sea Wolf at SoHo and Drop The Lime hopefully dirties the dance floor at Detroit Bar. 





Everything else - see below..

• Emmure, Whitechapel @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

• Pinback, Judgment Day @ El Rey Theatre

• An Intimate Evening w/ Andrew Bird @ Largo

• Vim Dicta & The Do-Its @ Harvard & Stone

• Nocona @ One Eyed Gypsy

• Tumbleweed Wanderers, Folk Family Revival, Song Preservation Society @ The Echo

• Rucky Punch, Adam Oliver, Nacosta @ Silverlake Lounge

• Write The Night w/ Tift Merritt, Damien Jurado, Lucy Rose, Joshua James, Curtis Peoples @ Troubadour (SOLD OUT)

• Natalie Anguili, The Nukes, Good Deeds, Shindig Avenue, Lara Johnston, Banshee Bones @ The Roxy

• The Parlotones, Iron Tom, Transfer @ The Viper Room

• Harlow Gold @ Harvelle’s

• Lifehouse @ Grammy Museum

• Yo La Tengo @ Amoeba Records

• Vermouth, Double Naught Spy Car @ Bootleg Bar

• Laura Dowding, Billy Gill, Lindsay Rae Spurlock, Jen Awad @ El Cid

• Kate Earl, Jake Bellows, Prince Pangolin, The Blushes, Paul Freeman @ The Hotel Café

• The Famous Corey Yentz, Halimede, Letters Home @ Lot 1 Café

• Sea Wolf @ SoHo Restaurant & Music Club

• The London Souls, Hollerado, Wake Up Lucid @ The Satellite

• Lowly Specs, Bad Water @ Molly Malones

• Arthur Lewis, Nick Maybury @ Room 5 Lounge

• Justin Martin, Christian Martin, Focus DJ’s @ Yost Theater (Free to 1^st 100 RSVPS in line)

• Disalto, Devil in Drag, Pack of Lies, Jim Schueller, Arboles Libres @ King King Club

• Tony Ferrari @ Saint Rocke (6 PM)

• Hunter Beard, Keddy Mac, DJ Freeze, Richie and the 99% @ Saint Rocke (9 PM)

• Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Bombon, Thy Squid, June Holidays @ Alex’s Bar

• LNGWKND @ Del Monte Speakeasy

• City of Blue, The Carlones, Hunter99, Xochitl @ TRiP

• Me & Mr. Cassidy, Danni Rosner, Derek Thomas @ WitZend

• Round Trip Ticket, Cross Town Traffic, James Bond Band @ The Mint

• Shiny Toy Guns (DJ set w/ Jeremy Dawson + Carah Faye), Drop The Lime @ Detroit Bar

• Joe La Barbara Group @ Bluewhale

• Long Black Shadows, Beau Pender, Elvis Computer @ La Cave (FREE)

Tyler The Creator Throws Special Show at Troubadour

If you're hip to Odd Future aka OFWGKTA aka Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All then you probably already know that de facto group leader Tyler, The Creator is releasing his album Goblin today, May 10th. You might also know that Tyler is doing a special show at Troubadour tonight to promote.

Lets say you weren't at Coachella, you don't read the New York Times, you don't watch Jimmy Fallon and the realities of rising rap artists just escape you - then you may not know that. SO, this serves as official notice that one of the most talked about MC's of the year, from one of the most sought after groups in the game, is doing a special pre-album release show at The Troubadour.

To make it even cooler, the only way you can get tickets to show is to line up at Amoeba Music in Hollywood at 4 pm today, purchase "Goblin," hope you get that golden ticket and then make the trek to the Troub.

Definitely expect rowdiness and, most likely, some cameos from other members of the OFWGKTA clan.

Here is his disturbing video for "Yonkers," which is on the album.