Private Label Turns It Up

Tonight there is another sexy installment of one of L.A.'s hottest new Friday night parties - Private Label at Lure presented by React, DubFrequency and MFG.   While still in its infancy - the event has already been graced by the likes of M83, RAC and Classixx just to name a few - and tonight The Twelves and Penguin Prison step in to deliver what will undoubtedly be some solid sets for the Hollywood crowd.  The promoters know how to put on a party and recruit a crowd - so definitely check it out if you haven't yet.  

The turn up gets real around 11 pm and its packed by midnight with solid eye candy and a pulsing dance floor.  If you want elite status - reach out for VIP reservations at vip@lurehollywood.com or contact 323-463-0009 - otherwise get your tickets here.  It goes from 10 - 2.

Tonight in L.A. (November 9, 2012)

L.A. is getting in this Friday night - from the celebration of Warren G's birthday at Key Club to cool kids vibes of RAC and Classixx at Lure - there is hopefully something for everyone.





Dubfiends, stoners and potheads can enjoy Iration, The Expendables and Cisco Adler at The Wiltern.  A cheaper substitute comes in the form of funk from The Monophonics at Harvelle's.



Beatards, dubsteppers and trap monsters might enjoy the OWSLA takeover at Avalon with Birdy Nam Nam, Monsta and Kill Paris.  If you're westside - consider hitting up the WeSC Concept Store between 4 and 7 when Kill Paris and Monsta get down.  OC - Rusko with UZ and Clicks & Whistles at The Observatory is clearly what you should be getting into.





Punky rockers might enjoy the sounds of METZ, Ceremony and Titus Andronicus at The Constellation Room.  Tilly & The Wall and Icky Blossoms at Troubadour will be a little more gentle on the ears.  For some hybrid rock - American Royalty and Blacks & Hindu Pirates at The Echo could be the solution or I Fight Dragons along with MC Lars and Skyfox at The Roxy.



That doesn't cover all the bases - so check out the full list of shows in LA tonight below.


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• Von Grey, Ruthanne, Big Tree, Alto, Kris Orlowski, Alexandra & The Starlight Band @ The Hotel Café

• Rowan Katz, John Torres, Robbie Fitzsimmons, The Tidelands @ Room 5 Lounge

• The Dirty Knobs, Franky Perez & The Truth, Beware of Darkness @ The Viper Room
• Lonely Drunks Club Band @ The Viper Room (Midnight)

• Warren G, Illaborate Minds, Ease, 3DV, I.M., Zarkhi The Vision, True Mind, 3^rd Degree @ Key Club

• True Mind, Coexist The Curator, Izzo, Scotty The Kid, Esko @ Key Club

• Barry Zweig Trio @ Del Monte Speakeasy (FREE)(8-10)

• Birdy Nam Nam, Monsta, Kill Paris @ Avalon

• DJ Alfred Hawkins @ Del Monte Speakeasy

• Brandi Carlile , Blitzen Trapper @ Orpheum Theatre

• Myon & Shane54, Aruna @ Exchange LA

• Barbra Streisand, Chris Botti, Il Volo @ Hollywood Bowl

• Iration, The Expendables, Cisco Adler @ The Wiltern 

• Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Jarrett Killen @ Bootleg Bar

• The Woggles, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, The Knitts, DJ Jason Pandora @ The Satellite

• William Pilgrim & The All Grows Up @ Origami Vinyl

• The Educated, Oak Street Blues, Nate Miller @ Molly Malones

• I Fight Dragons, MC Lars, Skyfox, Attack Decay @ The Roxy

• Danielle Stori, London Shover, Anahita Skye, Siren Calls @ On The Rox

• Hobart W. Fink, Cotillon, Never at Night, Gothic Tropic @ Lot 1 Café (FREE)

• Tilly & The Wall, Icky Blossoms, Guy Blakeslee (The Entrance Band) @ Troubadour

• The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Quasi @ El Rey Theatre

• Y La Bamba, Ramshackle, Seasons, Steve Taylor @ The Central SAPC

• The Secret Affair @ Alex’s Bar

• Surf Roots Jam, The Hooliganz, Special C, Urban Classics, Suspect Ed @ Brixton South Bay
• Stevie G Band (6 PM), Stepping Feet (The Dave Matthews Band Experience), Jonny and The Jones, Black Crystal Wolf Kids @ Saint Rocke

• The Reverend Payton’s Big Damn Band, Restavrant, Trapper Schoepp & The Shades, Wild Roses @ The Mint

• Minus The Bear, Cursive, Girl in A Coma @ Club Nokia

• American Royalty, Blacks & Hindu Pirates @ The Echo

• …And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, Octopus Project, The Technicolors @ The Echoplex

• Adrian Mezsi, A-Baum, Endgame @ Yost Theater

• Rusko, UZ, Clicks and Whistles @ The Observatory

• Titus Andronicus, Ceremony, METZ @ Constellation Room

• Afghan Whigs, Van Hunt @ Fonda Theatre

• HowardAmb, Dreamers, SheKhan, Sandy Yang, Emily Lacy, Wimp & Shrimp @ The Smell

• DJ Fresh Costa, ILL FX< Valora, Ceasefire, Sederra, Low Life Music @ House of Blues - Anaheim

• Haymarket Squares, Vagrant Nation, Shindig Nation @ Slidebar (FREE)

• Che Zinfandel, The Sogo Takeover, The Mason Affair @ TRiP

• The Monophonics @ Harvelle’s

• Raquel Rodriguez, SONOS, Mark Sexton Band, AJ Adams, B. Slade @ WitZend

• RAC, CLassixx, LOL Boys, Cosmic Kids @ Lure

• Kids Without INStruments, The Motel Life @ The Nugget Grill and Pub

• Sorne @ Redwood Bar

• Badwater, Sympathetic Frequencies, Echoes De Luxe, Buffalo Blackfoot @ El Cid

• Drunkards & Dragons @ IO West

• Grup Fantasma, Chicha Libre @ Royce Hall UCLA

• America, Little River Band  @ Fox Performing Arts Center

• Asia @ Canyon Club

• The Monkees @ Arlington Theatre

• Black Uhuru @ SLO Brew

• Kill Paris, Monsta @ WeSC Concept Store (395 Santa Monica Place)(4-7 pm)

Tonight in L.A. (November 8, 2012)

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No shortage of good music for Los Angelenos tonight - from a slate of rock shows that we're giving tickets away to (Cat Power at The Palladium; Delta Spirit at The Wiltern; The Kin at The Roxy) to the last of the filthy beats from UZ at La Cita, its a night to get it in.

The crooning sounds of Nick Waterhouse erupt at The Constellation Room with opening licks from Boogaloo Assassins.  Also in the O.C. - Classixx, RAC, Cosmic Kids and Jerome LOL make the indie kids dance at Detroit Bar.  GottaDanceDirty crew does the same at their Versus event at The Central SAPC.  Iheartcomix fans mash out with Mount Kimbie at Icon Ultra Lounge since Los Globos is temporarily closed for events.

There is also The Kin and Act As If at The Roxy.  Want tickets?  We've got a few to dish out - just mention @theroxy and @supergoodmusic on twitter or email us at contest@supergoodmusic.com

For a full list of tonight's shows - see below

• Kate Earl, Graham Colton w/ Sooner The Sunset & Mikey Wax, Suzanna Choffel, Gin Wigmore, String Fellow Hawks @ The Hotel CaféJosh Desure, The Soul of John Black, Rudy Love Jr. @ Room 5 Lounge

• Thomas Nicholas Band, Black Pistol Fire, The Railways, Access Royale @ The Viper Room 
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• Dramarama, fREEX, Acustalapse, Eternal Mind Control, Decode Radio @  Key Club
• Sun Foot feat. Chris Johanson, FD and The Club Pacific Band, Brothers Marshall (DJ) @ Del Monte Speakeasy
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• Alexandra @ The Mayan
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• Delta Spirit, JEFF The Brotherhood, Fidlar @ The Wiltern 
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• Cat Power, The Goat @ Hollywood Palladium
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• A Shoreline Dream, Machines Learning, Gooding, Heavy Petal, L.A. Girlfriend, Tulips @ Silverlake Lounge
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• Sweetwater and the Satisfaction, The Ten Thousand, Them Howling Bones @ Bootleg Bar
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• Carina Round, Rosi Golan, Chris Stills @ The Satellite
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• Craig Music Elkins, Bash, Tilghman: Nightheads @ Molly Malones
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• The Kin, Act as If, Shanee Pink, Bri Anne Michelle @ The Roxy
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• Mumford’s & The Depaysement @ Lot 1 Café
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• Smoking Popes (Playing Born To Quit in its entirey); Luther, The Eagle Rock Gospel Singers @ Troubadour  
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• Titus Andronicus, Ceremony, Henry Clay People, DJ Neil Scheild @ El Rey Theatre 
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• Versus feat. ??? @ The Central SAPC
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• Russell Brand @ Largo
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• Classixx, RAC, Cosmic Kids, Jerome LOL, DEFF @ Detroit Bar
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• Sic Alps, Sleeping Bags, Blank Tapes, Orca Team @ Alex’s Bar
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• Dave Nunez, Leslie Jones, Tommy Chunn, Vince Royale, Brian Monarch @ Brixton South Bay
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• Sara Dee (6 PM), Marc Broussard and Friends, Kelley James, Tony Ferrari @ Saint Rocke
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• Two Car Garage, The Copyrights, PK @ The Mint
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• Murder Ballads: A Tribute to True Crimes of Passion w/ Black Hole Oscillators, Death Skull, Christian, Lee Hutson (Driftwood Singers), Dirt Bird, Dorian Wood, Geronimo Getty, Gizzelle, Marlene Perez, Alex Vargas, Restavrant, Papercranes, Rt n The 44s, VUM @ The Echoplex
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• The Dead Ships, Future Ghost, Blonde Summer, Miner @ The Echo
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• The White Buffalo @ The Observatory
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• Nick Waterhouse, Boogaloo Assassins @ The Constellation Room
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• Japandroids, Bleached @ Fonda Theatre
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• Naughty by Nature, Jalapeno Brothers, DJ 4KO @ House of Blues - Anaheim
• Big B @ Slidebar (FREE)
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• Alianza Rebelde, Xperimento 56, Ni Modo, The Carlones @ TRiP
• Harlow Gold @ Harvelle’s
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• Jeff Curtis, Hanna Leess, Becky Kessler @ WitZend
• Tight Fight, Pianos Become The Teeth, Single Mothers, Whirr @ Center for the Arts – Eagle Rock
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• Mount Kimbie, Grenier, Groundislava @ Icon UltraLounge
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• The Allah-Las @ Tommy’s Place USC
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• Capital and Crane Brazilian Duo, Duo Partido @ El Cid
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• The Vim Dicta @ Harvard & Stone
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• Jet W Lee, Radio Kills, First Circuit @ Redwood Bar
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• Wayne Kramer @ The Grammy museum
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• Eric Church, Justin Moore, Kip Moore @ Honda Center
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• Little River Band, Rangel, Jim Summers & Friends @ Coach House
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• Uz, Paul Devro, Planet Rock @ La Cita

Culture Collide Review

Two weekends ago, Los Angeles was treated to the 2nd annual Culture Collide festival, a 4-day event in Los Angeles presented by Filter Magazine. Multiple venues including Echoplex, Taix, The Echo, ReFORM, and a couple outdoor stages featured over 80 acts from 24 countries…

We sent a handful of writers and winners of our Miracle Package - which included free admission and drinks with our founder, Brandon Dorsky. Dorsky unfortunately was rear ended on I-10, but that didn't stop the show or our obligation to provide coverage. Some highlights from the entertainment rich weekend included:

On Saturday, Classixx, DJ Harvey, and CSS performed and wow did they impress. Classixx is an electronic duo from Los Angeles. Absolute beasts on stage, they likely have a very bright (or at least danceable) future ahead of them. Their laid back and unique style make for a great atmosphere to get your groove on. The two remix a lot of great tracks adding in some of their original compositions. Check out

"Into the Valley" (featuring Karl Dixon) [Download]

[soundcloud url="http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/11360967"]

DJ Harvey from Cambridge, England is an influential force in the worldwide community. He is old school electronica, but in a good way. He has an affinity for long sets peppered with crafty original tracks and long jams generating relatively chill atmosphere.

CSS formerly known as Cansei de Ser Sexy is a rock band from Sao Paulo, Brazil. They headlined and absolutely killed their set. In a packed EchoPlex venue on Saturday, they crushed the dance floor with their energy and again on Sunday as the title act of the Toyota Antic block part. Their upbeat alternative rock/pop sound with obvious Brazilian flavor creates surprisingly fun and palatable tracks that have brought them success worldwide. Some favorite tracks by them are below.

"Lets Make Love and Listen to Death From Above" [Download]

"Move" [Download]

Danish pop band The Asteroids Galaxy Tour also impressed. They have a retro pop sound featuring interesting vocals from lead singer Mette Lindberg. Their soul is stripped down to permit more modern elements to shine through, but at the end of the day they feel like a indie-pop-soul act. Two worthwhile songs are "Major" and "Around The Bend".

The Asteroids Galaxy Tour - Major

The Asteroids Galaxy Tour -- Around the Bend

Datarock were also one of our top acts on Sunday, along with The Asteroids Galaxy Tour. Norway's Datarock indie electro-pop sound just makes you want to dance, which is what they got most of the crowd doing. Their infectious sound and playful on-stage persona Datarock (all the members of the band wearing flashing red blazers/jumpsuits) only fueled the ensuing dance party to rage harder . We liked almost every song we heard from them but three favorites were "Catcher In The Rye", "California" and "Fa-Fa-Fa".

DATAROCK - Catcher In The Rye (Extended Version)

DATAROCK - California

Datarock - Fa-Fa-Fa

The best word to describe Culture Collide Festival is diverse. Not only were the above mentioned artists great, but with artists from 24 different countries, the range of sounds and influences was on display each night. We can only thank Filter Magazine for a job well done and look forward to the next culturally informative experience curated by them.

Post by Zach Siegal Eisman

Rookie Festival Makes Splash - Pacific Festival a Relative Success

EC Twins

Mike Tunney - Pacific Festival Organizer

SUPERGOODMUSIC.com spent part of this past holiday weekend in the slightly warmer Orange County for the 1st ever Pacific Festival. Put together by Mike Tunney and friends and featuring two distinctly different days of music, one electro and one reggae-dub soul, I thought it was well worth my time.

Day 1 definitely caught the attention of more Los Angelenos. This should come as no surprise as it was headlined by Dim Mak's Steve Aoki, hosted by Mark The Cobransake, and featured a host of rising talent from the indie-electro-dance scene. From Classixx to Miami Horror to Dan Sena to EC Twins to all the fellas from Guns in The Sun - there was something new to be turned on to. The performances of Rob Roy and Chiddy Bang also brought in some much needed hip-hop downtime when the performances transitioned from outside to inside at the Sutra Lounge. In addition to Aoki, there were also heavyweights The Sounds and Alan Braxe, as well as a planned SILENT DISCO to ensure fans stayed until the end of the night.

Chilling w/ Kenya from Guns in the Sun

Chiddy Bang

And fans did stay. I exited shortly after Them Jeans came on at 1 am to a packed lounge of people barely capable of standing. The 21+ festival crowd was definitely in effect, especially in the VIP section, where the bar was all you can drink. For a mere $45, you could upgrade from regular admission to the inspiring black-out extravaganza that was VIP. While that unbridled access to alcohol may not have been the best way for the organizers to make money, it certainly gave the fans something to be excited about in addition to the music......and excited they were. The sloppiness went from about a 4 to a 9 or 10 between five and eight pm.

Intoxicated Concert Goers

Having agreed to provide press coverage (like this post), SUPERGOODMUSIC was able to catch some dope performances and snap some choice pics, all starting with Classixx on the main stage. The rising LA duo, who have released material on Dim Mak records, treated the crowd to a host of remixes including their excellent version of Listzomania which, in our opinion, should have been featured on the Wolfgang Amadeus Remix album (it is not).

Classixx

Miami Horror

After Classixx, Miami Horror made what I believe is their first festival appearance for a live band, or at least their first festival appearance anywhere remotely close to LA. The quartet brought a lot more energy to the stage than Classixx, in no small part because they play live instruments as opposed to computers. Benjamin Plant, the major brains behind Miami Horror, was all over the place - from playing wooden blocks to climbing the support beams and hanging off the side of the stage. They played their recognizable songs and then some other tunes that I'm hoping are on their album, Illumination, which was released on August 20th.

The Sounds followed before Aoki took stage, but I didn't catch much of their performance. I was scrambling around trying to figure out where other stages were, chopping it up with the Guns in The Sun crew and figuring out that press access did not include VIP admission. Although organization was not the festival's forte, at least they did realize that allowing press to get knee deep in booze probably wouldn't facilitate coherent or accurate feedback.

Steve Aoki

Nonetheless, SUPERGOODMUSIC negotiated their way into some free libations and took in Aoki's dance party from afar before moving in close for pictures and a potential champagne shower. With his mom and friends on stage, Aoki sprayed bottles of bubbly, facilitated crowd surfing and tossed around his signature long hair from behind the boards. Sporting a typical Aoki outfit of tanktop and hipster shoes - he paraded back and forth across stage inviting up a few carefully selected guests for their minute of festival fame, including this girl:

After Steve Aoki, the expected Skull Candy sponsored Silent Disco just never manifested. While that was extremely disappointing (silent discos are really f'ing cool), I was pleasantly surprised to find the Guys and Dollas party animals, EC Twins, throwing down in the Sutra Lounge. Their on stage excitement and enthusiasm definitely infected the crowd, and before you knew it, the room was at capacity for their blended dance anthems. The night continued with performances from Rob Roy, Chiddy Bang, Alan Braxe and Them Jeans, whose set we unfortunately missed.

Chiddy Bang

Unlike most Day 1 attendees, we returned for Day 2. The paradigm shift from indie-electro to reggae-dub-soul certainly did not offend SUPERGOODMUSIC's sensibilities because the headlining act for Day 2, Rebelution, is one of the hottest items on the reggae-dub soul scene. Although we didn't come down as early - we certainly were not going to miss Rebelution.

Boasting a tight young nucleus of talent (the band consists of four young to mid 20's charmers who met at UCSB), Rebelution has been putting on amazing performances long before and ever since their second album, Bright Side of Life, dropped in August 2009. Avoiding the sophomore slump, Bright Side of Life reached #1 on Billboard's reggae charts and obtained a #3 spot on i-tunes top albums downloaded, and has provided the fuel necessary to oil this band's touring machine. With spots at almost every festival this summer, from Summer Camp to Wakarusa to All Good to Lollapalooza, Pacific Festival was lucky to score them at the end of the tiresome run.

Eric from Rebelution

Expendables

The band (Rebelution) definitely delivered on their hype - bringing their dub-soul fire for almost 100 minutes on Sunday night when they took the stage after Expendables (who were good - but not quite as good as their Sunset Strip Music Festival performance at The Roxy). Rory (keys) and Wesley (drums) played cleanly from behind their respective instruments, while Eric (vocals, guitar) and Marley (bass) provided the eye candy, energy and lyrics up front. The quartet served up crowd pleasers from both Bright Side of Life and their first release, Courage to Grow, to close down the festival, inviting pseudo-rastas to spark it up on songs like "Green to Black," before smashing it with their bass heavy encore of "Safe and Sound" (Marley brought it on SaS).

Eric & Marley of Rebelution

As most festivals due in their earliest years, Pacific Festival probably lost money. In a tough economy - it would be hard to expect major returns from a first foray into multi-day event production. The absence of massive corporate sponsors (no major brand sponsor although Skull Candy and a few other companies did appear to sponsor the event at some level) and the presence of unlimited drinks for VIP, also probably did not help the Festival's bottom line.

All that said, Pacific Festival has a lot of positives to take from their rookie year, including a good foundation to build on and a client base that seemed pleased with their experience.

We had a great time and hope the festival is back for year 2 :D

You can see more pictures of our experience here - http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=498751&id=255784860346&ref=mf

Pacific Festival - OC: Day 1 Sample Pics (MORE TO COME)

EC Twins

The Sounds

Chiddy Bang

Miami Horro

We're about to head off for Day 2 to catch the Dub-aliciousness of Rebelution, Expendables and friends, but we thought we'd dose you fans with a little bit of the great pics we snapped yesterday at the wild Day 1.

From Classixx to Miami Horror to Steve Aoki (crowd surfing video on our youtube page!) to Braxe in the Sultra Lounge - the artists threw it down hard and the crowd ate it up. Here's some of what we saw....

Rob Roy

Classixx

Miami Horror

Steve Aoki