Tonight in L.A. (October 29, 2012)

UPDATE:   YUKSEK just got added to It's A School Night.  


YUKSEK - Always On The Run by umusic

Ease back into your week tonight with your choice of free indie shows (costumes optional).  Tops on the SUPERGOOD list is Robert Delong's final residency performance at Echoplex.   He celebrates the pending release of his Global Concepts EP - which technically drops at midnight.  There will be a limited run of physical copies - which will be available at tonight's show.  Download his latest remix here (its Two Door Cinema Club).   Delong is joined by Hott Mt and Hot as Sun, so it should be a great time.  



Over at The Satellite Voxhaul Broadcast joins in the fun that is Last in Class's residency.  Also free. As is Jason Joseph & The Spectacular at The Hotel Cafe if you want a little funky soul in your step.  Buyepongo serves up the same at Del Monte Speakeasy as do the vinyl loving DJs at Funkmosphere. 





The Asteroids Galaxy Tour at Troubadour, Family of the Year and Terraplane Sun at The Viper Room and Steelwells with The Lonely Wild at Bardot for Its A School Night.  IASN is free with RSVP, but the others will cost you a little bit of paper (not much).  



Enjoy...

• Steelwells, The Lonely Wild, Emma EJWertz, Ghost Beach (DJ Set), Chris Douridas @ Bardot (Its A School Night)(FREE w/ RSVP)

• Family of the Year, Terraplane Sun, Young Rapscallions @ The Viper Room

• The Mixx @ Harvelle’s

• Abby Hankins, Storey & THe Tellers @ Redwood Bar

• The Asteroids Galaxy Tour, Millionyoung @ Troubadour

• Metal Shop w/ Little Miss Nasty, House of Zombies, Motley Too, Megalomania-x @ Key Club

• Manzanita Falls, Hearts and Minutes, Empty Palace @ Lot 1 Café (FREE)

• Stonefeather, Sleep Lady, Gypsyblood, Sad Robot @ Silverlake Lounge

• The Spyrals, Cab 20 @ Origami Vinyl (FREE)(6:30)

• Kera & The Lesbians, Mr. Elevator & The Brain Hotel, Herbert Bail Orchestra @ Bootleg Bar

• Robert Delong, Hot As Sun, Hott Mt @ The Echoplex (FREE)

• The Monolators, Sara Radle & The Mockinbirds, Haunted Summer, The Do-It To-Its, Del Scorcho @ The Echo

• Last in Class, Very Special Guest (Voxhaul Broadcast?), Drug Cabin, Brainstorm, DJ Brent Bolthouse @ The Satellite (FREE)

• Jason Joseph & The Spectacular, The Dunwells, Churchill, Gabriel Kelley @ The Hotel Café (FREE after 9:45)

• Skee, Anahita Skye, Joe Dunn, Rebecca Zoe @ The Mint

• David Bisbal @ House of Blues – Sunset

• Kenneth Aaron Harris, Dinner and A Suit @ Room 5 Lounge

• Brick5 (D.R.E.A.M. Brigade), Brand B (DirtRaid) FONIKS, Tantrum & Unholy, CakeLadyOg, Iclytes @ Los Globos

• Residual Echoes, Strangers Expanding, Headband, White Mania @ Los Globos

• Buyepongo Live @ Del Monte Speakeasy (FREE)

• Fellow Bohemian, Big Monsta, The Meeting Places, Young Empress @ Detroit Bar

• ATB, Jia @ Playhouse Hollywood

• Funkmosphere @ Carbon (FREE)

• From Indian Lakes, PK @ B Ryders

• Them Howling Bones @ Harvard & Stone

Get Cozy with Family of The Year at Bootleg (Interview & Preview)

Whether you're week has been great or is in desperate need of a turn-around, Family of the Year is sure to make it a hell of a lot better with their EP release show this Thursday at Silverlake's Bootleg Bar. This folk-pop band will send you through the clouds and back to 1969 with their infectious sounds that even Steven Tyler describes as "the Mamas and the Papas on acid." Call it whatever you want, but its bands like Family of the Year that find music lovers lost for words. But then again, when it sounds this good - do you really need to explain it?

Rather than try and tackle that task ourselves - we caught up with Sebastian Keefe of the band on the eve of their release event(s) to learn a bit more about their sound and where it developed from.

SUPERGOOD: Your first album seemed to capture a different genre in each song, (elements of synth-rock, reggae, pop, etc; ie. "The Barn" was more synthesized) but always with a strong underlying folk sound. However, your latest EP seems to combine all these genres into every song but also the new EP has more of a quintessential rock sound compared to your previous releases. Were your prior releases an experiment in some way to get to this point or did this sound come from something else?

FAMILY OF THE YEAR: We wanted the new album to have continuity, and be more focused. We worked to trim the songs and make them a little more punchy and direct. Wally Gagel, our amazing producer and friend, steered the ship and kept the energy focused.

St. Croix by Family of the Year

SUPERGOODMUSIC: What would you say led to this change in direction?

FAMILY OF THE YEAR: Mainly the ability to work in such an amazing studio environment. The songs were sorted out before we began recording. Wally wanted to capture what we sounded like live - we recorded alot of it live, together.

SUPERGOODMUSIC: Your lyrics cover so many different emotions and tell such great stories….where do they originate from?

FAMILY OF THE YEAR: They come from different places, sometimes we project the way we want to be feeling, sometimes we tell true stories. Often we write as a group - as a message to both ourselves and to those who listen.

SUPERGOODMUSIC: Do you all share in the creation process lyrically? Musically?

FAMILY OF THE YEAR: Most of it comes from Joe. Almost all of the structures and melodies come from Joe. As a group, we collaborate mostly on lyrics.

SUPERGOODMUSIC: Did the writing process for these tracks differ from previous writing sessions?

FAMILY OF THE YEAR: Not really, it was a similar process. Some songs were finished before the group heard them, others were entire collaborations.

SUPERGOODMUSIC: Coming from such different places, how did you guys end up connecting with each other?

FAMILY OF THE YEAR: Joe and I are brothers who grew up on an island in massachusetts. We met James in Boston some years ago. James was an audio engineer where he met Joe during a session. He also played in a band around town- we quickly became friends. The three of us moved to LA a few years ago and met Chrissy shortly afterward. At Cha Cha I think.

SUPERGOODMUSIC: How do your personal backgrounds play into or inform the music you make?

FAMILY OF THE YEAR: It plays into it. We had diverse upbringings- Florida, orange county, and Marthas vineyard, quite different outlooks, and musical heritages. but we're all from (mostly) sunny places.

SUPERGOODMUSIC: What current bands are you guys listening to and drawing from? Who are your inspirations and influences?

FAMILY OF THE YEAR: I'm listening to Grouplove and Hooray For Earth. They are our friends, and definitely two of the best bands out there right now. I grew up listening to lots of stuff: Supergrass, Carole king, the Beach Boys. There really isn't a type of music we don't like or draw from in some way.

SUPERGOODMUSIC: With the release of St. Croix, can fans expect a tour in the near future? Are there any venues you are dying to play?

FAMILY OF THE YEAR: Yes! We are planning to tour alot next year. There will be dates coming soon. We really want to play the Greek Theater in LA, it's one of our goals.

SUPERGOODMUSIC Speaking of touring, has your experience on the road taught you any lessons that you'd want to share with other artists that have yet to get that sort of opportunity?

FAMILY OF THE YEAR: It's always worth the few extra bucks for a slightly better motel.

SUPERGOODMUSIC: Any complaints about the music industry thus far?

FAMILY OF THE YEAR: No complaints, it's a challenging business to be in. A friend of ours once reminded us that "you knew it was a snake when you picked it up".

The first 100 attendees of the show at Bootleg Bar will get a copy of the new EP for FREE. Get tickets here.

Abbot Kinney Festival

Brooks Stage produced by dublab x L.A. Record (Brooks Ave.)

This stage is the best stage. Check out Hanni El Khatib 2 days before his album drops. Stay for Thundercat because they're dope.

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM: L.A. RECORD X DUBLAB Sound System (DJ Set)

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM: Club Pacific Band

11:45 AM - 12:15 PM: DJ Set

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM: Tom Brosseau

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM: DJ Set

1:30 PM - 2:15 PM: Hanni El Khatib

2:15 PM - 2:45 PM: DJ Set

2:45 PM - 3:30 PM: Swahili Blonde

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM: DJ Set

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM: Mia Doi Todd

4:45 PM - 5:15 PM: DJ Set

5:15 PM - 6:00 PM: Thundercat

For more info: www.dublab.com; www.larecord.com

Andalusia Stage produced by MILKMADE (Andalusia Ave.)

For some classic rock, roots and soul vibes - go here.

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM: Sister Rogers

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM: Capital Cities

12:15 PM - 12:45 PM: Kris Mars

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM: Seasons

1:45 PM - 2:15 PM: Gantez Warrior

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM: Dumbfoundead [aka DFD]

4:00 PM - 4:45 PM: Family Of The Year

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM: KISSES

Palms Stage at The Brig produced by dublab (Palms Ave.)

Over by Tuesday funky enclave The Brig, local masters of sound will put their spin (literally) on new and classic grooves alike.

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM: frosty

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM: Marion

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM: Carlos Niño

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM: Ale, Suzanne Kraft & Soft Soil Music Club

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM: Tom Chasteen

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM: Anthony Valadez

For more info: www.dublab.com

TONIGHT'S a SCHOOL NIGHT w/ EULOGIES & FAMILY OF THE YEAR

Swing by Bardot tonight and check out Dangerbird Records band Eulogies, along with Family of The Year and resident DJ's Chris Douridas and Valida, to get your work week started properly. Eulogies will be reveling in their label mates Conan performance (Fitz & The Tantrums perform on Conan tonight) as well as sharing music of their most recent record, Tear The Fences Down. That record is still only available digitally, but should be available in physical copy sometime in March 2011.

Family of The Year will hopefully be performing some new material (their last full length came out in 2009) and most likely will dose the crowd with 'ChugJug,' their song that was featured in an Advil commercial in 2010. If you've never caught them - they've got a throwback vocal rock appeal that's been likened to Fleetwood Mac.

If you're contemplating showing your face in Hollywood, make sure to RSVP at itsaschoolnight.com to get in for FREE!