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

Red Bull Music Academy Presents: Culture Clash w/ SMOG, Dim Mak, Stones Throw & Dub Club

Tonight, LA plays host to the U.S. Debut of Red Bull Music Academy's Culture Clash event. Taking place at Exchange - 4 of the hottest music troupes representing Los Angeles, Dim Mak, Stones Throw, SMOG and Dub Club hit stages for a certainly epic night.

The atmosphere will be competitive as the scene-sters compete over the course of four rounds, (although the competition will likely be friendlier than tonight's Cavs vs. Heat post "Decision" match up). For each round, the crowd will register their vote(s) on a handful of criteria - including measured cheers and applause. After warming up their respective stages with 15 minute set, the first round will judge the musicians ability to "select" the right tunes. The second round focuses on the entertainment factor and is expected to feature special guests. The third round stretches the musicians knowledge of other genres - having them stretch from their traditional outfits. The fourth (and final) round, also known as the "banger round," requires the music teams to bring their most raucous sets and baddest tunes to win over the crowd.

The night will be hosted by MC Commander - who will lead Dim Mak (electro), Dub Club (roots reggae), Smog (dubstep) and Stones Throw (funk/soul/hip-hop) through their battles over their respective soundsystems. For those unfamiliar with traditional sound clashes, each collective supplies their own sound system for the event.

With staple LA resident DJ artists like Them Jeans (Dim Mak Tuesdays), Thee Mike B (Cannonball Sundays at Drais), DJ Fashen (Cannonball Sundays at Drais), Tom Chasteen (Dub Club), Roy Corduroy (Dub Club), Dam Funk (Funkmosphere) - you know the music will be the sort of stuff that keeps LA crowds moving. Throw in some more name brand artists like 12th Planet (Smog), Peanut Butter Wolf (Stones Throw), Craze (Smog), Mayer Hawthorne (Stones Throw) and whomever Dim Mak's special guest is (or guests are) and you've got one hell of a show.

Don't miss it. Buy tickets here. (UPDATE: 10:40 am - TICKETS ARE SOLD OUT)

And, FYI, cop your tickets now because I heard it might sell out! If for some reason you can't make it, but you want to check out some DJ mashed music - DJ Quickie Mart plays his last show at Air Conditioned Lounge on Lincoln Blvd. in Venice.

FUNKMOSPHERE = Weekend Hangover Cure

Did you wake up with a case of the Mondays this week? Pining for the weekend fun that just ended? Wishing you had just one more night to kick it to some good music and have a few libations? If you did, you should have gone to Funkmosphere at Carbon last night. AND, we basically recommend you go there every week...

For 4 years, Dam Funk, the rising Stones Throw artist, has been holding down Carbon in Culver City, CA on Monday nights with a plethora of electro-funk boogie records. B-boys routinely show up to display their talents and battle with both friends and dance foes. 45 fans and electro-boogie-funk lovers line the bar with $5 or less beers and flat brims while they absorb the 70s sounding grooves and observe the flailing bodies on the dance floor. Once the clock strikes midnight, you're certain to see someone get served - and quite possibly by one of the spectacular b-girls that gracefully whip the competition into shape.

The night is always FREE, and on this particular Monday - the Funkmosphere crew was celebrating Egyptian Lover's birthday. As seen above, Peanut Butter Wolf was in the house and spinning the fire for the mostly 'regular' crowd along with Dam Funk.

What is remarkable about the Funkmosphere event is that it is an untapped resource of awesomeness; despite its 4 year tenure, the amazing music and ambiance - it doesn't get to capacity. It certainly gets crowded (usually by regulars) and it can get hot indoors if it weren't such a cool summer, but there is always enough space for the dancers to put the moves on.

So, if you are looking for something to cure your weekend blues or simply spice up the start of your week - we have no better recommendation than Funkmosphere. If you are looking to meet some cool people and possibly new friends who could teach you some amazing dance moves - go there. The crowd of 21+ electro boogie funk lovers are a friendly bunch; their love for the music is infectious and they are happy to share their appreciation with others. The DJs love for the scene, especially the host's, is infectious too. The dancing is absolutely breathtaking - it makes you wish you were remotely close to that good. Combine all those elements at a cool, relatively inexpensive bar and you just got one Damn Funky event.

Funkmosphere is a FREE electro-funk boogie event that takes place every Monday at Carbon on Venice Blvd. - 9300 Venice Blvd. FYI, If you were a fan of the old Starshoes bar on Hollywood Blvd. and the funky shows that would go down there with DJ Miles, this is a similar substitute BUT with better dancing.