Happy Halloween. The LA concert calendar gets some real treats on this night - like the LACMA Halloween Ball featuring a Stanley Kubrick Exhibition and the soundscapes of Daedelus and his Archimedes exhibition. Wickedly ill is one apt way to describe that event.
The same could be said for another location that Daedelus is familiar with - The Airliner and Low End Theory. Karreim Riggins, Nastynasty, Daddy Kev, Nobody, Gaslamp Killer and Nocando all get down plus an very very special guest. If you want to figure out who that is - you better be wearing a costume or be prepared to cough up a nice benjamin - because its a $100 cover for the costume-less. Another Halloween party is taking place at The CenTRILL SAPC. Its not really spelled like that - but with Trill Murray, Inspired Flight and Minnesota all performing at a special Halloween jam, it should be for this night.
As far as dance parties go though - I may be most excited for the sexy new disco of Disclosure at El Rey Theatre. If you want hot sexy dance tunes - look no further than these boys from across the pond.
Elsewhere - I really like Dustbowl Revival at Virgil. They will be having fun - no matter whether they're rocking a 5 piece or 10 piece or something in between (rumor has it there will be a healthy lot of them for Halloween). The Mint hosts the well traveled Donna The Buffalo with support from The Makepeace Brothers, All Time Low rocks The House of Blues on Sunset, and local soulful funk crew House of Vibe All Stars hold things down for westsiders at Harvelles. For a list of other shows - see below:
Lamb of God, In Flames, Hatebreed, Sylosis @ Hollywood
Palladium
Halloween Extravaganza feat. Hollywood Roses, LA Velvet @
The Viper Room ($500 Cash Prize for Sexiest Costume)
House of Vibe All
Stars @ Harvelles
Disclosure, Samo
Sound Boy, Tres Dubois, Behr (La Nuit) @ El Rey Theatre
Battalion of Saints, Witchaven, Rough Kids, Internal
Corrosion, Cholos on Acid, Marauding Ghouls @ Key Club
Low End Theory w/
Karreim Riggins, Nastynasty, Daddy Kev, Nobody, Gaslamp Killer, Nocando, VerY
VERY SPECIAL GUESTS @ The Airliner ($100 Cover w/out Costume; $10 Cover w/
Costume)
Halloween Party w/ Cover Bands TBD @ Silverlake Lounge
(FREE)
So Many Wizards, Palm Reader, Traps Ps, Sleeping Bags, DJ
Lilly (KChung) and DK Cristina (KXLU) @ The Smell
Hollywood Hex @ Belasco Theater
Halloween Babylon w/ Bleached (Covering Misfits &
Ramones), Hunx as Gayracula, Heaven @ The Echo
Dub Club w/ Jah Faith & The Royal Lineage, Skull @
Echoplex (FREE before 10)
Lost Marauders, Dead Day Revolution, Brainspoon, Rockett
Queens @ The Satellite (FREE)
Donna The Buffalo,
Makepeace Brothers @ The Mint
All Time Low,
Special Guests @ House of Blues – Sunset
Minnesota, Inspired
Flight, Trill Murray @ The Central SAPC
DJ Fang Face, DJ Lew Siffer @ Amoeba Records
Halloween 2012: 4 DJ’s, Costume Contest @ King King
Hollywood
Halloween 2012: Marcus Schossow, A-Baum, Grizzly Adams @
Yost Theater
4th Annual Zombie Prom w/ Nikko Six @ Detroit Bar
Kiss My Ass, Nawgahyde @ Brixton South Bay
Naughty School Girl Night w/ Peg Leg Love, Ingenue, Revolutions Pride, Deathsquad Demongods @ Redwood Bar
The Resurex!, La Cholita & The Creeps @ Sliderbar
AJ, Tay from Allura @ Saint Rocke
Omar Rodriguez-Lopz Group @ UC Riverside
Colt Ford, Boarding House, JJ Lawhorn, Hollywood Yates @ Coach House
Helicopter Showdown @ Constellation Room
45 Grave @ Malibu Inn
Downtown Attraction, Black Magic Driver, Mal and Mad Temple @ Down and Out Bar
Faster Pussycat @ Whisky A Go Go
The Dustbowl Revival, Moonsville Collective, Bastards of Belleville @ Virgil
LACMA Halloween Ball feat. Stanley Kubrick Exhibition and Music by Daedelus w/ Archimedes Installation @ LACMA
Its Halloween eve - so repress your costumes and embrace them for the second to last time of 2012. Tonight there are a host of events to choose from - including traditional Halloween style shenanigans like The Rocky Horror Picture Show at Yost Theater or a costume dance party, like at Dim Mak Studios.
Close to Dim Mak, Miike Snow along with Niki & The Dove lay down some sexy tunes - so maybe hit up the Hollywood Palladium before closing down Dim Mak. Another worthy Halloween eve concert is Cadence Weapon at The Satellite - where he is joined by Fat Tony and Subtitle for a night of eclectic hip-hop.
An unexpected Halloween treat comes in the form of Aziz Ansari and friends who roll out laughter at Largo for an Obama Benefit.
Other notables include Bob Mould at El Rey Theatre, The New Limb at The Central SAPC (for FREE) and BuzzBands 4 Year + Anniversary party at Federal Bar with Voxhaul Broadcast, Gliss and more.
Miike Snow, Niki
& The Dove @ Hollywood Palladium
Mischief Night w/ Stellar Corpses, Plague Vendor, Brian
Burn, The Knitts @ The Viper Room
The Saturdays @ The Viper Room
Parker Ainsworth, The Peoples Mic @ WitZend
Stevie Starlight @ Harvelles
Bob Mould, Abe
Vigoda @ El Rey Theatre
Aziz Ansari President
Barack Obama Benefit Show @ Largo
Avalon Omega, Sue Ray, Leggy Peggy @ Silverlake Lounge
Retox, Bastard Noise, To The Point, Happy Pill Trauma @ The
Smell
Daughter, Choir of Young Believers @ Bootleg Theater
Tammy Faye Starlite’s Defense of Opposite Marriage Tour:
“Doom 2012” @ Bootleg Bar
Balmorhea, Spindrift, Patrolled By Radar @ The Echo
Cadence Weapon, Fat
Tony, Subtitle @ The Satellite
Harper Blynn, The Brendan Hines, Alex Wong, Tyler Lyle @ The
Hotel Café
Caravan of Thieves, Rubberneck Lions, Moon @ The Mint
On this last Sunday of October you could spend your day watching football and recovering from the Halloween weekend that was - or you could continue to hit the pavement and get your metaphorical trick or treat on.
If you're looking to do the latter - start in Venice today with the friendly folks from Jam In The Van at the rally for Matt Kline for Venice City Council. JITV's recruited a few artists to get in their rig - like Robert Delong, Zach Deputy and locals Restavrant - so roll thru to see what their recording experience is like in the flesh...and while you're at it, vote if you're a Venice resident.
Speaking of JITV, van veteran Meiko joins Donovan for a set at El REy Theatre tonight. Lights and Arkells at Fonda Theatre or Anya Marina & Friends at The Hotel Cafe might please a similar crowd.
IF you need your Sunday to be a bit more turned up - consider the Boo Over at Lure, the Dance of the Dead at Drai's Hollywood with Yuksek, Thee Mike B and DJ Metric, Armin Van Buuren at Exchange LA or join the beachside party at Del Monte Speakeasy for Bacchanal with guest appearances from members of De La Soul's band and resident DJ's Mr. NumberOnederful and DJ Bu$rider. Note that costumes are required for the Boo Over - which you can RSVP for here.
For a full list of shows - see below.
With Philosophy of Soul, Chasing Colors, Dark Heavens, LNE,
Depth Charge Anthem @ The Viper Room
Back Pocket Memory, Tommy Miller & Friends, Bristol to
Memory, Spence, Rudi, The Christopher Brothers, Stefan Alexander @ The Roxy
The Toledo Show @ Harvelles
Donovan, Meiko @
El Rey Theatre
Red Fang, Black Tusk, Lord Dying @ Troubadour
Conquerors of the World, Septciflesh, Krisiun, Melechesh, Ex
Deo, Enquisition @ Key Club
Armin Van Burren,
Darin Epsilon @ Exchange LA
Silent Hill Halloween Party @ Belasco Theater
Lights, Arkells @
Fonda Theatre
Public Image Limited (PIL) @ Club Nokia
Mark Mallman, Transfer, State to State, Hustle and Drone,
Palace Ballroom @ Bootleg Bar
Converge, Torche, Nails, Kvelertak, Dangers @ The Echoplex
Dignan Porch [Captured Tracks], Catwalk, Grmin @ The Echo
Anya Marina &
Friends, Brendon Walsh & Ron Funches, Kita Klane @ The Hotel Café
Emily King, Lisa Tucker, Dave Cavalier, STAMPS, Arnold Maur
@ The Mint
Cult of Youth, Pure Ground, Jack Ladder & The
Dreamlanders, Survive @ Los Globos
Cubensis – A Grateful
Dead Tribute @ The Central SAPC
Girl Next Door – Halloween Spooktacular @ King King
Hollywood
Touch of Death: Dance
of The Dead w/ Yuksek, Thee Mike B, DJ Metric @ Drai’s Hollywood
Bacchanal Soundsystem
feat. Matt Demerritt (De La Soul), Joey Reina, Woody Aplanalp, Davey
Chegwidden, Matthew Silberman, Mr. NumberOnederful, DJ Bu$rider @ Del Monte
Speakeasy
KRS One, LuckyIAM
@ Yost Theater
Scare-aoke @ Detroit Bar (FREE)
Daniel Bambaata Marley, Audible Mainframe, Dub 8 @ Saint
Rocke
Two Door Cinema Club,
Friends, Bad Veins @ The Observatory
Further Seems Forever, Chris Conley, Weatherbox @ House of
Blues – Anaheim
The Hobart Brothers, Jon Dee Graham, Freedy Johnston, Susan
Cowsill @ McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Collie Buddz, The
Hold Up, New Kingston, Los Rakas @ SLO Brew
Kevin Miso, Zach Deputy, Trevor Green @ Coach House
Zach Deputy, Robert Delong, Restavrant + More @ Main + Abbott Kinney Rally for Matt Kline
If you're not already tired of your costume or too hung over to move - Halloween themed parties are all the rage again tonight - and dance-a-thons are in no shortage. No matter what side of town you're on - there is someone pushing a few buttons to keep your feet moving. On The westside, those buttons are pushed courtesy of Goldroom, Yuksek, Steffi Graf and Jamuel St. Jones at The Central SAPC. If you missed their show on Thursday at The Echo/Echoplex, tonight's your chance to correct that mistake at this Audio Absinthe presents event. You can buy tickets here too.
O.C'ers shouldn't come up to the beach though - I'd advise sticking down by Detroit Bar for Flight Facilities and Fred Falke, unless, of course, you were already going downtown to Club Nokia to see Flight Facilities open for The Presets. Benny Benassi, Congorock and Pink is Punk also get heavy downtown at Exchange LA and Belasco Theater hosts a haunted mansion with $5,000 in cash prizes for costumes.
Take a trip up the 101 and contine to Halloween BOOootie LA at Echoplex or try Hollywood's Avalon to dance wee into the morning with Erick Morillo or with Supreme Team presenting DJ Felli Fel and Will.i.am at Supperclub. Its a potentially destination for the hip-hop fans spilling out of the sold out Macklemore & Ryan Lewis show at Fonda Theatre (Note, if anyone can find Macklemore's threads from this video, aka his jacket, I kind of want that to be the "cold ass honky" as my Halloween costume for tonight).
There is other hip-hop stuff too - like Brother Ali and Homeboy Sandman at El Rey Theatre or Skeme at Key Club.Rock fans get a true treat with Jane's Addiction at The Wiltern. They're supported by Thenewno2. The Railroad Revival Tour chooches through town too with Band of Horses at Warner Grand Theater. Since it's Halloween Weekend - KCRW hosts their masquerade ball with tunes served up by Z-Trip, Mexican Institute of Sound, Dustbowl Revival, Hanni El Khatib and more. White Arrows at Constellation Room is also a SUPERGOOD choice.
Full list of shows below...
Jane’s Addiction, Thenewno2 @ The Wiltern
Erick Morillo @
Avalon
My Ruin, Goldsboro, Behold! The Monolith, All Hail The Yeti
@ The Viper Room
Hunter Valentine, Queen Caveat, Cherri Bomb, Life Down Here,
DJ Hollywood Julio @ The Roxy
Lexy, Aroo Verse, Tash, Duran Duran Cover Band @ On The Rox
The Soul of John
Black, Rachel Sierra, Holly Long, Jordan Corey, The Throws @ WitZend
Dennis Jones Band @ Harvelle’s
Brother Ali,Blank Tape Beloved, Homeboy Sandman,
DJ Sosa and The Reminders @ El Rey Theatre
Neil Halstead Show @ Largo
Future Seems Forever, Seahaven, Beta Wolf @ Troubadour (SOLD
OUT)
Skeme @ Key Club
The Ukulady’s Halloween Party @ Lot 1 Café (2 PM)
What’s Cookin: Captions, Twin Owl, Big Fly @ Lot 1 Café
Ogre Mage, The Bundys @ Silveralke Lounge (FREE)
Delilah King, Nick and Lilian @ Silverlake Lounge (FREE)(5
PM)
No Paws @ Origami Vinyl (FREE) (7PM)
Benny Benassi,
Congorock, Pink Is Punk @ Exchange LA
Haunted Mansion @ Belasco Theater ($5,000 in Cash Prizes for
Costumes)
The Presets, Flight
Facilities, OLIVER, Yuksek (DJ Set)
@ Club Nokia
Peelander-Z,
Electric Eel Shock @ Bootleg Bar
Funky Sole @ The
Echo (FREE Before 11)
Halloween Booootie LA
@ The Echoplex
Killola, Cinderella Motel, Black Leg, Occult Wisdom @ The
Satellite
Harper Blynn, Sophie Barker w/ Juliet Piper, Kate Earl @ The
Hotel Café
Zach Deputy,
Bravesoul, James Douglas Show @ The Mint
Joanne Baduria, Carlton, Todd Washington @ Room 5 Lounge
Oro Solido @ Los Globos
Goldroom, Yuksek,
Steffi Graf, Jamuel St. Jones @ The Central SAPC
Tony Powell, Jerry Flores, ReelSoul @ King King Hollywood
Captain Jeffrey and His Musical Chumbuckets, DJ Boss Harmony
@ Del Monte Speakeasy
Yost Haunted Mansion feat. Mehrbod, DJ Alex, Deejay MD,
Royal M, Shan Nash @ Yost Theater
Flight Facilities,
Fred Falke @ Detroit Bar
Chewbetcha, The 3 Heads, Wait for Green @ Brixton South Bay
Hoist The Colors, The Goodfellas, Hang Dog Expression @
Saint Rocke
A Flock of Goo Goo, 13SK8 (Misfits Tribute), DJ Endor @
Alex’s Bar
The Sloths, Woolley Bandits, The Neumans @ Molly Malones
Band of Horses,
Howlin’ Rain @ Warner Grand Theatre
Z-Trip, Mexican
Institute of Sound, Hanni El Khatib, Dustbowl Revival, Legendary @ Park
Plaza KCRW’s 4th Annual Masquerade Ball & Costume Party
Dia De Los Muertos at Hollywood Forever w/ Ozomatli, Las
Cafeteras, La Santa Cecilia, Very Be Careful, Tribu @ Hollywood Forever
Converge, Torche, Kvelertak, Nails @ The Glass House
Tiger Army, 45 Grave, Gooddamn Gallows @ Fox Theater Pomona
Metalachi @
Slidebar
Neil Halstead @ Fingerprints (FREE w/ RSVP)
Babbs & Maria Lope, DJ Caveman Leo @ Redwood Bar
Brown & Blue, The Spell, Thy Squid, Bella Novela,
MiSLeD, Ancient Island Boatshow, Toaster Music, Mode, Montel Revolta & His
Band of The Living Dead @ Shoreline Village
I LOVE L.A. HALLOWEEN MASQUERADE PARTY @ The Airliner