Los Angeles Tonight (Monday, June 24th)

Monday in Los Angeles means It's A School Night at Bardot. Tonight Travis Garland, Treetop Flyers and Micah Green are showcasing their goods.





The Steelwells are playing at the Observatory in Orange County.





It's the last night of the June residencies, so if you haven't had a chance, catch King at The Bootleg Theatre, Hindu Pirates at the Echo and/or Queen Caveat at the Satellite.

Los Angeles Tonight (Monday, April 29th)

Booo hooo, the Lakers lost. Get over it by seeing some live music tonight.

For an energetic Monday, Pitchfork's favorite Canadians, Metz, bring their hard-hitting sound to the Troubadour with support from White Lung and Mrs Magician.





KCRW'S It's a School Night is bringing the beats proper this evening with Big Black Delta's record release party going down at Bardot. Shy Girls, Emma Ejwertz and The Last Internationale fill out the bill.





Tonight is Gavin Turek's last night of her April residency at The Bootleg Theatre. Helping Gavin close out the month are Zak Waters, Fellow Bohemian and a special guest is substituting in place of Boom D, who is stuck in NOLA.





Don't forget to head on out to the West side this coming weekend and join us at the Cinco de Mayo bash "El Dia De La Heady." Lagunitas and Sailor Jerry are providing libations, The Record Company, The Dustbowl Revival, Ivory Deville, The Dead Ships, The Diamond Light and Highway Poets are providing the tunes, and, most importantly, Jam in the Van is providing the headiness. Hope to see you all out there.

• Big Black Delta, Shy Girls, Emma Ejwerts, and the Last Internationale @ Bardot


• Metz, White Lung and Mrs. Magician @  Troubadour


• Campfire Girls, Plexi, Lifter and Aaron Embry @ Dragonfly


• Chief, Carly Ritter, Thumb Wars and FMLY @ Satellite (FREE)


• Gavin Turek, Zak Waters, Fellow Bohemian @ Bootleg Bar (FREE)


• Baby Alpaca, Mt. Ossa and Skin Town @ Echo


• Team Supreme @ Echoplex


• The Wingard Manor, Bird Mad Girl and Nodigga @ Los Globos


• Abbot Kinney, the Moth & the Flame and Lindsay Rae Spurlock @ Silverlake Lounge


• Merx, Broken Water, Tara Jane O’Neil and Naps @ the Smell


• Debaser, Marmits, Precious and Capt’n Fresh & the Stay Fresh Seals @Pehrspace


• Jason Joseph & the Spectacular (FREE), David Poe, Mike Elizondo, Lindsey Ray and Sky White Tiger @ the Hotel Café


• Poor Yorik, Faydean, Laura Cheadle and Dawn Oberg @ the Mint


• Higher Flux, Ryan Crosby, Barnaby Saints and Crown City Krooks @the Viper Room


• The Circus Kids@ the Central SAPC


• Omagaro Miguel @ Molly Malone’s


• Gardeners Logic, Stacy Clark and Billy Kernkamp @ Detroit Bar


• The Agonist, Light Up the Eyes, Beneath the Buried, Apathy and Our Own Accord @ Alex’s Bar


• Andre Nickatina, Roach Gigz and MUMBLS @ Observatory


• Blood Red Shoes @ Constellation Room

Los Angeles Tonight (April 8, 2013)

Happy Monday!  Time to extend the weekend and decide where you're going to celebrate once Michigan wins the National Championship tonight.

A couple directions we might push you in would be The Diamond Light and Gavin Turek at The Bootleg Bar or Watch the Duck at Bardot for It's a School Night.  Both of those options are free...

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If you won your brackets and have some extra cash maybe you want to check out Thao & The Get Down Stay Down with Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside at The Troubadour or go get turnt with ASVP Rocky at Staples Center...   The full list of tonight goings on is below.

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Steel Panther @ House of Blues

Chief, Warships, The Last Internationale, In Leagues @ The Satellite (FREE)

Angel Olsen, Villages, Paul Bergmann @ The Echo

Touche, Cuckoo Chaoes, LA Font, Hands @ The Echoplex (FREE)

Gavin Turek, The Diamond Light, Among Savages, DJ Destroyer @ Bootleg Bar (FREE)

Eddie Jobson @ El Rey Theatre

Escondido, Watch The Duck, Body Parts, Dustbowl Revival, Gossamer (DJ Set), Kack of All Tracks (The Lovely Daze), Chris Douridas @ Bardot [It’s a School Night](FREE w/ RSVP)

Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside @ Troubadour (SOLD OUT)

Barry & Stuart Live @ Largo

Planet of the Abts (Feat. Members of Govt Mule), Johnny Stachela Band @ Harvelle’s

Owen Plant, Love Mason, Brian Rogers Band, Dustin Robinson @ TRiP

Moxi @ The Constellation Room

Hunnypot Radio Live @ The Central SAPC (FREE) (w/ Joe Berman, Frank Palazzolo, Audra Mae, Jon Kenzie, Bite The Buffalo)

Gene Anderson and the Kings of the nEw Hollywood Cabaret @ The Mint

Cratesz, Omeguh, Skepp, Hawk, 7DeadlySynths, Cy Kosis @ Los Globos

Rihanna, ASAP Rocky @ Staples Center

Kool Skull, Kroy Club, Traps PS, Paperslang, Leathrface, Gun/Her @ Pehrspace

David Poe, Bear Attack, Dylan Pratt, Jason Joseph & The Spectacular @ The Hotel Café

Gardeners Logic, Jameson & Co., Purple Mountains Majesties @ Detroit Bar (FREE)

The Singles, Them Howlin Bones @ Harvard & Stone

Atomic Punks (Van Halen Tribute) @ The Roxy

The Negative Creeps, Colliderscopes, Goofoffs, Hobart W Fink, Menage, Noah Applebaum @ The Viper ROom

Chamber Music: Shostakovich, Martinu, Mendelssohn @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

Tonight in L.A. (February 25, 2013)

Post Oscar hangovers give rise to the realization that it is actually a full work week this week.  And while that seems daunting, finding some quality act to see this Monday night in Los Angeles is not.  With some great residencies closing the books on their February run - it might be wise to catch those weekly parties before they change casts.  

The Mowgli's enlisted The Diamond Light, Zak Waters, Lisa Donnelly and DJ Jason Kramer to end things at The Satellite on a high note.  A House for Lions did the same by recruiting Max and The Moon, The Peach Kings and The Cerny Brothers.   Dance party starter Mystery Skulls hauled in Ghost Beach, Gangplans and DJ Holloweyed to Bootleg Bar to end his run there. 

Elsewhere Hunnypot Radio broadcasts out of The Central SAPC with a tasty set from rising indie electro pop rockers Mind The Gap, Del The Funky Homosapien drops some FREE raps on the Slidebar crowd, Jeff Garlin makes people laugh as he converses with Aziz Ansari at Largo and last but not least, Chief and Warships deliver a dosage of indie to It's A School Night at Bardot.

Full list of shows below.

• The Mowgli’s, The Diamond Light, Zak Waters, Lisa Donnelly (w/ Papa Bear and the Easy Love), Jason Kramer @ The Satellite (FREE)

• Ken Wakan, Oh Boy Les, Mecs, YoYa, Seasons @ The Echo (FREE)

• A House for Lions, Max and the Moon, The Peach Kings, The Cerny Brothers @ The Echoplex

• Mystery Skulls, Gangplans, Monster Rally, Ghost Beach, DJ Holloweyed @ Bootleg Bar (FREE)

• Hunnypot Radio w/ Mind The Gap, Mike MObb, Las Feas, Joel C. High (DJ), Eric Dillon (DJ) @ The Central SAPC (FREE)

• The Bluegrass Situation Presents: 10 String Symphony w/ Wild Reeds @ The Mint

• Charlie Bereal & Friends Presents The Flava In Ya Ear Soul Series @ The Mint

• Johnny Stachela & Duane Betts @ Harvelle’s

• Goldilocks Planet, Carla Bean @ TRiP

• Spencer Moody, Crazy Band, Roses, Corey Brewer @ Alex’s Bar

• Holychild, Monroe, They Live @ Detroit Bar (FREE)

• Ramona Falls @ Constellation Room

• The Residents @ El Rey Theatre

• Still Standing, Downtown Attraction, Stitched Up Heart, Killed The Symphony, Drop Dead LA, The Dark @ The Roxy (FREE)

• Jessica Ash’s Paradium, Badflower, Hey You! @ Key Club

• The New Dreamz, Skintown, Greenlander, Textbeak, Tripp Nasty @ Pehrspace

• Wires in the Walls @ Silverlake Lounge

• Steel Panther, COR, The Art @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

• Skye (of Morcheeba), Jason Joseph & The Spectacular, Brushy One Strong @ The Hotel Café

• James Zabiela @ Playhouse Nightclub

• Gliss, Line & Circle, Robotanists, United Ghosts @ Los Globos (FREE)

• Haley Pharo, The Epilogues, Gaby Ramirez, The Battel Royale @ The Viper Room

• The Burning Dolls, Mountains of Moon @ Redwood Bar & Grill

• Del The Funky Homosapien @ Slidebar (FREE)

• Jeff Garlin in Conversation w/ Aziz Ansari @ Largo

• John Isaac Watters, Inner Prisms @ Molly Malones

• Restavrant @ Harvard & Stone

• Chief, Warships, Angela McCluskey @ Bardot (It’s a School Night)

Tonight in L.A. (February 18, 2013)

Start your week off right with a federal holiday and some free music.  Whether its residency shows (Mystery Skulls at Bootleg, A House for Lions at Echoplex, The Mowgli's at The Satellite) or It's A School Night with K. Flay, Gavin Turek and Beach Party - there should be something sonically appealing for no cost tonight.

If you want to laugh though - you may have to shell out some pounds to catch Russell Brand at Largo.  A complete list of Los Angeles' entertainment options tonight are below the videos...

• Mystery Skulls, White Blush, Moonchild, Realboy @ Bootleg Bar (FREE)

• Wires In The Walls, Escalator Hill, George Glass, Michael Davis with Lions, The Picture and the Frame @ Silverlake Lounge (FREE)

• Taylor Dexter, Kyle Crane, Blake Straus Trio @ Lot 1 Café

• Kan Wakan, VUM, Evan Slamka @ The Echo

• A House for Lions, Wake Up Lucid, Rainbow Jackson, Daniel Ahearn & The Jones @ The Echoplex

• The Mowgli’s, Torches, Act As If, Ghost Beach, DJ Henri @ The Satellite (FREE)

• Sarah Grace, Daniel Sobrino @ The Mint

• UUVVWWZ, Dark Furs, Town In The City @ The Central SAPC 

• Johnny Stachela & Duane Betts @ Harvelle’s

• Reverend Freakchild, Rogue Mechanica @ TRiP

• Brett Vogel @ Saint Rocke (6 PM)

• Holychild, Hotel Cinema, This Time With Feeling @ Detroit Bar (FREE)

• Billy Kernkamp and the Brides, Flying Sparks Long Black Shadows @ Constellation Room 

• DJ Hype @ The Observatory

• Cockney Rejects, Youth Brigade, Union 13, Warlords @ El Rey Theatre

• K. Flay, Gavin Turek, Beach Party, Mika Ben-Yami, O-Be1, Ando @ Bardot – It’s a School Night

• Jessica Ash’s Paradium, Hey You!, The Cartunes @ Key Club

• 28 North, Bartholomew, 2ndwheel, The Bleecker Street Company, Naked Walrus @ The Viper Room

• Russell Brand @ Largo

• Moment Trigger, Schwarz, Gnarbaby, Dead Wolf Black @ Pehrspace

• Steel Panther @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

• Jason Joseph & The Spectacular, Josh Karjcik, Somebody’s Darling, Mike Elizondo & Lindsey Ray @ The Hotel Café

• Gliss, Touche, Baron Von Luxxury, Tic Tic Boom! @ Los Globos

• PAX217, Ruslan and The Breax Band, Number One Gun, Propoganda @ House of Blues - Anaheim

Tonight in L.A. (February 11, 2013)

As the industry recovers from its Grammy party hangover - a handful of emerging artists are slated to put their stamp on 2013 with some Monday night shows.  February residents turn in some solid line-ups with The Mowgli's recruiting Terraplane Sun, The Lucky Lonely and COYOL to join them at The Satellite and Mystery Skulls bringing James Supercave and AmpLive to Bootleg Bar.  Both are free.  Free access can also be had at Hunnypot Radio Live at The Central SAPC and It's A School Night where Jurassic 5's Chali 2na performs along with Starting Six, Caught a Ghost and Leagues.





In the out of pocket category - St. Lucia and JMSN play at Constellation Room and another great residency a- A House for Lions at Echoplex - gets visited by Blonde Summer, The New Limb and Soft Swells.  Not too shabby..





For a full list of shows in LA tonight - peep below.  

• Hunnypot Radio Live @ The Central SAPC  (FREE)

• Emeli Sande & Skylar Grey @ Key Club

• Before the Mourning, Malaki, The Knife Outline, Rad!, Hi Tech Hate, Save Our Souls @ The Roxy

• The Black Moods, Bullet Made Statues, The Blind Pets, Sam Ford @ The Viper Room

• Gliss, DWNTWN, Freedom Fry, Silver Hands @ Los Globos (FREE)

• A House for Lions, Blonde Summer, The New Limb, Soft Swells @ The Echoplex

• Ghost Beach, Kan Wakan, Hotel Cinema @ The Echo (FREE)

• The Mowgli’s, Terraplane Sun, The Lucky Lonely, COYOL @ The Satellite (FREE)

• Mystery Skulls, Professor Possessor, James Supercave, AmpLive, Cannel One @ Bootleg Bar (FREE)

• Johnny Stachela & Duane Betts @ Harvelle’s

• Coed Pageant, Kate Brown, Unknown Relatives @ TRiP

• Travelers, Steffaloo, Golden Afternoon, Holychild @ Detroit Bar (FREE)

• St. Lucia, JMSN @ Constellation Room

• Samantha Aurelio @ Room 5 Lounge

• Jason Joseph & The Spectacular (FREE 945-1130), You Me & Apollo, Brandon Rogers, Foy Vance @ The Hotel Café

• Starting Six, Chali 2na, Caught A Ghost, Leagues, Touch Tone, Sean Glass @ Bardot (It's A School Night)

Tonight in L.A. (December 3, 2012)

Get your first Monday of December popping properly with the launch of all new residencies - from The Dead Ships sat The Echo to Jhameel at Bootleg, its a new serving of FREE.  Despite the fresh residencies - It's A School Night again hosts the best free night of music with rising neo hip-hop wunderkind Robert Raimon Roy, along with Alezx Johnson, TeamMate and more.  I also like Hunnypot Radio hosting Chicago MC E-Train and his "Glow So Hard' vibes at The Central SAPC, plus Toy Bombs, Seven Saturdays and a few music supervisor DJ sets.









Other notable shows include KIIS FM's Jingle Ball with the Biebs, Flo Rida, FUN. and more chart toppers like Psy, Islands at Virgil and Vinyl Williams at Pehrspace.  

• KIIS FM’s Jingle Ball Night 2 feat. Justin Bieber, Ke$ha, Flo Rida, The Wanted, FUN., Afrojack, Owl City, Zedd, Psy @ Nokia Theatre LA Live

• Hunnypot Radio Live w/ Toy Bombs, Seven Saturdays, E-Train, Laura Katz (DJ set), Daryl Berg (DJ Set) @ The Central SAPC

• The MIXX @ Harvelle’s

• Lost Bayou Ramblers, The Gumbo Brothers @ The Mint

• Aerosmith @ Staples Center

• El Perro Del Mar Listening Party @ Origami Vinyl

• The Henry Clay People, So Many Wizards, Steelwells, Future Ghost, DJ Neil Shield @ The Satellite (FREE)

• Jeans Wilder, Spirit Vine, Barbarian, Kim Free @ The Echoplex (FREE)

• The Dead Ships, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Wake Up Lucid, Beach Party @ The Echo (FREE)

• 9 Electric, The Natural Born Killers, The Knife Outline, Hi Tech Hate, Vattica, The Dark DJs @ The Roxy

• Metal Shop w/ Little Miss Nasty @ Key Club

• Steel Panther @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

• Jhameel, More Amor, The New Limb, We Are/She Is @ Bootleg Bar (FREE)

• Jason Joseph & The Spectacular, Hudson w/ Shawn Hook, Juliana Joy @ The Hotel Cafe

• Fay Wolf, Sweet Talk Radio, Chris Pierce, Shane Alexander, Joel Eckels  @ Room 5 Lounge

• Alezx Johnson, Oren Lyons, Robert Raimony Roy, TeamMate, Jamie Acid Girls @ Bardot (It’s a School Night) (FREE)

• The Golden Racial, Warships, The Vapes, Handshakes @ Silverlake Lounge (FREE)

• Vinyl Williams HOTT MT, Body Parts, Josh Boyd, Panther Heart @ Pehrspace

• Technocrat, SR. Sly, Rayan Ratfield, Shane Thompson, Greg Johnson @ Detroit Bar (FREE)

• Lolove, Meg Myers, Diamonds Under Fire, Ryan Darton and The Wildbeast @ The Viper Room

• Islands @ The Virgil

• Tapioca & Flea @ Harvard & Stone

• Terraplane Sun, The Record Company @ Velvet Jones

Tonight in L.A. (November 26, 2012)

Its back to work and that end of the year grind for most of us today - including musicians.  This final Monday brings the end of a handful of residencies, most notably The Record Company at The Satellite who will be joined by Das Tapes, The Peach Kings, Strange Vine and KCRW's Jason Kramer.  Its pretty much a power line up of local indie - so make sure to check it out.



If you are disinclined to the eastside - Hollywood offers Its A School Night at Bardot with Rah Rah and the Sunset Strip plays host to The Neighbourhood at The Viper Room and Lindsey Stirling at The Roxy.  I recommend the former over the latter - but that's just my preference.



No list would be complete without mentioning No Doubt's show at Gibson Amphitheatre.  The second of a handful that the revived act brings to the venue.  And honorable mention goes to Organ Freeman at The Mint whose name is just that cool...



A full list of shows is below.

• No Doubt @ Gibson Amphitheatre

• In The Valley Below, Cotillon, Omniflux, Sabrosa Purr @ Bootleg Bar (FREE)

• The Record Company, Das Tapes, The Peach Kings, Strange Vine, Jason Kramer (KCRW) @ The Satellite (FREE)

• Wild Belle, Deep Sea Diver, Pageants @ The Echo

• Cosmonauts, The Garden, Feeding Pepole, The Abigails @ Echoplex (FREE)

• Brooke Telarico, Ariana Hall, Kenneth Aaron Harris, Joel Eckels, Adam Levy @ Room 5 Lounge

• Jordan Booth, Jason Josepeh & The Spectacular, Drew @ The Hotel Café (Free after 9:45)

• Little Miss Nasty @ Key Club

• The Neighbourhood, Bad Suns, Daydreamer @ The Viper Room

• Lindsey Stirling, The Vibrant Sound @ The Roxy

• The Mixx @ Harvelles

• Charming Liars, Knee High Fox @ The Central SAPC

• Organ Freeman, Anonymous, Gaston Light, Jo Eubanks @ The Mint

• Future Fix, Midnight Hour, Justin Soileau @ Detroit Bar (FREE)

• Rah Rah, Drake Doremus, Chris Douridas @ Bardot (Its A School Night)(FREE w/ RSVP)