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)

Los Angeles Concerts Tonight (January 4th)

Need something to do in LA on humpday. Check out our daily dosage of concerts to see what suits your fancy. For Wednesday January 4, 2012 - here is who's rocking the L dot A dot...

• Dennis Quaid & The Sharks Movie Premier Party w/ Martin Guigui All-Stars feat Kenny Aronoff, Billy Gibbons, Ellis Hall, Bruce Willis, The Aerolites & Surprise Guests @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

• LA Beatdown Presents: Funktion feat. Rusko @ The Music Box

• Key Losers, The Finches, French Quarter @ The Smell

• Hi Fashion, Professor Possessor Actually, Waterlaso @ Bootleg Bar

• One High Five, Adam Bones, Phlying Saucer, The Knitts @ Silverlake Lounge

• Hepa/Titus, Virgina Reed, Dead Dawn, Kill Kill Kill @ Echo

• Dub Club feat. Anthony B & His Band @ Echoplex

• Ariana Hall, Brooke Northdrop, Paige Nichols, Eric Lumiere @ The Hotel Café

• Good Vibe Wednesdays @ The Central SAPC

• A Recreation of Dave Matthew’s “Live at Luther College” @ Saint Rocke

• Jamstain @ The Roxy

• Big Business, Neil Hamburger, Full Time Punks DJs feat. DJ Hevy Stuff & DJ Shannon Cornett @ Alex’s Bar

• Blake Miller (Moving Units), DJ Niko @ Detroit Bar

• Harlequin Jones @ Redwood Bar

• Nightmare Anatomy, New Years Day, Rockett Queens @ Slidebar Café

• Low End Theory: Scoop Deville, Sweatson Klank, Eyelove & Low End Resident DJs @ Airliner

Los Angeles Concerts Tonight (January 4th)

Need something to do in LA on humpday. Check out our daily dosage of concerts to see what suits your fancy. For Wednesday January 4, 2012 - here is who's rocking the L dot A dot...

• Dennis Quaid & The Sharks Movie Premier Party w/ Martin Guigui All-Stars feat Kenny Aronoff, Billy Gibbons, Ellis Hall, Bruce Willis, The Aerolites & Surprise Guests @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

• LA Beatdown Presents: Funktion feat. Rusko @ The Music Box

• Key Losers, The Finches, French Quarter @ The Smell

• Hi Fashion, Professor Possessor Actually, Waterlaso @ Bootleg Bar

• One High Five, Adam Bones, Phlying Saucer, The Knitts @ Silverlake Lounge

• Hepa/Titus, Virgina Reed, Dead Dawn, Kill Kill Kill @ Echo

• Dub Club feat. Anthony B & His Band @ Echoplex

• Ariana Hall, Brooke Northdrop, Paige Nichols, Eric Lumiere @ The Hotel Café

• Good Vibe Wednesdays @ The Central SAPC

• A Recreation of Dave Matthew’s “Live at Luther College” @ Saint Rocke

• Jamstain @ The Roxy

• Big Business, Neil Hamburger, Full Time Punks DJs feat. DJ Hevy Stuff & DJ Shannon Cornett @ Alex’s Bar

• Blake Miller (Moving Units), DJ Niko @ Detroit Bar

• Harlequin Jones @ Redwood Bar

• Nightmare Anatomy, New Years Day, Rockett Queens @ Slidebar Café

• Low End Theory: Scoop Deville, Sweatson Klank, Eyelove & Low End Resident DJs @ Airliner

HARD HAUNTED MANSION - LESS THAN 4 WEEKS AWAY!

The HARD Haunted Mansion returns to The Shrine on Friday October 28th and makes it its home for two nights of raucous electronic mayhem. You probably don't need us to tell you how nasty its going to be if you were at HARD Summer...but if you weren't, we promise, it will be the sauce.

The line-up is maxed out. With fierce competition for wearing the badge of dopest electronic music event of the year, Hard Haunted Mansion is making a strong play for the belt. Catching Skrillex on his Mothership Tour (along with his support act, 12th Planet) is key and with Rusko, Skream, Benga and more - dubstepping college children are guaranteed to have their faces melted.

Fatboy Slim, Soulwax, Major Lazer, Laidback Luke and 2Manydjs only make it more tempting - and then all the rising support cast, from SBTRKT to Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs to The Knocks will keep the concrete dance floor rocking from the second the doors open on Friday at 6 p.m.

Cop your tickets for both nights at Shrine Expo Hall here.

Event is from 6pm - 2am each night. 18+ event.

The full line-up is below:

Fatboy Slim
Soulwax
Rusko
Skrillex
Laidback Luke
2manydjs
Major Lazer
Skream + Benga
Tiga
Fake Blood
12th Planet
Switch
SBTRKT
L-Vis 1990
Annie Mac
Goose
Housemeister
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs
Pearson Sound
Destructo
Paul Chambers
The Magician
Jackmaster
Beataucue
Kingdom
Oliver
Japanese Popstars
The Knocks
Clockwork

11 ACTS TO CATCH AT NORTH COAST MUSIC FESTIVAL

The second installment of North Coast Music Festival is filled with artists both big and small - but there are 11 current, former and future chart toppers that we think make the return of the festival an extra special one. This collection of artists have been bringing thier A game to stages for years - and we expect nothing less from them this weekend in Chicago.

1. Thievery Corporation - 8:30 - 10:00 Sunday; Red Bull Grove Stage -

With a new album under their belt – “Culture of Fear” – that continues the massive groups reign as the quintessential eclectic world influenced chill music. From “Stargazer” to the title track – the new record is a winner and maintains the Corporation’s position as one of the better composition groups out there. With an ensemble that can exceed a dozen people – its not so easy to find a stage suitable for the Corporation – but North Coast is providing that platform (they also play a late show on Sunday). Check out this youtube video for "Free" off of the new record.

2. Bassnectar - 8:30 - 10:00 Sunday; North Coast Stage -

Squaring off against Thievery, this may be the toughest decision of the festival. But Bassnectar has been crushing the festival circuit this summer. Arguably at more big or legitimate festivals than any other electronic artist/DJ this summer, Lorne has been throwing the bass down on stages around the country at lightning pace. With a progressive and coordinated visual performance to compliment his tunes, and always with something to say to the crowd before an epic drop, a Bassnectar festival set is not to be missed. If you do have to miss it - he is going on a national tour.

3. Common - 7:30 - 8:30 Saturday; Named After Groupon Stage -

With rumors circulating of a new album coming soon and a recent series of Rock The Bells performances of his record “BE”, Common is again part of the buzz in the hip-hop community. His conscious, eloquent, creatively crafted lyrics compliment almost any beat he is given and there is no doubt the Chi-Town native is probably cooking up something wicked. With a festival performance in his hometown – I certainly wouldn’t miss it. The potential for a cameo or guest to show up is realistic and whether one does or doesn’t, Common can carry a performance from coast to coast any day.

4. Rusko – 6:30 - 7:30 Saturday; North Coast Stage

Producer extraordinaire Rusko brings his preferred bass drops to NCMF and I couldn’t be more excited. After unfortunately missing him at Camp Bisco (he cancelled) and his absence from some of the most major festival line-ups (Coachella, Bonnaroo, Lollapalooza) – catching a Rusko set this summer has not been that easy. The 26 year old dubstep juggernaut has produced for M.I.A., Britney Spears and recently Mike Posner’s "Shut Up."

5. David Guetta - 8:30 - 10 Friday; North Coast Stage

The man that popularized electro-soul-house headlines tonight and, rightfully so. Owning multiple #1 hit records, including a recently released album “Nothing But The Beat” that is crushing charts on just about every continent, Guetta is at the top of his game. With lasers, robots and hot drops galore at any Guetta show – he is the perfect act to end the first night of a hopefully epic weekend.

6. Lettuce - 4:30 - 5:30 Saturday; North Coast Stage

These ambassadors of funk have been playing together for over a decade - hailing back to their days at Berklee School of Music. Each member has their own viable bad ass offshoot - from Deitch's Break Science and stint with Pretty Lights to Krasno and Evans' Soulive - they all do their thing separately. But when this super group gets together - its about as dirty as funk gets. While each man in this band is an all star - it is a toss up as to who the anchor is. I'm a big fan of Jesus, their bassist, who has smacked the strings on some classic hip-hop records as well as stages around the world. Check out a sampling of their live energy and a little background on the band in these two youtube videos:

7. Major Lazer - 6:00 - 7:00 Saturday; Red Bull Grove Stage

Major Lazer brings together super producer Diplo and producer Switch into a baile-funk, dancehall inspired island flavored beat creating duo. With one LP, one EP, a mash-up record with La Roux (Lazerproof) and a handful of mixtapes in the last three years - Lazer has been very active on the recording side of things. They've also been active on the festival circuit - although I haven't caught them yet this summer. Saturday will change that. Here's "Pon De Floor" - one of their more popular cuts that appears routinely in other people's DJ sets.

http://youtu.be/g2nmgcVbfKE

8. The Budos Band - 3:30 - 4:30 Sunday: Named After Groupon Stage

This Daptastic crew of funky soul brothers hail from Brooklyn and make funk that is one half afrobeat, one quarter soul and all parts bad ass. Distinctively different from Lettuce, as well as other funk NCMF performers The New Mastersounds, The Budos Band's commitment to tribal rhythms and sounds is evident on each of their three records, including their most recent release, 2010's The Budos Band III. Their unique afro-soul usually comes in a 10+ person package, and who knows just how many will don North Coast's stage. Check out "Up From The South" which was the theme song for the NFL network several season ago.

9. Little Dragon - 5:30 - 6:30 Sunday; Named After Groupon Stage

Swedish synth pop darlings have been all the rage in 2011, especially since their release of Ritual Union, the groups third album, on July 25, 2011. With a handful of festival appearances since then, including Outside Lands, and this weekends appearance at North Coast as well as Bumbershoot, Little Dragon is enjoying their much deserved success as much as possible. Spearheaded by Japanese singer Yukumi Nagano, the group has been around since 1996 and is finally getting their justified dues. Post festival season they will be touring with Friendly Fires and Unknown Mortal Orchestra.

Check out them performing "Ritual Union" on KCRW. And check out Syd The Kid of Odd Future remixing one of their tracks here.

10. Zeds Dead - 3:00 - 4:00 Saturday; Red Bull Grove Stage

Progressive electronic dubstep duo made up of DC and Hooks from Toronto make what I like to call disco dubstep at times. It definitely gets your ass moving. A favorite of and frequent appearance in many DJs sets - these industry darling child's performances are quite the jam. Plus - their name is a homage to Pulp Fiction. Don't miss!

11. Break Science - 3:30 - 4:30 Saturday; Named After Groupon Stage

RJD2 is a DJ in the vein of Shadow, Jel and others that blend great samples with drum machines and make beats and compositions that have a classic hip-hop feel as well as broader appeal. Break Science is the magical duo of Adam Deitch and Borahm Lee - making glitch break beat electro jams out of NYC and delivering them to the world. While you may not have heard of their project - you've certainly heard Borahm at any of Kanye's more recent shows and Deitch has been a mainstay drummer on the scene since the 90s when he played drums with the Fugees. These two party starting forces collided at this years Camp Bisco and look to continue the magic here at North Coast. (they also play a late show Saturday)

Rusko at Wiltern & "Everday"

Rusko is throwing his womp down at The Wiltern on Saturday night with Destructo.

He also just dropped this dope video for "Everyday" that was shot in the California desert by the Salton Sea.

Rusko - Everyday from Mad Decent on Vimeo.