Los Angeles Tonight (July 18, 2013)

Weekend Warmup time...

Pretty Lights is doing a freebie at Amoeba today at 6PM.  So get your early thizz on early.

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White Arrows and Pyramids are at the bootleg (Woah. Trippy. Man.).

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Fol Chen is at the Hammer Museum for the KCRW summer series.

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Alabama Shakes are at the Palladium with Hurray for the Riff Raff.

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The B-52's are at the Pacific Amphitheater.

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Mayer Hawthorne does a DJ set at Fingerprints.

The Eagle Rock Gospel Singers are at The Echo.

The Record Company takes to the Santa Monica Pier for the Twilight Concert Series opening for MeShell Ndegocello.

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That's a lot of doing tonight, so get to gettin.

Los Angeles Tonight (April 15, 2013)

Got a post Coachella hang-over?  Didn't go, not hungover at all and feeling a bit down?  The best cure for both is to go see more music.  If we're suggesting shows for tonight, and we are, then we'd say go see The Faint with White Arrows at The Observatory.  Or, if you want to get real crazy with your Monday, check out Koshachella with Kosha Dillz, the Hebrew Hammer of Hip Hop (aka Yung Menorah, Lil' Latke, etc. etc.), Y-Luv and some other bands will be rocking The Joint with Kosha tonight.

Full show list is below.   Remember, Monday is just another word for Friday.







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Chief, Western Lows, Samantha Ronson, Rebecca Shiffman, DJ Amika Akaya @ The Satellite (FREE)

Hands, HOTT MT, JJ Corsini, Casual Knowledge @ The Echo (FREE)

Gavin Turek, Burning Ear (DJ Sets) @ Bootleg Bar (FREE)

Ghost B.C. Ides of Gemini @ El Rey Theatre

You Made it Weird w/ Pete Holmes @ Troubadour

Gad Elmaleh @ Largo

Johnny Stachela & Duane Betts @ Harvelle's

Lux Nova, So Long Sucker, The Calefaction, Viet Ruse @ TRiP

Moxi @ The Constellation Room

The Faint, White Arrows @ The Observatory

Suzy Skarulis, Jodee Seiders, Rik Limonard @ The Mint

KOSHACHELLA:  Shtar, Purdue Avenue, Kosha Dillz, Y-Love, Diwon @ The Joint

Kaw, Orphic, F3RAL, Cloud Charmer @ Los Globos

OMD, Diamond Rings @ Fonda Theatre

David Poe, Chris Stills, Jason Joseph & The Soul Spectacular, Al Sperry @ The Hotel Café

Gardeners Logic, Golden Afternoon, TV Girl @ Detroit Bar (FREE)

Black Apples, Legs McNeil @ Harvard & Stone

The Wingard Manor, Bird Mad Girl, Nodggia @ Los Globos

Early Elton John (Elton John Tribute) @ The Roxy

Femme Fest feat. Fabulous Miss Wendy, Sara Rae, Piel, Hear Kitty Kitty, Heavy Glow, The Theadora Kelly Project @ The Viper Room

Sexis Sixis, Rachel Roberts, Ryan Beke, Storey & The Teller @ Redwood Bar

Tonight in L.A. (November 7, 2012)

This humpday throw down trapper style with UZ, Trap Arnold and Djemba Djemba at Low End Theory, laugh about election shenanigans with Russell Brand at Largo or indie rock out with JJAMZ and Mini Mansions at Troubadour.  I definitely recommend Metz and Vinyl Williams at The Echo too.

Other notables include Birdy Nam Nam, Monsta and Nick Thayer at Yost Theater, White Arrows at Harvard & Stone or House of Vibe All Stars at Harvelle’s.  There is a full list of shows below - recommendations are in bold.

• Joe Firstman, Bronze Radio Return, The Endangered, Brandon Coleman @ The Hotel Café

• Poetronigirl: Acoustically Speaking @ Room 5 Lounge

• Jackyl, Scattered Hamlet, Beta Wolf @ The Viper Room

• Premios De La Radio @ Gibson Amphitheatre

• Roshambo, Rare Monk, Cogito, Herculion, Badass Magic @ Silverlake Lounge

• Rt n The 44’s @ One Eyed Gypsy

• Mr. Gnome, Little Red Lung, Eighteen Individual Eyes @ Bootleg Bar

• He Met Her, AK @ The Satellite

• UZ, Djemba Djemba, Trap Arnold @ The Airliner (Low End Theory)

• Burning Jet Black, Young Creatures, Shotgun Revolution @ Molly Malones

• Hedwig & The Angry Inch @ The Roxy

• Blackfeet Braves, Corners, Froth, Santoros @ Lot 1 Café

• Hedwig & The Angry Inch @ The Roxy

• Chris Assad, Casey Hurt, Nicki Bove @ WitZend

• House of Vibe All-Stars @ Harvelle’s

• The DOllface Dames TRiPTease Burlesque Show, Nostatic @ TRiP

• JJAMZ, Mini Mansions, Thrillionaire @ Troubadour

• My Satellite, Leda Atomica, Tremor Low, Ballerina Black @ The Central SAPC

• Russell Brand @ Largo

• Jimi Blaze (6 PM), Ben Sollee, Luke Reynolds, Mojo Stone @ Saint Rocke

• Matty Shea, Ed Galvez, Francisco Ramos, Tony Baker, Courtney Barnett, Noah Drucker, Kip Madsen @ The Mint

• Murzik, James Apollo and His Sweet Unknown @ The Mint (930)

• Metz, Vinyl Williams, Batwings Catwings @ The Echo

• Dub Club @ Echoplex (FREE)

• Birdy Nam Nam, Monsta, Nick Thayer, Mister Blaqk b2b Hogwash @ Yost Theater

• Orca Team, Summer Twins, Meow Twins, Suzi Star, Coli Galdjie @ The Smell

• Miss May I, The Ghost Inside @ House of Blues - Anaheim

• Larry & His Flask, Willy Tea Taylor, The Copyrights, Two Cow Garage @ Slidebar (FREE)

• Nostatic, The Dollface Dames TRiPTease @ TRiP

• Statue of Liberty @ Redwood Bar

• White Arrows, Fortress Social Club @ Harvard & Stone

• Tyrone Wells @ SLO Brew

• Globus @ King King Club

• Jonny POlonsky, Matt Mann @ 3 Clubs

• Oak & Gorski @ Ground Zero – USC

• Alaska Reid @ Standard Hollywood

Tonight in L.A. (October 27, 2012)

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)

• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, DEE-1, Xperience @ Fonda Theatre (SOLD OUT)
• Googoosh E’Jaz @ Nokia Theatre L.A. Live

• 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 4^th 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

• White Arrows @ Constellation Room

• Ron Carter Quartet @ Royce Hall UCLA

• Musiq Soulchild @ City National Grove of Anaheim

Its an Unknown Mortal Orchestra Kind of Weekend...

This weekend Los Angeles gets a double dose of Unknown Mortal Orchestra, the Portland groomed psychedelic indie rock act formed by New Zealand native Ruban Nielson. After their arrival in 2010 and subsequent eruption as a buzz band in 2011, they dropped their Wes Anderson esque video for "Strangers are Strange" in February 2012 in anticipation of their tour.

Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Strangers Are Strange from Pharm on Vimeo.

Now they find themselves on that tour and inhabiting the Echoplex (Saturday) and The Central SAPC (Sunday) - with support from White Arrows and trash-pop act TRMRS (who play earlier that day at KXSC Fest for FREE!). We have two pairs of tickets to give away for each show - email contest@supergoodmusic.com or comment on our facebook page to enter. Winners will be notified by 2 pm on the day of the show.

Speaking of UMO - look out for Kosha Dillz next drop off The Jetlag EP coming soon - it features him and Ducky rapping over some Unknown Mortal Orchestra on a track called "Friends." Check www.koshadillzworld.com or his Facebook for the release...

Its an Unknown Mortal Orchestra Kind of Weekend...

This weekend Los Angeles gets a double dose of Unknown Mortal Orchestra, the Portland groomed psychedelic indie rock act formed by New Zealand native Ruban Nielson. After their arrival in 2010 and subsequent eruption as a buzz band in 2011, they dropped their Wes Anderson esque video for "Strangers are Strange" in February 2012 in anticipation of their tour.

Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Strangers Are Strange from Pharm on Vimeo.

Now they find themselves on that tour and inhabiting the Echoplex (Saturday) and The Central SAPC (Sunday) - with support from White Arrows and trash-pop act TRMRS (who play earlier that day at KXSC Fest for FREE!). We have two pairs of tickets to give away for each show - email contest@supergoodmusic.com or comment on our facebook page to enter. Winners will be notified by 2 pm on the day of the show.

Speaking of UMO - look out for Kosha Dillz next drop off The Jetlag EP coming soon - it features him and Ducky rapping over some Unknown Mortal Orchestra on a track called "Friends." Check www.koshadillzworld.com or his Facebook for the release...

Get Hip To Gardens & Villa: Playing Tonight at Bootleg

Get hip to Gardens and Villa because these boys aren't going anywhere. Equipped with a quiver of flutes, vocals with great range and a vibrant indie band - this troupe may just be the next thing to hit out of Los Angeles.

Not only are their live shows highly entertaining (and occasionally reminiscent of Jethro Tull), but their recordings are solid. I really dig "Black Hills" for which they made a music video

Black Hills by Gardens & Villa from Secretly Jag on Vimeo.

The band hits the road with L.A.'s latest breakout, Foster The People, but I'm thinking that Gardens and Villa could steal the thunder. The lead vocalists voice is a bit more polished and less annoying. Plus, it feels more indie wholesome.

And, unlike Foster The People, who have many songs that unfold into similar jungle jams that have Foster playing one drum rather poorly (i.e. "Broken Jaw", "Helena Beat", etc.) - Gardens and Villa's jam sessions have real chemistry and don't all sound the same.

You can catch these cool cats with a bunch of other indie all-stars tonight at Bootleg Bar. They are joined by White Arrows, Milo Greene and Dangerbird Records' Eulogies. Should be awesome. And it is FREE!!!!