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. (December 10, 2012)

Its another week of holiday parties and scrambling to make sure you see everyone before they leave town and enter the entertainment industry dark weeks.  Perhaps you'll find them at the Hurricane Sandy comedy benefit going on downtown at Club Nokia with the likes of Will Ferrell, Aziz Ansari, Sarah Silverman and more.  Or maybe a local concert like Jhameel's residency at Bootleg with support from the feisty up and coming indie-dance act Mind The Gap?  Or maybe they'll be Robert Raimon Roy's record release party at The Standard Hollywood (listening begins at 10:15?  Or maybe they'll be somewhere else....

If its somewhere else I might recommend Eastern Conference Champions and Bixby Knolls at The Echo, because its free or Bonhom, Diwon, E-Train, Palter Ego and Neutron at The Central SAPC because its festive and lots of jewish artists will be celebrating with Hannukah performances.

For more recs - see below:

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• LOUD VILLAGE Presents…Comedy for the Holidays @ Troubadour

• Metal Shop w/ Little Miss Nasty @ Key Club

• Diamond Revival, Charming Liars, Beatrice Brigitte @ The Viper Room

• Bonhom, Purdue Avenue, Diwon, E-Train, Palter Ego, Neutron, DJ Danny Mentoly, Danika Daze @ The Central SAPC

• theKI, Like Clockwork, Mark Hildreth, Poppa’s Kitchen @ The Mint

• Jackie Does Joel, Brother Sal, Joe Purdy, Brian Wright @ Room 5 Lounge

• The Mixx @ Harvelle’s

• Jason Joseph & The Spectacular, Dominique Pruitt, Maria Del Pilar, IAMEVE @ The Hotel Café

• 4^th Annual Paul Scheer Sexy Christmas Spectacular @ Largo

• Steel Panther @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

• Technocrat, Sir Sly, Brandon De  Le Cruz @ Detroit Bar (FREE)

• Lamps, Doses, MYNX, Roman Milk @ Pehrspace

• Handshakes, Wires in the Walls, Future Dancing, Bedcake, Orange Umbrella @ Silverlake Lounge (FREE)

• Willy Moon, Pop Levi, Madi Diaz, Harper Blynn @ Bardot (It’s a School Night)

• Jhameel, Young Hunting, Mind The Gap @ Bootleg Bar (FREE)

• Sons of the Damned, Orange Blossom Special @ Constellation Room

• We Hate Hurricanes: Hurricane Sandy Benefit w/ Aziz Ansari, Will Ferrell, Sarah Silverman, Chelsea Peretti & Special Guests @ Club Nokia

• Eastern Conference Champions, The Bixby Knolls, The Reflections @ The Echo (FREE)

• The Child, Hammered Satin, Young Girls, Fan-Tan @ The Echoplex (FREE)

• The Henry Clay People, Son of Stan, TS and the Past Haunts @ The Satellite (FREE)

• Robert Raimon Roy @ The Standard Hollywood

Tonight in L.A. (October 30, 2012)

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

• Moonchild, Erin McLaughlin, Shoshana Bean, Rafe Pearlman @ Room 5 Lounge

• Go West Young Man, The New Limb, Western Scene, The Shade @ The Central SAPC (FREE)

• Dim Mak Halloween Party! @ Dim Mak Studios

• Gjelina Showcase and Halloween Party @ Del Monte Speakeasy

• The Rocky Horror Picture Show @ Yost Theater

• Gardeners Logic, Let’s Drive to Alaska, Heavy Petal, The Antiques @ Detroit Bar

• Daniel Kirkpatrick & The Bayonets, Clint JuN Gamboa @ Molly Malones

• BuzzBands LA $+ Year Anniversary Show w/ Voxhaul Broadcast, Gliss, The Breakups @ Federal Bar

• Foreigner @ The Grammy museum

• Beach Party @ Harvard & Stone

• The Asteroids Galaxy Tour @ The Observatory

• Con Bro Chill @ Constellation Room

• Clash of the titans, Thoramay @ House of Blues - Anaheim

Bonnaroo Announcement Courtesy of ESPN's John Anderson

With festival announcements, line-ups and promo getting cooler and quirkier every year - Bonnaroo made sure that they continue to set the standard by recruiting ESPN anchor John Anderson to assist on their announcement.

Relishing in former non-existent band glory, Anderson delivers a few funny words before the video goes all synthed out and cartoony with the list of artists performing at Bonnaroo 2012. Hard to imagine them topping their 10th anniversary line-up - but they may have done it with this one!

Bonnaroo Announcement Courtesy of ESPN's John Anderson

With festival announcements, line-ups and promo getting cooler and quirkier every year - Bonnaroo made sure that they continue to set the standard by recruiting ESPN anchor John Anderson to assist on their announcement.

Relishing in former non-existent band glory, Anderson delivers a few funny words before the video goes all synthed out and cartoony with the list of artists performing at Bonnaroo 2012. Hard to imagine them topping their 10th anniversary line-up - but they may have done it with this one!