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

No shortage of musical options on this fresh Friday...but there is a shortage of music videos because SUPERGOOD is flying the friendly skies and videos don't load that quickly when your 30,000 feet in the air.  

Getting down in LA tonight are a host of talented artists - from the rhythmic beauty of Femi Kuti & The Positive Force to the wild cover energy of Hyper Crush, many of L.A.'s stages will be ignited with quality music.  

Of Mice & Men rock at House of Blues - Sunset STrip, Andrew Bird evokes emotions at Largo as does Kelley James at Key Club.  For a fun sing along - consider the cover sounds of Black Crystal Wolf Kids at El Cid where they are joined by Ninja Betty & The Nunchix.  If you want to dance dance dance - check Congorock at Avalon or Gladkill and Kastle at King King Club.   Indie kids can enjoy The Dead Ships at The Satellite.

Last but certainly not least - ultimate funksters, fans of Parliament, and Talking Heads heads should swing to The Mint to catch Bernie Worrell Orchestra and see the legend Worrell in the flesh!

• DDT Unplugged @ The Wiltern

• Pennywise, Lagwagon @ Hollywood Palladium

• Of Mice & Men, Woe Is Me, Texas in July, Volumes, Capture the Crown @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

• Femi Kuti & The Positive Force, Jeremy Sole @ El Rey Theatre

• Tydi, Matt Lange @ Exchange LA

• DJ Reflex, Disko Drew, DJ Kazaa @ Belasco Theatre

• An Intimate Evening w/ Andrew Bird @ Largo

• Soccoro!, Traps PS, Palm Reader, Smelvetine, Dj Molly Shelton @ Pehrspace

• Vim Dicta, The Do-Its, H & S Band & Burlesque w/ DJ Dan Mancini @ Harvard & Stone

• Vibrometers @ One Eyed Gypsy

• Warships, Western Loveres, Gemini Club, Brett @ The Echo

• The Van Allen Belt @ Origami Vinyl (FREE)

• Wild Roses, Them Guns, Lisa Tucker, UBI, Red Lettered, KaRrMa @ Troubadour

• The Nasty Souls, Infantree, The Blessings, Kid Gramaphone, GT350’s @ The Roxy

• Abandoned Pools, The Lonely Drunks Club, Lost in a Car Crash, Charming Liars @ The Viper Room

• Kelley James @ Key Club

• Johnny Stachela Band, Duane Betts @ Harvelle’s

• The New Division, Let’s Drive to Alaska, DIVA, Newman Wolf, Freshair @ The Central SAPC

• Congorock, Marcel Woods, Black Boots, Poupon, Sam Hiller @ Avalon

• So Many Wizards, Feeding People, Now, Wild Pack of Canaries @ The Smell

• Black Crystal Wolf Kids, Ninja Betty & The Nunchix, Forrest Day @ El Cid

• The Dollyrots, Ingenue, Michael Van London @ Redwood Bar

• Henry Rollins @ McCabe’s Guitar Shop

• W-H-I-T-E, Noyes, Protect Me @ Lot 1 Café

• Tampled by Turtules, Honeyhoney @ The Observatory

• Pebaluna, Louise Goffin, Mieka Pauley, Tim Bader, Della Valle, Erin McLaughlin @ The Hotel Café

• Social Distortion, Cobra Skulls, Dano Forte’s Juke Joint Freak Show @ House of Blues – Anaheim

• Down, Warbeast, Honky @ City National Grove of Anaheim

• Tower of Power @ Canyon

• John C. Reilly & Friends @ Bootleg Bar

• The Dead Ships, Superbus (from France), Kiven, Missing Teen (Future Ghost) @ The Satellite

• KLSY, Digital Detroit, Mathai @ Molly Malones

• Eric Lumiere, Chelsea Williams, Stephen Wrabel & Jamie Floyd @ Room 5 Lounge

• Christopher Lawrence, Cowboy Mike, Endgam3 @ Yost Theater

• Gladkill, Kastle, Anthony Ellect @ King King Club

• Jeff (of Sand Section) @ Saint Rocke (6 PM)

• Hyper Crush, Jane Bang, DJ Excel @ Saint Rocke (9 PM)

• Barry Zweig Trio @ Del Monte Speakeasy (FREE)(8 PM)

• Off The Wall, Alfred Hawkins, FM Radio + Corners Band @ Del Monte Speakeasy

• Lovesores, Crazy Squeeze, Hitchhikers, Babylon Sweethearts @ Alex’s Bar

• Mars and the Massacre, Alex Arndt & The Sonic Universe, Looner, West @ TRiP 

• Chris Laterzo, Songbirds, Alaina Blair, Calico @ WitZend

• Bernie Worrell Orchestra, NVO @ The Mint

• Michael Feinberg Group @ Bluewhale

• Focus on Eotvos: Midori Plays Eotvos @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

Tonight in L.A. (November 29, 2012)

If you'd like to enjoy a concert tonight to celebrate longtime SUPERGOODMUSIC Concert Blast subscriber Chris "Wicksauce" Wick's 30th Birthday  - I might suggest Mark De Clive Lowe's Church Sessions at Del Monte Speakeasy featuring Nia Andrews, amongst others.  Its close to the beach and they make some mean drinks downstairs at Townhouse.  Another alternative might be to go admit you're not worthy in the presence of Alice Cooper at Orpheum Theatre.  

Get close to everyone at Fonda Theatre when Alex Clare of recent Microsoft/Bing commercial fame rocks the house with support from Moshav.

For some local flavor - check out El Cid with Ninja Betty & The Nunchix, Thunderdikk and Fartbarf or the DJ action of Guns in The Sun crew and Bixel Boys at the Dance Right party at La Cita.  Full list of shows below...recommendations in bold.

• Vs Party @ The Central SAPC

• Harlow Gold Show @ Harvelle’s

• Mark De Clive Lowe w/ Nia Andrews, Trevor Ware, Dexter Story & More @ Del Monte Speakeasy

• Helicopter Rounds, I’mU @ The Mint

• Karmin @ Troubadour (SOLD OUT)

• Kai Brown, Dawn Mitschele, Franchot Tone @ WitZend

• Off With Their Heads, French Exit, Gone to Ground, Fiction Reform @ Alex’s Bar

• Anuhea, Matt Jennings, Japali Loung, Sara Dee @ Saint Rocke

• Raiding the Rock Vault – “The Greatest Set List Ever” @ Mayan Theater

• Alice Cooper, Kill Devil Hill @ Oprheum Theatre

• Lawrence Arabia @ Origami Vinyl

• Hobart W. Fink, The Vim Dicta, A Girl I Know, Runson Willis @ Lot 1 Café

• Sandbox, Burning Jet Black, Alright Alright @ The Satellite

• Touche, Glow Marrow, Body Parts, Cayucas @ The Echo

• Noah and The Megafauna, Killsonic, Tommy Santee Klaws @ The Echoplex

• Galactic Unicorn Sandwich, AHEE, LushaBunny, The Rogue Mechanica, Helios, Jive Diva Danielle @ King King Club

• Ni Hao, Crazy Band, Mikki and the Mauses, Bastidas @ The Smell

• Young London, TM87, From Here to LA @ On The Rox

• Daisy & Heavenly Rockstars, Wes Michaels, Jesse Scott, Drip N’ Steez, N’Credible Hero @ The Roxy

• UFO, Stonebreed @ Key Club

• Dieselboy, Mayhem @ Constellation Room

• Alex Clare, Moshav @ The Fonda Theatre

• Henry Rollins “The Long March” @ Largo

• Eluveitie @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

• Motordrone, Yard of Blondes @ Bootleg Bar

• Plum, Nicole Eva Emery, The Colurs, Kate Earl, Whitehorse @ The Hotel Cafe

• Matt Koziol, Aaron Encinas, Whitney Wood @ Room 5 Lounge

• Frolic w/ Kei Abe (Ubiquity Records), Duran Castro, Phillip Cejudo @ One Eyed Gypsy

• Awkwid, David Rolas @ Los Globos

• Dandelo, Owls, Captions @ Silverlake Lounge

• Stacy Clark, Golden Afternoon, Act As If, Jeremy Brock, Alex Bostelman, Vox Humans @ Detroit Bar

• Ninja Betty & The Nunchix, Thunderdikk, Fartbarf @ El Cid

• Guns in The Sun, Bixel Boys @ La Cita

Indie Music on A Stoner Holiday

If you're hip to cannabis culture, you'd know today is a holiday for the avid weed smoker. You might also know that Slightly Stoopid is playing at Greek Theatre tonight, where they are joined by Bad Brains, Barrington Levy and special guests Karl Denson, Del Tha Funky Homosapien and Don Carlos. This line-up is like a mini-festival and I'm sure it will be some stanky funky 'ish (both audibly and odorously).

If you can't foot the bill for that, or you just want to kick it low key with the Stoopid boys post show - El Cid is hosting the after party, where they will be showing Reefer Madness and have performances from Stonefeather and The Originalites amongst others.

There are plenty of musicians elsewhere around town, including ones that embrace the bottle over the cheeba. You could share a drink with some rising locals at any eastside indie enclave - and I plan on doing just that at Silverlake Lounge with Risers at 9:15, as well as with Tic Tic Boom! at Bootleg at 11:30. I like both acts songwriting a lot - Tic Tic Boom!'s catchy "Just Friends" on Locals Only has caught my ear (as well as their latest "Bees") and Risers sort of wowed me at The Satellite last week with their performance of Devil's Game. Check that out here -

Risers are joined by Aerial Stereo (8:30), Handshakes (10), Mile Greene (10:45) and Y Luv (11:30); Tic Tic Boom! are joined by Old Scholar (10:30) and Tyler Steele & The Helping Thieves (9:30) as well as I Promote Good Bands and Zoomania Music crews.

Hope to see you out tonight. New Los Angeles Concert Blast published tomorrow!

The Electro Majic Invasion

(Keith Masters at El Cid - photograph by Matt Roznovak)

(Keith Masters & Futurecop! are ELECTRO MAJIC; photograph by Matt Roznovak)

So, Keith Masters and Futurecop! descended upon Los Angeles delivering their futuristic, dream-wave, synth based electro majic music to three hungry crowds before going back into orbit and heading to San Francisco.

I had the pleasure of kicking it with the rising MC and production team all weekend and took in all three of their shows (El Cid was probably my favorite). Futurecop!'s album release is slated for the summer and will feature a smattering of songs that include Keith Masters, but look for a full on Masters and Futurecop! ELECTRO MAJIC release sometime not too far after that. Their genre melting music can already be heard on the internet and seen on our youtube channel with songs like "88 Girls" and "Teenage Love."

Below is a sampling of pictures from La Cita and El Cid (we ran out of batteries at 14 Below).

(Manz of Futurecop! at El Cid - photograph by Matt Roznovak)

(Keith Masters at La Cita - photograph by Brandon "Boom D" Dorsky)

(Keith Masters & Futurecop! are ELECTRO MAJIC at El Cid - photograph by Brandon "Boom D" Dorsky)

(Kam & Futurecop! [Manz & Peter] at La Cita - photograph by Brandon 'Boom D' Dorsky)

(Keith Masters, Nicole and Manz of Futurecop! at El Cid - photograph by Matt Roznovak)

(Manz of Futurecop! - photograph by Matt Roznovak)

Check out more from these artists on their respective myspace pages and twitters.

For Keith Masters - go to www.myspace.com/keithmasters and www.twitter.com/keithmasters

For Futurecop! - go to www.myspace.com/thefuturecop and www.twitter.com/futurecopx