Tonight in L.A. (February 26, 2013)

Its not your average Tuesday this 26th of February because Check Yo Ponytail hits The Echoplex with an amazing line up and Dim Mak Studios is turning things up Jet Life style.   For the uninitiated - let's decipher.

Franki Chan's Check Yo Ponytail party very often takes the cake as the top live music event on any given night that its going down - but tonight's extravaganza at The Echoplex with Com Truise, XXYYXX, Teen Daze and Penthouse Penthouse should be extra special.  Tickets are limited, so if you were not able to cop one - then definitely consider swinging to Dim Mak Studios where emerging newcomer Goldroom, Viceroy and Ghost Beach will be laying down a high quality dance party soundtrack.  Anyone who peeped Viceroy's recent series of Jet Life remixes of the likes of B.I.G., Montell Jordan and Mark Morrsion should know what I am talking about.

Elsewhere in the Holly-hood, Skye of Morcheeba hits The Hotel Cafe's stage, Falling Still performs at Hemingway's and Diddy rages at Supperclub.

For a full list of shows - see below:

• Habits, Tremellow, Hinterlands @ The Satellite

• Com Truise, XXYYXX, Teen Daze, Penthouse Penthouse @ The Echoplex

• Lovely Bad Things, The Shrine Audacity, Zig Zags, Spencer Moody & Corey Brewer @ The Echo

• Ramona Falls, Social Studies, Sexy Jail @ Bootleg Bar

• Plague Vendor, Them Howling Bones, Diamonds Under Fire, Sketch Orchestra, Elevator Sex (DJ Set) @ The Central SAPC (FREE)

• Kiss Electrik, Matt Palmer, Hot Riot!, Casey K @ The Mint

• Hunter and the Dirty Jacks @ Harvelle’s

• The Walking Faces, Dominc James, The Shady Rest Band, Run Downhill @ TRiP

• Paul Freeman @ Dakota Lounge

• Psychic Ills, Gap Dream, Follakzoid @ Detroit Bar

• Sir Sly, Bear Mountain, Man Without Country @ Constellation Room

• Reckless Kelly, Micky & The Motorcars, Sturgill Simpson @ Troubadour

• Sam Outlaw, Jon Hans, Sharaya Mikael @ Lot 1 Cafe

• Rose Finkelstein, The Mots Nouveaux, Jesse Macht @ Room 5 Lounge

• David England, The Picture and the Frame, The Sunset Drifters, Silver Phial, Ted Z and the Wranglers @ Silverlake Lounge

• Santoros , The Abigails, LA Witch@ Harvard & Stone

• Anberlin Vital Tour @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

• Goldroom (Live), Viceroy, Ghost Beach (DJ Set), Bones @ Dim Mak Studios

• Skye (of MOrcheeba), Whiite Dove, Socorro!, Anna Rose, Loretti @ The Hotel Café

• Tessalation, Cy Kosis, Planet Rock, Johanathan Fornes, Noyze Komplaynt, Inbtwn, DJ Kid Loco, MC Sentahs @ King King Club (FREE before 1030)

• Street Joy, Stereo Scenario, Devil in Drag, Furn, Tina Vonn @ The Viper Room

• Dan Tepfer, Sara Gazarek @ bluewhale

• Billy Bones @ Redwood Bar & Grill

• Grant Lee Phillips & Special Guests @ Largo

• Stephanie Kay, Levi Petree, Saga Strings, Devin Tait, Monroe @ Molly Malones

• Green Umbrella: Adams and Dudamel Conduct @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

• The Lions, Peanut Butter Wolf @ Center for the Arts – Eagle Rock

• Falling Still @ Hemingway’s

• Dionne Farris @ Vitello’s Jazz and Supper Club

• Mirror Talk @ Sayer’s Club

• Frank + Derol @ Saint Rocke

• Diddy @ Supperclub

Check Yo Ponytail Celebrates 2 Years Next Week

Close followers of the LA live music scene or frequent foot traffickers of Sunset in Silverlake and Echo Park may have noticed an absence of Check Yo Ponytail shows this week - but rest assured, Franki Chan, Danny Johnson and family are not asleep at the wheel.  They are steering their party to an epic two year celebration.  

They've recruited the biggest party animal of them all - Andrew W.K. - to headline their (re)birthday party at The Echoplex that includes additional music from Icona Pop, Diamond Rings, Cherie Lily and Aleister X.  Its 18+ and advance tickets are only $10 - so there is no doubt this thing sells out.  Get your tickets - or try to win them via SUPERGOOD, but we've only got one pair to share so you might just want to buy....If you feel like testing your luck too - just tweet out @checkyoponytail @supergoodmusic @iheartcomix and @andrewWK to enter or email us at contest@supergoodmusic.com.

If you didn't think the epic birthday party was enough of a treat - Iheartcomix is also hosting Dark Dark Dark, Emily Wells and Miss M.E. at The Echoplex on the 5th and Mount Kimbie with Grenier and Groundislava on the 8th at Los Globos.  Look for giveaways to those shows in next week's Concert Blast.

Rage on.  Hard.  W.K.  Style.

Tonight in L.A. (October 6, 2012)

Today is not just an ordinary first Saturday.  Today and tonight is a circus of music in Los Angeles.

From the early afternoon musings of B.A.M. in Santa Monica featuring a couple of bands - including roots rock faves Dustbowl Revival to the eclectic soundscapes at the 14th Annual Eagle Rock Music Festival and Filter Magazine's 3rd Culture Collide Festival - LA has it going on.  

If you're choosing between ERMF and Culture Collide - your love of the beat scene or lack thereof should dictate your choice.  If you love beat culture - I'd recommend a visit to ERMF because Thundercat, Daedelus, Peanut Butter Wolf, Jonwayne, J-Rocc and Dub Club Sound System are all playing.  If you don't - the rock offerings of Culture Collide features a plethora of international talent and artists you couldn't see on most other weekends in LA.  Whereas ERMF has a lot of local rock talent - tonight's Culture Collide line-up features the likes of Of Montreal, Icona Pop, Niki and The Dove, Gold Fields and more.  

Also on the east side of town - Stepdad rocks The Satellite and Furthur featuring Bob Weir and Phil Lesh jams the Greek Theatre.  

Staples Center hosts The Black Keys with Tegan and Sara for a second night in a row - and The Roxy sees the return of She Wants Revenge and Franki Chan - this time with The Child and The Lonely Trees as additional support.  Also on the strip - Xzibit headlines Key Club with a handful of local MCs on their grind, including FOCI, opening.  

The sleeper show of the night has to be Shpongle Presents: The Masquerade at Hollywood Palladium - apparently Michael Menert and Break Science were just added to the bill.  We have a pair of tickets to give away to that - so do hit us up at contest@supergoodmusic.com or tweet out @supergoodmusic @thepalladium.

Other notables include Dustbowl Revival's double duty at B.A.M. and then McCabe's in Santa Monica, Z.Z. Ward at Space 15 Twenty in the early evening, Yelawolf and Rittz and The Observatory and The Soul of John Black at WitZend.   All recommendations are in bold below.  

• FILTER MAGAZINE’S CULTURE COLLIDE FESTIVAL w/ Of Montreal, Icona Pop, Gold Fields, Ewert and The Two Dragons, Go Back To The Zoo @ The Echoplex

• FILTER MAGAZINE’S CULTURE COLLIDE FESTIVAL w/ Funky Sole DJs and Breakestra @ The Echo (FREE before 11 pm)

• FILTER MAGAZINE’S CULTURE COLLIDE FESTIVAL w/ Moss, The Kavanaghs, Monster Cat, The lighthouse and the Whaler, Young Buffalo @ Taix (Front Lounge)

• FILTER MAGAZINE’S CULTURE COLLIDE FESTIVAL w/ Niki and The Dove, Admiral Fallow, The Golden Ghosts, Boxeur The Coeur @ Taix (Champagne Room)

• FILTER MAGAZINE’S CULTURE COLLIDE FESTIVAL w/Laetitier Sadier, Pageants, Mimes of Wine, Efrat Ben Zur @ The Church

• MONO, Chris Brokaw (of Codeine) @ Bootleg Theater

• Stepdad, Rich Aucoin, Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt @ The Satellite

• Vision, The Pocket Rockets, Horrorscopes @ Lot 1 Cafe

• Stephen Cohn @ Silverlake Lounge

• Efrat Ben Zur, Moss, Ewert and The Two Dragons @ Origami Vinyl (Culture Collide)

• Ben Howard, Marcus Foster, Gill Landry @ Fonda Theatre (SOLD OUT)

• Bobina, Menno De Jong, Kristina Sky @ Avalon Hollywood

• Further feat. Bob Weir & Phil Lesh @ Greek Theatre

• Patricio, Braden Vs. Jack Cousteau, Rafael, De La Cruz @ King King Club

• Peter Gabriel @ Hollywood Bowl

• Joe Jackson & The Bigger Band feat. Regina Carter @ Orpheum Theatre

• Jerome Isma*ae @ Exchange LA

• DJ K-Sly @ Belasco Theater

• VerBs, Basitdas, Aftergloam, Tremellow, DJ Frank Leopold @ The Smell

• She Wants Revenge, The Child, The Lonely Trees, Franki Chan @ The Roxy

• Henson’s Alternative’s Stuffed & Unstrung @ Largo (7:30; 9:30)

• Wayward Sons, Kettle Black, VJ Jamie Scrap @ The Viper Room

• Dark Star Orchestra @ El Rey Theatre

• Tomorrows Bad Seeds, Mike Pinto, Sono Vero @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

• Xzibit, Toni Monroe, FOCI & DJ Pops, 4K & The Chosen Ones, Moon$, Casual Tee, DJ B. Original @ Key Club

• Dry The River, Houndmouth @ Troubadour

• Get Shifty w/ Fly Guys, Marvel the GR8, Thr33zy McFly, Nold, Neo Fresco, Kev Martin & Dela Doze @ The Central SAPC

• Jason Mraz @ The Wiltern

• Shpongle Presents: The Masquerade, Break Science, Michael Menert @ Hollywood Palladium

• Sweetwater & The Satisfaction, Marina V, Lil Dawnee Frinta, Pink Thunder, Mary Lorson @ The Hotel Cafe

• Invasion Latina @ Conga Room

• Alex Anwandter, Technicolor Fabrics , Marise De La Falaise, DJ Santi, Ane @Los Globos

• One Drop Redemption (Bob Marley Tribute), Tribal Theory and Black Salt Tone @ Saint Rocke

• Which One’s Pink @ Brixton South Bay

• Gianna Gianna’s BDay Bash w/ Blok @ Detroit Bar (FREE)

• A-Baum, Slander @ Yost Theater

• Soul 7 @ Harvelle’s

• The Soul of John Black, Sasha Mari, Alphabet @ WitZend

• Jade Giorno, Eric Himan, Teresa King, Michael Van London @ Room 5 Lounge

• 3 Balls of Fire, The Incredible Heavies, Famous in Iowa, Sailors Neptune @ TRiP (FREE)

• The Black Keys, Tegan & Sara @ Staples Center

• Patterson Hood, Kelly Hogan @ Hollywood Cemetery

• Act As If, Lovers Drugs, Tic Tic Boom! @ El Cid

• Circa Survive, Touche Amore, Balance and Composure, O’Brother @ Fox Theater Pomona

• Adam Bones, The Wellingtons, Paper Hearts, Kim Shattuck, Steven Gullett @ Redwood Bar

• Funeral Party, Bullet and Snowfox, Bella Novela @ Slidebar (FREE)

• Good Riddance, Take Offense, Stop Breathing, Skipjack @ Whisky a Go Go

• Yelawolf, Rittz, Trouble Andrew, DJ Vajra @ The Observatory

• Ben Wndel, Harish Raghavan, Justin Brown @ bluewhale

• DJ Gaz, Baby Soul, DJ Boss Harmony, Nina Cole, Viktor @ Del Monte Speakeasy

• Dustbowl Revival, Ladies Gun Club @ McCabe’s

• B.A.M. w/ Dustbowl Revival + More @ Santa Monica

• Poco @ Bright House Networks Amphithieatre

• Lisa Loeb @ Pepperdine University

• Chick Corea, Gary Burton @ Valley Performing Arts Center

• Debbie Reynolds, Jane Fuller @ Coach House

• 14^th Annual EAGLE ROCK MUSIC FESTIVAL w/ Thundercat, Daedelus (DJ Set), Rough Trade All Stars, High Places, Slayron, Contact Field Orchestra, VUM, Apple Brains, Ellen and Matt, Bloom School, NINE, Ukulele Orchestra of Western Hemisphere, Anenon + Andres Renteria, Crimekillz, Fleeting Heart, Jared James Nichols, Vinyl Williams, So Many Wizards, Tijuana Panthers, Imperial Teen, Coleman, Peanut Butter Wolf, J-Rocc, Jonwayne, Chrome Canyon, Vex Ruffin, The Lions, Dub Club Sound System, Leftover Cuties, Triple Chicken Foot, The Record Company, Duniven, Pilgrim, Tawny Ellis, Henry Clay People, Terraplane Sun, Karmic, Beat Club, Robert Schwartzman & Friends + Many More @ ERMF 

Tonight in L.A. (October 5, 2012) - L.A.'s Concerts Tonight

For first Friday - the concert calendar is filthy - from the guitars of The Black Keys at Staples Center to the bass and beats of Big Gigantic and Griz at House of Blues on Sunset.  Download Big G's "Let's Go" to amplify your weekend - whether you're at the show or not.

For the festival goers - Culture Collide has a host of talent playing.  I like Taix's Champagne Room the best with Mr. Little Jeans, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Magic Wands and Voxhaul Broadcast.  Dangerbird artists Royal Teeth are the highlight on a bill that includes School of Seven Bells at The Echoplex.Your Culture Collide wristband also gets you into 826LA for some laughter courtesy of Natasha Leggero and friends. 

For the Hollywood bound - Treasure Fingers puts the speakers to work at Avalon and Dam Funk does the same at The Fonda as support for Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti.  Just down the block - new school rockers meet 90s stars as Dead Sara and Neon Trees support The Offspring at Hollywood Palladium.

Westsiders can enjoy First Friday's with a variety of performances and art spectacles - including Dustbowl Revival at Joe's, or go a little further south and jam out with Particle at Saint Rocke.  Over at The Central SAPC - doctors turned rockers Das Tapes get down.  

Other notables include She Wants Revenge at The Roxy with DJ'd tunes courtesy of Franki Chan, Furthurat Greek Theatre, Richie Spice at The Mint, Dr. Dog atJohn Anson Ford Amphitheatre and Twin Shadow atThe Observatory.  

• FILTER MAGAZINE’S CULTURE COLLIDE FESTIVAL w/ The Big Pink, School of Seven Bells, Royal Teeth, Moss, Optic Yellow Felt @ The Echoplex

• FILTER MAGAZINE’S CULTURE COLLIDE FESTIVAL w/ Zola Jesus, Ewert and The Two Dragons, Sudden Weather Change, Terminal @ The Echo

• FILTER MAGAZINE’S CULTURE COLLIDE FESTIVAL w/ The Balconies, The Moog, Resplandor, Immanu El, Huddle @ Taix (Front Lounge)

• FILTER MAGAZINE’S CULTURE COLLIDE FESTIVAL w/ Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Mr. Little Jeans, Magic Wands, Voxhaul Broadcast @ Taix (Champagne Room)

• FILTER MAGAZINE’S CULTURE COLLIDE FESTIVAL w/ Patrick Wolf, Annie Stela, Penny Hawson, The Trouble with Templeton @ The Church

• UCB PRESENTS COMEDY COLLIDE w/ Emily Maya Mills, Nick Thune, Matt Braunger, Lauren Lapkus, Howard Kremer, Natasha Leggero, The Birthday Boys, Dominic Dierkes, Matt Besser @ 826LA

• The Fuxedos, The Mike Penny Orchestra, Art of Bleeding (Film Screening), Lost Moon Radio, Quazar and the Bamboozled @ Bootleg Bar

• Randy Michael and The Sharp Dressed Lads, Alexandra and the Starlight Band, Hammered Satin, The Bloodhounds @ The Satellite

• Eekis vs. Colour, Palace Walls, Frownees Van Can’t @ Lot 1 Café (FREE)

• Coldair, The Trouble With Templeton, Kyst @ Origami Vinyl (Culture Collide)

• Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, BODYGUARD, Dam Funk @ The Fonda Theatre

• Treasure Fingers, Burns, Codes, Brazabelle, Burn Unit @ Avalon Hollywood

• Further feat. Bob Weir & Phil Lesh @ Greek Theatre

• Franco Benito, Max Cooper, Andrew S, Anton Tumas @ King King Club

• Jason Mraz @ Hollywood Bowl

• Gerardo Ortiz @ Nokia Theatre LA Live

• The Black Keys w/ Tegan & Sara @ Staples Center

• BT, Audien @ Exchange LA

• Esther Anaya vs. DJ Stephanie Loayza @ Belasco Theater

• Orlando Greenhill, Sunblast The Shadows, Moms With Tats, In Tents @ The Smell

• She Wants Revenge, Gliss, Pyyramids, Franki Chan (DJ) @ The Roxy

• Fly Society, Foxsta, PL, Vaughn @ On The Rox

• The Lonely Drunk Clubs Band Perform Led Zeppelin IV w/ Gypsyhawk, Scorpion Child, The Fabulous Miss Wendy, On The Fifty @ The Viper Room

• Dr. Dog, Cotton Jones @ John Anson Ford Amphitheatre

• The Maccabees, IO Echo @ El Rey Theatre

• Big Gigantic, GRiZ @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

• Michael Schenker Group, Rattlehead, The Hard Way, Greg Allen Knights, Templar, Jemma Louis @ Key Club

• The Helio Sequence, Slowdance @ Troubadour

• Richie Spice, RnD @ The Mint

• Das Tapes, Bear Fight!, Bastille @ The Central SAPC

• The Head and The Heart, Blitzen Trapper, Bryan John Appley @ The Wiltern

• The Offspring, Neon Trees, Dead Sara @ Hollywood Palladium

• Peter Wolf, Broken Anchor @ The Hotel Café

• Particle, Steel Toed Slippers, Merciless Jive @ Saint Rocke

• Josh Heinrich’s Stranger, Skillinjah, Just Chill @ Brixton South Bay

• The Secret Affair (Northern Soul Dance Club) @ Alex’s Bar

• L-Vis 1990, Total Freedom, Nguzunguzu, Prince William, Kingdom @ Los Globos

• Piripa, [a]pendics, Steve Huerta, James Freidman, Filrouge, Hanre @ Los Globos

• Jes, Oscar Wylde @ Yost Theater

• Andrew Ryan, Armada, Red Circle Underground @ Harvelle’s

• Aquile, Tyler Conti, Dallison, Belinda Skinner @ WitZend

• Shulravision, Jonna Kae & Justin Sheehy, Lee Ellen Starks, Casey Wickstrom, Coke Youngblood @ Room 5 Lounge

• Harmonious Fits, Woodset, Swords of Fatima, Ghost Lyon, softCORE @ TRiP (FREE)

• Twin Shadow, Pegasus Warning, Mini Mansions @ The Observatory

• Deadly Finns, Wide Street, Dirt Dress @ Redwood Bar

• Open Air Stereo, Still The Sky’s Limit, Still Phantoms @ Slidebar

• Sea Wolf, Oren Lyons @ Constellation Room (The Observatory)

• Otmaro Ruiz, Aaron Rafael Serfaty, Catina Deluna, Larry Koonse, Joon Lee @ bluewhale

• Robyn Hitchcock @ McCabe’s Guitar Shop

• Laura Marling @ Pappy & Harriets Pioneertown Palace

• Barely Blind, What Hands Are For, The Goodnight, Culprit @ El Cid

• The Americans, The 454’s, Maladjusted, Exit Module @ Hard Rock Café Hollywood

• Marcus Miller @ Catalina Bar & Grill

• Lita Ford, Kenny Hale, Spare Parts for Broken Hearts @ Coach House

• Strung Out, The Swellers, Such Gold @ House of Blues – Anaheim

• One Drop, Nada Rasta @ SLO Brew

• Nightwish, Kamelot @ City National Grove of Anaheim

• Barry Zweig Trio (FREE), DJ Alfred Hawkins @ Del Monte Speakeasy

• Dustbowl Revival @ Joe’s (First Fridays)

IHC Presents: Clicks & Whistles at Los Globos

Tonight get down with the emerging dope filth that is Clicks & Whistles at Los Globos.  



Likely to cut up the best in fresh beats that you've hardly ever heard - Clicks & Whistles bring a refreshing grind to the beat scene.  Low End Theory heads should take notice and anyone looking to accelerate their HAM situation tonight should show up at Globos before midnight - which is when Clicks & Whistles allegedly take the stage.

Its an IHC Presents event - so you know the visuals will be dope, the crowd will be colorful and the music on point.  Due to travel complications - Sinjin Hawke had to bail - so Sinden is stepping in, along with FuzZ and Keltronix.  Snag tickets so you can come whenever you want at www.iheartcomix.com or wait for the door - its $12.  You can also enter our contest for a pair of tickets by emailing contest@supergoodmusic.com or tweeting out @supergoodmusic @iheartcomix  @clicksxwhistles #ff.  Winner will be chosen in 2 hours.