Tonight in L.A. (February 23, 2013)

Its the last Saturday of February, a night before the Oscars and its time to get funky!   To help, Big Sam's Funky Nation is coming into town to let it all loose at The Mint.  Catch that trombone blow the roof of the Pico venue with some help from Quinn Deveaux.  

For some more talented musicianship consider seeing one of the masters of slide guitar - Robert Randolph - at Royce Hall.  





Those funky and jazz tickets sometimes can be a little outside the price range - so maybe you need some cheaper (or free) options.  Funky Sole's weekly event goes down at The Echo, and is free before 11.  Tonight Oliver Wang does a special DJ set.  Another DJ party with a low price tag is Chrome Canyons and Peanut Butter Wolf over at Los Globos.  For a little more money you can get a little freakier with Freq Nasty and LowRIDERz at El Rey Theatre.  





No list would be complete without mentioning that 311 invades The Roxy for the first of two nights that are certain to sell out and be packed to the gills.  DJ Unite opens up at the venue.

For a full list of shows tonight - look below the last video...

• 311, DJ Unite @ The Roxy

• Sacred Reich, The Glory Stompers, Rattlehead, Addictive Suicide, Wehrmacht @ Key Club

• Stellar Corpses, LA Velvet, Fake Figures @ The Viper Room

• Ozma, Smile, Reeve Oliver @ Troubadour

• Jamie Stewart, Kim Free, Ezra Buchla, Torn Humorist @ Pehrspace

• The Edwardian Ball 2013 @ Fonda Theatre

• Hotel Diablo, Mad Temple, Stonebreed, Thrashyr, Dedfuel, Hestyn @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

• Fly Johnson, Ray Goren, Nolan Garrett @ Room 5 Lounge

• Beecake, Sweetwater & The Satisfaction, Joe Gil, People vs. Larsen, The Robinson Age @ The Hotel Cafe

• Very Be Careful, DJ Boss Harmony @ Del Monte Speakeasy

• Dudamel & Shalam @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

• Freq Nasty, LowRIDERz @ El Rey Theatre

• Chrome Canyons, Peanut Butter Wolf @ Los Globos

• Animal Games @ Los Globos

• Britt Warner, O Holler, The Wild Reeds, Cap Lori @ Lot 1 Café

• The Wave’s Smooth Night Out @ Nokia Theatre LA Live

• Dubfire, Carlo Lio, Shaded, Julien Nolan, Adam Auburn @ Exchange LA

• AK & Her Kalashnikovs @ One Eyed Gypsy

• H & S Band & Burlesque w/ DJ Daisy O’Dell @ Harvard & Stone

• Church Sessions w/ Mark Kozelek @ First Unitarian Church

• Funky Sole w/ Oliver Wang @ The Echo (Free before 11)

• Joey Arias, Kristian Hoffman @ Bootleg Theater

• MR V, Tony Powell, Reelsoul, Jerry Flores @ King King Club

• Cosmic Gate, Victor Dinaire, Kristina Sky @ Avalon

• Turisas, Firewind @ Constellation Room

• Swedish Egil, Filthy Lips @ Yost Theater

• Rebel Bingo @ Yost Theater (7 PM)

• Big Sam’s Funky Nation, Quinn Deveaux @ The Mint

• Kutsal & Twenty7 @ The Mint (7 PM)

• Robert Randolph @ Royce Hall

• Salt Petal, Maria Del Pilar, The Lonely Wild, Big Tree @ The Central SAPC

• Dirt Dress, Wide Streets, Norse Horse, Washing Machines @ The Smell

• Golden State, The Vitals, Beachwood Coyotes @ El Cid

• Suga Free @ The Observatory

• Iration @ House of Blues – Anaheim

• Kenny Loggins, Amber Rubarth @ Coach House

• Cold War Kids @ Soho House

• Bikos, JBJ, Hunter Green, Gone By Sunrise @ TRiP

• Michelle Monica, Jordan Pharaoh, Jenny Swope, Nico Rey @ WitZend

• Blowin Smoke and the Fabulous Smokettes @ Harvelle’s

• Night Marchers, Mrs. Magician, The Intelligence @ Alex’s Bar

• Aliso Black, Kevin Parx, C. Sharp, J King @ Detroit Bar

Tonight in L.A. (February 2, 2013)

Keep the first weekend of February moving in the right direction with some old school 45 anthems from Funky Sole at The Echo (free before 11) or the massive electronic sounds of Porter Robinson at Hollywood Palladium.  Speaking of the Palladium...don't sleep on those Justin Timberlake tickets going on sale for Grammy night.  His return will be an epic show I'm sure.



Beyond dance floor action - you can get some throwback soul from Earth Wind & Fire at Fantasy Springs Resort, some lessons in pimping from Too $hort at Canyons, laughs courtesy of Adam Carolla at The Roxy and rock-esque stylings from Gram Rabbit at LA Fort and Dengue Fever at Detroit Bar.







A full list of tonight's shows can be found below.

• Gilberto Gless Y La Chuptos @ Gibson Amphitheatre

• Porter Robinson: Circle Assembly @ Hollywood Palladium

• 80’s Prom Party @ Fonda Theatre

• Ian Hunter and the Rant Band @ El Rey Theatre

• The Thrilling Adventure Hour @ Largo

• Reasons Be @ Room 5 Lounge

• Rebecca Schiffman, Brittney Bouchard, Dana Williams Tyler Lyle, Lara Johnston, Juliana Joya, Ben Burgess, R.O.T.N., Sweetwater & The Satisfaction @ The Hotel Café

• Julia Othmer, Raquel Rodriguez, Jann Klose, Heather Catalena, The Luke Mulholland Band @ WitZend

• Soul 7 @ Harvelle’s

• 90’s Party Show @ The Central SAPC

• Otis Heat, Rose City Thorns, Sean O’Neil, Jamestown Revival @ The Mint

• Augustana (Acoustic), Lauren Shera @ Troubadour

• The Michael Des Barres Band, State Line, Empre & The Sugar @ The Viper Room

• Adam Carolla feat. Dive Bomber, Kraterface, Dropdead L.A. @ The Roxy

• Steel Toed Slippers, Devil in Drag, Mirden @ On The Rox

• Strawberry Shortcake w/ Doodlebops Live! @ Club Nokia (4 pm)

• Testament: Dark Roots of Thrash @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

• Toyota Symphonise for Youth: The Composer is Dead @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

• Lise de la Salle Plays Rachmaninoff @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

• Handshakes, Max and the Moon, Fire in the Hamptons, Bedcake, Wages @ The Satellite

• Bootie LA pre-Valentine’s Party @ The Echoplex

• Funky Sole @ The Echo (FREE before 11)

• Radar Brothers, Babies on Acid, Young Unknowns @ The Echo

• Ray Wylie Hubbard, Dustin Welch @ Bootleg Theater

• Benjamin Francis Leftwich @ Bootleg Bar

• The Vibrometers @ One Eyed Gypsy

• Song Preservation Society @ Origami Vinyl

• Terminator Too: Judgment Play @ Los Globos

• DJ Dan, Adam Auburn @ King King Club

• Kevin Brown, DJ Catalyst, DJ Jujubeats @ Yost Theater

• He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister @ Constellation Room

• Like Moths To Flames, Secrets, Issues, Glass Cloud, Silverstein @ The Observatory

• Dengue Fever @ Detroit Bar

• Nashville Pussy @ Tiki Bar

• Kevin Sousa (6 PM), The Spazmatics, Jay Stevens, DJ Mr 80s @ Saint Rocke

• Model Citizen, The Strands, American Cream, Xperimneto56 @ TRiP

• The Bronx, Death Hymn #9, Single Mothers @ Los Globos

• Gram Rabbit, Spindrift @ LA Fort

• Mara Hruby and the Park @ Virgil

• Roll The Tanks, beachwood Coyotes, The Pullmen @ EL Cid

• Finch @ Glass House

• Earth, Wind & Fire @ Fantasy Springs Resort

• Too Short @ Canyon

• Branford Marsalis @ Valley Performing Arts Center

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

Wild final Saturday to end the year.   A Chromeo DJ Set at Exchange LA, Wolfgang Gartner at Yost and Funky Sole at The Echo with Cut Chemist mean there are at least three dance floors to grind your feet on.  

Notorious bassist Les Claypool and Primus come to The Wiltern for a special 3D performance, Father John Misty rocks a sold out crowd at El Rey Theatre and Erykah Badu headlines Club Nokia after Odd Future's Syd The Kyd performs.  

Can't forget Bizarre Ride Fest with Pharcyde at The Roxy - the last Bizarre celebration was legendary.  

Full list of shows below:

• Primus 3D @ The Wiltern

• Gabriel Iglesias @ Gibson Amphitheatre

• Erykah Badu, Syd The Kyd (Odd Future), Phony Ppl @ Club Nokia

• Chromeo (DJ Set), Julien Nolan @ Exchange LA

• Pocket Rockets, Tall Tales & The Silver Lining, Christian Le Hutson @ Los Globos

• Cazzette, Bass Kleph @ Avalon Hollywood

• Father John Misty, Icy Demons, Origami Vinyl DJs @ El Rey Theatre (SOLD OUT)

• Social Distortion @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

• Kelly McGarry @ House of Blues – Foundation Room

• Psycho Realm, Underground Army, DMH @ Key Club

• Bizarre Ride Fest Feat. Pharcyde, Overdoz, Polyester The Saint, Kid Named Breezy, Quelle Chris, Cazal Organism, The Zzyzzx @ The Roxy

• The Aggrolites, BREWFISH, Kounterfeit Change, Sinizen @ The Viper Room

• Austin Lucas, The Pullmen, PJ Bond @ The Central SAPC (8 PM)

• Ruch Aucoin, Special Guest @ The Central SAPC (11 PM)

• Jimmy Z and the Z Tribe @ Harvelle’s

• MK & The Gentlemen, Rey Fresco, DJ Boss Harmony @ Del Monte Speakeasy

• Xperimento56, Shamploo @ TRiP

• Static Fiction, Lifeine, The Chimpz, The Originalites @ The Mint

• The Toledo Show @ Dakota Lounge

• Funky Sole w/ DJ Cut Chemist @ The Echo (FREE before 11)

• H & S Band & Burlesque w/ DJ Daisy O’Dell @ Harvard & Stone

• Wolfgang Gartner, Dallas K @ Yost Theater

• Through The Roots, Kat Nestel, Urban Classics, Righteous Wave Movement @ Brixton South Bay

• The Kings Inn Holiday Benefit Show w/ Jeremiah Red, Micah Brown, Justin Sutor, Troy Murrah, Andy Carpenter, Alegandor Parreja, Parker Macy, Flying Sparks, Ted Z & The Wranglers, DJ Oldboy @ Detroit Bar

• Peter Murphy Performing “DEEP” @ The Constellation Room

• Wanda Jackson w/ Omar and The Stringpoppers, The Rhythm Shakers, Dustin Chance and the Allnighters, Hurricanes, The Hi Tone Boppers, DJ Reb, DJ Big Chuy @ The Observatory

• The English Beat, Bad Apples @ Saint Rock

• Ikaika Beamer  @ Saint Rocke (6 PM)

• Helter Skelter Presents: Fuck 2012 @ DragonFly

• The Generators, Rum Rebellion, The Plexikill @ Redwood Bar

• Reverend Horton Heat, Jello Biafra, Tijuana Panthers @ House of Blues – Anaheim

• FMLY Fest feat. So Many Wizards, LA Font, Feeding People, Verbs, Spaceships, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Gothic Tropic, Raw Geronimo, Lady Lazarus, Lucky Dragons, Crown Plaza, Luna is Honey @ LA Fort

• Sammy Miller & The Congregation @ Virgil

• War @ City National Grove of Anaheim

• The Fixx, The Ferns, Olio @ Coach House

The Echo Turns 10!

Voted by Filter Magazine as one of Los Angeles’s top 5 music venues, The Echo is coming-up on it’s 10^th anniversary this December 3^rd.

An eastside gem, the Echo has featured prime artists such as Beck, Band of Horses, The Decembrists and Vampire Weekend. Its helped launch the careers of acts with their notorious free residencies - including recently Foster The People (resident in early 2011).

Whether musical karma or just the vibe and standards of it’s surrounding, if you see an unknown artist at the Echo, chances are they could blow up soon after (Chain Gang of 1974, Tic Tic Boom!, Polaris At Noon, Cassettes Won't Listen and many more are all playing the residency this month). But the Echo wears many hats; a venue that showcases fresh talent, hosts legit dance parties and simply remains a prime spot to hit the bar on a weekend night (Funky Sole, the free DJ fueled soul-funk dance party event on Saturdays is always good). It drew such attention that it ultimately opened Echoplex downstairs.

To thank all fans of the Echo in celebration of their 10 years, SUPERGOODMUSIC is excited to giveaway tickets to a few shows at this favorite hot spot in the next coming weeks.

Starting tonight, a few of you had the chance to win tickets to the Echo for 11.11.11, featuring Austra, Grimes and Baron Von Luxxury! It’ll be an evening filled with ornate and highly creative sounds from the underground disco beats of Baron Von Luxxury to the catchy synth-gothisms of Grimes, and Canadian trio Austra.

If you missed out on that - Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears with support from Sheepdogs is gonna stir up a stage of funky rock-soul and hot harmonies in the Echoplex downstairs. Its $18+ and tickets are $17 at the door. Unfortunately we don't have tickets to giveaway to that show - but I promise it will be excellent. Just check out this video from Black Joe Lewis - "Livin In The Jungle" - if you're not convinced.