Tonight in L.A. (December 28, 2012)

As you enter the final weekend of 2012 - you might be thinking what the hell happened this year?  Or maybe you're thinking I should have seen more concerts....if its the latter, we've got a few gems here in L.A. tonight that could be a nice piece of your 2012 yearbook.

Zoos Zoos and Iheartcomix present Turquoise Jeep, Myyki Blanco, Brrang-A-Dang and Kosha Dillz at The Central SAPC is where the turn up will likely be the realist.  Turquoise will make sure you are familiar with the term "smang" before the evening is over, the party is likely to get gaymous and opener Kosha Dillz's humorous raps will make sure the night launches on a good foot.  





For some more seasoned hip-hop veterans - Evidence is joined by the Beatjunkies DJ Rhettmatic at The Viper Room and long time Cypress Hill running mates, Psycho Realm, perform at The Observatory.



For dubsteppers and beat fiends - Skream's headlining performance at Avalon begins a series of four nights where the venue should be packed, sweaty and throbbing with bass and dance music (Skream is only playing there tonight).    Dank (USA) supports!





Other notabels include Fishbone at Key Club and The Growlers at Fonda Theatre.  For more shows - see below:

Gabriel Iglesias @ Gibson Amphitheatre

Aly & Fila, John O’Callaghan (Armada Night) @ Exchange LA

Skream, Dank (USA), Singularity, Yung Satan, Erick Diaz @ Avalon Hollywood

The Growlers, Dirt Dress, The Abigails, Sam Flax, Origami Vinyl DJs @ Fonda Theatre

Social Distortion @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

Fishbone, Quinto Sol, Beardo, C-Money & The Players INc. @ Key Club

Lido Beach, The Dirty Chapels, Soul Exchange, I’mU, Gina Roode, National Dust @ The Roxy

Curt C, On The Rocks, Rucky Punch, Peter Morten @ On The Rox

Evidence, Bambu & DJ Rhettmattic @ The Viper Room

Turquoise Jeep, Mykki Blanco, Brrang-a-Dang, Kosha Dillz @ Central SAPC

Dennis Jones Band @ Harvelle’s

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

Off The Wall w/ Alfred Hawkins @ Del Monte Speakeasy (10 PM)

Sun Warshippers @ TRiP

Turkuaz, Zongo Junction @ The Mint

Caitlin Linney, Kevin Earnest @ Room 5 Lounge

Rich Aucoin, Professor Professor, Father Tiger, DJ Channel One, Justin Cornwall @ The Satellite

Limp Wrist, D.N.F., Fraude, ACxDC @ The Echoplex

Qui, David Yow, Lozen, Tacos @ The Echo

The Icy Hot Club @ One Eyed Gypsy

H & S Band & Burlesque w/ DJ Dan Mancini @ Harvard & Stone

DJ EFX, Redak, Steven Wright @ Yost Theatre

Orange Tulip Conspiracy, Flattbush, Radiation 4, Fetus Eaters @ Alex’s Bar

Psycho Realm @ The Observatory

Casey Crescenzo (The Dear Hunter) @ The Constellation Room

Donovan Frankenreither, Allensworth, Micah Brown @ Saint Rocke

Better Whatever, Brown & Blue, Kids, Daniel Jimenez @ The Smell

Natalie Col @ Agua Caliente Casino

Mickey Avalon, Loose Logic, Lexo The Great @ The Coach House

The Second To Last Night of The Year...Where's that Pre-NYE Party At/

Tons of people scramble to figure out what to do as they go out with the old and into the new, but the reality is that a ton of talent packs into Los Angeles to get well paid on New Years EVE and some of that talent also performs the day before.

Take advantage of the quality entertainment and much more reasonable pricing by checking out any of the following:

1. Asher Roth at The Viper Room w/ special guests Midnite Theory, Rob Roy, Luke Christoher and Kosha Dillz.

Asher Roth will be performing as part of a promotional run to support his Pabst & Jazz mix tape that highlights the maturation of the former "College" loving MC. It is the precursor to his 2012 Def Jam release and he's recruited some other lyrically talented individuals to join him on the Sunset Strip stage. Local artist and Dim Mak act, Rob Roy, may still have fur in his cap. Haven't heard a ton from him since he blazed trails on the internet with the "Fur In My Cap" video. Young buck Luke Christopher also joins the party. You might remember him from his Asher Roth collabo "Roof Tops."

World touring, Jersey born Kosha Dillz is also supposed to join the party as a surprise guest. He is performing on New Years Eve at Viper Room, but will probably join Asher to spit some of his "West Coast Flavor" as well as cuts from his 2011 release Gina & The Garage Sale.

Midnite Theory opens up the whole damn thing.

We've got a pair of tickets to give away for this one so shout us out on twitter (@supergoodmusic) or e-mail contest@supergoodmusic.com to enter the contest.

2. Beats Antique, Random Rab, Emancipator & Lynx @ Club Nokia

Get your fulfillment of booty shaking beats and bass at Club Nokia with this awesome line up put together by The Do Lab. For those that acquired a bit too many party supplies to close out 2011, get after it early with this pseudo-festival line up.

Emancipator compose electronic sonicscapes with the best of them. Entirely instrumental - with orchestral elements layered on some tracks (including "Nevergreen" below) - Emancipator music is organic, beautiful and relaxing.

Random Rab composes bass-strumentals himself. His sonic textures differ from Emancipator's; less of an orchestrated feel with Rab, who seems to be driven much more by beat (although his tunes have great melody). Check out "Jewel of Now" below:

Beats Antique will get you in the festive mode before NYE even starts with their belly-dancing, costumed, beat-enthused performance. They always make sure things get a little weird - in the drugged out, hippie-esque good sort of weird way. Check them out at Bonnaroo -

3. The Growlers, Allah-Las, TRMRS @ The Echo

The raspy, folky/blues-like indie rock from The Growlers ends its series of end of 2011 shows at The Echo with a stellar support group of Allah-Las and TRMRS.

The former are high on lots of local bloggers lists of LA bands to watch for. This video of an earlier performance at The Echo gives you an idea of the soundtrack they'd be providing. Nostalgic feeling indie rock jams.....filled with shakers.

TRMRS are the act on the bill I know too little about. I can't say much about them other than that they use cool color filters in their "One Foot" video (see below), but my guess is they are a suitable musical hors'douvres for this bill.

Growlers are the veteran act here - with a honed and tasteful grit to their indie rock. Clearly a favorite of someone important at The Echo - its not hard to understand why. There is an undeniable charm to their music. A charm that hopefully sets the mood right as you close out your 2011.

4. Caspa & Dillon Francis @ Avalon

Why would you want to go to this show? Probably cause Dillon Francis is a bad ass whose name won't be going anywhere for a really long time. Just check out this video for "I.D.G.A.F.O.S." Don't know what that means? Check your urban dictionary, because I don't give a fuck or shit enough to tell you....

Dillon is a rising star - a darling artist for many more established in the electronic game. You can expect a lot more from Mr. Francis, including great supporting artists because he won't be joined by just anyone either. He'll be joined by bad ass dub stepper Caspa. Check out Caspa with Mr. Hudson - "Love Never Dies (Back for the First Time)."

5. Tim Reynolds @ The Mint

If you like guitar play - see Tim. That's all I have to say - this video says the rest.