Tonight in L.A. (February 15, 2013)

Valentine's Day is over - which means you don't have an excuse to not go to a show tonight.  That's right - straight up dissing post Valentine's Day plans.  Cancel 'em.  Tonight's concert calendar is too heady.

Emerging LA talent is all over the place - like the Gonzo Country party at The Mint headlined by throwback act Dustbowl Revival. Frontman and songwriter Zach Lupetin keeps the crowd moving and his rotating stable of talented instrumentalists always make it a party.



Across town, indie electro-pop rock act Mind The Gap celebrate the completion of their EP at The Hotel Cafe.  If you feel like dancing in an intimate space - check it out because they will surely play the catchy "Find My Way" and other new material.  If you need a larger dance floor - check out MNDR and RAC at Lure.  MNDR joined Tokimonsta at Low End Theory on Wednesday and made homies in the crowd melt - and she will probably do the same at the second installment of this season's Private Label Fridays.





To rock in a larger setting - EELS get down at Fonda Theatre and Unknown Mortal Orchestra headlines a sexy indie line up at The Echoplex that includes Foxygen, Gothic Tropic and Wampire.



For the hip-hop fans - Blackalicious does an early show at Yost Theater, Cam-Ron goes a little harder at Key Club and pop rapper Wallpaper. spits at The Roxy along with Con Bro Chill.  

Other notables include Sam Barsh Trio at Virgil, Soundgarden at The Wiltern and Photek at King King Club.  Full list of shows below the videos.

• Gnarbaby, Bloody Death Skull, The Weekend Pilots, Barfth @ Bootleg Bar

• CYP2 w/ Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Foxygen, Gothic Tropic, Wampire @ The Echoplex

• The Wedding Present play “Hit Parade”, Me of a  Kind @ The Echo

• Gram Rabbit, The Ross Sea Party, Birds of A Black Feather @ The Satellite

• Gonzo Country at The Mint w/ The Dustbowl Revival, Brett Detar, The Far West, Mark Lennon & The SouthernTier @ The Mint

• Clark Kent, Hoodlum, Bear Flight, Party Favor @ The Central SAPC

• Dennis Jones Band @ Harvelle’s

• Jet Pilot Jerry, Off Color, Alex Arndt & The Sonic Universe @ TRiP

• Adrian Hibbs & Kasi Jones, Benny Marchant, Leaf, Andrew DeBarge, Hello Caden, Young Beautiful in A Hurry @ WitZend

• Kevin Sousa (6 PM), Dread Zeppelin, Strange Days, Steel Toed Slippers @ Saint Rocke

• BiCeratops, The Vespertines, Flying Hand @ Alex’s Bar

• Beat Service, Alex Alecio, Audiostache @ Yost Theater

• Blackalicious, Parallel, Rhythm Addicts, Sage One @ Yost Theater (6 PM)

• EELS, Nicole Atkins @ Fonda Theatre

• For Today, Memphis May Fire, The World Alive, Upon A Burning Body, Gideon @ Observatory

• Funtcase & Cookie Monsta @ Observatory (Constellation Room)

• Spank! The Fifty Shades Parody @ Club Nokia

• Roberto Tapia @ Nokia Theatre LA Live

• Ferry Corsten, Darin Epsilon, Davi @ Exchange LA

• Ricky Reed, Wallpaper, Con Bro Chill, J. Randy @ The Roxy

• DJ Saturn, DJ Oggy, DJ Pedro, El Sabroso @ Mayan Theater

• The Downtown Train @ One Eyed Gypsy

• Private Label Fridays w/ RAC, MNDR @ LURE

• Anthony De La Rosa @ Amoeba Records

• Soundgarden @ The Wiltern

• Hot 92 Love Affair w/ Heatwave, Peaches & Herb, Deniece Williams, Gene Chandler, the Superbs, Ray Goodman& Brown, The Escorts + More @ Gibson Amphitheatre

• Justin Martin, J. Philp, Worthy @ Avalon Hollywood

• Photek, Unlimited Gravity @ King King Club

• Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra @ The Canyon

• Cold War Kids @ Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace

• Boyz II Men @ Morongo Casino

• Ramon Ayala @ House of Blues – Anaheim

• Gunboat Kings, Blue Fish, Pap J @ Coach House

• Cam-Ron @ Key Club

• Tomi Townsend, Chris Barczynski, Amir & Jenna, Head High, Planet of Chaos, Fancy Mansion @ House of Blues Foundation Room

• The Pala Frandeschi Band, TGO, Dial Tone, the Marc Harris Band, Suns of Defiance, Suvi  @The Viper Room

• Savoy, Candyland @ Troubadour

• Mind The Gap, Harpey Blynn, Salvador Santana, James & Co @ The Hotel Café
• Poncho Sanchez @ Vitello’s

• Sam Barsh Trio, Nayanna Holley @ The Virgil

Tonight in L.A. (February 6, 2013)

Its a healthy humpday for music in the streets of Los Angeles.  Natives The Pharcyde celebrate their friends and fans with a free show at Key Club - and much further east on Sunset, the Dub Club squad celebrates Bob Marley's Birthday at The Echoplex.

Beats continue per usual at Low End Theory at The Airliner - with Free The Robots, Patrick Sexx and Elan joining the traditional crew of Daddy Kev, Gaslamp Killer and more.  

Delta Rae and ZZ Ward at Troubadour is a hot ticket - which is why it is sold out, but just a little North at The Viper Room, locals Warner Drive stage a return of sunset strip rock and roll.  

For a full list of tonight's shows - see below:

• Stephen Brower & The Silent Majority, Trevor Menear, KXLU Djs @ The Central SAPC

• Barry Goldberg & Friends @ The Mint

• C-Money and the Players Inc., Agent 22 @ The Mint (11 PM)

• Delta Rae, ZZ Ward, Martin Harley @ Troubadour

• The Pharcyde & Friends Fan Appreciation Show @ Key Club (FREE)

• Saxon James  @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

• Warner Drive, Open Hand, The Black Marquee, LoveTease, Deluka @ The Viper Room

• Ancient Animals, The Street Lights, Wax Children @ Lot 1 Café 

• Free The Robots, Patrick Sexx, Elan @ Low End Theory

• RT n The 44’s @ One Eyed Gypsy 

• Ahhiyyini, Wild Wild Wets, Barbarian, Blac Jesus and the Experiminentalists @ Los Globos

• Wild Pack of Canaries, The Burning of Rome, Sleep Lady, No Small Children, Mars and the Massacre @ Silverlake Lounge

• Popshop West 007, Sir Sly, Kitten, Onuinu, Captain Cuts (DJ) @ The Ech0

• Dub Club Celebrates Bob Marley’s Birthday – The Echodelic DJs, My Lord Sound from Israel @ The Echoplex

• The Fur Traderes, Black Apples, Oh Darling @ The Satellite

• House of Vibe All-Stars @ Harvelle’s

• Wardell, Busy Living, Big Harp @ Bootleg Bar

• Nostatic Trio, The Dollface Dames @ TRiP

• Me & Mr. Cassisy, Marc Beauregard, Dawn Mitschele, Ryan Dilmore @ WitZend

• AJ and Tay (from Allura) @ Saint Rocke (6 PM)

• Paul Thorn, Tommy Castro and the Painkillers, Shari Puorto @ Saint Rocke

• Hot Water Music, La Dispute, The Menzingers @ The Observatory

• 22 Miles, Crater Creator, Thy Squid, Union Drifters @ Redwood Bar

• Kris Allen, Jillette Johnson, Jake Newton, Emmett Skyy @ Hotel Café

• Emeli Sande, Emily King @ El Rey Theatre

Tonight in L.A. (January 25, 2013)

Get your weekend #turntup - cause its Friday and the music is cruising through LA.  From the freshly signed sounds of Kid Ink at Key Club to the jams of Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers at The Constellation Room - there is a lot to aurally digest.





If you want to jazz up your night - Stanley Clarke Band plays at Catalina Bar and Grill, but the funkier jams will be heard at The Mint during the NAMM Jam with Leo Nocentelli (Funky Meters), Stanton Moore and Bill Dickens with special guests.

12th Planet, AC Slater and Kelley Dean bring some bass and wobbly filth to the floors of Avalon, while Crookers make the crowd toss and turn at The Observatory. 





Indie westsiders should check out El Ten Eleven and Races at The Central SAPC, and for other good music Cody ChestnuTT at Troubadour and Jon Brion at Largo would be good choices too.  For a full list of tonight's shows in LA, look below:  

• Max Graham, Darin Epsilon @ Exchange LA

• Mozart & Beethoven’s  5^th @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

• Social Studies, Creeps, Jung Bouquet @ Pehrspace

• The Downtown Train @ One Eyed Gypsy

• Vim Dicta, The Do-Its @ Harvard & Stone

• Pageants, The Reflections, Sisu @ Bootleg Bar

• Wovenhand, VUM, Little Red Lung @ The Satellite

• Help Mike! w/ Adolescents, Mike Watt + The Missingmen, 45 Grave, AUDACITY, White Flag, The Abigails, Channel 3, The Garden, Agent Orange, White Night, The Urinals, Shattered Faith @ The Echoplex

• Gojira, The Devin Townsend Project, Atlas Moth @ Fonda Theatre

• Stanley Clarke Band @ Catalina Bar & Grill

• Plotz, Dorian Whood, Ghiant, Crab Lions @ El Cid

• Pebaluna, Joe McKee, Big Harp, Bell Gardens, Kita Klane, Gypsy & The Cat @ The Hotel Café

• Action Item, Max Schneider, Paradise Fears, Before You Exit @ The Roxy (6:30)

• Chris Lightfoot, Quest The Artist, Chloe Pappas @ The Roxy (10:15)

• Odd Ball, Loose Nuts, Anchor Babies, Bullets Made of Statues @ On The Rox

• Ours, Updownup, Sabrosa Purr @ The Viper Room

• Social Distortion @ House of Blues – Sunset

• Kid Ink @ Key Club

• El Ten Eleven, We Were Indians, Races @ The Central SAPC

• LBDA, Los Angelitos, Special @ Brixton South Bay

• The Barry Zweig Trio @ Del Monte Speakeasy

• The Mast, Bacchanal Soundsystem @ Del Monte Speakeasy

• Al Stewart @ mcCabe’s Guitar Shop

• Unwritten Law, Harmful If Swallowed, Lose Control, Sir Zacc West @ Saint ROcke

• Crookers @ The Observatory

• Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers @ Constellation Room

• Big B @ Industry Theater

• Iration @ Majestic Ventura Theater

• Charles Feelgood @ Yost Theater

• Cody ChesnuTT @ Troubadour

• 12^th Planet, AC Slater, Getter, Kelly Dean, Steady @ Avalon

• Jon Brion @ Largo

• Blue Sky Riders feat. Kenny Loggins, Gary Burr, Georgia Middleman @ The Mint

• NAMM JAMM Experience w/ Leo Nocentelli, Stanton Moore, Bill Dickens w/ Special Guests @ The Mint

• James Clay Garrison, Galen, Piranha Chihuahua, Nayanna Holley, John Anderson @ WitZend

• Jun @ Amoeba REcords

• Raul Campos, Joaquin Garcia, Eric Tucker, DJ Santi @ King King Club

• Billy The Kid, Benny Marchant, Copper & Glass @ Room 5 Lounge

• Johnny Stachela Band, Duane Betts @ Harvelle’s

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