Tonight in L.A. (November 16, 2012)

Start your weekend off properly with some good live music - whether that's closing out the Greek Theatre season with Steve Winwood and The Wood Brothers (which includes members of esteemed Medeski, Martin and Wood) or going "Hollywood" in Hollywood with Penguin Prison and The Twelves at the Private Label party at Lure - there is something for everyone.





Those that planned in advance may have tickets to sold out Tame Impala and The Amazing show at El Rey Theatre or the sold out Walk The Moon and Family of the Year show at Fonda Theatre.  For non sold out rock consider the clever and entertaining Yacht Rock Revue at The Satellite or the grit of John Wayne Bro at Alex's Bar.  Gentler ears might enjoy Joshua Radin, A Fine Frenzy and Lucy Schwartz at The Wiltern - tickets are still available.





Two steppers and beatards can enjoy Ann Arbor's Dabrye along with Shigeto and Low Limit at Los Globos or Bluetech and ILL-Esha at King King Club.



For all shows in LA tonight - see below:

• Joshua Radin, A Fine Frenzy, Lucy Schwartz @ The Wiltern

• Steve Winwood, The Wood Brothers @ Greek Theatre (Season Ender)

• Max Graham, Rank1 @ Exchange LA

• Roomrunner, Corners, Wild Pack of Canaries, Froth @ The Smell

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

• Young Lace, Undefined @ Key Club

• Vinnie Paz & Ill Bill (Jedi Mind Tricks), Heavy Metal Kings, La Coka Nostra, The LG w/ Drone, Hungjury, Hunter Beard & Keddy Mac, Genocide Ent. @ Key Club

• Run Run Run, Super Water Sympathy, Glass Battles, Attaloss, The Lonely Drunks Club Band @ The Viper Room

• Lianna La Havas, Van Hunt @ The Roxy

• Jon Brion @ Largo

• Tame Impala, The Amazing @ El Rey Theatre (SOLD OUT)

• Epica, Alestorm, Insomnium, Destiny Potato @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

• Walk The Moon, Family of the Year @ Fonda Theatre ( SOLD OUT)

• Green Velvet, Pleasurekraft @ Avalon

• Hana Kim, Simone White, Noma Abadi @ Bootleg Bar

• Yacht Rock Revue @ The Satellite

• Typhoon, Lara Gibson, Los Lander @ The Echo

• Northern Soul & Boss Sound Revue, Gwen Owens, Roy Ellis @ The Echoplex

• State to State, The Palace Ballroom, The Union Lane, Cassandra McGrath @ El Cid

• Shytown @ Hard Rock Café Hollywood

• Louise Goffin, Irina Bjorklund, Amber Rubarth, Dave Eggar, Famous In Iowa, Eddie Wakes @ The Hotel Café

• Micky @ The Motorcars, The Far West, Liam Gerner @ The Mint

• Anita & The Yanks, Craic Haus, Brick Top Blaggers, Sligo Rags @ Brixton South Bay

• Barry Zweig Trio, Calvin Love @ Del Monte Speakeasy (Free before 10)

• Hunter & The Dirty Jacks @ Harvelle’s

• Super Diamond, Dane Drewis @ Saint Rocke

• SUMMRDJ, The Rogue Mechanica, DJ Don Rivers @ The Central SAPC

• The Black Watch @ Taix

• Blue October @ House of Blues – Anaheim

• John Wayne Bro, Black Market Music Brokers @ Alex’s Bar

• Grouplove, Papa @ The Observatory

• Penguin Prison, The Twelves @ Lure

• Dabrye, Shigeto, Low Limit, Colta @ Los Globos

• The Mummy Jamboree: Glowbird, Franklin’s Key @ Lot 1 Café

• The Birthday Massacre, Aesthetic Perfection, William Control, Creature Feature @ The Glass House

• Rotations: Joshua James @ Amoeba (FREE)

• Lady Danville, Magic Wands, Alma Desnuda @ Troubadour

• Feenixpawl, Mossberg Pump @ Yost Theater

• Bluetech, ILL-Esha, Yppah @ King King Club

Wednesday is For Beats - Blockhead @ King King Club/Eprom @ Low End Theory

Need to put some New Years bounce into your step a couple days early? Look no further than Blockhead and Govinda at King King Club tonight or the final 2011 installment of Low End Theory.

The former is hosted by Codega - a promotion company that previously existed in the world of pay to play events and putting relative L.A. no names....but Blockhead at King King Club? This is new territory for them. Thankfully they recruited an awesome chef from the beat kitchen in Blockhead. For the unfamiliar, Blockhead is a hip-hop producer based out of NYC, whose most famous accolades come from Ninja Tune releases and work with Def Jux artists, including Aesop Rock. He hasn't put out a record since 2009's "The Music Scene" which featured this title track:

The music video for "The Music Scene" is like a Dr. Seuss book turned into an acid trip - which may be a fitting description of the sonic landscape you can expect Blockhead to cook up tonight. Govinda supports, as well as Geno Cochino and DJ Audioptic.

If you want grimier, more electronicized beats - than head to the last Low End Theory of 2011. Eprom, Mux Mool, Jonwayne and residents Gaslamp Killer, Daddy Kev, Nocando D-Styles and Nobody make sure Wednesday doesn't feel like the middle week. FYI - its the Eprom that created "Humanoid," not the European hip-hop scratch DJ. Here's a taste....