Tonight in L.A. (January 21, 2013)

Start the week with some Monster madness at Lady Gaga's extravaganza at Staples Center with the youthful energy of producer Madeon and additional support from Starlight.  

Seekers of FREE fun should check out Bootleg Bar for PAPA and Jenny O - plus Psychedelic Judaism, cause that sounds like a class I wish I had taken at Hebrew school. Maximum Hedrum, a new spinoff from one of the members of N.A.S.A. takes control of the stage at Los Globos as part of his residency. 

Full list below....

• Steel Panther @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

• Lady Gaga, Madeon, Starlight @ Staples Center

• Eddie Izzard: Works in Progress @ Largo (7:30; 9:30)

• Mouth of the Serpent, Tremellow, Caleb Stone, The Internet @ Pehrspace

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

• Feeding People, Wild Pack of Canaries, Mr. Elevator & The Brain Hotel, The Blank Tapes, Bodegas @ The Echo (FREE)

• Lucky Dragons, Victoire, Wild Up @ The Echoplex

• The Mixx @ Harvelle’s

• Wires, Grit, The Fine Lines @ The Central SAPC

• PAPA, J Thoven, Jenny O, Psychedelic Judaism, Sam James Velde DJ Set @ Bootleg Bar (FREE)

• Yellow Alex, Baron Von Luxxury, Yung Skeeter @ The Satellite (FREE)

• Them Howling Bones, Downtown Train, Moondog Orchestra @ Los Globos ($1)

• Maximum Hedrum (of N.A.S.A.), DJ Knewjack @ Los GLobos

• The Entrance Band, Fai Baba, DJ Carlos Nino @ Del Monte Speakeasy

• DJs Ghost Lyon, softCORE @ TRiP

• Tribute Bands: U2, Duran Duran, The Cure @ The Mint

• Big Monsta, Fellow Bohemian, Gardeners Logic @ Detroit Bar

Electronic Music's Next Huge Thing: Porter Robinson

If you felt like you were late to the Skrillex party last year, don't make the same mistake twice. We hope you learned your lesson and are already hip to Porter Robinson because he could be the next act to blow the roof off of electronic music. The 19-year-old’s accomplishments thus far rival many seasoned veterans’ and may we remind you he’s only 19?!?

Having just completed a tour supporting Tiesto in which Robinson performed for the largest DJ event in US history (approximately 26,000 were in attendance), his peers are already touting him as one of the nu-breed saviors of electronic music. Porter Robinson was featured on Billboard’s “Top 21 Under 21” list, and managed to crash Beatport’s servers when he released his Spitfire EP earlier this year. He’s already remixed the likes of Lady Gaga and Avicii with several more A-list offers rolling in. What’s that, you want to see Porter Robinson live? Well you’re in luck because he’s stopping by The Music Box Saturday December 3rd (get tickets here).

If you can, clear your schedule on the 3rd…you won’t be disappointed.

RapScallions EP Release Party - TONIGHT @ ON THE ROX

Hollywood’s party rap rockers RapScallions released their self-titled EP today - October 11^th. To celebrate, RapScallions will be performing at On The Rox tonight. The first 100 guests will receive a free copy of RapScallions and there is an open bar for those of you legal to drink.

The second track, Freak In The Sheets contains elements of a signature 3OH!3 or LMFAO party anthem. On the other end of the sonic spectrum, the final cut, California Brain, has a guitar line comparable to Rage Against The Machine. Perhaps that is what landed it a spot in the new XBOX and PS3 game Rocksmith, due for release later in October 2011.

RapScallions was produced by Wendy Starland (Lady Gaga) and recorded at Interscope Studios in Santa Monica. To add even more credibility to their release, the band was able to get Kevin Churko (Ozzy Osbourne, Shania Twain) and Paul Lapinski (Ludacris, Alicia Keys) to mix the EP.

The energetic SoCal group's shared the stage with artists like Fishbone, Wu Tang Clan, Mike Posner, performed at The Toronto Film Festival and the official NBA All-Star Block Party and even played at VH1's Save The Music. Clearly, someone is looking out for them or their is some industry darling child in the group - possibly both. I have no idea if the act is worthy of the hype - so I will be at ON THE ROX tonight to judge for myself.

With free booze, a rising local artist and DJ Luca Buassi spinning - it should be, at the very least, worth checking out.