Jam fans and piano aficionados would be doing themselves a service by going to The Mint tonight. Ivory and ebony virtuoso Marco Benevento takes to the stage at the Pico funk hub to lay down some thick jazz, granola tunes and the occasional party starter like "Limbs of a Pine." You may remember Marco from the Benevento/Russo Duo - but tonight's outfit should be a bit more eclectic, plus he is joined by Mike Dillon of Garage A Trois, Polyphonic Spree, Les Claypool's Flying Frog Brigade and more.
Its a magnificent night of music to close out the first month of the year as Dave Grohl celebrates his documentary with a Sound City Players performance at Hollywood Palladium, a free KRS-ONE show at Slidebar and the improvisation skills of Marco Benevento and Mike Dillon at The Mint.
If those legends weren't enough - there is a healthy dosage of beatsmiths and producers descending on LA venues tonight too. Free The Robots cuts up at Constellation Room while a pseudo Low End Theory crew celebrates the life of Austin Peralta at Del Monte Speakeasy when Daedelus, Teebs and Gaslamp Killer all lay down dope sets for the low cost of $5 entry (proceeds go to charity).
A full list of tonight's shows are below...
Sound City Players
@ Hollywood Palladium
Jordan Booth, Natalise, Nura Creitz @ Room 5 Lounge
Meiko, Sweet Talk Radio, Haley Pharo, Matt Jennings, My Name
Is You @ The Hotel Café
Max Lugavere, Sonia Rao, Danni Rosner, Eric Mellgren, Mike
Stocksdale @ WitZend
Harlow Gold @ Harvelle’s
L.A.M.P., Danger Boy, DJSB, Josh Brooks & More @ The
Central SAPC
Austin Peralata
Tribute w/ Kamasi Washington Dectet, Teebs, Strangeloop feat. Earnest Blount,
Daedelus, Gaslamp Killer @ Del Monte Speakeasy
Marco Benevento, Mike
Dillon Band @ The Mint
Tristan Prettyman, Paul Cannon @ Troubadour
Petty Cash, Black
Coat, The High, Lows, JD Bender @ The Viper Room
Implants, Assuming We Survive, The Hollowed, I’mU, Dirty
Pints @ The Roxy
KROQ Locals Only Presents: Margate, Brothers of Brazil, 80
Proof @ On The Rox
Lise de la Salle Plays Rachmaninoff @ Walt Disney Concert
Hall
Bisonte, Astral Jubilee, The Lost Experience @ Lot 1 Café
Near Mess Craft Beer Fest Night 3 w/ Rainbow Jackson, Batwings Catwings, Luna is Honey @ The Satellite
Zaireeka Listening Party,
HOTT MT, Butcher Boy @ The Echo
Two Gallants, Future
Twin @ Bootleg Theater
JT Ross The Harmonica Boss @ One Eyed Gypsy
The Burning of Rome, T.V. Mike and the Scarecrows, Paper
Planes, D. Lee Wagoneer @ SIlverlake Lounge
Eric Jag, Lushbunny, HyJynx, The Rogue Mechanica @ King King
Club
They Live & Backwards Beast @ Harvard & Stone
Brillz, Etc! Etc!,
Slander @ Yost Theater
Free The Robots @
Constellation Room
Drinking Flowers, The Flying Hand @ Detroit Bar (FREE)
Tony Ferrari (6 PM); 40 Oz. To Freedom, The Originalites,
Wait for Green @ Saint Rocke
The Rift, Brando’s Island, Kitten Kuroi, Inside the Black,
Dave Edery @ TRiP
KRS-One, Macarone
@ Slidebar (FREE)
Crown Plaza, Fawn Spots, Spaceships, Cumstain @ The Smell
Electric Flower Group, Ochal La Rocha, Dave Glasebrook @
NOMAD
In Defence, Sleepwalkers, Fissure, Tim Raldo & The
Filthy Fuks @ Unit B Studio
Kumpania @ El Cid
Spirit Vine, PNP,
LA Witch @ Standard Hollywood
Nostalghia, Low Leaf, the Moth & The Flame @ 3 Clubs
Do the end of your month and start of your weekend right by going out to catch some live entertainment as there is PLENTY of it in Los Angeles tonight. From another installment of No Doubt at Gibson Amphitheatre to Nas ruling the world with Lauryn Hill at Wiltern to Mike Dillon Band going go-go jungle dirty on drums at The Mint - many houses will be raging heavy tonight. The aforementioned No Doubt get support from Fitz & The Tantrums and The Aggrolites making for a very special SoCal performance.
For Mike Dillon - we are giving away a couple pairs of tickets. Just tweet out @mintLA or email contest@supergoodmusic.com to get in on the action. If you dig jazz, but a more mellow version of it consider Bela Fleck & Marcus Roberts at Catalina Jazz Club.
Recent Capitol signees Capital Cities throw down a friday night indie pop electro party at The Roxy, but for heavier electronics I'd recommend Simian Mobile Disco at Fonda Theatre. The dance floor will be sweaty and packed for them and Dave P. To get down to the hip hop of so cal visit Key Club for Fashawn and Strong Arm Steady, with support from FOCI and hopefully some surprise appearances (Murs is in town....).
And, for laughter, consider Club Nokia because Shaquille O'Neal's All Star Comedy Jam never disappoints! For a full list of entertainment options see below.
No Doubt, Fitz and
The Tantrums, The Aggrolites @ Gibson Amphitheatre
Aaron White @ The Airliner
Take 6 @ Pepperdine University
Bela Fleck & Marcus Roberts @ Catalina Jazz Club
Nas & Ms. Lauryn
Hill @ The Wiltern
Shaquille O’Neal’s
All Star Comedy Jam @ Club Nokia (Early & Late Shows)
Frontside & Friends @ The Central SAPC
Bongo Fury: REMIXED @ Harvelle’s
Barry Zweig Trio @ Del Monte Speakeasy (FREE)(8-10)
Off The Wall w/ DJ
Alfred Hawkins @ Del Monte Speakeasy (10 PM)
Mike Dillon Band w.
Jim Wilson, Tomi Townsend @ The Mint
Walk Off The Earth, Selah Sue, The Mowgli’s @ Troubadour (SOLD OUT)
Raquel Rodiguez, La Mer, Demon Rey, John Anderson, B. Slade
@ WitZend
Attika 7, DevilSeed, Great Gods of Greed @ Saint Rocke
Smart Patrol (Devo Tribute), Black Fag (Black Flag Tribute),
Girl – Illa Biscuits, Buzzcuts @ Alex’s Bar
Soed Van Riel @ Exchange LA
Bonfire, Metal 101, Without Warning, Jay Stevens @ Saint
Rocke
Wovenhand, Chief @ The Satellite
Incan Abraham, HOTT
MT, James Supercave, Dashiell Driscoll @ The Echo
Andreilien, Thriftworks, jobot @ King King Club
Straight No Chaser @ Pantages Theatre
Quote Unquote, By Sunlight @ Pehrspace
Match The Band, Moses Campbell, I.E., Clipping @ The Smell
The Bolts, Capital
Cities, The Nukes, Raheem Cohen, 28North @ The Roxy
Catsexual, Jon, Yultron, Dame 35, Exsty, Rosaly @ On The Rox
Fashawn, Strong Arm
Steady, FOCI, EGST, 7th Circle Royalty, Mike Wash @ Key Club
Paul Banks @
Constellation Room
Simian Mobile Disco
Live, JDH, Dave P @ Fonda Theatre
Figure, Cold Blank, Whiiite @ Avalon
Henry Rollins “The Long March” @ Largo
Metal Blade Records 30th Anniversary feat.
Armored Saint & More @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip
Vinyl Williams (Record Release), Gazoota, Moon Pearl, Astral
Jubilee @ Bootleg Bar
TeamMate, The Mots Nouveaux, Famous in Iowa, Jameson, Brown
Shoe, Matty Charles w/ Zedekiah Child @ The Hotel Cafe
Lennon Leppert, The Luvnauts, David Haack, Leena
Culhane @ Room 5 Lounge
MFG Productions Presents - ????? @ Los Globos
Static Fridays @ Detroit Bar
Meiko, LAGrange Concourse, Larkin McLean @ Malibu Inn
