Tonight in L.A. (February 22, 2013)

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Amazing how the week flies by in Los Angeles.  To help get you amped for Friday night - check out Viceroy's remix of "This Is How We Do It"

If you want to dance to music like that - head to LURE for Private Label Fridays, where Treasure Fingers throws down along with Oliver and Nick Catchdubs.  For a little filthier bass go a little north of Hollywood Blvd. to Avalon for Jack Beats, Carnage, Whiite and more.

Perhaps you're into bass, but not about those trap beats, in which case the famous Victor Wooten (of Bela Fleck & The Flecktones) at El Rey Theatre might be your sonic treat.  For other amazing musicianship - consider Jon Brion at Largo.

Those looking for the edgy indie bands might want to check out Fartbarf and Breakfast at The Smell.  For the next hot indie pop/jazz, check out Palter Ego and Monte Mar at El Cid.  Westsiders looking to drink and party should consider The Dead Ships at The Central SAPC.   

Other notable shows include Kid Ink continuing to celebrate his rap life at Yost Theater, Coheed & Cambria at The Wiltern and The White Buffalo at Troubadour.  Full list of shows after the videos...

• Coheed & Cambria @ The Wiltern

• The Summer Set, We Are The In Crowd, Go Radio @ The Roxy

• Adam Boy, Esty, Mike Taylor, E-Train, Dame 55, Scotty The Kid, Sharp Chedda @ On The Rox

• Turisas, Firewind, The Dead Crew of Oddwood, Sirion, Helsott, Mordor @ Key Club

• Viza, Day Above Ground, Help the Doctor, Back Pocket Memory, IIIFX, DJ Rudeboy @ The Viper Room

• Jon Brion @ Largo

• The White Buffalo, Matt Ellis, The Walcotts @ Troubadour

• Rainman, Einstein’s Dirty Secret, Farspeaker, Black Bear & The Cheyenne Autumn Band, DJ Lord Thrust @ Pehrspace

• Doro, Sister Sin @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

• Maggie and Eden Malyn, Gwendolyn Edwards, John Torres, Sin City, Kula @ Room 5 Lounge

• Kylie Rose, Ali Young, Heathers @ The Hotel Cafe

• Barry Zweig Trio @ Del Monte Speakeasy (FREE)

• Deux Sons, Alfred Hawkins @ Del Monte Speakeasy

• Dudamel & Shalam @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

• Victor Wooten @ El Rey Theatre

• Clipping, Greenlander, Textbeak, Signals @ Lot 1 Café

• Brandy, Bridget Kelly @ Club Nokia

• Gabriel & Dresden, Darin Epsilon, Davi @ Exchange LA

• DJ Day @ Amoeba Records

• The Downtown Train @ One Eyed Gypsy

• Night Marchers, The Intelligence, Mrs. Magician @ The Satellite

• The Orwells, Gap Dream, Criminal Hygiene, DJ Justin Gage @ The Echo

• Joey Arias, Kristian Hoffman @ Bootleg Theater

• Raul Campos (KCRW), Joaquin Garcia @ King King Club

• Jack Beats, Carnage, Whiite, Bones, Sam Hiller B2B @ Avalon

• Twenty | one | pilots @ Constellation Room

• Treasure Fingers, Oliver, Nick Catchdubs @ Lure

• Moguai, Doc Rez, Mr. Rad @ Yost Theater

• Kid Ink, Zeya, Omenz, Lean Marea, OKIM, Well Trusted @ Yost Theater

• The B Side Players, Indian Summer, Raquel Rodriguez, Ted Brown @ The Mint

• GIGGLEPUSS! @ The Mint

• Fartbarf, Breakfast, Jew Cocks, Pop/Soda @ The Smell

• Palter Ego, Monte Mar, David Palmer & Michael Jorgensen @ El Cid

• CJ Ramone @ Alex’s Bar

• The Pullmen,The Vettyrocket Band, Mic Dangerously @ Saint Rocke

• Angry Samoans, JFA, Naked Aggression, Luicidal, Whitekaps, Social Task @ The Observatory

• B.B. King, Detour 91 @ House of Blues – Anaheim

• As I lay Dying, The Devil Wears Prada @ Majestic Ventura Theater

• The Dead Ships, Owl Fly South, Holy Fever, The Mercy Beat @ The Central SAPC

• Randsburg, Rebecca Zoe Leigh, Steven Casper & Cowboy Angst, The Shakedown @ TRiP

• Young Beautiful in A Hurry, Paul Waters, Cleo Antonelli, Nayanna Holley @ WitZend

• The Holy Child, Punch Funk Love @ Harvelle’s

• CJ Ramone, Audacity, White Murder @ Alex’s Bar

• La Boite Funk @ Detroit Bar

Tonight in L.A. (December 10, 2012)

Its another week of holiday parties and scrambling to make sure you see everyone before they leave town and enter the entertainment industry dark weeks.  Perhaps you'll find them at the Hurricane Sandy comedy benefit going on downtown at Club Nokia with the likes of Will Ferrell, Aziz Ansari, Sarah Silverman and more.  Or maybe a local concert like Jhameel's residency at Bootleg with support from the feisty up and coming indie-dance act Mind The Gap?  Or maybe they'll be Robert Raimon Roy's record release party at The Standard Hollywood (listening begins at 10:15?  Or maybe they'll be somewhere else....

If its somewhere else I might recommend Eastern Conference Champions and Bixby Knolls at The Echo, because its free or Bonhom, Diwon, E-Train, Palter Ego and Neutron at The Central SAPC because its festive and lots of jewish artists will be celebrating with Hannukah performances.

For more recs - see below:

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• LOUD VILLAGE Presents…Comedy for the Holidays @ Troubadour

• Metal Shop w/ Little Miss Nasty @ Key Club

• Diamond Revival, Charming Liars, Beatrice Brigitte @ The Viper Room

• Bonhom, Purdue Avenue, Diwon, E-Train, Palter Ego, Neutron, DJ Danny Mentoly, Danika Daze @ The Central SAPC

• theKI, Like Clockwork, Mark Hildreth, Poppa’s Kitchen @ The Mint

• Jackie Does Joel, Brother Sal, Joe Purdy, Brian Wright @ Room 5 Lounge

• The Mixx @ Harvelle’s

• Jason Joseph & The Spectacular, Dominique Pruitt, Maria Del Pilar, IAMEVE @ The Hotel Café

• 4^th Annual Paul Scheer Sexy Christmas Spectacular @ Largo

• Steel Panther @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

• Technocrat, Sir Sly, Brandon De  Le Cruz @ Detroit Bar (FREE)

• Lamps, Doses, MYNX, Roman Milk @ Pehrspace

• Handshakes, Wires in the Walls, Future Dancing, Bedcake, Orange Umbrella @ Silverlake Lounge (FREE)

• Willy Moon, Pop Levi, Madi Diaz, Harper Blynn @ Bardot (It’s a School Night)

• Jhameel, Young Hunting, Mind The Gap @ Bootleg Bar (FREE)

• Sons of the Damned, Orange Blossom Special @ Constellation Room

• We Hate Hurricanes: Hurricane Sandy Benefit w/ Aziz Ansari, Will Ferrell, Sarah Silverman, Chelsea Peretti & Special Guests @ Club Nokia

• Eastern Conference Champions, The Bixby Knolls, The Reflections @ The Echo (FREE)

• The Child, Hammered Satin, Young Girls, Fan-Tan @ The Echoplex (FREE)

• The Henry Clay People, Son of Stan, TS and the Past Haunts @ The Satellite (FREE)

• Robert Raimon Roy @ The Standard Hollywood

Blue Whale - Where Jazz Lives in L.A.

Have you been to the Blue Whale yet? If you're a musically inclined Los Angeleno - the answer to that question should be yes. Its a hot little enclave in the Little Tokyo area of downtown and most nights of the week you'd be impressed with the sounds emanating from inside.

This week the venue gets a visit from a budding young indie pop star I recently discovered, Jesse Palter. While you might be familiar with her from Palter Ego - where she pens and belts out indie pop soul with ease - apparently she has her own jazz quartet too. They've played Red Sea Jazz Festival, done gigs in Vegas and are not to be taken lightly. You can catch Jesse and her talented threesome that includes Mike Jellick (piano), Tim Lefebvre (bass) and Steve Hass (drums).

Here is one of Jesse's Palter Ego originals "Take Me With You."

Here are a couple of covers by Jesse's Palter Ego project, which also includes producer/player/writer Sam Barsh on keys. Gotye's "Somebody That I Used To Know" and Lana Del Reys' "Video Games." Palter Ego just finished a residency at The Cosmopolitan in Vegas and are returning for another 5 night residency there in May.

Blue Whale - Where Jazz Lives in L.A.

Have you been to the Blue Whale yet? If you're a musically inclined Los Angeleno - the answer to that question should be yes. Its a hot little enclave in the Little Tokyo area of downtown and most nights of the week you'd be impressed with the sounds emanating from inside.

This week the venue gets a visit from a budding young indie pop star I recently discovered, Jesse Palter. While you might be familiar with her from Palter Ego - where she pens and belts out indie pop soul with ease - apparently she has her own jazz quartet too. They've played Red Sea Jazz Festival, done gigs in Vegas and are not to be taken lightly. You can catch Jesse and her talented threesome that includes Mike Jellick (piano), Tim Lefebvre (bass) and Steve Hass (drums).

Here is one of Jesse's Palter Ego originals "Take Me With You."

Here are a couple of covers by Jesse's Palter Ego project, which also includes producer/player/writer Sam Barsh on keys. Gotye's "Somebody That I Used To Know" and Lana Del Reys' "Video Games." Palter Ego just finished a residency at The Cosmopolitan in Vegas and are returning for another 5 night residency there in May.

Palter Egos & Barsh-Mellows at Del Monte Speakeasy

It hasn't been too long since Townhouse reopened their downstairs chilled out oasis, The Del Monte Speakeasy, but its fast become a westside music lovers spot of choice. The famed, sweaty, throwback bar in the basement of the Venice staple has been steadily heating up with a parade of artists that you would regularly expect to see at rooms like The Roxy, The Echo and The Mint.

Sunday January 8th is no different - with hot producer and keys-playing extraordinaire, Sam Barsh. Him and his Barsh-Mellow jam should ignite the Venice venue all night with sexy covers, original material from Sam's various projects - including new indie soul pop project Palter Ego, featuring him and Jesse Palter, and possibly even some of Barsh's newest productions that are slated to appear on Norah Jones' new record and Def Jam rapper Wax's mixtape.

This is the first of what hopes to be many Barsh-Mellow shows. His funky eclectic vibe is the perfect fit for Del Monte. RSVP to the show via the facebook event link here.

Palter Egos & Barsh-Mellows at Del Monte Speakeasy

It hasn't been too long since Townhouse reopened their downstairs chilled out oasis, The Del Monte Speakeasy, but its fast become a westside music lovers spot of choice. The famed, sweaty, throwback bar in the basement of the Venice staple has been steadily heating up with a parade of artists that you would regularly expect to see at rooms like The Roxy, The Echo and The Mint.

Sunday January 8th is no different - with hot producer and keys-playing extraordinaire, Sam Barsh. Him and his Barsh-Mellow jam should ignite the Venice venue all night with sexy covers, original material from Sam's various projects - including new indie soul pop project Palter Ego, featuring him and Jesse Palter, and possibly even some of Barsh's newest productions that are slated to appear on Norah Jones' new record and Def Jam rapper Wax's mixtape.

This is the first of what hopes to be many Barsh-Mellow shows. His funky eclectic vibe is the perfect fit for Del Monte. RSVP to the show via the facebook event link here.