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

Daily Concert Blast: A Dose of Concerts in LA on May 23, 2012

Make your midweek more exciting with some great residencies tonight - Matt Chamberlain at The Mint or Tic Tic Boom! at Lot 1 Cafe.  The former is joined by keys/B3 extraordinaire Marco Benevento and the latter are joined by We Are/She Is and Odd Modern to round out an eclectic, LGBT friendly indie rock bill.  

For some throwback sounds - The Roxy rolls out the Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde party that sees the return of the original Pharcyde crew.  Don't let that show pass you by, although I wouldn't blame you for electing Rock for the Rack with Leo Nocentelli of the Funky Meters instead.  Both should deliver nostalgia inducing performances.  

Los Angeleno native and soon to be Bonnaroo performer Robert Francis holds down the fort that is Troubadour.  In other names that should be on your radar - Love In The Circus performs at Zanzibar, Sonnymoon, Kone and CBG beat down The Airliner for Low End Theory and Dandelo delivers free noise on The Satellite crowd.  Other notables include a free show at Slidebar with Seedless and Zen Robbi, Aceyalone at a re-opened Little Temple, Devandra Banhart at The Observatory and House of Vibe All-Stars at Harvelles.

Our server is back up - so look for a Concert Blast in your mailboxes later today....for now, here is a full list of tonight's concerts in LA:

Fear Factory, Shadows Fall, The Browning, The Devastated, Legacy of Disorder, Thrown Into Exile @ Yost Theater

Katisse Buckingham, Jerry Watts, Chris Wabich Trio @ bluewhale

Venice Underground Comedy @ Del Monte Speakeasy

Sabaton, Ana Kefr, Relicseed, Sirion, Solaria @ Key Club

Robert Francis, Leslie Stevens, Edwards & Edwards @ Troubadour

The Spazmatics, The Bad Bad Things, The Dares, Fire Tiger @ The Viper Room

Danger, Kauf @ El Rey Theatre

Tic Tic Boom!, Odd Modern, We Are/She Is @ Lot 1 Café (FREE)

Apocalyptour @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

American Idol Finale Shows @ Nokia Theatre LA Live

Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s, Dinosaur Feathers, Whispertown @ Bootleg Theater

Dandelo, Irontom, Nacosta @ The Satellite (FREE)

Break Horses, Geographer, Old Toy Trains @ Echo

Dub Club @ Echoplex (FREE before 10 PM)

David Ryan Harris, Naia Kete, Tracee Perrin, Rachel Rabin @ The Hotel Café

Leslie Lowe, Fay Wolf, Rafe Pearlman @ Room 5 Lounge

We Like Fun feat. Skyline Pigeons, Amanda Panda, Brady Spear, Stephen Etheredge, Junior Costa @ The Central SAPC (FREE)

Marco Benevento, Sebastian Steinberg, Matt Chamberlain @ The Mint

House of Vibe All-Stars @ Harvelles

Connor Zwetsch, Arian Saleh, Mia Dyson, Tyler Conti @ WitZend

 Zacc West @ Saint Rocke (6 PM – FREE)

Rock for the Rack w/ The Meters Experience feat. Leo Nocentelli @ Saint Rocke

The Chief Resolve, J. Thoven, Junior High @ Detroit Bar (FREE)

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde feat. Fatlip, Slimkid, J-Swift, La-Jay @ The Roxy

Seedless, Zen Robbi, Katastro @ Slidebar (FREE)

Apparitions, Revolutions Pride, The Boozehounds @ Redwood Bar

Belowme, Wingard Manor, Mark Trance @ Los Globos

TraPsPs, Whitman, Ezra Buchla, Nora Keyes @ The Smell

Devandra Banhart @ The Observatory

Christopher Hawley @ Watermans

Aceyalone @ Little Temple

Kyler England @ Stageit.com

Love IN The Circus, cellojoe @ Zanzibar

Sonnymoon, Kone, CBG, Daddy Kev, Nobody, D-Styles, Nocando @ The Airliner (Low End Theory)

What The Knux? ('Roo Preview)

In light of Bonnaroo announcing their schedule - I'm continuing with my 'Roo Preview and countdown of artists SUPERGOOD thinks are super good. The Knux, hailing from New Orleans, blend of rap has been a favorite on my speakers since I first heard the album "Remind Me In 3 Days..."

With clear influences from Outkast and The Pharcyde, and a style that embraces a little bit of a rocker's swagger, it surprises me that The Knux didn't explode more off of "Remind Me in 3 Days..." Honestly, it was one of my favorite records of 2008. From "Bang, Bang!" - the Entourage trailer track to "Cappuccino" to "Powder Room" there were a bunch of bangers touching on subjects not often visited by rappers toeing a line close to pop-hop.

"Daddy's Little Girl" and "Powder Room" survived several years in my i-pod and made a return in 2011 when the duo dropped a leak from their second LP, "She's So Up", on Consequence of Sound in early February. The new material definitely has much more of a rock underpinning to it as heard in the driving guitar riff, but still possesses a catchy hook and their creative flow.

Very exciting to have these two brothers (Kentrell "Krispy" Lindsey and Alvin "Joey" Lindsey) on the 'Roo line-up - and at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday night no less. What a great way to kick off the first night considering they were all the rage of the 2009 festival season (although they didn't perform at that many of them) and are well known for their intense and riveting live performances.

Just like The Knux bubbled up out of New Orleans and seemed to escape the west coast until their songs were synched with some popular TV shows (Entourage) and films (Harold & Kumar), another act from the southeast that should be popping up on the radar for everyone else soon is Weapons of Audio.

Those boys (and brothers as well) hail from North Carolina and have a sound that is one part The Knux, one part Prince, a little bit of Outkast and a cup of something new. Their synthesized soul or synthesized hip-hop soul is plain dope. Sadly, Weapons of Audio are not on Bonnaroo's line-up this year (or anyone else's festival line up either). That said, I promise they should be.

I've checked out some of their tracks on their facebook page after learning that they'd recorded with Grammy nominated Graham Marsh (the producer behind Cee-Lo's Bright Lights Big City) and from there, I just fell in love. You can fall in love with them too and then beg your local talent buyers to bring them to your city. Check them out on their facebook page and be sure to listen to "If You Want Me" if you want to hear the Prince influences; here is a video for their song "Boulevard" from their debut release "Bipolar".