The next great (currently below the radar) LA quartet that I think is going to pop off in a SUPERGOOD way is Mind The Gap. As evidenced by their new single "Hero" - they capture the fusion of electronic dance in a way that feels like an indie ballad is being mashed up with a slamming house track by your favorite DJ. Hero even feels like A-Trak's remix of Yeah Yeah Yeah's "Heads Will Roll"...except its an original composition. And a catchy one at that. With recently landed synchs in "You're Next" and a forthcoming documentary tentatively titled "Generation Iron" - plus spots on Lifetime and other reality programming - it appears they have a penchant for songwriting and it's possible you may have even already been exposed to MTG. If you haven't - August 30th at The Roxy is your chance. With a set scheduled for 9 p.m. in a supporting slot for Work Drugs - I can promise they'll unleash at least a half hour of power that will probably leave your feet sore, your heart racing and have you chanting at least one of their hooks. If you haven't heard or seen this train coming - make sure you Mind The Gap, because they've arrived. Get your tickets for tonight's show here!
Club Nokia and Los Angelenos get a special treat tonight when Moderat - the esteemed collaboration of Modoselektor and Apparat - unleashes that good sort of filth as Thursday turns to Friday. The collab does not tour often - so electronic music aficionados take note. The late addition of Tokimonsta only makes the bill significantly better --- and makes the decision to not go that much more ignorant. Don't miss the queen of electronic beats (TOKiMONSTA), where she is likely to perform a handful of tracks from her Ultra release "Half Shadows." It's rare that such high quality musicianship and production skills packs a bill in Los Angeles and tickets are still available day of --- but they are, and for all ages. Doors are at 9 and Patricio will be first to the decks. Follow this link if you want to ensure you're in the building when the music drops.
Concerts galore hit the streets of Los Angeles tonight - but the best ones are just East of Vine St. at Hollywood Palladium (ALT-J) and Fonda Theatre (Purity Ring and Jon Hopkins). If you can chase down tickets to either one of those performances - you won't regret it. O.C. residents get a visit from Icona Pop at The Observatory. Full list of shows for Tuesday August 27, 2013 below the videos.
Majical Cloudz, Moon King, My Hawaii @ The Echo
ALT-J @ Hollywood Palladium
Russian Masterworks @ Hollywood Bowl
Purity Ring, Jon Hopkins @ Fonda Theatre
Truckfighters, Fatso Jetson, Last Days of Ancient Sunlight, Hellbeast of the Night @ The Satellite
The Electric Sons @ The Viper Room
Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers, Brothers Comatose @ Troubadour
Pete Holmes Living @ Largo
The Bluffs, Duncan McKnight @ Detroit Bar (FREE)
The Ten Thousand, DECORATOR @ Bootleg Bar
Tasuni-Mak World Series feat. Mandeep Sethi, Garbriel Taren @ Del Monte Speakeasy
Horizon, Sarah Pigion, Ella Kromah @ WitZend
Within Reason @ Constellation Room
Icona Pop @ The Observatory
Ana Lunoe, Fashen, Special Guests @ Dim Mak Studios
Shauna Brittenham, La Marche, Cali Rivlin @ Room 5 Lounge
Light FM, Fascination w/ Josef Cristofer, Yvonne Black, Kelly Divan, Angel SPade, Erick Amas @ Los Globos
Nicole Atkins, The Brother Sal, Nick Africano, Kieran Leonard @ The Hotel Cafe
Chainsaw Brotheres, Dizzy Bats, Grumpus, Three Trees @ TRiP
Tonight is not your average twilight series performance down by Santa Monica Pier. The Santa Ana born, Huntington Beach raised Nick Waterhouse brings his bluesy and soulful vocals and guitar right by the beach. Making his recording debut in 2010 with the release of "Some Place" and "That Place" - the storied musical journeyman has been on a wild ride ever since. In May 2012, he released his first full length album, Times All Gone, via Stones Throw imprint Innovative Leisure Records. He continues to maintain a strong working relationship with the Allah-Las and is contributing to production of their sophomore record as well as his own. Catch the Cali crooner tonight at Santa Monica Pier for FREE. Boogaloo Assassins open.
Quasi-local (OC and Long Beach) act Kiev enjoy the third night of their stellar residency this Monday night at Bootleg. Their Radiohead meets My Morning Jacket meets Medeski Martin & Wood sound recalls all things that are good about music, without any of the pop, begging to be discovered, drivel. These guys make music they like - and they appear to have fun doing it too.
Celebrate their latest projects at Bootleg tonight with Miya Folick, The Steelwells, MYPET and DJ Kat Corbett! And, its FREE!
Fierce, beautiful, well-orchestrated all aptly describe Breakfast's "True Love Waits" - but nothing does it justice like the song itself. The deeply emotional ballad belted by the beautiful Andrea Adolph is enhanced by dramatic accordion and perfectly peppered ivory and ebony.
The clap breakdown is charming and cute, as is these seemingly young artists opining about how true love waits. Does it?
Its a summer Thursday - which means FREE shows at the Santa Monica Pier (The English Beat w/ Maxwell Smart) and Levitt Pavilion's (Christian Scott at McArthur Park, New Found Road in Pasadena). Locals The Neighbourhood pack Fonda Theatre and Lakers hero Kobe celebrates the release of Kobe Up Close at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live.
A list of more entertainment options is below the videos.
Enjoy an excellent Saturday and find some good music to check out live in this list below. We like Cloud Control and Tapioca & The Flea at Bootleg Bar if you want to be on the next tip, Hardwell at Palladium to dance your ass off, Mark De Clive Lowe presents Church at Levitt Pavilion McArthur Park if you want some FREE entertainment and The National with Daughter to rock out under the twilight sky at Greek Theatre.
Check out a more complete list below!
The National, Daughter @ Greek Theatre
Emeli Sande @ Club Nokia
Smith Westerns, Wampire @ El Rey Theatre
Chicano Batman @ Levitt Pavilion Pasadena
White Fence, Jessica Pratt and Jonathan Rado @ Trouabadour
Mark de Clive Lowe presents CHURCH @ Levitt Pavilion McArthur Park
One Direction a@ Staples Center
Willie Nelson and Lyle Lovett & His Large Band @ Hollywood Bowl
Ivete Sangalo @ Nokia Theatre L.A. Live
Hardwell @ Hollywood Palladium
Cloud Control and Tapioca & the Flea @ Bootleg Bar
The Shadow Principle, Odd Owl, the Verm and Adam’s Breakfast @ Silverlake Lounge
The Obsessed, Hirax, From Ashes Rise and Final Conflict @ Echoplex
Plus, Smiles, V-3P0 and Dust & Chrome @ Satellite
Star & Dagger, Boots Electric and Purple @ Los Globos
Turbo Lightning, Zebroids, Dirty Few and Heller Keller @ the Smell
Shivering Windows, Nicole Kidman, Filardo, Eyes Seas and the Cthulhus @ Lot 1 Café
The Bluebonnets, Upset and EZ Tiger @ El Cid
Derek Rogers, Good Willsmith, l’eternebre and Black Hat @ pehrspace
Animal Cloud, NTNT, Science Fiction Theater, Darren Frank and Robb Benson & the Sheik @ the Hotel Café
Taro Hart and Melvin Seals & JGB @ the Mint
Dilana and Bleck @ Roxy Theatre
Original Sinner, Opus Dai, Thick as Thieves, Day Above Ground, Kraterface and Sunset Cannons @ House of Blues
Brad Kay’s Regressive Jazz Quartet @ Del Monte Speakeasy
Free Moral Agents, Stab City, Plague Vendor, Ghostnerd and SoCal Tennis Pros @ Alex’s Bar
The Roots hold a soft place in founder Brandon Dorsky's SUPERGOOD heart. Having seen them upwards of 40 times - they capture a special place a top the list of bands he's seen most. Their acceptance of a spot on Jimmy Fallon's late night program meant less touring than their former 200+ shows a year - but hey, the world now gets the treat of seeing them every night - and that is a net positive.
Earlier this week, they really impressed when Robin Thicke joined the legendary Roots crew and Mr. Fallon for a special rendition of "Blurred Lines" with classroom instruments. Which version do you prefer? The video might not be as sexy as the scandalous original, but check it out and decide for yourself.
Throw on your swan outfits, Bjork is in town and playing the Hollywood Bowl tonight.
If that ain't your jam, perhaps you want to get down with the Alkaline Trio at The House of Blues Sunset or close out Tom Petty's six night run at The Fonda.
Colleen Green also plays The Satellite and Anamanaguchi is at The Echo, now say that five times fast and go have yourself a music-filled Turn Up Tuesday.
Rockers on the rise Imagine Dragons invade Hollywood Palladium for the first of two consecutive nights with help from Nico Vega and The Envy Corps on Wednesday. West on Sunset you’ll find the soul of crooner Bilal at Roxy Theatre and emerging newcomer Jez Dior, whose "Candles" track you might remember from a few months back, at The Viper Room. Junip, On and On and Barbarossa at Troubadour should deliver some tasty audible pleasures too.
Catching Dustbowl Revival close out their residency at The Mint will most definitely be a party – so if you like some raucous rooty blues and jazz,check it out. Kastle’s eclectic and eccentric electronic stylings travel to Low End Theory at Airliner where he is joined by regulars Daddy Kev, Nobody and Nocando as well as Odd Future crew's Mike G.
We have tickets to give away for both Bilal and Dustbowl Revival - so hit us on twitter with a shout out or email contest@supergoodmusic.com to get in on the action. Full list of tonight's shows below
Imagine Dragons, Nico Vega, The Envy Corps @ Hollywood Palladium
The Blank Tapes, Blackfeet Braves, The Abigails, Summer Twins @ Constellation Room
Bilal @ The Roxy Theatre
Jez Dior @ The Viper Room
The Dustbowl Revival, The Get Down Boys, AK & Her Kalashnikovs and the Americans @ The Mint
Carol Duboc, Jeff Lorber @ Catalina Bar & Grill
Ballyhoo! @ Slidebar
Larry Goldings @ bluewhale
Mike G (OFWGKTA), Daddy Kev, Kastle, Emika, Nobody, Nocando @ Low End Theory at Airliner Club
Scott Weiland @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip
House of Vibe All-Stars @ Harvelle’s
The Kids, The Stiches, Cyclops, Black Mambas @ Los Globos
Chief, The Eeries @ Harvard & Stone (FREE)
Dub Club w/ Tom Chasteen @ The Echoplex
Inara George, Van Dyke Parks, Brazil You Never Heard @ Largo
Mice Parade @ The Echo
Radiation City, Cuckoo Chaos @ The Satellite
The Gallery, Only You, Scrote, Tim Young, Ron Dziubla, Baby Copperhead, Peter Adams, Tim Lefebvre, Danny Frankel, Blair Sinta, Celia Chavez, Nicky Corbett, John Gold, Emily Zuzik @ The Hotel Café
Ochal La Rocha, Silver Phial @ Redwood Bar
The Moonbeams, The Fortress Social Club @ Club Moscow at Boardner’s
Selina Nichole, Bella Noche @ HOB Voodoo Lounge
Tyler Hilton, Curtis Peoples, Nick Shattuck, Pompous Highmen @ Saint Rocke
Lamb of God, Decapitated, Anciients @ City National Groveo f Anaheim
The Federal Affair @ Federal Bar
Amber Ojeda, Bryce Wilson @ Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club
Wake up, wake up its the first of the month. So get up, get up, get up on that concert list....
Its after noon and our concert list has not been pressed, you're about to get real blessed after we figure out this concert mess. SO...here are the shows to which you might want to go, we recommend Dustbowl Revival at The Mint for the start of their residency!
Paramore @ Wiltern
The Killers, The Felice Brothers @ Honda Center
Clinic, No Joy and Electric Flower Group @ Troubadour
Newsted, Hysteria and Christian Martucci @ Roxy Theatre
NO, So Many Wizards and the Dead Ships @ Bootleg Bar
Adam Green & Binki Shapiro, Pageants and Tall Tales & The Silver Lining @ the Echo
Victor Essiet & the Mandators and Judah Eskender Tafari @ the Echoplex
Vietnam, Gap Dream and the Shine Brothers @ the Satellite
Alejandro Sanz @ Nokia Theatre LA Live
The Mots Noveaux, Totsy, Chase Bell and Mika Newton @ the Hotel Café
The Dustbowl Revival, Leftover Cuties and the Two Man Gentlemen Band @ the Mint
Cult Vegas, No Small Children, the Echo and the Sound and Mars and the Massacre @ the Silverlake Lounge
Restavrant and For the Kings @ Harvard & Stone
Wonderfox, Undead Kennedys @ Los Globos
Pompous Highmen @ Saint Rocke
Built to Spill and Junior Rocket Scientist @ SoHo Restaurant & Music Club
Maps & Atlases @ UC Riverside
Spirit Family Reunion @ the Constellation Room
The Originalities @ House of Blues Anaheim
Zakk Wylde @ Coach House
Reggie Watts @ Largo
Old Crow Medicine Show, Robert Ellis @ El Rey Theatre
Adult Books, Froth, Wax Children, Habits @ Los Globos
Its the final day of the month - which could mean its time to tame down spending to make rent...or its time for the turn up. If its the latter - we've got a host of musical offerings to suggest.
Topping our list are two shows on the eastside. If you're feeling Brit Week, then Chad Valley is your man. He produces and sings simultaneously, effecting his vocals into some sexy, somewhat ambient strange indie electronic music. His show at The Echo is definitely worthy of your attention. For more sexy vocals, albeit a different variety that is more hip-hop and poetry informed, consider Robert Raimon Roy at Bootleg Theater. The triple R threat is joined by the soul of Jack Davey and the electronics of Jonwayne making for an eclectic, eccentric night of dopeness.
We have tickets to give away for both shows - so hit up contest@supergoodmusic.com or mention us and the artists on twitter to get in on the action!
On the grittier rock side of things consider Great White Buffalo at Hemingway's or The Record Company at The Mint. For the latter, I might advise sticking out for their Cinco De Mayo show at Venice Love Shack because its $10 for all you can drink and all you can jam out to.
Full list of shows below.
Robyn Hitchcock [pictured] & the Venus 3 and Peter Buck @ the Troubadour
Marnie Stern, SISU and Qui @ the Satellite
DWNTWN, the Mercy Beat and the Hard Knocks @ the Central SAPC
Robert Raimon Roy, Jack Davey and Jonwayne @ the Bootleg Bar
Chad Valley, Ski Lodge and Oddience @ the Echo
Masaki Batoh @ the Echoplex
Irontom, the Echo and the Sound and the Spreewells @ Silverlake Lounge
Jerry Ulcer, the Dan Castle Review, Early Bizrd & the Bees, Jacaranda Red, Snake Charmer Ensemble, the Mother Vines and Sweet Bump It @ Los Globos
FM Radio, SanguineDrake, Vanish Valley and Samantha Mollen @ the Hotel Café
Anna Lunoe and Rick Rude @Dim Mak Studios
Spirit Family Reunion and the Record Company @ the Mint
Black Apples, Body Parts and Missing Teen @ Harvard & Stone
Great White Buffalo @ Hemingway’s
Kan Wakan@ Sayers Club
Taproot and Boy Hits Car @the Whisky
Wizeguy, Vertigo Shock and Enjuillet @ the Viper Room
JoJo, Austin Brown @ Tru Hollywood
Incendio @ Catalina Bar & Grill
Vittoria, Sox 4 Christmas, the Sterling Clan, Adanna Duru and A Thing Called Smelly a@ House of Blues Anaheim
Happy friggin Friday! Lot's to be heard this FF too, so don't let the couch suck you in after NBA playoff games are over, get up and get heady.
Go see The Cave Singers at The Bootleg, because they are awesome. Or go freak it to Crystal Castles at The Hollywood Palladium, because that too would be awesome.
BritWeek kicks off at The Echo with The Veils, Andy Burrows, and Pop Noir.
DJ Shadow is at The Observatory, remember to wait for the drop...
Or go hear some Chappo w/ Francisco the Man at The Satellite.
All good choices, all there for the taking Los Angeles...
The Dustbowl Revival is playing at The Mint every Wednesday during the month of May. That's the what's up on the what's up. If you're into that, well then it's encouraged that you try your hand at winning tickets for two to every night of their residency. It's pretty easy, unless you're like my mother and turning the computer on gives you issues. If you're on Twitter Tweet: @jaminthevan @supergoodmusic @MintLA @dustbowlrevival and if you're not on Twitter get at us via Email: at contest@supergoodmusic.com with subject Dustbowl Revival Mint Residency.
If for some reason you prefer to purchase a ticket then you can do so HERE.
For more ticket giveaways hit up the aptly named "Giveaways" page on our site...
To hear more from The Dustbowl Revival so that you're good and familiar with the type of fun you'll be getting into, hit up their Jam in the Van Session Page.
2 CHAINZ IS IN TOWN PEOPLE!!! HE'S AT THE OBSERVATORY TONIGHT!
There is other stuff going down, like:
RJD2 @ Echoplex
EL-P @ The Echo
Portugal. The Man and Lord Huron @ The Glass House
Green Day and Best Coast @ LA Sports Arena, you know if you like eye shadow and hot topic.
Bad Religion and The Bronx @ ThePalladium
Vampire Weekend and Tanlines @ The Fox Theater
The Abigails at Alex's Bar
Public Enemy, Rush, and Heart @ Nokia Theater for some Rock and Roll hall of fame induction thing.
New Order and Johnny Marr @ Santa Barbara Bowl...
Little Green Cars@Troubadour
The Dustbowl Revival Record Release at The Edison
Bad Religion @ Hollywood Palladium
Purity Ring, Blue Hawaii @ El Rey Theatre
La Roux @ Fonda Theatre
Sarah Silverman & Friends @ Largo
The Abigails, Shirley Rolls, The Leeches, The Gospels, DJ Paul-E-Wog @ Alex’s Bar
Erica Fairchild presents LNGWKND @ Del Monte Speakeasy
Y Luv, Ready Never, Soda Soda @ The Central SAPC
Harlow Gold @ Harvelle’s
City of Blue, Caldecott, Rod Cocker, Space Hurricane, West of Now @ TRiP
There's a lot going on, those are all good choices, but again people, its 2 CHAINZ in The Observatory! That almost sounds like solving the mystery in the trap version of Clue. And, oh yeah, we have tickets to giveaway to El P. Get on that! Tweet out @theechola @supergoodmusic @jaminthevan @elp.
The in-between Coachella week keeps the hits coming. If you dropped the ball and didn't catch any of the good music that was about town last night, well you have a chance to make up for it tonight.
If it's hip hop that your ears desire then you have several very appealing options like Kitty Pryde (swoon) at the Bootleg Theater, Action Bronson at the Constellation Room at The Observatory, Public Enemy at The House of Blues Sunset Strip, or Teebs and Verbs at Low End Theory at The Airliner.
If it's rock that you want then you've got options for that as well. Tops on our list would be Dinosaur Jr. w/ King Tuff at The Glass House, Alt J at The Observatory or The Dropkick Murphy's at the Nokia.
If thizz is what you want then look no further then Boys Noize and Claude Vonstroke who are doing a free show at the Sound Nightclub.
There's plenty to be had tonight, so wherever you end up just remember, keep it funky!
Got a post Coachella hang-over? Didn't go, not hungover at all and feeling a bit down? The best cure for both is to go see more music. If we're suggesting shows for tonight, and we are, then we'd say go see The Faint with White Arrows at The Observatory. Or, if you want to get real crazy with your Monday, check out Koshachella with Kosha Dillz, the Hebrew Hammer of Hip Hop (aka Yung Menorah, Lil' Latke, etc. etc.), Y-Luv and some other bands will be rocking The Joint with Kosha tonight.
Full show list is below. Remember, Monday is just another word for Friday.
It's Sunday, a day of rest, or a day you can use to go hear some tunes... If you're doing the latter then let us recommend either Mudhoney at the Echo (because Mudhoney is awesome), or Penguin Prison at Drai's in Hollywood... Neither is a bad decision.
It is admittedly a slow evening. The turn-up has no doubt left Los Angeles County and made its way to the desert. That's sort of a bummer for those of us stuck here, but you know what? It's a big town, there's always stuff to do.
So maybe hit up the Calvin Harris show at The Palladium. He's joined by Trey Songz, The Wanted, and Zedd.
Or, if you're feeling adventurous and you want in on a little bit of that desert vibe, get in the whip and head out to Pappy and Harriet's in J-Tree to catch Nick Waterhouse. That will be a guaranteed good experience. However, if your pockets are thin and you don't want to make a trip out of it, then drop your finger on any number of the free options listed below. Odds are you'll land on something fun, and if it isn't, well, that's probably because you didn't try to make it fun...
Amplify 2013 w/ Calvin Harris, Trey Songz, The Wanted, Zedd@ Hollywood Palladium
Rick Ortiz Presents Best of Metal Tributes @ House of Blues - Los Angeles
House of 80s @ House of Blues - Anaheim
The Blackeyed Soul Club, The Magnificent, The Shag Rats @ The Satellite
Bambu, Kixxie SIete, Odessa Kane, Double Dosage, DJ Esta @ The Echo
Denver, Some Dark Hollow, Moonsville Collective @ Bootleg Bar
Papfish, Roots of Mine, Sono Vero, Ital Vibes, Phoenix Down @ Troubadour
Gad Elmaleh @ Largo
The Mason Affair, Pinot, Raquel Rodriguez @ Harvelle's
Barry Zweig Trio @ Del Monte Speakeasy (FREE)(8-10)
Shafiq Husayn & The Dove Society, DJ Alfred Hawkins @ Del Monte Speakeasy
The Overeasy HaSkaLA @ TRiP
The Spazmatics @ Dakota Lounge
John Bobek, Melissa Harding, The Boom Booms, The Daymakers @ WitZend
The Supersuckers, The Black Tibetans, The Henchmen, The Lonesome Ones @ Alex's Bar
Kevin Sousa (6 PM), The English Beat, Reeform @ Saint Rocke Rebel Revive, Bristol To Memory, Big Monsta @ Constellation RoomLuicidal, Tone Def, Rated X, Neighborhood Watch @ The Central SAPC
Quiz @ The Mint
Garrett Smith Group @ Bluewhale
Darude, Kristina Sky @ ExchangeLA
Kyaru Pamyu Pamyu @ Club Nokia
Shark Toys, Protomartyr, Turn To Crime, Smelly Tongues @ Pehrspace
