Tonight in L.A. (January 19, 2013)

The madness at Sundance isn't anything to shake a stick at...but the intermediate phone access is.  Nonetheless, we can still publish lists with bad internet.  Here are today's shows in Los Angeles - Madeon at Exchange LA is definitely a good choice.  Nick Kroll and Friends will make you laugh.  Guitar Center Drum Off at Club Nokia should definitely impress.

• Pennywise @ Hollywood Palladium

• MLK Jr. Holiday Festival feat. Cameo @ Gibson Amphitheatre

• IHOBF Annual Dr. King Celebration @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

• Social Distortion @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip (SOLD OUT)

• Guitar Center Drum Off @ Club Nokia

• Madeon, Adam Auburn @ Exchange LA

• Omarion @ Belasco Theatre

• Nick Kroll & Friends @ Largo

• Norse Horse, Michael Vidal, Arjuna Genome @ Pehrspace

• Vim Dicta, The Do-Its, H & S Band & Burlesque w/ DJ Daisy O’Dell @ Harvard & Stone

• Get Down Boys @ One Eyed Gypsy

• Sock Puppet Sitcom Theater – Three’s Company @ The Echo

• Bootie LA Entyme Video Maship Show @ The Echoplex

• Funky Sole @ The Echo (FREE before 11)

• Bell Gardens @ Origami Vinyl (FREE)

• Beth Lucas, The Headless Prince of Zolpidem, The Van Allen Belt, Spencer Owen Continuum @ Silverlake Lounge

• He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister (Album Release Show), Jenny O., Ramshackle, Tommy Santee Klaws @ Troubadour

• Wooly Bandits @ On The Rox

• Ryan Cabrera, Tyler Hilton, Teddy Geiger @ The Roxy

• Boots Electric, The Black Marquee, Drag News @ The Viper Room

• Richie KOtzen, Unfounded, Burning Rain, S.U.N., Barbarian Overlords, Trash Cowboys, Hipnostic, The Unfounded @ Key Club

• Dennis Jones Band @ Harvelle’s

• The Shift 3 Year Anniversary Party w/ Neo Fresco, Goj!ra, Nold, Korova and SPECIAL GUESTS @ The Central SAPC 

• Glenn Morrison, Wippenberg @ Avalon

• Nowhere Fast (Tribute to Morissey & The Smiths), Murmur (R.E.M. Tribute), 35 Black @ Brixton South Bay

• Elekid!, Here Between Me You, Xombie, ParallaxScroll, Dasid, 1000 Needles, Mike Bloods @ The Smell

• Herculion, Jessie Delxe, News of the Fire @ El Cid

• St. Ranger, Shine So Hard, Nacosta, Greater Pacific @ Lot 1 Café

• The Good Lovelies, Naia Kete, Wildling, Rafe Pearlman @ The Hotel Café

• E-40, Too Short @ The Observatory

• Simpkin Project @ Constellation Room

• “A Green Term, Mr. President” w/ Ozomatli @ St. Vibiana

• Alabaster Stones, Allensworth, the Wheeland Brothers @ House of Blues – Anaheim

• Emmure, Whitechapel, Obey the Brave, Unearth @ Glass House

• Tower of Power @ Belly Up

• Spirit Vine, Dignitary Loss, John Roller DJ Set @ The Satellite

• Laura Michelle, Johnnie Ferro, Stage 11, Daphne’s Roots @ Molly Malones

• Michael Shynes, Kyle McNeill @ Room 5 Lounge

• Dean Mason, Sean Wallace @ Yost Theater

• Ron Trent, Marques Wyatt @ King King Club

• Nick Shattuck @ Saint Rocke (6 PM)

• Queen Nation (Queen Tribute), INXSIVE (tribute to INXS), Jay Stevens @ Saint Rocke

• Dexter Story & Friends SEASONS Record Release Party, DJ Boss Harmony @ Del Monte Speakeasy

• Travis Creeps and the Mighty Swooners, Northern Strangers, West Coast Energy Wave, James Bond Band @ TRiP 

• Rotations: PRISM DJ’s @ Amoeba Records

• Connie Lim, Moi Navarro, Doran Danoff, Sea Stars @ WitZend

• Erik Deutsch Band, Shooter Jennings @ The Mint

• Jason Harnell Group @ Blue Whale

• Focus on Eotvos: Midori Plays Eotvos @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

• Renee Fleming and Susan Graham in Recital @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

• The Amadans, The Hitchhikers Crazy Squeeze, Love Sores, Sorrows @ Redwood Bar

Tonight in L.A. (January 18, 2013)

No shortage of musical options on this fresh Friday...but there is a shortage of music videos because SUPERGOOD is flying the friendly skies and videos don't load that quickly when your 30,000 feet in the air.  

Getting down in LA tonight are a host of talented artists - from the rhythmic beauty of Femi Kuti & The Positive Force to the wild cover energy of Hyper Crush, many of L.A.'s stages will be ignited with quality music.  

Of Mice & Men rock at House of Blues - Sunset STrip, Andrew Bird evokes emotions at Largo as does Kelley James at Key Club.  For a fun sing along - consider the cover sounds of Black Crystal Wolf Kids at El Cid where they are joined by Ninja Betty & The Nunchix.  If you want to dance dance dance - check Congorock at Avalon or Gladkill and Kastle at King King Club.   Indie kids can enjoy The Dead Ships at The Satellite.

Last but certainly not least - ultimate funksters, fans of Parliament, and Talking Heads heads should swing to The Mint to catch Bernie Worrell Orchestra and see the legend Worrell in the flesh!

• DDT Unplugged @ The Wiltern

• Pennywise, Lagwagon @ Hollywood Palladium

• Of Mice & Men, Woe Is Me, Texas in July, Volumes, Capture the Crown @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

• Femi Kuti & The Positive Force, Jeremy Sole @ El Rey Theatre

• Tydi, Matt Lange @ Exchange LA

• DJ Reflex, Disko Drew, DJ Kazaa @ Belasco Theatre

• An Intimate Evening w/ Andrew Bird @ Largo

• Soccoro!, Traps PS, Palm Reader, Smelvetine, Dj Molly Shelton @ Pehrspace

• Vim Dicta, The Do-Its, H & S Band & Burlesque w/ DJ Dan Mancini @ Harvard & Stone

• Vibrometers @ One Eyed Gypsy

• Warships, Western Loveres, Gemini Club, Brett @ The Echo

• The Van Allen Belt @ Origami Vinyl (FREE)

• Wild Roses, Them Guns, Lisa Tucker, UBI, Red Lettered, KaRrMa @ Troubadour

• The Nasty Souls, Infantree, The Blessings, Kid Gramaphone, GT350’s @ The Roxy

• Abandoned Pools, The Lonely Drunks Club, Lost in a Car Crash, Charming Liars @ The Viper Room

• Kelley James @ Key Club

• Johnny Stachela Band, Duane Betts @ Harvelle’s

• The New Division, Let’s Drive to Alaska, DIVA, Newman Wolf, Freshair @ The Central SAPC

• Congorock, Marcel Woods, Black Boots, Poupon, Sam Hiller @ Avalon

• So Many Wizards, Feeding People, Now, Wild Pack of Canaries @ The Smell

• Black Crystal Wolf Kids, Ninja Betty & The Nunchix, Forrest Day @ El Cid

• The Dollyrots, Ingenue, Michael Van London @ Redwood Bar

• Henry Rollins @ McCabe’s Guitar Shop

• W-H-I-T-E, Noyes, Protect Me @ Lot 1 Café

• Tampled by Turtules, Honeyhoney @ The Observatory

• Pebaluna, Louise Goffin, Mieka Pauley, Tim Bader, Della Valle, Erin McLaughlin @ The Hotel Café

• Social Distortion, Cobra Skulls, Dano Forte’s Juke Joint Freak Show @ House of Blues – Anaheim

• Down, Warbeast, Honky @ City National Grove of Anaheim

• Tower of Power @ Canyon

• John C. Reilly & Friends @ Bootleg Bar

• The Dead Ships, Superbus (from France), Kiven, Missing Teen (Future Ghost) @ The Satellite

• KLSY, Digital Detroit, Mathai @ Molly Malones

• Eric Lumiere, Chelsea Williams, Stephen Wrabel & Jamie Floyd @ Room 5 Lounge

• Christopher Lawrence, Cowboy Mike, Endgam3 @ Yost Theater

• Gladkill, Kastle, Anthony Ellect @ King King Club

• Jeff (of Sand Section) @ Saint Rocke (6 PM)

• Hyper Crush, Jane Bang, DJ Excel @ Saint Rocke (9 PM)

• Barry Zweig Trio @ Del Monte Speakeasy (FREE)(8 PM)

• Off The Wall, Alfred Hawkins, FM Radio + Corners Band @ Del Monte Speakeasy

• Lovesores, Crazy Squeeze, Hitchhikers, Babylon Sweethearts @ Alex’s Bar

• Mars and the Massacre, Alex Arndt & The Sonic Universe, Looner, West @ TRiP 

• Chris Laterzo, Songbirds, Alaina Blair, Calico @ WitZend

• Bernie Worrell Orchestra, NVO @ The Mint

• Michael Feinberg Group @ Bluewhale

• Focus on Eotvos: Midori Plays Eotvos @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

TURNT UP: New Filth from Just Blaze & Baauer!

Its super real in 2013, which is why everyone should be getting "Higher" ... of course I mean this ill track by Just Blaze and Baauer.   The traptastic anthem steps into the echelon of party music from its opening drops with vocal samples courtesy of Hova himself - Jay-Z.  These two hot producers made sure underground clubs and dance floors will in fact be rocking with the best on their fiercely bass heavy track.   If there was a dictionary that used songs rather than words for definitions - you'd find this under the entry "turnt up" - its just that filthy.  

Check it out and get your January playlists bumping hard.  

Tonight in L.A. (January 17th)

Not a ton to love about the concert options tonight in L.A., but a few gems exist and there is plenty of local talent to discover.

Catch Yo La Tengo for free at Amoeba records, Hollywood's elite can ride the Sea Wolf at SoHo and Drop The Lime hopefully dirties the dance floor at Detroit Bar. 





Everything else - see below..

• Emmure, Whitechapel @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

• Pinback, Judgment Day @ El Rey Theatre

• An Intimate Evening w/ Andrew Bird @ Largo

• Vim Dicta & The Do-Its @ Harvard & Stone

• Nocona @ One Eyed Gypsy

• Tumbleweed Wanderers, Folk Family Revival, Song Preservation Society @ The Echo

• Rucky Punch, Adam Oliver, Nacosta @ Silverlake Lounge

• Write The Night w/ Tift Merritt, Damien Jurado, Lucy Rose, Joshua James, Curtis Peoples @ Troubadour (SOLD OUT)

• Natalie Anguili, The Nukes, Good Deeds, Shindig Avenue, Lara Johnston, Banshee Bones @ The Roxy

• The Parlotones, Iron Tom, Transfer @ The Viper Room

• Harlow Gold @ Harvelle’s

• Lifehouse @ Grammy Museum

• Yo La Tengo @ Amoeba Records

• Vermouth, Double Naught Spy Car @ Bootleg Bar

• Laura Dowding, Billy Gill, Lindsay Rae Spurlock, Jen Awad @ El Cid

• Kate Earl, Jake Bellows, Prince Pangolin, The Blushes, Paul Freeman @ The Hotel Café

• The Famous Corey Yentz, Halimede, Letters Home @ Lot 1 Café

• Sea Wolf @ SoHo Restaurant & Music Club

• The London Souls, Hollerado, Wake Up Lucid @ The Satellite

• Lowly Specs, Bad Water @ Molly Malones

• Arthur Lewis, Nick Maybury @ Room 5 Lounge

• Justin Martin, Christian Martin, Focus DJ’s @ Yost Theater (Free to 1^st 100 RSVPS in line)

• Disalto, Devil in Drag, Pack of Lies, Jim Schueller, Arboles Libres @ King King Club

• Tony Ferrari @ Saint Rocke (6 PM)

• Hunter Beard, Keddy Mac, DJ Freeze, Richie and the 99% @ Saint Rocke (9 PM)

• Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Bombon, Thy Squid, June Holidays @ Alex’s Bar

• LNGWKND @ Del Monte Speakeasy

• City of Blue, The Carlones, Hunter99, Xochitl @ TRiP

• Me & Mr. Cassidy, Danni Rosner, Derek Thomas @ WitZend

• Round Trip Ticket, Cross Town Traffic, James Bond Band @ The Mint

• Shiny Toy Guns (DJ set w/ Jeremy Dawson + Carah Faye), Drop The Lime @ Detroit Bar

• Joe La Barbara Group @ Bluewhale

• Long Black Shadows, Beau Pender, Elvis Computer @ La Cave (FREE)

New Heat: FIND MY WAY by MIND THE GAP

Hopefully you've been watching your step in the music game in early 2013 - because then you might already be familiar with Mind The Gap and their edgy bouncy electronic pop rock single "Find My Way."  To celebrate their ballsy anthem - they released a performance video yesterday and made the song available in exchange for an e-mail address on their website  www.mindthegapsound.com.  Teenagers to 30 somethings filled with angst about life need this track on their mobile phone, ipod and computer STAT - it speaks directly to the struggles we've all experienced trying to figure this thing called life out and the song beats hard and f'ing pops!



"Find My Way" is the first single off of MTG's forthcoming EP Youth due out sometime later in 2013.  If this track portends what the rest of their EP is like - I'm expecting fierce and energetic dopeness in a diverse package.   And why shouldn't I have that expecation?  MTG may be able to lay claim to the title "most diverse rock band" as they're a truly unique quartet spearheaded by a Jewish vocalist from the suburbs of Cleveland, OH, and backed by Sri Lankan hip-hop producer, a Mexican guitarist/producer and a Korean songwriter.   Not only does their diversity make a statement - their musicianship and on-stage chemistry truly validates the famous Abdul line "opposites attract" and evidences that sometimes the best content comes in the most unlikely and colorful of packages.  

You can catch MTG performing at The Hotel Cafe on February 15th, but check their website for updates as there will likely be a few other performances popping up and peep the video below with the filthy remixed outro....

Website | mindthegapsound.com

Facebook | facebook.com/mindthegapsound

Twitter | twitter.com/mindthegapsound

Kosha Dillz & His Hustle To Happiness

Over the last several years I've had the opportunity to get to know MC Kosha Dillz and the privilege of watching his career and character evolve and blossom.  The man also known as Rami Even Esh has come along way from the formerly incarcerated KD Flow.  Graduating from freestyles and CD-R's to commercial releases in record stores and characters in video games.

2012 was quite the rollercoaster for Kosha Dillz - starting with a Super Bowl commercial and grinding through Paid Dues Festival, Warped Tour, Rock The Bells, tours with RZA, Matisyahu and Alex Clare, being in the BET Cypher and ultimately ending with what he does best - freestyles on stage.  All of his traveling certainly took a lot of effort and money, and also provided a platform for a lot of content creation.  Now he needs to edit all that content and he's reached out for donations so he can complete the documentary of his trials and tribulations - a film he calls Kosha Dillz Is Everywhere: The Hustle to Happiness.

Check out his clever Kickstarter video and then figure out if you've got a buck or two to send his way.  His Kickstarter campaign is here.

Tonight in L.A. (January 2, 2013)

Its the first concert update of the year, on the second day of the month, and there are only about three choice recommendations we have for you because there really aren't even that many concerts going on....even The Satellite is dark!

Top on my list would be the launch of Eric McFadden's residency with Wally Ingram, David Graham and Lantz Lazwell.  We're privileged enough to be giving away a set of tickets to the residency - so holler at us on twitter with a @supergoodmusic and @mintLA mention or email us at contest@supergoodmusic.com.



On the other end of the spectrum, where you won't find many guitars, is Low End Theory at The Airliner with Dibiase, Mike Gao and Lebeatski or Dub Club with Anthony B at The Echoplex.  



For some indie steeze - check out The Sister Ruby Band at Silverlake Lounge.  

Full list of shows below:

• DJ Chuchuchu @ Los Globos

• Oak Street Blues, The Pocket Rockets, Bodhi @ Central SAPC

• Eric McFadden Residency w/ Wally Ingram, David Graham, Lantz Lazwell @ The Mint

• Dibiase, Mike Gao, Lebeatski @ Low End Theory

• The Sister Ruby Band, Son of the Velvet Rat, The Hallucinations, LA Witch @ Silverlake Lounge

• Michael Davis w/ Lions, Soviet Red, Merry Christmas @ The Echo (FREE)

• Dub Club w/ Anthony B & His Band @ The Echoplex

• The Mixup! w/ DJ Bianca G @ Detroit Bar (FREE)