Tonight in L.A. (October 20, 2012)

Its not just any Saturday night in Los Angeles this week.  While there are stars on the regular, there aren't always international stars with music videos that have garnered over a HALF BILLION views.  If you've been living under a proverbial rock for most of 2012 or you are over the age of 70 - you may not have heard Gangnam Style - otherwise you probably are familiar with the PSY phenomenon.  No joke - my three year old nephew and year old niece are even hip to it.  



So - if you want to indulge in the hype - he is playing at House of Blues - Sunset Strip along with Brit star vocalist Ellie Goulding and Jay-Z's latest protege - Rita Ora.  A solid line-up for fans of pop stars and their music.  



For those with more eclectic tastes - I recommend the Peaches DJ Extravaganza at Fonda Theatre with support from Big Freedia.  The artists are gaymous, the dance floor will be raging and you'll be encouraged to, amongst other things, get ass everywhere and fuck the pain away.  Sounds sexual, aggressive and fun.  





You'd be hard pressed to find a way to describe Crystal Castles as tame (they are not), but it will be less craybans at their show at Hollywood Palladium with Health and Kontravoid than it will be up the block at Fonda.   

Outside of the various Hollyhoods - I'd advise heading west (or west and north).  Over at The Getty Center, Cold Cave turns in one of the late season Saturdays Off the 405 performances.  In Santa Monica, The Central SAPC hosts its monthly Silent Frisco with a blend of NIN and Skrillex tonight.  Pepperdine University brings Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue to their Malibu campus for some high quality New Orleans jazz and funk.  All the way up in Santa Barbara - Snow Patrol and Lissie rock the Santa Barbara Bowl.



As usual - a full list of tonight's L.A. shows are below.

Crystal Castles, HEALTH, Kontravoid @ Hollywood Palladium

The Dan Band @ Club Nokia

The Fab Faux @ Orpheum Theater

The Script, Tristan Prettyman @ Greek Theatre

Brad Paisley @ Hollywood Bowl

Hamilton Price Group @ bluewhale

Peaches DJ Extravaganza, Big Freedia @ Fonda Theatre

Ellie Goulding, PSY, Rita Ora @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

An Evening with Aaron Freeman (formerly Gene Ween) @ Troubadour

Dan Deacon, Height With Friends, Chester Endersby Gwazda, Alan Resnick @ El Rey Theater

The Paul F. Thompkins Show Presents: The Pod. F. Tompkast Live! @ Largo

The mergence, The Burning of Rome, The Shakers, The Suits @ The Viper Room

Bambu Station & ELan,  Inna Vision, Sono Vero @ The Roxy

Shugga Shane, Garrett Lee, Ariana Astar, Being Devious, Brooke Williams @ On The Rox

Bass Player Live feat Chris Squire, Aston Barrett and Steve Bailey @ Key Club

Women Warriors II Benefit Show @ Lot 1 Cafe

Magic Trash @ Origami Vinyl (FREE)

ASHBURY w/ Leggy Peggy, Diamond Light, The Downtown Train, Ned Casual & Hunter, DJ Vidal @ Los Globos

Happy Box 15^th Anniversary w/ 1521, Blindcry, Emma’s Arch, Far*Out, Gabriela’s Kiss, The Glenn Jacinto Band, Guns at the Bar, King Capre, Mayday, New Day in August, Project 7, Sylva, Shadow is my Friend, Ten to Midnight and Zipcode @ Bootleg Theater

Osunlade, Marques Wyatt, Big Cee @ King King Club

The Jealous Sound, Weatherbox, Cardboard Lamb @ The Satellite

Cold Cave @ The Getty Center

The Soft Pack, Crocodiles, Heavy Hawaii @ The Echoplex

Funky Sole @ The Echo (FREE)

Mary Fahl, Naia Kete, Birdseye, Kori Withers, Herbert Ball Orchestra @ The Hotel Café

Keesha Scott Horgan, Amy Loftus, The Deep Sea Goes, Flowerglass @ Room 5 Lounge

Manufactured Superstars, Bad Boy Bill @ Avalon

LA Oktoberfest @ Vanguard

Livin on A  Prayer, Lixx @ Brixton South Bay

Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers, Northern Son, Miggs @ Saint Rocke

Alex Cuba, Rhett Frazier Inc. @ The Mint

Jimmy Lifton @ The Mint (7 PM)

Silent Frisco: NIN vs. Skrillex @ The Central SAPC

Swedish Egil, Spikey Mikey @ Yost Theater

TeaLong, Kill Will, Fluent One! @ Detroit Bar

Los Pinguous @ Dakota Lounge

The Soul of John Black, Aaron Hendra, Brian Titus, Vinyl Playlist, I4AI @ WitZend

Blowin’ Smoke and the Fabulous Smokettes @ Harvelle’s

The Gears, The Last, Sara Radle & The Mockingbirds, The Alley Cats @ Alex’s Bar

Aruna Sairam @ Schoenberg Hall UCLA

Delfeayo Marsalis Octet @ Catalina Bar & Grill

Surgeons, Corners, Froth, Cigarette Burns @ The Smell

Wages @ Machine Project

Blackwater Jukebox @ Rafas Lounge Art Gallery

Joey Dosik, Dustbowl Revival @ Del Monte Speakeasy

Tift Merritt, Amy Cook, Tyler Lyle @ McCabe’s Guitar Shop

The Growlers, Audacity, Sam Flax, Tomorrows Tulips, TRMRS, Fee @ The Observatory

Adam Ant @ City National Grove of Anaheim

Ian Anderson @ Terrace Theater

Eddie Money, The Relatives, Pinch Me! @ Coach House

Snow Patrol, Lissie @ Santa Barbara Bowl

Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue @ Pepperdine University

Y.G. @ Angels Roadhouse

Tonight in L.A. (October 12, 2012)

I'm going to chop it up in the crowd at The Gossip - and if you need something uplifting and energetic, I strongly recommend you join me at Fonda Theatre tonight for Beth Ditto and friends' show.  Over in the same neighborhood - the XX play to a sold out crowd at Hollywood Palladium, Zedd and Porter Robinson drop heavy beats at Avalon and Wick-It The Instigator does the same at King King Club.





Australian indie rockers Strange Talk go under at The Echo with help from Hundred Waters and Wildcat! Wildcat!  



Visual sonicscape artist Amon Tobin's ISAM Live event invades Greek Theatre, Funtcase and High Ranking make a crowd move at House of Blues - Sunset Strip and Steve Kimock goes jammy at The Mint.   For a full list of shows - check below:

• White Mystery, Crazy Band, Heller Keller, Palm Reader @ Pehrspace

• Petunia & The Vipers, Exene Cervanka, Phil Alvin @ Harvelle’s

• Barry Zweig Trio @ Del Monte Speakeasy (FREE – 8-10)

• DJ Alfred Hawkins, Inclined @ Del Monte Speakeasy

• Tatiana @ Yost Theater

• Meiko & Bobby Long @ Yost Theater (6 PM)

• Stoned Alice, Green ToDay, Jane’s Diction @ Brixton South Bay

• Candy-O, Inxs-ive @ Alex’s Bar

• Patti Smith @ The Wiltern

• The xx, John Talabot, 2:54 @ Hollywood Palladium

• Steve Vai, Beverly McClellan @ Club Nokia

• Amon Tobin: ISAM Live, Holy Other @ Greek Theatre

• Dudamel Conducts Where The Wild Things Are @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

• The Roxbury Park Boyz @ Amoeba (FREE)

• Sketchy Black Dog II @ bluewhale

• Funk Hunters, Wick-It Instigator, Black 22’s, Phynky Brewster @ King King Club

• The Gossip, Magic Mouth, DJ Paul V. @ Fonda Theatre

• OohlaLA Festival 2012: - M - @ El Rey Theatre

• Funtcase, High Ranking, School Boy, Nerd Rage @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

• Gaelic Storm @ Troubadour

• The Greg Gomes Band, The Bear’s Den, Dirty Sanchez & The Fuckits, Our hospitality, Uniform Standard, 4 Billion Souls, Rockimera, Barry Levine Acoustic @ The Viper Room

• Danni Rouge, Skye Townsend, McAlister Drive, Soundcannon, To Humans, 200 West, Anchor Away, DJ MRTN @ The Roxy

• Black Party Politics, Whiskey and Cleaver @ On The Rox

• Dr. Know, Ghoul, The Mentors, Witchaven @ Key Club

• Dustin and the Explosions, Starskate, Mystery of Iniquity, Rot @ Lot 1 Café

• Stranger Cole vs. Eric Monty Morris @ Los Globos

• The World Record @ Origami Vinyl (FREE)

• DJ Dan Mancini @ Harvard & Stone

• The Vibrometers @ One Eyed Gypsy

• Busdriver, NoCanDo, Open Mike Eagle @ Bootleg Bar

• Ezra Furman and His Band, The Peach Kings, Krill @ The Satellite

• Strange Talk, Hundred Waters, Wildcat! Wildcat! @ The Echo

• Bell X1, Duke Special, Goodnight, Texas, Oak & Gorski, Liz Wood, Brandon McCulloch @ The Hotel Café

• Porter Robinson, Zedd @ Avalon

• Space Boners: Los Angeles Chimichanga and Comedy Festival @ Silverlake Lounge (FREE)

• Sharon Renee, Haley Reinhart, Shoshana Bean, Stephen Wrabel @ Room 5 Lounge

• Katerina Gleciher, Amie Miriello, Glowbird @ Molly Malones

• John Sebastian & Jimmy Vivino @ Largo

• I Love the 90’s @ The Central SAPC (FREE)

• Steve Kimock, Bernie Worrell, Wally Ingram, Andy Hess @ The Mint

• Run Swim Run, Geezer @ Saint Rocke

• Orlando Napier, Tyler Conti, Patrick Merrill, Chief Green Bud @ WitZend

• Merciless Jive, The Mason Affair @ TRiP

• Close to Modern, Brannigan’s Law, Bodysnatchers, Leaking Pigs @ The Smell

• Great White Buffalo, Western Scene, Kill The Dance Floor @ El Cid

• Chrissy Depauw @ Hard Rock Café Hollywood

• Stan Ridgway @ McCabe’s Guitar Shop

• Savoy Brown, Packet of 3, Marcus Lane @ Coach House

• Bajofondo @ Royce Hall UCLA

• Jamie XX (DJ Set), John Talabot @ Lure