Los Angeles Tonight (March 20, 2013)

Hump day yo! Insert sexual innuendo there and proceed to the recommended concerts that will no doubt help you find that hump at the end of the day. I mean, get over that hump.

Anyhow, an exceptional week of music offerings continues in Los Angeles with Mos Def at The Belasco Theater. It's not so often that this place has a concert going on, and this happens to be an awesome one, so if you've got tix or still can get, then lucky you. Also lucky you if you're going to check out Imagine Dragons at The Wiltern for their Night Visions Tour or Wavves + FIDLAR, & Cheatahs at The Echo. I know for sure the latter is sold out, so hit the Craigslist if you're trying to get there last minute. It should be pretty fuzzy up in there. I expect a lot of angst riddled youngins who are angry with their parents to attend.




However, if you have no tickets to any of the bigger marquees this evening and your pockets are running a bit thin, consider the packed line up at tonight's Low End Theory at The Airliner featuring Baths, DAUWD, Dark Time Sunshine, TA-KU + residents Daddy Kev, Nobody, The Gaslamp Killer, D-Styles, & Nocando, that place will probably be pretty turnt tonight. Question is, will you?

Tonight in L.A. (February 1, 2013)

Kick off your month (and Super Bowl weekend) on the right foot with a variety of musical options in Los Angeles.  

Personal favorites - Karl Denson's Tiny Universe are set to funk things up at El Rey Theatre with support from Howlin' Rain while other skilled instrumentalists, The Wood Brothers, provide a more laid back set of sounds at Largo.  





For more aggressive rock consider Hell Ride featuring Mike Watt, Peter Distefano, Stephen Perkins and more at The Central SAPC.  For the jams - ALO and The California Honeydrops at Troubadour would definitely be a stellar choice.



Rising star Father John Misty performs at SoHo House while a buzzband of yesteryear, The Happy Hollows, try to fill up The Satellite.  For eclectic, cool and a good crowd - The Natural History Museum hosts electrifying performer Gaslamp Killer and his bobbing headnod and The Echo brings in Geographer.





A full list of tonight's shows are below.  Recommendations in bold...

• Brian Regan @ The Wiltern

• Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, Howlin’ Rain @ El Rey Theatre

• The Wood Brothers, Seth Walker @ Largo

• Kathryn Gallagher, Jonathan Morrow, Jamie Kent, Jessarae @ Room 5 Lounge

• Everyday Animals, The Lower 48, Amie Miriello, Taylor Greenwood, Audioplacebo, Zoe Z @ The Hotel Café

• Justin Hopkins, Brian Fuente, Nate Currin, Young Beautiful In A Hurry, Dane Drewis @ WitZend

• Steel Toed Slippers, Year of the Dragon (ft. Dirty Walt of Fishbone), Hell Ride (ft. Mike Watt, Wayne Kramer, Peter Distefano and Stephen Perkins), Solutionagenix @ The Central SAPC

• Vusi Mahlsela, Sandbloom @ The Mint

• ALO, The California Honeydrops @ Troubadour

• Cro-Mags @ Key Club

• Nashville Pussy, The Lonely Drunks Club Band, Lightning Woodcock, Boost, The Sugar @ The Viper Room

• Hatebreed, Shadows Fall, Dying Fetus, The Contortionist @ The Roxy

• Tegan & Sara, Night Terrors of 1927 @ Club Nokia

• Surge Events Presents: Hollywood Insider @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip (Foundation Room)

• 9 Electric, Valora, ILLFX, Cromwell, Icarus Landing, Day Above Ground @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

• Lise de la Salle Plays Rachmaninoff @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

• Kings Road, Runson & Friends, Dirty Ramb @ Lot 1 Café

• The Happy Hollows, So Many Wizards, Nightmare Air, American Males @ The Satellite

• First Fridays w/ The Gaslamp Killer, Adventure Time, DJ Sodapop, Inka One w/ Paul Dateh @ Natural History Museum

• Geographer, On and On @ The Echo

• Smithfield Bargain (Record Release), Sunshine Factory, Evangenitals, Molly Bergen @ Bootleg Bar

• Will Magid @ One Eyed Gypsy

• Galaxy of Tar, Kent State, Detective, Pop Soda @ Pehrspace

• Fred Everything, Wally Callerio, G-Dubbs, Eddie B, John Acosta @ King King Club

• Petropoulos @ Amoeba Records

• The Secret Affair @ Alex’s Bar

• Lange + Betsie Larkin, Ryan Sage, Chuey @ Yost Theater

• D.O.A., D.I. @ The Observatory

• Pop Noir, Kedd Cook, Death House of Love, Camille @ Detroit Bar

• Terri Nunn & Berlin, Spare Parts for Broken Hearts, Queen Caveat @ Saint Rocke

• The ELovay, Wild Ginger Kitchen, Zen Boogie, Under the Fire @ TRiP (FREE)

• Vieux Farka Toure, Fool’s Gold @ UCLA Royce Hall

• Gamblers Mark, Quaranteds @ Slidebar

• The Coltranes, Tidemouth, Mane Horse, Casket, Tommy Boys Public @ Unit B Studio

• The Abigails, The Warlocks, Magic Wands, The Fortress Social Club @ L.A. Fort

• Finch, Weatherbox, Late Night Revival, Loud Village + Sean O’Connor @ The Glass House

• Moses Campbell, Palm Reader, Surf Curse, Rachel Birke @ The Smell

• Jacksin Browne @ Pechanga Center

• Father John Misty @ Soho Restaurant & Music Club

• YG @ Yost Theater

Tonight in L.A. (January 31, 2013)

Its a magnificent night of music to close out the first month of the year as Dave Grohl celebrates his documentary with a Sound City Players performance at Hollywood Palladium, a free KRS-ONE show at Slidebar and the improvisation skills of Marco Benevento and Mike Dillon at The Mint.

If those legends weren't enough - there is a healthy dosage of beatsmiths and producers descending on LA venues tonight too.  Free The Robots cuts up at Constellation Room while a pseudo Low End Theory crew celebrates the life of Austin Peralta at Del Monte Speakeasy when Daedelus, Teebs and Gaslamp Killer all lay down dope sets for the low cost of $5 entry (proceeds go to charity).

A full list of tonight's shows are below...

• Sound City Players @ Hollywood Palladium

• Jordan Booth, Natalise, Nura Creitz @ Room 5 Lounge

• Meiko, Sweet Talk Radio, Haley Pharo, Matt Jennings, My Name Is You @ The Hotel Café

• Max Lugavere, Sonia Rao, Danni Rosner, Eric Mellgren, Mike Stocksdale @ WitZend

• Harlow Gold @ Harvelle’s

• L.A.M.P., Danger Boy, DJSB, Josh Brooks & More @ The Central SAPC

• Austin Peralata Tribute w/ Kamasi Washington Dectet, Teebs, Strangeloop feat. Earnest Blount, Daedelus, Gaslamp Killer @ Del Monte Speakeasy

• Marco Benevento, Mike Dillon Band @ The Mint

• Tristan Prettyman, Paul Cannon @ Troubadour

• Petty Cash, Black Coat, The High, Lows, JD Bender @ The Viper Room

• Implants, Assuming We Survive, The Hollowed, I’mU, Dirty Pints @ The Roxy

• KROQ Locals Only Presents: Margate, Brothers of Brazil, 80 Proof @ On The Rox

• Lise de la Salle Plays Rachmaninoff @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

• Bisonte, Astral Jubilee, The Lost Experience @ Lot 1 Café

• Near Mess Craft Beer Fest Night 3 w/ Rainbow Jackson, Batwings Catwings, Luna is Honey @ The Satellite

• Zaireeka Listening Party, HOTT MT, Butcher Boy @ The Echo

• Two Gallants, Future Twin @ Bootleg Theater

• JT Ross The Harmonica Boss @ One Eyed Gypsy

• The Burning of Rome, T.V. Mike and the Scarecrows, Paper Planes, D. Lee Wagoneer @ SIlverlake Lounge

• Eric Jag, Lushbunny, HyJynx, The Rogue Mechanica @ King King Club

• They Live & Backwards Beast  @ Harvard & Stone

• Brillz, Etc! Etc!, Slander @ Yost Theater

• Free The Robots @ Constellation Room

• Drinking Flowers, The Flying Hand @ Detroit Bar (FREE)

• Tony Ferrari (6 PM); 40 Oz. To Freedom, The Originalites, Wait for Green @ Saint Rocke

• The Rift, Brando’s Island, Kitten Kuroi, Inside the Black, Dave Edery @ TRiP

• KRS-One, Macarone @ Slidebar (FREE)

• Crown Plaza, Fawn Spots, Spaceships, Cumstain @ The Smell

• Electric Flower Group, Ochal La Rocha, Dave Glasebrook @ NOMAD

• In Defence, Sleepwalkers, Fissure, Tim Raldo & The Filthy Fuks @ Unit B Studio

• Kumpania @ El Cid

• Spirit Vine, PNP, LA Witch @ Standard Hollywood

• Nostalghia, Low Leaf, the Moth & The Flame @ 3 Clubs

Tonight in L.A. (December 8, 2012)

Its Saturday - which means its a good excuse to party - and there are plenty of places to dance....so the following are instructions to turn it up.

1.  Play your latest mix or track from insert artist's name here.  I recommend Disco Nap by A-Trak on repeat.  That, and Higher Ground by TNGHT.  At least if you want to get amped up.

2.  Pour a shot of insert your favorite alcohol here.  

3.  Repeat steps one and two two more times in fifteen minutes.

4.  Call a cab and go to one of the following concerts:

• Zoos Zoos launch at The Central SAPC with Gaslamp Killer, Dam Funk, MORRI$ and Sun Araw

• Borgore, Schoolboy, Kennedy Jones at Fonda Theatre

• King King Club for another The Do Lab event with Blockhead, Jeremy Sole, Pumpkin and a Special Guest

• Funkagenda at Avalon

• YACHT @ The Echoplex

So lets review - that's #music #turnupjuice #repeat #cabtoconcert.

If you can't handle that much turn up juice - there are certainly other options.  BANDxCITY celebrates a year in business at Bootleg Theater with Ross Sea Party, Zak Waters, Y Luv and Jane Bang.  #bangbang

Of course no list of concert recommendations would be complete without mentioning KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas - which celebrates its first night with visits from Youngblood Hawke, Walk The Moon, AWOLNATION, Rise Against, Two Door Cinema Club, Linkin Park, Bush, Slightly Stoopid, Garbage, The Gaslight Anthem, The Lumineers at Gibson Amphitheatre.  Its pretty sold out I think - so if you need a dosage of rock from elsewhere, consider Bob Weir and Jackie Greene at The Wiltern.  

A full list of tonight's shows is below:

• Candy For Coal, Joshua Ketchmark, Absence of A Hero, Stonefeather, MAL, Relentless Nation, The Deal @ The Roxy 

• Danni Rouge, Aaron Mazarati, The Lady Crooners @ On The Rox 

• World/Inferno Friendship Society, O’Death, Bobby Joe Ebola @ Troubadour 

• Wicked Music Festival @ Key Club  

• Terminator Too: Judgment Play @ The Viper Room (Early & Late Show) 

• The Gaslamp Killer, MORRI$, Sun Araw, Dam-Funk @ The Central SAPC 

• Bonnie Bishop @ The Mint (11 PM) 

• Sister Rogers, Destani Wolf, Boss Harmony @ Del Monte Speakeasy 

• Haley Pharo, Belinda Skinner & JP Cervoni, Henry Henrietta, Valeria Ponzio, Romeo Testa @ WitZend 

• Café R & B @ Harvelle’s 

• Angel City Singers 2^nd Annual Xmas Bash w/ Ana Cristina, Lindsay Rae Spurlock, Punch The Clown L.A. @ Room 5 Lounge 

• Uncle Daddy Christmas Show w/ Two Wings, Katie Ohh, Daniel Lict, Sens Musiq @ The Hotel Café (7-9)

• Audio Absinthe w/ Jesse Woods, Ruthanne, The Walcotts, The Ragged Jubilee @ The Hotel Café (9-130) 

• Funkagenda, Norman Doray @ Avalon Hollywood 

• The Thrilling Adventure Hour Holiday Show @ Largo (730; 1030) 

• Kris Bradley @ Malibu Inn (2 PM) 

• Tom MacLear, The Screaming Lords @ Malibu Inn (8 PM) 

• Mammoth Thunderpower, Sleeping Sea King, Koresh, Bombay Snakes @ Detroit Bar 

• Honky Tonk Christmas w/ West of Texas, Damngivers, Willie Cash & The Cashiers, The Copycats @ Alex’s Bar 

• Signal Hill, The Littlest Viking, Ted Piecka, Junghaus @ Pehrspace 

• Hollywood U2 w/ Hey Hoy Lets Go (Ramones Tribute), Star 80’s @ Saint Rocke 

• The ABigails @ One Eyed Gypsy 

• H & S Burlesque Band w/ DJ Daisy O’Dell @ Harvard & Stone 

• The Brixtones, Natalie Smith, Hilary Parkin @ El Cid 

• Cobalt Cranes, Mr. Elevator & The Brain Hotel, Aftergloam, Brother C & Sister J @ Lot 1 Café 

• Ross Sea Party, Jane Bang, Y Luv, Zak Waters @ Bootleg Bar 

• David Bazan Band Plays Pedro the Lion’s Control @ Constellation Room 

• Sultan & Ned Shepard, Marc Romboy @ Exchange LA 

• Blockhead, Jeremy Sole, Pumpkin, Special Guest @ King King Club 

• Cosmic Gate, Cary Brothers, W & W @ Hollywood Palladium 

• Bob Weir, Jackie Greene @ The Wiltern 

• KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas w/ Youngblood Hawke, Walk The Moon, AWOLNATION, Rise Against, Two Door Cinema Club, Linkin Park, Bush, Slightly Stoopid, Garbage, The Gaslight Anthem, The Lumineers @ Gibson Amphitheatre 

• Borgore, Schoolboy, Kennedy Jones @ Fonda Theatre 

• Boyce Avenue, Tyler Hilton, Megan Nicole @ Club Nokia 

• Sex Panther, Party Favor, Digitalife @ Yost Theater 

• YACHT, Jacques Renault, David Scott Stone, Bobby Birdman @ The Echoplex 

• Funky Sole @ The Echo 

• James Supercave, Hosannas, LA Girlfriend @ The Satellite 

• Turbo Fruits, White Lung, Audacity, Big Eyes @ Los Globos 

• Owl Paws @ Origami Vinyl (FREE) 

• Dying Fetus, Cattle Decapitation, Cerebral Bore, Pryapism @ Slidebar

Meet The Death Set with a Secret Handshake

With a video for "Slap Slap Slap Pound Up Down Slap" that is as fierce as their name, The Death Set, after watching you may get excited to go see their concert with The Gaslamp Killer on March 15th at Echoplex. Playing for March's 1st installment of the esteemed Check Yo Ponytail party - this trio will most likely b-r-i-n-g it.

With an affinity for tigers and being destructive, as well as a sound representing some combination of punk, hipster and a handsome slice of Beastie Boys "Sabotage" years - The Death Set are making some waves. You can cop tickets to the CYP2 show by clicking thru here. They are $12.

DipDive Oasis Party Update - 4/17/2010 - Will.i.am and More!

LA RIOTS just added to this party - performing during the daytime. Party is Saturday of Coachella weekend at the Merv Griffin estate. Don't miss out - this is going to be off the chain!