Tonight in L.A. (February 26, 2013)

Its not your average Tuesday this 26th of February because Check Yo Ponytail hits The Echoplex with an amazing line up and Dim Mak Studios is turning things up Jet Life style.   For the uninitiated - let's decipher.

Franki Chan's Check Yo Ponytail party very often takes the cake as the top live music event on any given night that its going down - but tonight's extravaganza at The Echoplex with Com Truise, XXYYXX, Teen Daze and Penthouse Penthouse should be extra special.  Tickets are limited, so if you were not able to cop one - then definitely consider swinging to Dim Mak Studios where emerging newcomer Goldroom, Viceroy and Ghost Beach will be laying down a high quality dance party soundtrack.  Anyone who peeped Viceroy's recent series of Jet Life remixes of the likes of B.I.G., Montell Jordan and Mark Morrsion should know what I am talking about.

Elsewhere in the Holly-hood, Skye of Morcheeba hits The Hotel Cafe's stage, Falling Still performs at Hemingway's and Diddy rages at Supperclub.

For a full list of shows - see below:

• Habits, Tremellow, Hinterlands @ The Satellite

• Com Truise, XXYYXX, Teen Daze, Penthouse Penthouse @ The Echoplex

• Lovely Bad Things, The Shrine Audacity, Zig Zags, Spencer Moody & Corey Brewer @ The Echo

• Ramona Falls, Social Studies, Sexy Jail @ Bootleg Bar

• Plague Vendor, Them Howling Bones, Diamonds Under Fire, Sketch Orchestra, Elevator Sex (DJ Set) @ The Central SAPC (FREE)

• Kiss Electrik, Matt Palmer, Hot Riot!, Casey K @ The Mint

• Hunter and the Dirty Jacks @ Harvelle’s

• The Walking Faces, Dominc James, The Shady Rest Band, Run Downhill @ TRiP

• Paul Freeman @ Dakota Lounge

• Psychic Ills, Gap Dream, Follakzoid @ Detroit Bar

• Sir Sly, Bear Mountain, Man Without Country @ Constellation Room

• Reckless Kelly, Micky & The Motorcars, Sturgill Simpson @ Troubadour

• Sam Outlaw, Jon Hans, Sharaya Mikael @ Lot 1 Cafe

• Rose Finkelstein, The Mots Nouveaux, Jesse Macht @ Room 5 Lounge

• David England, The Picture and the Frame, The Sunset Drifters, Silver Phial, Ted Z and the Wranglers @ Silverlake Lounge

• Santoros , The Abigails, LA Witch@ Harvard & Stone

• Anberlin Vital Tour @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

• Goldroom (Live), Viceroy, Ghost Beach (DJ Set), Bones @ Dim Mak Studios

• Skye (of MOrcheeba), Whiite Dove, Socorro!, Anna Rose, Loretti @ The Hotel Café

• Tessalation, Cy Kosis, Planet Rock, Johanathan Fornes, Noyze Komplaynt, Inbtwn, DJ Kid Loco, MC Sentahs @ King King Club (FREE before 1030)

• Street Joy, Stereo Scenario, Devil in Drag, Furn, Tina Vonn @ The Viper Room

• Dan Tepfer, Sara Gazarek @ bluewhale

• Billy Bones @ Redwood Bar & Grill

• Grant Lee Phillips & Special Guests @ Largo

• Stephanie Kay, Levi Petree, Saga Strings, Devin Tait, Monroe @ Molly Malones

• Green Umbrella: Adams and Dudamel Conduct @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

• The Lions, Peanut Butter Wolf @ Center for the Arts – Eagle Rock

• Falling Still @ Hemingway’s

• Dionne Farris @ Vitello’s Jazz and Supper Club

• Mirror Talk @ Sayer’s Club

• Frank + Derol @ Saint Rocke

• Diddy @ Supperclub

Weapons of Audio On NBC & Premier Music Video for "Night Light"

Today's a big day for emerging local Los Angeles duo, Weapons of Audio, whose song "Night Light" is featured on tonight's episode of NBC's Being Human and whose video for the same just dropped.  The mini movie for the dance floor party starter "Night Light" features the brothers in a dreamy tripped out psychedelic night of ecstasy.

Directed by Jesus "Demonbabies" Rivera of LA's IHEARTCOMIX & Check Yo Ponytail fame - its a sexy tale of where the night can take you.

"Night Light" is included on Weapons of Audio's new EP Girl Crazy, coming out sometime later in 2013.  The EP is produced by W.O.A and features collaborations with producers Graham Marsh (Cee-Lo Green, Gnarls Barkley), producers Kyle Dreaden and Zak Ray of the Atlanta Creative Collective "Pack Life". 

Tonight in L.A. (December 28, 2012)

As you enter the final weekend of 2012 - you might be thinking what the hell happened this year?  Or maybe you're thinking I should have seen more concerts....if its the latter, we've got a few gems here in L.A. tonight that could be a nice piece of your 2012 yearbook.

Zoos Zoos and Iheartcomix present Turquoise Jeep, Myyki Blanco, Brrang-A-Dang and Kosha Dillz at The Central SAPC is where the turn up will likely be the realist.  Turquoise will make sure you are familiar with the term "smang" before the evening is over, the party is likely to get gaymous and opener Kosha Dillz's humorous raps will make sure the night launches on a good foot.  





For some more seasoned hip-hop veterans - Evidence is joined by the Beatjunkies DJ Rhettmatic at The Viper Room and long time Cypress Hill running mates, Psycho Realm, perform at The Observatory.



For dubsteppers and beat fiends - Skream's headlining performance at Avalon begins a series of four nights where the venue should be packed, sweaty and throbbing with bass and dance music (Skream is only playing there tonight).    Dank (USA) supports!





Other notabels include Fishbone at Key Club and The Growlers at Fonda Theatre.  For more shows - see below:

Gabriel Iglesias @ Gibson Amphitheatre

Aly & Fila, John O’Callaghan (Armada Night) @ Exchange LA

Skream, Dank (USA), Singularity, Yung Satan, Erick Diaz @ Avalon Hollywood

The Growlers, Dirt Dress, The Abigails, Sam Flax, Origami Vinyl DJs @ Fonda Theatre

Social Distortion @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

Fishbone, Quinto Sol, Beardo, C-Money & The Players INc. @ Key Club

Lido Beach, The Dirty Chapels, Soul Exchange, I’mU, Gina Roode, National Dust @ The Roxy

Curt C, On The Rocks, Rucky Punch, Peter Morten @ On The Rox

Evidence, Bambu & DJ Rhettmattic @ The Viper Room

Turquoise Jeep, Mykki Blanco, Brrang-a-Dang, Kosha Dillz @ Central SAPC

Dennis Jones Band @ Harvelle’s

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

Off The Wall w/ Alfred Hawkins @ Del Monte Speakeasy (10 PM)

Sun Warshippers @ TRiP

Turkuaz, Zongo Junction @ The Mint

Caitlin Linney, Kevin Earnest @ Room 5 Lounge

Rich Aucoin, Professor Professor, Father Tiger, DJ Channel One, Justin Cornwall @ The Satellite

Limp Wrist, D.N.F., Fraude, ACxDC @ The Echoplex

Qui, David Yow, Lozen, Tacos @ The Echo

The Icy Hot Club @ One Eyed Gypsy

H & S Band & Burlesque w/ DJ Dan Mancini @ Harvard & Stone

DJ EFX, Redak, Steven Wright @ Yost Theatre

Orange Tulip Conspiracy, Flattbush, Radiation 4, Fetus Eaters @ Alex’s Bar

Psycho Realm @ The Observatory

Casey Crescenzo (The Dear Hunter) @ The Constellation Room

Donovan Frankenreither, Allensworth, Micah Brown @ Saint Rocke

Better Whatever, Brown & Blue, Kids, Daniel Jimenez @ The Smell

Natalie Col @ Agua Caliente Casino

Mickey Avalon, Loose Logic, Lexo The Great @ The Coach House

Sony@310 Sessions W/ Flavorpill & Iheartcomix

It's Monday of the last holiday shopping week - which means malls will be madness, racks will be thinning and it is time to find a diamond in the rough on your present quest.  Tonight - Flavorpill, Sony and Iheartcomix give you that chance at a special Sony@310 Sessions event hosted at the Westfield Century City Sony Store.  

DJ Mario Cotto of KCRW will be spinning some soundscapes as well the uber hip YACHT while IHC hosts and Pink Taco serves up free tacos and margaritas.  Kind of sounds like a little holiday party if you ask me.  And to make it even better - the first 25 people get free t-shirts with art designed by Geoff Mcfetridge.  Not convinced?  Those t-shirts are limited edition.  They are that diamond in the rough present you've been looking for (as is the party).

Relaunch a new week of holiday parties tonight with Sony@310 Sessions!  RSVP here!

Tonight in L.A. (December 4, 2012)

Holiday party season is officially kicking off for this music blog and ASCAP leads the way with their invitation event tonight.  Hopefully I will bump into some avid readers there and then maybe we will roll to one of these next few concerts receiving a SUPERGOOD stamp of approval...

How To Dress Well holds down more than just a wardrobe at The Echoplex for one of Check Yo Ponytail's last events of 2012.   Joined by Born Gold, Beacon, Groundislava, Bago and Ille - it should prove to be a quality line up although you might be inclined to check out Poolside and Goldroom at Dim Mak Studios to add some more tropical electro to this Tuesday soundtrack.  We've got a pair of tickets to give away to How To Dress Well - so just tweet us out (@supergoodmusic @checkyoponytail) or email contest@supergoodmusic.com if you want to enter.





Indie acts are abound too with Zak Waters kicking off his FREE residency at The Central SAPC with help from Isim Innis (DJ Set) and Mystery Skulls, Magic Wands providing soundscapes at Harvard & Stone and Terraplane Sun and The Record Company igniting the O.C.'s Constellation Room.






For headliners - Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band rock Honda Center while No Doubt continues their musical parade at Gibson Amphitheatre with support from Best Coast and Kitten.  





A full list of shows is below:

• No Doubt, Best Coast, Kitten @ Gibson Amphitheatre

• Stevie Starlight @ Harvelle’s

• Songsalive! Holiday Party @ The Mint

• Zak Waters, Isim Innis (DJ Set), Mystery Skulls @ The Central SAPC (FREE)

• Monsters Calling Home, Baywood @ Troubadour (SOLD OUT)

• Casual Encounters – “Live Band Karaoke” @ WitZend

• Jareb Liewer, Rucky Punch @ Lot 1 Café

• Black Apples, And And And, Rainbow Jackson @ The Satellite

• Justice for Joseph w/ Jail Weddings, The Starvations, Detective, L.A. Drugz @ The Echo

• How to Dress Well, Born Gold, Beacon, Groundislava, Bago, Ille @ The Echoplex

• Donny & Marie @ Pantages Theatre

• Terraplane Sun, The Record Company @ Constellation Room

• JoJo, Downtown Drive, Leah Labelle @ The Roxy

• Gad Elmaleh @ Largo

• ZZ Top, Flogging Molly, Special Guest @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

• Lindi Ortega @ Bootleg Bar

• Valente, Marvin Etzioni @ Bootleg Bar

• Howie Day, Harper Blynn, Fort Atlantic @ The Hotel Café

• Those Acoustic Kats, Linus of Hollywood, The Beu Sisters @ Room 5 Lounge

• Shivastep, Eras, Sigils, DJ Stephen R, HDM @ Los Globos

• Sr. Sly, Torches, TS and the Past Haunts @ Detroit Bar

• Surfjan Stevens, Sheila Saputo @ The Fonda Theatre

• Poolside, Goldroom, Bones @ Dim Mak Studios

• Inside The Black, Dave Edery, Suns of Defiance, Portraits, The Kicks @ The Viper Room

• Roll The Tanks, New Way On @ Slidebar (FREE)

• Color, Grit, The Fine Line, The Radiorelics @ Silverlake Lounge

• The Zoo, The Bodegas, The Bukkakes @ Redwood Bar

• Glow Marrow, Sr. Sl,y Torches, TS and The Past Haunts @ Detroit Bar

• Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band @ Honda Center

• Magic Wands @ Harvard & Stone

• Manhattan Transfer @ Fred Kavli Theatre

• Lado B @ Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club

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

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No shortage of good music for Los Angelenos tonight - from a slate of rock shows that we're giving tickets away to (Cat Power at The Palladium; Delta Spirit at The Wiltern; The Kin at The Roxy) to the last of the filthy beats from UZ at La Cita, its a night to get it in.

The crooning sounds of Nick Waterhouse erupt at The Constellation Room with opening licks from Boogaloo Assassins.  Also in the O.C. - Classixx, RAC, Cosmic Kids and Jerome LOL make the indie kids dance at Detroit Bar.  GottaDanceDirty crew does the same at their Versus event at The Central SAPC.  Iheartcomix fans mash out with Mount Kimbie at Icon Ultra Lounge since Los Globos is temporarily closed for events.

There is also The Kin and Act As If at The Roxy.  Want tickets?  We've got a few to dish out - just mention @theroxy and @supergoodmusic on twitter or email us at contest@supergoodmusic.com

For a full list of tonight's shows - see below

• Kate Earl, Graham Colton w/ Sooner The Sunset & Mikey Wax, Suzanna Choffel, Gin Wigmore, String Fellow Hawks @ The Hotel CaféJosh Desure, The Soul of John Black, Rudy Love Jr. @ Room 5 Lounge

• Thomas Nicholas Band, Black Pistol Fire, The Railways, Access Royale @ The Viper Room 
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• Dramarama, fREEX, Acustalapse, Eternal Mind Control, Decode Radio @  Key Club
• Sun Foot feat. Chris Johanson, FD and The Club Pacific Band, Brothers Marshall (DJ) @ Del Monte Speakeasy
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• Alexandra @ The Mayan
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• Delta Spirit, JEFF The Brotherhood, Fidlar @ The Wiltern 
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• Cat Power, The Goat @ Hollywood Palladium
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• A Shoreline Dream, Machines Learning, Gooding, Heavy Petal, L.A. Girlfriend, Tulips @ Silverlake Lounge
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• Sweetwater and the Satisfaction, The Ten Thousand, Them Howling Bones @ Bootleg Bar
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• Carina Round, Rosi Golan, Chris Stills @ The Satellite
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• Craig Music Elkins, Bash, Tilghman: Nightheads @ Molly Malones
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• The Kin, Act as If, Shanee Pink, Bri Anne Michelle @ The Roxy
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• Mumford’s & The Depaysement @ Lot 1 Café
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• Smoking Popes (Playing Born To Quit in its entirey); Luther, The Eagle Rock Gospel Singers @ Troubadour  
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• Titus Andronicus, Ceremony, Henry Clay People, DJ Neil Scheild @ El Rey Theatre 
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• Versus feat. ??? @ The Central SAPC
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• Russell Brand @ Largo
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• Classixx, RAC, Cosmic Kids, Jerome LOL, DEFF @ Detroit Bar
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• Sic Alps, Sleeping Bags, Blank Tapes, Orca Team @ Alex’s Bar
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• Dave Nunez, Leslie Jones, Tommy Chunn, Vince Royale, Brian Monarch @ Brixton South Bay
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• Sara Dee (6 PM), Marc Broussard and Friends, Kelley James, Tony Ferrari @ Saint Rocke
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• Two Car Garage, The Copyrights, PK @ The Mint
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• Murder Ballads: A Tribute to True Crimes of Passion w/ Black Hole Oscillators, Death Skull, Christian, Lee Hutson (Driftwood Singers), Dirt Bird, Dorian Wood, Geronimo Getty, Gizzelle, Marlene Perez, Alex Vargas, Restavrant, Papercranes, Rt n The 44s, VUM @ The Echoplex
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• The Dead Ships, Future Ghost, Blonde Summer, Miner @ The Echo
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• The White Buffalo @ The Observatory
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• Nick Waterhouse, Boogaloo Assassins @ The Constellation Room
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• Japandroids, Bleached @ Fonda Theatre
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• Naughty by Nature, Jalapeno Brothers, DJ 4KO @ House of Blues - Anaheim
• Big B @ Slidebar (FREE)
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• Alianza Rebelde, Xperimento 56, Ni Modo, The Carlones @ TRiP
• Harlow Gold @ Harvelle’s
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• Jeff Curtis, Hanna Leess, Becky Kessler @ WitZend
• Tight Fight, Pianos Become The Teeth, Single Mothers, Whirr @ Center for the Arts – Eagle Rock
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• Mount Kimbie, Grenier, Groundislava @ Icon UltraLounge
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• The Allah-Las @ Tommy’s Place USC
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• Capital and Crane Brazilian Duo, Duo Partido @ El Cid
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• The Vim Dicta @ Harvard & Stone
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• Jet W Lee, Radio Kills, First Circuit @ Redwood Bar
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• Wayne Kramer @ The Grammy museum
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• Eric Church, Justin Moore, Kip Moore @ Honda Center
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• Little River Band, Rangel, Jim Summers & Friends @ Coach House
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• Uz, Paul Devro, Planet Rock @ La Cita