Los Angeles Tonight (June 28, 2013)

End your week or start your weekend with some live entertainment.  Throwback to grunge era and the 90s with Everclear, Live, Filter and Sponge at The Wiltern, give your weekend a Low End Theory jumpoff with Baths, Houses and D33J at El Rey Theatre, rage to the dancetastic tunes of a Penguin Prison or MNDR DJ set at LURE or go for the eclectic sounds of AM & Shawn Lee at The Echo (which we have to dish out to!).



All those Ubiquity heads should be rushing to make sure they get inside The Echo.  Head east early and catch SISU at Origami Vinyl at 7 pm for FREE.  Those in town for the BET Awards can enjoy the comedy of Mike Epps at Club Nokia as well as the soul of Erykah Badu in the same place.  Want to step it up a notch?  Go with the BET Experience and Beyonce at Staples Center.



Other notable shows are listed below...

• Berlin, Little Hurricane, Penguin Prison, Tijuana Panthers, Micah Brown, Tomorrows Tulips + More @ OC Fair and Event Center


• Baths, Houses, D33J, Sodapop @ El Rey Theatre


• Everclear, Live, Filter, Sponge @ The Wiltern


• AM & Shawn Lee, Chicano Batman, Greenhorse, DJ Alfonso @ The Echo


• Mike Epps @ Club Nokia


• Penguin Prison, MNDR, Touch Sensitive @ LURE (Private Label)


• Omniflux, Valleys, Weeknight @ The Satellite


• Dan Croll @ Troubadour


• SISU @ Origami Vinyl (FREE)


• Mat McHugh & The Separatista Soundsystem, Ethan Tucker, Robert Amerson, Aaron Kimball @ Roxy Theater


• Allah-Las, Prince Rama, Gothic Tropic @ FIG at 7^{th (FREE)}


• Erykah Badu @ Club Nokia


• Baron Von Luxury @ The Virgil (FREE)


• Jon Brion @ Largo


• Beyonce @ Staples Center


• Donovan Frankenreiter, Makua Rothman @ Saint Rocke


• Kenny Burrell @ Catalina Jazz Club


• DEADMAN, Cadalack Ron @ Basement 818


• Milo Greene @Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery


• Styles of Beyond @ The Airliner Club


• Strangelove @ Civic Plaza


• Leftover Cuties @ Casa Del Mar


• Poncho Sanchez @ Vitello’s

Sunset Strip Music Festival Announces Line Up

 

 

Last week SSMF dropped the bomb on Los Angeles that is their annual initial line-up announcement.  After teasing with a LINKIN' PARK headliner, the creative minds behind the Strip celebration that closes down the esteemed Boulevard from Doheny to San Vicente have continued to pursue a hip-hop flavored line up that includes Wale, Doug E. Fresh, Slick Rick, Logic, Asher Roth, Warren G and Bizarre Ride featuring Fatlip, amongst others.  Rockers AWOLNATION and Black Rebel Motorycycle Club ensure that the event will have typical sunset strip rock and roll flavors and roots too.  Emerging acts, especially local ones, were not spared either with The Diamond Light and Terraplane Sun being two notables - and with many more additions soon to come.

The big day is August 3rd, but announcements concerning pre-shows, artist additions, nighttime venue events and other SSMF festivities can be found at the official event website here.

Newport Folk Fest Preview

Written by Jasdeep Bagga

The Newport Folk Festival is returning this year to Fort Adams State Park in Newport, Rhode Island, from July 26 to 28. Now in its 54th year, the folk-oriented music festival promises an eclectic three days of music from artists who embrace traditions to those who expand musical boundaries. The festival features 4 stages of music, food & crafts, and a number of displays.

Beck, The Avett Brothers, and Feist are this year's headliners. The lineup also includes Jim James (of My Morning Jacket), The Mountain Goats, Father John Misty (ex-Fleet Foxes), Andrew Bird, Phosphorescent, Nigerian singer-songwriter Bombino, The Lumineers, Old Crow Medicine Show, iconic American folk singer Ramblin' Jack Elliot, Lord Huron, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, and many more. Set times have not yet been announced, but you can check out the full lineup on the official festival website: http://www.newportfolkfest.net/lineup

Weekend passes (both two- and three-day) are sold out, but single day tickets for Friday, July 26 are still available: http://www.newportfolkfest.net/tickets

Los Angeles Tonight (Monday, June 24th)

Monday in Los Angeles means It's A School Night at Bardot. Tonight Travis Garland, Treetop Flyers and Micah Green are showcasing their goods.





The Steelwells are playing at the Observatory in Orange County.





It's the last night of the June residencies, so if you haven't had a chance, catch King at The Bootleg Theatre, Hindu Pirates at the Echo and/or Queen Caveat at the Satellite.

Los Angeles Tonight (Saturday, June 22nd)

Saturday night's alright for live music...

Father John Misty returns to the Los Angeles area to headline the Glass House in Pomona. White Fence supports.







Stevie Wonder headlines the Hollywood Bowl.







Our good buddies The Record Company play their last LA show for a while at the Satellite with help from The Walcotts and Soft Swells.







The first Venice Music Crawl kicks off today on the West Side. You can stroll in to Deus Ex Machina, Wit-Z-End, The Love Shack, Rudy's Barbershop and Wurstkuche for free music all day long.

Los Angeles Tonight (June 21, 2013)

Kick off your weekend and the summer with the wild styles of LCD Soundsystem’s Nancy Whang at LURE for Private Label Fridays, get weird with Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti at First Unitarian Church or indie out with In The Valley Below, Wildcat! Wildcat! and Mt. Ossa at Echo.   For the latter two - we have free tickets to giveaway so hit us up at contest@supergoodmusic.com to enter.


Westsiders should consider heading over to The Wilshire for the first of many Silent Frisco dance parties.  The nostalgic and unique sonic event moves from The Central SAPC to its new home at The Wilshire - where it will be taking place every third Friday of the month.  Originator DJ MoPo will be bringing heaters from Daft Punk and Radiohead to your headphones while bartenders serve up saucy cocktails to keep spirits high.


If you need to unleash some teenage angst – Vans Warped Tour rocks out at Pomona Fairplex. Other notables include local Sea Wolf at El Rey Theatre, Raquel Rodriguez and Brian Jordan Band at The Mint and parachute panting MC Hammer at Morongo Casino.

For a longer list of shows - see below:

• MC Hammer @ Morongo Casino Resort & Spa


• The Game @ Belasco Theater


• Daft Punk vs. Radiohead – Silent Frisco – Motion Potion, Mario Cotto and Josh Brooks @ Wilshire Restaurant


• Sea Wolf, Savior Adore @ the El Rey Theatre


• La Santa Cecilia and the Boogaloo Assassins @ FIG at7th


• Wildcat! Wildcat!, In the Valley Below and MT. OSSA @ Echo


• Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Kirin J Callinan and Purple Pilgrams @ First Unitarian Church


• Jonathan Wilson @ Largo


• Bleu, Mike Taylor, Monte Pittman, Sweetwater & the Satisfaction and the Changing Colors @ Hotel Café Zo! and Choklate @ Bootleg Bar


• Grant Langston & the Supermodels @ Cinema Bar


• Marisela @ Club Nokia


• Cosmic American Revival, Whispering Pines, Christian Lee Hutson and Ocha La Rocha @ the Satellite


• Bullet & Snowfox, Nightmute, Dirty Eyes, Gears, the Lords of Altamont and Long Neck Goose @ Los Globos


• Northern Youth @ the Virgil


• Vans Warped Tour w/ Hawthorne Heights, Goldfinger + More @ Fairplex


• The Filthy Souls, Victory and KULA@ El Cid


• Dan Mancini and Darbi Gwynn @ Harvard & Stone


• Gridwork, EVMB and Alex Mansoor @ ATX


• Raquel Rodriguez, Drew Davis and the Howlin’ Brothers, Brian Jordan Band @ the Mint


• K’noup & Kelly, Society 1, Crowned By Fire, Madlife, Derek Anthony Gray and Melted Vinyl @ Troubadour


• D Pryde, Gooding and the Thirstbusters @ Roxy Theatre


• Hooded Fang, Red Circle Underground, the Last Internationale and Mora Mora @ the Viper Room


• The Barry Zweig Trio @ Del Monte Speakeasy


• Fartbarf, the Curly Wolf, Band Pax, Monster House and Zacc West @ Saint Rocke


• Flying Sparks, Golden Afternoon, Two Guns and the Memorial Highway @Alex’s Bar


• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and Tha Dogg Pound @ Observatory


• A Wilhelm Scream and the Flatliners @ Constellation Room


• Intocable and the Dealers @ House of Blues Anaheim


• Big Country, the Ferns and Waldo Bliss @ Coach House


• Audio Phyre & Phaze and Mehrbod @ Yost Theater


• Big Time Rush and Victoria Justice @ Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal CityWalk


• Shauna Brittenham @ Genghis Cohen


• Colbie Caillat @ Del Mar Fairgrounds

West Coast Flavor: Kosha Dillz

The Hebrew Hova, AKA Kosha Dillz, AKA Rami Even-Esh, just premiered his video for "West Coast Flavor" on HipHopDX yesterday and the Koreatown resident is already getting love in the blogosphere. The video - shot and filmed here in LA - features food trucks and shots of Venice, and the song includes Big Pooh plus a solid beat and hook to to cruise around with the top down!