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Sorry for the lack of posts.....

2012-04-11T22:32:00.000-07:00

Live Music Picks: Friday February 10, 2012

2012-02-10T02:17:00.000-08:00

Band: Dr. Dog / Purling Hiss
When: Friday February 10, 2012
Who Should Go: Fans of the Beach Boys, Beatles, et al
Where: Orpheum Theatre
Tickets: $25 (Buy)

Other Noteworthy Shows:
Paul McCartney / Neil Young with Crazy Horse / Alison Krauss / James Taylor / Norah Jones / Coldplay / Foo Fighters / Alicia Keys / Duane Eddy / Tony Bennett @ Los Angeles Convention Center (Sold Out)
Spindrift / Gangi / The Hallucinations @ The Satellite ($8)
ALO @ Troubadour ($20)
Rocco Deluca @ Hotel Café
Free Moral Agents/ Dante vs. Zombies @ Alex’s Bar

Live Music Picks: Thursday February 9, 2012

2012-02-09T02:17:00.000-08:00

<a href="http://frankel.bandcamp.com/album/sugar-twists-like-hurricane">Sugar Twists Like Hurricane by Frankel</a>

Band: Frankel / Raquel Bell
When: Thursday February 9, 2012
Who Should Go: Fans of talented singer-songwriters
Where: 1642 W. Temple
Tickets: Free

Other Noteworthy Shows:
Mark Langean Band / Sean Wheeler and Zander Schloss ($23)
Class Actress / Superhumanoids @ The Echo ($12)
Oh Darling @ The Satellite ($8)
Rumspringa @ Bootleg ($8)
Joss Stone & Dave Stewart @ Troubadour (Sold Out)
Ben Kweller @ Amoeba (Free)

Live Music Picks: Wednesday February 8, 2012

2012-02-08T02:17:00.000-08:00

Band: Free the Robots / Virtual Boy / Prehistoric
When: Wednesday February 8, 2012
Who Should Go: Fans of beats
Where: Airliner
Tickets: $10 at the door

Other Noteworthy Shows:
Coldplay @ Club Nokia (Sold Out)
Laura Gibson / Breathe Owl Breathe ($10)
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra @ Troubadour ($15)
Marketa Irglova @ Hotel Café (Sold Out)
Johan Johannsson @ Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (Sold Out)

Live Music Picks: Tuesday February 7, 2012

2012-02-07T02:17:00.000-08:00

Band: Geronimo Getty / Haroula Rose / Harley Prechtel-Cortez / Sloan Martin [no video available for Geronimo Getty, that's Haroula Rose]
When: Tuesday February 7, 2012
Who Should Go: Fans of Le Switch, local music supporters
Where: Lot 1 Cafe
Tickets: $5 at the door

Other Noteworthy Shows:
Com Truise / Teengirl Fantasy / Soft Metals @ Echoplex
Lana Del Rey @ Amoeba (Free)
America @ Grammy Museum (Sold Out)

Live Music Picks: Monday February 6, 2012

2012-02-06T02:17:00.000-08:00

Band: Incan Abraham / Hands / Cuckoo Chaos / Masxs
When: Monday February 6, 2012
Who Should Go: Kids who kind of still like bands with guitars
Where: Bootleg Bar
Tickets: Free

Other Noteworthy Shows:
Glen Campbell @ Grammy Museum (Sold Out)
The Mae Shi / Totally Radd!! / Laco$te @ Pehrspace ($5)
Judson McKinney / Kind Hearts and Coronets / Andrew Lynch @ Silverlake Lounge (Free)
Youngblood Hawke / Lady Danville / Useless Keys / Yellow Red Sparks (Free)
LA Font / New Division @ Bardot (Free w/ RSVP)

Live Music Pick: Sunday February 5, 2012

2012-02-05T02:17:00.000-08:00

Band: Indian Jewelry / Jewels of the Nile
When: Sunday February 5, 2012
Who Should Go: Druggies
Where: The Echo
Tickets: $10 (Buy)

Live Music Picks: Saturday February 4, 2012

2012-02-04T11:12:00.000-08:00

Band: Dead Angle / Jeremy Jay / Sea Lions
When: Saturday February 4, 2012
Who Should Go: Indie pop kids
Where: The Smell
Tickets: $5 at the door

Other Noteworthy Shows:
VHS or Beta @ The Roxy
Haim / Mini Mansions @ Bootleg ($12)

Live Music Picks: Friday February 3, 2012

2012-02-03T10:17:00.000-08:00

Band: Twin Sister / Ava Luna / Talkdemonic
When: Friday February 3, 2012
Who Should Go: Hipsters
Where: The Echo
Tickets: $12 (HERE)
Other Noteworthy Shows:
Ethan Gold @ The Satellite ($8)
The Chuck Dukowski Sextet / Guy Blakeslee @ The Smell ($5)
The Soft Moon / Light Asylum @ Natural History Museum ($18)
Eleanor Friedberger / Dominant Legs @ Troubadour ($15)
Rocco Deluca @ Hotel Café
Mike Watt @ Redwood Bar

Live Music Picks: Thursday February 2, 2012

2012-02-02T10:17:00.000-08:00

Band: The Jayhawks (classic lineup)
When: Thursday February 2, 2012
Who Should Go: Americana fans
Where: Avalon
Tickets: $25 (Here)

Other Noteworthy Shows:
M. Ward @ Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (Sold Out)
Gotye @ El Rey (Sold Out)
Black Bananas / Pink Mountaintops @ The Echo ($10)
The Features @ Bootleg Bar ($10)
Ghost / Blood Ceremony @ The Roxy (Sold Out)

Live Music Picks: Wednesday February 1, 2012

2012-02-01T10:17:00.000-08:00

Band: Fujiya & Miyagi / Evan Voytas
When: Wednesday February 1, 2012
Who Should Go: Fans of indie electronic pop
Where: The Echo
Tickets: $14 (HERE)

Other Noteworthy Shows:
Act As If @ The Satellite ($5)

Live Music Picks: Tuesday January 31, 2012

2012-01-31T10:17:00.000-08:00

Band: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. / The One AM Radio / NO
When: Tuesday January 31, 2012
Who Should Go: Fans of light, indie pop that's easy on the ears
Where: The Echoplex
Tickets: $19 (Here)

Other Noteworthy Shows:
Jessie Baylin / The Watson Twins @ Troubadour ($15)

Live Music Picks: Monday January 30, 2012

2012-01-30T10:17:00.000-08:00

Band: Chasing Kings / Shadow Shadow Shade / Francisco the Man
When: Monday January 30, 2012
Who Should Go: Local music fans, cheapskates (it's free)
Where: The Satellite
Tickets: Free

Other Noteworthy Shows:
Princeton / NO @ Bootleg Bar (Free)
Seasons @ The Echo (Free)
Restavrant @ Redwood Bar

Live Music Pick: Sunday January 29, 2012

2012-01-29T10:17:00.000-08:00

Band: LA Font / The Ross Sea Party
When: Sunday January 29, 2012
Who Should Go: Indie rock fans
Where: Bootleg Bar
Tickets: $8 (HERE)

Other Noteworthy Shows:
Skrillex @ LA Live’s Event Deck (Sold Out)

Live Music Pick: Saturday January 28, 2012

2012-01-28T10:37:00.000-08:00

Band: Graveyard / Radio Moscow / The Shrine
When: Saturday January 28, 2012
Who Should Go: Fans of 1970s metal
Where: Bootleg Theater
Tickets: Sold Out

Other Noteworthy Shows:
The Reigning Sound / The Strange Boys @ Alex's Bar in Long Beach ($17)
All Star Jam (Matt Sorum, Billy Morrison, Wes Borland) @ The Satellite ($15)
They Might Be Giants @ Royce Hall ($30 - $40)
Skrillex @ Hollywood Palladium ($68)

Live Music Pick: January 22, 2012

2012-01-22T17:20:00.000-08:00

Artist: The Life and Times / Aeges / City City
Who Should Go: At a minimum, fans of Epley's old band, Shiner (a band I saw 20 times in college)
Date: Sunday January 22, 2012
Where: The Satellite
Tickets: $10 (available at the door)

Live Music Pick: Thursday, January 5, 2012

2012-01-05T16:06:00.000-08:00

Artist: Harlan / Rumspringa / Noah and the Megafauna
When: Thursday January 5, 2012
Where: The Satellite
Who Should Go: Party boys, fans of Kennedy/Har Mar
Tickets: Free Show

Other Noteworthy Shows:
Vintage Trouble @ Troubadour (Sold Out)
Hanni El Khatib / Jacuzzi Boys @ Alex's Bar(Free w/ RSVP)
Jeff Garlin in Conversation with Henry Rollins @ Largo ($30)

Live Music Pick: Wednesday January 4, 2012

2012-01-04T13:41:00.000-08:00

Artist: Big Business / Neil Hamburger
When: Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Who Should Go: People who shop at Vacation Vinyl
Where: Alex's Bar in Long Beach
Tickets: $10 (buy)

Live Music Pick: Tuesday January 3, 2012

2012-01-03T09:30:00.000-08:00

Artist: Olin and the Moon / Willoughby / Maxim Ludwig / Jeff Crosby
When: Tuesday January 3, 2012
Who Should Go: Sensitive beer drinkers
Where: The Echo
Tickets: $7 at the door

Live Music Options: January 2, 2012

2012-01-02T15:43:00.000-08:00

Artist: Frank Fairfield (NPR feature and Daytrotter Session)
When: Monday January 2, 2012
Who Should Go: Harry Smith acolytes
Where: Redwood Bar
Tickets: Available at the Door

Other Noteworthy Shows:
Princeton @ Bootleg (Free)
Chasing Kings @ The Satellite (Free)
Seasons @ The Echo (Free)
Vinnie Ferra @ Silverlake Lounge (Free)

Best of 2011: #5 - #1

2011-12-27T12:25:00.000-08:00

5) Apex Manor: The Year of Magical Drinking

4) Frankel: Sugar Twists Like Hurricane
<a href="http://frankel.bandcamp.com/album/sugar-twists-like-hurricane">Sugar Twists Like Hurricane by Frankel</a>

3) J Mascis: Several Shades of Why

2) Kurt Vile: Smoke Ring For My Halo

1) Charles Bradley: No Time For Dreaming

Honorable Mentions: Atlas Sound, Real Estate, Wye Oak, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, Centro-Matic

Best of 2011: #10 - #6

2011-12-27T12:08:00.000-08:00

10) Okkervil River: I Am Very Far

9)My Morning Jacket: Circuital

8) Fleet Foxes: Circuital

7) Girls: Father, Son, Holy Ghost

6) Yuck: Yuck

Live Music Pick of the Night: Descendents at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium

2011-12-18T16:58:00.000-08:00

Artist: Descendents (my favorite band in junior high) / The Vandals / The Dickies
Who Should Go: People who like loud, fast music with some heart
Where: Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
When: Sunday, December 18, 2011
Tickets: $43 (Here)

Other Noteworthy Shows:
Beach Fossils @ The Echoplex ($13)

Live Music Pick: Wednesday, December 7, 2011

2011-12-07T15:36:00.000-08:00

Patrick Carney from the Black Keys produced Tennis' new album (due out in February)

Artist: Tennis / Miniature Tigers / Devon Williams
Who Should Go: Indie rock/indie pop fans
When: Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Where: The Satellite
Tickets: $12 (here or at the door)

Other Noteworthy Shows:
Lana Del Rey @ Troubadour (Sold Out)
Peter Murphy @ Club Nokia ($26 - $35)
The Kooks @ The Music Box ($31)

Live Music Picks: Monday, December 5, 2011

2011-12-05T12:03:00.000-08:00

Aquarium Drunkard posted this last May and it's stuck with me ever since...

Artist: Michael Kiwanuka / Rocco DeLuca and Daniel Lanois / Bleached
Who Should Go: People with taste, people who like to say: "Oh yeah. Well I saw him way back in..."
When: Monday, December 5, 2011
Where: Bardot [1737 Vine Street]
Tickets: Free (RSVP here)

Other Noteworthy Shows:
Frank Fairfield @ Redwood Bar
Light FM / Useless Keys @ Silverlake Lounge (Free)
Manhattan Murder Mystery / Kid Infinity / Stab City @ The Satellite (Free)
Neverever @ The Echo (Free)