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Climb Into This Canon, You're So Good at Landin', Right Into My Arms

noreply@blogger.com (la-underground) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:20:41 PST

Quick recap of the week... Monday residency launches were quite good and well-attended. You'd best be going out to a few this month if you can. The lineups are all stacked top to bottom... Congrats to Brandon McCulloch and the Deadbirds (pictured above) on their Wild Imagine record release on Wednesday. We were gigantic fans of Silver back in the day so finally seeing The Deadbirds put some new

Los Angeles Needs... A Monday Update

noreply@blogger.com (la-underground) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:36:30 PST

Thanks to everyone for coming out on Saturday for our little Halloween get-together. Eliza Rickman with string quartet was more lovely than we have ever seen her. Asa Ransom (pictured above) proved again they're destined for bigger stages very soon. boxViolet unveiled their new lightshow and they also secretly handed us some new demos that we have been playing all weekend (good lord). And The

In the Midnight Dim We Went Home and Touched, Beneath the Chandeliers And Your Persian's Dust

noreply@blogger.com (la-underground) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:30:31 PDT

Congrats to Sabertooth Tiger (pictured above) on the release of their new record Set the Controls on vinyl, which they celebrated last night at Three Clubs with Holloys and Brother Reade . They sounded great. Be sure to pick up their new record asap... Also, congrats to anyone who showed up early to the Hotel Cafe last night for a surprise set by Donovan, who was sitting in with his daughter

Los Angeles Loves... All Hallows' Eve

noreply@blogger.com (la-underground) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:19:50 PDT

We have to be honest here for a second. We're not big fans of Halloween. There's just something not right about giving out treats freely to kids hidden behind masks who after a night of running around coked up on those damn addicting Sour Skittles wind up hours later egging your house and stencil bleaching swastikas on your front lawn. And yet, every year like clockwork, we get those 6lb variety

Los Angeles Needs... A Wednesday Update

noreply@blogger.com (la-underground) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:11:01 PDT

Thanks to everyone for coming out on Monday for the Correatown residency finale at The Echo. All the bands were terrific. Angela Correa now goes out on a month-long solo tour with Tom Brosseau across Europe... Last night, we stopped by Echo Curio (and earlier Vacation) for the long-awaited return of Rose Melberg to Los Angeles (pictured above with Dave Greenwald of The Rawking Refuses To Stop! on

Los Angeles Needs... A Monday Update

noreply@blogger.com (la-underground) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:43:12 PDT

Raves and thanks go out to Michael Nhat and How To Be A Microwave for inviting us to be apart of the fun on Saturday at the Vermont House (pictured above). Pick up his new album here and catch him 11/7 at the Hive Gallery... More raves go out to Elaine Layabout for Friday's "Hella Hipster Hoedown #6." We believe that lineup to be the best of her Hoedowns thus far. Los Angeles just doesn't know it

Los Angeles Loves a... Correatown Residency Finale

noreply@blogger.com (la-underground) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:50:16 PDT

As you may or may not know, Correatown is the weekly resident at The Echo for the month of October. They invited a few local badass blogs (Web in Front, Buzzbands, and Classical Geek Theatre) to present each night and somehow we were included to help with the residency finale.And it's a big one.First of all, we must point out the band Correatown put together for this month since it's what they

Los Angeles Loves... Michael Nhat

noreply@blogger.com (la-underground) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:16:33 PDT

This Saturday, Michael Nhat celebrates the long-awaited release of his self-titled record out on How To Be a Microwave. Two years in the making, this sequel to The Prequel (released earlier this year), features Nhat's signature hypnotic rhymes over playful toy factory beats with occasional guest appearances by K-The-I???, jbts (Luna Is Honey), and Cardio Pulmonary. And where else could we

Give Me These Moments Back, Give Them Back To Me, Give Me That Little Kiss, Give Me Your Hand

noreply@blogger.com (la-underground) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:00:10 PDT

Exciting week of activities leads us to the beginning of a week-long (or is it a long week?) parade of Halloween-related events around town so let's get to it...Tonight, listen up for Spirit Fangs on Demolisten. Castledoor, We Barbarians, and others at the Bootleg. Spindrift, Xu Xu Fang, and others at Viper. Jeremy Jay and others at The Smell. Jon Brion at g'net. White Arrows opens for Kurt Vile

Los Angeles Needs... A Monday Update

noreply@blogger.com (la-underground) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:58:01 PDT

It's CMJ week so lots of kids are out on the other coast. Pictured above is Ms. Love Grenades (holding our deflated heart in her hand), one of dozens of Los Angeles bands that will be destroying New York venues this week. We wish them all the best on their travels and efforts to be huge rock stars. While they're away, we'll be keeping local venues warm for them...Tonight, Mozella celebrates the

There's a New Day Dawning But It Sure Won't Be Ours, It's All Pine Cones

noreply@blogger.com (la-underground) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:20:48 PDT

What a rainy, lazy week of non-blogging. We'll post about the three hundred bands we saw this week sometime soon. Until then, here's the much more interesting weekend thingie.Tonight, listen up for Restavrant on Demolisten. Then head out to Aimee Mann and Fountains of Wayne at The Wiltern. Darker My Love opens for A Place To Bury Long Band Names (I mean Strangers at Echoplex). Captain Ahab and

Los Angeles Needs... A Monday Update

noreply@blogger.com (la-underground) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:29:37 PDT

Fun weekend. Yup, short and quick. Oh, and here's that half-ass weekly thing we do...Tonight, Monday residencies continue. Go to as many as possible, please. Also tonight, Family of the Year opens for Bell X1 at the Troubadour. The Smart Set opens for Marianne Dissard at the Hotel Cafe. Whitman, Clark 8, Sex Worker and others at Carnage Mondays at pehrspace. Signals and others open for These Arms

Riot in the Streets Baby Don't You Dare, Kick My Dreams to the Curb Not Fair

noreply@blogger.com (la-underground) — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:01:02 PDT

Not sure if there more people were downtown last night for Artwalk or for the seemingly endless buffet of food trucks that were scattered all over the streets, but it was another win-win situation. Another win-win situation was Pitchfork's random act of kindness this week as they gave two Los Angeles bands (not from The Smell scene) higher than a 1.6 rating. We don't read Pitchfork and, in

Los Angeles Loves... Linda Perhacs

noreply@blogger.com (la-underground) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:36:48 PDT

Linda Perhacs made her debut performance of the brilliant recording of Parallograms last night at REDCAT. If Perhacs were just some 20-something buzz indie folk artist promoting her hot new album that statement wouldn't probably be such a big deal, but Perhacs is no longer in her 20's and Parallelograms is 40 years old. And that's perhaps why a capacity crowd came out to celebrate a woman who

Los Angeles Needs... A Wednesday Update

noreply@blogger.com (la-underground) — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:44:35 PDT

Stopped by Dead Man's Bones' video release show for "Dead Hearts" last night at a sold-out Silent Movie Theatre. The video was somewhat nervously introduced by the band's two frontmen Zach Shields and Ryan Gosling (as if they weren't aware they'd be asked so many questions by the night's regular proprietor Jerry Beck) who both also directed the video with help by sculpture artist Arthur Ganson

Los Angeles Loves... Kissing Cousins West Tour Fall 2009 (Part 4)

noreply@blogger.com (la-underground) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:27:59 PDT

Kissing Cousins messaged us on their last stop of the tour, Seattle, where they proceeded to rock locals at a club called the High Dive. This time, guest Cousin Sean Foye provided all the juicy details of their time in the Emerald City. Special thanks to all the Cousins for calling us during their trip. Once again, the homecoming show is tomorrow (10/7) at the Silverlake Lounge with Foxes!, The

Los Angeles Loves... Kissing Cousins West Tour Fall 2009 (Part 3)

noreply@blogger.com (la-underground) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:28:00 PDT

Kissing Cousins gave us another booty call over the weekend, calling in from that other City of Roses, Portland, OR. There, they rendezvoused with their lovely flutist Kara Haro, as well as made time to spend with friends in the area including Richard Swift. After which, they headed to their next destination, Seattle (posting tomorrow), and then back home for a show on Wednesday!Full dates below

Los Angeles Needs... A Monday Update

noreply@blogger.com (la-underground) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:00:21 PDT

We left for the hills over the weekend to spend some time staring at the desert while listening to some good music at Manimal Festival. This was probably the best top-to-bottom lineup of bands of any festival this year and with many of these bands growing past the small stages of Silver Lake it was nice to see them all in such a relaxed setting. With the exception of Chairlift and EXITMUSIC

Los Angeles Loves... Kissing Cousins West Tour Fall 2009 (Part 2)

noreply@blogger.com (la-underground) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:17:20 PDT

Got another call from our favorite Cousin Kissers last night after their show at Marilyn's on K Street in Sacramento. Sounds like things couldn't be going any better and apparently Sean Foye (producer of the next Summer Darling record) jumped on the tour to show his support for the band (and pick up groupies.)Full dates below. You can also read their full tour diary via Facebook.9/30 - The Bitter

Every Little Rose Bud Is Covered with Dew, And My Heart Is Calling For You

noreply@blogger.com (la-underground) — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 11:17:06 PDT

Everyone who isn't sick from this flu bug that's going around will probably be sick by the end of this weekend as there are entirely too many possible ways to catch something with all the events going on. You might want to face mask it the next couple of days...Tonight, Los Duggans are Demolisten's special guests. Later, Dublab celebrates their 10th anniversary with a special screening of rarely

Los Angeles Loves... Kissing Cousins West Tour Fall 2009

noreply@blogger.com (la-underground) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:04:11 PDT

Kissing Cousins hit the first-ish stop of their quickie West Coast tour last night at San Diego's The Bitter End and were nice enough to call in for our little phone call report thing we started (then stopped) a few months ago. The band recently released one of our favorite records of the year with Pillar of Salt and are doing what bands have to do these days to spread the word of its brilliance.

Los Angeles Needs... A Wednesday Update

noreply@blogger.com (la-underground) — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:40:31 PDT

Last day of September and a good time to reflect on the month as well as the eight previous months before it as we charge into the last quarter of 2009.There were tons of record release shows in September highlighted by The Happy Hollows, The Widow Babies, Mikki & the Mauses, HEALTH, Green & Wood, and Cobra Lilies. We highly recommend getting all those records when your budget allows it. We also

Los Angeles Needs... A Monday Update

noreply@blogger.com (la-underground) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:19:32 PDT

Very satisfying weekend of music with shows at pehrspace, L'KEG, and The Smell on Friday; Create:Fixate, HM157 1 year anniversary, Echo Curio, and Women on Saturday; and Hollywood Forever, Rockaway, and Abbot Kinney on Sunday. Rockaway Records, which has long been one of our favorite record stores in Los Angeles, celebrated their 30th anniversary with a huge parking lot sale. If you know of our

I Know That I'm Sleeping 'Cause This Dream's Too Amazing

noreply@blogger.com (la-underground) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 21:34:17 PDT

Next two weekends are heavy so let's just do this...Tonight, listen up to "Demolisten" for a performance by Cobalt Cranes and a guest appearance from Ben McShane of CGT. Later, check out Autolux and Mini Mansions at the El Rey. Lemon Sun, One Trick Pony, and others at the Hotel Cafe. Tweak Bird opens for Om and Lichens at Echoplex. Funeral Party, My Pet Saddle, Goldiggers, A.M., and Gossip Tree

Los Angeles Needs... A Thursday Update

noreply@blogger.com (la-underground) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:45:36 PDT

Stopped by Low End Theory last night for the return of the UK's darling daughter DJ Mary Anne Hobbs. The last time she was in town, there was a line down the street so it wasn't a surprise to be watching the show from the damn taco counter again. Nevertheless, she recently released an excellent compilation of inspiring new dubstep entitled Wild Angels and is in the U.S. promoting it [buy it here]