Monday, April 28, 2008
Another year of Coachella in the book. Thanks to all those who reported all the fun they had at the festival and hotel parties. We did catch some of it through some surprisingly high quality webcasts and The Raconteurs, Portishead, Flogging Molly, Gogol Bordello, Manchester Orchestra, and others were all fun to see while not amongst shirtless sweaty dudes. Also very cool to see members of Listing Ship with Spiritualized. Those who didn't get a chance to see Prince this weekend can settle for the next best thing (sort of) as AFI continues their 7th Annual Music Documentary series with a special screening of one of our favorite films of all time "Purple Rain" tonight at the Arclight (Sherman Oaks).
Monday residencies end with some pretty stellar lineups tonight. She & Him begins two nights at the Vista with Lavender Diamond. Gabbertree, Fleshtone, Birth!, and Red Hot Silly Peppers (with special guest Dan Deacon) at pehrspace. My Pet Saddle and Mother's Sons at Crane's. Surkin and others at Beauty Bar... Tuesday, The Breeders play the El Rey. I Heart Comix and Dim Mak go head to head again one last time as "Check Yo' Ponytail" ends its run at the Echoplex with Erol Alkan, Dean Deacon, Le Castle Vania, Acid Girls, Wallpaper and others while Cinespace Tuesdays counters with an Ed Banger party with Mehdi, Busy P, So Me, and others. Rocco Deluca's residency at Spaceland ends... On Wednesday, The Entrance Band comes out of the studio to play The Echo. David Garza and Tom Brosseau together one last time at the current Largo locale. Colorforms and The Breakups at 3 of Clubs. Kenan Bell and El Ten Eleven at Spaceland. Sara Lov's Tangier residency ends and Dogweed's residency at Taix ends... Thursday, head down to the Prospector for The Henry Clay People, Summer Darling, Codpiece and others. Daniel Brummel and Service Group at Mr. T's Bowl. The Lady Tigra and Wallpaper at Viper. And The Watkins Family Hour ends their final run at Largo... And hope you can make First Fridays at T's. Posting to follow...
Musexpo is also back this week as the industry featuring performances by buzzmaking locals mixed in with buzzmaking non-locals. It's a pretty noteworthy conference as artists like Keane, Amy Winehouse, and others all got career boosts from it over the years.
