Monday, May 18, 2009
Congrats to Amateurs on the release show of their new vinyl EP "If We Dare Win." To be honest, we were hesitant about the band continuing on as Amateurs with the departure of all but lead singer/guitarist Keith Waggoner. But Friday's show at Spaceland proved that the band may look a little different but they still got that raucous Amateurs sound. Pick up the EP at shows and at Origami Vinyl... We had tickets for Giant Drag's Saturday reunion at the Troubadour since the day they went on sale but then we just decided to not do that and head over to O+S at the Bootleg. Don't think enough has been said about this band. We will say that their live show is even better than their record and hopefully those rumors of a residency with The Fold are true. We could listen to that band forever. Mia Maestro played the opening slot. She's a pretty famous actress who has a very pretty voice so we'd imagine Perez Hilton will be all over her pretty soon... Later on Saturday, we stopped by the Dirt Dress Perdido en la Suciedad record release show but just missed them. Nevertheless, we congratulate them on their new record (actually, a cassette) on Papermade. We did catch Restavrant who were rad, of course (pictured above). See them every Thursday in May at the Silverlake Lounge... Sunday, there was an earthquake. We were at a Target in Huntington Beach. The cashier in the electronics department was very pretty.
Happy birthday shout-out to Alex Lilly (Obi Best) over the weekend. We also missed Alex Ebert and Anni Rossi's birthdays a few weeks back. Celebrating birthdays this week: Nate Cole (Castledoor), Jonathan Price (The Henry Clay People, I Make This Sound), and Jeffrey Rosenberg (formerly of Young People/Lavender Diamond).
Let's see, what's going on this week...
Tonight, some really good residency lineups. Elsewhere, The Press Fire!, Show Girls, Voice on Tape and others at Mountain Bar. ANAVAN, Foot Village, The Press Fire!, and Juiceboxxx for Carnage Mondays at pehrspace. And Social Distortion, The Vandals, Japanese Motors and others at the House of Blues in Anaheim... Tuesday, Rachael Cantu headlines the Silverlake Lounge. Wet Cassette, Jack Wilson, Jr., and the others at Spaceland.Blank Blue, The Minor Canon, and others at The Prospector. And Avi Buffalo continues his residency at The Echo... Jill Sobule (still one of the best singer-songwriters around) celebrates the release of her new record California Years at g'net. Carina Round continues her residency at the Hotel Cafe. Downtown/Union continues their residency at Mr. T's Bowl. Amanda Rogers, Homesick Elephant, and others at Echo curio. Leslie and the Badgers and Olin and the Moon open for Or, the Whale at the Silverlake Lounge. Mix Master Mike at Low End Theory. And lots of big bands roll through town (Jane's Addiction/Nine Inch Nails, The Walkmen, Allman Brothers/Doobie Brothers, Ben Folds, to name a few)... Thursday, Susie Suh, Jim Hanft, and others at the Hotel Cafe. Dave Palmer at g'net. The 88 at the Key Club. Glasser opens for Ghost at Spaceland. The Valley Arena celebrate the release of the new record We Died on JAXART at Alex's Bar.
Full listings here.
In other news: Nosaj Thing's debut LP Drift is due 6/10 on Alpha Pup with a digital pre-release 5/26. It's easily one of our favorite records of the year. Release show is 6/10 at Low End Theory. Get in line now.
