Monday, September 14, 2009
The beginning of the Fall TV season officially is underway. We haven't really discussed anything remotely involving television on this blog for several years, even though one or two of us may or may not work on a couple of shows (that possibly could be up for Emmys this year). We actually don't watch much TV but we were at a Ralph's around 4am last night (i.e. the best time to go grocery shopping) and saw that ridiculous cover of Time Magazine from last week. NBC has been pushing this new Leno show all summer and if they really think this will save them from their 4th place slump, they're in big trouble. All we can say is if you do watch television this season, watch "The Office" and TiVo everything else so that you can go see bands like...
Monday residencies continue tonight. Elsewhere, Computer Lab, Teen Beer, and others at pehrspace. And Golden Hits, Warrior Line, and others at Echo Curio... Listen up for Annie Stela on "Morning Becomes Eclectic" on Tuesday. Later, The Like (with new lineup) opens for Arctic Monkeys at the Palladium. The Happy Hollows play a free show at Gibson Guitar Showroom for Vimby. Ed Helms and friends at g'net. Sea Wolf, Afternoons, and Sara Lov at Detroit. Olin & the Moon and others at the Silverlake Lounge. Sonos celebrates the release of their new record SonoSings at the Hotel Cafe. WEAVE! opens for Vieux Farka Toure at the Echoplex. Devon Williams, opens for Throw Me the Statue and The Brunettes at The Echo. And The 88 continue their residency at Spaceland. UV Lights and others at Five Star Bar. Also, catch Metric on Carson Daly later... Wednesday, Metric and The Soft Pack open for Phoenix at the Greek. Glasser opens for Chairlift at the Troubadour. Ceci Bastida and Wait.Think.Fast. at La Cita. Signals, The Press Fire!, and Protectme open for Monotonix a the Smell. Club Moscow celebrates 5 years with Robotanists, Vanaprasta, and Golden Years. Family of the Year opens for Telescope at the Knitting Factory. The Growlers, Dirt Dress, My Pet Saddle, and Audacity at the Bootleg. The Gaslamp Killer and others at the Roxy. Joe Henry at Room 5. G.E. Stinson, Jorge Martin, and others at Viento y Agua. The French Semester, Rademacher, Downtown/Union, and others at the Silverlake Lounge. Sun Araw, Robedoor, and others at L'KEG. Samiyam and others at The Airliner. And The Killers at the Bowl. Also, for couch potatoes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs on Conan while Pete Yorn does Carson Daly. Thursday, Sea Wolf, Afternoons, and Sara Lov at the Troubadour. The Airborne Toxic Event, The Henry Clay People, and Red Cortez kick off their tour at the Fox Theater in Pomona. Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Breeders, and Yacht at the Greek. VOICEsVOICEs, Pistol Pistol and others at Mr. T's Bowl. Miranda Lee Richards, The Shine Brothers, and others at Spaceland. Timbre Timbre and The Minor Canon at the Silverlake Lounge. And Emily Wells struts it on Carson Daly.
Full calendar listing here.
Note: ANAVAN is no longer playing on the Monotonix show at The Smell this week. Word is that they broke up a few weeks back. Hopefully, members of the band continue to do music in some fashion as this is a huge loss to the scene. Their most recent record Cover Story was one of Top 5 favorite albums of 2008. Also, we can't even remember the last time Monotonix played in town without ANAVAN as the two bands have toured extensively together. We'll miss you... Also, Jim Carroll passed away over the weekend. We met him through our mutual friend Cindy Lee Berryhill years ago but only saw him live a few times. We won't even pretend that we understood half of what he did in his various appearances doing spoken word and music, but that didn't make him any less fascinating to watch. Daly.
