Friday, October 23, 2009
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 at Spaceland. Manhattan Murder Mystery continues their residency at Echo Curio. Elaine Layabout's "Hella Hipster Hoedown" at pehrspace. Jogger at Hyperion Tavern. Vermouth at Taix. Iglu & Hartly and Malbec at Saint Rocke. Brian Wright, Those Darlins, and others at the Hotel Cafe. My Pet Saddle, Rough Kids, Charlie and the Moonhearts, Thomas Function, and Yussuf Jerusalem at Five Star Bar. And don't forget about Smokeout Festival and Baconstock (in honor of the Cinema Bar's longtime bartender Sara Bacon who will be leaving Los Angeles).
Saturday, we're helping out with Michael Nhat's record release at the Vermont House (posting to follow). You also might want to check out a couple of good in-stores with Frank Fairfield at Amoeba and Weave! at Origami Vinyl. Also, Charlie Haden is honored by Bass Player Magazine at the Key Club. SoKo and Hymns open for Daniel Johnston at the Music Box. Craig Robinson (of "The Office") and The Nasty Delicious plays a show at The Mint. 10th Annual Dia De Los Muertos at Hollywood Forever with Lila Downs, La Santa Cecilia, and many others. L.A. Guns at the Knitting Factory. Kevin Smith at Orpheum Theatre. Jackson Browne, Tim Robbins, and others at the Actors Gang. Miss Derringer opens for Tiger Army at the Wiltern. Weezer at the Palladium. Abe Vigoda, Moses Campbell, Mi Ami, and These Are Powers at The Smell. El Ten Eleven and others at the Bootleg. Mad Gregs residency continues at Echo Curio. Lemon Sun and Voxhaul Broadcast at the Unknown Theater. Mike Watt and the Secondmen at Alex's Bar. Little Red Radio and others at Spaceland. Liz Pappademas and The Level, Dirt Dress, and others at pehrspace. Shakey Graves, Collisions, and others at The Cocaine. Familiar Trees at Open. And Telomere Repair, Gestapo Khazi, and The Littlest Viking at The Prospector.
Sunday, Greg Laswell celebrates the release of his new "Covers" EP at the Hotel Cafe. The lovely Linda Ronstadt Y Mariachi Los Camperos at the Gibson Amphitheatre. Jello Biafra at the El Rey. The Parson Red Heads, Hymns, and The Street Babe & Shadow at Casey's. Rats continue their residency at the Echo Curio. Okie Dokie, Rough Kids, The Spits, Davila 666, and others at Five Star Bar. Big Moves, Cartographers, and other others at The Mint. And The Polar Future, Wild Pack of Canaries, and others at $ucka Free.
Complete calendar listing here.
Pictured above is the Hunx in Hunx and His Punx breaking out the thong for the last song at Mountain Bar on Tuesday. Sexxxy.
