Friday, November 13, 2009
Yes, we've used that title before, but whatevs.
Good shows all around this week. Congrats to Horse Stories who celebrated the release of their new record November, November last night. Check them out at Origami tomorrow (7pm). But first let's talk about tonight...
Friday the 13th.
New quietly buzzing pop/folk chica Lindsey Ray celebrates the release of her new EP "Picture Perfect" at the Hotel Cafe (you've heard her voice without even knowing it). Saul Williams and others at the Roxy. Dusty Rhodes & the River Band open for Fun. at the Troubadour. The Raveonettes at the Music Box. Toots a& the Maytals with Ziggy Marley at Club Nokia. Captain Ahab, Extreme Animals, Tik///tik, and others at pehrspace. Gestapo Khazi, NASA Space Universe, and others at L'KEG. Anni Rossi returns with a show opening for Headlights at Spaceland. Sara Lov opens for Grand Archives at the Bootleg. Jon Brion at g'net. SIGNALS, The Urinals, and others open for LOVVERS at The Smell. Stab City, Barrio Tiger, and Rats Eyes open for Totimoshi at Redwood. Robedoor and others at Sync. Seasons, Bastidas, and others at Juanita's. Red Sparowes at Vacation. 60-Watt Kid at Origami. Richard Thompson and Loudon Wainwright III at Royce Hall. And a special note to catch a rare opportunity to see Helmuth Rilling conducting Bach's B Minor Mass at Bovard Auditorium. It's one of the most beautiful choral pieces you'll ever hear and Rilling knows it better than most anybody alive today. Check it out here.
Saturday, a couple of big fests might be of interest. Hollywood Brewfest at the Music Box with Great Northern, Castledoor, The Deadly Syndrome, and others. 2nd Annual Fuzzy Festival at the Palladium with Showtek, Simon Patterson, and others. "Thank You, Come Again" day fest at Mary Hotchkiss Park. And Party Weirdo down at the Basement Lounge in Long Beach with Dead Meadow, The Tyde, Rainbow^Arabia and others. Elsewhere, Jenny Lewis plays a show at the Actors Gang. Abe Vigoda opens for Gil Mantera's Party Dream at Spaceland. Supersuckers, Zeke, and others at Alex's Bar. Princeton opens for The Drums at the Bootleg. The great Elizabeth McGrath, Gail Potocki, and others do a group show at BSFA. The Health Club and others at L'KEG. The Voyeurs, The Damselles, and others at The Crest. Dogweed and Cricket and the 2:19 at Taix. Leslie and the Badgers at G2 Gallery. And Moonrats, From Leaf to Feather, and others at The Blvd.
Sunday, Robert Hilburn finishes a little city book tour for his new rock memoir "Corn Flakes with John Lennon: And Other Tales from a Rock 'n' Roll Life" at Book Soup. Spike Jonze does a book signing of his own at Family. I HEART Pin-Up Calendar show at the Hotel Cafe with a great lineup of Charlotte Martin, Leslie and the Badgers, Lelia Broussard, and many others. Bi-Polar Bear, All Leather, An Albatross, and others at The Smell. Ferraby Lionheart, Charlie Wadhams, Paige Stark, and Graham Forest at Spaceland. The Henry Clay People open for Mission of Burma at Echoplex. And So Many Wizards, Big Whup, Dietra Kruschev and others at Alex's Bar.
Full calendar listing here.
Pictured above is The Smell on Monday where members of Moses Campbell, Ms. Rock Insider, and others enjoyed a performance by Dunes.
