Friday, December 18, 2009
By all accounts, this is going to be one heckuva weekend with many of the scene's best bands coming out for one last hurrah of 2009. If none of these shows interest you then you probably write for Pitchfork. Brooklyn is about 2400 miles east of us.
Listen up for Moses Campbell on Demolisten tonight. Later, Alan Cumming's limited run of "I Bought A Blue Car Today" ends at the Geffen Playhouse tonight. El Vez hosts his annual Christmas show at the Troubadour. Ho-Ho-Hotel holiday show at the Hotel Cafe. Jon Brion's final regular weekly at g'net. Foreign Born, Best Coast, and El Sportivo and The Blues at Spaceland. Red Cortez, The Growlers, Rademacher, The VLA, and members of The Airborne Toxic Event, The Henry Clay People, Dios Malos, Dusty Rhodes and The River Band all joining together at EVFA to benefit Artists in Aid (the show will also be broadcast live online). KARP Documentary benefit with David Scott Stone, Imaad Wasif, and others at The Smell. Funeral Party, AM, My Pet Saddle, and Gossip Tree at pehrspace. Orgone at The Mint. Signals, Tremellow, Snowsuit, and No Babies at Tribal. Robotanists, Jason Heath and The Greedy Souls, and others at Mr. T's. The Aquabats at the Music Box. Ozomatli has a couple of nights at the House of Blues. Camp Freddy at the Roxy. And Control celebrates their one-year anniversary with Armand Van Helden at the Avalon.
Saturday, holiday shows galore with The Deadly Syndrome hosts their 3rd Annual Xmas Sweater Festival at the El Rey with 400 Blows, Castledoor, Eskimohunter, The Pity Party, and Signals. Annual "Christmas with Bessie" night at Edgar Varela Fine Arts with members of Bodies of Water, Obi Best, The Monolators, Dorian Wood, Ema and the Ghosts, Cat Hair Ensemble, Cobra Lilies, and many others. L.A. Record X-Mas Party with The Soft Pack, Abe Vigoda, Leslie and The Badgers with DJs Daedelus, Nobody, Kutmah, Daddy Kev, and others at Bedrock Studios. The Voyeurs, Avi Buffalo, and Jolene's Leftover at The Comic Bug. L.A. Ladies Choir at Space 15 Twenty. The Monolators holiday party in-store at Origami. X and Calexico at The Wiltern. Ice Cream Man's Annual Xmas Party at The Prospector with Avi Buffalo, Repeater, and more. Elaine Layabout's Ho-Ho-Hoedown at pehrspace with Tenlons Fort, Cave Country, Elaine & The Layabouts, and The Mystery Lights. Spain celebrates the release of their new 7" at Spaceland with B.R.A.M. and Mad Gregs. El Ten Eleven return from tour with a show at the Bootleg. And Jail Weddings, Gestapo Khazi, Dalmacio von Diamond & The Enochian Keys, Rare Grooves at The Smell. And Synchronicity Space celebrates their one year anniversary with a Beautiful/Decay book release party.
Sunday, we're presenting an afternoon show at pehrspace (4:30pm) with some wonderful bands so you still have time to go to Mike Watt's 52nd birthday party at The Prospector. 60-Watt Kid, Cobalt Cranes, Moses Campbell, and The Arms at Spaceland. Savage Republic's last show with Spirit Photography and The Beaters at The Echo. D.R.I. at the House of Blues. The Grabs, Garbaj Kaetz, Jealousy, and Dionysius at Sync. And Plum Union, Son of the Velvet Rat, and Olentangy John at Echo Curio.
Complete calendar listing here.
Happy Birthdays to Sir Mike Watt, Matt Eckel (Jack Wilson, Jr.), Marla Sokoloff, Christina Aguilera, and our old friends Alyssa Milano and Jake Gyllenhaal (both of which don't go out to nearly as many shows as they once did).
And to avoid unnecessary mails regarding this post's title, it's from El Vez's version of "Jingle Bell Rock" (video below) and it's referencing the substance we once saw Lindsay Lohan sniffing in the men's bathroom at Cinespace. Happy Holidays!
