Monday, January 04, 2010
Before we get back to the grind...
We have to say a little something about Lhasa De Sela who passed away at the age of 37 over the weekend. She only played in Los Angeles a few times but it was still enough to leave an impression on us forever. We first met her while covering the Lilith Fair tour in 1997 after which we named her debut record La Llorona as one of our favorite records of all time. Her passing is a huge loss for anyone who ever knew her or her music. Listen/watch her music here.
January residencies: Year Long Disaster, The French Semester, Olin & the Moon, The Steelwells, Sara Watkins, Royal Crown Revue, Oren Lavie, Rival Sons, Andy Clockwise, The Northstar Session, Randy Coleman, Chris Pureka, Semi Sweet, Lauren Shera, Eddie Wakes, Amie Miriello, Suki Ewers, Coby Brown, Double Naught Spycar...
January record release shows: The Stevenson Ranch Davidians, Lelia Broussard, Le Face, JT Spangler, The Idaho Falls, Lucy Schwartz, Andy Clockwise...
Big January events: Neon Hates You Festival/The Smell Anniversary, 10 Days of 2010, Pee Wee Herman Show at Club Nokia, First Fridays at the Natural History Museum, The 24th Annual Elvis Birthday Bash, The Richard Nixon Birthday Bash, Joe Sib's California Calling, Steven Severin's "Music To Silents", "Blood of a Poet", "A Cry For Help," Dragstrip 66 finale, Black Castle finale, Slayer/Megadeth/Testament, Beth Orton, Patti Smith's "Just Kids," People's Choice Awards at the Nokia, Golden Globes at the Beverly Hilton, SAG Awards the Shrine, and MusiCares honors Neil Young as Person of the Year 2010.
And we're helping with one show this month at L'KEG with Le Switch, Les Blanks, Roman Candles, and Merry Christmas.
