Friday, February 19, 2010
Lots of fun shows happened this past week, all of which perhaps culminating with the great lineup at The Smell last night. Traps, Ps (pictured above and who some speculate might have played their last show?), Rare Grooves, and Black Elephant are just the type of bands The Happy Hollows should be playing with all the time and they seemed to feel right at home playing their first show at The Smell with members of VOICEsVOICEs, Moses Campbell, and other regulars looking on. Also, congrats to Dios on their record release show on Tuesday (buy it here) and the welcome return of The Sweet Hurt to the stage earlier that night (playing new songs off her forthcoming record) at the Bootleg. Also, raves to the David Scott Stone-curated New Music Mondays at Echo Curio with Josh Klinghoffer and Black Church (who we finally got for a show at pehrspace on 3/6). Good week.
Tonight, listen up for Meho Plaza on Demolisten. Later, Randy Newman at Royce Hall. Broken Bells at the Bootleg. Honneycombs celebrates the release of their self-titled debut at the Hotel Cafe. Old Toy Trains, Jubilee Singers, and others at pehrspace. Radars To The Sky, One Trick Pony, The Hectors, and Rademacher at Echoplex. The Blasters, John Doe, and Rumble King at Brixton. Fitz & The Tantrums and Pop Noir at The Echo. Jon Brion at g'net. The Damselles, Insect Surfers, and Reigning Monarchs at Casey's.All Leather, Tera Melos, F'N A!, Wet Dreams at The Smell. Intronaut, Ancestors, Black Math Horseman, and others at Spaceland. Pearl Harbor opens for Smith Westerns and Harlem at Madame Wong's. Ainjel Emme and others at Genghis Cohen. C-Horse, Rocking Horse People, The Lonesome Heroes, and The Terrapin at Echo Curio. Gossip Tree, Clark 8, Tubby Boots, and Collisions at McWorld. howardAmb, Vaginals, Farraday Trippers, and Sleepwalkers Local at Sync. The Damned at the House of Blues. Nettie Rose opens for Asylum Street Spankers at Molly Malone's. Susan James and Anny Celsi at Cinema Bar.
Saturday, Mooey Moobau celebrates the release of their new record Live Bloody Live with Restavrant and Headlight at HM157. Bobot Adrenaline celebrates the release of their new record Dumb Bomb at Alex's Bar with The Gears. The Entrance Band, Lights, and Pocahaunted at the Bootleg. Gold Ether (VOICEsVOICEs) at Origami. Amy Lacour, Elliott Lawrence, Nicole Vaughn, and Eddie Joe at Viento Y Agua. Fetus Eaters, Destroyed in Seconds, Downspell, and others at The Blvd. Peanut Butter Wolf and Computer Jay together again at Freak City. Chuck Dukowski Sextet, Insects vs. Robots, and others at Echo Curio. "Make It Better: An Evening of Comedy Benefiting a Better LA" at Nokia Theatre. Sarah Bettens and Meiko at the Hotel Cafe. Actually Huizenga, Big Whup, Emily Lacy, Lola Loshkey at SSE. "Awakening" at the Hollywood Palladium with ATB and Infected Mushroom. Harlem, Hands Below, and Dante vs Zombies at Spaceland. The Health Club, Bastidas, Peg Leg Love, and The Crystelles at TBD (moved from L'KEG). Wavves, Best Coast, and The Franks at Mishka opening at the Echoplex. Wet & Reckless, Cosio, The 1921A, and Wild Yaks at Redwood. Fancy Space People, Saccharine Trust, and Residual Echoes.
Sunday, Rachael Cantu and Morgan Nagler open for Mirah at the Bootleg. Taylor Locke & the Roughs and The World Record open for Sloan at King King. Gina Villalobos and Matthew Ryan at Molly Malone's. Kicking Skunk, David Lee Paulson, and Birds Beware at Echo Curio. Lemon Sun, Maren Parusel, and The Secret 6 at Alex's Bar. T. Mills, Dev & the Cataracs, Barron Von Luxxury, and Jamison at Spaceland. White Lung, Nu Sensae, Friendly Neighbors, and NASA Space Universe at The Smell. Zombelle cassette release, White Widow, 60-Watt Kid, and E&E at Show Cave.
Happy birthdays this weekend go out to the genius that is Vaginal Davis, Barbara Gruska, Cory Kennedy, and Chris Joyner.
