Monday, March 29, 2010
Really quick rundown of stuff to do this week since we know you're on your way out the door for that BEP/LMFAO show tonight (and after party at the Conga). Don't even front.
March 2010 Monday residencies cease to exist tonight. To be honest, we haven't been able to visit them all regularly this month but we'll try and stop by everything tonight... Tuesday, the big Uncovering A Cure record release show benefiting APLA at the Roxy. The record features tracks from Sabrosa Purr, Vanaprasta, Love Grenades, Ruby Friedman Orchestra, and many other local favorites. Castro, Robotanists, Pollyn, Oh Darling, are among those performing. Also, down the street go check out Juliette Commagere and Night Horse opening for Melissa Auf der Maur at Viper. And one of the Beatles is playing the Bowl too... Wednesday, listen up for Local Natives on MBE. Later, Free the Robots celebrates the release of their new record CTRL ALT DELETE at Low End Theory. Silver Lake Jubilee presents "Serenade Sunset" at El Cid with Spider Problem, Blue Jungle, Manhattan Murder Mystery, and The Health Club. And the one and only Evangelista is back at The Smell with Chris Corsano/Peter Kolovos Duo and Lucky Dragons... Celebrate April Fools at the Echoplex as The Onion presents "Our Dumb Book Event" with Division Day, Tom Lennon, and others. And We Are the World begins their residency at The Echo and HoneyHoney starts one of their own at the Hotel Cafe.
Happy birthdays this week to our ex-wives Charlotte Martin, Anna Nalick, Angela Poe, and Audrey Napoleon.
Pictured above is Henry's Dress last night at the Slumberland 20th Anniversary show at The Echo, which might have been one of the most highly anticipated nights of the entire year. Can't deny it was a bit strange to see people we hadn't seen in some 15 years but to have Henry's Dress, Boyracer, and Go Sailor on stage again made all the awkward moments off the stage worth it. Many of us were in our late teens and early 20's when these bands were releasing their first 7" singles so Slumberland basically hosted more of a high school reunion than anything else. Aislers Set, Tiger Trap, Black Tambourine and Velocity Girl would have been of course great to see again but just to have Linton and Vanden Heuvel in the same room was a beautiful thing (we've been hearing of an Aislers Set reunion for a long time). In any case, congratulations to Slumberland on 20 years of great indie pop records. On a related note, K Records' 30th anniversary is coming up and we're dying to see Lois, Pell Mell, and anything with Amelia Fletcher. Hint.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Glad to be back just in time for a fun weekend and we feel like showing off our new Euro-style dance moves...
Tonight, Radar Brothers celebrates the release of The Illustrated Garden (probably our favorite record of all their great records) at Spaceland. Dustin O'Halloran at Masonic Lodge. Jon Brion at g'net (with a very special guest or two so get there early). Katie Costello at Room 5. Metric returns to the city that loves them the most at the Palladium. Mixedupmess, Secta Erah, Big Epoch, Alien Soundtracks and others at McWorld. Foreign Born and Jail Weddings at The Echo. Moses Campbell celebrates the release of a new record before heading off on tour at pehrspace. Pearl Harbor, Gun Outfit, Animal Style, and Young Prisms at Madame Wong's. Spider Problem, Aftergloam, and Kamikaze at Silver Factory Studios. Spindrift, The Upsidedown, Magic Mirror, and Branches at the Redwood. Stag Hare, Bigger Insides, Summer Recreation Camp, and Catcher at Echo Curio. And Ty Segall, JEFF the brotherhood, The Splinters, and Wounded Lion at The Smell.
Saturday, huge Waved Out Fest lineup of a bunch of bands we've already seen but definitely worth another look at Echoplex. The Like, Sweaters, and VUM at The Smell. The Quarter After, Federale, and Chief Nowhere at Spaceland. Wet & Reckless, Wrong Way Driver, Modern Time Machines, Kissing Cousins, and Dirt Bird at T's. L'KEG house party benefit with Dos, Signals, Audacity, Blue Jungle, and DJ Keith Morris. Trainwreck at DiPiazza's. Love Grenades and others at The Basement. Cattle Decapitation and others at Relax Bar. Fay Wrays, Dead Ponies, and The Shade at pehrspace. Learning Music opens for Field Music at the Bootleg. Full Frontal Disco at Grand Star. Jake Newton and others at Room 5. Ovideo celebrates the release of their new full-length 8" at Vacation. Ruiner, Xibalba, Mourningside, On Point, In Despite, and others at McWorld. A double dose of Jon Brion at g'net. Delay Fischer, Colorchromatic Calculator, Summer Vacation, and others at McWorld. KIT, Death Sentence: PANDA!, 60 Watt Kid, and Old Lumps at Echo Curio. Marousa, Lemon Bear, Narwhal Party, Mikki Maus, and others at Women. Mary Anne Hobbs, Kutz, Reid Speed, The Professionals, Kutmah, and others do Bassface at LOT 613. Baseck, The Tleilaxu Music Machine, WMX, PEMDAS, Ono Sendai, NVR-NDR and others at HM157. Pierced Arrows. Lullabye Arkestra, Ty Segall, and D-Rex at Redwood. Cricket and the 2:19 at Taix Lounge. Also, Bamboozle West arrives at Angel Stadium of Anaheim.
Sunday, two big lineups with POW! Festival at Echoplex and KSCR Fest at USC. Slumberland Records 20th Anniversary show at The Echo. One Trick Pony does ASSSSCAT at UCBT. AM opens for Air at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Nellie McKay at the Alex Theatre. Aaron Drake, Scott Cazan, Jones.Keusch, Ulrich Kreiger, and others at Echo Curio. The Midnight Scene, Future Ghost, Toy Robot, and The Lexingtons at Alex's Bar.
Happy birthdays this weekend to Justin Meldal-Johnsen and Charlie Wadhams.
Pictured above is Uffie rockin' the mic at Cinespace last week, her first performance in almost two years.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
We've been away for the last week (and won't be coming back until later this week) so we haven't done any updating lately but, according to various news reports, it seems all is well in the city of Los Angeles. We have a little time before our next destination so why not wi-fi it up and look like we're busy and important to the very attractive Swedish girl sitting next to us -- forget it, she just left. Just another Alex Goran to our Ryan Bingham, I tell you.
Anyway, despite our disinterest in the event, we were actually supposed to do South By South South this year only to cancel in favor of a little trip overseas. Brief details of this trip have been posted to our Facebook since for some reason that seems to be the only site we can always access country to country. We've been lucky to see quite a few good bands from London to Sweden during our time here but the main reason for our visit was that one of us got hitched and that we our now close to owning a 4-bedroom house on the shores of the Mediterranean, something we've been working on for over two years. So now we'll have a place to call our own on the other side of the Atlantic. Pretty cool, yeah?
In more related news, we are presenting our next shows on 4/4 at Dakota and on 4/23 at pehrspace. Mark your calendars, por favor.
Ok, so the Swedish girl is back but instead of sitting next to us she's now sitting directly across from us. This is both good and bad. Good because it still looks like we're working on some financial report that's due by morning even though we'll be switching to Call of Duty as soon we're done writing this stupid post. Bad because every time we look up at her bewitching beauty it means another respawn at the last checkpoint. That is the crisis in which we now face. Wish us luck.
Miss you much, Anheles.
Pictured above is Australia's very own Washington who stopped in L.A. on her way to Austin last week and very much lived up to the growing hype she's been receiving. We had to drop by her showcase slot at the Silverlake Lounge even though our flight out of town was a few hours later (and we barely made it). She's got the Aussie pop feel of her fellow compatriots Butterfly Boucher and Sarah Blasko with a little more Regina Spektor baroquirkiness than we expected. Think we prefer her playing solo but see what you think by checking her out on this new site called MySpace. If she wasn't already signed, she probably will be soon.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Half of Los Angeles' music scene will be away this week down under so we'll make this quick...
She & Him and The Chapin Sisters break out the folk rock at g'net tonight. Andy Clockwise leads an army of locals at the Troubadour. And a ton of Monday residency goodness too... Back at g'net is The Swell Season but before that be sure to hit up a free screening of "The White Stripes: Under the Great White Northern Lights" at the Echoplex. Plus, Learning Music at Echo Curio... Ras G, Pudge, and Elusive lead the way at Low End Theory on Wednesday. And Les Blanks, Francisco the Man, and others rock Spaceland... Thursday is the heavy of the week with Xiu Xiu returning to town with Tune Yards and Noveller at The Echo. Wrong Way Driver and Ovideo at Spaceland. And Halloween Swim Team, Michael Nhat, and others at Echo Curio.
See, that was quick. We'll be gone for a bit so none of this blog stuff for a few days.
Friday, March 12, 2010
Some highlights for the week were a quick look-see at Three Clubs for Taylor Locke & the Roughs (pictured above). They were also selling their new record Grain & Grape for the first time since its February release and we were curious what Mr. Locke and Señorita Froom have been up to since splitting from Rooney and The Like, respectively. We stopped going to Rooney and Like shows probably back when they were both still teenagers so it was good to see them take the small Three Clubs stage like seasoned veterans. Still, it might be too early to do a proper review of the band before they've got more shows under their belt, but the songs are pretty catchy 70's rock that are actually more contemplative and somber than the hooky choruses might indicate. Check out their record release show on 3/23 at The Bordello. We should probably also note that The Whale Fall (featuring Matt Greenberg of Charles Atlas) opened the show to one of the more packed crowds we've ever seen at the club. Keep your eye on them... We also had to stop by the Radar Bros. warm-up for SXSW and preview of their record release show on 3/26 at Spaceland and, oh goodness, this might be the best work they've ever done. These new songs are fantastic.
We got a little message from a longtime la-underground friend that we should doubly mention the BRMC show at Amoeba tonight but then it got canceled. However, you can still head over to the Echo Park side of Sunset and see Ben Harper do an in-store at Origami and pick up any last-minute freed up tickets for the BRMC show at Echoplex, which is still happening. We all know Harper likes to keeps it realsies and has been secretly and no-so-secretly playing small shows in between stints at the Greek for years. But playing a free in-store at a space the size of his walk-in closet might be a first. Even if you don't get inside you can still grab a slice at Two Boots and enjoy the mobscene this show will undoubtedly create.
The Happy Hollows are headlining the Troubadour for the first time tonight. Ms. Negahdari cranked out quite a few promo vids for this show just like the mad genius slash wacky weirdo chick who-will-one-day-be-our-wife she is. We don't take to 500-capacity venues very well but we're tempted to make an exception given the importance of the show for the band. The Veils and Twilight Sleep (whose recent shows have been the best we've seen by them) open the evening.
Elsewhere, those who did not attend the premiere of "The Runaways" last night at the Arclight (Joan Jett, by the way, is still a friggin' goddess) might perhaps be inclined to go to Space 15 Twenty tonight to meet the film's director Floria Sigismondi and purchase limited edition stills from the movie to benefit Stand Up For Kids.
Also tonight, everyone's favorite nerd blogger Ben McShane of Classical Geek Theatre celebrates his sweet sixteen at pehrspace tonight. Word on the streetz is that this party will be bigger and better than Justin Dior Combs, Chris Brown, and Soulja Boy's parties combined. Stoned At Heart (featuring members of The Underground Railroad to Candyland), Jack Wilson Jr., and Downtown/Union help blow out the candles.
On Saturday, Crystal Antlers celebrate the release of their new "Little Sister" 7" at Origami Vinyl at around 4pm. Again, "if you don't get inside you can still grab a slice at Two Boots..." And maybe stick the area for The Franks' in-store later that evening at 7pm.
On Sunday, there's a couple of good shows at McCabe's with Gwendolyn and the Good Time Gang doing an early kids show and The Swell Season doing a show to benefit the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust. Also playing an early afternoon kids show are The Watson Twins and The One AM Radio over at The Echo. Bring your kids or your neighbors' kids to get in.
We'll be losing an hour of sleep on Sunday but for most of us that doesn't matter since we haven't participated in such a time-wasting event like that since infancy. Still, that one hour of lost time only brings us closer to Monday than we want to be so enjoy the weekend while you have it. And we love you.
Monday, March 08, 2010
We thoroughly enjoyed your company on Saturday at pehrspace. Thank you to Black Church and The Nocturnes for their beautiful opening sets. And thanks to Sister Crayon (pictured above) for making hearts a flutter with their fantastic showcase slot. They were the first band we booked for this night and showed all the promise of a band that won't be playing 50-capacity art spaces for too long. Not only that but they were super nice, which as you know, is really the only thing that matters. They're in town for the next week or so, playing a few more shows in town including tonight at The Echo. The last two bands of the night were TEARIST and special guests from Brooklyn Light Asylum who combined for quite a one-two knockout to end the night. Light Asylum's Shannon Furchess has a stage and vocal presence that commands your attention much like Grace Jones, Siouxsie Sioux, or Annie Lennox. They've been making a lot of noise in NY's underground electronic dance scene and we don't doubt things will be spreading quickly in the coming months. We thank them so much for their special performance on their brief L.A. visit. And we thank those who stopped by Saturday for checking out five great bands. By the way, we also webcasted the show live, something we started doing a few years back and something we should be doing all the time. Anyway, if you want to check out some archive clips of the show go here.
Tonight, the Monday residencies are on. Elsewhere, David Scott Stone, The Urxed, and Mirror to Mirror and Echo Curio. Renee Stahl and others at Room 5. So Many Wizards and Lil' Whup at Tribal. Rj Chesney celebrates a new record at at the Hotel Cafe. Thee Vicars, Night Beats, Cobalt Cranes, and others at Redwood. Kissing Cousins opens for David Bazan at Alex's Bar. Kyoka returns to town for Carnage's night at pehrspace. Year Long Disaster and others at the Troob... Tuesday, Pocahaunted, Infinite Body, Tracy Trance, and Taterbug Echo Curio. Superhumanoids, Random Patterns, Red Tide, and His Orchestra at the Bootleg. Sheila Nicholls and others at the Hotel Cafe. The Rescues and HoneyHoney at Saint Rocke. Brandon McCulloch & The Deadbirds, Meredith Meyer, Haroula Rose, and others at Viper. Jamie Drake at Crane's. Planets, Totally Serious, LA Fog, and Secondary at The Smell. Wildlife Refugees, Finn Riggins, and Boy Eats Drum Machine at The Prospector... Cary Brothers, Meiko, Shane Walsh, Mighty Kate, and Girl Problem at the Hotel Cafe. Delta Spirit, We Barbarians, Jonny Corndawg at the Bootleg. Darker My Love opens for The Temper Trap at the Music Box. Travis x A-Trak at the Roxy. Abe Vigoda and Lovvers at The Echo. Agent Ribbons, Kissing Cousins, Wet & Reckless, and Esquire at the Silverlake Lounge. Free Moral Agents, The Soft Hands, Bella Novela, and L'Orchidee at Alex's Bar. Learning Music, Cassorla, Boy Eats Drum Machine, and Dylan Trees at Echo Curio... Thursday, check out Downtown Art Walk. Then maybe check out Dawes, Cory Chisel, and Jason Boesel at the Troob. Felix Cartal, Classixx, and Paparazzi at V20. Melissa Ferrick, Jim Bianco, Joey Ryan, and Jay Nash at the Hotel Cafe. The Watson Twins at g'net. Amanda Jo Williams, Ora Cogan, Fort King, and Beliss at Echo Curio. Big Whup, VOICEsVOICEs, and Lola Loshkey raise funds for SXSW at Show Cave. BRMC at Echoplex. Cue the Moon, Marjorie Fair, NOPAL, Seswoo, and It's Gonna Crash at T's. "I Am a Laser" at Club Nokia. On Blast, Jail Weddings, and Johnny Odonnell at Alex's Bar. So Cow, Battlehooch, Christmas Island, and Judgement Day at The Smell. Son Ark, Franklin Music School, and The Dust Bowl Cavaliers at Hyperion Tavern. Spider Problem, NASA Space Universe, Narwhal Party, and Peg Leg Love at L'KEG. Spindrift and The Stevenson Ranch Davidians at The Prospector.
Happy birthdays this week go out to Jim Merson (Captain Ahab), Stewart Cole, Ashley Jex (Rock Insider), Ben McShane (Classical Geek Theatre), and Marko Shafer (Hotel Cafe).
Friday, March 05, 2010
Thanks to all who were able to stop by Synchronicity Space on Wednesday as we not only celebrated the release of one fine new record by Tenlons Fort (pictured above) but also sadly bid him farewell as the ever-wandering Jack Gibson left a few hours after the show back to his other home of Austin, TX. For those not lucky enough to be cozy'd up with such a beautiful crowd that night, you can still get the record on CD Baby and iTunes. We hear he'll be back in June and will likely be hanging with a few L.A. bands at SXSW again this year. As always, we wish him all the best on his travels. See you soon, T-Fort.
Oh, and so nice to see Leno back making the Tonight Show horrible again this week. however we thought of an interesting idea to give us hope of his early retirement. Since network television sometimes has a habit of canceling shows we all like ("Freaks and Geeks," "Arrested Development," "Undeclared" to name a few), we can all really try hard and make believe that Leno is actually funny and doesn't just deliver jokes like a tree stump thereby forcing us to, dare we say it, enjoy his show. Then with enough collectively manufactured approval ratings he will inevitably get the pink slip... Ok, horrible idea, but mostly the Leno being funny part. And since we're really not on the subject, most every episode after the pilot on NBC's "Community" has been actually really good despite poor response. The debate episode was fantastic and every ep since then has been increasingly sharper than the last. The show is likely up on the chopping block so we thought we'd say a little something like we did when "The Office" was threatened to be canceled after its first six episodes. Where else could you have seen the occasional cameos from Erik Charles Nielsen and a nice usage of Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zero's "Home"? Also, it helps that Ken Jeong is straight up genius and the fact we just saw the Donald Glover do an amazing stand-up recently and perfectly put "Two and a Half Men" (second only to Leno in horribly unfunniness) in its place. Conversely, Aziz Ansari also did a great performance that night (that included a ridiculously funny bit about racial slurs, which for some reason made us think why haven't we seen a Timberlake/Danger Mouse collab project called Racial Slurs), but we still don't think "Parks and Recreation" will last too long. Perhaps because it's not very good and Amy Poehler looks bored. Anyway, no one watches TV anymore. We're all too busy at indie rock clubs, right?...
Goodness, this Friday update thing went totally in a different direction than our normal Friday update thing where we essentially repost the same calendar of events that every other blog in Los Angeles posts. Redundancy is reason #219 why terrorists hate America so for this week, we're not posting a calendar. If you're smart however, you might want to see any one of these fine locals playing this weekend: The Bird and the Bee, Shadow Shadow Shade, WEAVE!, Big Whup, Missincinatti, Moses Campbell, The Submarines, The Happy Hollows, Summer Darling, Meho Plaza, SISU, Orenda Fink, Odd Modern, Familiar Trees, It's Casual, The Like, VOICEsVOICEs, Jail Weddings, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Audacity, and I Read Her Journal.
Happy birthdays this weekend to Chris Hernandez (The Happy Hollows) and our ex-wife Jenna Fischer.
Oh, and we're presenting a show on Saturday but it's more of like a secret show because this promo is like placed so far below the fold that no one really knows about it. So, shhhhhhut it. Love you!
So night one at pehrspace last week was certainly a thing of beauty. So how else could we top ourselves than to invite five of the most beautiful bands around for a night of beauteous beauteousness?
TEARIST, Sister Crayon, The Nocturnes, and Black Church are four of the best new bands seen in 2009 (the fifth, by the way, must be kept a secret). Recently added to the ever-impressive Manimal Vinyl roster are TEARIST and Sister Crayon, both of whom have been blowing minds in their respective corners of California for the last year or so. Each are led by two of the most evocative new voices to the avant-garde electro scene (the lovely Yasmine Kittles of TEARIST and Terra Lopez of Sister Crayon) and, along with their fellow labelmates We Are the World, VOICEsVOICEs, and Warpaint, are poised to make Manimal Vinyl the cornerstone of the West Coast future sound. While TEARIST and Sister Crayon are already on the radar of many a tastemaker, The Nocturnes and Black Church have been relatively off any such radars. However, we can tell you first hand that you should not wait for too long to see these two. The Nocturnes not only released one of the best records of 2008 with A Year Of Spring but they also played one of the best shows we saw last year with their absolutely stunning performance at Synchronicity Space back in October (which was also drummer Daniel Yasmin's going away show). Mark our words, lead singer/guitarist Emma Ruth Rundle (who will be heading out on a North American tour as Red Sparowes' new guitarist in a few weeks, which in itself should tell you something about her talent) is destined for greatness. Black Church is the goddess that is Kim Humphreys, whose last few performances at Echo Curio and 2HeadedHorse completely had us mesmerized. After picking up her "Less You" cassette release last year, we've been trying to put together the appropriate night to showcase her one-woman artistry (looping bass guitar, virtuoso violin and haunting vocals) and we finally did it. Wait until you see this lady. Bring a box of tissues.
Speaking of a box of tissues, when we finished putting together this lineup, we actually started tearing up a little. Gosh knows if we'll be able to contain ourselves when the night actually happens...
March 6, 2010
Los Angeles Loves...
TEARIST
SISTER CRAYON
THE NOCTURNES
BLACK CHURCH
plus special guest
pehrspace
325 Glendale Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90026 | Map
All Ages / $5 / 9pm
Facebook Event
TEARIST - "Headless (Rough)" (MP3)
Sister Crayon - "Souls Of Gold" (MP3)
The Nocturnes - "Paper Hands" (MP3)
Black Church - "Collect Yourself Start Praying" (MP3)
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Humble Jack Gibson, aka Tenlons Fort, is leaving Los Angeles again in a few days and he's going out the only way he knows how. With a
Tenlons Fort is releasing a new album entitled the Shelters LP, the follow-up to 2009's hugely overlooked "Forever is a Long Time" EP. It's long been said (mostly by us) that the man simply cannot write a bad tune and this album epitomizes that notion. All of his signature autobiographical daggers still cut to the bone with his usual clever narrative, perfectly packaged in ten beautifully melodic songs. Yet "perfectly packaged" might be the understatement of the year since if you listen and study these songs closely you'll realize how brilliant one must be to turn an epic gut-wrenching novel into a page-turner. Most songs on the album are barely three minutes and yet after every single one of them you feel as though you've gone through Bon Iver's entire discography ten times -- except you thankfully won't have to look up words like Kumran anytime soon. The sad thing is that when all is said and done, humble Jack Gibson might once again release one of the best records of the year that no one will ever hear. Let's hope this Wednesday is the beginning of better things to come.
On Wednesday, Tenlons Fort celebrates the release of this fine new record (rumored to be his last) at Synchronicity Space with friends Will Courtney from Brothers and Sisters and Shelters producer, Manhattan Murder Mystery, and Downtown/Union. He'll also be joined on stage by members of The Monolators, Le Switch, Divisadero, Castledoor, the aforementioned Will Courtney, and maybe some other surprises. 50% of the proceeds of this record will go to the Shelters Fund to benefit a number of charities that Jack has been working with for several years. Also, tonight, be sure to head out to Silver Factory Studios for the premiere of Jack's short film The Shortest Month of the Year featuring live performances by Eli Monolator and Downtown/Union.
Los Angeles Loves... Shelters
March 2, 2010
Shortest Month of the Year screening
Silver Factory Studios
4310 Jefferson Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90016 | Map
8pm
March 3, 2010
Synchronicity Space, la-underground, and Gibson Bros. Record Co. present:
TENLONS FORT record release
MANHATTAN MURDER MYSTERY
DOWNTOWN/UNION
WILL COURTNEY
Synchronicity
4306 Melrose Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90029 | Map
$5 / All Ages / 9pm
Facebook Event
In lieu of free downloads off this charity album, which you can probably download somewhere else anyway, we're posting some live MP3s and video from the show last Sunday at pehrspace. See them live though. These don't come close to doing them justice...
Tenlons Fort - "Followed By Bad Luck" (Live at pehrspace, 2/28/10) (MP3)
Tenlons Fort - "Read It and Weep" (Live at pehrspace, 2/28/10) (MP3)
Monday, March 01, 2010
Thanks to everyone who came out on Friday at pehrspace. If you weren't there, you missed two brilliant performances by locals Timonium and Summer Darling as well as two stunning L.A. debuts from Silian Rail and powerdove. If you follow us on Twitter (and you shouldn't), we totally stopped updating after powerdove's set because of all the extended conversation we had about the bands. And, we have to admit, the talk of the night was about this new band from oaktown, Silian Rail. Fans of From Monument to Masses, Tristeza, and all the other intricately complex post-rock bands you might like will want to pick up this band's debut album And I You, To Pieces and keep an eye out for their upcoming follow-up due out soon.
Well, February sure was fun but March ain't look too bad either...
Residencies and multi-night performances this month include: Moonrats, Seaspin, The Delta Mirror, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, She & Him, Bad Religion, Heather Woodbury's "As the Globe Warms," BLOK, Tod Mcleod, Magnolia Memoir...
Record release shows: Radar Brothers, Tenlons Fort, Deadly Syndrome, Free the Robots, The Capshuns, Early Dolphin, Mishka, Moonshine and The Drugs (download their previous album here), Miles Kurosky, Vanaprasta, Eugene & The 1914, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The Holloys, It's Casual, Von Cotton, Gregory Page, Mark Growden, Elevaters, Skyler Stonestreet, Steve Carlson, The Lincoln Bedroom...
Other big events and shows: 826LA's Chicken in Love Mini Music Festival, Classical Geek Theatre's Ben McShane birthday show at pehrspace, Downtown Art Walk, Donovan & Friends at the El Rey, Beyond Wonderland, Dustin O'Halloran and Hauschka at the Masonic Lodge, FMLY Ride, Metric at the Palladium, Slumberland Records 20th Anniversary Party, Manifest Equality, "Storm Drain to Paradise" at the Geffen, Heather Woodbury: "As the Globe Warms" at Echo Curio, Threat Fest III, Paul McCartney at the Bowl, "A Night with Ira Glass: Radio Stories and Other Stories," and Bamboozle West 2010...
And, of course, it's SXSW month so many of us will be out of town but there also will be lots of hot, young flavors of the month stopping by too so get excited.
Finally, we're presenting two shows this month. One 3/3 for Tenlons Fort's "Shelters LP" record release at Synchronicity with Manhattan Murder Mystery, Downtown/Union, and Will Courtney of Brothers and Sisters (who recently moved to Los Angeles). The second is 3/6 at pehrspace with TEARIST, Sister Crayon, The Nocturnes, Black Church, and a special guest. You'll feel real bad some day if you miss these and that's all we'll say about that.
