Monday, April 19, 2010
Ed Helms and Seth Morris made some fun little comments about Coachella on Saturday (we're paraphrasing): Anyone notice how less annoying Los Angeles has gotten in the last 24 hours? I have no interest in going to Coachella. Thousands of people in the desert being indifferent together. I don't think I have enough denim to be allowed into Coachella... Of, course, they were joking (through puppets, no less) but that's what pretty much what happened in town while the others were out. Yes, Los Angeles survived another year of the desert storm and we have honestly no idea what happened out there since we were catching other lineups we couldn't pass up, most of which we might have failed to mention on our Friday update thing. But if you were on the Westside on Friday for those next big thing bands we applaud your resourcefulness.
Anyway, post-Coachella week ain't too bad either. We're getting lazier and lazier with this thing so we'll just post the highlights of the highlights.
There are several record release shows this week with Ozomatli (check out the Ozomatli vs. KCRW Soundclash remix project here), Take, HT Heartache, Alright Alright, Fireball Ministry, Ratt, and Kottonmouth Kings all putting out new records... Warpaint's got a few low-key shows in the next week before heading overseas to become even more famous. Occidental College (4/20), UCLA (4/21), and KiDROCKERS (4/25)... Saint Rocke is putting itself on the map hosting three big KROQ-y shows this week with NOFX, Cypress Hill, and Authority Zero (most are sold out)... TV highlights: Phoenix on Leno (4/19), Weezer on Carson (4/19, Rerun), Cypress Hill with Tom Morello on Kimmel (4/19), Devo on Kimmel (4/20), Natalie Merchant on Leno (4/21), Jakob Dylan on Letterman (4/21), Rob Zombie on Kimmel (4/21), Silversun Pickups on Fallon (4/21, Rerun), Broken Social Scene on Letterman (4/22), Taylor Hawkins on Kimmel (4/22).
Birthdays this week include Jim Smith (The Smell), Scott McDonald (The Meeting Places), Eli Monolator (The Monolators), Jesca Hoop, Carolyn Edwards, Austin Hartley-Leonard, and our future wives Miranda Kerr and Amber Heard.
Also, we're presenting a show on Friday at pehrspace. Please come if you feel like it.
