by Brad RobertsHEAT WAVE EDITION
Now that the temperature is topping 100 degrees, it's time to search out the clubs with the best air conditioning. The Echo is always cold and The Satellite is usually pretty good , unless it's packed wall to wall. And The Satellite, bucking a recent dry spell, has some good shows this week.
Fourth Fridays With Mary and Eli is going on at Pehrspace (on Friday, duh), as part of an effort to bring attention to the venue's search for a new location. Like The Smell, they have been served with an eviction notice, and any help is appreciated. Polartropica, Moomaw and the disarming Dawn of Sequins will perform. They state it well on their event page: "Dear Pehrspace, we love you dearly. The future may be uncertain but this will be a wonderful show. Yeah!"
It's too hot to write... highlights inside.
Monday, June 20
Steady Holiday, Willoughby, Ryan Golden Kirkpatrick @ The Satellite
Paper Route, Guides @ The Echo
Franky Flowers, The Chavez Ravine, Vug Arakas @ Echoplex
"School Night!" w/ Whilk & Misky, Beaty Heart, Britta Phillips @ Bardot
Usage Panel, October Sky, Static Hands, Dark Water Rebellion @ Silver Lake Lounge
Ceu, Kauf @ Teragram Ballroom
Secret Drum Band, Lucky Dragons, beyondadoubt @ The Smell
Nightgown, Tambourines, Ethan Burns, Brightener @ The Hi Hat
Midnight Faces, Moxi, Night Talks @ Bootleg Bar
Parlor Social w/ special guests The Endangered, Ernie Halter, Jean Michael Blais @ Hotel Café
"Monday Monday" @ Hotel Café Second Stage
Ilegal Mescal Music Series w/ Forebear, Cody Hudock, Rachel Goodrich @ Harvard & StoneDECISION:
A few favorites of mine are on the bill for tonight's Ilegal Mescal Music Series. Mixing jazz and classical for a unique sounding form of indie the band Forebear is strikingly inventive. Singing falsetto can be tricky, but Scott Goldbaum handles it with ease. Cody Hudock is a band that never fails to please me with the precision and professionalism of their performance, and piano driven rock always has an edge with me. And Rachel Goodrich is one of the best of our female singer/songwriters out there in the rich tradition of folk greats of the 60s and 70s. They're all together at Harvard & Stone.
The Satellite has the Steady Holiday residency this month, tonight is hosted by BuzzbandsLA and is featuring an RFSL favorite Willoughby and with Ryan Golden Kirkpatrick also.
Tuesday, June 21
MAKE MUSIC LA w/ Janvi, Rayssa, Rajan Chelliah, Marigold, The Battlefield, Patrolled By Radar, Tawny Ellis @ Hollywood & Vine Subway Portal (12 noon - 8)
Johanna Samuels EP Release Party, Anna Ash, Emerson Star @ The Satellite
Eagle Rock Brewery's Battle of the Bands @ Echoplex
Flo Morrissey, Mount Holly w/ Maszer & Robbery Inc. @ Hotel Café
The Looking, Jonny Rico @ Hotel Café Second Stage
Groves, Night Walks, Moons of Mars @ The Hi Hat
Benjamin Clementine @ Teragram Ballroom
Eliot Sumner, Cheerleaders, The Rebel Light @ The Troubadour
Cage The Elephant, Portugal. The Man @ Shrine Auditorium
You Won't, Bombadil, Cassandra @ Bootleg Bar
Ori Paul Levi, Chance and the Low Brigade, Michelly Cordova, Ashes of Luna @ Silver Lake Lounge
Reggie Watts & Karen, Jen Awad @ El Cid
Gold Star, The Pesos @ Harvard & StoneDECISION:
Johanna Samuels celebrates an EP Release Party for her first release, Home and Dry, since moving back to L.A. last year, with Anna Ash and one of our best singing bands Emerson Star (at right) at The Satellite.
Wednesday, June 22
Naytronics (Nate Brenner of tUnE yArDs), Michael Stasis, Bloody Death Skull @ The Satellite
Part Time, Holy Wave, Vanilla, Numb.er @ The Echo
Vulfpeck, Joey Dosic @ Teragram Ballroom
Caterwaul, Foliage, Acid Ghost @ The Smell
Buck-O-Nine, Implants, Tartar Control @ The Roxy
Rainbow Jackson Record Release, Mothlight, Diamonds @ The Hi Hat
Major, Alih Jey & Mitre, Jade Hendrix, Charlie Faye & the Fayettes @ Hotel Café
Noah Guthrie, Dana Williams, Josh Flowers & The Wild, Justin Hulsey @ Hotel Café Second Stage
Caught a Ghost, Loveyou, Shaking Hands @ Harvard & Stone
Suuns, JJUUJJUU, The Breathing Effect @ Bootleg Bar
Vylet, Brittany Ellis, Tiger March, Animal Games @ Silver Lake Lounge
DECISION:
Rainbow Jackson has a Record Release for their first full-length at The Hi Hat with Mothlight and Diamonds, who seem like they're playing every time I turn around latelyhi hat. Meanwhile, back at The Satellite there's a bloody good show with Naytronics (Nate Brenner of tUnE yArDs), Michael Stasis and especially Bloody Death Skull. Party time!
Thursday, June 23
The Maybe Somedays, Prints, Night Owl, Poppet @ The Satellite
Sonny and The Sunsets, Will Ivy, Sarah Bethe Nelson @ The Echo
Nothing, Culture Abuse, Wrong, Tennis System, Big Jesus @ Echoplex
Aijia, Dingwall, Kandace Springs, Lauren Turk @ Hotel Café
Alec Lytle & Harrison Kipner, Middle Child, Eden Iris @ Hotel Café Second Stage
Ojos Rojos, ExSages @ Harvard & Stone
Vulfpeck, Joey Dosic @ Teragram Ballroom
Horace Gold, Grim Chimney, Hunny Gale, Absurdist Fiction @ El Cid
Shark Toys, Adam Payne, Los Greys @ The Smell
Grand Canyon @ The Hi Hat
Cub Sport, Layne @ Bootleg Bar
Ned and The Dirt, The Voxes, Phovia, Dead Flag @ Silver Lake Lounge
DECISION:
Some San Francisco bands venture into Los Angeles for a show at The Echo. Sonny and The Sunsets combine numerous, varied music elements into a tasty indie/alt/country mixture that's very beautiful. Will Ivy and Sarah Bethe Nelson are also from the bay area and are joining him on this trip south.
Friday, June 24
Sonny Boy Thorn, Street Joy, Beck Black @ The Satellite
Radkey, Flying Hair, Flames of Durga @ The Echo
Twin Peaks, Ne-Hi, Golden Days @ Echoplex
Cherry Glazerr, Sex Stains, The Buttertones @ The Troubadour
Fourth Fridays With Mary and Eli w/ Polartropica, Moomaw, Dawn of Sequins @ Pehrspace
Good Old War w/ Empty Houses, Ghost Lit Kingdom EP Release Show, The Absolute, Arms Akimbo @ Hotel Café
Abby & The Myth, Billy Lawler, Chip Thomas & Damon Vonn, Greg Schroeder, Carly Van Shaik & James Bianco @ Hotel Café Second Stage
Eagulls, Adult Books, Tennis System @ Teragram Ballroom
Skin & Bones, Naomi Greene, Black Yaya @ El Cid
Gregg Garvey & the Wintergreens, Some Gifts, Adult Karate, Deer Park @ Old Towne Pub
Benefit for The Smell w/ Negro Gallacticus, Canto, Sugarcube, Greaser @ The Hi Hat
Band Aparte, Shit Giver, Lunch, Vulcan Death Grip @ The Smell
Atash, Drunk Old Ladies, Sancho, Shayna @ Silver Lake Lounge
"The California Saga": A Musical Journey of the California Sound @ El Rey
Birdy, Lawrence Taylor @ The Fonda Theatre
California Guitar Trio @ McCabe's
DECISION:
Help out Pehrspace tonight by attending Fourth Fridays With Mary and Eli. They've been doing this for a few years now and a new Pehrspace home needs to be found. Polartropica, Moomaw and Dawn of Sequins perform.
Another terrific show would be Gregg Garvey & the Wintergreens, Some Gifts, Adult Karate and Deer Park at Old Towne Pub. Gregg Garvey and Some Gifts have been repeat performers at my Feed Your Head shows and they are well worth a trip to Pasadena. Ghost Lit Kingdom hold an EP Release Show, with The Absolute at Hotel Café.
Saturday, June 25
Stonefield, Ramonda, Edith Crash @ The Echo
Unlocking the Truth @ The Troubadour
Dr. Boogie, The Crazy Squeeze, Little Girls @ El Cid
Something Good, Green Gerry, The Parlour Suite, Inspired and the Sleep @ The Hi Hat
Lujuria, DJ's Nick at Night, Mondo Bondo & FYP Jed, Lara FM, Spirit In The Room, 2 Smoking Barrels @ Silver Lake Lounge
A Benefit Concert for the Children's Music Fund w/ Shana Halligan, Jungle Fire, JJ Flores, Mr, Numberonederful @ Teragram Ballroom
Nick Valentini Collective, Cindy Alexander Record Release Show w/ Special Guests, Deqn Sue, Knights of Audio @ Hotel Café
Anahita Skye, Kayls, JP Saxe, Jess Delgado, Hollywood Fringe Festival presents: Duality @ Hotel Café Second Stage
Mudcrutch, The Shelters @ The Fonda Theatre
"The California Saga": A Musical Journey of the California Sound @ El Rey
Danger Boy, Musa, Real Reid, Los Moon Walker, Clive @ The Smell
Melanie @ McCabe's
DECISION:
Saturday night at where Something Good, Green Gerry, The Parlour Suite and Inspired and the Sleep @ The Hi Hat.
Sunday, June 26
Gun Dog @ The Satellite
Grand Ole Echo w/ Jaime Wyatt, Sam Morrow, Amy Blaschke, Michaela Anne @ The Echo
Part Time Punks presents The Cure Tribute Night w/ Alex Transistor, Nowhere Girl @ The Echo
Real Estate, Chris Cohen @ Teragram Ballroom
Mudcrutch, The Shelters @ The Fonda Theatre
Matter Room, Super Lunch, Kiromi, Crash Fist Fight, Pedal Strike @ The Hi Hat
The Morrison Brothers Band, Little Monarch, Sarah Margaret Huff, Tongue & Groove @ Hotel Café
Hollywood Fringe Festival presents: Duality @ Hotel Café Second Stage
Jill Sobule @ McCabe's
DECISION:
Spend a nice afternoon at the weekly alt/country event, Grand Ole Echo with Jaime Wyatt, Sam Morrow, Amy Blaschke and Michaela Anne at The Echo.