by Brad Roberts
Some nice shows this week leading up to a weekend of numerous events, especially on Saturday when I have my Feed Your Head show which is pitted against a stopover in town by The Brian Jonestown Massacre and Matt Pond PA. The Brian Jonestown Massacre just played a three night run at Teragram Ballroom last year in May but they're back for a big one night show at The Fonda Theatre. Miranda Lee Richards opens the evening.
My Feed Your Head show is a real thrill for me because Seasons will be headlining and they haven't played this gig for a few years and that's too long. A new project by Malcolm Sosa called 123Death will be making their debut at Lot 1 in the 10:15 spot and Joe Levi and Westerner bracket the whole thing.
Like Pinback, Matt Pond PA ent on hiatus about a year ago but, like Pinback, they are already returning to the concert stage when they come back to town to play Resident on Saturday.
The Smell is hosting the WFSU Fest 2017 on Saturday and Sunday featuring over 20 performers.
During the week you can catch sets by Psychic Love, Gold Star, I See Hawks in L.A., The Dead Ships and Two Sheds, just to name a few.
Of course, tonight is Oscar night (Sunday Feb, 26), so this is a bare bones Low Down as I have to don my rented tux and attend my seventeenth Academy Awards. If anyone had told me as a kid that I would actually go to the Oscars, and seventeen times, I would have called them crazy. Maybe I am? Or just lucky, depending on your point of view.
Monday, February 27
Recommended:
The Palms, Psychic Love, The Years, Flower Punks @ The Satellite
Gold Star, Dustin Lovelis, Cory Becker @ Bootleg Bar
Also playing:
The Palms, Psychic Love, The Years, Flower Punks @ The Satellite
Mind Meld, Death Valley Girls, Prittiest Eyes, OGOD @ The Echo
Buscabulla, Empress Of @ Echoplex
"School Night!" w/ Special Guess Headliner, Armors, Pacific Radio, Matt Woods @ Bardot
Tim Barnett, Mark Strassner, Aly Ryan, Mitchell Thomas, Kiki Halliday @ Silver Lake Lounge
Jens Lekman, The Dove & The Wolf @ Teragram Ballroo
CVBZ @ The Hi Hat
Gold Star, Dustin Lovelis, Cory Becker @ Bootleg Bar
Lissie, Jim & Sam @ Hotel Café
Steve Poltz @ Hotel Café Second Stage
Summer Moon, Mereki, The Bulls @ The Troubadour
Ilegal Mescal Music Series w/ Glittertearz, Anna Christie, Sol Ange @ Harvard & Stone
The Memories, TOMA, Bed Bits, Bed Bugs @ Resident
Tuesday, February 28
Recommended:
I See Hawks in L.A., Naleen Kula, The Everyday Visuals @ The Hi Hat
Also playing:
Spain @ The Love Song
Ugly God, Nessly, Ski Mask the Slump God, Caye @ Echoplex
I See Hawks in L.A., Naleen Kula, The Everyday Visuals @ The Hi Hat
Bell X 1, Vita And The Woolf @ The Troubadour
The Shorelines, The Lavender Scare, Dominic Zinn, The Wrong Windows, Jake Long @ Silver Lake Lounge
Wednesday, March 1
Recommended:
The Dead Ships, Kim and The Created, Facial @ The Roxy
"Desert Nights" w/ White China Gold, Luke Paquin, Mapache, Austin McCutchen @ The Standard
Also playing:
Fartbarf, + TBA @ The Echo
The Dead Ships, Kim and The Created, Facial @ The Roxy
"Desert Nights" w/ White China Gold, Luke Paquin, Mapache, Austin McCutchen @ The Standard
Mondo Cozmo, Sego @ The Troubadour
Dream Machines, Superet, Raener @ The Hi Hat
Jack Savoretti, Diana DeMuth, Magic City Hippies @ Hotel Café
Arum Rae, RKDN, Luis @ Hotel Café Second Stage
The Brinks, Flavia, LOVEYOU @ Bootleg Bar
Flying Hand, Abraham Lincoln, Killjoi, The Absurd @ Silver Lake Lounge
Thursday, March 2
Recommended:
Boo Seeka, Magic Bronson, Dyan @ The Echo
Also playing
Boo Seeka, Magic Bronson, Dyan @ The Echo
Jack Savoretti @ Hotel Café
Blake Morgan & Janita, Rozzi Crane, Brynn Stanley, War & Pierce @ Hotel Café Second Stage
Railroad Earth, Tom Hamilton's American Babies @ Teragram Ballroom
Sheryl Crow @ The Troubadour
Richie Ramone, Izzy Malik @ The Hi Hat
AOE, Abjo, hosted by Novando @ Bootleg Bar
Dream Clinic, Shoreside Vale, The Space Sanchos, The OK Shack @ Silver Lake Lounge
Huh What & Where DTLA Monthly w/ Gravez, TEK.LUN, DrewsThatDude, + surprise guests @ Resident
Friday, March 3
Recommended:
Creeper Lagoon, Two Sheds @ The Echo
Also playing:
First Fridays w/ Emily Wells, Japanese Breakfast @ The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles
Creeper Lagoon, Two Sheds @ The Echo
Shiny Toy Guns, Kitten @ The Regent Theatre
ELOHIM, weld, Smle @ Echoplex
The Wood Brothers, Shook Twins @ The Troubadour
Nicolette Smith, Milo Greene @ Hotel Café
Elijah Ocean, Alec Lytle & Them Rounders, @ Hotel Café Second Stage
Bleeding: A Dance Party to kick off Women's Month w/Jasmine Solano, Kitten @ Resident
John Isaac Watters Rainstorm Brother, We Are The West, Flood Coats, Amigo @ The Hi Hat
Dent May, Cones, Lily McQueen @ Bootleg Bar
Alice Bag, Seth Bogart, San Cha, Xina Xurner, Cisco Dykes, Butcher Boys @ The Smell
Caitlin Eadie, The Swansons, L.A. Coyote, Electric Carlos, Beatjackers, Shane Grey @ Silver Lake Lounge
Hippo Campus @ Teragram Ballroom
Saturday, March 4
Recommended:
Feed Your Head presents Seasons, 123Death, Westerner, Joe Levi @ Lot 1
The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Miranda Lee Richards @ The Fonda Theatre.
.Matt Pond PA, Annuals, Completions @ Resident (6:30 PM)
Also playing:
Feed Your Head presents Seasons, 123Death, Westerner, Joe Levi @ Lot 1
Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, The Creation Factory @ Teragram Ballroom
Shiner @ The Echo
The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Miranda Lee Richards @ The Fonda Theatre
Classical Revolution: LA w/ An Unexpected Pair, Shostavovich meets Judah's Priest @ Silver Lake Lounge (4 PM)
Temples, Night Beat, Deap Vally, Froth, JJUUJJUU @ The Regent Theatre
"Alone and Together" featuring Kevin Morby, Sam Cohen, Eric D. Johnson, Joe Russo and Josh Kaufman @ The Sanctuary at Pico-Union Project
The Wood Brothers, Shook Twins @ The Troubadour
Chicano Batman, Sad Girl, 79.5 @ The Roxy
Groves EP Release Party, Jane, The Habits, Cologne @ The Hi Hat
Matt Pond PA, Annuals, Completions @ Resident (6:30 PM)
Mike Maimoni, Your Future Lover, Jon Licht @ Georgia Feroce @ Hotel Café Second Stage
Sinkane Album Release Show, Grateful Shred @ Bootleg Bar
WFSU Fest 2017 w/ Madame Gandhi, Ginger Shankar, Wolfprize, Corina Seas, Disco Shrine, Inti WaWa, Soar, Saint Cecilia, Restkust, Maddie Ross, Mona Demone @ The Smell (5 PM)
Sunday, March 5
Recommended:
WFSU Fest 2017 w/ Kimya Dawson, WASI, Blushh, Aparato, San Cha y Las Strenas, Skydive, Sawyer Key, Whisper Kid, Minimall, Gypsum, Lucy Gucy, Bad Cop/Bad Cop @ The Smell (4 PM}
Also playing:
- Part Time Punks w/ Cosmonauts (My Bloody Valentine nite), Thigh Master, Echolust, Deaf Dance @ The Echo
- Trevor Hall, SATSANG @ Teragram Ballroom
- Laura Stevenson, Chris Farren, Ogikubo Station @ Bootleg Bar
- WFSU Fest 2017 w/ Kimya Dawson, WASI, Blushh, Aparato, San Cha y Las Strenas, Skydive, Sawyer Key, Whisper Kid, Minimall, Gypsum, Lucy Gucy, Bad Cop/Bad Cop @ The Smell (4 PM}