Tonight in L.A. (February 9, 2013)

On this glorious Saturday - there is plenty of music to be excited about.  The night before the Grammy's brings in a lot of top notch artists to Los Angeles and some intimate performances are definitely on the menu as B.o.B. and Trinidad James are set to hit House of Blues, Santigold is doing the same, Gary Clark Jr. ignites The Roxy late night and Dr. John boogaloos the Fonda Theatre.







A British celebration goes down at Hollywood Palladium with Ed Sheeran and Rizzle Kicks getting some of the limelight.  Another notable UK import - Ellie Goulding - gets fanfare at The Wiltern with support from St. Lucia.







Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue return to El Rey Theatre for a second night with help again from The Stone Foxes.  Those Foxes will be stationed at The Roxy earlier in the day to shoot some videos with Jam In The Van, as will Ryan Bingham and Kosha Dillz.  Swing by the Sunset Strip venue's parking lot to catch some of the rocking action in the day time.





To get a little ratchet on a Saturday you could go to Bad Boy Bill at Avalon, twerk with Queen Diva Big Freedia at The Echoplex along with Juiceboxx and others or throw bass around like a clown with Excision and Paper DIamond at Club Nokia.



Other notables include "Dre-Day" with Fartbarf at El Cid, Zak Waters and Ghost Beach at The Central SAPC and Kurupt at Industry Theater.  A full list of shows is below.

 

• Zak Waters, Ghost Beach, Benedek, Stella by Starlight @ The Central SAPC

• Lantz Laswell and the Vibe Tribe, Exquisite Corpse @ The Mint

• Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell w/ Friends @ Troubadour

• How I Wrote That Song w/ B.o.B., Busta Rhymes, Benny Blanco @ The Roxy

• Nonpoint, Candlelight Red, Digital Summer @ The Roxy

• Gary Clark Jr., DJ Chris Douridas @ The Roxy (11 PM)

• Santigold  @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

• DJ Rudeboy  @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip 

• B.o.B., Trinidad James  @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

• Fan Halen, Reagan Brown, Knee High Fox, Ground Zero @ The Viper Room

• Spencer Livingston, Phoebe Bridgers, Janelle and Jules, Tyler Rogers @ Lot 1 Café

• AK and Her Kalashnikovs @ One Eyed Gypsy

• “Dre Day” w/ Fartbarf, Neighborhood Brats, Pu$$y-Cow & Horror Squad @ El Cid

• Seapony, Rose Melberg @ Los Globos

• Church Sessions w/ Petra Haden Choir, Portland Cello Project, Alialujah Choir @ First Unitarian Church – Los Angeles

• Big Freedia, Juiceboxx, Schwarz, DJ Dark Alley (Ass & Titties) @ The Echoplex

• Incan Abraham, Cuckoo Chaos, Mahgeetah, Honeybear (DJ Set) @ The Satellite

• Plus, The Janks, hUH @ Bootleg Bar

• Zac Harmon @ Harvelle’s

• D*Maggs, Hidden Agenda, Bubbeleh, Fine Minds @ TRiP

• Galen, Professor Shoals, Lisa Ahlsyrom, Riley Biederer, Dana Greene @ WitZend

• Restavrant, The Abigails, RT Valine, Dano Forte @ Detroit Bar

• Alex Dreamz, Deejay MD @ Yost Theater

• Micah Brown, Katastro, Mergence @ The Constellation Room

• Dr. John @ Fonda Theatre

• Chris Anderson, Mike Starr, The Westt @ Room 5 Lounge

• Sweetwater & The Satisfaction, Doran Danoff, Dawn McCoy, What Made Milwaukee Famous, Alanna Clarke @ The Hotel Café

• Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, The Stone Foxes @ El Rey Theatre

• Bad Boy Bill @ Avalon

• Gravity, JDubya, Derek Hena, Markie B, Moe Moe @ King King Club

• Excision, Paper Diamond, VASKI @ Club Nokia

• Sander Van Doorn, Blake Jarrell, Adam Auburn @ Exchange LA 

• Crazy Band, PROTECTME, Randy Randall, Sunday Stripper @ LA Fort

• Jr. Juggernaut, Barrio Tiger, Your Favorite Trainwreck, The Blackerbys @ Redwood Bar

• Feather Wolf, TraPsPs, Moi @ The Smell

• Ellie Goulding, St. Lucia @ The Wiltern

• Ed Sheeran, Rizzle Kicks, Foy Vance @ Hollywood Palladium

• Intocable @ Gibson Amphitheatre

• Ozomatli @ Canyon

• Robben Ford @ Catalina Bar & Grill

• Missing Persons @ Tiki Bar

• The B-52’s @ Majestic Ventura Theater

• Finch @ Glass House

• Kurupt @ Industry Theater

• Daniel Rosenbloom, Gavin Templeton, Alex Noice, Kai Kurosawa, Dan Schnelle @ Bluewhale

Tonight in L.A. (October 20, 2012)

Its not just any Saturday night in Los Angeles this week.  While there are stars on the regular, there aren't always international stars with music videos that have garnered over a HALF BILLION views.  If you've been living under a proverbial rock for most of 2012 or you are over the age of 70 - you may not have heard Gangnam Style - otherwise you probably are familiar with the PSY phenomenon.  No joke - my three year old nephew and year old niece are even hip to it.  



So - if you want to indulge in the hype - he is playing at House of Blues - Sunset Strip along with Brit star vocalist Ellie Goulding and Jay-Z's latest protege - Rita Ora.  A solid line-up for fans of pop stars and their music.  



For those with more eclectic tastes - I recommend the Peaches DJ Extravaganza at Fonda Theatre with support from Big Freedia.  The artists are gaymous, the dance floor will be raging and you'll be encouraged to, amongst other things, get ass everywhere and fuck the pain away.  Sounds sexual, aggressive and fun.  





You'd be hard pressed to find a way to describe Crystal Castles as tame (they are not), but it will be less craybans at their show at Hollywood Palladium with Health and Kontravoid than it will be up the block at Fonda.   

Outside of the various Hollyhoods - I'd advise heading west (or west and north).  Over at The Getty Center, Cold Cave turns in one of the late season Saturdays Off the 405 performances.  In Santa Monica, The Central SAPC hosts its monthly Silent Frisco with a blend of NIN and Skrillex tonight.  Pepperdine University brings Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue to their Malibu campus for some high quality New Orleans jazz and funk.  All the way up in Santa Barbara - Snow Patrol and Lissie rock the Santa Barbara Bowl.



As usual - a full list of tonight's L.A. shows are below.

Crystal Castles, HEALTH, Kontravoid @ Hollywood Palladium

The Dan Band @ Club Nokia

The Fab Faux @ Orpheum Theater

The Script, Tristan Prettyman @ Greek Theatre

Brad Paisley @ Hollywood Bowl

Hamilton Price Group @ bluewhale

Peaches DJ Extravaganza, Big Freedia @ Fonda Theatre

Ellie Goulding, PSY, Rita Ora @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

An Evening with Aaron Freeman (formerly Gene Ween) @ Troubadour

Dan Deacon, Height With Friends, Chester Endersby Gwazda, Alan Resnick @ El Rey Theater

The Paul F. Thompkins Show Presents: The Pod. F. Tompkast Live! @ Largo

The mergence, The Burning of Rome, The Shakers, The Suits @ The Viper Room

Bambu Station & ELan,  Inna Vision, Sono Vero @ The Roxy

Shugga Shane, Garrett Lee, Ariana Astar, Being Devious, Brooke Williams @ On The Rox

Bass Player Live feat Chris Squire, Aston Barrett and Steve Bailey @ Key Club

Women Warriors II Benefit Show @ Lot 1 Cafe

Magic Trash @ Origami Vinyl (FREE)

ASHBURY w/ Leggy Peggy, Diamond Light, The Downtown Train, Ned Casual & Hunter, DJ Vidal @ Los Globos

Happy Box 15^th Anniversary w/ 1521, Blindcry, Emma’s Arch, Far*Out, Gabriela’s Kiss, The Glenn Jacinto Band, Guns at the Bar, King Capre, Mayday, New Day in August, Project 7, Sylva, Shadow is my Friend, Ten to Midnight and Zipcode @ Bootleg Theater

Osunlade, Marques Wyatt, Big Cee @ King King Club

The Jealous Sound, Weatherbox, Cardboard Lamb @ The Satellite

Cold Cave @ The Getty Center

The Soft Pack, Crocodiles, Heavy Hawaii @ The Echoplex

Funky Sole @ The Echo (FREE)

Mary Fahl, Naia Kete, Birdseye, Kori Withers, Herbert Ball Orchestra @ The Hotel Café

Keesha Scott Horgan, Amy Loftus, The Deep Sea Goes, Flowerglass @ Room 5 Lounge

Manufactured Superstars, Bad Boy Bill @ Avalon

LA Oktoberfest @ Vanguard

Livin on A  Prayer, Lixx @ Brixton South Bay

Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers, Northern Son, Miggs @ Saint Rocke

Alex Cuba, Rhett Frazier Inc. @ The Mint

Jimmy Lifton @ The Mint (7 PM)

Silent Frisco: NIN vs. Skrillex @ The Central SAPC

Swedish Egil, Spikey Mikey @ Yost Theater

TeaLong, Kill Will, Fluent One! @ Detroit Bar

Los Pinguous @ Dakota Lounge

The Soul of John Black, Aaron Hendra, Brian Titus, Vinyl Playlist, I4AI @ WitZend

Blowin’ Smoke and the Fabulous Smokettes @ Harvelle’s

The Gears, The Last, Sara Radle & The Mockingbirds, The Alley Cats @ Alex’s Bar

Aruna Sairam @ Schoenberg Hall UCLA

Delfeayo Marsalis Octet @ Catalina Bar & Grill

Surgeons, Corners, Froth, Cigarette Burns @ The Smell

Wages @ Machine Project

Blackwater Jukebox @ Rafas Lounge Art Gallery

Joey Dosik, Dustbowl Revival @ Del Monte Speakeasy

Tift Merritt, Amy Cook, Tyler Lyle @ McCabe’s Guitar Shop

The Growlers, Audacity, Sam Flax, Tomorrows Tulips, TRMRS, Fee @ The Observatory

Adam Ant @ City National Grove of Anaheim

Ian Anderson @ Terrace Theater

Eddie Money, The Relatives, Pinch Me! @ Coach House

Snow Patrol, Lissie @ Santa Barbara Bowl

Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue @ Pepperdine University

Y.G. @ Angels Roadhouse

KXSC Fest Announces Flying Lotus & Delicate Steve to Festival - Playing Today for FREE

Yes. Its true. The amazing electronic production wizard Flying Lotus is playing at KXSC Festival today. Its FREE. Its going to be dope and there are going to be Trojan cuties in full force on this excellent Sunday.

Not only is the L.A. Dilla-inspired beat champion going to be in the house, up and comer Delicate Steve is also going to be there as well...

They join a line-up that already features Sister Crayon, Abe Vigoda and SUPERGOODMUSIC's very own Boom D in the DJ Booth. With Marko from Downtown Lobby and Dublab Derek also DJing - it should be a continuous banger from 4 pm to close (around midnight).

If you come by - please visit the SUPERGOODMUSIC.com booth so we can meet you. Plus we'll have some CDs to give-away, some stickers to give-away and some clothing to give away - so its worth your time.

Don't be a stranger. Hope to see you there!

Friendly Fires Show at The Roxy (@ohsheida Reports...)

The Roxy was the perfect venue to set Friendly Fires free as they embarked on a Australia and Singapore tour. From the moment singer Ed Macfarlane (any relation to Seth?) said "We Are Friendly Fires" in his dreamy British accent I was all ears. The talk that surrounded Friendly Fires was everything from "you're going to have so much fun" to "they are even better live!" and you know what... I did and they are definitely not just a studio band.

Friendly Fires played songs from their upcoming album Pala. It's riding the funky train to the fresh station. Jump in the Pool lifted my spirits and made standing in bloody* heels worth it. If I had an organized list of top songs this would be around 7 or 8. Words aren't needed for Paris. Have you listened to the Aeroplane Remix? Google that ish. They slowed it down a bit with Skeleton Boy. Occasionally when a band throws a slower song into their set I'm kinda thrown out of my element but FF's Skeleton Boy should be hanging in my art gallery. That song is gorgeous.

All in all, I'm glad I decided to bust a mission and see these boys. @Ohsheida is very happy.

Now you wish you could see them? Ok, since you wished and all, they'll be back in LA June 10th at the Henry Fonda. Don't say I never did anything for you.

*read with British accent.

Up the ante with Show Me Light

CHECK YO PONYTAIL 2 #2 IS TONIGHT!!!!!!

It is hard to believe it has only been two weeks since the re-inauguration of Check Yo Ponytail. CYP2 returned raucously - backed by Media Contender and IHEARTCOMIX, with a headlining performance from Midnight Juggernauts. They aren't slowing down at all with this weeks installment.

To make sure all the heads return to the room - they've returned a fortnight later and recruited Big Freedia to make sure there is "Azz Everywhere" at the Echoplex. If you don't already have plans - you would be foolish not to consider going. Pipes, Hawnay Troof, Rusty Lazer and Papparazzi also perform.

And.....if you aren't extremely lazy - you can participate in our ticket giveaway and you might win a pair of tickets. You can enter on twitter (mention @supergoodmusic & @checkyoponytail) on facebook (go to our page and make a CYP2 Related Comment) or e-mail contest@supergoodmusic.com. Winners will be notified in the early afternoon.