Los Angeles Tonight (August 15, 2013)

Its a summer Thursday - which means FREE shows at the Santa Monica Pier (The English Beat w/ Maxwell Smart) and Levitt Pavilion's (Christian Scott at McArthur Park, New Found Road in Pasadena).  Locals The Neighbourhood pack Fonda Theatre and Lakers hero Kobe celebrates the release of Kobe Up Close at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live.

A list of more entertainment options is below the videos.

• Pancho & Sancho, The Kepler Mission, Selina Zakaria, Indigo Child @ Troubadour


• The Neighbourhood, Big Black Delta, DJ Skee @ Fonda THeatre


• Kobe Up Close @ Nokia Theatre LA Live


• Dudamel Conducts Verdi’s Requiem @ Hollywood Bowl


• Lauren Waller (early showcase) @ The Mint (7 pm)


• We Poppin’ feat The Lockwest, B.Y.G., Shye Eaze, Cocc Pistol Cree @ The Mint


• The English Beat, Maxwell Smart, Troup @ Santa Monica Pier (FREE)


• Southern Culture on the Skids, Kitchen Hips @ The Echo


• Alex Bleeker & The Freeks, Matt Kivel @ Bootleg Bar


• Sango, Atlantic Connection, Nikko Gray, ESTA, Jarell Perry @ Bootleg Gallery


• Goldensun, Polytype, The Subtle Knife @ Silverlake Lounge


• Buyepongo @ Los Globos


• Hobart W. Fink, Blackfeet Braves, Jeffertiti’s Nile @ Grand Park


• Overeasy, Western Bells, Guardian Ghost, Professor Possessor, Tijuana Cartel @ Hotel Café


• The Messengers @ Harvard & Stone


• New Found Road @ Levitt Pavilion Pasadena


• Christian Scott @ Levitt Pavilion McArthur Park


• Brevet, Caxiton, Pacific, Dylan Emmet, Steps of Doe, Courtney Randall, Sarah Kaplan @ Roxy Theatre


• Derrick Hodge, TS and the Vines @ The Viper Room


• LNGWKND @ Del Monte Speakeasy


• David Gordoni @ House of Blues – Foundation Room


• Tera Naomi, Ben Carroll @ WitZend


• Spaceship, Merciless Jive, Pompous Highmen @ Saint Rocke


• Cherokee, JNL Cinemafunk, Chronic Mncher @ Detroit Bar


• Goddamn Gallows, Restavrant, Delaney Davidson @ Alex’s Bar


• Yellow Red Sparks @ Constellation Room


• Foreign Beggars @ Constellation Room (late Show)


• Cash & Freedman @ House of Blues – Anaheim


• Michael Bolton @ City National Grove of Anaheim


• GTA @ Yost Theater


• The Reckoning, St. Clair, Morris @ IO West Theater

Los Angeles Tonight (August 10, 2013)

Enjoy an excellent Saturday and find some good music to check out live in this list below.   We like Cloud Control and Tapioca & The Flea at Bootleg Bar if you want to be on the next tip, Hardwell at Palladium to dance your ass off, Mark De Clive Lowe presents Church at Levitt Pavilion McArthur Park if you want some FREE entertainment and The National with Daughter to rock out under the twilight sky at Greek Theatre.



Check out a more complete list below!

• The National, Daughter @ Greek Theatre


• Emeli Sande @ Club Nokia


• Smith Westerns, Wampire @ El Rey Theatre


• Chicano Batman @ Levitt Pavilion Pasadena


• White Fence, Jessica Pratt and Jonathan Rado @ Trouabadour


• Mark de Clive Lowe presents CHURCH @ Levitt Pavilion McArthur Park


• One Direction a@ Staples Center


• Willie Nelson and Lyle Lovett & His Large Band @ Hollywood Bowl


• Ivete Sangalo @ Nokia Theatre L.A. Live


• Hardwell @ Hollywood Palladium


• Cloud Control and Tapioca & the Flea @ Bootleg Bar


• The Shadow Principle, Odd Owl, the Verm and Adam’s Breakfast @ Silverlake Lounge


• The Obsessed, Hirax, From Ashes Rise and Final Conflict @ Echoplex


• Plus, Smiles, V-3P0 and Dust & Chrome @ Satellite


• Star & Dagger, Boots Electric and Purple @ Los Globos


• Turbo Lightning, Zebroids, Dirty Few and Heller Keller @ the Smell


• Shivering Windows, Nicole Kidman, Filardo, Eyes Seas and the Cthulhus @ Lot 1 Café


• The Bluebonnets, Upset and EZ Tiger @ El Cid


• Derek Rogers, Good Willsmith, l’eternebre and Black Hat @ pehrspace


• Animal Cloud, NTNT, Science Fiction Theater, Darren Frank and Robb Benson & the Sheik @ the Hotel Café


• Taro Hart and Melvin Seals & JGB @ the Mint


• Dilana and Bleck @ Roxy Theatre


• Original Sinner, Opus Dai, Thick as Thieves, Day Above Ground, Kraterface and Sunset Cannons @ House of Blues


• Brad Kay’s Regressive Jazz Quartet @ Del Monte Speakeasy


• Free Moral Agents, Stab City, Plague Vendor, Ghostnerd and SoCal Tennis Pros @ Alex’s Bar


• Jessie Ware @ Observatory


• Passafire and Stick Figure @ Constellation Room

Los Angeles Tonight (July 24, 2013)

Make sure the middle of your week is exciting - and what better way then hitting yourself with music?

Postal Service delivers another show at Greek Theatre, again with Baths, but this time substituting Divine Fits in place of Big Freedia.  The Queen Diva takes her talents south to the Observatory, where Freedia will certainly be shaking ass everywhere.  Close by - local favorites Saint Motel cruise through Detroit Bar on their nationwide tour with Hockey.




To make your midweek funky - I like Stanton Moore and friends Will Bernard and Wil Blades at The Mint.  We have a set of tickets to give away to that too so just email contest@supergoodmusic.com or comment on this post.  Harvelle's also hosts House of Vibe All-Stars if you're in Santa Monica and on a funk kick.

Other notables include Savages at El Rey Theatre, The Happy Hollows at The Satellite and the weekly beat parties Low End Theory (at Airliner) and Dub Club (at Echoplex).  Full list of shows below the videos....

• Mr. Elevator & The Brain Hotel, Blackfeet Braves, Cherry Glazerr @ The Smell


• RT N The 44’s @ One Eyed Gypsy


• All Scene Eyes, DJ Dave Zee w/ Sonny Bonasera @ Harvard & Stone


• Tijuana Tears @ Virgil


• Max Collins, Billy Raffoul @ Hotel Cafe


• Moke Hill, Britt Warner, Dawn Mitschele, Natalie Nicole Gilbert @ Room 5


• Elle Carpenter, Nominee, Trapdoor Social @ Molly Malones


• Mick Rhodes, The Hard @ Taix


• House of Vibe All-Stars @ Harvelle’s Santa Monica


• Brightener, Stinky Pinky, Ocho Diez @ Saint Rocke


• Venice Underground Comedy @ Del Monte Speakeasy


• Naomi Greenwald, All Spots To Black, Scott Cowie, Janeen Leah @ Witzend


• TRiP Tease Burlesque @ TRiP


• Wake not the Dead @ King King


• Manou and LaMuff, Chauncey, toyMasulina, Adam Geraghty @ Viper Room


• Burly Temple, Blackwater Juke Box, Borts Minorts @ Redwood Bar


• The Bath Party, Mother, Moons of Mars, StaG @ Silverlake Lounge


• Hej Fund, Jazner, Silk Road @ Club Los Globos


• Jessica Vautor Group @ bluewhale


• Hockey, Saint Motel, SWIMM @ Detroit Bar


• Big Freedia @ Observatory


• The Carnival/ Choreographer’s Ball @ Avalon


• Jesus Culture @ Gibson Amphitheatre


• The Postal Service, Divine Fits, Baths @ Greek Theatre


• Stanton Moore, Will Bernard, Wil Blades @ The Mint


• Candlebox, Candlelight Red @ The Roxy


• The 1975, Bad Suns @ Troubadour (SOLD OUT)


• Dibiase, EPROM, Great Dane, Alter @ Low End Theory at The Airliner


• Savages, Johnny Hostile @ El Rey Theatre


• MT. OSSA, Tigercide, Glorious Wondour, DJ Mike Meza @ The Echo


• Dub Club feat. Tom Chasteen @ The Echoplex (FREE before 10)


• The Happy Hollows, Nightmare Air, George Glass, Son of Stan, DJ Michael Feerick @ The Satellite

Los Angeles Tonight (July 18, 2013)

Weekend Warmup time...

Pretty Lights is doing a freebie at Amoeba today at 6PM.  So get your early thizz on early.

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White Arrows and Pyramids are at the bootleg (Woah. Trippy. Man.).

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Fol Chen is at the Hammer Museum for the KCRW summer series.

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Alabama Shakes are at the Palladium with Hurray for the Riff Raff.

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The B-52's are at the Pacific Amphitheater.

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Mayer Hawthorne does a DJ set at Fingerprints.

The Eagle Rock Gospel Singers are at The Echo.

The Record Company takes to the Santa Monica Pier for the Twilight Concert Series opening for MeShell Ndegocello.

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That's a lot of doing tonight, so get to gettin.

Los Angeles Tonight (July 11, 2013)

So Jam in the Van just filmed The Melodic at High Sierra Music Festival and they were excellent, which is why I highly recommend going to check them out at The Bootleg Theater tonight. They sound a bit Mumfordish, in a good way.



Portugal. the Man and Avi Buffalo are at the House of Blues in Anaslime.



Incan Abraham trips out The Echo.



Brooklyn electro-rockers Anamanaguchi are at the Observatory. I hear if you can say the name five times fast at the door you get in for regular ticket price.



The big party tonight however is at the beach as the Santa Monica Twilight Concert Series opens up with a performance by Surfer Blood. So pack up your wine and cheese, get on your bike and head over to the pier for some fuzz rock. Remember to bring a sweater because it gets chilly.

Los Angeles Tonight (July 2, 2013)

It's Tuesday in LA during TV offseason, here's what you can do after the sun goes down (because when the sun is up y'all need to either be at work or playing outside, stop gettin fat America)...

Outer Minds and Dante vs. Zombies take over the Observatory.  FYI they aren't real zombies, so no need to arm yourselves.



The Garden is at the Smell, those dues are quirky, there's a few other bands playing with them, def. worth $5.00, which coincidentally is the price.



Royal Teeth are cuttin  at The Troubadour.



That should keep you busy.  Stay safe.

Los Angeles Tonight (Monday, June 24th)

Monday in Los Angeles means It's A School Night at Bardot. Tonight Travis Garland, Treetop Flyers and Micah Green are showcasing their goods.





The Steelwells are playing at the Observatory in Orange County.





It's the last night of the June residencies, so if you haven't had a chance, catch King at The Bootleg Theatre, Hindu Pirates at the Echo and/or Queen Caveat at the Satellite.

Los Angeles Tonight (June 11, 2013)

Throw on your swan outfits, Bjork is in town and playing the Hollywood Bowl tonight.



If that ain't your jam, perhaps you want to get down with the Alkaline Trio at The House of Blues Sunset or close out Tom Petty's six night run at The Fonda.



Colleen Green also plays The Satellite and Anamanaguchi is at The Echo, now say that five times fast and go have yourself a music-filled Turn Up Tuesday.

Los Angeles Tonight (Saturday, June 8th)

It's summer. It's Saturday. There's a lot of SUPERGOODMUSIC to see.

The second day of Jubilee Music & Arts Festival features performance by the Drums, Cayucas, Fool's Gold and SGM/JITV favorite RIFF RAFF.





Bjork brings her Bjork-ness to the Palladium.


Trippy kits will be plentiful at the House of Blues Sunset tonight where you can catch Juicy J in all his turnt up glory.





Last suggestion of the day is Ink-n-Iron Festival at the Queen Mary in Long Beach. Iggy and the Stooges headline with Black Joe Lewis, Dead Kennedy's, The Stone Foxes and whole lot more supporting.

Los Angeles Tonight (May 1, 2013)

Wake up, wake up its the first of the month.  So get up, get up, get up on that concert list....

Its after noon and our concert list has not been pressed, you're about to get real blessed after we figure out this concert mess.  SO...here are the shows to which you might want to go, we recommend Dustbowl Revival at The Mint for the start of their residency!

• Paramore @ Wiltern


• The Killers, The Felice Brothers @ Honda Center


• Clinic, No Joy and Electric Flower Group @ Troubadour


• Newsted, Hysteria and Christian Martucci @ Roxy Theatre


• NO, So Many Wizards and the Dead Ships @ Bootleg Bar


• Adam Green & Binki Shapiro, Pageants and Tall Tales & The Silver Lining @ the Echo


• Victor Essiet & the Mandators and Judah Eskender Tafari @ the Echoplex


• Vietnam, Gap Dream and the Shine Brothers @ the Satellite


• Alejandro Sanz @ Nokia Theatre LA Live


• The Mots Noveaux, Totsy, Chase Bell and Mika Newton @ the Hotel Café


• The Dustbowl Revival, Leftover Cuties and the Two Man Gentlemen Band @ the Mint


• Cult Vegas, No Small Children, the Echo and the Sound and Mars and the Massacre @ the Silverlake Lounge


• Restavrant and For the Kings @ Harvard & Stone


• Wonderfox, Undead Kennedys @ Los Globos


• Pompous Highmen @ Saint Rocke


• Built to Spill and Junior Rocket Scientist @ SoHo Restaurant & Music Club


• Maps & Atlases @ UC Riverside


• Spirit Family Reunion @ the Constellation Room


• The Originalities @ House of Blues Anaheim


• Zakk Wylde @ Coach House


• Reggie Watts @ Largo


• Old Crow Medicine Show, Robert Ellis @ El Rey Theatre


• Adult Books, Froth, Wax Children, Habits @ Los Globos

Los Angeles Tonight (Monday, April 29th)

Booo hooo, the Lakers lost. Get over it by seeing some live music tonight.

For an energetic Monday, Pitchfork's favorite Canadians, Metz, bring their hard-hitting sound to the Troubadour with support from White Lung and Mrs Magician.





KCRW'S It's a School Night is bringing the beats proper this evening with Big Black Delta's record release party going down at Bardot. Shy Girls, Emma Ejwertz and The Last Internationale fill out the bill.





Tonight is Gavin Turek's last night of her April residency at The Bootleg Theatre. Helping Gavin close out the month are Zak Waters, Fellow Bohemian and a special guest is substituting in place of Boom D, who is stuck in NOLA.





Don't forget to head on out to the West side this coming weekend and join us at the Cinco de Mayo bash "El Dia De La Heady." Lagunitas and Sailor Jerry are providing libations, The Record Company, The Dustbowl Revival, Ivory Deville, The Dead Ships, The Diamond Light and Highway Poets are providing the tunes, and, most importantly, Jam in the Van is providing the headiness. Hope to see you all out there.

• Big Black Delta, Shy Girls, Emma Ejwerts, and the Last Internationale @ Bardot


• Metz, White Lung and Mrs. Magician @  Troubadour


• Campfire Girls, Plexi, Lifter and Aaron Embry @ Dragonfly


• Chief, Carly Ritter, Thumb Wars and FMLY @ Satellite (FREE)


• Gavin Turek, Zak Waters, Fellow Bohemian @ Bootleg Bar (FREE)


• Baby Alpaca, Mt. Ossa and Skin Town @ Echo


• Team Supreme @ Echoplex


• The Wingard Manor, Bird Mad Girl and Nodigga @ Los Globos


• Abbot Kinney, the Moth & the Flame and Lindsay Rae Spurlock @ Silverlake Lounge


• Merx, Broken Water, Tara Jane O’Neil and Naps @ the Smell


• Debaser, Marmits, Precious and Capt’n Fresh & the Stay Fresh Seals @Pehrspace


• Jason Joseph & the Spectacular (FREE), David Poe, Mike Elizondo, Lindsey Ray and Sky White Tiger @ the Hotel Café


• Poor Yorik, Faydean, Laura Cheadle and Dawn Oberg @ the Mint


• Higher Flux, Ryan Crosby, Barnaby Saints and Crown City Krooks @the Viper Room


• The Circus Kids@ the Central SAPC


• Omagaro Miguel @ Molly Malone’s


• Gardeners Logic, Stacy Clark and Billy Kernkamp @ Detroit Bar


• The Agonist, Light Up the Eyes, Beneath the Buried, Apathy and Our Own Accord @ Alex’s Bar


• Andre Nickatina, Roach Gigz and MUMBLS @ Observatory


• Blood Red Shoes @ Constellation Room

Los Angeles Tonight (April 26, 2013)

Happy friggin Friday!  Lot's to be heard this FF too, so don't let the couch suck you in after NBA playoff games are over, get up and get heady.

Go see The Cave Singers at The Bootleg, because they are awesome.  Or go freak it to Crystal Castles at The Hollywood Palladium, because that too would be awesome.





BritWeek kicks off at The Echo with The Veils, Andy Burrows, and Pop Noir.



DJ Shadow is at The Observatory, remember to wait for the drop...



Or go hear some Chappo w/ Francisco the Man at The Satellite.



All good choices, all there for the taking Los Angeles...

Los Angeles Tonight (April 24, 2013)

It's hump day, so hump, but see some music first, you know, to get in the mood...

It's a relatively slow evening, and we'd say your best shot at a good time would be to go see Bass Drum of Death, Tijuana Panthers, and Beach Party at The Bootleg, if that's the mood you're looking for.  If not, well there's SKATERS at The Echo and The Armada at The Satellite.

Here's to hoping tomorrow is a bit more turnt up...

Los Angeles Tonight (April 18, 2013)

2 CHAINZ IS IN TOWN PEOPLE!!!  HE'S AT THE OBSERVATORY TONIGHT!

There is other stuff going down, like:

• RJD2 @ Echoplex


• EL-P @ The Echo


• Portugal. The Man and Lord Huron @ The Glass House


• Green Day and Best Coast @ LA Sports Arena, you know if you like eye shadow and hot topic.


• Bad Religion and The Bronx @ The Palladium


• Vampire Weekend and Tanlines @ The Fox Theater


• The Abigails at Alex's Bar


• Public Enemy, Rush, and Heart @ Nokia Theater for some Rock and Roll hall of fame induction thing.


• New Order and Johnny Marr @ Santa Barbara Bowl...


• Little Green Cars@Troubadour


• The Dustbowl Revival Record Release at The Edison


• Bad Religion @ Hollywood Palladium


• Purity Ring, Blue Hawaii @ El Rey Theatre


• La Roux @ Fonda Theatre


• Sarah Silverman & Friends @ Largo


• The Abigails, Shirley Rolls, The Leeches, The Gospels, DJ Paul-E-Wog @ Alex’s Bar


• Erica Fairchild presents LNGWKND @ Del Monte Speakeasy


• Y Luv, Ready Never, Soda Soda @ The Central SAPC


• Harlow Gold @ Harvelle’s


• City of Blue, Caldecott, Rod Cocker, Space Hurricane, West of Now @ TRiP

There's a lot going on, those are all good choices, but again people, its 2 CHAINZ in The Observatory!  That almost sounds like solving the mystery in the trap version of Clue.  And, oh yeah, we have tickets to giveaway to El P.  Get on that!  Tweet out @theechola @supergoodmusic @jaminthevan @elp.

Los Angeles Tonight (April 15, 2013)

Got a post Coachella hang-over?  Didn't go, not hungover at all and feeling a bit down?  The best cure for both is to go see more music.  If we're suggesting shows for tonight, and we are, then we'd say go see The Faint with White Arrows at The Observatory.  Or, if you want to get real crazy with your Monday, check out Koshachella with Kosha Dillz, the Hebrew Hammer of Hip Hop (aka Yung Menorah, Lil' Latke, etc. etc.), Y-Luv and some other bands will be rocking The Joint with Kosha tonight.

Full show list is below.   Remember, Monday is just another word for Friday.







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Chief, Western Lows, Samantha Ronson, Rebecca Shiffman, DJ Amika Akaya @ The Satellite (FREE)

Hands, HOTT MT, JJ Corsini, Casual Knowledge @ The Echo (FREE)

Gavin Turek, Burning Ear (DJ Sets) @ Bootleg Bar (FREE)

Ghost B.C. Ides of Gemini @ El Rey Theatre

You Made it Weird w/ Pete Holmes @ Troubadour

Gad Elmaleh @ Largo

Johnny Stachela & Duane Betts @ Harvelle's

Lux Nova, So Long Sucker, The Calefaction, Viet Ruse @ TRiP

Moxi @ The Constellation Room

The Faint, White Arrows @ The Observatory

Suzy Skarulis, Jodee Seiders, Rik Limonard @ The Mint

KOSHACHELLA:  Shtar, Purdue Avenue, Kosha Dillz, Y-Love, Diwon @ The Joint

Kaw, Orphic, F3RAL, Cloud Charmer @ Los Globos

OMD, Diamond Rings @ Fonda Theatre

David Poe, Chris Stills, Jason Joseph & The Soul Spectacular, Al Sperry @ The Hotel Café

Gardeners Logic, Golden Afternoon, TV Girl @ Detroit Bar (FREE)

Black Apples, Legs McNeil @ Harvard & Stone

The Wingard Manor, Bird Mad Girl, Nodggia @ Los Globos

Early Elton John (Elton John Tribute) @ The Roxy

Femme Fest feat. Fabulous Miss Wendy, Sara Rae, Piel, Hear Kitty Kitty, Heavy Glow, The Theadora Kelly Project @ The Viper Room

Sexis Sixis, Rachel Roberts, Ryan Beke, Storey & The Teller @ Redwood Bar

Los Angeles Tonight (April 14, 2013)

It's Sunday, a day of rest, or a day you can use to go hear some tunes... If you're doing the latter then let us recommend either Mudhoney at the Echo (because Mudhoney is awesome), or Penguin Prison at Drai's in Hollywood... Neither is a bad decision.





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Gamblers Mark @ House of Blues

House of Blues Gospel Brunch @ House of Blues - Anaheim

Tic Tic BooM!, Glow Marrow, Young Empress @ The Satellite (FREE)

Mudhoney, The Freeks @ The Echo

Whispering Pines, The Americans, Phoebe Bridges, Sutter Zachery @ The Echoplex (Grande Ole EchO)

Part Time Punks Iggy Pop Nite w/ Raw Power Rangers @ The Echo

Phinehas, Corelia, Art By Numbers, Iliad @ Troubadour

The Toledo Show @ Harvelle's

Souliance, The Masonry, Tatiana Prophet, Jonathan Morrow, Elle Carpenter @ TRiP

Bad Powers, Feral Kizzy, Bombon, Guests @ Alex's Bar

Carl Palmer (Emerson Lake), Feritta, McClintock @ Saint Rocke

D.R.I. @ The Observatory

Penguin Prison, Drop The Lime @ Drai's Hollywood

Loz Feliz Quartet @ The Central SAPC

The Lappit Rocha Sunday Night Jazz Jam @ The Mint

Famished Drag Revue @ Los Globos

Shattered Faith, Social Task, 13 Scars, Skaal @ Slidebar (FREE)

Varna, Violet, Alexx Valise @ The Viper Room

Pearl Harbor, Crazy Squeeze, The Glimmer Stars @ Redwood Bar

Ethio-Cali Ensemble @ Bluewhale

Josefowicz Plays Stravinsky @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

Los Angeles Tonight (April 12, 2013)

It is admittedly a slow evening. The turn-up has no doubt left Los Angeles County and made its way to the desert. That's sort of a bummer for those of us stuck here, but you know what? It's a big town, there's always stuff to do.

So maybe hit up the Calvin Harris show at The Palladium.  He's joined by Trey Songz, The Wanted, and Zedd.





Or, if you're feeling adventurous and you want in on a little bit of that desert vibe, get in the whip and head out to Pappy and Harriet's in J-Tree to catch Nick Waterhouse.  That will be a guaranteed good experience.  However, if your pockets are thin and you don't want to make a trip out of it, then drop your finger on any number of the free options listed below.  Odds are you'll land on something fun, and if it isn't, well, that's probably because you didn't try to make it fun...



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Amplify 2013 w/ Calvin Harris, Trey Songz, The Wanted, Zedd@ Hollywood Palladium

Rick Ortiz Presents Best of Metal Tributes @ House of Blues - Los Angeles

House of 80s @ House of Blues - Anaheim

The Blackeyed Soul Club, The Magnificent, The Shag Rats @ The Satellite

Bambu, Kixxie SIete, Odessa Kane, Double Dosage, DJ Esta @ The Echo

Denver, Some Dark Hollow, Moonsville Collective @ Bootleg Bar

Papfish, Roots of Mine, Sono Vero, Ital Vibes, Phoenix Down @ Troubadour

Gad Elmaleh @ Largo

The Mason Affair, Pinot, Raquel Rodriguez @ Harvelle's

Barry Zweig Trio @ Del Monte Speakeasy (FREE)(8-10)

Shafiq Husayn & The Dove Society, DJ Alfred Hawkins @ Del Monte Speakeasy

The Overeasy HaSkaLA @ TRiP

The Spazmatics @ Dakota Lounge

John Bobek, Melissa Harding, The Boom Booms, The Daymakers @ WitZend

The Supersuckers, The Black Tibetans, The Henchmen, The Lonesome Ones @ Alex's Bar

Kevin Sousa (6 PM), The English Beat, Reeform @ Saint Rocke Rebel Revive, Bristol To Memory, Big Monsta @ Constellation RoomLuicidal, Tone Def, Rated X, Neighborhood Watch @ The Central SAPC

Quiz @ The Mint

Garrett Smith Group @ Bluewhale

Darude, Kristina Sky @ ExchangeLA  

Kyaru Pamyu Pamyu @ Club Nokia

Shark Toys, Protomartyr, Turn To Crime, Smelly Tongues @ Pehrspace

Peacetreaty, Deorro, Dzeko & Torres, Digitalife, FYDR @ Avalon

Project46, Slice N Dice, DMorse @ Yost Theater

Shane Alexander, The Brother Sal, Jon Kenzie, Crooked Saint @ The Hotel Café

Neara Russell, George Krikes, Anthony Starble, Jackie Brubaker @ Room 5 Lounge

Blak Nite @ Origami Vinyl (FREE)

Elon Katz @ Amoeba Records (FREE)

H & S Band & Burlesque w/ DJ Dan Mancini @ Harvard & Stone

Green Ashes @ One Eyed Gypsy

Ian Pooley @ Los Globos (9-4 am)

Nick Waterhouse @ Pappy & Harriet's

The Elizabeth Kill, 28 North, Badwater, Falling Still @ El Cid

Soulcial, DJ Dynamix, Dj Higher, Kidpeace @ On The Rox

Owl, Pulse Liberation, Slow Burning Car, Across Coves, Eye of Ember @ The Roxy

Joe Buck Yourself, Viva La Vox @ Slidebar (FREE) 

Midnight Coal Company, Dirty Rice, NEVERWONDER, The Rift, Texas Runway, The Elovay @ The Viper Room

Schtizophonics, The Amadans, Triple Dog Dare, The Blackerbys @ Redwood Bar

Josefowicz Plays Stravinsky @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

RAC @ Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles Tonight (April 11, 2013)

Not going to the make it out to the desert to play with glow sticks tonight? Don't fret, there's plenty to do in LA and far less risk of dehydration.

Most venues in LA will also let you in with glow sticks, you know, if you want the ambiance. Like at The Mint for Elephant Revival, they're not going to tell you to put away your glow stick. Win tickets for that via our giveaways page by tweeting at us or emailing contests@supergoodmusic.com.



Glow sticks will most likely also be welcomed at the Passion Pit/Tanlines show at the Nokia Theater, or Savages at The Echo. Those shows are both sold out, so hit up the Craiglist yo... The full list of places you can take your glow sticks is below.






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Alpha/Beta @ The Satellite

Savages, No Bra @ The Echo (SOLD OUT)

Sky Ferreira, High Highs @ Bootleg Theater

Jeremiah Red, Jason Feedy, Moonsville Collective, Micah Brown @ House of Blues - Anaheim

White Rainbow, Secret Colors, Protect Me, Michael Vidal @ Lot 1 Café

Dave Stewart & Friends, Kaya Stewart @ Troubadour

The Watkins Family Hour @ Largo

Harlow Gold @ Harvelle's

Farmer Dave's Club Pacific Band w/ Brothers Marshall @ Del Monte Speakeasy

Little Red Plans, O.C. Bay, Caveman Voicebox, Hollowell, Mark Catalano @ TRiP

What's Up Dog! L.A. Fundraiser @ WitZend

Fellow Bohemian, Ted Z & The Wranglers, Foxxhound @ Alex's Bar

Jonny P (6 PM), Allura, Lose Control, Monster House, Whipporwill @ Saint Rocke

En Mantra, Time & Energy, Long Black Shadows @ The Observatory

Radars to the Sky, Cardoza, Seasons, The Breakups @ The Central SAPC

Elephant Revival, Frank Fairfield @ The Mint

Robotic Pirate Monkey, R/D, Alpha Data, Debi Cable @ King King Club

Palenke Soultribe @ Los Globos

Passion Pit, Tanlines @ Club Nokia (SOLD OUT)

Run DMT, Flinch, Randy Vision @ Yost Theater

Caitlin Crosby, The Wild Feathers, Enjulliet, Rayanna Zaragoza @ The Hotel Café

Jessica Lerner, Korey Dane @ Room 5 Lounge

Stellar, Topher Jones @ LURE Hollywood

Herbert Bail Orchestra, Ventriloquist @ Harvard & Stone

Roger McEvoy Greenwalt @ Los Globos

Reagan Browne, Szabo, Charlie Don't Surf, The Way Up, Troutwine, Electric Graffiti, Tini Grey @ The Roxy

Burn Halo, Angels Fall, Sons of the Damned @ Slidebar (FREE)

Dave Gleason @ Redwood Bar

Max Haymer Quartet @ Bluewhale

Kemst, Machete @ DragonFly

Los Angeles Tonight (April 8, 2013)

Happy Monday!  Time to extend the weekend and decide where you're going to celebrate once Michigan wins the National Championship tonight.

A couple directions we might push you in would be The Diamond Light and Gavin Turek at The Bootleg Bar or Watch the Duck at Bardot for It's a School Night.  Both of those options are free...

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If you won your brackets and have some extra cash maybe you want to check out Thao & The Get Down Stay Down with Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside at The Troubadour or go get turnt with ASVP Rocky at Staples Center...   The full list of tonight goings on is below.

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Steel Panther @ House of Blues

Chief, Warships, The Last Internationale, In Leagues @ The Satellite (FREE)

Angel Olsen, Villages, Paul Bergmann @ The Echo

Touche, Cuckoo Chaoes, LA Font, Hands @ The Echoplex (FREE)

Gavin Turek, The Diamond Light, Among Savages, DJ Destroyer @ Bootleg Bar (FREE)

Eddie Jobson @ El Rey Theatre

Escondido, Watch The Duck, Body Parts, Dustbowl Revival, Gossamer (DJ Set), Kack of All Tracks (The Lovely Daze), Chris Douridas @ Bardot [It’s a School Night](FREE w/ RSVP)

Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside @ Troubadour (SOLD OUT)

Barry & Stuart Live @ Largo

Planet of the Abts (Feat. Members of Govt Mule), Johnny Stachela Band @ Harvelle’s

Owen Plant, Love Mason, Brian Rogers Band, Dustin Robinson @ TRiP

Moxi @ The Constellation Room

Hunnypot Radio Live @ The Central SAPC (FREE) (w/ Joe Berman, Frank Palazzolo, Audra Mae, Jon Kenzie, Bite The Buffalo)

Gene Anderson and the Kings of the nEw Hollywood Cabaret @ The Mint

Cratesz, Omeguh, Skepp, Hawk, 7DeadlySynths, Cy Kosis @ Los Globos

Rihanna, ASAP Rocky @ Staples Center

Kool Skull, Kroy Club, Traps PS, Paperslang, Leathrface, Gun/Her @ Pehrspace

David Poe, Bear Attack, Dylan Pratt, Jason Joseph & The Spectacular @ The Hotel Café

Gardeners Logic, Jameson & Co., Purple Mountains Majesties @ Detroit Bar (FREE)

The Singles, Them Howlin Bones @ Harvard & Stone

Atomic Punks (Van Halen Tribute) @ The Roxy

The Negative Creeps, Colliderscopes, Goofoffs, Hobart W Fink, Menage, Noah Applebaum @ The Viper ROom

Chamber Music: Shostakovich, Martinu, Mendelssohn @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

Los Angeles Tonight (April 6, 2013)

I know we're less than a week out from Coachella. I know everyone is running around this weekend trying to buy up all the coolers, sunscreen, liquor and glowsticks they can get their hands on. It's a beautiful day in Los Angeles though, so once you've stocked up on your goods, get your butt out and see some tunage...

Our buddies' the Tijuana Panthers (we have a Jam Van session coming from these guys next week) bring the fuzz (rock, not 5-0) to the Glass House in Pomona tonight to support The Three O'Clock.

Tijuana Panthers "Tony's Song"

Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk will be filling up the Roxy with NOLA-style booty shakin' jams that you won't want to miss.

Dumpstaphunk "Do You Want My Love"

If heady vibes are what's going to  tickle your pickle this evening, you have two great options with Big Head Todd & The Monsters at HOB Sunset and Dark Star Orchestra at The Canyon.

Dark Star Orchestra "Sugar Magnolia"

If the work week kicked your booty and you were too exhausted to catch Sammy Adams and T. Mills at the El Rey last night, you're in luck, as they have another show at the same venue tonight. Make sure to pop your collar on entry or else the frat brothers won't let you. True story.

Sammy Adams "All Night Longer"

And lastly, if you're looking for laughs, KROQ's got your covered with their annual APRIL FOOLISHNESS concert at the Gibson Amphitheatre featuring Jay Mohr, Bill Burr, Doug Benson and more

Bill Burr Standup

• Big Head Todd & The Monsters @ House of Blues


• KROQ Presents Kevin & Bean’s April Foolishness @ Gibson Amphitheatre


• Maria Del Pilar, Gaby Moreno, Travis Holcombe (KCRW) @ The Satellite


• Meltdown: A Night of Parental Comedy @ The Echo


• Dark Star Orchestra @ The Canyon


• Bootie LA w/ Mars, A Plus D, R.A.I.D., SceneSnaps @ The Echoplex


• Funky Sole @ The Echo (FREE before 10:30)


• Teenage Mountain Lion Premiere @ Bootleg Gallery


• Y Luv, Paper Pilots, We Are/She Is @ Bootleg Bar


• Shlohmo LIVE A/V SET with Jeremih, Nite Jewel @ Fonda Theatre


• Orchard Lounge, Chrome Sparks (DJ set), Vibes, Josh Brooks @ The Central SAPC


• Barrio Tiger, The Green Lady Killers, The Hitchhikers @ El Cid


• (FREE) The Devil & A Penny @ Origami Vinyl


• Ivan Neville, TEN, Perro Bravo and Quickie Mart @ Roxy Theatre


• Aaron Carter, Joel Simson, Savannah Phillips, Frederick Daniel, Nikki Flores, Petrel and Charlotte Bash @ Troubadour


• The Soul of John Black @ Molly Malone’s


• Omniflux @ NOMAD Gallery


• Planets, Brannigan’s Law, Floral Tenenbaums and Bodysnatchers @ the Smell


• Barrio Tiger, the Green Lady Killers and the Hitchhikers @ El Cid


• The Rescues, Jaymay, Kayoko and Hotel Cinema @ Hotel Café


• Sarah Ault, the Sixth Son, Antony Benedetti of Escalator Hill and Aux/Aux at Lot 1 Cafe


• Snarky Puppy and MAZ @ Mint


• Hillbilly Herald, the Complex and Taddy Porter & the Black Tibetans @ Viper Room


• Omar Akram and Mike Kindel @ House of Blues Foundation Room


• Emily Jane White, Tom Brosseau, Eliza Rickman, Lia Rose @ Pehrspace


• The Bloodhounds, Paradise, Satin Chaps @ Redwood Bar


• Shattered Fait, 13 Scars, Sidekick @ Redwood Bar


• Three O’Clock, Tijuana Panthers @ The Glass House


• Mac DeMarco @ Constellation Room


• PLaNETS, Brannigan’s Law, Floral Tenenbaums, Bodysnatchers @ The Smell


• Justin Willman : Tricked Out @ Club Nokia


• Sammy Adams and T. Mills @ El Rey Theatre


• New Blues Revolution @ HOB Voodoo Lounge


• Helen Reddy @ Catalina Bar & Grill


• Jill Sobule @ McCabe’s Guitar Shop


• Walter Trout, Space Rocket and Philosophy of Soul @ The Observatory


• Poor Mans Whiskey @ Soho Restaurant & Music Club


• Keith Sweat @ City National Grove of Anaheim