Los Angeles Tonight (June 19, 2013)

Midweek brings a handful of catchy shows to Los Angeles - including recently signed Mystery Skulls to the Troubadour and a return of resident Steve Taylor to The Mint. Taylor is joined by virtuoso keys god Marco Benevento - and we have some tickets to give away for the show - so don't sleep on that!

Former jam in the vanners The Diamond Light take their talents to the Satellite, and just around the block The Steelwells rock out at Los Globos. Other notables include Free Moral Agents and Sole at Low End Theory and Warships with Thrillionaire at The Echo. For other good shows - check out our list below:

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  • Warships, Thrillionaire @ the Echo
  
  
  • Kisses, Carousel, Mystery Skulls @ Troubadour
  
  
  • Holly Cook and Prince Fatty, Dub CLub DJS @ the Echoplex (FREE before 10)
  
  
  • The Steelwells @ Los Globos
  
  
  • The Diamond Light, Tall Tales & the Silver Lining, Fort King @ the Satellite
  
  
  • Steve Taylor, Marco Benevento @ The Mint
  
  
  • Red Plus Vattica, Killset, State Line Empire @ the Roxy
  
  
  • BLOK, the Garden and Terminal A @ Detroit Bar
  
  
  • Fuzz, Pangea, Restavrant and Three Two Ones @ Alex’s Bar
  
  
  • Free Moral Agents, Sole, Eureka the Butcher @ Low End Theory at Airliner
  
  
  • Dita Von Teese "Burlesque: Strip Strip Hooray" Variety Show @ House of Blues - Sunset STrip
  
  
  • House of Vibe @ Harvelle's
  
  
  • Victoria Justice @ Nokia Theatre L.A. Live
  
  
  • Ferenc Nemeth @ Bluewhale
  
  
  • Knee High Fox, Malaki, Royal Sound, Future Villains @ The Viper Room
  
  
  • The Paris Echo, Lucky Lonely, The Brevet, Big Monsta @ Constellation Room
  
  
  • Outside Animals, Steel Toed Slippers, The Echo and The Sound, Blind Owl @ Silverlake Lounge
  
   

Tonight in L.A. (February 25, 2013)

Post Oscar hangovers give rise to the realization that it is actually a full work week this week.  And while that seems daunting, finding some quality act to see this Monday night in Los Angeles is not.  With some great residencies closing the books on their February run - it might be wise to catch those weekly parties before they change casts.  

The Mowgli's enlisted The Diamond Light, Zak Waters, Lisa Donnelly and DJ Jason Kramer to end things at The Satellite on a high note.  A House for Lions did the same by recruiting Max and The Moon, The Peach Kings and The Cerny Brothers.   Dance party starter Mystery Skulls hauled in Ghost Beach, Gangplans and DJ Holloweyed to Bootleg Bar to end his run there. 

Elsewhere Hunnypot Radio broadcasts out of The Central SAPC with a tasty set from rising indie electro pop rockers Mind The Gap, Del The Funky Homosapien drops some FREE raps on the Slidebar crowd, Jeff Garlin makes people laugh as he converses with Aziz Ansari at Largo and last but not least, Chief and Warships deliver a dosage of indie to It's A School Night at Bardot.

Full list of shows below.

• The Mowgli’s, The Diamond Light, Zak Waters, Lisa Donnelly (w/ Papa Bear and the Easy Love), Jason Kramer @ The Satellite (FREE)

• Ken Wakan, Oh Boy Les, Mecs, YoYa, Seasons @ The Echo (FREE)

• A House for Lions, Max and the Moon, The Peach Kings, The Cerny Brothers @ The Echoplex

• Mystery Skulls, Gangplans, Monster Rally, Ghost Beach, DJ Holloweyed @ Bootleg Bar (FREE)

• Hunnypot Radio w/ Mind The Gap, Mike MObb, Las Feas, Joel C. High (DJ), Eric Dillon (DJ) @ The Central SAPC (FREE)

• The Bluegrass Situation Presents: 10 String Symphony w/ Wild Reeds @ The Mint

• Charlie Bereal & Friends Presents The Flava In Ya Ear Soul Series @ The Mint

• Johnny Stachela & Duane Betts @ Harvelle’s

• Goldilocks Planet, Carla Bean @ TRiP

• Spencer Moody, Crazy Band, Roses, Corey Brewer @ Alex’s Bar

• Holychild, Monroe, They Live @ Detroit Bar (FREE)

• Ramona Falls @ Constellation Room

• The Residents @ El Rey Theatre

• Still Standing, Downtown Attraction, Stitched Up Heart, Killed The Symphony, Drop Dead LA, The Dark @ The Roxy (FREE)

• Jessica Ash’s Paradium, Badflower, Hey You! @ Key Club

• The New Dreamz, Skintown, Greenlander, Textbeak, Tripp Nasty @ Pehrspace

• Wires in the Walls @ Silverlake Lounge

• Steel Panther, COR, The Art @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

• Skye (of Morcheeba), Jason Joseph & The Spectacular, Brushy One Strong @ The Hotel Café

• James Zabiela @ Playhouse Nightclub

• Gliss, Line & Circle, Robotanists, United Ghosts @ Los Globos (FREE)

• Haley Pharo, The Epilogues, Gaby Ramirez, The Battel Royale @ The Viper Room

• The Burning Dolls, Mountains of Moon @ Redwood Bar & Grill

• Del The Funky Homosapien @ Slidebar (FREE)

• Jeff Garlin in Conversation w/ Aziz Ansari @ Largo

• John Isaac Watters, Inner Prisms @ Molly Malones

• Restavrant @ Harvard & Stone

• Chief, Warships, Angela McCluskey @ Bardot (It’s a School Night)

Tonight in L.A. (February 18, 2013)

Start your week off right with a federal holiday and some free music.  Whether its residency shows (Mystery Skulls at Bootleg, A House for Lions at Echoplex, The Mowgli's at The Satellite) or It's A School Night with K. Flay, Gavin Turek and Beach Party - there should be something sonically appealing for no cost tonight.

If you want to laugh though - you may have to shell out some pounds to catch Russell Brand at Largo.  A complete list of Los Angeles' entertainment options tonight are below the videos...

• Mystery Skulls, White Blush, Moonchild, Realboy @ Bootleg Bar (FREE)

• Wires In The Walls, Escalator Hill, George Glass, Michael Davis with Lions, The Picture and the Frame @ Silverlake Lounge (FREE)

• Taylor Dexter, Kyle Crane, Blake Straus Trio @ Lot 1 Café

• Kan Wakan, VUM, Evan Slamka @ The Echo

• A House for Lions, Wake Up Lucid, Rainbow Jackson, Daniel Ahearn & The Jones @ The Echoplex

• The Mowgli’s, Torches, Act As If, Ghost Beach, DJ Henri @ The Satellite (FREE)

• Sarah Grace, Daniel Sobrino @ The Mint

• UUVVWWZ, Dark Furs, Town In The City @ The Central SAPC 

• Johnny Stachela & Duane Betts @ Harvelle’s

• Reverend Freakchild, Rogue Mechanica @ TRiP

• Brett Vogel @ Saint Rocke (6 PM)

• Holychild, Hotel Cinema, This Time With Feeling @ Detroit Bar (FREE)

• Billy Kernkamp and the Brides, Flying Sparks Long Black Shadows @ Constellation Room 

• DJ Hype @ The Observatory

• Cockney Rejects, Youth Brigade, Union 13, Warlords @ El Rey Theatre

• K. Flay, Gavin Turek, Beach Party, Mika Ben-Yami, O-Be1, Ando @ Bardot – It’s a School Night

• Jessica Ash’s Paradium, Hey You!, The Cartunes @ Key Club

• 28 North, Bartholomew, 2ndwheel, The Bleecker Street Company, Naked Walrus @ The Viper Room

• Russell Brand @ Largo

• Moment Trigger, Schwarz, Gnarbaby, Dead Wolf Black @ Pehrspace

• Steel Panther @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

• Jason Joseph & The Spectacular, Josh Karjcik, Somebody’s Darling, Mike Elizondo & Lindsey Ray @ The Hotel Café

• Gliss, Touche, Baron Von Luxxury, Tic Tic Boom! @ Los Globos

• PAX217, Ruslan and The Breax Band, Number One Gun, Propoganda @ House of Blues - Anaheim

Tonight in L.A. (February 15, 2013)

Valentine's Day is over - which means you don't have an excuse to not go to a show tonight.  That's right - straight up dissing post Valentine's Day plans.  Cancel 'em.  Tonight's concert calendar is too heady.

Emerging LA talent is all over the place - like the Gonzo Country party at The Mint headlined by throwback act Dustbowl Revival. Frontman and songwriter Zach Lupetin keeps the crowd moving and his rotating stable of talented instrumentalists always make it a party.



Across town, indie electro-pop rock act Mind The Gap celebrate the completion of their EP at The Hotel Cafe.  If you feel like dancing in an intimate space - check it out because they will surely play the catchy "Find My Way" and other new material.  If you need a larger dance floor - check out MNDR and RAC at Lure.  MNDR joined Tokimonsta at Low End Theory on Wednesday and made homies in the crowd melt - and she will probably do the same at the second installment of this season's Private Label Fridays.





To rock in a larger setting - EELS get down at Fonda Theatre and Unknown Mortal Orchestra headlines a sexy indie line up at The Echoplex that includes Foxygen, Gothic Tropic and Wampire.



For the hip-hop fans - Blackalicious does an early show at Yost Theater, Cam-Ron goes a little harder at Key Club and pop rapper Wallpaper. spits at The Roxy along with Con Bro Chill.  

Other notables include Sam Barsh Trio at Virgil, Soundgarden at The Wiltern and Photek at King King Club.  Full list of shows below the videos.

• Gnarbaby, Bloody Death Skull, The Weekend Pilots, Barfth @ Bootleg Bar

• CYP2 w/ Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Foxygen, Gothic Tropic, Wampire @ The Echoplex

• The Wedding Present play “Hit Parade”, Me of a  Kind @ The Echo

• Gram Rabbit, The Ross Sea Party, Birds of A Black Feather @ The Satellite

• Gonzo Country at The Mint w/ The Dustbowl Revival, Brett Detar, The Far West, Mark Lennon & The SouthernTier @ The Mint

• Clark Kent, Hoodlum, Bear Flight, Party Favor @ The Central SAPC

• Dennis Jones Band @ Harvelle’s

• Jet Pilot Jerry, Off Color, Alex Arndt & The Sonic Universe @ TRiP

• Adrian Hibbs & Kasi Jones, Benny Marchant, Leaf, Andrew DeBarge, Hello Caden, Young Beautiful in A Hurry @ WitZend

• Kevin Sousa (6 PM), Dread Zeppelin, Strange Days, Steel Toed Slippers @ Saint Rocke

• BiCeratops, The Vespertines, Flying Hand @ Alex’s Bar

• Beat Service, Alex Alecio, Audiostache @ Yost Theater

• Blackalicious, Parallel, Rhythm Addicts, Sage One @ Yost Theater (6 PM)

• EELS, Nicole Atkins @ Fonda Theatre

• For Today, Memphis May Fire, The World Alive, Upon A Burning Body, Gideon @ Observatory

• Funtcase & Cookie Monsta @ Observatory (Constellation Room)

• Spank! The Fifty Shades Parody @ Club Nokia

• Roberto Tapia @ Nokia Theatre LA Live

• Ferry Corsten, Darin Epsilon, Davi @ Exchange LA

• Ricky Reed, Wallpaper, Con Bro Chill, J. Randy @ The Roxy

• DJ Saturn, DJ Oggy, DJ Pedro, El Sabroso @ Mayan Theater

• The Downtown Train @ One Eyed Gypsy

• Private Label Fridays w/ RAC, MNDR @ LURE

• Anthony De La Rosa @ Amoeba Records

• Soundgarden @ The Wiltern

• Hot 92 Love Affair w/ Heatwave, Peaches & Herb, Deniece Williams, Gene Chandler, the Superbs, Ray Goodman& Brown, The Escorts + More @ Gibson Amphitheatre

• Justin Martin, J. Philp, Worthy @ Avalon Hollywood

• Photek, Unlimited Gravity @ King King Club

• Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra @ The Canyon

• Cold War Kids @ Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace

• Boyz II Men @ Morongo Casino

• Ramon Ayala @ House of Blues – Anaheim

• Gunboat Kings, Blue Fish, Pap J @ Coach House

• Cam-Ron @ Key Club

• Tomi Townsend, Chris Barczynski, Amir & Jenna, Head High, Planet of Chaos, Fancy Mansion @ House of Blues Foundation Room

• The Pala Frandeschi Band, TGO, Dial Tone, the Marc Harris Band, Suns of Defiance, Suvi  @The Viper Room

• Savoy, Candyland @ Troubadour

• Mind The Gap, Harpey Blynn, Salvador Santana, James & Co @ The Hotel Café
• Poncho Sanchez @ Vitello’s

• Sam Barsh Trio, Nayanna Holley @ The Virgil

Tonight in L.A. (February 12, 2013)

Its Fat Tuesday - so rip out some beads, whip up a hurricane and throw some back for a midweek party with your NOLA friends.  

You can catch free brass vibes from Dirty Dozen Brass Band at Amoeba Records and then get some more funk swing from Allen Toussaint at Royce Hall at UCLA.  Other legends - The Wailers -do their own special Fat Tuesday performance at Saint Rocke.





BEAK at Echoplex could be interesting as the line-up has a lot of flavor from Peanut Butter Wolf to Billy Fuller to Vex Ruffin and Matt Williams.  For a truly eclectic sonic experience - consider OTT & The All Seeing I at King King Club.



Other notables include Ra Ra Riot at El Rey Theatre and Wildcat! Wildcat! at The Constellation Room.

Full list of shows below:

• Plague Vendor, Let’s Drive to Alaska, Elevator Sex, Shogotheband, HOTT MT @ @ The Central SAPC (FREE)

• VH1 Save The Music Foundation Presents: LaZae, The Moon Shines, Isabel B, Jason Joseph, The Parlotones @ The Mint

• Hunter Hunted, Wardell, Sympathetic Frequencies @ Troubadour

• Marishi Ten, Dom LIberati, Black Belt Karate, Paradox, Black Waat3r, Varsh @ The Roxy

• Dita Von Teese Burlesque Strip Strip Hooray @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

• Fat Ass Tuesday w/ Karaoke + Pole Dancing @ The Viper Room

• Santoros, Hindu Pirates, Levitation Room, DJ Patrick Melcher & Anthony Giancola @ Harvard & Stone

• Mean Jeans, Long Knife, The Vometts, Pizza Wolf @ Los Globos

• Bird Concerns, Kate Brown, Liz Wood, Aotearoa, Casey Wickstrom @ Silverlake Lounge

• The Red Onions, Beach Party, Death Hymn #9, Heaven @ The Echo

• BEAK feat. Matt Williams, Geoff Barrow, Billy Fuller, Vex Ruffin, Peanut Butter Wolf @ The Echoplex

• The Ruby Suns, Painted Palms @ The Satellite

• Allen Toussaint @ Royce Hall 

• Vermouth @ Bootleg Bar

• Delocated Live w/ Jon Glaser + Very Special Guests @ Largo

• Service The Soul Hosted by Hunter & The Dirty Jacks @ Harvelle’s

• The Wailers Special Fat Tuesday Performance @ Saint Rocke

• Sir Sly, Wildcat! Wildcat!, MOXI @ The Constellation Room

• Emma White, Jenni Alpert, JMac and Junior, Paul Haasch @ Room 5 Lounge

• Mardi Gras w/ Dirty Dozen Brass Band @ Amoeba Records (FREE)

• Ra Ra Riot, Pacific Air, Cayucas, Darren Revell @ El Rey Theatre

• Peace Treaty, The Aston Shuffle, Bones @ Dim Mak Studios

• OTT and the All-Seeing I, Kilo Watts @ King King Club

• Ellie Goulding @ Hollywood Palladium

• Chord Four, Burdlefly @ Bluewhale

• Peace Treaty, The Aston Shuffle, Bones, Bass Frehley @ Dim Mak Studios 

Tonight in L.A. (February 4, 2013)

Cure your Super Bowl hangover with some live music courtesy of a new slate of Monday residents including The Mowgli's at The Satellite with In The Valley Below, Mystery Skulls at Bootleg Bar with Matthewdavid and A House for Lions with The Steelwells at The Echoplex!

For more free options - Matt Costa and Thrillionaire take stage at Bardot for It's A School Night, along with Lewis Watson, who makes his US debut or catch Jason Joseph & The Spectacular performing their standard funky soul at The Hotel Cafe.

To catch the end of a residency - look to Los Globos for Maximum Hedrum's fourth and final show.  A full list of other shows is below:

• Jason Joseph & The Spectacular (No Cover between 945-1130), Desert Noises, The Soul of John Black, Owen Campbell @ The Hotel Café

• Johnny Stachela & Duane Betts @ Harvelle’s

• Go Tell The Eskimo, The Young Romans @ The Central SAPC

• Pillage the Village, VERY SPECIAL GUESTS @ The Central SAPC

• Moonbeams, Deadly Birds, Birds of a Black Feather, Give Me Your Hands @ The Viper Room

• Steel Panther @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

• The Mowgli’s, The Ross Sea Party, Of Verona, In The Valley Below @ The Satellite (FREE)

• Kan Wakan, The Donnies, The Amys, Omar Velasco @ The Echo (FREE)

• A House for Lions, Olin and The Moon, The Steelwells, Cassorla @The Echoplex

• Mystery Skulls, Matthewdavid, Tapioca and The Flea @ Bootleg Bar (FREE)

• Feeding People Premiere Party @ Origami Vinyl (8 PM)

• Maximum Hedrum (Feat. Sam Spiegel of N.A.S.A.), ESP, DJ Knewjack @ Los Globos

• Backbeat @ Amoeba Records

• Hunter Hunted, Huggy Reyes @ Harvard & Stone

• Yellow Red Sparks, With Monroe, The Ultimate Bearhug, Josh Hoke @ Constellation Room

• HolyChild, Special Guests @ Detroit Bar (FREE)

• Dane Drewis @ Saint Rocke (6 PM)

• Anteater, Desert Dragon @ TRiP

• Matt Costa, Hot As Sun, Thrillionaire, Lewis Watson, Steffi Graf @ Bardot (It's A School Night) (FREE w/ RSVP)

Tonight in L.A. (January 2, 2013)

Its the first concert update of the year, on the second day of the month, and there are only about three choice recommendations we have for you because there really aren't even that many concerts going on....even The Satellite is dark!

Top on my list would be the launch of Eric McFadden's residency with Wally Ingram, David Graham and Lantz Lazwell.  We're privileged enough to be giving away a set of tickets to the residency - so holler at us on twitter with a @supergoodmusic and @mintLA mention or email us at contest@supergoodmusic.com.



On the other end of the spectrum, where you won't find many guitars, is Low End Theory at The Airliner with Dibiase, Mike Gao and Lebeatski or Dub Club with Anthony B at The Echoplex.  



For some indie steeze - check out The Sister Ruby Band at Silverlake Lounge.  

Full list of shows below:

• DJ Chuchuchu @ Los Globos

• Oak Street Blues, The Pocket Rockets, Bodhi @ Central SAPC

• Eric McFadden Residency w/ Wally Ingram, David Graham, Lantz Lazwell @ The Mint

• Dibiase, Mike Gao, Lebeatski @ Low End Theory

• The Sister Ruby Band, Son of the Velvet Rat, The Hallucinations, LA Witch @ Silverlake Lounge

• Michael Davis w/ Lions, Soviet Red, Merry Christmas @ The Echo (FREE)

• Dub Club w/ Anthony B & His Band @ The Echoplex

• The Mixup! w/ DJ Bianca G @ Detroit Bar (FREE)