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. (December 10, 2012)

Its another week of holiday parties and scrambling to make sure you see everyone before they leave town and enter the entertainment industry dark weeks.  Perhaps you'll find them at the Hurricane Sandy comedy benefit going on downtown at Club Nokia with the likes of Will Ferrell, Aziz Ansari, Sarah Silverman and more.  Or maybe a local concert like Jhameel's residency at Bootleg with support from the feisty up and coming indie-dance act Mind The Gap?  Or maybe they'll be Robert Raimon Roy's record release party at The Standard Hollywood (listening begins at 10:15?  Or maybe they'll be somewhere else....

If its somewhere else I might recommend Eastern Conference Champions and Bixby Knolls at The Echo, because its free or Bonhom, Diwon, E-Train, Palter Ego and Neutron at The Central SAPC because its festive and lots of jewish artists will be celebrating with Hannukah performances.

For more recs - see below:

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• LOUD VILLAGE Presents…Comedy for the Holidays @ Troubadour

• Metal Shop w/ Little Miss Nasty @ Key Club

• Diamond Revival, Charming Liars, Beatrice Brigitte @ The Viper Room

• Bonhom, Purdue Avenue, Diwon, E-Train, Palter Ego, Neutron, DJ Danny Mentoly, Danika Daze @ The Central SAPC

• theKI, Like Clockwork, Mark Hildreth, Poppa’s Kitchen @ The Mint

• Jackie Does Joel, Brother Sal, Joe Purdy, Brian Wright @ Room 5 Lounge

• The Mixx @ Harvelle’s

• Jason Joseph & The Spectacular, Dominique Pruitt, Maria Del Pilar, IAMEVE @ The Hotel Café

• 4^th Annual Paul Scheer Sexy Christmas Spectacular @ Largo

• Steel Panther @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

• Technocrat, Sir Sly, Brandon De  Le Cruz @ Detroit Bar (FREE)

• Lamps, Doses, MYNX, Roman Milk @ Pehrspace

• Handshakes, Wires in the Walls, Future Dancing, Bedcake, Orange Umbrella @ Silverlake Lounge (FREE)

• Willy Moon, Pop Levi, Madi Diaz, Harper Blynn @ Bardot (It’s a School Night)

• Jhameel, Young Hunting, Mind The Gap @ Bootleg Bar (FREE)

• Sons of the Damned, Orange Blossom Special @ Constellation Room

• We Hate Hurricanes: Hurricane Sandy Benefit w/ Aziz Ansari, Will Ferrell, Sarah Silverman, Chelsea Peretti & Special Guests @ Club Nokia

• Eastern Conference Champions, The Bixby Knolls, The Reflections @ The Echo (FREE)

• The Child, Hammered Satin, Young Girls, Fan-Tan @ The Echoplex (FREE)

• The Henry Clay People, Son of Stan, TS and the Past Haunts @ The Satellite (FREE)

• Robert Raimon Roy @ The Standard Hollywood

Gavin Turek - A Soulful Dose to The Central SAPC Residency

If you're not familiar with the soulful spark plug that is Gavin Turek - you can correct that by heading out to The Central SAPC tonight (or the 20th or the 27th).  There's a lot of bite packed in her tiny frame - and her hybrid soul/indie/electronic music is pretty fierce.

With features on Tokimonsta records, and mashups with Ratatat - she's clearly got stripes in the game.  And with an aura and attitude that has you thinking she's an entertainer before she even opens her mouth - it's only a matter of time before she's one you've heard about.



Snag the War of Words (Crips Remix) that mashes Gavin with Ratatat here.

SUPERGOOD is hosting the residency tonight - and Zak Waters, Amy Krebs and The Ross Sea Party round out the solid (and FREE) Tuesday night billing with DJ Freshair holding it down during set changes.  Doors are at 7:30, music starts at 8.    Hope to see you there...

FREE INDIE TUESDAY AT THE CENTRAL SAPC

Need a dosage of free tune-age to get you through the day?  Indulge in the roots and gritty rock sounds of Dustbowl Revival, John Wayne Bro and The Muddy Reds - and then do it again live tonight at The Central SAPC.  All for FREE!

Come hang with the Jam In The Van and SUPERGOOD crews while supporting The Muddy Reds final residency bill and catch some of Dustbowl Revival's latest tunes from their forthcoming release tonight at The Central SAPC!

FACEMELTing BASS - Every Wednesday in August at The Mint

Watch these holy fists of fury go to work on the bass strings all month long at The Mint when Erick "Jesus" Coomes, ED, The Holy Rager, Facemelter or insert your own nickname here, plays at the venue's increasingly popular funky residency.


The raging bassist of Lettuce is bringing his Big Lil Baby Jesus Peasant Party to the Pico venue and will be joined by Tyler Coomes (drums) and Adam Smirnoff (guitar) tonight (and possibly some other special guests).  Get your tickets here and use discount code SUPERGOOD for a month long party pass.  

Funky Residency Shows at The Mint

As the final of Wednesday of July hits us - it means yet another funky Mint residency is coming to a close.....but also means there is a fresh one around the corner.  It gets no fresher (or funkier) than a Big Lil Baby Jesus Peasant Party.  Anyone who has witnessed the funk in New Orleans during Jazzfest or at a Lettuce performance would know it gets thrown down at a Peasant Party.  Same goes for anyone who has listened to a hip-hop record featuring Lil Baby Jesus.   This much is true - August's run of hump days at The Mint will be raging with bass.

Erick "Jesus" Coomes, also known as ED, The Rager, Facemelter and, in some circles, a bass godfather, debuts his residency with a trio that features himself, his brother Tyler on drums and Mr. Smirnoff, the guitarist of Lettuce and Lady Gaga's band.  It's sure to be wicked - and if you use discount code SUPERGOOD to get your residency pass, it is sure to be cheap too (the code gets you $30 off while it lasts!).  Buy tickets here.  

While you're snatching up tickets to the Peasant Party - you may as well put yourself down to see Stanton Moore close out his residency tonight with sit-in guest Robert Walter on keys and Dirty Dozen Brass Band holding down horns.  Get your tickets for that show here.

Funky Residency Shows at The Mint

As the final of Wednesday of July hits us - it means yet another funky Mint residency is coming to a close.....but also means there is a fresh one around the corner.  It gets no fresher (or funkier) than a Big Lil Baby Jesus Peasant Party.  Anyone who has witnessed the funk in New Orleans during Jazzfest or at a Lettuce performance would know it gets thrown down at a Peasant Party.  Same goes for anyone who has listened to a hip-hop record featuring Lil Baby Jesus.   This much is true - August's run of hump days at The Mint will be raging with bass.

Erick "Jesus" Coomes, also known as ED, The Rager, Facemelter and, in some circles, a bass godfather, debuts his residency with a trio that features himself, his brother Tyler on drums and Mr. Smirnoff, the guitarist of Lettuce and Lady Gaga's band.  It's sure to be wicked - and if you use discount code SUPERGOOD to get your residency pass, it is sure to be cheap too (the code gets you $30 off while it lasts!).  Buy tickets here.  

While you're snatching up tickets to the Peasant Party - you may as well put yourself down to see Stanton Moore close out his residency tonight with sit-in guest Robert Walter on keys and Dirty Dozen Brass Band holding down horns.  Get your tickets for that show here. 

Tic Tic Boom! Release Before The Sun Rises

Tic Tic Boom! released a brand new EP today - Before The Sun Rises - and its admittedly pretty damn good.  The release comes amidst a hectic three months that already included multiple Official SXSW performances, 5 sets at Coachella and a handful of other shows and also brings a residency all the month of May at Lot 1 Cafe.

Starting on Wednesday May 2nd you can expect to hear a handful of Tic Tic BooM! originals each week of May at Lot 1 Cafe.  I strongly encourage you not to miss the opportunity because Boom's latest record shows a lot of growth.  Not only have they begun incorporating more electronics and self-made vocal samples,  but the hooks are pretty catchy ("Constellation Boy" is a rocker).  Before The Sun Rises is a welcome departure from lots of the melancholy LA indie rock I'm used to these days and also a fresh take on synth pop.   Judging by their recent climb up Hype Machine's popular charts with "For Feeling" (reached #9 on the popular twitter chart) - it seems the blogosphere agrees.  

You can sample the new sounds on their website and you can watch them jam some of their latest tunes live in Jam In The Van below.





For a taste of their older material - check out this relatively new video for "The Open" which was on their 2011 release Reasons and Rhymes.

Tic Tic Boom! Release Before The Sun Rises

Tic Tic Boom! released a brand new EP today - Before The Sun Rises - and its admittedly pretty damn good.  The release comes amidst a hectic three months that already included multiple Official SXSW performances, 5 sets at Coachella and a handful of other shows and also brings a residency all the month of May at Lot 1 Cafe.

Starting on Wednesday May 2nd you can expect to hear a handful of Tic Tic BooM! originals each week of May at Lot 1 Cafe.  I strongly encourage you not to miss the opportunity because Boom's latest record shows a lot of growth.  Not only have they begun incorporating more electronics and self-made vocal samples,  but the hooks are pretty catchy ("Constellation Boy" is a rocker).  Before The Sun Rises is a welcome departure from lots of the melancholy LA indie rock I'm used to these days and also a fresh take on synth pop.   Judging by their recent climb up Hype Machine's popular charts with "For Feeling" (reached #9 on the popular twitter chart) - it seems the blogosphere agrees.  

You can sample the new sounds on their website and you can watch them jam some of their latest tunes live in Jam In The Van below.





For a taste of their older material - check out this relatively new video for "The Open" which was on their 2011 release Reasons and Rhymes.

Shows In Los Angeles Tonight...

On this first Tuesday of the year, January 3rd, Los Angeles has the following shows to offer...

Catwalk, WEED, The Lovely Bad Things, LA Font @ The Smell

Ray Argyle (Sunken Ships), Graig Elkins, David Shane Smith @ Lot 1 Cafe

Brad Stanley & The Foxflies @ Skinny’s

Lo-Fi Sugar, …Music Video?, Laco$te @ Silverlake Lounge

Bikos, Lovers Drugs, Son Ark @ Bootleg Bar

Olin & The Moon, Maxim Ludwig, Willoughby, Jeff Crosby @ Echo

Paul Cerra, Colin Tyler @ Room 5 Lounge

Touche, Evan Voytas, Gothic Tropic, Masxs @ The Central SAPC (FREE)

The Ifficials (EP Release), The Delirians, The Chris Murray Combo @ The Mint

D. On Darox, Linzi Legacy, Elk Head, The Defiant, Scott Rosa & Max Fitleson @ The Viper Room

Karaoke Night hosted by Phil Acosta @ Alex’s Bar (FREE)

OC Music Awards Best Live Band Showcase Night 1 feat. Jeramiah Red, Paulie Pesh, The Gromble, Strange Birds, James Fletcher @ Detroit Bar (FREE)

Deadbeat Vultures, Million Kids, White Flag Down, The UV’s @ Redwood Bar & Grill

Rainbow Jackson, Last American Buffalo, The Downtown Train @ Harvard & Stone

Check back to www.supergoodmusic.com/blast.html later today for the full week's worth of shows and our recommendations!

Shows In Los Angeles Tonight...

On this first Tuesday of the year, January 3rd, Los Angeles has the following shows to offer...

Catwalk, WEED, The Lovely Bad Things, LA Font @ The Smell

Ray Argyle (Sunken Ships), Graig Elkins, David Shane Smith @ Lot 1 Cafe

Brad Stanley & The Foxflies @ Skinny’s

Lo-Fi Sugar, …Music Video?, Laco$te @ Silverlake Lounge

Bikos, Lovers Drugs, Son Ark @ Bootleg Bar

Olin & The Moon, Maxim Ludwig, Willoughby, Jeff Crosby @ Echo

Paul Cerra, Colin Tyler @ Room 5 Lounge

Touche, Evan Voytas, Gothic Tropic, Masxs @ The Central SAPC (FREE)

The Ifficials (EP Release), The Delirians, The Chris Murray Combo @ The Mint

D. On Darox, Linzi Legacy, Elk Head, The Defiant, Scott Rosa & Max Fitleson @ The Viper Room

Karaoke Night hosted by Phil Acosta @ Alex’s Bar (FREE)

OC Music Awards Best Live Band Showcase Night 1 feat. Jeramiah Red, Paulie Pesh, The Gromble, Strange Birds, James Fletcher @ Detroit Bar (FREE)

Deadbeat Vultures, Million Kids, White Flag Down, The UV’s @ Redwood Bar & Grill

Rainbow Jackson, Last American Buffalo, The Downtown Train @ Harvard & Stone

Check back to www.supergoodmusic.com/blast.html later today for the full week's worth of shows and our recommendations!