SUPERJEW ANTHEM

Kosha Dillz is back at it again.  As his infamous slogan suggests - he is everywhere.   I just watched him above on youtube in Boston, I'm pretty sure I heard him on my television during the Stanley Cup Playoffs tonight and I saw him earlier today - where he told me he'd probably be showing up somewhere at Bonnaroo and then heading to Israel.  I'm convinced he has a clone that just hustles for him.

Currently Kosha is out in Los Angeles working on a follow up record with Belief and gearing up for a few festival plays, but the "hardest working rapper in hip-hop" just posted a video for "SUPERJEW" - so we're sharing it.  Its a tribal anthem he created for the homie, Sly Young, who makes a cameo in the video - as do bagels, lox, JDate, a star of david, a yarmulke and a deli.  Its totally brand jewbian. 

Avett Brothers: Bonnaroo and Nokia Theatre in June!

Brothers Scott and Seth Avett and third man Bob Crawford will be returning to play Los Angeles on June 22^nd at the Nokia Theatre. Their heartfelt harmonies have probably lulled you into a folk rock daze on frequent occasion with their most popular (and my favorite) song I and Love and You.

Here they are singing that song at Bonnaroo back in 2010. 

Speaking of Bonnaroo, The Avett Brothers will be returning to the Tennessee heat again this year (next week.)  They play on Friday, June 8 at 5:00pm at the What Stage.

Their performances are highly acclaimed being hailed as a “traveling celebration.” Beautiful ballads balance out porch-stomping rhythmic Americana anthems.   Whether you are checking them out at Bonnaroo or at the Nokia Theatre, they are not to be missed!

Check out their AWESOME music video for Head Full of Doubt/Heart Full of Promise below:

Sabotage Memorial

Portland film-maker James Winters paid homage to a hip-hop veteran, Adam "MCA" Yauch of the Beastie Boys with this remake of their "Sabotage" video with three kids.  #RIP

DELON'S MEMORIAL POOL PARTY RAGER w/ Delon, Dean Risko, Electric Drip & More!

Its kind of officially the kick off of summer this weekend - charcoal's getting hot, pools are getting filled, booze is flowing freely and skin is more exposed.   Just in case you weren't convinced - there are some festivals (Lightning In A Bottle, Silverlake Jubilee) too.

Assuming you're not fest-ing it up, or even if you are headed to Jubilee, you might want to consider a trip to Pasadena on Sunday at noon for DELON'S MEMORIAL WEEKEND POOL RAGER.  It's the launch of a series of pool parties that the DJ/MC will be hosting and performing at all summer long - from private residences, to swanky hotels.   BUT - unlike the others - this one is the first and comes along with free alcohol (including some tasty tasty XANTE), free food and, of course, free entry.  Space is limited - so you might want to RSVP to musicfuturenow@gmail.com to ensure you and your guests are included.  You can also RSVP via Facebook here.

Not convinced?  On top of being one of the first in LA to witness the Sri Lankan phenom drop his poppy party starter "Body Rock" - you may get a taste of some of his other unreleased material, as well as visits from other upstarts like Dean Risko, Electric Drip and Joy Island!  Check out Delon, Risko and Electric Drip's videos below.  Electric Drip's video is like Beastie Boys "Sabotage" had a baby with aliens and dub step music and that baby was a music video.

I'm heading out because not only are the musicians talented - but who can refuse free booze and food by the pool?  Not me.   Neither can Before The Bigs - the blog hosting the event.  Hope to see you at 880 Rosalind Rd., San Marino, CA 91108!

Daily LA Concert Blast: Friday May 25, 2012

Top shows, IMO, are Stalley and Chip Tha Ripper at El Rey Theatre and JFK of MSTRKRFT and Felix Cartal at The Observatory.   For complete list of tonight's shows in Los Angeles - peep below:

Adrian Lux @ Yost Theater

FU*K DISCO w/ Junior Chacon, Scott K, Dougal (FREE before 10 PM w/ RSVP) @ King King Hollywood

Nikos Syropoulos Group @bluewhale

DJ Alfred Hawkins @ Del Monte Speakeasy

Clockwork Orange @ Key Club

K’Noup & Kelly, Savannah Van Band, Uncle Daddy, Wicker, Marc Robillard, Satellite @ Troubadour

Special C, The Originalites, Eternal Mind Control, Lost Anyway @ The Viper Room

Stalley, Chip Tha Ripper, Thurz, Sahtyre, Cesar Luciano @ El Rey Theatre

The Blind Shake @ Origami Vinyl (FREE)

Thurlow, Joey Siara (Henry Clay People), Mack Marquard & The Slim Pickin’s @ Lot 1 Café

Dudamel Conducts Mozart @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

The Real McKenzies w/ Civet @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

The Psycho Realm, Visionaries, Supernatural @ Club Nokia

Dirtyloud, Lucky Date @ Avalon Hollywood

We Are Serenades, Alex Kemp, Milow @ Bootleg Bar

Don Juan Y Los Blancos, Chris Price @ The Satellite

The Internet @ Echo

Wild Records Presents: Barbara Lynn (The Queen of Soul), Gizzelle, The Hurricanes, The Neumans + DJs Big Chuey, Jason Ringold, Reb (Wild Records) @ Echoplex

The Young Romans, Erick Macek & Lucy Walsh, American Bloomers, Jason Whitton, Totsy @ The Hotel Café

Katrina Stone, Annie Dingwall, Jessica Sharman @ Room 5 Lounge

Jon Brion @ Largo

Lo-Fi Sugar, Elijah Behar, Special Guests @ The Central SAPC

Blowing Up The Moon, The Young Rapscallions @ The Mint (6:30 PM)

Waddy Wachtel Band, Bill Carter (9 PM) @ The Mint

Iron Maidens, Hammer of the Broads, Without Warning @ Brixton South Bay

Jon McLaughlin, Tara Porter @ Brixton Dive Bar

Tim Barry, Kevin Seconds, Julie Karr, Jonny Two Bags @ Alex’s Bar

Adrien Hibbs, Dessy DiLauro @ Harvelles

Jason Adamo, Witzend Soul Review: Kara Grainger, TJ Gibson, Jeff Young, Justin Hopkins @ WitZend

Hi Ho Silver Oh, The Mighty Sequoyah, Sue Scrofa, I Hate You Just Kidding @ Pehrspace

KAT @ Saint Rocke

Surf Guitar, Legend Dick Dale and The Guitars @ Saint Rocke

Static Fridays @ Detroit Bar (FREE before 10:30 PM)

The White Buffalo @ Constellation Room

Dreamers, Hecuba, The Moonbird, Mecca V.A. @ Los Globos

Royal Headache, Joyce Manor, Death Hymn #9, Merry Christmas @ Blue Star

Mutations, The Spyrals, Cab 20, Mr. Elevator and the Brain Hotel @ The Smell

Felix Cartal, JFK (of MSTRKRFT) @ The Observatory

Metalachi, Kaustik @ Slidebar (FREE)

Chemicals, King Louie & The Missing Monuments @ Redwood Bar

Tim Halperin, Bravo Delta, MWK @ Molly Malones

BT @ Exchange LA

Oscar D’Leon @ Westin Bonaventure Hotel

Via Coma @ Amplyfi

Camp Lo @ 2^nd Street Jazz Club

Narui Cista @ TRiP Santa Monica

Koah @ The Victorian

Haunted By Heroes, KingQueen, Vette, Night Verses, Thunder From Heaven, Ramekaga, Condewit @ The Roxy

La Tina Webb, Less Than One, Taylor Green, Hot Sauce, Savannah Ostler, DJ Dirty Boi @ On The Rox

Daily LA Concert Blast: Thursday May 24, 2012

Tonight - LA gets a visit from Canada's Hey Rosetta! as they parade through some American festivals - catch them play over at Echo.  Also in the neighborhood - Hot Water Music celebrates the release of Exister at The Satellite.   Cameo whores might be interested in checking out Hugh Laurie at El Rey Theatre - where he is joined by the Copper Bottom Band.  

(Hey Rosetta - Bandages)

Over on the westside - check out Mark de Clive-Lowe throwing down for Church at Del Monte Speakeasy along with Todd Simon's Ethio-Cali Ensemble!  Or shake your booty at the weekly VS. Party at The Central SAPC where this week's guests No Body and Sam Hiller are going to hit the digital wheels of steel.    

For laughs - Sarah Silverman & Friends at Largo are the obvious choice - and for a unique experience, try and carve your way into Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever for Kimbra.   Also consider Saint John at WitZend, Seedless at The Roxy, The Mowgli's at Amplyfi and Jon McLaughlin at Troubadour.


Other acts performing tonight in LA include:

Deejay Al, Deejay Motion @ Yost Theater

Vardan Ovsepian “Chomaticity” CD Release + Miguel Atwood Ferguson, Artyom Manukyan, Kio Griffith @ bluewhale

Church w/ Mark de Clive-Lowe, Todd Simon’s Ethio-Cali Ensemble, DJ Seano @ Del Monte Speakeasy

Jon McLaughlin, Bob Stamper @ Troubadour

Diamond Baby, Franky Perez & The Truth, Jared James Nichols @ The Viper Room

Hugh Laurie, The Copper Bottom Band @ El Rey Theatre

Novi Split, Brown and Blue, Dirty Orca, Justin Conway @ Lot 1 Café (FREE)

Mozart/da Ponte Trilogy: Don Giovanni @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

Apocalyptour @ House of Blues – Sunset Strip

Swing Sextet, Johnny Polanco, Jenny Colon @ Conga Room

Little Barrie, Auditorium, Willoughby, Last In Class @ Bootleg Bar

Hot Water Music (Exister Release Show), Tim Barry, Seahaven @ The Satellite

Hey Rosetta!, Rich Aucoin, A House for Lions @ Echo

Broken Anchor, Ry Cuming, Kirsten Proffit, The Mighty Sequoyah, Bec Sandridge @ The Hotel Café

Jen Waters, Jesse Lynn, The Luvnauts, Bunny West, Brandon Coleman @ Room 5 Lounge

Sarah Silverman & Friends @ Largo

VS. feat. No Body, Sam Hiller @ The Central SAPC

The Revelations feat. Tre Williams, Fiction 20 Down, Wait For Green @ The Mint

Riverboat Gamblers, Biters, Special Guests @ Alex’s Bar

Harlow Gold @ Harvelle’s

Michelle Bellamy, Saint John, Jim Hanft, Katie Cole @ WitZend 

Dane Drewis @ Saint Rocke (6 PM – FREE)

Fallen Riviera and The Headlines @ Saint Rocke

Gizzelle @ Amoeba Records

Margot and The Nuclear So & So’s @ Constellation Room (The Observatory)

Poor Sons, Meat Market, Honey Badgers, The Gospels @ The Smell

The Hookers, Simon Stokes, The Bourbon Saints, El Camaro @ Redwood Bar

45 Grave, Viva Hate, Henchmen, Sin Alley, The Widowed @ Slidebar (FREE)

Belanova @ House of Blues – Anaheim

Seedless, Zen Robbi, Katastro, HB Surround Sound, Ease Up @ The Roxy

Synn, The Armiger @ On The Rox

Matu, The Vice Junkies, Planet Booty, Albert Khasky Band @ Molly Malones

Ballerina Black, The Mowgli’s @ Amplyfi

DJ Eliran @ Eden/Crimson

Kimbra @ Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever

Aaron Durr @ Onyx

Other Mother Brother Band @ Bar Pico

The Issue, Hairball @ All Star Lanes

K. Flay Gets Dirty in So Cal (and Bonnaroo)

Former Stanford student and tom-boy k.flay brings her dirty lyrics and sneakerhead steeze to the left coast next week before heading east for Bonnaroo and more.  To celebrate her trip South, which includes a stop at The Constellation Room in Santa Ana and The Central SAPC in Santa Monica, we're paying homage in a blog post (and dishing out some free tickets to The Central show....)

If you don't know much about Kristine Flaherty - she's originally from Illinois and got the rap bug after moving to C-A to attend Stanford.  She claims her latest offering, Eyes Shut, is a response to 20-something apathy and an introspective nature.  With a colorful experience (she's toured the country as a solo white female rapper, her father died at age 14, etc.) - there is probably a lot of truth in her lyrics too.   You can witness first hand for yourself in SoCal this coming week or at Bonnaroo, where she drops 3 performances including That Tent at 4:15 pm on Thursday, and then later that night at The Silent Disco and again on Friday at the Silent Disco around 4 pm.  

Don't miss your chance to catch this little spark plug before she releases a full length and blows up!  If you want a chance at winning tickets - send us a picture of a dirty street name similar to this k.flay photo.  Submissions should be sent to contest@supergoodmusic.com.  Alternatively, you can tweet out @supergoodmusic @thecentralsapc and @kflay along with a hashtag of your most creative dirty word!

Download her mixtape - I Stopped Caring in '96 - here.