the echo and echoplex

with:
Mike Stinson
David Serby || Listen
Ruby Friedman

hosted by Chris Morris and DJ Cuz’n Roy

5pm / FREE / all ages

with DJ’s:
Bobbito Garcia AKA Kool Bob Love(NY) & Rich Medina(NY)

Plus opening DJ:
DJ Rashida(LA, KissNGrind,Prince)

Since 1997, DJs Rich Medina and Bobbito Garcia have collabed behind the turntables to the great pleasure of crowds in NYC and Philly. In ‘02, the two decided to start “Leaving This Planet” which had a torrid run at Manhattan’s Table 50 until the club closed in ‘05. They’ve since renamed the party “Happy Feet” and moved it to the Lower East Side’s Element, where in ‘07 it became the most talked about event of the summer months. The pair blend genres seamlessly, so that a dancer, or listener, can experience Afro-Beat, Latin, Jazz, Dance, Breaks, progressive Hip Hop, and Soul in an unprecedented presentation. The achieved result is a entertaining night for the most die-hard rare groove fans to casual clubgoer—everyone leaves with happy feet!

FMI: lahappyfeet@gmail.com

9pm / Limited $10 adv, $14 dos until 12am, $20 after / 21+

BOOTIE LA 3-Year Anniversary Pirate Ball
LA’s monthly mashup bootleg party

Live on stage at 11 PM, from San Francisco, the world’s only mashup rock band:
SMASH-UP DERBY

Mashup DJs:
ADRIAN & the MYSTERIOUS D
DJ PAUL V.
DJ MAXENTROPY

BOOTIE LA celebrates its big 3-Year Anniversary by throwing a Pirate Ball! Dress like a pirate, and come on out to dance and rock out to the best pirated mashups on the planet.

This month, at 11 PM, we are proud to feature the triumphant return of San Francisco’s Smash-Up Derby, the world’s only live mashup rock band. It’s been nearly a year since the band was in Los Angeles, and in that time, they’ve been busy flying around the country for various gigs, and rocking out as the house band of Bootie SF. Last year, they were voted “Best Cover Band” in the SF Weekly, and received a “Best of the Bay” award in 2006 from the SF Bay Guardian:

“The only thing better than a mashup — that fantastic alchemy that makes two songs, played together, better than either is on its own — is a live mashup. Which is exactly why Smash-Up Derby — the world’s only act to cover and mix songs on stage with actual instruments — is the crowning jewel on the bizarre tiara that is Bootie. (Imagine the musicians playing “Smells Like Teen Spirit” and the vocalists singing “Billie Jean” and you’ll have some idea.) - San Francisco Bay Guardian

Resident DJs Adrian & the Mysterious D and Paul V. will be spinning all your favorite bootlegs and mashup videos, to keep your brain guessing and body dancing with creative song combinations, celebrating — and satirizing — the many different forms of music. And kicking off the night will be guest DJ Maxentropy from Philadelphia.

Launched in San Francisco in 2003, Bootie was the first club night in the United States dedicated solely to the burgeoning artform of the bootleg mashup. Mixing and matching every conceivable musical genre, era, and style into one big dance party where everyone feels welcome, it’s a place where all sounds, cultures, and sexualities can unite on the dance floor. Bootie provides the soundtrack for the A.D.D. generation — with free mashup CDs given away like candy! Bootie Š because one song at a time just isn’t enough.

FREE Bootie Anniversary CDs to the first 300 people through the door!

FMI: http://www.BootieLA.com

9pm / $6 before 10 pm, $12 after / early drink specials / 21+

With resident DJs spinning the best in Brit / Indie / Soul / Twee / Madchester / Punk / Glam

FMI: ClubUnderground.net

10pm / $5 if 21+, $7 under 21 / 18+

With resident DJs spinning the best in Brit / Indie / Soul / Twee / Madchester / Punk / Glam

FMI: ClubUnderground.net

10pm / $5 if 21+, $7 under 21 / 18+

With resident DJs spinning the best in Brit / Indie / Soul / Twee / Madchester / Punk / Glam

FMI: ClubUnderground.net

9pm / $5 if 21+, $7 under 21 / 18+

Spain || Listen

Formed in Los Angeles in 1993, Spain released three albums (Blue Moods Of Spain, She Haunts My Dreams, I Believe) before breaking up in 2001. A retrospective cd, Spirituals: The Best Of Spain, was released in 2003. In 2007 Spain founder Josh Haden reformed the band with all-new members. A brand new album is forthcoming produced by Soulsavers’ Rich Machin.

with:
Daniel Ahern || Listen
Correatown || Listen

8:30pm / $7 / 18+

The Helio Sequence || Listen

Sub Pop stalwarts the Helio Sequence have always been masters of atmosphere, no stranger to the epic and echoed build-up. While the group stays grounded in pop songwriting, their music absorbs a demure and warm ambiance from soft keyboard textures, loose guitar lines and gentle but eerie, emotive vocals. Sounding polished and radiant on this title track from their upcoming fourth full-length, the Helio Sequence has perfected the art of rise and fall. - Spin.com

with:
Talkdemonic || Listen
Wait.Think.Fast.

@ Echoplex
enter at
1154 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026

8pm / $13 adv, $15 dos / All Ages

Oliver Future || Listen

Nothing sums up the essence of Oliver Future, and perhaps their mixed feelings about L.A., than the back to back dazzlers that close this suite. “Drowning Parade” is a soulful ballad that could be an Antony and the Johnsons outtake, with its smoky-lounge vocals, alto and tenor saxophones, and Wurlitzer piano. The gentle tune gives way to “The Slow Fast,” filled with scraping guitar riffs, techno beats, and punk rock screams “It’s a-a-a-l-l… o-o-o-n-n.” This record is on alright: on point, and on its way to being one the better surprise releases of the year. To hear for yourself, simply do what I did and put Pax Futura on the stereo. - Lost At Sea

with:
Radars To The Sky

@ Echoplex
enter at
1154 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026

RSVP to CONTEST@ATTHEEECHO.COM for discounted tickets

8pm / $10 with RSVP, $12 / 18+

with:
DJ Amanda Jones (Das Bunker, Perversion, Malediction Society)
DJ Robert Lockerby (Clockwork Orange)

spinning the best in Electro, Indie, and ’80s.

The last Saturday of every month!

Come and check out our uber-hawt SUICIDE GIRL GO-GO DANCERS!

@ Echoplex
enter at
1154 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026

10pm / $12 / 18+

Chef (Rinse FM, Fwd, Transition, Ringo, London UK)
As the dubstep guru at the infamous Transition Studios mastering house, Chef gets first pick on some of the hottest dubplates right off the press. His weekly show on London’s pirate Rinse FM has put him up through the ranks to become one of the biggest baddest dubstep dj’s currently touring. His skills on the decks have sent him far and abroad and Smog is excited to welcome him on his first tour of the USA.

with:
6 Blocc AKA R.A.W. (Lo Dubs, Tribe Steppaz, UK)
12th Planet vs. DJ Evol (Smog, Argon, Noppa, LA)
Emu & Pawn (Smog, Redline, LA)
Kemst Smog Pure Filth, LA)

Sound Reinnforcement by: Pure Filth

Art Installations by: Spectr

FMI: www.smogla.com

Click to buy tickets now

9pm / adv- $7, dos- $10 before 11pm, $15 after / 21+

Pocahaunted || Listen

“Teepees turned in for shanties. Moccasins turned in for high tops. Spirit fog turned in for purple haze. This is the sound of the world town. Amanda and Bethany have had S. LA metal head Bobb Bruno play electric drums on their tracks in the past, but the results of this album is something entirely different than anything they attempted before. It is less Bobb playing drums with Pocahaunted, than it is an entirely new entity operating in perfect unity. Dubbed out and drenched in the grime of the streets, Island Diamonds features the same vocal come downs and chord repetition/progression to infinity that P-haunt is know for, but with the addition of almost (dare I say) “danceable” beats. This is the record that Amanda and Bethany have always wanted to make, the crown jewel of an epic sistership.” - Arbor

with:
Bobb Bruno
Magic Lantern
David Scott Stone
DARYLALEXANDER

@ Echoplex
Enter at
1154 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026

8pm / $7 / 18+

Featuring:
A performance by POSERS
“Crew vs. Crew” Dance Battle

Members Only

For VIP Membership and Bottle service packages, please contact Nick at Clubunderground at gmail.com

9pm / $10adv / 18+

Jaguar Love

Jaguar Love rose from the co-mingled ashes of respected Seattle bands the Blood Brothers and Pretty Girls Make Graves, with a ratio of two Brothers (non-related Johnny Whitney and Cody Votolato) to one Girl (non-female Jay Clark). While that pedigree alone was probably enough to facilitate a Matador Records’ signing earlier this week, you have to assume that their opening spot on a Queens of the Stone Age tour last year was at least partly granted for heavy shred appeal. Though it’ll likely be the summer before we see a Jaguar Love record with an OLE number on its spine, there a few circulating songs to discuss. “Welcome to the Birdskull Palace” takes a while to develop into a satisfyingly menacing rocker, but Whitney wastes no time in unleashing his familiar shriek. Despite common elements with the previous entities of their component parts, Jaguar Love is a little less abrasive than the Blood Brothers, and a little more distinctive than PGMG. As the song gathers steam, ghostly backing vocals and moody late-developing synths add some particularly welcome texture. - Prefix Mag

8;30pm / $12adv; $14dos / 18+

The Cave Singers || Listen

The Cave Singers’ music is largely acoustic and clearly inspired by the timeless sounds of Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly (the baleful “New Monuments” is set “in the pines”), but — possibly because the band is so steeped in indie rock — it never feels hidebound to re-creating traditional sounds. Quirk’s reedy, nasally voice sounds far more comfortable in the Cave Singers’ rustic settings than it did in Hint Hint, and his worn-in vocals are a big part of what makes Invitation Songs’ straddling of indie and classic American music so effortless. He and the rest of the band sound just as comfortable on the sweetly rousing acoustic rock of “Elephant Clouds” as they do on “Called,” which, with its whip-cracking percussion, slow, insistent tempo, and aching melody, sounds directly descended from a decades, if not centuries, old work song. The Cave Singers are equally comfortable with washboards — which turn “Dancing on Our Graves” into a darkly joyful jamboree — and keyboards, which are paired with gentle but driven acoustic picking on “Helen.” However, the band’s most affecting moments are the simplest and subtlest: “Royal Lawns” and “Seeds of Night” use vivid imagery (”bright flowers behind your billboards”) and pastoral melodies to create quiet, unassuming yet undeniable moments of life-affirming beauty. Invitation Songs is a welcome, and welcoming, debut. - Allmusic

with:
Moonrats
Triumph of Lethargy

8:30pm / $10 / 18+

Cinco De Maypole : A Celebration of all things May and Pole

featuring performances by

The Poor Dog Group
Ayanna Hampton
Kristina Wong
Gregory Barnett
Meg Wolfe
Anna Scott
Nao Bustamante

arts and crafts on the patio
special surprise guests

your hosts:
The Poor Dog Group and
Marcus Kuiland-Nazario

For more info:
participant_observer@yahoo.com

8pm / $5 / 18+

Cut Copy || Listen || Watch

In Ghost Colours was co-produced by DFA’s Tim Goldsworthy, who deserves credit for simultaneously opening up the band’s palette while relaxing their delivery. Sure, as you might expect, there are still blushes of French house and electro scattered liberally all over the show, but they’re always deployed in ways that serve– rather than overshadow– the song. And while Cut Copy’s principle and founding member Dan Whitford may come from a DJ background, the band-led songs come across every bit as muscular and as noteworthy as the dancefloor crossovers. To that end, this is one of the best bridges between electro and rock in a long time; the joins are so seamless that you don’t even think of the songs on those terms. - Pitchfork

@ Echoplex
Enter at
1154 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026

9pm / $15 adv, $18 dos / 18+

First Fridays - Dinner, Discussion, Music & More

with:
Akron/Family || Listen
The Dodos || Listen

@ Natural History Museum
900 Exposition Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90007

FMI: http://www.nhm.org/firstfridays/

5:30pm - Tour
6:30pm - Discussion
8:00pm - Music

5pm / Adult $9, students (w. ID) $6.50, Members FREE / All Ages

Dark Meat

Dark Meat’s debut album, Universal Indians, begins quietly, with the lone voice of Page Campbell singing an a capella intro with a distinctly pastoral lilt. Just when your ears have become accustomed to her folksy mellifluousness, “Freedom Ritual” explodes in a rapture of sound, as approximately two-thirds of the population of Athens, Georgia, come in all at once. Or at least that’s how it sounds. Dark Meat is a Southern rock (or Southern-rock) collective headed by Jim McHugh and spiritually guided by free-jazz saxophonist Albert Ayler, and Universal Indians features nearly 30 musicians seemingly playing at the same time.

These sprawling songs hang together loosely, dense and busy with different textures, which are caked on in thick brushstrokes to sound large and layered: Jeff Tobias and Alexis Daglis’ saxophones squall through “Assholes for Eyeballs”, adding a grainy dissonance, while the marching-band brass make “One More Trip” sound like the coolest field show ever. “Angel of Meth” features girl-group harmonies and “Be My Baby” drums. Descending guitar riffs fall through “Dead Man” and “In the Woods”; choirs of backing vocals echo the choruses, punctuating McHugh’s drunken vocals with Stonesy staccato ooh-oohs; gospel cries occasionally pierce the din. - Pitchfork

with:
Restaurant
Crystal Antlers

8:30pm / $10 / 18+

Ariel Pink

Ariel Marcus Rosenberg aka Ariel Pink is one of the most baffling figures in music. Just large enough for freak-folks the world over to know him, but just small enough to still be something of a secret, Rosenberg has built a weird aura of strange 70s soundtracks and lo-fi, vinyl-ripped 80s TV jingles. He’s a master of melody and a bard of bubbly psych-pop, but still he lingers on the fringes even of the more aware. Maybe a new album in 2008 will change that. For now, we’ll have to be content with 17 songs culled from the beautifully mysterious period that surrounds his first full-length release, 2002’s House Arrest. Scared Famous is a nice refresher as to why people love this guy in the first place, but I’ll be more interested to see what’s in store for 2008. Odds are that it will be more of the gloriously gritty avant-pop that Rosenberg has made his name on. - Audiveristy

8:30pm / $10 / 18+

White Rabbits || Listen

Fort Nightly is that rare debut where potential isn’t the operative word– White Rabbits deliver the whole package straight away. The NYC six-piece writes great songs that merge rhythmic intensity with grandiose melodrama in a seamless and inventive package. Opening the album with a sinister left-handed piano riff, “Kid on My Shoulders” features steam engine drums that give the song’s many hooks ample chance to sink in. It’s a track that keeps getting catchier as it goes, ending with a choral coda that has a monumental sweep. Opening an album with a headrush like that will be a good strategy from now until humans finally wipe themselves out, but plenty of albums peter out after this kind of track. Fort Nightly doesn’t– thanks to the band’s enormous bag of musical tricks. - Pitchfork

With:
Boogaloo Assassins

We feel the vibration of world beat and Latin sounds permeate in the Echo Park venue by skilled Resident DJ’s every month and live acts at midnight. When the alternative salsa night began five years ago with DJ’s Dusk, Sloe Poke and Loslito, ¡Descarga! was about digging in the crates for the rarest salsa cuts and the funkiest Latin 60’s and 70’s sounds, and spinning the records (yes, good ‘ol vinyl baby!), in a club that would cater to L.A.‘s indie underground music scene. Today, the venue‘s changed and DJ’s have rotated a bit, but the spirit of the night is still beating strong.

True to its roots, ¡Descarga! will present L.A./O.C. natives, Boogaloo Assassins (Los Asesinos de Boogaloo) and NYC’s Chico Mann (NYC), on 2nd Saturday, May 10th at Echoplex. The first 50 people who R.S.V.P. to info@descargaclub.com before Friday, May 9th, get in for $5 all night!

Boogaloo Assassins (Los Asesinos de Boogaloo) pay homage to the classic sounds of Cuba, Puerto Rico, Spanish Harlem and beyond; with a special jones for New York City’s Latin boogaloo, soul and funk of the late 60’s and early 70’s.

This May, Descarga guests will also get to experience a special treat with an opening set by NYC-based group, Chico Mann featuring members of Antibalas, Amy Winehouse, Dap Kings and acclaimed hip hop Vocalist, Vinia Mojica. Don’t miss it! It’s going to be funky ya’ll!

Resident DJs Sloe Poke, Mando Fever, Bobby Soul, Loslito, Azul & Mexican Dubwiser spin classic salsa, cumbia, merengue, Latin hip hop, reggaeton, mashups, Brazilian and deep house grooves all night

@ Echoplex
1154 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90027

¡Descarga! is a monthly Afro-Latin music gathering for the people. This event is an alternative to the commercial salsa nights that have dominated the LA scene for years. Resident DJs Sloe Poke, Mando, Bobby Soul, Loslito, Azul and Mexican Dubwiser spin classic salsa and cumbia; plus merengue, punta and reggaeton. With live bands gracing the stage at midnight at nearly every show, it has become the taste-making New York to L.A. soiree, running over 5 years strong.

FMI:
www.descargaclub.com
Descarga on Myspace

9pm / $7 before 11pm, $10 after / 21+

Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s || Listen

Having the advantage of previously seeing this group perform in more intimate settings, I drafted Jennifer to their set and waited to see what her reaction would be. I’ve found that music fans who’ve yet to see Margot have a somewhat revelatory experience upon their first encounter with this ingeniously nifty little band. Just about every melody and chord is uniquely their own, producing a sort of progressive urban rock that’s rooted in soul, alt-country, and pop. Many bands are defined by their ability to blend in or stand out with mainstream material, but the members of Margot have taken an understated, yet extremely sophisticated style of songwriting and turned out one of the year’s best studio releases, The Dust of Retreat.

What works so well on their creative, emotional album is transformed into an intimate live performance that ebbs and flows from whisper to scream, due mainly to frontman Richard Edwards’ fragile, focused vocals. Edwards’ emotional vulnerability shines from center stage, and is enhanced by a talented rhythm section, keyboards, layered guitar lines, and a trumpet (during live shows) for good measure. When the song “Barfight Revolution” comes into play, the crowd gets hooked and new fans are surely created. It’s a fun set.
- Indie-Music.com

8:30pm / $10 adv, $12 dos / 18+

Casiotone For The Painfully Alone || Listen

Like each of Owen Ashworth’s wondrous works before it, Etiquette is intimate, often sorrowful, bedroom glitch-pop, but here it is more substantial. The unified sound varies in style, showing a breadth of expression and a growing array of whiz-bang instrumentation.

Dialing the party line of Bowie and Gainsbourg on “New Year’s Kiss” will surely make the track a favorite for most, but some of the more impressive tracks sleep innocently until a narrative pang brings them to life. “I Love Creedence” is an unassuming favorite, whereas a brisk pace would normally contradict a track so heartbroken, it viscerally captures the speed of a stirred heart when seeing a past love on the street.

Ending on what might seem the album’s highest thematic note, “Love Connection”, we hear the loveliest song ever to have the word “menstrual” in it, but such candor serves a purpose. Even when achieving what the Painfully Alone have perpetually ached for, love comes with harsh, sensual reality and cynicism. Etiquette ends with a line repeated over and over: “Some things are best left unsaid.” As the phrase resonates in consciousness and spirit, we must realize Owen Ashcroft has already said it all and would do it all again. - Lost At Sea

with:
Foot Foot || Listen

8pm / $8 / All Ages

Most dates will feature an opening 40 minute film of Charles Gocher’s video experiments followed by two sets of music. Alan Bishop and Richard Bishop will be performing Sun City Girls songs as an acoustic guitar duet. This tour will most likely be the only time this show will be presented as such and is a tribute both to Charles Gocher and selected music from the 27 year legacy of Sun City Girls.

with:
Alan Bishop
Richard Bishop

8pm / $12 adv, $14 dos / All Ages

Stand Uppity : Comedy That Makes You Feel Better About Yourself, and Superior To Others

What is Stand Uppity, you don’t ask? A comedy tour featuring Eugene Mirman,
Marc Maron, and Andy Kindler, three irreverent, smart-alecky, comedians, known for having points of view. Do you know who else has a point of view? Everyone. But their point of view is very funny. That’s why you should pay to listen to it.

When history looks back at itself and wonders what comedy tour helped America move on from it’s partisan bickering, botched war, and economic downturn, it will be easy: Stand Uppity!

with:
Eugene Mirman || Watch
Marc Maron || Watch
Andy Kindler

8pm / $18 / 18+

with:
Thomas Von Party
D.I.M.

@ Echoplex
enter at
1154 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026

9pm / $15adv, $17dos / 18+

French Kicks || Listen

Like the rest of the French Kicks, lead singer and multi-instrumentalist Nick Stumpf is a talented musician and craftsmen. But its in his role as a drummer that Stumpf keeps the group’s new album, Swimming, on the right side of the atmospheric-pop/way-too-mellow divide. On the New York group’s fourth record, they’ve developing an appealing platter of harmony-heavy Sunday-morning-brunch pop, but its Stumpf’s booming beats that gives the set the energetic dose of Saturday-night mischief necessary to keep things moving.

On the song “Carried Away” guitarist Josh Wise sings, “I was carried away/ but I can’t really say what for,” over a gently plucked guitar arpeggio and stomping bass drum. And it’s hard to believe him. Nearly every moment on the self-produced and -mixed Swimming is so precisely arranged, from the overwhelming lush sheets of harmonies to the ghostly piano riffs to the expertly deployed guitar riffs, that it’s difficult to believe the group leaves much to chance.

Overall, that isn’t a bad thing. Ringing guitar, hand-claps and polite-but-resolute drumming are mixed in perfect proportion on “Abandon,” and “This Could Go Wrong” belies its title with layered, wavy guitar lines expertly bouncing off a rumbling, invigorating beat. - CMJ

with:
The Weather Underground || Listen
Roll The Tanks

8:3opm / $13adv, $15dos / 18+

Le Switch || Listen

Employing a timeless mix of guitar, bass, keys and drums, Le Switch deftly augment their boozy, barroom pop sound with multi-instrumentalist Maria DeLuca’s viola and trumpet interspersed throughout their set. Deluca’s subtle textures, combined with Kyle’s trademark lyrical howl, make up Le Switch’s secret weapon. When the two come together, expertly backed on drums/percussion by Joe Napolitano, Josh Charney on keys, and Christopher Harrison on bass, even the most jaded hipster in the bar can’t help but take notice. - Aquarium Drunkard

with:
Vanessa Micale
The Minor Canon
The World Record || Listen

Presented by: Aquarium Drunkard

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Le Switch || Listen

Employing a timeless mix of guitar, bass, keys and drums, Le Switch deftly augment their boozy, barroom pop sound with multi-instrumentalist Maria DeLuca’s viola and trumpet interspersed throughout their set. Deluca’s subtle textures, combined with Kyle’s trademark lyrical howl, make up Le Switch’s secret weapon. When the two come together, expertly backed on drums/percussion by Joe Napolitano, Josh Charney on keys, and Christopher Harrison on bass, even the most jaded hipster in the bar can’t help but take notice. - Aquarium Drunkard

with:
Adeline & The Philistines
I Make This Sound || Listen
Naptunes

Presented by: Aquarium Drunkard

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Le Switch || Listen

Employing a timeless mix of guitar, bass, keys and drums, Le Switch deftly augment their boozy, barroom pop sound with multi-instrumentalist Maria DeLuca’s viola and trumpet interspersed throughout their set. Deluca’s subtle textures, combined with Kyle’s trademark lyrical howl, make up Le Switch’s secret weapon. When the two come together, expertly backed on drums/percussion by Joe Napolitano, Josh Charney on keys, and Christopher Harrison on bass, even the most jaded hipster in the bar can’t help but take notice. - Aquarium Drunkard

with:
Division Day || Listen
The Henry Clay People || Listen
Princeton || Listen

Presented by: Aquarium Drunkard

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Le Switch || Listen

Employing a timeless mix of guitar, bass, keys and drums, Le Switch deftly augment their boozy, barroom pop sound with multi-instrumentalist Maria DeLuca’s viola and trumpet interspersed throughout their set. Deluca’s subtle textures, combined with Kyle’s trademark lyrical howl, make up Le Switch’s secret weapon. When the two come together, expertly backed on drums/percussion by Joe Napolitano, Josh Charney on keys, and Christopher Harrison on bass, even the most jaded hipster in the bar can’t help but take notice. - Aquarium Drunkard

with:
Frankel || Listen
Amnion || Listen
Seasons

Presented by: Aquarium Drunkard

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

M83 || Listen

Despite a pretty sturdy background in electronic music, the buzz surrounding Frenchman Anthony Gonzalez’s M83 has been centered on his affinity for the texture of hazy shoegaze guitars. As last heard on 2005’s Before the Dawn Heals Us… the one man band continued veering towards pyrotechnic riffs and bleeding heart vocal melodrama while inching slightly away from compositions driven by beats or centered on ambient waves of keyboard foam. But based on the scant evidence provided by the first track from of Spring 2008’s Saturday = Youth record, perhaps the rock stops here.

The amorphous fog hanging over this eight and a half minute slow burn is primarily synthetic and its dominant thump surprisingly club ready. You can almost make out some lonely amp feedback in there somewhere, but as the rhythm continues to assert itself in the track’s fourth and fifth minutes it’s swallowed completely. While I hesitate to say that the track is an improvement over the previous model, I’m digging the forward momentum achieved when Gonzalez’s blurred sonics snap into sharper focus. - Prefix Mag

with:
Berg Sans Nipple

@ Echoplex
enter at
1154 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026

8pm / $17 adv, $19 dos / 18+

with:
Stonehoney
Leslie and the Badgers
Band of Annuals (featuring members of Cub County)
Restaurant
American Babies

hosted by Chris Morris and DJ Cuz’n Roy

3pm / FREE / all ages

with:
Dave Gleason || Listen
Tornado Magnet (featuring members of Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash, Whiskey Tango, The Hideaways)
The Fallen Stars || Listen
The Holler Dopers

Plus Squaredancing from 3pm-5pm

hosted by Chris Morris and DJ Cuz’n Roy

3pm / FREE / all ages

resident djs Michael Stock and Benny Shambles spinning mutant disco * Postpunk * indiepop

FMI:
Part Time Punks on Myspace

10pm / $5 / 21+

resident djs Michael Stock and Benny Shambles spinning mutant disco * Postpunk * indiepop

FMI:
Part Time Punks on Myspace

10pm / $5 / 21+

with:
Silver Daggers
Abe Vigoda

resident djs Michael Stock and Benny Shambles spinning mutant disco * Postpunk * indiepop

FMI:
Part Time Punks on Myspace

10pm / $5 / 21+

Blood on The Wall || Listen

Unless you never heard the reedy sneer of the Violent Femmes’ Gordan Gano and The Pixies’ Black Francis, or you completely missed the affected phrasing of Sonic Youth’s Kim Gordon, there’s no denying Brooklyn’s Blood on the Wall’s awkward caterwauls come with ingrained precedents. But with this rumpled revivalist trio the foundation is so strong there’s always a way to craft an accommodating floor plan and accessorize it with soused jangle and splayed arrangements. All the late ’80s college-rawk cast-offs coagulate into an atonal, unhinged, and altogether pleasing condensation of agitated splatter. A somewhat heavier third full-length, Blood on the Wall’s latest still manages to avoid being heavy-handed with its heritage. - XLR8R

with:
Nite Jewel

with resident djs Michael Stock and Benny Shambles spinning mutant disco * Postpunk * indiepop

FMI:
Part Time Punks on Myspace

10pm / $10 / 18+

with Resident DJs:
Tom Chasteen
Roy Corderoy
The Dungeonmaster
Boss Harmony

Spinning the best in classic reggae, dub and dancehall

@ Echoplex
1154 Glendale Blvd
(Main Entrance is through Alley)
Los Angeles, CA 90026

FMI:
Dub Club on MySpace

9pm / $5 / 21+

with
Warrior King

Plus Resident DJs:
Tom Chasteen
Roy Corderoy
The Dungeonmaster
Boss Harmony

Spinning the best in classic reggae, dub and dancehall

@ Echoplex
1154 Glendale Blvd
(Main Entrance is through Alley)
Los Angeles, CA 90026

FMI:
Dub Club on MySpace

9pm / $5 / 21+

with Resident DJs:
Tom Chasteen
Roy Corderoy
The Dungeonmaster
Boss Harmony

Spinning the best in classic reggae, dub and dancehall

@ Echoplex
1154 Glendale Blvd
(Main Entrance is through Alley)
Los Angeles, CA 90026

FMI:
Dub Club on MySpace

9pm / $5 / 21+

with:
Pop Noir || Listen
Zaptra || Listen

plus:
Aaron Castles + Maxwell Smart (Tik Tok, A Club Called Rhonda)
Classixx
Maurice De La Falaise (Par Avion, Transistor)
Bianca Grimshaw (Party Machine, Metropolitan Bar, NYC)

and on the patio:
Ane, Despe Pop!, Frank Leopold (Automatico)

spinning the best in: indie, international pop, britpop, electro, disco, post-punk, new wave, no wave, hiphop and more..

FMI:
Hang The DJs on Myspace

10pm / $5 before 11pm, $8 all night / 18+

Earlimart || Listen

In the mesmerizing, disturbing dream that is Mentor Tormentor, Espinoza and Murray wrap their sweetly uneasy voices around misty melodies, while the deceptively sophisticated production reinforces the sense of uncertainty. Pretty guitars, pianos and strings come and go, creating a layered wall of sound effects, but it’s hardly a seamless construction. Oddly compelling electronic squiggles and blips are embedded in virtually every track, implying that whatever takes place in the foreground, there’s a contrary undercurrent bubbling underneath. - Paste Magazine

with:
Voxhaul Broadcast
Siggy
Light FM

@ Echoplex
Enter at
1154 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026

Presented by Aquarium Drunkard

8pm / $12 adv, $14 dos / 18+