Friday 05.01.09: First Fridays with THE RUBY SUNS / WOLFMOTHER @ Natural History Museum

with:
Wolfmother
The Ruby Suns

plus Dublab DJs:
The Phatal DJ
Chico Sonido

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

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

5:30pm / $9 / All Ages

Friday 05.01.09: SOUL SLAM – PRINCE VS MICHAEL JACKSON @ echoplex

DJ Spinna || Listen

Every year in New York DJ Spinna rocks a party called Soul Slam. It draws upon a couple thousand people annually. We are very happy to invite you to a special and rare installation of the Soul Slam here in Los Angeles. We know you will appreciate it just as much as we do. The King or The Prince? you decide…

DJ Spinna sets the tone of this event as he lays down track after track from both MJ’s and Prince’s extensive music catalogues along with tracks of their cohorts, i.e.; Jermaine Jackson, Vanity, Janet, Sheila E., J5, The Time, remixes, samples, etc.

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

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9pm / $11 / 21+

Friday 05.01.09: Club Underground presents THE FLASH EXPRESS / THE SHIRLEY ROLLS @ echo

The Flash Express || Listen || Watch

“What’s up with the music?” That’s a question posed by the outstanding local trio the Flash Express on its appropriately titled debut album, Introducing the Dynamite Sound of the Flash Express (Hit It Now!).

It’s a distinctly non-rhetorical question that’s posited in the similarly non-rhetorical song called “Who Stole the Soul?” Guitarist-vocalist-ringleader Brian Waters attempts to answer that titular question in the same tune: “I don’t know who stole the soul/the Flash Express gonna give it back to the people now.” Although Waters, bassist Tommy Branch, and drummer Lance Porter have been kicking around for about three years now, they still seem to be languishing in contender status. But I haven’t seen such a legit rock band working up a for-real sweat on a Hollywood stage in many a moon. It’s time for everybody to get on board and, to borrow from another song title, ride the Flash Express. – LA City Beat

with:
The Shirley Rolls || Listen

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9pm / $8 / 18+

Saturday 05.02.09: BOOTIE LA with DJ TRIPP / ADRIAN & THE MYSTERIOUS D / DL PAUL V. / R.A.I.D. @ echoplex

BOOTIE LA
LA’s monthly mashup bootleg party

On his Bootie World Tour:
DJ TRIPP
spinning a special ALL-VIDEO mashup set!

Resident mashup DJs:
ADRIAN & the MYSTERIOUS D
DJ PAUL V.

Bootie LA’s resident dance crew:
R.A.I.D. (Random Acts of Irreverent Dance)

Joby Joy presents the 3rd Annual Cape Party! Wear a cape and get a free Bootie CD!

This month, DJ Tripp returns to LA to kick off his Bootie World Tour with a special ALL-VIDEO mashup set on the Echoplex’s giant video screen. Resident dance crew R.A.I.D. hits the stage at midnight with a freshly synchronized dance number, and Joby Joy will be doing his 3rd Annual Cape Party at Bootie LA — wear a cape, and you’ll get a free mashup CD!

Launched in 2003, Bootie was the first club night in the United States dedicated solely to the burgeoning artform of the bootleg mashup — and is now the biggest mashup event in the world, with monthly parties in seven cities on three continents. Mixing and matching every conceivable musical genre, era, and style into one big dance party where everyone feels welcome, Bootie provides the soundtrack for the A.D.D. generation — with free mashup CDs given away like candy!

Resident DJs Adrian, Mysterious D, and Paul V. keep your brain guessing and body dancing with creative song combinations, celebrating — and satirizing — the many different forms of music. Resident dance crew R.A.I.D. (Random Acts of Irreverent Dance) performs a mashed-up dance number nearly every month. Bootie showcases the best in mashup productions from around the globe and delivers them on the dance floor … because one song at a time just isn’t enough!

FREE Bootie CDs to the first 75 people through the door!

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

FMI: http://www.BootieLA.com

9pm / $5 before 10 pm, $10 after / 21+

Saturday 05.02.09: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Sunday 05.03.09: Grand Ole Echo with TONY GILKYSON / THE GOLDEN DAYS / NEXT OF KIN / TRIPLE CHICKEN FOOT @ echo

Tony Gilkyson
The Golden Days
Next Of Kin

Back porch:
Triple Chicken Foot || Listen

5:00pm / FREE / All Ages

Sunday 05.03.09: Part Time Punks with JOE LALLY (ex-Fugazi) / SLANG CHICKENS / MEMORY @ echo

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

With:
Joe Lally (ex-Fugazi) || Listen
Slang Chickens || Listen
Memory

FMI:
Part Time Punks on Myspace

10pm / $5 / 18+

Monday 05.04.09: Monday Night Residency – JULIETTE COMMAGERE / OBI BEST @ echo

Juliette Commagere

Lately I’ve been so knocked out hearing these great and gorgeous pop tunes created and performed by the lovely Juliette Commagère. You might know her as the Keytar-slinging, charismatic front woman for the adventurous indie-rock band Hello Stranger, which she formed with drummer Joaquin Cooder; or you might have heard her singing and playing on recent endeavors by Avenged Sevenfold and Puscifer. That varied batch of interests hints as to the unclichéd gifts of the multitalented Commagère, which are given a fuller flowering on her new solo album, Queens Die Proudly (Aeronaut Records). A vividly orchestrated pop-art project veering from the wistful and elegiac to the epic and otherwordly, Queens is like a No. 1 chart-topper from another dimension, where remarkably memorable songs are given evocative musical twists via her classically designed song structures and sensual ’70s synth stylings. On her recent cross-country residency stints, Commagère has assembled local orchestras (via Craigslist!) of strings and horns, which brings a radiant gleam to her superb material. – LA Weekly

With:
Obi Best || Listen

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Tuesday 05.05.09: Custom Made/Bad Time Charlie Presents – CINCO DE MAYO CELEBRACION DE LOCO @ echoplex

featuring:
The Ladies of Pink Mink Mafia
The fyne art of David Lozeau

Appearing Live:
Los Creepers
Rezurex
Viernes 13
The Tenderbox
The Slanderin
The Howlers
Societys Parasites
A Pretty Mess
The Uglies
and more TBA

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

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8pm / $10 / 18+

Tuesday 05.05.09: Tuesday Night Residency – AVI BUFFALO / DEEP SEA DIVER / 60 WATT KID / TIME OF WOLVES / TENLONS FORT / DJ LARRY LITTLE @ echo

Avi Buffalo || Watch

Buffalo, whose real name “is really long, with a hyphen,” he says, is a preternaturally gifted guitarist who crafts swoon-worthy folk-rock full of nooks and crannies, exposed nerves and shimmering soundscapes — think an incipient Neil Young, or a low-fi Mercury Rev, or a lovingly shambolic Wilco. Joined by bandmates Sheridan Riley and Rebecca Coleman (who also attend Millikan High) and Arin Fazio, Buffalo has a growing cadre of Eastside fans and, to no one’s surprise, some interest from record labels. – Buzz Bands

with:
60 Watt Kid
Deep Sea Diver
Time Of Wolves
Tenlons Fort

DJ Larry Little (Future Sounds)

8:30pm / FREE for 21+, $7 for under 21 / all ages

Wednesday 05.06.09: DUB CLUB @ echoplex

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

9pm / $5 / 21+

Wednesday 05.06.09: NO CULTURE @ echo

FMI: No Culture on Myspace

10pm / $5 / 18+

Thursday 05.07.09: HER SPACE HOLIDAY / CITY LIGHT / HANNI EL KHATIB @ echo

Her Space Holiady || Listen || Watch

Marc Bianchi, the man behind Her Space Holiday, is a master of finding new ways to make clinical depression sound gorgeous. On The Past Presents the Future, Bianchi perfects his formula of spinning morose tales sprinkled with a few torturous moments of hope, while backing them up with a swirling combination of majestic strings that violently clash with the throbbing electronic beats that propel the songs. Perhaps spurred on by the work of the various artists and producers who successfully remodeled his previous album on The Young Machines Remixed, Bianchi experiments even more on the latest Her Space Holiday release, providing a somewhat more ambitious album that his previous albums. – Popmatters

With:
City Light
Hanni El Khatib

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8pm / $12 advance, $14 day of show / All ages

Friday 05.08.09: Echo & Club Underground Presents SPECTRUM / ABE VIGODA / THE ENTRANCE BAND @ echo

Spectrum || Listen

Spectrum is the most high-profile of the projects undertaken by Pete ‘Sonic Boom’ Kember after the demise of psych-rock avatars Spacemen 3. Spectrum satisfies the singer/guitarist’s more ‘conventional’ pop leanings, while never losing sight of the hypnotic otherworldliness and psychedelic soundscapes that are his music’s trademark and legacy.

In 2009 performing new material from the most recent album –‘Indian Giver’, songs from the new EP ‘War Sucks’ plus Spacemen 3 originals and classic Spectrum tracks audiences can expect a varied and dramatic collection of songs.

The current live show see’s an artist moving between the recent kraut-rock style ‘Mary’, the drug ecstasy of ‘Set me free’, the ever shimmering ‘Transparent Radiation’ & older, heavier pieces lulling the audience into a trance-like state before diving deeper down into the wah-wah, feedback & fuzzed out frenzy of powerchord epics such as ‘Revolution’ and ‘Suicide’.

With:
Abe Vigoda || Listen
The Entrance Band

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

FMI: ClubUnderground.net

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8:30pm / $12 / 18+

Friday 05.08.09: NIGHTLIFE with THE BEAT JUNKIES / PETE ROCK @ echoplex

with resident DJs THE BEAT JUNKIES:
J.ROCC
BABU
RHETTMATIC
MR. CHOC

plus special guest:
PETE ROCK

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

10pm / $15 / 21+

Saturday 05.09.09: LA CABAL, 826LA & Echo present THE FIRST ANNUAL CRAFT BEER FEST LA @ echoplex

On May 9, Los Angeles gets its first festival devoted to California’s craft beer culture. Call it the next wave in the artisinal beer revolution brewing here in Southern California.

A dozen of the state’s best brewers will pour 26 handcrafted beers while L.A. chefs will sling FREE pub grub (gourmet bar nuts, artisan cheese pairings, vegan snacks). Attendees can feast on beer treats like ale cupcakes and stout ice cream from the gelato geniuses at Scoops. And a slew of local bands will share the stage with renowned brewers giving tips and discussing their wares, as well as cheese experts lecturing on pairing beer with food. There will truly be something for every beer drinker, from new fan to freak!

Breweries include: The Bruery, Craftsman, Firestone Walker, Hangar 24, Port Brewing, Lost Abbey, Sierra Nevada Telegraph and more to be announced soon.

Food courtesy of: Pure Luck, Hot Knives, Burrito Project, Scoops & more

entrance fee covers beer, food, brewery roundtables and live music.

Proceeds benefit 826LA, the nonprofit tutor program and children’s writing workshop founded by author Dave Eggers.

Craft Beer Fest LA is a new annual tradition brought to you by LA CABAL.

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

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2pm / $30 / 21+

Saturday 05.09.09: SMOG presents ALL OUT DUBSTEP – LOS ANGELES featuring L WIZ (live!) @ echoplex

L-WIZ LIVE!
DUB POLICE, ALL OUT DUBSTEP, STOCKHOLM
Swedish duo Claes Rosén and Ola Näslund (a.k.a. L-Wiz) are most known for their jazzy and dubbed out releases on Caspa’s DUB POLICE label. They will be performing together live on laptops and keyboards representing Stockholm’s All Out Dubstep crew

IRK & TRICKYKID
ALL OUT DUBSTEP, STOCKHOLM

EMU & PAWN
SMOG, BASSHEAD, LA

STEADY
SMOG, DUBTROIT, LA

KELLY DEAN
SHIFT, DUBTROIT, LA

MC SANDOR
ALL OUT DUBSTEP, STOCKHOLM

KEMST
SMOG, LA

VISUALS: DEJA KRU // SOUND: SOLID SOUND

located:
ECHOPLEX
Enter at:
1154 Glendale Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90026

FOR MORE INFO:
http://www.smogla.com

9pm / $10 / 21+

Saturday 05.09.09: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Sunday 05.10.09: Grand Ole Echo with SARAH GAYLE MEECH / THE CHEATIN KIND / JEREMIAH AND THE RED EYES / FRANK FAIRFIELD @ echo

Sarah Gayle Meech
The Cheatin’ Kind
Jeremiah and the Red Eyes

Back porch:
Frank Fairfield

5:00pm / FREE / All Ages

Sunday 05.10.09: DESTROYER (solo) / AZITA / DEVON WILLIAMS @ echoplex

Detroyer || Listen

Like Neko Case, his bandmate in the New Pornographers, Destroyer’s Dan Bejar has a solo career that’s gone from sideshow to headliner. His latest seals the deal. Bejar’s affection for early-Seventies glam — especially T. Rex and Bowie, when proto-punk canoodled with prog-rock fantasy flights — remains deep. But he’s filtered his cribbing through an indie rocker’s sense of humor and a poet’s love of language.

“Caution — hot ashes‚/ The girl says to her first kiss,” he begins on “Shooting Rockets,” with guitarist Nicolas Bragg sending up notes like fireworks with every existential punch line (“My soul pukes the night away. . . . Off, treacherous bliss, off!”). The arrangements, with acoustic strumming, organ, parlor-room piano, even a low-fi harpsichord break (“The State”), conjure old-world vibes. But electric guitars and synthesizers howl in uneasy tribute to the present. “I’ve been living in America in churches of greed/It’s sick!” Bejar declaims in the Pavement-esque “Dark Leaves Form a Thread.” He resolves to stick it out anyway: “No, it’s cool/You go, I’ll stay/Perfectly at home with this dread.” Join the club, pal. – Rolling Stone

with:
Azita || Listen
Devon Williams

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

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8pm / $13 advance, $15 day of show / all ages

Sunday 05.10.09: PART TIME PUNKS 4 YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY @ echo

PART TIME PUNKS 4 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!

A nite of Post-Punk, Mutant Disco & Indiepop spun by resident DJs Michael & Benny & their favorite guest DJs:

Frosty (DUBLAB)
Dorian (TRANSISTOR)
Jim Smith (THE SMELL)
Larry (UNDERGROUND)
Quinn (NEW COLLAPSE)
Don Bolles (THE GERMS)
Randy Randall (NO AGE)
Scarlett (HANG THE DJs)
and
Michael Reich (VIDEOTHING) who will do a live video mix of bands he’s filmed playing at Part Time Punks over the years!

FMI:
Part Time Punks on Myspace

10pm / $5 / 18+

Monday 05.11.09: Monday Night Residency – JULIETTE COMMAGERE / GRIZZLY OWLS / VAUDEVILLE / PAIGE STARK @ echo

Juliette Commagere

Lately I’ve been so knocked out hearing these great and gorgeous pop tunes created and performed by the lovely Juliette Commagère. You might know her as the Keytar-slinging, charismatic front woman for the adventurous indie-rock band Hello Stranger, which she formed with drummer Joaquin Cooder; or you might have heard her singing and playing on recent endeavors by Avenged Sevenfold and Puscifer. That varied batch of interests hints as to the unclichéd gifts of the multitalented Commagère, which are given a fuller flowering on her new solo album, Queens Die Proudly (Aeronaut Records). A vividly orchestrated pop-art project veering from the wistful and elegiac to the epic and otherwordly, Queens is like a No. 1 chart-topper from another dimension, where remarkably memorable songs are given evocative musical twists via her classically designed song structures and sensual ’70s synth stylings. On her recent cross-country residency stints, Commagère has assembled local orchestras (via Craigslist!) of strings and horns, which brings a radiant gleam to her superb material. – LA Weekly

With:
Grizzly Owls || Listen
Vaudeville
Paige Stark

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Tuesday 05.12.09: Tuesday Night Residency – AVI BUFFALO / THE FARAWAY PLACES (Record Release Show) / MARVELOUS TOY / STARBURST CRYSTAL ENSEMBLE / DJ KEVIN BRONSON @ echo

Avi Buffalo || Watch

Buffalo, whose real name “is really long, with a hyphen,” he says, is a preternaturally gifted guitarist who crafts swoon-worthy folk-rock full of nooks and crannies, exposed nerves and shimmering soundscapes — think an incipient Neil Young, or a low-fi Mercury Rev, or a lovingly shambolic Wilco. Joined by bandmates Sheridan Riley and Rebecca Coleman (who also attend Millikan High) and Arin Fazio, Buffalo has a growing cadre of Eastside fans and, to no one’s surprise, some interest from record labels. – Buzz Bands

with:

Faraway Places || Listen

Out of the Rain is somewhat like its predecessor, a warm-sounding record full of well-constructed pop/rock songs whose raggedy melodic patches and insistent hooks that sound crafted yet stumbled upon grab you; these great pop things just as often fall into a sort of daydream-coma mode in the middle or at song’s end… Songs like “The Sun Goes West,” “You Can Cry” and “Just Let Go” evoke the very best massagingly rounded-edge power of great ’60s or early ’70s albums like the more jazzy-improv-psych late-Byrds stuff, or, more specifically, Neil Young’s After the Gold Rush or, in fact, Boston’s eponymous debut disc. – LA Weekly

plus:
Marvelous Toy || Listen
Starburst Crystal Ensemble
DJ Kevin Bronson (Buzz Bands LA)

8:30pm / FREE for 21+, $7 for under 21 / all ages

Wednesday 05.13.09: DUB CLUB presents Reggae Meets Africa with EXTRA GOLDEN / THE MEDITATIONS / FOOL’S GOLD / YOUSSOUPHA SIDIBE @ echo & echoplex

with:
The Meditations || Listen
Extra Golden || Listen
Fool’s Gold || Watch
Youssoupha Sidibe

Upstairs in the Echo there will be 2 acts, Fools Gold—local Afrobeat heroes , and Extra Golden , Thrill Jockey recording artists who fuse a unique blend of Kenyan Benga music with American Rock. Downstairs in the Echoplex , the opening act will be Youssoupha Sidibe , a traditionally trained Kora player from Senegal whose music is a hybrid of African and Dub sounds , and the headliner will be Reggae legends The Meditations , one of the premier harmony trio vocal groups in roots music, who are still going strong with all original members. The audience will be able to walk between the 2 rooms all night, the Dub Club DJs will be spinning and it should make for a very memorable evening of music and culture.

Spinning the best in classic reggae, dub and dancehall

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

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9pm / $10 before 10pm, $15 after / 21+

Thursday 05.14.09: Manimal Vinyl & LA Record presents THE POLYAMOROUS AFFAIR / ALL LEATHER / BLUE JUNGLE / MAGICK DAGGERS / HALLOWEEN SWIM TEAM @ echo

The Polyamorous Affair || Listen || Watch

Simply put, the duo known as The Polyamorous Affair is a band on a mission. It is as if they are determined to achieve a past success but with a deeper appreciation for what it will feel like this time. Driven in the background by dueling dj’s lacing the beat that would move an AARP convention, The Polyamorous Affair is trying to build a sound, a movement all its own. Driven by an organic approach to music that lets them create, produce, and deliver their own, unique brand of pop-infused, pulsating dance music, the duo, headed by Eddie and Sissy are cultivating a sound that moves people to actually put their drinks down and dance. They stand behind their music, asking people to come along with them for a little part of their night as they take you on a music journey that just makes you feel good. – Loudvine

with:
All Leather || Listen (Members of The Locust, Some Girls)
Magick Daggers
Blue Jungle || Listen
Halloween Swim Team || Listen

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8pm / $10 / 18+

Friday 05.15.09: Echo, KSPC & Club Underground present: PONYTAIL / CEX @ echo

Ponytail || Listen

Ponytail is the sound of ecstasy: tall exclamation points of guitar, mad, rambunctious percussion and wild-eyed ululations, an enormous blast of shocking pink bouncing off the walls and shooting up toward the sun. It’s absolute happiness, a drill boring straight down into the human id and recording everything it finds. You could call it no wave if it wasn’t so bright-eyed and bursting with joy. Old-time noiseniks embraced chaos as a weapon, but Ponytail are more interested in hugging than haranguing. The guitars prick like apostrophes, skipping across the top of songs; the drums are hollow and throbbing, tribal rhythms from some Martian colony. So it’s a pleasant surprise that, in person, the group’s four members are irrepressibly cheery, chatty and — above all else — down-to-earth. Vocalist Molly Siegel — a leaping, shrieking cipher on stage — is as giddy and talkative as a teenager. Guitarist Dustin Wong is all smiles and patient explanations, and all four of them seem genuinely touched and stunned that an interviewer would buy them dinner (at one point, Siegel asked if it was ok that she ordered an iced tea). If to hear them is to develop a crush, to meet them is to fall head-over-heels in love. – EMusic

With:
Cex || Listen
Club Underground DJs

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8pm / $10 / 18+

Friday 05.15.09: SPACE ISLAND presents TIPPER / RD / JUPIT3R / KETHER & MORE @ echoplex

SPACE ISLAND
Presents

TIPPER
Tipper Music

RD
Designed Disorder

JUPIT3R
Space Island / The Do Lab

KETHER
Space Island

ART GALLERY WITH FEATURED ARTIST:

1028 Designs

Hans Haveron

John Park

Rajiv Jain

Muck

Live Painting by CARLOS VERA

Live Painting by HANS HAVERON

Live Painting by JOHN PARK

Art Gallery curated by Karim So

Sexy Stilt Walkers by STILT CIRCUS

@ Echoplex
1154 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026

FMI: http://www.spaceisland.org

9pm / $25 / 21+

Saturday 05.16.09: HANG THE DJS with BLACK STROBE / REBOTINI @ echoplex

Black Strobe || Watch

Black Strobe fuses together traces of acid house techno, death disco, and industrial, with their distinct sound. The duo recorded several tracks that appeared on numerous compilations and released a succession of succesfull 12″ singles on the Output, Crostown Rebels, and Kitsuné with the massive hit Italian Firefiles. They have also remixed some of the most revered artists of the indie electronic movement, including Tiefschwarz, The Rapture, Bloc Party and Alter Ego, and have also lent their remixing skills to synth pop juggernauts Depeche Mode and EBM pioneers Nitzer Ebb. In 2007 The band realease Burn your own church produced by Paul Epworth best known for his work with Bloc Party, Maxïmo Park and The Futureheads. Now the Band is working on a new album.

with:
Arnaud Rebotini || Listen

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

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9pm / $12 / 18+

Saturday 05.16.09: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Sunday 05.17.09: Grand Ole Echo with DAVE GLEASON / JASON HEATH & THE GREEDY SOULS / THE DECEIVERS / WATER TOWER STRING BAND @ echo

Dave Gleason || Listen
Jason Heath & The Greedy Souls
The Deceivers

On The Back Porch:
Water Tower String Band

5:00pm / FREE / All Ages

Sunday 05.17.09: PART TIME PUNKS – FACTORY RECORDS NIGHT @ echo

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

FACTORY RECORDS NIGHT

FMI:
Part Time Punks on Myspace

10pm / $5 / 18+

Monday 05.18.09: Monday Night Residency – JULIETTE COMMAGERE / ROBERT FRANCIS / CECI BASTIDA / RADEMACHER @ echo

Juliette Commagere

Lately I’ve been so knocked out hearing these great and gorgeous pop tunes created and performed by the lovely Juliette Commagère. You might know her as the Keytar-slinging, charismatic front woman for the adventurous indie-rock band Hello Stranger, which she formed with drummer Joaquin Cooder; or you might have heard her singing and playing on recent endeavors by Avenged Sevenfold and Puscifer. That varied batch of interests hints as to the unclichéd gifts of the multitalented Commagère, which are given a fuller flowering on her new solo album, Queens Die Proudly (Aeronaut Records). A vividly orchestrated pop-art project veering from the wistful and elegiac to the epic and otherwordly, Queens is like a No. 1 chart-topper from another dimension, where remarkably memorable songs are given evocative musical twists via her classically designed song structures and sensual ’70s synth stylings. On her recent cross-country residency stints, Commagère has assembled local orchestras (via Craigslist!) of strings and horns, which brings a radiant gleam to her superb material. – LA Weekly

With
Robert Francis
Ceci Bastida || Listen
Rademacher

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Tuesday 05.19.09: Tuesday Night Residency – AVI BUFFALO / SHILOE / BOBB BRUNO / DJ sets by VOSOTROS @ echo

Avi Buffalo || Watch

Buffalo, whose real name “is really long, with a hyphen,” he says, is a preternaturally gifted guitarist who crafts swoon-worthy folk-rock full of nooks and crannies, exposed nerves and shimmering soundscapes — think an incipient Neil Young, or a low-fi Mercury Rev, or a lovingly shambolic Wilco. Joined by bandmates Sheridan Riley and Rebecca Coleman (who also attend Millikan High) and Arin Fazio, Buffalo has a growing cadre of Eastside fans and, to no one’s surprise, some interest from record labels. – Buzz Bands

with:
Shiloe || Listen
Bobb Bruno
DJ Sets By Vosotros

8:30pm / FREE for 21+, $7 for under 21 / All Ages

Wednesday 05.20.09: DUB CLUB @ echoplex

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

9pm / $5 / 21+

Thursday 05.21.09: F Yeah Fest & Echo present BLK JKS / HECUBA / HALLOWEEN SWIM TEAM @ echo

Blk Jks || Listen || Watch

The muggy swatches of layered, synthetic distortion, pounding afrobeat drums, generic promiscuity, and the low, sultry timbre of Linda Buthelezi’s oft-multilayered voice most obviously call to mind TV On The Radio, but not the worthy or the awkward or the am-I-honestly-enjoying-this?-TVOTR. Nope, though it’s pretty hard to shake the comparison; it’s the fun of ‘Dancing Choose’ or ‘Wolf Like Me’ that comes to mind when contemplating EP lead track ‘Lakeside’, a deep swirl of processed moaning and frenetic percussion punctuated every so often with a joyous, chaotic eruption of whistles and chants, in turn collapsing in a searing shred of ebullient guitar.

Similar thrills abound from the near six-minute title track, which slowly hauls its way from a vaguely funked up soup of distortion, goes just a wee bit rubbish for 30 seconds as Buthelezi mutters some truisms about life being, y’know, mysterious, before unexpectedly picking up a breathtaking head of steam and haring off over the horizon, the singer leaving English behind as he screeches and moans through an improbable number of octaves, weaving through the glowing tangle of supercharged, Zep-ish guitar.

It’s idea after idea after idea, and though TVOTR comparisons are as inevitable as they are fair, billing BLK JKS as the Brooklynite’s more giddy cousins is perhaps a little off the mark: better to say both bands tap into the same ultra-distinct vein of murky sonic magic. It’s taken them the best part of a decade to get to the point of releasing a single EP, but if there’s any justice in the world, 2009 should be the year the floodgates burst right open. – Drowned in Sound

with:
Hecuba || Listen
Halloween Swim Team || Listen

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8pm / $10 / 18+

Thursday 05.21.09: SMOG + DROID present APPLEBLIM @ echoplex

SMOG + DROID PRESENT

APPLEBLIM
SKULL DISCO, APPLE PIPS, TEMPA, BRISTOL UK

Bristol UK based APPLEBLIM made a name for himself working with Shackelton on their Skull Disco label. An innovator in the dubstep-techno hybrid sound, he has joined the alumni of the Dubstep All Stars mix cd series and recorded a major podcast for ResidentAdvisor. This past year he started his own Apple Pips label featuring music of Martyn, Peverlist, and Ramadanman to name a few. We welcome him on his first visit to LA for a unique night of dubstep and techno.

with:
HYPERACTIVE
4TRACK, CONTACT, CHICAGO

DRUMCELL
DROID BEHAVIOR, LA

PAWN
SMOG, LA

HOSTED BY: KEMST
VISUALS BY: MEKANIX

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

10pm / $10 / 21+

Friday 05.22.09: OH NO OH MY / DJANGO JAMES @ echo

Oh No Oh My || Listen || Watch

Gone are the apostrophes from the shout of surprise that doubles as a band name for, Oh No Oh My. With it the perversely eccentric pop of Between the Devil and the Sea – an EP actually recorded long before its 2007 release date. On Dmitrij Dmitrij, the multi-instrumentalists adapt to a more polished, accessible sound. It’s still essentially quirky indie pop, but the edges and lines are cleaner and neater. With Between the Devil, Oh No Oh My kept company with basement recording acts such as The Mountain Goats (albeit with less folk and more spunk). On Dmitrij Dmitrij, there’s sure to be a wider appeal.

Dmitrij Dmitrij is nearly college radio ready with an indie rock opener, “Wham Bam Thank You Spaceman,” slightly reminiscent of The Killers. What sounds like ghostly, vibrato keyboard chicanery keeps things interesting on the song. I have to hand it to Oh No Oh My that even with an easier sound nothing is completely straightforward. By the second track, “The Boy with an Anchor,” Oh No Oh My is swimming in the indie pop pool along such acts as The Magic Numbers and I’m From Barcelona. “The Boy” is as catchy as anything available on the record shelf. – Blog Critics

with:
Django James

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7pm / $10 / 18+

Friday 05.22.09: the boulet brothers present MISS KITTY’S PARLOUR @ echoplex

with live stage shows, burlesque, gogo boys and girls, and performances featuring a crew of the most infamous djs, dancers, performance artists, freaks and burlesque divas in town

@ Echoplex
1154 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026
Enter Through the Alley!

Valet Available, Cheap Drinks before 10:30pm!

10pm / FREE Before 10:30PM, $10 After / 21+

Friday 05.22.09: Echo & Club Underground present FREELAND (live) / DJ ALEX METRIC @ echo

Freeland (live) || Listen || Watch

Adam Freeland is the grammy nominated DJ/Producer most often hailed for the fusion of breakbeat and electro, and who owns and runs Marine Parade Records in the UK. With his 1996 Coastal Breaks album, he was heralded as championing a new sound, nu skool breaks. Today he is one of the most respected DJs and producers in the industry and has remixed some of the biggest names in music including Marilyn Manson, The Prodigy, The Doors, Fujiya & Miyaki and many others.

with:
Alex Metric

Plus Club Underground djs spinning Britpop * electro * indie* garage

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9:30pm / $10 advance, $13 day of show / 18+

Saturday 05.23.09: THE DEARS / GREAT NORTHERN / EULOGIES @ echoplex

The Dears || Listen || MP3

They’ve stripped back their epic indie in favour of ethereal rock, and the result is as complex and beautiful as you’d expect from Montreal’s grand miserablists. Awash with choral harmonies, classic riffs, brass and strings, the melodies are sweeping and indulgent, the tight rhythms stretched to snapping point. The Dears have never sounded so vulnerable – especially in Lights Off, a Radioheadesque, insomnia-riddled lullaby – nor Lightburn less like a Canadian Damon Albarn. Instead, his voice is raw with unshed tears and unsullied love. Vengeful in the shoegazer-hued Disclaimer, he twists Yanchak’s aloof despair into tangible desperation on Crisis 1 & 2 and plays the redemptive sinner against an angelic children’s choir on the 11-minute opus, Saviour. – The Guardian UK

with:
Great Northern || Listen
Eulogies || Listen

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

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8:30pm / $15 / all ages

Saturday 05.23.09: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Sunday 05.24.09: PART TIME PUNKS – SMITHS/MORRISSEY NIGHT @ echo

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

Smiths/Morrissey Night! Come help Celebrate Morrissey’s 50th Birthday!

FMI:
Part Time Punks on Myspace

10pm / $5 / 18+

Monday 05.25.09: Monday Night Residency – JULIETTE COMMAGERE / CHAPIN SISTERS / JOGGER / LANDY @ echo

Juliette Commagere

Lately I’ve been so knocked out hearing these great and gorgeous pop tunes created and performed by the lovely Juliette Commagère. You might know her as the Keytar-slinging, charismatic front woman for the adventurous indie-rock band Hello Stranger, which she formed with drummer Joaquin Cooder; or you might have heard her singing and playing on recent endeavors by Avenged Sevenfold and Puscifer. That varied batch of interests hints as to the unclichéd gifts of the multitalented Commagère, which are given a fuller flowering on her new solo album, Queens Die Proudly (Aeronaut Records). A vividly orchestrated pop-art project veering from the wistful and elegiac to the epic and otherwordly, Queens is like a No. 1 chart-topper from another dimension, where remarkably memorable songs are given evocative musical twists via her classically designed song structures and sensual ’70s synth stylings. On her recent cross-country residency stints, Commagère has assembled local orchestras (via Craigslist!) of strings and horns, which brings a radiant gleam to her superb material. – LA Weekly

With
Chapin Sisters || Listen
Jogger
Landy || Listen

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Tuesday 05.26.09: Tuesday Night Residency – AVI BUFFALO / GREATER CALIFORNIA / DIVISADERO / THE REPORTER WHO BECAME KING / DJ Sets by LA RECORD @ echo

Avi Buffalo || Watch

Buffalo, whose real name “is really long, with a hyphen,” he says, is a preternaturally gifted guitarist who crafts swoon-worthy folk-rock full of nooks and crannies, exposed nerves and shimmering soundscapes — think an incipient Neil Young, or a low-fi Mercury Rev, or a lovingly shambolic Wilco. Joined by bandmates Sheridan Riley and Rebecca Coleman (who also attend Millikan High) and Arin Fazio, Buffalo has a growing cadre of Eastside fans and, to no one’s surprise, some interest from record labels. – Buzz Bands

with:
Greater California
Divisadero || Listen
The Reporter Who Became King
DJ Sets By LA RECORD

8:30pm / FREE for 21+, $7 for under 21 / All ages

Wednesday 05.27.09: JENS LEKMAN / TIG NOTARO @ echo

Jens Lekman || Listen

Whenever you get the chance to see Jens Lekman perform live, do not pass it up. It’s not that he doesn’t play often, because he’s been pretty much touring on and off since he released 2007′s Night Falls Over Kortedala. But he’s one of the most charming and charismatic performers out there, and his songs are pretty wonderful, too, for that matter.

Lekman is doing another round of shows on the West Coast, so if you happen to be on our side of the country, you won’t want to miss out. – Treble

with:
Tig Notaro || Watch

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8pm / $15 / All Ages

Wednesday 05.27.09: DUB CLUB @ echoplex

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

9pm / $5 / 21+

Thursday 05.28.09: BUST Magazine and Comedy is the New Black present – LOL 2 @ echoplex

BUST Magazine and Comedy is the New Black present:LOL 2

Some of the funniest female comedians who you’ve seen on Comedy Central,The Late Show,MTV,VH1, as well as the funniest almost- famous up and coming female stars of tomorrow!

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

7:30pm / $10 / 18+

Thursday 05.28.09: JENS LEKMAN / TIG NOTARO @ echo

Jens Lekman || Listen

Whenever you get the chance to see Jens Lekman perform live, do not pass it up. It’s not that he doesn’t play often, because he’s been pretty much touring on and off since he released 2007′s Night Falls Over Kortedala. But he’s one of the most charming and charismatic performers out there, and his songs are pretty wonderful, too, for that matter.

Lekman is doing another round of shows on the West Coast, so if you happen to be on our side of the country, you won’t want to miss out. – Treble

with:
Tig Notaro || Watch

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8pm / $15 / All Ages

Friday 05.29.09: KING KHAN AND THE SHRINES / MARK SULTAN / WOUNDED LION @ echo

King Khan & The Shrines || Watch

Most people didn’t hear about King Khan and the Shrines until last year, when What Is?!, their most recent LP for German label Hazelwood, seared the band’s combustible combo– Stax plus Nuggets plus hiss-covered indie-rock screwiness– onto listeners’ collective noggins. It was as if they were the Dirtbombs on simultaneous James Brown and Sun Ra kicks, or Black Lips with less of the Vice-ready comedy and more underlying pathos. Now signed to Vice, King Khan and the Shrines present a few of the best tracks from What Is?!, along with some of their earlier cuts, on label debut The Supreme Genius of King Khan and the Shrines. Despite the appropriately over-the-top title, it’s not so much a Greatest Hits– What Is?! has slightly better songs overall– as a chronicle of how Khan became King.

The strongest tracks, where the band’s unhinged nostalgia meets not only squealing discord but also Khan’s stupefying jester/soul-man antics, appeared previously on What Is?!. Take nourishment from the Hammond-drenched soul food-stamps of “Welfare Bread”. Hear Khan go howling mad and a step past girl-crazy amid the sitar-like guitar and wah-wah pedals of “I Wanna Be a Girl”. The string-tying absurdity of “69 Faces of Love”, or the prickly dick jokes and “Venus in Furs” string drone of “The Ballad of Lady Godiva” are sadly absent, but the deafness-repping James Brown of “Land of the Freak”, the Stooge-ian assault of “No Regrets”, and the relatively sane red-line retro of “Outta Harm’s Way” are all present and accounted for, as they should be. – Pitchfork

With:
Mark Sultan || Listen
Wounded Lion

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8pm / $13 / 18+

Friday 05.29.09: PASSION PIT / HARLEM SHAKES / CALE PARKS @ echoplex

Passion Pit

The boys of Passion Pit are Boston’s hottest up and coming dance-party darlings. The five began as one when Michael Angelakos decided to record some songs as a present for his girlfriend. Since talent doesn’t go unnoticed for long, Passion Pit went from being a Valentines Day present to opening for Death Cab For Cutie in a matter of months. Fans of Death Cab and the Postal Service might notice a similarity between Angelakos’ and Ben Gibbard’s vocal styles. The six song EP features light, airy synths grounded in subtle new wave and pop grooves. “Better Things” and “Sleepyhead” burst with fluttering synths, upbeat majors, and funky samples that have Passion Pit gaining comparisons to groups like The Go! Team. Since these two songs are recent additions to the upcoming reissue, they just might hint at what to expect more of on Passion Pit’s full length, which is slated for early 2009. – Urb

With:
Harlem Shakes || Listen
Cale Parks

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

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8:30pm / $13 advance, $15 day of show / 18+

Friday 05.29.09: CLUB UNDERGROUND @ echo

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

FMI: ClubUnderground.net

11pm / $5 if 21+, $7 under 21 / 18+

Saturday 05.30.09: KING KHAN AND THE SHRINES / MARK SULTAN / WOUNDED LION @ echo

King Khan & The Shrines || Watch

Most people didn’t hear about King Khan and the Shrines until last year, when What Is?!, their most recent LP for German label Hazelwood, seared the band’s combustible combo– Stax plus Nuggets plus hiss-covered indie-rock screwiness– onto listeners’ collective noggins. It was as if they were the Dirtbombs on simultaneous James Brown and Sun Ra kicks, or Black Lips with less of the Vice-ready comedy and more underlying pathos. Now signed to Vice, King Khan and the Shrines present a few of the best tracks from What Is?!, along with some of their earlier cuts, on label debut The Supreme Genius of King Khan and the Shrines. Despite the appropriately over-the-top title, it’s not so much a Greatest Hits– What Is?! has slightly better songs overall– as a chronicle of how Khan became King.

The strongest tracks, where the band’s unhinged nostalgia meets not only squealing discord but also Khan’s stupefying jester/soul-man antics, appeared previously on What Is?!. Take nourishment from the Hammond-drenched soul food-stamps of “Welfare Bread”. Hear Khan go howling mad and a step past girl-crazy amid the sitar-like guitar and wah-wah pedals of “I Wanna Be a Girl”. The string-tying absurdity of “69 Faces of Love”, or the prickly dick jokes and “Venus in Furs” string drone of “The Ballad of Lady Godiva” are sadly absent, but the deafness-repping James Brown of “Land of the Freak”, the Stooge-ian assault of “No Regrets”, and the relatively sane red-line retro of “Outta Harm’s Way” are all present and accounted for, as they should be. – Pitchfork

With:
Mark Sultan || Listen
Wounded Lion

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7pm / $13 / All Ages

Saturday 05.30.09: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Sunday 05.31.09: KIDROCKERS presents LANGHORNE SLIM / ONE TRICK PONY @ echo (day show)

with:
Langhorne Slim
One Trick Pony || Listen

KiDROCKERS is a concert series that began in January 2007. These All Ages shows are designed to bring families together to experience some of the most engaging and vital artists in indie music and comedy. Artists perform original (not specifically made for children) songs in a manner that is both authentic and kid-friendly. Past artists include Tad Kubler (and members of the Hold Steady), Matthew and Ira of Nada Surf, Ra Ra Riot, Langhorne Slim, The Jealous Girlfriends, Harlem Shakes, Rogue Wave, The Subjects, Looker, Bishop Allen, The Spinto Band, Locksley, Phonograph, Palomar, Pela, Los Campesinos!, Chris Baron and LEVY.

Hosted by Seth Herzog & Matt Dwyer

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Ages 3-13 recommended. Adults must be accompanied by a kid and vice versa.

1pm- 2:30pm / $9 in advance $12 at the door / All Ages

Sunday 05.31.09: Grand Ole Echo with DAVID SERBY (CD Release Party) / THE BELIEVERS / KILLING CASSANOVA / TIPPY CANOE @ echo

David Serby || Listen
The Believers || Listen
Killing Cassanova

Back Porch:
Tippy Canoe

5:00pm / FREE / All Ages

Sunday 05.31.09: F Yeah Fest & The Echo present PROPAGANDHI / BRIDGE AND TUNNEL / GHOSTLIMB @ echoplex

Propagandhi || Listen

Like Fugazi, Challenger and Bad Religion, Winnipeg’s Propagandhi specialize in lightspeed punk that happily wears its bleeding heart on its sleeve. Since 1990, they have churned out a steady stream of righteous noise, culminating in this ferocious fifth full-length. Not bad for a deafening band of vegan headbangers. If you’re a skateboarder, mosh pitter or just an individual looking to let off some serious steam, this is the disc for you. “Dear Coach’s Corner” kicks off with a sample of hockey pundits before careening with abandon into some of the heaviest thrash heard this millennium so far. The title track is a runaway train of simply kinetic drumming and Black Flag–like shrieks from founders Jord Samolesky (drums) and Chris Hannah (vocals), while stunning stomps such as “Night Matters” and “Potemkin City Limits” threaten to unspool into sonic carnage at any moment. Things slow down only on closer “Last Will and Testament,” but only long enough for an untitled hidden track that freaks out with aplomb. There is never a dull moment on the refreshing headache of “Supporting Caste,” and that is a good thing. – Metromix

with:
Bridge and Tunnel
Ghostlimb

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

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7:00pm / $16 advance, $18 day of show / All Ages

Sunday 05.31.09: PART TIME PUNKS with HALLO! GALLO! / PHAROHS @ echo

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

Krautrock Nite With:
Hallo! Gallo! (Neu Tribute by Upsilon Acrux members)
Pharohs (Surfin’ Sammy’s new band with Alejandro from Languis/Dublab!)

FMI:
Part Time Punks on Myspace

10pm / $5 / 18+