Thursday 07.15.10: TEEN INC / THE SAMPS @ Echo

Teen Inc

Walking into Eagle Rock’s Showcave recently to see the first-ever performance of Teen Inc. was a little like being in the audience during that scene in Back to the Future when Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly riffs on Chuck Berry’s guitar stylings. I wasn’t sure exactly what I was hearing: There were hints of something familiar, plaintive vocals reminiscent of Prince, with traces of pop, funk, R&B and club-esque Balearic beats layered with the production styles of a D’Angelo or Dam-Funk. But one thing was clear: The heartfelt, complex sound is completely cutting edge. To date, the still unsigned quartet—fronted by brothers Andrew and Daniel Aged, both former studio musicians for Raphael Saadiq, Steve Miller, Cee-Lo and Pharrell Williams—has only a two-song EP, Fountains/Friend of the Night, which they produced, mixed and recorded themselves. With a full-length album in the works, it’s a lock that their current limited output is a temporary condition. – LA Times Magazine

with:
The Samps

9:30pm / $5 / 18+

Thursday 07.15.10: Threadless West Coast Social with special guest DJ GREG DULLI (of The Twilight Singers) @ echo

Threadless West Coast Social

featuring special guest DJ
Greg Dulli of The Twilight Singers

RSVP at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=105036706215945

7:30pm / FREE / 18+

Friday 07.16.10: TRANNYSHACK LA @ echoplex

Back at our fabulous LA venue, Echoplex for our summer edition!

With performances by:
Lady Bear
Squeaky Blonde
Rhea Litre
Hoku Mama
Fade-dra
Raya Light
Ethel Merman
Monistat
Shenana Iggins
Phyllis Navidad
and your hostess Heklina!

Special guest Kembra Pfahler (Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black)

DJ’s Hotne$$a & David Banjela

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

9pm / $10 / 21+

Saturday 07.17.10: BOOTIE LA with DJ SHYBOY / DJ PAUL V. / RAID @ echoplex

BOOTIE LA
LA’s bimonthly mashup bootleg dance party

Special guest:
DJ SHYBOY

Resident Bootie DJ:
DJ PAUL V.

Resident dance crew:
R.A.I.D. (Random Acts of Irreverent Dance)

Bootie LA presents the return of LA’s own DJ Shyboy, whose specialty is mixing and mashing multiple genres, from rock to electronica, hip-hop to folk, and everything in-between. His adventurous sense of style has led him to work as a remixer for artists such as Beyoncé, Whitney Houston, Craig David, and Donna Summer.

Bootie LA’s resident DJ Paul V. holds it down on the decks, spinning all your favorite (and soon-to-be favorite) mashups throughout the night, while resident dance crew R.A.I.D. (Random Acts of Irreverent Dance) will be working the Echoplex stage with their trademark gold-suits and go-go dance moves.

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 regular parties in several cities on four continents. Mixing and matching every conceivable musical genre, era, and style into one big dance party where everyone feels welcome, Bootie’s DJs keep your brain guessing and body dancing with creative song combinations, celebrating – and satirizing – the many different forms of music. Bootie provides the soundtrack for the A.D.D. generation, with free mashup CDs will be given away like candy!

FREE Bootie CDs to the first 100 people through the door!

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

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

Sunday 07.25.10: THE SPITS / NO BUNNY / AUDACITY @ echo

The Spits || Listen || Watch

The Spits build their two-minutes-or-less tunes out of some pretty grimy spare parts—lurching puck-rock progressions, barking staccato vocals, and tinny guitar and keyboard sounds that trap a lot of white noise—and the Seattle band’s been known to wear such accessories as ski masks and flowing white robes onstage. The resulting bursts of static are full of hyper hooks, and the lo-fi finish actually helps to conduct the catchiness rather than smother it. The Spits have channeled this pleasingly raw collision of new-wave and punk-pop into a run of self-titled albums, the fourth of which was released earlier this year. – AV Club

with:
No Bunny
Audacity

6pm / $12 / All ages

Monday 11.01.10: THE APPLES IN STEREO @ echoplex

THE APPLES IN STEREO || Listen || Watch

Studio-obsessed indie rockers The Apples in stereo are celebrating the start of a new decade with the release of their seventh studio album, Travellers in Space and Time, their most hi-fi and hook-laden production to date. Described by frontman Robert Schneider as ‘retro-futuristic super-pop,’ the album is the official follow-up to 2007′s New Magnetic Wonder, and the band’s second studio release for Elijah Wood’s Simian Records. The album will be released on April 20 via Yep Roc/Simian/Elephant 6.

Travellers contains sixteen piano-driven tracks, bubbling over with vocoder harmonies and sci-fi sound effects, like 70′s AM radio filtered through a UFO; including the robotic first single ‘Dance Floor’, the four-on-the-floor dream-scape ‘Hey Elevator’, the Hall and Oates-tinged ‘Told You Once’, and the epic, yearning ‘Dream About The Future,’ among many instant hits. The musical theme heard in these songs is strung throughout Travellers: intense pop hooks and electronic sounds, mixed with a pumping, get-up-and-moonwalk beat.

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

8pm / $13 advance, $15 day of show / All Ages

Thursday 09.09.10: CRACKER / CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN @ echoplex

Cracker || Listen || Watch

Cracker, the group that veritably introduced brash irreverence and irony into alt-rock, are back and in top form on their 429 Records debut, Sunrise In The Land Of Milk And Honey.

This rich new trove of sharp-witted songs showcases a bristling, late 70’s – early 80’s power pop punk aesthetic which hits as hard as it did at the band’s formation 17 years ago. Eight albums (one platinum and three gold) and a barrel full of anthemic hit songs later, Cracker endures, using their ability to weave decades of influences into an album that is seamlessly riveting.

In Sunrise…, long-time partners David Lowery and Johnny Hickman, 12-year Cracker drummer Frank Funaro and bassist Sal Maida (since 2006), train a watchful eye on the current socio-musical landscape as they weave an eerie yet strangely soothing story of escapism, apocalypse and renewal. Friends John Doe, Patterson Hood and Adam Duritz (whose mega-band Counting Crows was once produced by Lowery) make spirited guest appearances. The recording was helmed by Athens, GA-based producer/engineer David Barbe, a longtime friend of Lowery who has manned consoles for the likes of Son Volt and the alt-Southern rock band Drive-By Truckers.

The explosive title track that wraps the 11-song collection is thematic, belying its seemingly cheery title to take a tough-edged look at the precarious times we live in. Ever the observant storyteller, Lowery calls it like he sees it: the affluence and wealth America seemed to have these past decades was built on a mirage. The sun shines a harsh light on a landscape of decay. The golden age, the promised land, the land of milk and honey, never materialized.

with:
Camper Van Beethoven || Listen

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

8pm / $18 advance, $20 day of show / 18+

Tuesday 08.17.10: Aquarium Drunkard Presents COTTON JONES / THE PARSON RED HEADS / ROADSIDE GRAVES @ echo

Cotton Jones || MP3

“Glorylight And Christie” is the first single off Cotton Jones upcoming LP, Tall Hours In The Glowstream. While always a commendable tunesmith, under the Cotton Jones moniker Michael Nau has truly grown into his craft. Aesthetically, he’s found himself. Nau’s brand of dreamy Americana, while firmly rooted in the 21st century, is surrounding by ghosts, fever dreams…past lives. Look for it August 24th via Suicide Squeeze. – Aquarium Drunkard

with:
The Parson Red Heads || Listen
Roadside Graves || Listen

8:30pm / $8 advance, $10 day of show / 18+

Thursday 07.08.10: JACKSHIT / LYNDA KAY / STONE DARLING @ echo

JACKSHIT || Listen

Ninety miles south of Bakersfield is a small town called Cochtotan. It’s no different than any other small town; people worry about their jobs, send their kids to school and occasionally marry their cousins. On the weekends, they want to put their troubles behind them and cut loose with a couple of long necked bottles of amber intoxicant. But, Cochtotan’s luckier than a lot of cities in that regard, as three of their native sons have been providing the townsfolk with the kind of good rockin’ soundtrack that has them humming long after they’ve left the bar and are being put into protective custody. This powerful trio of string bendin’, skin poundin’ musicians have spent years polishing their chops playing six sets a night at the Tufted Nighthatch Tavern and Bird Sanctuary. And now, finally, they are ready to share their secret with the world. That’s right, folks, the pride of Cochtotan is ready to spread its high test hillybilly gospel from coast to coast. Get ready, America. Get ready for Jack Shit.

with:
Lynda Kay
Stone Darling

Click to buy tickets online!

8pm / $10 advance, $12 day of show / All Ages

Sunday 10.10.10: Echo & Filter present TOM TOM CLUB / PAUL RYDER @ echoplex

TOM TOM CLUB || Watch

In 1981, during a break from their band Talking Heads, Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth recorded the first Tom Tom Club record down in Nassau, Bahamas. Creating a funky hybrid of dance, soul and reggae with a completely different sound from Talking Heads, it was their first gold album. The first single from that album, “Wordy Rappinghood,” was an international smash. The second single, “Genius Of Love,” was one of the very first hip hop hits and has been recorded and sampled by more than fifty different artists from Grand Master Flash to P Diddy, and Mariah Carey. Tom Tom Club has recorded six albums. The band has always been made up of great friends and family. Tina and Chris were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2002.

with:
PAUL RYDER

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

8pm / $20 advance, $23 day of show / 18+

Saturday 07.03.10: BOOTIE LA with DJ AXEL / DJ PAUL V. / RAID @ echoplex

BOOTIE LA
LA’s bimonthly mashup bootleg dance party

4th of July Weekend Party!

Special guest:
DJ AXEL

Resident Bootie DJ:
DJ PAUL V.

Resident dance crew:
R.A.I.D. (Random Acts of Irreverent Dance)

For its special 4th of July Weekend Party, Bootie LA presents the return of DJ Axel. While playing with live breakbeat and drum & bass bands in London and San Francisco, Axel picked up the art of DJing, and after moving to Los Angeles, released a 15-track mashup album called “Breakin’ The Law.” The album is available in over 100 stores and recently went “street platinum,” defined by Billboard as sales of over 10,000 units of an unlicensed mixtape. Axel’s original songs and remixes have appeared in films and soundtracks such as “17 Again” and “Two Lovers.”

Bootie LA’s resident DJ Paul V. holds it down on the decks, spinning all your favorite (and soon-to-be favorite) mashups throughout the night, while resident dance crew R.A.I.D. (Random Acts of Irreverent Dance) will be working the Echoplex stage with their trademark gold-suits and go-go dance moves.

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 regular parties in several cities on four continents. Mixing and matching every conceivable musical genre, era, and style into one big dance party where everyone feels welcome, Bootie’s DJs keep your brain guessing and body dancing with creative song combinations, celebrating – and satirizing – the many different forms of music. Bootie provides the soundtrack for the A.D.D. generation, with free mashup CDs will be given away like candy!

FREE Bootie CDs to the first 100 people through the door!

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

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

Saturday 08.14.10: HERCULES AND LOVE AFFAIR / TEEN INC / DJ PAUL V. @ echoplex

HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR || Listen

1978 was a pivotal year in the evolution of dance music. Saturday Night Fever had hijacked disco from the gay, black and Latino underground scene and turned it into a strutting global pop phenomenon spurring DJs like Frankie Knuckles in Chicago and Larry Levan in New York to push the expansive, electronic dreams of Gorgio Moroder (I Feel Love) and Walter Gibbons (Ten Percent) towards what would eventually become House and Garage.

1978 was also the year that Andy Butler was born. Exactly 30 years later, with a little help from his vocalist friends Antony (of Antony and the Johnsons), Kim Ann Foxman and Nomi, Andy is reviving the spirit of real disco and the house sounds it spawned with enough passion and finesse to ignite both the underground and the pop world all over again.

In its name, sound and romantic, heroic spirit, Hercules And Love Affair is the result of Andy’s dedication to the Classics: both the myths and legends of Ancient Greece and Rome that captured his imagination as a child, and the timeless club tracks that soundtracked the euphoria and delirium of his adolescence and adult life.

with:
TEEN INC
DJ PAUL V.

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

9pm / $18 advance, $20 day of show / 18+

Thursday 07.22.10: DOWN AND DERBY ROLLER DISCO @ echoplex

The Los Angeles event is set apart from Down and Derby parties in other cities by its authentic 70s feel. The resident DJs don’t just spin popular tunes for which the era has become known—they reach into the depths of 70s music to bring partiers the obscure hits that may not be recognizable by most, but are truly indicative of the culture and lifestyle of the era.

Down and Derby, is a retro-inspired roller-skating party created and designed to give attendees a unique nightlife experience. The interactive throwback events combine décor reminiscent of a 70s roller disco with attendees participating through wearing fashion attire evocative of the era. DJs known for pushing the limits of mixing and music production are procured, adding vibrant energy to the event with both underground and popular mixes.

The entry fee is $5 with RSVP, $10 at the door and quad skates of every size will be available to rent for another $5. Guests are welcome to bring their own roller skates to the event.

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

RSVP at www.downandderby.org

9pm / $5 with RSVP, $10 at the door / 21+

Saturday 07.24.10: SATURDAYS OFF THE 405 with BOMBA ESTEREO / CLOROFILA @ The Getty

Bomba Estéreo

Straight out of Bogota’s exhilarating underground electronic music scene, Bomba Estéreo brings an explosive dance fusion of hip-hop and dub to the Getty. Afro Colombian cumbia and champeta rhythms are deftly layered under surf guitar, keyboards, and bass beats, while singer Liliana Saumet’s fierce dance hall vocals lend fire to the fresh coastal sounds.

Also performing: Jorge Verdín is Clorofila, of the acclaimed Nortec Collective, who collides banda and cumbia with drum machines and electronica in an ecstatic, tropical Nortec (“norteño” + “techno”) style.

Enjoy outdoor music and evening views of the city and drink in the refreshing summer exhibitions in a casual and spontaneous atmosphere. The evenings feature performances by your soon-to-be favorite bands, along with DJ sets to open and close the night.

Plus, don’t miss the free Spotlight After Dark tours in the galleries. Join in a provocative 20-minute exploration and discussion of art with a Getty Museum educator. Tours depart at 6:00 and 7:00pm.

A cash bar serves Getty-tinis and more, and the Garden Terrace Cafe offers sandwiches, salads, and other nibbles (both until 8:30pm).

Getty Center Courtyard
1200 Getty Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90049

6pm / FREE / all ages

Saturday 07.10.10: SATURDAYS OFF THE 405 with DAWES @ The Getty

Dawes || Listen

Dawes is a folk-rock rookie true to its Cali roots with music in vintage Laurel Canyon style: full of twangy melodies, dusty singalong, and ripping lead guitar. Fusing intimate introspection with bursting optimism, the band has won fans on the road with standout lyrics and evocative indie-folk harmonies.

Also performing: L.A.’s best music blogger, Justin Gage of Aquarium Drunkard, spins an eclectic set that bridges the gap between indie, folk, country, New Orleans funk, r&b, soul, and vintage garage.

Enjoy outdoor music and evening views of the city and drink in the refreshing summer exhibitions in a casual and spontaneous atmosphere. The evenings feature performances by your soon-to-be favorite bands, along with DJ sets to open and close the night.

Plus, don’t miss the free Spotlight After Dark tours in the galleries. Join in a provocative 20-minute exploration and discussion of art with a Getty Museum educator. Tours depart at 6:00 and 7:00pm.

A cash bar serves Getty-tinis and more, and the Garden Terrace Cafe offers sandwiches, salads, and other nibbles (both until 8:30pm).

Getty Center Courtyard
1200 Getty Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90049

6pm / FREE / all ages

Tuesday 07.13.10: SMOG SESSIONS with MRK1 / JUAN BASSHEAD / EMU / KEMST @ echo

MRK1
Virus Syndicate / Contagious – Manchester UK

JUAN BASSHEAD
Basshead Music, Miami

EMU
Smog, LA

KEMST
Smog, LA

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Funktion1 Sound by Funkworks

For More Info:
WWW.SMOGLA.COM

RSVP at:
http://app.championsound.com/1440/events/smog-sessions-w-mrk1

10pm / $5 with RSVP or $10 without / 21+

Wednesday 08.25.10: DUB CLUB @ echoplex & echo

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

Spinning the best in classic reggae, dub and dancehall

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

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

Wednesday 08.18.10: DUB CLUB with THE DUB CLUB DJS / CHICANO BATMAN / DJ RON MILLER @ echoplex & echo

in the Echoplex : the Dub Club DJs spinning the best in reggae music

in the Echo : live performance from Chicano Batman
plus DJ Ron Miller

Spinning the best in classic reggae, dub and dancehall

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

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

Wednesday 08.11.10: DUB CLUB with DUB CLUB DJS / VIERNES 13 / THE HASHISHANS @ echoplex & echo

in the Echoplex :
the Dub Club DJs spinning the best in reggae music

in the Echo :
live performances from
Viernes 13
The Hashishans
free before 10pm, $5 after

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

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

Wednesday 08.04.10: DUB CLUB with DUB CLUB DJS / CONCEPTO TAMBOR @ echoplex & echo

in the Echoplex : the Dub Club DJs spinning the best in reggae music
in the Echo : live performance from Concepto Tambor

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

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

Friday 08.27.10: CLUB UNDERGROUND with LITTLE ONES / DOWNTOWN/UNION / KISSING TIGERS @ echo

Little Ones || Listen
Downtown/Union
Kissing Tigers

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

FMI: Club Underground on Facebook

8:30pm / $8 / 18+

Friday 08.20.10: CLUB UNDERGROUND with MNDR / CHAIN GANG OF 1974 / KISSES (DJ set) @ echo

MNDR || Listen || MP3

Brooklyn’s Amanda Warner makes dynamic electro-pop under the moniker MNDR, and she’s been building buzz with her project while also working with folks like Mark Ronson. “I Go Away”, a major highlight from the her debut EP, E.P.E., is filled with distinctive synths that melt all over a spare, echoing drum beat like a candy house left out in the hot sun. It’s a serious slow-dance pop confection, but Warner keeps a clear head lyrically. “I Go Away” initially sounds like a post-relationship-fallout slow burner, as she asks, “How did I get here/ Without feeling anything”. Soon, though, you realize that she isn’t calming down– she’s getting pumped up. “This is my anthem/ I know it like I know everything”, Warner softly declares, as if she’s getting ready to step out in front of the curtain, before letting out titular squeaks during a chorus that favorably evokes Santigold as the track builds to its cathartic peak. – Pitchfork

with:
CHAIN GANG OF 1974 || Listen
KISSES (DJ SET)

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

FMI: Club Underground on Facebook

9pm / $8 Advance, $10 day of show / 18+

Friday 08.13.10: CLUB UNDERGROUND with TORCHES IN TREES / GO WEST YOUNG MAN / WATERLASO @ echo

Torches In Trees
Any band that plays a guerrilla gig in Chinatown after being told they were too young to play at the venue they had been booked at, is an instant favorite in our book. The surreal combination of beautiful music, rent a cops on bikes and LAPD’s finest searching frantically for the power outlet, while suprised shoppers and wanderers looked/cheered them on one night in Chinatown square, is something one cant easily forget. One of our favorite gigs of the year.” -Club Underground
“The talented multi-instrumentalists manages to produce sounds that blend together to create what can be described as the musical equivalent of a drug injected directly to your brain as sound waves through those aural receptors we call ears. -Radio 23

Go West Young Man
“Melody merchant Damin Suarez (ex-the Fictions) has crafted an homage to classic pop that pushes the same buttons as the likes of Elvis Costello, Ben Folds and a host of ’60s and ’70s hitmakers who used horns and harmonies to sweeten their piano arrangements. Whether guitar- or keyboard-based, Suarez’s tunes are as memorable as anything contemporaries such as the 88 or the Little Ones have made, and GWYM’s frisky rhythms punctuate the bite in his lyrics. In an era so many artists feel compelled to deconstruct pop to make it interesting, Suarez has built himself a castle. Recommended.” – K. Bronson, Buzzbands

Waterlaso
A band that is somewhere in between happy sweet pop sunshine and tender sadness. –ectomag.com

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

FMI: Club Underground on Facebook

9pm / $7 before 10.30pm, $5 After / 18+

Friday 08.06.10: CLUB UNDERGROUND vs. CLUB ZIZEK (Buenos Aires) @ echo

Club Underground

vs.

Club ZIZEK

Zizek is a new club from Buenos Aires, Argentina dedicated to the emerging sounds of Hip Hop, Dancehall, Reggaetón, Cumbia, Bastard Pop, Mashups, and more.

From the beginning, Zizek has been a club where genres clash and cross over, making you dance, while still providing fresh and innovative sounds rarely heard before.

“I suggest you go see Zizek is you are ever in Buenos Aires on a Wednesday Night, It’s a Movement!” -Diplo

“Mixing cumbia melodies with way out electro sounds and samples artists, [Zizek] is bringing the new sound of Argentina to the world.” -Sxsw.com

“The most daring DJs and musicians create a digital alchemy, fusing cumbia, reggaetón, zamba, chacarera and carnavalito with dancehall and hip hop to create nights of endless dancing.” -La Razón

8:30pm / $10advance, $12 day of show / 18+

Friday 07.30.10: CLUB UNDERGROUND with THE ANSWERING MACHINE / ATLANTIC LINE / LA GHOST @ echo

THE ANSWERING MACHINE

Manchester’s The Answering Machine have been playing together for around three years and get compared a lot to Los Campesinos! but owe more than a little to The Strokes and Maximo Park as well. Though if you’re read their blog, frontman Martin Colough is clearly into more obscure indie like The Radio Dept. and ’80s cult act The Brilliant Corners. One of my favorites the year. – Brooklyn Vegan

The Answering Machine contain enough manic energy and enthusiasm to fly you to the moon. – B.B.C.

ATLANTIC LINE
LA GHOST

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

FMI: Club Underground on Facebook

9pm / $8 / 18+

Friday 07.23.10: CLUB UNDERGROUND presents JARED DREAMS OF FAR OUT THINGS / JOHN CARPENTER / KISSES (DJ SET) @ echo

Jared Dreams of Far Out Things
John Carpenter
Kisses (DJ SET)

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

FMI: Club Underground on Facebook

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

Tuesday 11.16.10: LEGENDARY PINK DOTS @ echoplex

Legendary Pink Dots || Listen

Few bands polarize listeners quite like the Dots and they are secretly delighted about this. Love ‘em or hate ‘em, ignoring them or remaining indifferent is just not an option. Critics will accuse them of being a bunch of terminal hippies spouting nonsense and nothing to do with rock ‘n’ roll at all, and perhaps they have a point. Even so, singer Edward Ka-Spel’s lyrics
do seem to have an uncanny knack of foreseeing future events in vivid and sometimes uncomfortable combinations of images. The music moves in tandem, peculiar, enthusiastic and extremely psychedelic.

And as for rock ‘n’ roll… what is it by now anyway? You may dance to the Pink Dots if you choose. The melodies will stick in your head and there are moments when their sound is as “industrial” as raining tanks on Detroit, as gentle as
whispering leaves on Venus….

The following is young and old, male and female and borderless in a World seemingly obsessed with frontiers. The Pink Dots are coming to liberate you with color. No escapism, no religion. They come as they are, and so should you.

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

Click to buy tickets!

8:30pm / $18 advance, $20 day of show / 18+

Monday 07.26.10: Monday Night Residency – MISSISSIPPI MAN / THE PITY PARTY / FIM / PIZZA! @ echoplex

Mississippi Man || Watch

“…the music takes us somewhere else all together with its blend of vocal harmonies, nicely balanced guitars, keys, big-beat influence, and spot-on song structure” – LA Record

“This group’s hooky pop and roots tunes are unleashed with unbounding energy and a wealth of creative twists and turns” -PURGe

“Dylan and Young with bigger balls and more wattage” – The Deli Magazine

“American infused… earnest folk-pop” – Buzzbands LA

“The band’s live sound references the past while simultaneously looking to the future” – SPIN Earth

“Mississippi Man deliver a fresh and original album that deserves multiple listens” – Performer Magazine

with:
The Pity Party || Listen
FIM
PIZZA!

8:30pm / Free for 21+, $7 under / 18+

Monday 07.19.10: Monday Night Residency – MISSISSIPPI MAN / BIG WHUP / BUDDY / WIRES IN THE WALLS @ echo

Mississippi Man || Watch

“…the music takes us somewhere else all together with its blend of vocal harmonies, nicely balanced guitars, keys, big-beat influence, and spot-on song structure” – LA Record

“This group’s hooky pop and roots tunes are unleashed with unbounding energy and a wealth of creative twists and turns” -PURGe

“Dylan and Young with bigger balls and more wattage” – The Deli Magazine

“American infused… earnest folk-pop” – Buzzbands LA

“The band’s live sound references the past while simultaneously looking to the future” – SPIN Earth

“Mississippi Man deliver a fresh and original album that deserves multiple listens” – Performer Magazine

with:
Big Whup || Listen
Buddy
Wires in The Walls

8:30pm / Free for 21+, $7 under / 18+

Saturday 08.28.10: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 08.21.10: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 08.14.10: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 08.07.10: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Sunday 08.29.10: PART TIME PUNKS with BATWINGS CATWINGS + DADFAG + PHONES @ echo

BATWINGS CATWINGS
DADFAG
PHONES

resident dj Michael Stock spinning mutant disco * Postpunk * indiepop

FMI: Part Time Punks on Myspace

10pm / $5 / 18+

Sunday 08.22.10: PART TIME PUNKS – THE CURE NITE with guest DJ Lol Tolhurst @ echo

Guest DJ Lol Tolhurst

resident dj Michael Stock spinning mutant disco * Postpunk * indiepop

FMI: Part Time Punks on Myspace

10pm / $5 / 18+

Sunday 08.15.10: PART TIME PUNKS with SWAHILI BLONDE + BLACK FLAMINGO @ echo

SWAHILI BLONDE
BLACK FLAMINGO

resident dj Michael Stock spinning Post-Punk, DIY & White Dub

FMI: Part Time Punks on Myspace

10pm / $5 / 18+

Sunday 08.08.10: PART TIME PUNKS with W.A.C.O. + THY SQUID + NO HABLO @ echo

W.A.C.O.
THY SQUID
NO HABLO

resident dj Michael Stock spinning mutant disco * Postpunk * indiepop

FMI: Part Time Punks on Myspace

10pm / $5 / 18+

Sunday 08.01.10: PART TIME PUNKS with ZOLA JESUS @ echo

ZOLA JESUS || Listen

There’s plenty of non-urban college girls with slightly hip parents, girls who felt “weird” in high-school and embraced the costumes of goth, the bleakness of Joy Division and the rants of Nietzsche, automatically declaring “French and philosophy” as majors upon arriving on campus. What makes Nika Danilova stand out from her absynthetic cohort is that she talked her parents into opera singing lessons early on and used those skills to record a really interesting lo-fi album (The Spoils) a couple of years ago as Zola Jesus. The indierati loved it and so Danilova has now graduated to proper studios (the recent Stridulum EP) and touring a mesmerizing stage act, invoking the ghosts of Lydia Lunch, Diamanda Galas and even a little Grace Slick. Those who wish Gaga was actually weird and We Are the World a little less drum-circley should find much to like in La Jesus.- LA Weekly

with
FANCY SPACE PEOPLE
GARBAJ KAETZ

resident dj Michael Stock spinning Post-Punk & Dark Wave

FMI: Part Time Punks on Myspace

10pm / $10 / 18+

Saturday 07.10.10: NEW TEXTURE with JOSH ALAN FRIEDMAN / CHRIS D / WYATT DOYLE / GEORGINA SPELVIN / REV. RAYMOND BRANCH @ echo

Los Angeles-based collective New Texture presents a rare West Coast appearance by TALES OF TIMES SQUARE author Josh Alan Friedman. Josh Alan will read from BLACK CRACKER—an autobiographical novel of his years as the lone white boy at the last segregated school in New York—culminating in a scalding acoustic set on guitar.

He’ll be joined by L.A. punk icon Chris D. (The Flesh Eaters, Divine Horsemen), presenting his collection A MINUTE TO PRAY, A SECOND TO DIE, and writer Wyatt Doyle, reading from STOP REQUESTED—a collaboration with Stanley J. Zappa set on the buses of L.A.

With a visit from the legendary Georgina Spelvin (THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT), a musical appearance by Rev. Raymond Branch (host of Inglewood’s RAINBOW GOSPEL HOUR on KTYM since 1971), Donna Lethal and many more special guests.

For more information, visit NewTextureNights.com

6pm / Free / all ages

Thursday 08.19.10: JOGGER / MATTHEWDAVID / SUN ARAW / M. GEDDES GENGRAS @ echo

Jogger

Los Angeles-based alt-pop band Jogger is the brainchild of singer-songwriting duo Amir Yaghmai and Jonathan Larroquette. Their ambitious debut album, This Great Pressure, couples soft, synthesized timbre and throttling DJ Shadow-esque breaks with bright-eyed alternative/indie rock flair. Sharing vocal duties, Yaghmai and Laroquette’s whispery phrasing better resemble the calm, reticent delivery of Samuel Beam, the one-man band behind Iron and Wine. The bold album opener “Napping Captain” feels unfettered and serves as a brilliant example of what a collaboration between folk-rockers Crosby, Stills & Nash and the Chemical Brothers might sound like, while “Falling” sees the pair merge quaint, wobbly, whirring synths with a sleepy guitar-driven backdrop—the culmination of the two seem reminiscent of Radiohead’s spacious-sounding opus “Worrywort”. The mesmerizing live recording of the subterranean-like closer “Superman” fires on all cylinders, as Laroquette applies dizzyingly layered smash-down beats to Yaghmai’s cohesive, complex, and darkly-accented wah-wah guitar riffs, resulting in a musical finale that goes far beyond scope or definition. Jogger’s immediate sound on This Great Pressure is, indeed, difficult to confidently categorize, as it borrows from a number of different musical genres, but one thing’s for certain: It’s an album that many artists, years from now, will have wished they themselves had made. – Popmatters

with:
Matthewdavid
Sun Araw || Listen
M. Geddes Gengras

8:30pm / $8 advance, $10 day of show / 18+

Monday 07.12.10: Monday Night Residency- MISSISSIPPI MAN / SUPERHUMANOIDS / DAHGA BLOOM / USELESS KEYS @ echo

Mississippi Man || Watch

“…the music takes us somewhere else all together with its blend of vocal harmonies, nicely balanced guitars, keys, big-beat influence, and spot-on song structure” – LA Record

“This group’s hooky pop and roots tunes are unleashed with unbounding energy and a wealth of creative twists and turns” -PURGe

“Dylan and Young with bigger balls and more wattage” – The Deli Magazine

“American infused… earnest folk-pop” – Buzzbands LA

“The band’s live sound references the past while simultaneously looking to the future” – SPIN Earth

“Mississippi Man deliver a fresh and original album that deserves multiple listens” – Performer Magazine

with:
Superhumanoids
Dahga Bloom
Useless Keys || Listen

8:30pm / Free for 21+, $7 under / 18+

Monday 07.05.10: Monday Night Residency- MISSISSIPPI MAN / RUMSPRINGA / JEFFERTITI’S NILE / PAPA / DJ A/J Jackson (Saint Motel) @ echo

Mississippi Man || Watch

“…the music takes us somewhere else all together with its blend of vocal harmonies, nicely balanced guitars, keys, big-beat influence, and spot-on song structure” – LA Record

“This group’s hooky pop and roots tunes are unleashed with unbounding energy and a wealth of creative twists and turns” -PURGe

“Dylan and Young with bigger balls and more wattage” – The Deli Magazine

“American infused… earnest folk-pop” – Buzzbands LA

“The band’s live sound references the past while simultaneously looking to the future” – SPIN Earth

“Mississippi Man deliver a fresh and original album that deserves multiple listens” – Performer Magazine

with:
Rumspringa || Listen
Jeffertiti’s Nile || Listen
Papa
DJ A/J Jackson (Saint Motel)

8:30pm / Free for 21+, $7 under / 18+

Sunday 07.04.10: PART TIME PUNKS with MAGIC BULLETS LP RELEASE PARTY/ THE TARTANS/ HUNGRYBEAT DJs @ echo

Magic Bullets || Listen
The Tartans
Hungrybeat DJs

resident dj Michael Stock spinning mutant disco * Postpunk * indiepop

FMI: Part Time Punks on Myspace

10pm / $5 / 18+

Sunday 06.27.10: Grand Ole Echo presents DAN JANISCH/ CHRIS LATERZO & BUFFALO ROBE/ VANISH VALLEY @ echo

5pm / FREE / All Ages

Sunday 06.20.10: Grand Ole Echo presents RICK SHEA/ THE FAMOUS VOLCANOS/ KASEY ANDERSON @ echo

5pm / FREE / All Ages

Friday 07.16.10: Spaceland Productions & Kcrw present JOHN DOE & EXENE / THE LIVING SISTERS / FERRABY LIONHEART @ The Autry

John Doe & Exene

John and Exene, who took the stage in simple, black-and-white outfits, looked a little bit like the Appalachian folkies who inspire their music. Although their romance ended nearly 25 years ago, the pair retains a certain chemistry and tenderness that comes through in their patient, funny onstage banter. And, before we get into the music, there’s something else you should know about John and Exene: Their fans — from 20-somethings to 50-year-old punks — adore them. Not a moment of silence could pass without someone yelling, “We love you, Exene!” or good-naturedly joking with John.

As someone who’s devoted a lot of time to thinking about X — I just submitted a 33 1/3 proposal on Los Angeles — the performance was a chance to reflect on the way their music has evolved over the years. Although the road from punk to Americana seems long, the movements are tied together by the raucousness of rockabilly. And the space between the sex, drugs, and death that fueled LA punk and the sex-booze-death triumvirate that has driven American roots music for a century has never been that great. As it turns out, the California noir and Southern gothic aesthetics may just be kissin’ cousins.

For much of the set, John’s acoustic guitar was the only instrument accompanying their voices, as they paged through a selection of each musician’s own compositions, a handful of covers, and a sprinkling of X classics. Throughout, John and Exene kept the audience engaged. John joked about his excitement to contribute a track (“The Losing Kind”) to a Samuel L. Jackson movie and the disappointment of discovering just how bad Black Snake Moan turned out to be. As Doe put it, “Even Christina Ricci running around in her underpants couldn’t save it.” And before performing the Carter Family standard “Poor Old Heartsick Me,” they told the story of their chance meeting with June Carter, who apparently told them, “If I never sing that song again, it’ll be too soon.”

Of course, for an old X fan, the highlight of the evening was hearing two of my favorite old-school tunes, “I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts” and “In This House That I Call Home.” During the second encore (that’s right, kids — both about to turn 53 and still gracing audiences with multiple encores), a few people shouted out, “Los Angeles!”

“On an acoustic guitar? Really?” John shot back, without missing a beat. I knew he was right, but I couldn’t fault them for the request. Even on an acoustic guitar, I would’ve liked to hear it, too. – Tiny Mix Tapes

with:
The Living Sisters
Ferraby Lionheart || Listen

at The Autry Museum
4700 Western Heritage Way
Los Angeles, California, 90027

7pm / General admission= $22, Limited seated admission= $30 / All Ages

Friday 07.02.10: BEARRACUDA @ echoplex

After a FANTASTIC debut party in May, Bearracuda returns to LA for another night of fun, furry dancing! Our last party had SO many hot guys of all shapes and sizes.

We’ve received awesome feedback from our last LA event and will be adding a couple of go-go bears, beefing up the visuals and handing out some giveaway at our future events.

Returning to LA from Bearracuda Portland, we welcome back DJ SAM STORICKS. Sam played our first Bearracuda New Year’s Eve party in 2006 and has been a big part of the club ever since. He also makes guest appearances at our San Francisco & Seattle parties and will be flying down for another night of great music. http://www.djsamstoricks.com/

From Bearracuda San Francisco, we bring you the LA debut of DJ Medic! Medic is our resident DJ back in San Francisco and he fills our dance floor full of beefy guys every month. He’ll be kicking off the evening’s festivities at 9pm.

It’s all about the dancing, beard rubs and socializing at Bearracuda, but we’ve also got an extra special live performance at 10:30pm from San Francisco duo: EJECTOR! They’ll be doing a short, but very sweet 3 song set. Check out their FB fan page at:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/ejector/26614420226?ref=ts

Bearracuda is the largest attended bear dance party on the West Coast w/regular parties in San Francisco, Seattle & Portland + one-offs in New Orleans, Atlanta & Sydney. Voted “Best club for queer men” in 2008 & 2009 by the San Francisco Bay Guardian. We’ve got beards, bears, cubs, pups, chubs, beefcakes, furballs and other wildlife!

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

FMI: BEARRACUDA.COM/LA

Join the Bearracuda LA Facebook group!

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

Tuesday 06.29.10: JOHNNY O’DONNELL’S PRATFALL EFFECT / MACK WINSTON AND THE RELFECTIONS / DANTE VS ZOMBIES @ echo

Johnny O’Donnell’s Pratfall Effect || Watch

with:
Mack Winston & The Reflections || Listen
Dante vs Zombies

8:30PM / $7 / 18+

Thursday 06.24.10: Echo, Grand Ole Echo and Music Menagerie present CARLENE CARTER / DAVE ALVIN / EXENE CERVENKA / SYD STRAW / TONY GILKYSON / SEASPIN / THE DAMN SONS / DJ TRAVIS KELLER – To benefit Musicares Nashville Flood Relief Fund @ echo

Carlene Carter || Listen

With:
Dave Alvin
Exene Cervenka
Syd Straw
Tony Gilkyson
Seaspin
The Damn Sons
DJ Travis Keller

To benefit Musicares Nashville Flood Relief Fund

Nashville and its surrounding communities were unexpectedly struck by a major disaster on Saturday, May 1. Many in this music community experienced significant loss — homes, cars, equipment, and rehearsal space — ruined by the unprecedented flooding in several communities. It has been estimated that only a fraction of those who experienced significant loss have adequate flood insurance to cover their damages. MusiCares understands the effects of this disaster in a unique way. Since our inception in 1989, it has been our mission to assist music industry people facing unexpected crises. MusiCares is poised and ready to help the Nashville music community get through this crisis.

MusiCares has established the MusiCares Nashville Flood Relief Fund to assist music people affected by the Middle Tennessee Floods. MusiCares’ initial assistance will provide funds for food and clothing, gasoline and transportation, cleanup efforts, relocation costs, medicine, and other critical supplies.

7pm / $20 / 18+

Saturday 07.31.10: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 07.24.10: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 07.17.10: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 07.10.10: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 07.03.10: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Wednesdat 06.09.10: DUB CLUB @ echoplex

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

Spinning the best in classic reggae, dub and dancehall

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

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

Wednesday 06.23.10: MATMOS / SO PERCUSSION / LEXIE MOUNTAIN BOYS @ echo

MATMOS || Listen || Watch

Matmos read their biographies and re-enacted events from their lives, making songs out of the sounds of the re-enactments. They gathered objects that were important to these people, made noises with them, and built melodies out of the noises. Sometimes the songs are just a tight focus on one detail (the Wittgenstein song is just an exploded view of a single paragraph from his text “Philosophical Investigations”) and sometimes they revisit one event from their life (the King Ludwig II song re-enacts the incident in which he ordered dinner to be served to his favorite horse inside his castle’s Hall of Mirrors with disastrous results). Sometimes they depict their subject abstractly: the Darby Crash song is dark electronics made out of the sound of Drew Daniel crying out in pain getting burned by the Germs’ Don Bolles, combined with the noise of M.C. Schmidt shaving his head. The Patricia Highsmith song was made as a collaboration with her favorite animal, the snail (they aimed a laser at a light sensitive theremin, and then got snails to crawl across the path of the laser, triggering changes in the theremin’s pitch).

Voices are more prominent on this record; there are guest vocals and cameo speeches by Antony, Kalonica McQuesten, Laetitia Sonami, Maja Ratjke, Bjork, and others.

The album features Matmos’s most extremist and gutsy sound design (the sound of semen, burning flesh, and the embalmed reproductive tract of a cow are all featured) but rubbed up against the most lyrical, heart-on-sleeve music they’ve ever written (check out Antony’s voice on “Semen Song for James Bidgood” or the Kronos Quartet’s funereal strings on “Solo Buttons for Joe Meek”). French horns, tuba, strings, harp, darbuka, voice, guitar, drums and synths are chopped into tricky rhythmic patterns and melodic motifs. It’s a funkier, funnier affair than their last album, The Civil War (a hallucinatory blend of medieval English folk and 19th century Americana), but also a darker one.

with:
So Percussion
Lexie Mountain Boys

7pm / $13 advance, $15 day of show / All Ages

Thursday 07.29.10: NITE JEWEL / MEMORYHOUSE / BATHS / KISSES (DJ set) @ echoplex

Nite Jewel || Listen || Watch

It’s an El Niño year, and clots of kidney-colored rain clouds are deluging Los Angeles. A thunderclap sends Ramona Gonzalez’s cat scurrying underneath a nearby table inside the Mt. Washington aerie she shares with her husband and collaborator, Cole M. Greif-Neill. The city might have inspired a spate of warm weather-influenced art of late, but Gonzalez’s music — released under the Nite Jewel name — stands starkly apart.

Nite Jewel’s alchemy of swirling noirish vocals, refulgent analog synthesizers and funky drum samples is best heard after-hours. Often labeled disco, partly because of her association with the dance-oriented Italians Do It Better imprint, Gonzalez’s moody meditative songs bear lingering traces of Roxy Music, freestyle legends Lisa Lisa and Debbie Deb, ’90s R&B performers such as Jade and SWV and hip-hop. – LA Times

Memoryhouse
Baths
Kisses (DJ SET)

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

8:30pm / $10 adv, $12 day of show / 18+

Saturday 06.19.10: BOOTIE LA with THE FACE MELTERS- FOX & KOOL KARLO / DJ PAUL V. / R.A.I.D. @ echoplex

BOOTIE LA
LA’s bimonthly mashup bootleg dance party

From Bootie San Francisco, DJ team:
THE FACE MELTERS:
FOX
KOOL KARLO

Resident Bootie DJ:
DJ PAUL V.

Resident dance crew:
R.A.I.D. (Random Acts of Irreverent Dance)

Coming down from Bootie San Francisco, Bootie LA presents the mashup DJ duo known as The Face Melters — a.k.a. Fox and Kool Karlo. These two like-minded DJs realized they had similar styles after spinning in the same clubs for years, and their recent collaboration as the Face Melters has yielded an electrifying mix of hip-hop, house, electro, and funk. Using four turntables, they mash all of these styles together to create dance floor bliss for party-goers worldwide.

Resident DJ Paul V. also holds it down on the decks, spinning all your favorite (and soon-to-be favorite) mashups throughout the night, while resident dance crew R.A.I.D. (Random Acts of Irreverent Dance) takes over Echoplex the stage with their trademark gold-suited go-go action!

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 regular parties in several cities on four continents. Mixing and matching every conceivable musical genre, era, and style into one big dance party where everyone feels welcome, Bootie’s DJs keep your brain guessing and body dancing with creative song combinations, celebrating – and satirizing – the many different forms of music. Bootie provides the soundtrack for the A.D.D. generation, with free mashup CDs will be given away like candy!

FREE Bootie CDs to the first 100 people through the door!

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

FMI: BootieLA.com

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

Saturday 06.05.10: Hollywood Rock Academy Class of 2010 Graduation – LIVE IN CONCERT @ Echo & Echoplex

This will be our BIGGEST show in our five year history. Two huge stages running at the same time, film screenings, art gallery – and some special secret surprises!

Tickets are only $12, and are available at HRA Studio (3620 Overland Ave) and at the door day of show. DON’T MISS THIS ONE!!!!!

Featuring performances by:
THE RIDICULOUSNESS
PRIVATE WASABI
SPLIT SECONDS
TWISTED WIZARD
CHOPSTIX
BLACK ICE
BLACK DRAGON
TWINGE
OLD SCHOOL (Frayed Nerves)
CRASH HOLLYWOOD
POST MERIDIEM
GOVERNED BY THE MASSES
STOP MOTION CINEMA
SEAN EADS
ROSE FINKELSTEIN

Just added: LEARNING EYES

enter at
Echo
1822 Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026

2pm / $12 / All Ages

Thursday 07.08.10: AU REVOIR SIMONE / ALEXA WILDING / GEORGE SARAH @ echoplex

Au Revoir Simone || Listen || Watch

When it comes to decorum, Brooklyn’s Au Revoir Simone makes Judith Martin look like Don Rickles. They have three voices, three keyboards, and a drum machine in their arsenal, yet each element stands out from the gleaming propulsion with razored precision, as if the band were constantly saying, “No, after you.” They deliver inspirational-kitten-calendar platitudes that would make Whitney Houston blush with disarming directness, their plain yet dulcet voices arranged in fussy group harmony– excessive melisma being, after all, simply immodest. The band’s egalitarian and mutually supportive dynamic pays off on the harmonious Still Night, Still Light, their third and best album. It’s feather-light electro-pop that’s not to be taken lightly. – Pitchfork

with:
Alexa Wilding || Listen
George Sarah

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

8:30pm / $12 advance, $14 day of show / 18+

Wednesday 07.28.10: DUB CLUB 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY with SISTER NANCY / GENERAL TREES / TIPPA LEE / ECHODELIC SOUNDSYSTEM AND MORE @ echoplex

DUB CLUB 10th Anniversary Show!

with:
SISTER NANCY
GENERAL TREES
TIPPA LEE
and SURPRISE GUESTS

plus the Echodelic Soundsystem
DJs : Tom Chasteen, Roy Corduroy, Dungeonmaster, and Boss Harmony

and MCs Jah Faith, Ras Benji, Chicho Don plus guests

Sister Nancy is a favorite at the Dub Club and always brings the fire when she comes through. Her tune “Bam Bam” is loved by fans of all genres of music worldwide…but there’s nothing like hearing the original female dj live and direct on the mic…
General Trees will be making his first stop at the Dub Club and we can’t wait to hear his gravel voice booming out over our PA. Trees had many Jamaican hits in the 80s and he is known for his great live performances and his arsenal of lyrics…
Tippa Lee started in the music business toasting on his fathers sound system age 8 , “standing up on a beer bottle box to reach the mic”. He made his first recording at King Tubbys studio at age 12 , and later had a Jamaican No 1 hit with ‘No Trouble We” in the 80s.
And….surprise guests! Over the years at Dub Club surprise guests have included many heavy hitters , so you never know….
And as usual with Sound System style shows at the Dub Club , all the performers will be backed up by the Echodelic selectors on the turntables…

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

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

Wednesday 07.21.10: DUB CLUB with ECHODELIC SOUNDSYSTEM / MCPULLISH / EL TAMBOR / JAH FAITH / RON MILLER @ echoplex & echo

in the Echoplex – Echodelic Soundsystem with DJs Tom Chasteen , Dungeonmaster, and Roy Corduroy spinning tye best in reggae music , alongside Jah Faith and special guests on the mic

PLUS an special live dub performance from Texas based dub producer Mcpullish

“McPullish has managed to create an intriguing, original reggae sound, which truly differs from the commonly known modern roots reggae.” -Reggae Vibes Sept. 2008″

In the Echo – live Afro-Cuban sounds from El Tambor, plus special guest dj Ron Miller

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

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

Wedensday 07.14.10: DUB CLUB with ECHODELIC SOUNDSYSTEM / JAH FAITH / DJ DANNY HOLLOWAY / DJ EXPO / J1 @ echoplex & echo

In the Echoplex – Echodelic Soundsystem with DJs Tom Chasteen , Dungeonmaster, and Roy Corduroy spinning tye best in reggae music , alongside Jah Faith and special guests on the mic

In the Echo — a night called 45 Funk with DJ Danny Holloway (Dublab) , DJ Expo (Rootdown) , and live percussion from J1 ( Master Blazter)

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

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

Wednesday 07.07.10: DUB CLUB presents The Return of the General BRIGADIER JERRY @ echoplex & echo

The Return of the General
BRIGADIER JERRY
backed by Echodelic Soundsystem

plus upstairs in the Echo
DJs Dungeonmaster+Roy Corduroy bring you
“Timezone” – psychedelic global music mashup

Briggy blows the roof off the Dub Club every time he passes through. His microphone mastery and lyrical versatility are unparalleled. Don’t miss this appearance from a true sound system legend!

More influential through his live performances than his scant recordings, Brigadier Jerry was one of Jamaica’s top DJs at the dawn of the dancehall era. A brilliant lyrical improviser, Briggy — as he was affectionately known — elevated the standards for speed and fluidity in DJ chatting technique, laying the groundwork for much of what followed. Despite early dancehall’s taste for slackness, Jerry’s subject matter was almost always spiritual and cultural, though he did have a sense of humor and was an excellent battle DJ. Brigadier Jerry was born Robert Russell in Kingston on September 28, 1957. He started his career in show business by trying standup comedy in his early teens, but soon moved on to work for sound systems. He started out at the legendary U-Roy’s King SturGav Hi-Fi system in the early ’70s, and soon moved on to the Jah Love Muzik system; this latter was run by the Rastafarian sect to which he belonged, the Twelve Tribes of Israel. While with Jah Love, bootleg cassette tapes of his live performances began to circulate among DJ aficionados, resulting in packed houses wherever he played. Despite his sterling underground reputation and influential, melodic toasting style, Jerry was barely represented on record until 1982. He’d previously cut several tracks for Studio One, including “Every Man Me Brethren” and “Dance in Montreal,” and appeared on several local singles with other Twelve Tribes members. In 1982, he cut a new version of the Slim Smith riddim “Never Let Go,” which he retitled “Pain” and released on the small Jywanza label. It was a major hit, rocketing to the top of the Jamaican charts. Meanwhile, he also mentored the career of female DJ Sister Carol, and DJed for nearly every prominent sound system in Jamaica. A semi-official live album, Live at the Controls, appeared in 1983, but he didn’t record his proper debut LP until 1985. Called Jamaica Jamaica, it was the closest he came to capturing the excitement of his live gigs in the studio. Several more singles followed over the rest of the ’80s, but Jerry remained a live DJ at heart. He relocated to New York on a permanent basis in 1988, and put together a second album with 1990′s On the Road. In 1992, Jerry recorded his third proper album, Hail Him, for Tapper Zukie’s label. Another album, Freedom Street, appeared on the VP label in 1995. When U-Roy reactivated his King SturGav Hi-Fi sound system, Jerry joined up as a regular. Today, Briggy still travels to Europe and Japan touring. He recently released his fifth album entitled, “Showers of Blessings” on the Virtuous Woman label .

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

9pm / $5 before 10pm, $12 after / 21+

Wednesday 06.16.10: DUB CLUB Summer Kick Off Party with DAVID RODIGAN / DOWNBEAT THE RULER / BUYEPONGO @ echoplex & echo

Dub Club presents our summer 2010 kickoff party with 2 rooms of music!

Echoplex:
DAVID RODIGAN
DOWNBEAT THE RULER
Echodelic Soundsystem DJs

echo:
BUYEPONGO
Echodelic Soundsystem DJs

David Rodigan and Downbeat The Ruler (aka Tony Screw) are 2 of the best known reggae selectors on the planet.
Their arsenal of exclusive dubplates are legendary, as are their live sound clashes. This event however is not a clash in the proper sense, but a night of pure musical madness with the 2 DJs trading sets back and forth and vibing up the dance til the roof comes off the place! Buyepongo is one of LAs finest young bands representing the Cumbia and Vallento styles. We have been wanting to have them at the Dub Club for a while now and we know it will be a long hot night in the Echo!

enter through
Echoplex
1154 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026

9pm / $10 advance, $10 before 10pm at the door, $15 after 10pm at the door / 21+

Wednesday 06.30.10: DUB CLUB @ echoplex & echo

in the Echoplex it’s DUB CLUB with Echodelic selectors Tom Chasteen, Dungeonmaster, and Roy Corduoy spinning the best in reggae music, along Jah Faith and nuff special guests pon the mic…

upstairs in The Echo it’s BAMBOO with DJ Boss Harmony spinning Ska and Latin sounds and El Haru Kuroi performing live.

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

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

Wednesday 06.23.10: DUB CLUB @ echoplex & echo

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

Spinning the best in classic reggae, dub and dancehall

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

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

Thursday 06.17.10: DOWN AND DERBY ROLLER DISCO ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY @ echoplex

It’s hard to believe that One year ago the very first Down & Derby went off at the EchoPlex. Down & Derby has seen over 60 productions, three music festivals and now has events in more than six cities. I’m pretty sure we are responsible for a handful of regrettable decisions, and most likely, a few babies.

This months Derby is for the hundreds that fit their yoga class in, break out their spandex and get silly at our jam. And to show our appreciation here is what we have instore for you.

The first 100 attendees through the Echoplex door will receive a Down & Derby American Apparel tank-top created by Family Industries. The following 50 partygoers to arrive will receive a custom branded Down & Derby fanny pack with a can of Colt 45 inside.

Resident skate guard DJ SHR3D will be joined by Ra Ra Riot and Discovery lead singer Wes Miles, controlling the backbeat of disco-inspired party anthems.

More than 200 roller skates available to rent or bring your own. All wheels accepted, even blades.

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

RSVP at www.downandderby.org

9pm / $10 with RSVP / 18+

Saturday 06.12.10: SATURDAYS OFF THE 405 with MAYER HAWTHORNE @ The Getty

Mayer Hawthorne & the County

Mayer Hawthorne sounds like magic: a new-school soul sensation whose sweet crooning revels in retro, while break beat riffs inspired by years spinning vinyl revive the legends of Motown. Not simply a classic soul throwback, Hawthorne’s hanging-by-a-string falsetto and self-taught, multi-instrument skills mingle with hip-hop drum loops, brilliant harmonies, and heartfelt nostalgia.

Also performing: DJ Clifton, the resident dj at L.A.’s Club Underground and Funky Sole, blends a retro-rhythm-rockin smorgasboard of underground indie and funky soul.

Getty Center Courtyard
1200 Getty Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90049

6pm / FREE / all ages

Tuesday 06.08.10: SMOG SESSIONS with HEADHUNTER / PINCH / DLX / KEMST @ echo

HEADHUNTER
aka Addison Groove // tempa, swamp 81, bristol uk

PINCH
tectonic, subloaded, bristol uk

DLX
SMOG, LA

KEMST
SMOG, LA

POWERED BY MEDIACONTENDER.COM

FUNKTION1 SOUND BY FUNKWORKS

10pm / $10 / 21+

Sunday 06.20.10: PART TIME PUNKS with WARLOCKS / THE MEEK / GREEN EYES [ex-Midnight Movies & Hole] @ echo

resident dj Michael Stock spinning mutant disco * Postpunk * indiepop

FMI: Part Time Punks on Myspace

10pm / $10 / 18+

Sunday 06.13.10: PART TIME PUNKS eith THE ICARUS LINE + ACOCALIPS [aka Vice Cooler/XRXBX] + Guest DJ ROY CORDUROY @ echo

THE ICARUS LINE
ACOCALIPS [aka Vice Cooler/XRXBX]
Guest DJ ROY CORDUROY

resident dj Michael Stock spinning mutant disco * Postpunk * indiepop

FMI: Part Time Punks on Myspace

10pm / $5 / 18+

Sunday 06.27.10: PART TIME PUNKS with FUXA + LSD & THE SEARCH FOR GOD + SUKI EWERS @ echo

FUXA
LSD & THE SEARCH FOR GOD
SUKI EWERS

resident dj Michael Stock spinning mutant disco * Postpunk * indiepop

FMI: Part Time Punks on Myspace

10pm / $8 / 18+

Friday 06.04.10: FIRST FRIDAYS with PEANUT BUTTER WOLF / NEON INDIAN / THEM JEANS / CLASSIXX @ Natural History Museum

Performances in the diorama hall with Peanut Butter Wolf and Neon Indian
Since founding Stones Throw Records in 1996, San Jose-native Chris Manak (aka Peanut Butter Wolf) has found recognition as a producer with a willness to experiment and the confidence to provide Stones Throw’s artists with musical carte blanche. He has overseen the releases of Lootpack’s Soundpieces, Quasimoto’s The Unseen, Breakestra’s Live Mix, Yesterdays New Quintet’s Angles Without Edges, Madlib’s Shades of Blue, and Jaylib’s Champion Sound. In recent years PB Wolf has strayed from producing to perform as a DJ internationally.

Spin Magazine hailed Neon Indian as one of the best peformers of SXSW this year, describing the Texas-based group’s sound as ”rinky-dink synth pop that built a pastel pleasuredome out of squiggly synth lines, chintzy keyboard, brittle guitar, and a charmingly stiff beat.”

Resident DJ, Them Jeans (a.k.a. Jason Stewart) and special guest Classixx
With musical tastes spanning from hardcore punk to dancefloor-friendly hip-hop, post-rock to ambient electronic, Them Jeans never fails to deliver a set with the perfect mood for the gathering. Them Jeans is joined in the DJ lounge this month Classixx, a Los Angeles-based duo who recently performed at Coachella Music Festival.

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

FMI: Natural History Museum

5:30pm / concert + museum pass= $15, museum pass= $2-$9 / All Ages

Sunday 06.06.10: GRAND OLE ECHO with Grant Langston & The Supermodels, Rich McCulley, John Meeks (CD release party) @ echoplex

Grant Langston & The Supermodels
Rich McCulley
John Meeks (CD release party)
50 Cent Haircut

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

FMI: Grand Ole Echo on Myspace

5:00pm / FREE / All Ages

Wednesday 06.02.10: DUB CLUB presents IZZY / REBEL EMPIRE / TAZZ @ echoplex

This night will feature some of LAs best upcoming dancehall acts:
Izzy
Rebel Empire
Tazz

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

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

Saturday 06.05.10: BOOTIE LA 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY with SMASH-UP DERBY / ADRIAN & MYSTERIOUS D / DJ PAUL V. / R.A.ID. @ echoplex

BOOTIE LA 5-YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY
LA’s monthly mashup bootleg party

At 11 PM — From San Francisco, the world’s first live mashup rock band returns to LA:
SMASH-UP DERBY

Resident Bootie DJs:
ADRIAN & MYSTERIOUS D
DJ PAUL V.

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

Photo Booth by:
DrunkRockers.com

Free 20-track Bootie LA Anniversary CDs for the first 300 people!

Mash up your look! Prizes for Best Mashup Outfit!

This month, Bootie celebrates five years of mashing it up, LA-style! Since launching at The Echo back in 2005, Bootie has grown quite a bit, becoming the epicenter for mashups in Southern California. To mark its 5-Year Anniversary, at 11 PM, Bootie is proud to present the return of Smash-Up Derby, the house band at Bootie SF, and the world’s first mashup rock band. Also performing the Midnight Mashup Show will be Bootie LA’s resident gold-suited dance crew R.A.I.D. (Random Acts of Irreverent Dance).

Bootie creators Adrian & Mysterious D finally return from their world tour, where they’ve spent the past two months doing Bootie parties in Europe, Asia, and Brazil. Resident DJ Paul V. will also join them on the decks. Mash up your look for a chance to win fabulous prizes for the “Best Mashup Outfit,” and get your picture taken at the DrunkRockers.com Photo Booth. There will also be special 20-track Bootie LA Anniversary CDs for the first 300 people, featuring tracks from every guest DJ the club has featured over the past year!

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 regular parties in several cities on four continents. Mixing and matching every conceivable musical genre, era, and style into one big dance party where everyone feels welcome, Bootie’s DJs keep your brain guessing and body dancing with creative song combinations, celebrating — and satirizing — the many different forms of music. Bootie provides the soundtrack for the A.D.D. generation, with free mashup CDs will be given away like candy!

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

FMI: http://www.BootieLA.com

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

Saturday 06.12.10: DJ PAUL V. presents SPUNK @ echoplex

ON SATURDAY, JUNE 12th – LA GAY PRIDE WEEKEND -

CLUB SPUNK RETURNS TO THE ECHOPLEX!

DJ Paul V. (Dragstrip 66, Bootie LA) presents a special dance event during LA Gay Pride Weekend – an Alternative Pride Event – for those who want to ROCK their Pride on the EAST side! And it’s also a club SPIT REUNION - as DJ Tommy Rocker joins DJ Paul V. to slick up the dancefloor with indie rockin’ electro trash!
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::: PLUS LIVE ON STAGE AT 11:00 PM :::
THE G80s! (aka The Gayties)

Featuring:
Matt McLaughlin, Tommy Keene, Chris Freeman & Jim Laspesa
… Plus a couple very special surprise guests!

Ever seen a bunch of hot, rock-lovin’ homo dudes play all your fave post-punk & new wave tunes from the 80′s live? You will now!

From The Pretenders to Psychedelic Furs to The Cure to The Plimsouls, these guys jam the hits tight – like an ultimate cover band!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Gayties-G80S-the-All-Gay-Male-80s-EXPLOSION/191311048327
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:::: AND 12:30 AM HOT-ASS GIVEAWAYS! ::::

WIN tickets to see LA ROUX or EMPIRE OF THE SUN!
“Flash Your Assets” on stage & the crowd will determine the winners!
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Marky Make Up will be in the house airbrushing temporary tattoos,

and we’ll have a late-night presentation by Rasputin’s Marionettes
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:: SO WHY DO SPUNK ON GAY PRIDE WEEKEND? ::
Because so many of the alternative gay community do not feel connected to - nor interested in -  what’s offered at the Weho Pride festival. From the hideous circuit music tent, to the warm beer in cups, to the generally bland live entertainment – there’s plenty of indie gays who just totally stay away. So SPUNK is just the fix for something different!

SPUNK is a gay event, but also welcomes women & friendly heteros, too.

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

9pm / $5.00 Cover till 10:30pm, $10.00 After / 21+

Monday 06.28.10: Monday Night residency – RAINBOW ARABIA / GARY WILSON & THE BLIND DATES / TAME IMPALA / WEAVE! / FOOLS GOLD (DJ set) @ echo

Rainbow Arabia || Listen || Watch

Real-life married couple and make-believe werewolf shop-crashers Tiffany and Daniel Preston, who comprise Rainbow Arabia, are based in LA, but their music spans the spooky expanses of this over-warmed ozone-choked globe. Most prominently, Tiffany’s vocal lines tend to come oil-drenched and wailing from the Middle East, while the percussion and other tidbits of electronic mayhem rounding out the soundfield are a dark (but undeniably bouncy) who’s who of global fusion motifs.

On their second mini-album Kabukimono, the duo turn in only five new songs and a Ghosts On Tape Remix of the riotous Omar K (that of the bizarre music video) from their first EP, 2008′s The Basta. The whole thing clocks in at just over 21 minutes, but this isn’t really something to complain about. If anything, Rainbow Arabia avoid the all too enticing allure of settling into a groove and flogging it to the ground while the dancers pant from exhaustion. – MusicOMH

with;
GARY WILSON & THE BLIND DATES
Tame Impala || Listen
Weave!
DJ Set by Fool’s Gold

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Monday 06.21.10: Monday Night Residency – RAINBOW ARABIA / ABE VIGODA / ASKA / DEMO TEAM / DJ ORO11 @ echo

Rainbow Arabia || Listen || Watch

Real-life married couple and make-believe werewolf shop-crashers Tiffany and Daniel Preston, who comprise Rainbow Arabia, are based in LA, but their music spans the spooky expanses of this over-warmed ozone-choked globe. Most prominently, Tiffany’s vocal lines tend to come oil-drenched and wailing from the Middle East, while the percussion and other tidbits of electronic mayhem rounding out the soundfield are a dark (but undeniably bouncy) who’s who of global fusion motifs.

On their second mini-album Kabukimono, the duo turn in only five new songs and a Ghosts On Tape Remix of the riotous Omar K (that of the bizarre music video) from their first EP, 2008′s The Basta. The whole thing clocks in at just over 21 minutes, but this isn’t really something to complain about. If anything, Rainbow Arabia avoid the all too enticing allure of settling into a groove and flogging it to the ground while the dancers pant from exhaustion. – MusicOMH

with:
Abe Vigoda
Aska
Demo Team
DJ ORO11

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Monday 06.14.10: Monday Night Residency – RAINBOW ARABIA / FORMER GHOSTS / 60 WATT KID / AFGHAN RAIDERS / DJ DAVID J. / DJ RIGHTEOUS TRASH @ echo

Rainbow Arabia || Listen || Watch

Real-life married couple and make-believe werewolf shop-crashers Tiffany and Daniel Preston, who comprise Rainbow Arabia, are based in LA, but their music spans the spooky expanses of this over-warmed ozone-choked globe. Most prominently, Tiffany’s vocal lines tend to come oil-drenched and wailing from the Middle East, while the percussion and other tidbits of electronic mayhem rounding out the soundfield are a dark (but undeniably bouncy) who’s who of global fusion motifs.

On their second mini-album Kabukimono, the duo turn in only five new songs and a Ghosts On Tape Remix of the riotous Omar K (that of the bizarre music video) from their first EP, 2008′s The Basta. The whole thing clocks in at just over 21 minutes, but this isn’t really something to complain about. If anything, Rainbow Arabia avoid the all too enticing allure of settling into a groove and flogging it to the ground while the dancers pant from exhaustion. – MusicOMH

with:
Former Ghosts || Listen
60 Watt Kid || Listen
Afghan Raiders || Listen

plus
DJ set by David J. (Bauhaus, Love and Rockets, Jazz Butcher)
DJ Righteous Trash

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Monday 06.07.10: Monday Night Residency – RAINBOW ARABIA / SECRET CIRCUIT / JAPANTHER / PIZZA! / DJ DAVID ORLANDO @ echo

Rainbow Arabia || Listen || Watch

Real-life married couple and make-believe werewolf shop-crashers Tiffany and Daniel Preston, who comprise Rainbow Arabia, are based in LA, but their music spans the spooky expanses of this over-warmed ozone-choked globe. Most prominently, Tiffany’s vocal lines tend to come oil-drenched and wailing from the Middle East, while the percussion and other tidbits of electronic mayhem rounding out the soundfield are a dark (but undeniably bouncy) who’s who of global fusion motifs.

On their second mini-album Kabukimono, the duo turn in only five new songs and a Ghosts On Tape Remix of the riotous Omar K (that of the bizarre music video) from their first EP, 2008′s The Basta. The whole thing clocks in at just over 21 minutes, but this isn’t really something to complain about. If anything, Rainbow Arabia avoid the all too enticing allure of settling into a groove and flogging it to the ground while the dancers pant from exhaustion. – MusicOMH

with:
Secret Circuit
Japanther
PIZZA!

plus DJ:
David Orlando

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Friday 06.04.10: TILT with CLASS ACTRESS / NEON INDIAN (DJ Set) / CFCF / LEXICONDON / SHORT CIRCUIT / B.R. @ echoplex

TILT Summer Concert Series by TILTmag.com
in association with Binary & Blowup LA
Present

Class Actress
(NYC / Terrible Records)

Neon Indian DJ Set
(NYC / Green Label Sound)

Los Angeles DEBUT!
CFCF
(Montreal Canada / Paper Bag/Acephale Records)

LexiconDon
(L.A. / Binary )

Resident DJ’s:
Short Circuit (Binary)
B.R.

Live Art by Demonbabies

Photobooth By http://www.Youngandsleek.com/

@ THE ECHOPLEX
1154 Glendale Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA

FMI: TILTmag.com

8:30pm / $10 advance, $15 day of show / 18+

Tuesday 06.01.10: PROP 15 Benefit with JEREMY DAWSON FROM SHINY TOY GUNS (DJ Set) / WHITE APPLE TREE / BUDDY AKAI @ echo

Jeremy Dawson from Shiny Toy Guns (DJ Set)
White Apple Tree
Buddy Akai

This show is brought to you by the Yes on Proposition 15 campaign. Prop 15 will change the way we finance election campaigns so politicians stay focused on the job we sent them to do. Plus, it’ll help open up the political process so more young people can run for and win elected office. Help make sure this happens! Get involved in the campaign at www.yesfairelections.org.

8:30pm / $8 Advance, $10 day of show / 18+

Friday 06.11.10: Footlong_Development & Keistar Productions Present SOUL SLAM VI – PRINCE & MICHAEL JACKSON @ echoplex

Footlong_Development & Keistar Productions Present

SOUL SLAM VI: PRINCE & MICHAEL JACKSON

Celebrating The Life & Legacy Of Our Greatest Icon!
THE KING OF POP!
MICHAEL JACKSON (1958-2009 R.I.P)
&
Honoring Our Most Prolific & Influential Artist
PRINCE

This event centers around the honoring of two of the most eclectic and innovative artists to date, Michael Jackson and Prince! From the inception of this concept back in 1999 the response for SOUL SLAM has been enormous. DJ Spinna sets the tone of this event as he lays down track after track from both MJ’s and Princes extensive music catalogues along with tracks of their cohorts, i.e.; Jermaine Jackson, Vanity, Janet, Sheila E., J5, The Time etc. Soul Slam returns to LA this June!

Last years visit to LA brought out 1100+ people….That night’s event filled with LA’s top taste makers, fashionistas and music fans hit capacity in an hour and a half of the doors opening.

What: A dedication to Michael Jackson & His Royal Clan and Prince & His Disciple. Featuring one of New York’s finest, DJ Spinna. Also, opening set by LA’s own MonaLisa. This is a world-wide event that originated in New York and has reached San Francisco, Japan, Los Angeles & Europe.

DJ SPINNA:
Regarded as one of the most versatile and talented producers/DJ’s/Remixers in today’s musical arena. With so much studio work, it’s a marvel Spinna travels as much as he does. The constant globe-trotting performances he’s become equally famed for having brought the DJ as far as Iceland, Australia, and South Africa as well as countless jaunts through England, Europe and the U.S. Not to forget, his hugely successful tours of Japan, where Spinna is held in the highest regard throughout the country for his craft in music. He has produced numerous tracks and remixes for notable artists such as Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, De La Soul, Mos Def, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Pharoahe Monch, George Michael and many more.

MonaLisa:
Monalisa Murray has been an independent grassroots promoter of quality music and events across the country for the last 20 years. She supported various DJs and musicians in the Los Angeles area before taking her love of music to the tables. She is a member of the KPL All Stars DJ crew and has previously shared bills with DJs such as Spinderella, Garth Trinidad, Vikter Duplaix, Al Jackson, Jeremy Sole, Dam-Funk, Kiilu, Mr. Choc, Babu, Rhettmatic, Coleman, Gomez Warren and Lisa J.

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

9pm / $11 advance, $15 at the door / 21+

Saturday 06.19.10: Echo and Middle Earth Records present THE BLASTERS / BOB FORREST / LYNDA KAY @ echo (EARLY SHOW)

The Blasters || Listen

The Blasters embody the best traditions of American Music, performing with passion and integrity that for over three decades has won the hearts and souls of fans worldwide. Composed of founding members vocalist-guitarist Phil Alvin, drummer Bill Bateman and bassist John Bazz with Keith Wyatt on guitar, they carry on a hard-won legacy as one of the most recognizable and credible bands in American Music. Their influences range from the likes of George Jones and Carl Perkins to Ike Turner, Howlin’ Wolf, James Brown and Big Joe Turner, all blending into a sound that ignores the lines between Rock & Roll, Country, Blues and Rockabilly. “4-11-44″ (Rainman Records) is the Blasters’ fifth and latest studio album, featuring fourteen tracks that extend the band’s legacy of classic recordings. Fronted by Phil Alvin’s powerful vocals, the band follows through with spontaneity, power and grit that make their live performances into experiences not to be missed.

with:
Bob Forrest
Lynda Kay

5:30pm / $12 advance, $14 day of show / all ages

Thursday 06.03.10: FREE KUTMAH BENEFIT CONCERT with DAM-FUNK / DAEDELUS / GASLAMP KILLER / SAMIYAM / TEEBS / ABCNT / MAYER HAWTHORNE (DJ SET) / SPECIAL GUESTS @ echoplex

FREE KUTMAH BENEFIT CONCERT
With Performances by
DAM-FUNK
DAEDELUS
THE GASLAMP KILLER
SAMIYAM
TEEBS
ABCNT
MAYER HAWTHORNE (DJ set)

and VERY SPECIAL GUESTS

plus LIVE SCREEN PRINTING BY HIT+RUN

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

8pm / $20.00 / 18+

Thursday 06.17.10: Sargent House Presents VATO NEGRO (Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta) / SKINWALKER (Gabe Serbian and Joey Karam of The Locust) / UNFACT (David WM. Sims of The Jesus Lizard) / TECHNOLOGY (Chris Tsagakis of RX Bandits) @ echo

Vato Negro (Juan Alderete of The Mars Volta) || Listen

VATO NEGRO is the downtime alter-ego of bassist Juan Alderete of THE MARS VOLTA. Formed in 1999, the band issued its debut album, Bumpers, on N20 Records in 2008. The project has evolved through several incarnations since, with the current 3-piece lineup featuring guitarist/keyboardist Omar Rodriguez Lopez (THE MARS VOLTA) and drummer Deantoni Parks (KUDU, JOHN CALE, MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO) in its ranks. A formidable powerhouse of machine-like intensity, VATO NEGRO specializes in rhythm-driven instrumental rock within the realm of peers such as Chemical Brothers, Lightning Bolt, and A Band Of Gypsies. A second, as-yet-untitled album is slated for release on Sargent House Records in 2010 featuring this lineup.

with:
Skinwalker (Gabe Serbian and Joey Karam of The Locust)
Unfact (David WM. Sims of The Jesus Lizard)
Technology (Chris Tsagakis of RX Bandits)

8:30pm / $8 advance, $10 day of show / all ages

Saturday 06.26.10: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 06.19.10: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 06.12.10: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 06.05.10: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Friday 06.18.10: FREESTYLE FELLOWSHIP with Aceyalone, Myka 9, Self Jupiter, P.E.A.C.E. & DJ Kiilu Grand / BUSDRIVER / NOCANDO @ echoplex

FREESTYLE FELLOWSHIP
featuring:
Aceyalone
Myka 9
Self Jupiter
P.E.A.C.E.
DJ Kiilu Grand

Freestyle Fellowship are a rap group from Los Angeles consisting of rappers Aceyalone, Myka 9, P.E.A.C.E., Self Jupiter and producer J Sumbi. Their vocal techniques focusing on the method of the freestyle, as well as a successful infusion of hip hop and jazz, established the group as forerunners in the sub-genre of jazz rap, and also placed them amongst prominent West Coast underground hip hop acts of the early 1990s like Hieroglyphics, Abstract Rude & Tribe Unique, and The Pharcyde. They are part of a hip hop collective known as Project Blowed.

The group was formed at the Good Life Café in Los Angeles during the early 90s. Myka Nyne stated in an interview that he grew up with Aceyalone and Self Jupiter and knew them since elementary school, and he met P.E.A.C.E. in 10th grade. Before the Fellowship, Aceyalone, Spoon (of) Iodine, and Myka Nyne were in a group called the MC Aces in high school.

After releasing the album To Whom It May Concern… in 1991, the Fellowship became known in tape-trading circles, identified by their range in rhyming, at times bordering on Jazz scat, and Afrocentric messages over jazz inspired beat production. Their 1993 release Innercity Griots is acknowledged by many to be among the best hip hop albums of the 90s.

In 1993, the group went on hiatus due to the four year incarceration of Self Jupiter. After his release, the Fellowship reunited to record Shockadoom in 1998 (released 2002). Temptations was released in 2001.

plus:
Busdriver
Nocando

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

9pm / $15 advance, $17 day of show / 18+

Friday 06.25.10: CLUB UNDERGROUND with BIXBY KNOLLS / NORTHERN SKY @ echo

This week all the way from Los Angeles, THE BIXBY KNOLLS

“A blistering blend of British northern grit with a prevailing nod to great Western Americana.
The aural pleasures of Arthur Lee and Love with Joy Division, The Clash with The Beach Boys, The Smiths and Oasis with Link Wray can be heard throughout these tracks” – THE PACIFIC PRESS

Also on the bill and landing by helicopter at the bank building across the street- NORTHERN SKY “Derived from the ashes of Kinshire Way, Ashbury, Scenic, Bullet for Dali and Lucid Sound to form an all-star cast, meet NorthernSky.
Norhtern sky features members that have shared the stage with such acts as The Walkmen, VHS or Beta, John Cale of The Velvet Underground and Ia