Tuesday 06.01.10: THE MOTH GRANDSLAM VI @ echoplex

The Moth presents the GrandSLAM, a battle of wits and words – fierce, hilarious, heartbreaking and all points between. Featuring the winners of the past 10 StorySLAMS.

The Moth is dedicated to finding intriguing people to tell inspired stories. At The Moth StorySLAMs, those people find us. On this night, using words as weapons, they word- it-out to determine The Moth’s NY GrandSLAM Story Champion. No notes, no scripts – just pure, old-fashioned, unadulterated storytelling. Fun, fast, furious.

Hosted by Brian Finkelstein

Music by
Alex Burke on the Vibraphone

@ The Echoplex
1154 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026

LIMITED SEATING — ARRIVE EARLY STANDING ROOM TICKETS WILL BE SOLD AT THE DOOR

Doors at 7pm, Show at 8pm / $17 / 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+

Wednesday 06.02.10: KCRW, BMI and Filter present SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS / SISTER CRAYON / VOICESVOICES @ echo

School of Seven Bells || Listen || Watch

Turn off your mind, relax, and float downstream, kids: experimental dream-pop group School of Seven Bells is releasing the follow-up to 2008′s collection of transcontinental trance-jams, Alpinisms (TMT Review). The new album, Disconnect from Desire, is set for a July 13 release on Vagrant/Ghostly International (and Full Time Hobby in Europe). And just in case you’re into such kooky things as laying down all thoughts, surrendering to voids, listening to the color of your dreams, etc., this swirly twirly brainchild of former Secret Machines and On!Air!Library! members will also be playing two shows at Mercury Lounge in their hometown of New York City on June 9 and 10 before heading out into the, you know, Summer Tour Void or whatever. Cosmic. Plastic soul, man, plastic soul.

The album was produced by band member Benjamin Curtis in the band’s home studio and mixed by Jack Joseph Puig at Ocean Way in Los Angeles. “From the start, we knew we wanted to make a record that connected on more of a direct and personal level than we ever had before,” Curtis said. “It’s a complete account of our lives this past year, and it’s crazy how taking an honest look at yourself can tell you the most about the world around you.” – Tiny Mix Tapes

with:
VoicesVoices
Sister Crayon

8:30pm / $14 advance, $16 day of show / 18+

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+

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 06.03.10: BORN RUFFIANS / YOUNG RIVAL / RANDOM PATTERNS @ echo

Born Ruffians || Listen || Watch

Say It, the second full-length from Toronto trio Born Ruffians, comes out June 1, and while it’s still chilly in many parts of the continent right now, the album’s first single, “What to Say,” is a welcome flash forward to summertime — listen to an exclusive stream below.

With a twinkling guitar riff from frontman Luke Lalonde and a lazy “Dock of the Bay” bassline from Mitch DeRosier, “What to Say” is an afternoon delight that laments the difficulties of communicating, especially when alcohol’s involved.

“When I woke up I’m speaking slow,” Lalonde sings. “When I get drunk I’m speaking more / Get too drunk and I don’t speak at all / Get too close to you and I don’t know / What to say.”

“‘What to Say’ is about how much and how little sense we make when we speak,” Lalonde tells SPIN.com. “It’s about the multitude of wrong words and the never-ending search for the right ones. May you choose wisely.” – Spin

with:
Young Rival || Listen
Random Patterns || Listen

8:30pm / $10 advance, $12 day of show / All Ages

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

Friday 06.04.10: Echo & Club Underground present QUADRON / EVAN VOYTAS @ echo

QUADRON

Quadron is a child that’s been made by Coco and Robin. Both were part of the soul collective “Boom Clap Bachelors” who in early 2008 secured much respect and success with their debut “Kort Før Dine Læber”. Here they began their collaboration, and Robin fell for Coco’s beautiful voice and ability to improvise with playful ease.

Even though Coco is only 21 she is already a veteran performer, and was literally born to do it. She was a key figure as the front woman in the live band for Boom clap bachelors’ band, and now she is thrilling audiences with Robin and hers own material. Robin Hannibal has a long CV, counting collaborations with Nobody Beats The Beats, Aloe Blacc, Omas Keith from SA-RA, Wally Badarou from talking heads / level 42, Erick Sermon, Plant Life, Yamwho, Buraka Som Sistema and has international super stars, like Pharrell Williams (Nerd) and James Murphy (LCD Soundsystem), declaring themselves fans of some of his other projects like “Owusu & Hannibal” and “Parallel Dance Ensemble”.

Quadrons stated goal with the debut is to give the soul scene a vitamin boost and provide an alternative to the american R’n'B that is dominating the charts. They call their music electronic soul, mixing the sound of hand-played instruments with the benefits of today’s computer-related techniques.

with:
Evan Voytas || Listen

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

FMI: Club Underground on Facebook

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

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+

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

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 06.05.10: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Sunday 06.06.10: SUBHUMANS / CROSS STITCHED EYES / A-HEADS / RAYOS X @ echo

Subhumans

Subhumans were, between 1980-85, one of the most prolific and original of the evolving UK punk scene; they were based in Warminster, Wiltshire, [SW England], and the lineup was Dick on vocals, Bruce played guitar, Phil on bass, and Trotsky on the drums. Dick had previously sung for The Mental, who released one EP and embodied the ‘cant-play-will-play’ early punk ‘anyone-can-do-it’ attitude. Bruce had been in the Stupid Humans, also based in Warminster; these two met at an Angelic Upstarts gig in 1980, and when their bands split they got together to form Subhumans.

New songs are being created slowly but surely for another studio release, and a live one will be out in February; released as part of the Live in a Dive series on Fat Wreck Chords, it was recorded April ‘03 in Corona, California during a highly packed-out USA tour, and features 26 tracks that span their entire output and captures the intensity of Subhumans live that studio recordings could only hint at. In August, Queens of the Stone Age recorded and released their version of a Subs song ‘Wake Up Screaming’, and the film director Asia Argento has asked to use Subs music in her adaptation of ‘The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things’.

with:
Cross Stitched Eyes
A-Heads
Rayos X

5pm / $12 / 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

Sunday 06.06.10: PART TIME PUNKS with SWEATERS (Single Release Party) / JARED DREAMS OF FAR OUT THINGS @ Echo

Sweaters
Jared Dreams of Far Out Things

resident dj Michael Stock spinning mutant disco * Postpunk * indiepop

FMI: Part Time Punks on Myspace

10pm / $5 / 18+

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+

Tuesday 06.08.10: KXLU presents HEALTH / BEST COAST / INDIAN JEWELRY / GOLD PANDA @ echoplex

Health || Listen || Watch

HEALTH presumably have a saying: if you do something right once, remix, remix again. They did it two years ago with HEALTH/DISCO, which included remixes of HEALTH tracks by Pictureplane, CFCF, Nosajthing, and of course Crystal Castles, whose version of “Crimewave” threatened to be more popular than HEALTH’s original for a short while. In keeping with this tradition, HEALTH have announced DISCO2, to be released June 22 on Lovepump United.

Like the previous remix album, DISCO2 collects reworkings of tracks from the studio album that preceded it (a little gem called GET COLOR [TMT Review]). Crystal Castles and a few of the same guys from HEALTH/DISCO are back for more, but there are also remixes by Javelin, Small Black, Gold Panda, Tobacco, and Salem. The album’s single and opening track, “USA BOYS,” was mixed by producer Alan Moulder (My Bloody Valentine, Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode). And the excitement just keeps coming: HEALTH are topping it off with a US tour, ending with Lollapalooza in Chicago. – Tiny Mix Tapes

with:
Best Coast
Indian Jewelry
Gold Panda

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

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

Wednesday 06.09.10: THEMSELVES / TALKDEMONIC / BATHS @ echo

Themselves || Listen || Watch

After a six-year hiatus, Themselves return on a rampage of heady rap wrung from hardworking hands. Of course, the duo of Jeffrey “Jel” Logan and Adam “Doseone” Drucker are never too far from the frontlines of good art and honest music. Last year, their Subtle sextet released its third album, the critically acclaimed and wildly adventurous ExitingARM, and a 2005 collaboration with Germany’s the Notwist yielded the cult gem 13 & God. There have been solo offerings, guest appearances, and ceaseless touring, but not peep from the name behind 2002’s left-field classic The No Music. That blessed interim has seen Doseone and Jel become the fearless musicians and exacting artists they’d always meant to be. Now, hungrier than ever, Themselves are here to scrawl a bold new chapter across rap’s too-stale tome. Furthermore, they set out to accomplish this feat unadorned, returning to hip-hop’s most cardinal and carnal form, the number two: the DJ and the MC—neck-snapping beats and precision prose—accompanied by a little righteous indignation, of course.

with:
Talkdemonic || Listen
Baths

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

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+

Thursday 06.10.10: THE SADIES / THE LOONS / SEAN WHEELER AND ZANDER SCHLOSS @ echo

The Sadies || Listen || Watch

Canadian country rockers the Sadies, led by brothers Dallas and Travis Good, have joined forces with the Jayhawks’ Gary Louris once more, on Darker Circles. Louris handled production duties last time around and now he’s back for round two, as the Good brothers and their cohorts deliver their characteristic blend of surf guitar, psychedelic rock, and turbo-twangin’ country music. This time around they’re focused more intently than ever before, so watch out for the fretboard sparks flying through the air. – Prefix

with:
The Loons
Sean Wheeler & Zander Schloss

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

Friday 06.11.10: Club Underground & Echo present DELOREAN / WAIT. THINK. FAST / TEENGIRL FANTASY @ echo

Delorean || Watch

Barcelona’s Delorean mine a territory between dance music and independent pop, producing a sound that is distinctly theirs. This is the record it took Delorean 10 years to evolve into, a fusion of dance music (including their native Spanish Balearic house) and contemporary pop music. The dance-club rhythms and airy melodies they’ve toyed with in the past are fused and textured, making for a deeply obsessive, hypnotic album that retains the easy appeal of great pop music. Looking at 30+ years of club music history with fresh eyes, Delorean have made an album that is dense and soulful. Our first listen to Subiza was exhilarating, every subsequent listen is a revelation.

with:
Wait. Think. Fast
Teengirl Fantasy

8:30pm / $10adv; $12dos / 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 06.12.10: 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

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+

Saturday 06.12.10: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Sunday 06.13.10: BETH HART / GARRISON STARR @ echoplex

Beth Hart || Listen || Watch

The first time I heard/saw Beth Hart was at an electronics show a few years ago. I was strolling down the aisle ways minding my own business and there she was, a dirty rock n’ roll chick seducing me with her hypnotic banshee songs on a big screen flanked by a towering pair if speakers. I stood there mesmerized watching this rock n’ roll dream until I was forced to move on when those at the booth changed the DVD.

I immediately sought out every CD she had produced and tracked down the live DVD she had released. I was and am enthralled by Beth Hart and her music. This photo gallery captures her moments and her dangerous beauty. You can’t capture the power and beauty of her music in photos, for that you will have to track down a CD or two. Never mind which one, they all have their merits. Get them all if you can and the must have DVD, Live at the Paradiso.

Many have compared her to Janis Joplin, and I think that is fair, but don’t be mistaken, this girl has her own identity. Someone over at Amazon described her something like this: Her creation was a collaborative work between God and Satan. They combined the best of Janis Joplin, Tina Turner, Otis Redding, and John Lee Hooker then added a bit of spice like atomic energy, several forces of nature such as hurricanes and tornadoes, the pure unapologetic sexuality of the most sensual of strippers, the humanity of mankind, and coated the whole mess with nitro glycerin, then dropped it from the sky…waiting to see what would happen. The result was Beth Hart. – Rock N Roll View

with:
Garrison Starr || Listen

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

8pm / $15 advance, $17 day of show / all ages

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+

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+

Tuesday 06.15.10: WOODSIST FESTIVAL with REAL ESTATE / WOODS / KURT VILE / ABE VIGODA / ART MUSEUMS / THE MANTLES / NODZZ / SUN ARAW / ALL SAINTS DAY / THE BATHS @ echoplex & echo

Real Estate
Woods
Kurt Vile
Abe Vigoda
Art Museums
The Mantles
Nodzzz
Sun Araw
All Saints Day (Katy from Vivian Girls + Greg from Cat Power)
The Baths

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

Click to buy tickets online

6pm / $10 advance, $12 day of show / All Ages

Wednesday 06.16.10: Spaceland Productions Presents JUNIP (Jose Gonzalez, Elias Araya,Tobias Winterkorn) / FERRABY LIONHEART @ Eagle Rock Center for The Arts

Junip || Listen

Singer-songwriter José González charmed us with his chilling, raspy voice on his 2008 album, In Our Nature. Now, González is re-teaming with his band, Junip, a group that originally formed over 10 years ago in Sweden. The band, made up of González (guitar, vocals), Elias Araya (drums) and Tobias Winterkorn (organ, moog), released a 7-inch in 2000. They also self-released an EP titled Black Refuge in 2006.

Though the trio has played together any time their schedules permitted, this year the three musicians are putting all their energy and focus into the band. They will release an EP and a full-length this year, and will also tour a good bit. Fans of González can expect similar music from Junip, albeit with a more fleshed-out sound. You can download a free MP3 on the band’s website. – Paste

with:
Ferraby Lionheart || Listen

@ Eagle Rock Center for the Arts
2225 Colorado Blvd.
Eagle Rock, CA 90041

8pm / $15 Advance, $17day of show / All Ages

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+

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

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+

Friday 06.18.10: Echo and Club Underground present PANTHA DU PRINCE / DELPHIC @ echo

Pantha Du Prince || Listen || Watch

Though he lacks the crossover name recognition of producers like the Field, Burial, and Lindstrøm, Germany’s Hendrik Weber is one of the leading figures in modern techno. As Pantha du Prince, he has up until now released two albums of meticulous, minimal-inspired house music. The last, 2007′s This Bliss, found the rare balance between ambient sweep and dancefloor bounce, and it’s only grown in stature since its release. In part because of a move from the smaller Dial Records to Rough Trade and guest spots from some indie heavyweights, his new LP, Black Noise, is being met with more excitement this time around. And with good reason: Said to be born out of a period of musical exploration in the Swiss Alps, the record is both a stylistic departure for Weber and an extension of what he already does well.

Weber is unlike most minimal techno producers in that he doesn’t look to locate one groove and ride it for the course of a track. His songs open up, unfurl, and regularly change course. With Black Noise he develops this to incorporate a wide range of sounds– field recordings, atonal noise, and stray percussion all populate the album. Above all, here he aims to reproduce sounds already in nature, and where This Bliss was airy and celestial, this record is gritty and earthbound. It’s darker, more forceful, and more chaotic. – Pitchfork

with:
Delphic || Listen

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

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+

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

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 06.19.10: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

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

5pm / FREE / All Ages

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+

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+

Tuesday 06.22.10: SEASONS / TENLONS FORT / DEATH TO ANDERS / MAGICK ORCKIDS @ echo

Seasons || Watch

Seasons have the dynamics of psychedelic rock without the grimy cloud of sonic smoke that makes all psych rock sound the same. (You don’t hear the psychedelic influence on the recordings as much as you do seeing them live.) The songwriting itself, conversely, can actually be pretty poppy at times. They have the intellectual curiosity, whimsy, and thoughtfulness of aughty indie rock in the vein of The Arcade Fire. The lead singer is animated but serious and emotional, and still intensely mysterious. There’s seven guys in the band, so the soundscape is crowded and you benefit most from their live set by shiting your ear’s perspective to individual members of the band, then back to the whole spectacular soup of sound. The mutual participation and equity between band members on stage is an enormous part of their identity.

I’ve seen them three times and never left feeling anything other than “Jesus. Whoa.” Their song “Empty Spaceships” liberates repressed feeling, and then leaves one with a an oppressive sense of comfort instead. – Classical Geek Theatre

with:
Tenlons Fort
Death to Anders
Magick Orckids

8:30pm / FREE / 18+

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

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 06.24.10: 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+

Friday 06.25.10: JOE PUG / JIM HANFT / SONNY PETE @ echo (Early Show)

Joe Pug || MP3

“While most singer/songwriters are content to warble out a few semi-clever turns of phrase, Pug’s scorching poetry and soulful, ‘every phrase could be my last’ voice will stop you cold. If you want to read the actual endorsement, touch the braille stretching up my arms. Twenty years from now, lazy journalists will compare every halfway decent songwriter to Joe Pug. Mark my words.” – Jason Killingsworth, Deputy Editor, Paste Magazine

“One of the most surprising facts about singer-songwriter Joe Pug is that he’s only 23 years old. Not only does Chicago-based singer have a beautifully mature voice, but the lyrics on Pug’s debut EP, Nation of Heat, possess wisdom seemingly beyond his age.” – NPR

“Even if the words singer-songwriter make you groan and cringe, I dare you to come to the Hideout to see Joe Pug and not develop goosebumps…His star is rising so catch him while you can.” – Time Out Chicago

“Fans of quality songwriting need to hunt down a copy of Nation of Heat.” – My Old Kentucky Blog

with:
Jim Hanft || Listen
Sonny Pete || Listen

7pm / $10 advance, $12 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 Ian Brown of the Stone Roses.” – SCULPTURE

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

FMI: Club Underground on Facebook

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

Saturday 06.26.10: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

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

5pm / FREE / All Ages

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+

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+

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+

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+