Sunday 08.01.10: SAVE THE SWIM TEAM / THE BRACES / THE SHEDS (early show) @ echo

Save The SwimTeam (10″ Release Party)

with:
The Braces
The Sheds

5pm / $7 / All Ages

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+

Monday 08.02.10: Monday Night Residency – FOL CHEN / OBI BEST / HALLOWEEN SWIM TEAM @ echo

FOL CHEN || Listen || Watch

“John Shade moves with composure and ease through arch, almost dour indie pop (”The Believers”) as well as joyous dollops of Of Montreal-inspired electro pop. The sexily deadpan “Cable TV” brings all the moods together, celebrating the joys of cheap motel rooms and Janet Jackson songs with boop-beeps, handclaps, and a wry smile.” – Spin Magazine

“In the spirit of I’m From Barcelona, Loney Dear or Boy Least Likely To, Fol Chen employs all my favorite electro-fey devices: cheesy ’80s keys, propulsive beats, sporadic strummy guitars that bounce between channels and, of course, xylophone. Beginning with understated, low-register vocals, the keeps building, layering on more instruments and even tossing in a key-change for good measure.” – Paste Magazine

“Elusive Fol Chen offers dark, whimsical debut” – NPR

with:
Obi Best
Halloween Swim Team || Listen

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Tuesday 08.03.10: IPO presents NEW MAXIMUM DONKEY / COLA-COLA / MOOSTACHE / THE ACTIVE SET / LOCH AND KEY / PUPPIES AND KITTENS / JEREMIAH STREETER @ echo

New Maximum Donkey

“New Maximumdonkey is poised and ready to make a charge at the world of music with a brand of power-pop that is all their own, fueled by a wry sense of humor and rich melodies that have you singing along by the 2nd time through the disc. ”
-Jeff Johnson, CDReviews.com

“Loud, brass and in your face, this American trio from the States offers an infectious, edgy punk-rock. NMD certainly knows how to start a party! Highlights include Good Time, the swinging 60’s pop of Radio Friendly and the energetic guitar heavy stand-out track Swing which would sound amazing live”
-Chris Anderson, Buzz Magazine

with:
COLA-COLA
Moostache
Joel Cristofer
The Active Set
Loch & Key
Puppies and Kittens
Jeremiah Streeter

7pm / $8 / 18+

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+

Thursday 08.05.10: IPO presents THE JANKS / BLACK JESUS / CASEY CURRY AND THE REMAINDERS / JOHN WICKS AND THE RECORDS / STEVE BARTON AND THE OBLIVION CLICK / THE SHEBANGS / TRUE MARGIT @ echoplex

The Janks || Watch

with:
Black Jesus
Casey Curry & The Remainders
John Wicks and The Records
Steve Barton and The Oblivion Click
The Shebangs
True Margit

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

7pm / $8

Thursday 08.05.10: SPACELAND UNDER THE STARS with SEASONS @ Pershing Square

Seasons

Highland Park’s Seasons really pile on the shimmering keyboards, fuzz-heavy guitars, saturated synths, loads of effects pedals and an occasional beating laptop, accordion or harmonica riffing in the background. Their sound is full and showy, building up to great heights then lilting low into soft, cuddly breakdowns. These guys are true sentimentalists, with their Christmas lights strewn on the stage and “I Heart Highland Park” stickers on their gear, hints of late nights listening to the Cure and the Beatles’ love songs over and over again are evident in their work.They’ve played around town a ton and made a place for themselves on several “band to watch” lists. – LA Weekly

@ Pershing Square
532 South Olive St
Los Angeles, CA 90013

FMI: Spaceland Under The Stars

7pm / FREE / all ages

Thursday 08.05.10: Proximal Records release party for “Proximity One: Narrative of a City” with BENEDEK / LAWRENCE GREY / SAHY UHNS / DAEDELUS @ echo

Proximal Records release party for “Proximity One: Narrative of a City”

Anyone holding onto the notion that the L.A. beat scene is a lil’ hometown secret probably also thinks sailboarding with baby is a good idea.

So before you go and cry foul that a greenhorn indie label, Proximal Records, has announced its arrival with a compilation celebrating the local scene, listen to the actual product, and be thankful that it’s local folk who are tending this latest flame.

On August 10, Proximal will release Proximity One: Narrative of a City, an 18-track collection of music from Low End Theory-familiar beat musicians like Dâm-Funk, Daedelus, Baths (as [Post-Foetus]), Shlohmo, Tokimonsta, Dr. Strangeloop and Teebs, alongside tracks from Proximal’s own promising stable: BearClaw, Benedek and Wake among others.

Also included in that lineup is Sahy Uhns, a.k.a. Carl Madison Burgin, who co-founded Proximal with Grammy-winning composer/producer Jeff Elmassian. (Bonus trivia: Elmassian made his orchestral debut with the L.A. Phil at the age of 12.)

Also, mark your calendars: The release party for Proximity One goes down August 5 at The Echo, featuring Daedelus, Tokimonsta, Lawrence Grey, Benedek and Say Uhns himself. – LA Weekly

Featuring performances by
Benedek
Lawrence Grey
Sahy Uhns
Tokimonsta
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8:30pm / $10adv; $12dos / 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 08.06.10: BEARRACUDA @ echoplex

Thanks to EVERYONE that came out to the last Bearracuda on July 2nd. We know so many guys that were out of town for the 4th of July holiday weekend and we STILL packed the Echoplex with sexy and friendly guys.

On Friday, August 6th, we’re back at the Echoplex with a super-sized version of Bearracuda featuring San Francisco DJs Matt Consola & Steve Sherwood! This will be our last LA event for a couple of months, so make sure you mark your calendars to party with us.

Over the last 20+ years, MATT CONSOLA has had an exciting career playing memorable events across the country and across the world. Last September, he had the honor of opening for The Pet Shop Boys at The Warfield for their Pandemonium World Tour September 22nd & 23rd 2009.

Making his LA debut at Bearracuda is DJ STEVE SHERWOOD. His unique sound incorporates the happier elements of vocal, disco, tribal, and progressive house with occasional forays into techno and trance. He’s actively involved in the San Francisco dance scene and recently played the massive Disco Cherry dance on Pride Saturday in SF.

Hunky go-go bears, Chunky Visuals, Tasty Snacks, Giveaways and Furry faces await you at Bearracuda LA on August 6th!

Bearracuda is the largest attended bear dance party in the United States w/regular parties in San Francisco, Seattle & Portland + one-offs in New Orleans, Austin, 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: WWW.BEARRACUDA.COM/LA

Join the Bearracuda LA Facebook group

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

Saturday 08.07.10: BIANCA’S BROKENFOOT BENEFIT with VENUS ILLUMINATO / BLACK MARKET SOUND SYSTEM / FERSURELITZER / LYSOLGANG / LAST ROUND DOWN @ echo

Venus Illuminato
Black Market Sound System
Fersurelitzer
lysolgang
Last Round Down

3pm / $10 / 18+

Saturday 08.07.10: BOOTIE LA – LADY GAGA vs. MADONNA NIGHT @ echoplex

BOOTIE LA
LA’s bimonthly mashup bootleg dance party

LADY GAGA vs. MADONNA NIGHT!
A+D spin Gaga & Madge mashups throughout the night!

Resident Bootie DJs:
ADRIAN & MYSTERIOUS D aka A PLUS D

Special guest:
DJ SHYBOY

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

Bootie LA presents the ultimate mashup diva showdown — it’s LADY GAGA vs. MADONNA NIGHT! Join us as resident DJs Adrian & Mysterious D, along with special guest DJ Shyboy, pay tribute to both the current and classic “queens of pop,” spinning Gaga and Madge mashups throughout the night. Both divas will be mashed up with anybody and everybody — no genre, era, or artist is safe! Resident gold-suited dance crew R.A.I.D. (Random Acts of Irreverent Dance) also joins in on the fun for some fierce dance moves on stage.

Launched in 2003 by DJs Adrian & Mysterious D, 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 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 08.07.10: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Sunday 08.08.10: Converse presents THE POWER OF THE RIFF FESTIVAL @ echoplex and echo

The Power of The Riff Festival will be an all day, all ages, free music event that also includes a record swap meet of local stores such as Vacation Vinyl, Origami Vinyl, and will also feature pop up stores by Tee Pee Records, Southern Lord Recordings and more.

In addition, the festival will feature a gourmet food truck court of Los Angeles’ best purveyors of street food dining. There’s something for everyone…from vegan delights by Sweet Vindication, stacked burgers by Grill Em All,head high sandwiches by the legendary Canters Deli and unforgettable frankfurters by The Greasy Wiener!

RSVP is strictly required. Early arrival is suggested as space is limited.
Entry is not guaranteed. Line up subject to change.

Corrosion Of Conformity III
Goatsnake
From Ashes Rise
Trap Them
Repulsion
Nails
Coliseum
Night Horse
Black Breath
Eagle Twin
Early Graves
Righteous Fool
Semen Sundae
The Fucking Wrath
Rats Eyes
Spider Fever

enter at
Echoplex
1154 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026

CLICK TO RSVP

12pm / FREE WITH RSVP / All Ages

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+

Monday 08.09.10: Monday Night Residency – FOL CHEN / LEARNING MUSIC / LESANDS @ echo

FOL CHEN || Listen || Watch

“John Shade moves with composure and ease through arch, almost dour indie pop (”The Believers”) as well as joyous dollops of Of Montreal-inspired electro pop. The sexily deadpan “Cable TV” brings all the moods together, celebrating the joys of cheap motel rooms and Janet Jackson songs with boop-beeps, handclaps, and a wry smile.” – Spin Magazine

“In the spirit of I’m From Barcelona, Loney Dear or Boy Least Likely To, Fol Chen employs all my favorite electro-fey devices: cheesy ’80s keys, propulsive beats, sporadic strummy guitars that bounce between channels and, of course, xylophone. Beginning with understated, low-register vocals, the keeps building, layering on more instruments and even tossing in a key-change for good measure.” – Paste Magazine

“Elusive Fol Chen offers dark, whimsical debut” – NPR

with:
Learning Music
Lesands

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Tuesday 08.10.10: SMOG SESSIONS with TRUTH / MACHETE / DECO / KEMST @ echo

TRUTH
Deep Medi, Aquatic Labs, New Zealand

MACHETE
Respect, LA

DECO
Deceast, 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-truth

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

Thursday 08.12.10: SPACELAND UNDER THE STARS with GAMBLE HOUSE / WIRES IN THE WALLS @ Pershing Square

Gamble House || Listen

Ben Becker’s self-titled recorded debut as Gamble House, sees his one-time bedroom recording project flourish into an astonishing full-fledged album. Written, recorded and produced by Ben, Gamble House is at once as intimate and warm as the homes within which it was made, yet incredibly refined and as sonically dynamic as the vision that it seeks to capture. Mastered by Paul Gold (Animal Collective, Dirty Projectors) in Brooklyn, the results are rich in both clarity and scope. Selection from Gamble House will performed live at Pershing Square.

with:
Wires in The Walls

@ Pershing Square
532 South Olive St
Los Angeles, CA 90013

FMI: Spaceland Under The Stars

7pm / FREE / all ages

Thursday 08.12.10: HIT + RUN presets SOUNDCRASH with BLU / BLACKBIRD / THAVIUS BECK / RAS G / ZACKEY FORCE FUNK / KOFI / TEEBS and Surprise Guests @ echo

with:
BLU
BLACKBIRD
THAVIUS BECK
RAS G
ZACKEY FORCE FUNK
KOFI
TEEBS
and Surprise Guests

9pm / $5, free if you wear a Hit + Run shirt / 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+

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+

Saturday 08.14.10: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Sunday 08.15.10: When You Awake presents FREE FOR ALL @ echoplex

Akron/Family || Listen
Langhorne Slim || Listen
Active Child || Listen
Old Man Markley || Listen
Roadside Graves || Listen
Sean Hayes || Listen
Frank Fairfield
Bad Weather California || Listen
Dustbowl Revival || Listen
Hi Ho Silver Oh || Listen
The Smart Brothers
Don Juan Y Los Blancos
Dreamcatcher
Mouse Heaven

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

CLICK TO RSVP

For More Info: freeforallfestival.com

4pm / Donations only / All Ages

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+

Monday 08.16.10: Monday Night Residency – FOL CHEN / CROCODILES / LIGHT POLLUTION @ echo

FOL CHEN || Listen || Watch

Highland Park, CA’s mysterious pop outfit Fol Chen released its second album just last month, followed by the FREE “The Holograms” EP, which featured the titular track remixed by Teen Daze, Primary 1, Hard Mix and FUR. The band is also thrilled to be hitting the road this Fall with two very different yet appropriate tour mates, !!! and The Apples in Stereo.

Before leaving town, though, Fol Chen is putting their own twist on the August Monday night residency at The Echo here in Los Angeles. On August 9, audience members came onstage to record live samples for the next Fol Chen album, and things just get more curious over the next
two weeks:

August 16: Fol Chen’s set will be sung by people who responded to a Craigslist ad placed by the band.

with:
Crocodiles || Watch
Light Pollution

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

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+

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+

Thursday 08.19.10: WALLPAPER. / CHAIN GANG OF 1974 @ Pershing Square

Wallpaper. || Listen || Watch

Partway through recording his debut LP as Wallpaper., Eric Frederic lost his shit. The Oakland artist was neck-deep in a series of isolated studio all-nighters to put him in the mood, when the song “Doodoo Face” pushed him into the beyond. Boxed in by layers of percussive funk, dark synthesizer blurt and crushing bass, Frederic lost himself inside of Ricky Reed, the character he’d long ago conceived as Wallpaper.’s frontman. He gave in to Ricky’s rampant narcissism, love for party and supreme indifference, and as a result, discovered the guiding duality behind Doodoo Face, the album: There’s sadness inside all that celebration. A little madness too.

At a certain point in the making of Doodoo Face, Frederic regained some sanity. He stopped trying to figure Ricky out, and focused his mental efforts on production. The music of Doodoo Face is a significant step forward for Wallpaper. As established by his recent “live-band remixes” for Passion Pit and Das Racist, Frederic’s become ace at merging the organic into the electronic. This time, the drums are live courtesy of band member Arjun Singh, Darondo sideman Brian Switzer plays trumpet, and Frederic’s own guitar graces many tracks. These are huge beats with infinite intricacy — the perfect tribute to Frederic’s oldest influences: P-Funk, Afrobeat, and the panoply of Bay Area rap. You’ll hear strains of Justice too, in the seething bass of “Celebrity,” and even Eno in the minimalist pop of “Fine GF.” Furthermore, “Frk Scn” not only features female vocals, but a distinct live Ghanaian rhythm known as “Ewe,” while on “Gettin’ Drip,” Frederic handcrafts his own “chipmunk soul” sample to accompany the chorus.

with:
CHAIN GANG OF 1974 || Listen

@ Pershing Square
532 South Olive St
Los Angeles, CA 90013

FMI: Spaceland Under The Stars

7pm / 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+

Thursday 08.19.10: DOWN AND DERBY ROLLER DISCO @ echoplex

Its been a year since we lost the late great King of Pop, Michael Jackson. In honor the the King this months Down & Derby will be a tribute to MJ.

What does this mean for you, the attendee??

-DISCO JAMS BY RESIDENT MOONWALKERS STEVE 1DER & WALDO
-MOONWALKER AND CAPTN EO VISUALS
-MOONWALKER CONTEST
-MJ DRESS CODE (yes all the red and black leather you can find!)

Who’s Bad???!!!

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

RSVP at www.downandderby.org

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

Friday 08.20.10: MISHKA LA FALL RELEASE PARTY @ echoplex

Los Angeles, we’re to announce our Fall 2010 release party on Friday, August 20th at The Echoplex. Our LA store opening party was such a blast we decided to do it all over again with another huge bash for all of our left coast family and fans. As with the last party it’s free if you RSVP in advance and only a measly $5 if you don’t.

We’ve booked an incredible line-up for the event featuring performances by Pictureplane, Blessure Grave, Puro Instinct (formerly Pearl Harbor) and Tearist. And if that wasn’t enough there’s going to be some balls to the wall DJ sets from Acid Girls, The Captain and Star Eyes (of Trouble & Bass) and Killing Spree (Zane & Gibby). I can assure you it’s going to be on hell of a night!

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

RSVP at rsvp@mishkanyc.com

8pm / Free with RSVP, $5 without / 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+

Saturday 08.21.10 and Sunday 8.22.10: CONJUNCTION JUNCTION with JESSICA 6/ SPECIAL GUESTS / LIGHT ASYLUM / CHICANO BATMAN / WOAH HUNX / USELESS KEYS / DANTE VS ZOMBIES/ LIGHT FM / WHITE ARROWS / THE BLACK APPLES / DIRT DRESS / BARRIO TIGER / MY PET SADDLE / SUMMER DARLING / NEIGHBORHOOD BULLYS / DJS AND MORE! @ MALO

SATURDAY AUGUST 21
JESSICA 6
LIGHT ASYLUM
WOAH HUNX
DANTE Vs ZOMBIES
WHITE ARROWS
DIRT DRESS
MY PET SADDLE

DJ sets by:
KILLING SPREE
PIPES
DJ JACOB SAFARI
and more!

SUNDAY AUGUST 22
SPECIAL GUESTS
CHICANO BATMAN
USELESS KEYS
LIGHT FM
THE BLACK APPLES
BARRIO TIGER
SUMMER DARLING
NEIGHBORHOOD BULLYS

DJ Sets by:
LA RECORD
ORIGAMI
CLUB UNDERGROUND

@ MALO
4326 W. Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90029

2pm til close each day / FREE / 21+

Saturday 08.21.10: BOOTIE LA with FAROFF / DJ PAUL V. / R.A.I.D. @ echoplex

BOOTIE LA
LA’s bimonthly mashup bootleg dance party

Special guest DJ from Brazil, Bootie Rio’s:
FAROFF

Resident Bootie DJ:
DJ PAUL V.

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

From Brazil — and fresh from his recent appearance at Bootie Berlin — Bootie LA presents the return of Bootie Rio’s DJ Faroff. As Bootie’s diplomat to Brazil and one of Bootie Boston’s former DJs, Faroff gets around, spreading the mashup love with his many popular bootlegs and crowd-pleasing DJ sets.

Resident DJ Paul V. will also be on the decks, spinning a bunch of hot summertime mashup jams to get you dancin’, while resident dance crew R.A.I.D. (Random Acts of Irreverent Dance) provides the on-stage eye-candy with their trademark gold suits and fierce go-go dancing.

Launched in 2003 by DJs Adrian & Mysterious D, 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 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 08.21.10: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

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+

Monday 08.23.10: Monday Night Residency – FOL CHEN / CROCODILES / WOOM / JESSICA 6 @ echo

FOL CHEN || Listen || Watch

Highland Park, CA’s mysterious pop outfit Fol Chen released its second album just last month, followed by the FREE “The Holograms” EP, which featured the titular track remixed by Teen Daze, Primary 1, Hard Mix and FUR. The band is also thrilled to be hitting the road this Fall with two very different yet appropriate tour mates, !!! and The Apples in Stereo.

Before leaving town, though, Fol Chen is putting their own twist on the August Monday night residency at The Echo here in Los Angeles. On August 9, audience members came onstage to record live samples for the next Fol Chen album, and things just get more curious over the next two weeks:

August 23: Metal band Viscera will perform the music of Fol Chen.

with:
Crocodiles || Watch
Woom
Jessica 6 || Listen

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Tuesday 08.24.10: GZA / FREDDIE GIBBS / KENDRICK LAMAR / TOKS / ABCNT @ echoplex

GZA

As the members of the Wu-Tang Clan enter their 40s, that old line about old(er) dogs and new tricks seems less and less relevant. Take GZA, who got his start rapping at Brooklyn block parties in the mid-’80s. The crucial Wu Clansman released a bona fide classic in 1995, Liquid Swords, and followed it up with a series of solid albums and guest spots that consistently qualified his title within the crew as “The Genius,” a lyricist whose every couplet displays a serious mastery of street smarts and poetic device — exactly the kind of thing that makes for great crossover appeal. GZA has been smart enough not to change up his winning style, but he’s also proved his savvy in reaching out to his more rock-oriented fans — hipsters, specifically — not only performing Liquid Swords from beginning to end at Pitchfork’s 2007 festival, but collaborating with garage punks Black Lips last year. But the Genius in Echo Park? That’s both a surprise and a New Year’s gift. – LA Weekly

With:
Freddie Gibbs || Watch || MP3
Kendrick Lamar || MP3

DJs:
Toks
Abcnt

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

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

Tuesday 08.24.10: HENRY WOLFE / CHARLIE WADHAMS / SUNDAY SOUNDTRACKS / THE HORSE THIEVES @ echo

HENRY WOLFE || Listen || Watch

Henry Wolfe had the crowd weeping and holding themselves. Almost any word he says cuts straight to the core. His dreamy voice and lyrical conciseness just about rip your chest open, but gently. – LA Weekly

with:
CHARLIE WADHAMS
SUNDAY SOUNDTRACKS
HORSE THIEVES

8:30pm / $5 / 18+

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+

Thursday 08.26.10: JULIETTE COMMAGERE / PAPERCRANES / LUKE RATHBORNE / ESTELLE RASKINA @ echo

Juliette Commagere

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

with:
Papercranes
Luke Rathborne || Listen
Estelle Raskina

8:30pm / $7 / 18+

Thursday 08.26.10: VAUD AND THE VILLAINS / LIL GIZZELLE / RT N THE 44S @ echoplex

Vaud & The Villains || Listen || Watch

Vaud & his ragtag band of villains are on the run from the long arm again. This time, they’ve landed just up river from the Creseent City. They come there to find Big Daddy’s…a speako disguised as a church. They are more at home in a dark, back room rollin’ dice and making music than in the schoolhouse or in the stockyards. They’re a bit on the wild side but they won’t hurt you none. The boys play with dynamite and the girls like to buck and bite. But you don’t have to worry. They like new folks. They got a reputation for being mean as a snake, and as sweet as an apple on Christmas day. They got scruples but they often misplace ‘em. They are everything your mama and papa warned you about and they are every bad thing that feels so good to do. If you got a secret, if you’re someone good who’s ever done something bad, if you got the man standing over you every day squeezin’ every ounce of spirit out of you…you have some villain in you. See what they do is they rock you 1930s style. They got a smokin’ hot horn section, leggy dames to match, rock steady rhythm, and soaring gospel harmonies. They are not your grandma’s depression era revival show, they are a big, bad, bawdy, good time band. They are gonna fill up the speako with music and spirit and noise…and you gonna bring the noise. And at the end of the night, when you are burning with the fever they’ve left you with…you’re gonna go out in the world and villainize it. You’re never gonna be the same.

with:
Lil Gizzelle
RT n’ The 44s

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

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

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+

Saturday 08.28.10: LIT CRAWL II @ echo

Lit Crawl is an event dedicated to good literature, community and responsible intoxication. The evening begins with author readings and afterwards moves out to occupy neighborhood bars in an orderly/disorderly fashion. Lit Crawls have existed in one form or another since civilization began and are seeing a resurgence throughout the literate world. LitQuake is putting on great crawls in San Francisco and New York.

On August 28th, Lit Crawl 2 starts at the Echo with a good ole fashioned, ‘no holds barred’ read off*. Eleven authors will compete and the audience will decide the winner. After the main event crawlers will set out to El Prado, The Gold Room, The Little Joy and The Shortstop.

Start following PEN’s twitter to receive live Crawl updates – after the first bar you’ll need ‘em.

If you need a break from crawling or feel inspired to perform your own verse Stories Bookshop will be hosting an open mic.

Our MC’s will be Laurie Ochoa and Joe Donnelly editors of Slake Literary Journal + the lovely and talented Carolyn Kellogg of the Los Angeles Times

Our Authors:
Katie Arnoldi
Allison Burnett
Gabrielle Calvocoressi
Dennis Danziger
Samantha Dunn
James Greer
Edan Lepucki
Joseph Mattson
Graham Moore
Neal Pollack
Rachel Resnick

For More info: www.litcrawlla.com

6pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 08.28.10: CAP’N JAZZ / ABE VIGODA / THE BLACK APPLES @ echoplex

Cap’n Jazz || Listen
I’ll admit, I had absolutely no idea what to expect from recently-reunited 90s Chicago punk act Cap’n Jazz’s live show. I knew that tickets to their club shows in town have all sold out in a ridiculously short amount of time, and if their their set Saturday night was anything close to typical, I certainly know why. They were phenomenal.

Frontman Tim Kinsella’s vocals are raw and very rough around the edges–bordering on harsh, but with an intensity mirrored by his hypnotic physical performance onstage. Clutching the microphone and screaming into the mic, he often leaned over the edge of the stage into the audience, even falling face-first into it in order to have the audience push him like a domino back onto the stage. It was impressive to watch a set that intense from start to finish–it was as if he put every single ounce of energy he had into every second of his performance during the songs.

The drums (courtesy of Tim’s brother Mike Kinsella) were wild, the bass (Samuel Zurick) was booming, and guitar work (Victor Villareal and Davey von Bohlen) was very tight. The set was full of raw energy, and the audience and band fed off each other in one of those rare, sparkling moments that sometimes happen during live shows that makes people want to go to them in the first place. – Examiner

with:
Abe Vigoda
The Black Apples

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

8pm / $17 advance, $20 day of show / all ages

Saturday 08.28.10: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Sunday 08.29.10: GRAND OLE ECHO with OLD CALIFORNIO / ANNY CELSI AND NELSON BRAGG / PAPERPLANES / SMITH AND WESSON @ echo

with:
Old Californio
Wearing the rootsy, organic heart of California on their sleeves, from bucolic harmonies to the traditional country song lines as aired on album opener “Mother Road”, a sense of freedom, one quite possibly inborn in bands of this geographical ilk, has allowed them to faithfully blend a definite sense of time and place (circa ’71 should do it) with a uniqWearing the rootsy, organic heart of California on their sleeves, from bucolic harmonies to the traditional country song lines as aired on album opener “Mother Road”, a sense of freedom, one quite possibly inborn in bands of this geographical ilk, has allowed them to faithfully blend a definite sense of time and place (circa ’71 should do it) with a unique approach to what the music of that era means to them personally.” – Richard S. Jones, Shindig!a

Anny Celsi & Nelson Bragg
To record her followup album, Tangle-Free World, Anny collaborated with Nelson Bragg, an in-demand drummer, percussionist and vocalist, whose own debut CD Day Into Night had recently established him as a formidable producer and arranger as well. Bragg, who plays with Brian Wilson’s band (he was featured on Wilson’s “Smile” and “Lucky Old Sun” albums), brought to the studio bandmates Nick Walusko, Probyn Gregory (also of the Wondermints), Scott Bennett and Brett Simons. Also contributing to album are Evie Sands, Carl Byron, Amy Farris, Adam Marsland, Robbie Rist, Phil Parlapiano and Anny’s son, Ivan Pyzow.

Paperplanes
Paperplanes can make Long Beach feel like Lubbock” – OC Weekly.

Based in Long Beach, Paperplanes have been crafting their songs in studios and stages for over a decade. What originated as a lo-fi songwriting vehicle, has worked its way to being one of Los Angeles’s most acclaimed country rock bands.

“Paperplanes, who put out one of the best country albums in the county last year.”- LA RECORD

Smith and Wesson

FMI: Grand Ole Echo on Myspace

5:00pm / FREE / All Ages

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+

Monday 08.30.10: Monday Night Residency – FOL CHEN / SISTER CRAYON / EVAN VOYTAS @ echo

FOL CHEN || Listen || Watch

“John Shade moves with composure and ease through arch, almost dour indie pop (”The Believers”) as well as joyous dollops of Of Montreal-inspired electro pop. The sexily deadpan “Cable TV” brings all the moods together, celebrating the joys of cheap motel rooms and Janet Jackson songs with boop-beeps, handclaps, and a wry smile.” – Spin Magazine

“In the spirit of I’m From Barcelona, Loney Dear or Boy Least Likely To, Fol Chen employs all my favorite electro-fey devices: cheesy ’80s keys, propulsive beats, sporadic strummy guitars that bounce between channels and, of course, xylophone. Beginning with understated, low-register vocals, the keeps building, layering on more instruments and even tossing in a key-change for good measure.” – Paste Magazine

“Elusive Fol Chen offers dark, whimsical debut” – NPR

with:
Sister Crayon
Evan Voytas || Listen

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Tuesday 08.31.10: BOBBY BARE JR. / BLUE GIANT / STEPHEN BROWER AND THE SILENT MAJORITY @ echo

Bobby Bare Jr. || Listen || Watch

You know when an album’s opening track is titled “Your Goat Is On Fire,” it’s going to be awesome.

What makes that prospect even more awesome is that the album is from veteran Nashville rocker Bobby Bare Jr., who will be releasing his sixth album—his first album in nearly four years—this summer.

Bare and David Vandervelde co-produced the album, titled A Storm- A Tree- My Mother’s Head. Special Guest Stars on the album include Tom Blankenship, Carl Broemel and Patrick Hallahan from My Morning Jacket and Bare’s musician father, Bobby Bare Sr., who co-wrote a few songs on the album. – Paste

with:
Blue Giant || Listen
Stephen Brower & The Silent Majority

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