Sunday 06.01.08: GRAND OLE ECHO with MIKE STINSON / DAVID SERBY / RUBY FRIEDMAN @ echo

with:
Mike Stinson
David Serby || Listen
Ruby Friedman

hosted by Chris Morris and DJ Cuz’n Roy

5pm / FREE / all ages

Sunday 06.01.08: PART TIME PUNKS @ echo

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

FMI:
Part Time Punks on Myspace

10pm / $5 / 21+

Monday 06.02.08: Monday Night Residency – RUMSPRINGA / DAW / DARREN WEISS / CLYDE WRENN @ ECHOPLEX

Rumspringa

Onstage Rumspringa always impresses me—as energetic and exciting as singer/guitarist Joey Stevens and drummer Itaru de la Vega might be, their music is always the main attraction that inspires the audience to dance uncontrollably, as if a spirit had been awaken inside of them. From the show’s start, fans were continuously moving and shaking amidst the band members onstage as well as in the crowd, illustrating the group’s devoted Los Angeles following and growing potential.

To get a sense of its style, look no further than the band’s bio I wrote a few months back: “Trading in Los Angeles’ haughty glitz and glam for a style far more genuine, the freaky folk-blues duo Rumspringa has escaped the clichés attached to its hometown, soul intact. As gritty as the band is eloquent, singer/guitarist Joey Stevens weaves psychedelic themes through surrealist dreams with divinely looped guitars reminiscent of early blues and rock. Thanks to Itaru de la Vega’s ardent drumming, the band’s driving force, Rumspringa’s reverie is one that is sure to awaken the senses—inspiring live reactions anywhere from tribal dancing to a raucous food fight.” – Fuel.tv

with:
Dawes
Darren Weiss
Clyde Wrenn

8:30pm / 18+ (FREE if 21+ / $7 if under 21) / Entrance will only be at 1154 Glendale Blvd

Wednesday 06.04.08: Aquarium Drunkard Presents THE WHIGS / THE HENRY CLAY PEOPLE @ echo

The Whigs || Listen

You have to hand it to an Americana/garage-rock band that can condense its sophomore effort into 11 tracks, totaling just 37 minutes. Why? Well, for one, because there are just too many ego-driven double albums out lately, and two, because it’s refreshing to hear a group that realizes less can be more. With “Mission Control,” that’s just what Athens, GA, trio The Whigs [ tickets ] have proven.

The album kick-starts with hard-punk force, then drifts through some freewheeling neo-psychedelica and finally exits with an organic, stimulating anthem of horns and heavy riffs, all without getting stale. Swanky southern moodiness, steady driving raw guitars and inspiring choruses saunter and shuffle throughout the album. It’s a hodgepodge of ’90s grunge-pop vibrancy and classic rock, which amounts to lots of identifiable points of reference. – LiveDaily

with:
The Henry Clay People || Listen

Save Money when you order tickets by mobile phone
text Whig to 467467

8pm / $13 / all ages

Wednesday 06.04.08: DUB CLUB @ Echoplex

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

Spinning the best in classic reggae, dub and dancehall

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

FMI:
Dub Club on MySpace

9pm / $5 / 21+

Thursday 06.05.08: AUSTIN JAMES BAND / MINIATURE TIGERS / LITTLE FRANKIE @ echo

Austin James Band || Listen

This eclectic group of rapscallions reminds me very much of Man Man with hints of The Beach Boys and Queen. Their debut album, Goes To Austin James Land, is deliciously absurd. Five part harmonies are masterfully mixed with key arrangements straight out of a community melodrama. This collection of songs has the range of a Broadway review. Each track portrays its own unique emotion and tells a story. What I love most about this band is the fact that they have taken your traditional indie rock and made it a production. This satirical view on music is incredibly endearing and send out more than a fair share of feel good vibes. – Rockinsider

with:
Miniature Tigers || Listen
Little Frankie

8:30pm / $5 / 18+

Thursday 06.05.08: RESPECT featuring Empress w/ MC Kay, Noface, Machete, MC XYZ @ Echoplex

Empress

with:
MC Kay
DJ Noface
Machete
MC XYZ

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

10:00pm/ $10 before 11pm – $15 after 11pm / 18+

Friday 06.06.08: FIRST FRIDAYS with THE MOUNTAIN GOATS / THE ANNUALS @ Museum of Natural History

The Mountain Goats

For the last few decades, critics and fans alike have been searching for the heir to the almost mythical role of musical bard that Bob Dylan single-handedly created. Over the years, many have been proffered for that role, from Billy Bragg to Ryan Adams to Conor Oberst; expectations have risen and waned as a host of potentates have briefly sat on the throne before running from its responsibilities. For the last eleven years, John Darnielle, working under the moniker of the Mountain Goats, has steadily produced a catalog of work nearly unmatched in its lyrical honesty and narrative strength. Perhaps it’s time to for him to try the seat out? Caution: he may not vacate any time soon.

Darnielle has recorded over 400 songs since the release of his first cassette-only set of songs in 1991. Of those songs only a handful have dealt directly with Darnielle’s life, as he instead crafted careful fictions and song cycles that had more in common with literary types like Raymond Carver or F. Scott Fitzgerald. The baggage that comes with the tag of “confessional” singer/songwriter seems to be one that Darnielle has actively avoided, if not scorned. – Popmatters

First Fridays – Dinner, Discussion, Music & More

with:
The Mountain Goats || Listen
The Annuals || Listen

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

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

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

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

Friday 06.06.08: The Echo, Footlong Development & Frolab Present HAPPY FEET w/ DJs BOBBITO / RICH MEDINA / RASHIDA @ echoplex

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

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

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

FMI: lahappyfeet@gmail.com

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

Friday 06.06.08: CLUB UNDERGROUND with THE PACIFIC @ Echo

The Pacific

4-piece, rock n rollin’, city-livin’, 5-9 workin’, trend-killin’ original. no frantic, fancy-pant, flash-era throwbacks in this camp. the pacific bring you gritty, vocals of passion and crushing guitars of conviction in it’s purest, most unpolluted-by-industry form. i would love to see these lads carry the torch into the new musical evolution as we enter into another phase of what t.wilson quoted as the 13 year revolution of a change in pop-culture. sit back or aggressively fly out of your seat hurling, unexpectedly into some innocent bystander and enjoy the classically nurtured, new sound of THE PACIFIC. – Xavier Zero

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

FMI: ClubUnderground.net

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

Saturday 06.07.08: FROG EYES / THAILAND @ echo

Frog Eyes || Listen

Drawing inspiration from Dante, Shakespeare and the paintings of Brueghel, Frog Eyes’ Carey Mercer has cast himself as a kind of raving academic, gone batty from too much time cooped up in the ivory tower. Most often, he sings of the very building blocks of civilization, from industry and commerce to little birds and houses in the woods. Yes, conspicuously couching one’s work in the classics is an ambitious and professorial stance, but Mercer has always been up to the task; he howls — and pants, whoops, shrieks, barks, et cetera — like a feverish lecturer behind a guitar instead of behind a podium. And while Mercer’s antics, on record and in concert, are impossible to ignore, Frog Eyes has always backed it up musically with a wildly imaginative, deeply dramatic sonic language all its own. But on Tears of the Valedictorian, the band’s fourth album, Frog Eyes rises to a new level, framing Mercer’s ranting in a more expansive and lavish sound. – Prefix Mag

with:
Thailand

8:30pm / $10 / 18+

Saturday 06.07.08: BOOTIE LA – 3 Year Anniversary Pirate Ball @ echoplex

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FMI: http://www.BootieLA.com

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

Sunday 06.08.08: PART TIME PUNKS @ echo

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

FMI:
Part Time Punks on Myspace

10pm / $5 / 21+

Monday 06.09.08: Monday Night Residency – RUMSPRINGA, MY PET SADDLE, WHAT LAURA THINKS, THE FRANKS @ ECHOPLEX

Rumspringa

Onstage Rumspringa always impresses me—as energetic and exciting as singer/guitarist Joey Stevens and drummer Itaru de la Vega might be, their music is always the main attraction that inspires the audience to dance uncontrollably, as if a spirit had been awaken inside of them. From the show’s start, fans were continuously moving and shaking amidst the band members onstage as well as in the crowd, illustrating the group’s devoted Los Angeles following and growing potential.

To get a sense of its style, look no further than the band’s bio I wrote a few months back: “Trading in Los Angeles’ haughty glitz and glam for a style far more genuine, the freaky folk-blues duo Rumspringa has escaped the clichés attached to its hometown, soul intact. As gritty as the band is eloquent, singer/guitarist Joey Stevens weaves psychedelic themes through surrealist dreams with divinely looped guitars reminiscent of early blues and rock. Thanks to Itaru de la Vega’s ardent drumming, the band’s driving force, Rumspringa’s reverie is one that is sure to awaken the senses—inspiring live reactions anywhere from tribal dancing to a raucous food fight.” – Fuel.tv

with:
My Pet Saddle
What Laura Thinks
The Franks

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

8:30pm / FREE IF 21+; $7 IF UNDER / 18+

Tuesday 06.10.08: ASCAP presents – WADSWORTH / ROGER MOON / JASON DIAZ / THE HANKS

Wadsworth

with:
Roger Moon
Jason Diaz || Listen
The Hanks || Listen

9pm / $7 / 18+

Wednesday 06.11.08: SPAIN / DANIEL AHEARN / CORREATOWN @ echo

Spain || Listen

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

with:
Daniel Ahern || Listen
Correatown || Listen

8:30pm / $7 / 18+

Wednesday 06.11.08: DUB CLUB FEATURING WAILING SOULS @ Echoplex

Wailing Souls

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

Spinning the best in classic reggae, dub and dancehall

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

FMI:
Dub Club on MySpace

9pm / $15 / 21+

Thursday 06.12.08: THE HELIO SEQUENCE / TALKDEMONIC / WAIT.THINK.FAST @ echoplex

The Helio Sequence || Listen

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

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

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

Save Money when you order tickets by mobile phone
text SUB to 467467

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

Thursday 06.12.08: Not Exactly the Pixies Tribute Benefit Show for the Downtown Women’s Center @ Echo

Not Exactly the Pixies Tribute Benefit Show for the Downtown Women’s Center featuring members of Fishbone, Tribe 8, Bedroom Walls, EZ Tiger, Romeo Crestwood, The Larks, American Music Club, and more!

Also Featuring DJ Baby D

9 PM / $10 / 18+
All Proceeds go towards the Downtown Women’s Center

Thursday 06.12.08: RESPECT featuring Teebee, Noface, Machette, MC XYZ @ Echoplex

Featuring
Teebee

with:
DJ Noface
Machete
MC XYZ

10:00pm / $10 before 11pm – $15 after 11pm / 18+

Friday 06.13.08: Echo & Club Underground present – THE SUBMARINES / CASTLEDOOR @ echo

The Submarines || Listen

The Submarines are Hazard and John Dragonetti. And yes, it’s true: They’re a real-life couple whose 2006 debut, Declare a New State was written in the wake of a big break-up, then recorded after the make-up. Take that, ye enemies of romance! L.A. couple’s garage pop mishmash sounds like Nina from the Cardigans singing karaoke atop your favorite ’80s and ’90s vinyl. Blake Hazard’s button-cute voice is the duo’s favorite weapon, whether layered atop xylophones and electric piano on “Swimming Pool” or Morcheeba-esque, dubbed-out trip hop on “1940.” – Spin.com

with:
Castledoor

8:30pm / $10 / 18+

saturday 06.14.08: SMOG SESSIONS MEETS DUB WAR II @ echo

with:
Joe Nice (Dub War, Baltimore / NYC)
Dave Q (Dub War, NYC)
Juakali (Dub War, NYC)
Knife Dreams (Smog, LA)
DJ Unit (Smog, LA)
Kemst Smog Pure Filth, LA)

Sound Reinnforcement by: Pure Filth

Art Installations by: Spectr

FMI: www.smogla.com

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

Sunday 06.15.08: GRAND OLE ECHO with ROSES PAWN SHOP / CLYDE WRENN / SARAH GAYLE MEECH / THE HORSETHIEVES / LONESOME HEROES @ echoplex

with:
Roses Pawn Shop || Listen
Clyde Wrenn
Sarah Gayle Meech
The Horsethieves
The Lonesome Heroes || Listen

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

5pm / FREE / All Ages

Sunday 06.15.08: Echo & Part Time Punks present TIMES NEW VIKING / PSYCHEDELIC HORSESHIT / FABULOUS DIAMONDS @ echo

Times New Viking

Remember fall ’92? No-fi rock felt like the future, Bush Sr. seemed all but toast, and a Clinton was waiting in the wings. Times New Viking remember — Rip It Off, their third album, is a note-perfect ode to those better days. Sixteen quick-hit songs pile up in a half hour of Neanderthal synth hooks, barely audible drumming, snotty art-kid vocals, and busted-amp guitar fuzz. Like obvious antecedents Pavement, they are probably destined to sell out to beauty and grace. But for now, they’re kinda perfect. – Spin.com

with:
Psychedelic Horseshit
Fabulous Diamonds

8:30pm / $10 / 18+

Monday 06.16.08: Monday Night Residency – RUMSPRINGA, RANDOM PATTERNS, GOLDEN ANIMALS, HALLOWEEN SWIM TEAM @ echo

Rumspringa

Onstage Rumspringa always impresses me—as energetic and exciting as singer/guitarist Joey Stevens and drummer Itaru de la Vega might be, their music is always the main attraction that inspires the audience to dance uncontrollably, as if a spirit had been awaken inside of them. From the show’s start, fans were continuously moving and shaking amidst the band members onstage as well as in the crowd, illustrating the group’s devoted Los Angeles following and growing potential.

To get a sense of its style, look no further than the band’s bio I wrote a few months back: “Trading in Los Angeles’ haughty glitz and glam for a style far more genuine, the freaky folk-blues duo Rumspringa has escaped the clichés attached to its hometown, soul intact. As gritty as the band is eloquent, singer/guitarist Joey Stevens weaves psychedelic themes through surrealist dreams with divinely looped guitars reminiscent of early blues and rock. Thanks to Itaru de la Vega’s ardent drumming, the band’s driving force, Rumspringa’s reverie is one that is sure to awaken the senses—inspiring live reactions anywhere from tribal dancing to a raucous food fight.” – Fuel.tv

with:
Random Patterns
Golden Animals
Halloween Swim Team

8:30pm / FREE IF 21+; $7 IF UNDER / 18+

Tuesday 06.17.08: CITIZEN FISH / INTROSPECT / THE VOIDS / ARTIC CHOKE @ echo

Citizen Fish || Listen

I don’t know if “ska” is the best term to describe the music that UK band Citizen Fish throws down. While the band has the horns and bouncing beats inherent to the style, they are so much more as a whole. To me, the band sounds like a weird cross breed of The Brian Setzer Orchestra and the educated Sex Pistols. Their singer, simply listed in the liner notes as “Dick,” adds what I’d call a little Irish accent to the mix that gives the band the feel of something you might run across in a dirty London pub.

Their new CD Deadline, a “split” album with New York hardcore purveyors Leftover Crack, is a powerhouse collection of songs proving, despite the frequent whining of mainstream music fans, there are still some great politically charged bands out there, if you know where to look. Fat Wreck Chord Records obviously does. – Blogcritics

with:
IntroSpect || Listen
The Voids
Artic Choke

7pm / $10 / All Ages

Wednesday 06.18.08: DUB CLUB & Echo present – EXTRA GOLDEN / DAVID RODIGAN / DUB CLUB DJS & SPECIAL GUESTS @ ECHOPLEX

Extra Golden || Listen

A true collaboration between Kenyan and American musicians, Extra Golden melds rock influences into benga music traditions. Kenyan benga music and American rock first met with a friendly handshake on the group’s 2006 debut, Ok-Oyot System, and are now fully integrated in a union that represents the vanguard of both styles and transcends the very notion of authenticity.

David Rodigan

For over a quarter of a century Rodigan he has been the top dog in the ganja-scented, bass heavy-atmosphere of Britain’s reggae dance-halls. The key to his success has been an unsinkable passion for reggae music, which first took a hold of him as a schoolboy when he heard ska music. He developed an obsession with the music of Jamaica that generated an encyclopedic knowledge of the island’s every artists, every song and every rhythm track.

And Special Guests

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

Spinning the best in classic reggae, dub and dancehall

FMI:
Dub Club on MySpace

9pm / $10adv, $15dos / 21+

Thursday 06.19.08: SEA WOLF / THE JEALOUS GIRLFRIENDS / PATRICK PARK @ Echoplex

Sea Wolf || Listen

Sea Wolf is the project of Alex Church and stunned many with his debut EP Get To The River Before It Runs Too Low, whose lead song You’re A Wolf seemed made for the alterna-soaps in the US with its catchy melody and edgy lyrics. Combining the best of indie rock (maybe even Joy Division), singer-songwriter depth, Caribou-like electronica and even a bit of Balkan folf feel, the poetry of the lyrics is matched by quietly addictive music that would grace Radiohead or Elliott Smith.

It’s a measure of how high a hurdle has been set that the standout songs before – You’re A Wolf and Middle Distance Runner – now are only just part of what is a great album. This is narrative songwriting at its best – every song has its vignette, neatly told, beautifully presented. When a new act is able to generate songs as smoulderingly great as Black Dirt and You’re A Wolf, it is clear that there is a genuine talent here. – Contactmusic.com

with:
The Jealous Girlfriends
Patrick Park || Listen

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

Save Money when you order tickets by mobile phone
text Jealous to 467467

7:30pm / $15 / all ages

Thursday 06.19.08: EARTH / JESSE SYKES & THE SWEET HEREAFTER / RESTAURANT @ Echo

Earth || Listen

Earth’s “Miami Morning Coming Down II (Shine)” is a steady, sedate, chiming march, a primary-colored burst of guitars, organs, drums. For a man whose scuzzy, Melvins-mainlined Earth 2 remains the document for drone-and doom-minded depressives– some of whom actually named their bands after Earth songs/guitar equipment– Dylan Carlson’s return as the Ennio Morricone of metal continues to confound. The band that borrowed their name from Sabbath’s earliest, nuclear-paranoid incarnation have become optimists, purveyors of uplift. Where Earth once pounded chords flat, the newly reconfigured quartet pulls them out like taffy. “Miami Morning Coming Down” nods at Johnny Cash, spaghetti twang, gospel hymns; even Carlson’s newest title, The Bees Made Honey in the Lion’s Skull, turns his band’s fearsome reputation inside out, offering up metal’s ubiquitous skull as the birthplace of something sweet. – Pitchfork

with:
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter || Listen
Restaurant

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

Thursday 06.19.08: RESPECT with TWISTED INDIVIDUAL / DJ EVOL / SCOOBA B2B TOXIC / MEKANIX / MC QUESTIONMARK / MC XYZ @ echoplex

with:
Twisted Individual
DJ Evol
Scooba B2B Toxic (b-day set)
Mekanix
MC Questionmark
MC XYZ

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

FMI: Respect on Myspace

10:00pm / $10 before 11pm – $15 after 11pm / 18+

Friday 06.20.08: IRREGULAR WINE TASTING @ echoplex

Six Characters from Vanishing Point (1971) and Six Wines from the Five Corners of Planet Stupid

Featuring:
Six wines from New Zealand, France, The United States, Italy & Japan
A screening of Vanishing Point
and much more

Hosted by:
Julian Davies (The Cheese Store)
DJ Cuz’n Roy

RSVP at:
irregularwinetasting@yahoo.com
Irregular Wine Tasting on Myspace

8pm / $20 / 21+

Friday 06.20.08: CLUB UNDERGROUND @ echo

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

FMI: ClubUnderground.net

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

Saturday 06.21.08: HANG THE DJS @ echo

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

FMI:
Hang The DJs on Myspace

10pm / $7 / 18+

Saturday 06.21.08: THESE NEW PURITANS / MEHO PLAZA / YOUNG PUNX (DJ set) @ Echoplex

These New Puritans

Firstly, I bow down to them, their way with rhythm and words, and their superiority to almost every other band ever. They carry a rare approach that it’s not the music itself but EVERYTHING that matters… all or nothing… playing music is no different from Renaissance science or 18th Century architecture… you can choose to draw influence on the whole of history or you choose none. With this attitude it is impossible to make bad music; the worst result could only be incoherence… with too many ideas, too much to experiment with that proper articulation becomes impossible; and even that’s a result superior to any of today’s generically bound fashionistas. TNP are exceptional purely because they cannot and will never belong to any scene, even though their release on the Digital Penetration lumped them in with the ‘new rave’ crowd. They recognize that drawing from the same narrow influences as your contemporaries is tantamount to incest; the gene pool narrows… weakness is exaggerated… the genetic flaws become clear to all… extinction is inevitable… musical Darwinism in perfect order. TNP are one band with ideas above all this. One listen to ‘En Papier’ or ‘C 16’ from their debut EP reveals as much. – Drowned in Sound

with:
Meho Plaza || Listen
Young Punx (DJ Set)

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

Save Money when you order tickets by mobile phone
text Mental to 467467

9pm / $13 / 18+

Sunday 06.22.08: BEAT SWAPMEET @ echoplex

The Los Angeles BEAT-SWAP-MEET is a Record Swapmeet consisting of over 20 invited vendors & collectors from the LA and surrounding areas vending music genres of a wide array. An event considered to be the 1st of it’s kind in the LA area, The Beat Swapmeet hopes to reunify LA in a way that is long overdue. Come through, listen to Beats, Swap records & Meet some new people…

BUY SELL TRADE
Jazz, Blues, Hip-Hop, Funk, Disco, Rock, Soul, Reggae, and World 12″ and 45 Records

with DJS:
Abel
AC The PD
C-Los
Counterstryke
Expo
Gabe Real
Kidragon
Listen Recovery
Pryvet Peepsho
Renato
Source
671

& your host with the most – DJ Marvski

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

FMI: Beat Swapmeet on Myspace

12pm / $5 / all ages

Sunday 06.22.08: PART TIME PUNKS @ echo

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

FMI:
Part Time Punks on Myspace

10pm / $5 / 21+

Monday 06.23.08: Monday Night Residency – RUMSPRINGA / THE UNION LINE / THE HOLLOYS / DANGER BEES @ echo

Rumspringa

Onstage Rumspringa always impresses me—as energetic and exciting as singer/guitarist Joey Stevens and drummer Itaru de la Vega might be, their music is always the main attraction that inspires the audience to dance uncontrollably, as if a spirit had been awaken inside of them. From the show’s start, fans were continuously moving and shaking amidst the band members onstage as well as in the crowd, illustrating the group’s devoted Los Angeles following and growing potential.

To get a sense of its style, look no further than the band’s bio I wrote a few months back: “Trading in Los Angeles’ haughty glitz and glam for a style far more genuine, the freaky folk-blues duo Rumspringa has escaped the clichés attached to its hometown, soul intact. As gritty as the band is eloquent, singer/guitarist Joey Stevens weaves psychedelic themes through surrealist dreams with divinely looped guitars reminiscent of early blues and rock. Thanks to Itaru de la Vega’s ardent drumming, the band’s driving force, Rumspringa’s reverie is one that is sure to awaken the senses—inspiring live reactions anywhere from tribal dancing to a raucous food fight.” – Fuel.tv

with:
The Union Line
The Holloys
Danger Bees

8:30pm / FREE IF 21+; $7 IF UNDER / 18+

Tuesday 06.24.08: HECUBA / HAZM / BRENDAN FOWLER / LACO$TE @ echo

Hecuba || Listen

Hecuba’s dubbed-out drone-moan is the L.A. version of New York bands like Excepter or Gang Gang Dance: sexier, cleaner, not as gnarled, more open spaces, more vocals, hippie-friendly, less concerned about their record collection, would rather dance to hip-hop than talk about it, not afraid of a little glitter, better filling your lungs than your nostrils, has photo shoots, trims beards. They’re using all the same glitches and squonks and hisses and growls (and most importantly the hoooosss of what is presumably an electronic cuica), and use them to motor Isabelle Albuquerque’s slow-churned pop spiritual. She sometimes sings in tune and sometimes deliciously out of tune, which means it’s polished, but just-not-polished enough to count as neo-no-wave death-disco or whatevs. Ergo, in a sun-beaten Los Angeles parking lot where No Age is Nirvana, Hecuba front the college-radio playlist of the steaming tarmac with their version of PJ Harvey swamp-poppy To Bring You My Love or Suzanne Vega’s quasi-industrial 99.9F°. – Paper Thin Walls

8:30pm / FREE if 21+; $5 if under/ 18+

Wednesday 06.25.08: CRYPTACIZE / BECKY STARK / PALMS @ Echo

Cryptacize

The sweet, rich vocals of Nedelle Torisi (who’s released a few solo albums as Nedelle) and the band’s theatrical scale may earn them some comparisons to Lavender Diamond, but the Dig That Treasure is closer to that of Young People’s War Prayers—that combination of suppression and ecstasy, the tension that emerges between the familiar and the buried. “Cosmic Sing-A-Long”, the midpoint of Dig That Treasure, opens with Torisi and guitarist Chris Cohen (of Deerhoof and Curtains) harmonizing. As each takes the foreground, drummer Michael Carreira starts playing something that’s less a beat than a vibration. “Every note is an unfinished song,” they sing, their voices melding perfectly. The instrumentation is sparse but the ornamentation is considerable; there’s a sense of tackling ages-old questions with the most minimal setup possible, of rushing at the cosmic with a handful of notes and a singular drumbeat by your side. And yet Cryptacize gets a solid amount from that; they’re idealistic enough to make that rush, but jaded enough to know that it doesn’t come without cost. – Paper Thin Walls

with:
Becky Stark (from Lavender Diamond)
Palms

8pm / $8 / all ages

THURSDAY 06.26.08: HELL YA! presents THE MOVIES / THE SAVAGES / PIZZA / THE VOYEURS / THE MAE SHI (DJ Sets) @ Echo

The Movies

…the Movies were, more than anything celebrating being the Movies—a ferociously talented live act bathed in a synthy haze of weary sleaze and winking, knowing lyrics, while simultaneously echoing the Bunnymen and remaining firmly, wildly original… Their set was an impassioned, alternately subdued and unhinged performance, as James whirled around the stage in a wild-eyed fever between bassist Jessica Gelt’s sinewy, rhythmic sway and the ambient wash of keyboardist Brian Cleary, demanding that audience members kiss to win copies of the new LP, furiously running in place, and riding the mic stand—once again proving that he is one of the funniest and most dynamic singers in the L.A. music scene (the man can croon, too). The Movies’ show spun between two poles: songs like the melodic, synth-stung “Get Your Macho Out” and the slow-motion whirlpool of “Creation Lake” were a down-tempo counterpoint to the warped snarl of “Autograph” and the glistening stutter-cool of “If I Had the Cash,” with the reeling keyboard intro and propulsive, howled choruses of “Missed Opportunities” unifying both ends of the band’s spectrum before falling into “When I Was in Nam”’s sleep-drawled slow groove of Caucasoid funk. – Web In Front

with:
The Savages || Listen
Pizza || Listen
The Voyeurs

Plus:
DJ Sets by The Mae Shi

8pm / $5 / 18+

Thursday 06.26.08: RESPECT with CRS? / APX-1 / SENSE / DRONE / MC ZEZO ONE / MC XYZ @ echoplex

with:
Crs?
Apx-1
Sense
Drone
MC Zezo One
MC XYZ

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

FMI: Respect on Myspace

10:00pm / $10 before 11pm – $15 after 11pm / 18+

Friday 06.27.08: GRAND ARCHIVES / SERA CAHOONE @ ECHO

Grand Archives

An urgent but atmospheric dose of indie pop, Grand Archives’ self-titled debut is a throwback from the future. Mat Brooke’s airy, measured folk vocals recall everything from The Band and The Beach Boys to After the Gold Rush-era Neil Young, but he’s less a copycat than a crate digger, mashing chilled rock genes with the genre modifications of postmodern music. The slow burn of “Swan Matches” lightly lulls you into the time machine, while the poignant, Mercury Rev-like “George Kaminski” and “Torn Blue Foam Couch” locks the door. But the unplugged stomp of “Breezy No Breezy” skews strange enough to make Grand Archives’ debut an original hybrid for the 21st century. – XLR8R

with:
Sera Cahoone || Listen

Save Money when you order tickets by mobile phone
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8:30pm / $12 / 18+

Friday 06.27.08: DUB CLUB – A NIGHT OF REGGAE LEGENDS WITH U-ROY / CORNELL CAMPBELL / PAT KELLY / STRANGER COLE backed by the Expanders @ ECHOPLEX

U-Roy

Known as the Originator, U-Roy wasn’t the first DJ, nor even the first to cut a record, but he was the first to shake the nation and he originated a style so distinctly unique that he single-handedly changed his homeland’s music scene forever. Born Ewart Beckford in Jones Town, Jamaica, in 1942, he received his famous moniker from a young family member unable to correctly pronounce Ewart and the nickname stuck.

with:
Cornell Campbell
Pat Kelly
Stranger Cole
backed by the Expanders

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

9pm / $20 / 18+

SATURDAY 06.28.08: RALPH’S WORLD @ echoplex

Ralph’s World

A tap-dancing elephant, a cowgirl pig, a rock ‘n’ roll finger band and a new girl in math class named Polly Hedron (“a non-Euclidean lass”) are fanciful performers in “The Rhyming Circus,” the latest album from Ralph Covert and his Ralph’s World band, a family music star attraction.

It’s the first all-new Ralph’s World album on the Disney Sound label, and the band is celebrating with a concert for kids at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Echoplex in L.A.

The album’s humorous through line, Covert says, was inspired by the title track — at one point it rhymes “fish,” “squish” and “Lillian Gish.”

“I sat down and wrote that song and giggled the whole way through.”

The bespectacled rocker who gained an adult following during his years as frontman for Chicago indie-rock band the Bad Examples, shifted gears with his first children’s CD in 2001.

Adults are still part of Covert’s audience, not least because Ralph’s World songs are traditionally infused with inside musical jokes and tributes to the band’s heroes.

Johnny Cash meets preschool, for instance, in “Folsom Daycare Blues.” “Finger Is the Singer” includes a hint of Ziggy Stardust and a dash of the Beach Boys. Covert’s “Polka Dot Shirt” pays homage to Prince’s “Raspberry Beret” and to 1970s Irish hard-rock band Thin Lizzy. – LA Times

10:30am / $15 or $52 Family Four Pack Available / All Ages

Saturday 06.28.08: FLEET FOXES / THE DUCHESS & THE DUKE / FRANKIE FAIRFEILD @ echo

Fleet Foxes

The opening track on Fleet Foxes’ debut EP is the perfect introduction to this Seattle band, whose carefully fashioned songs reward more active listening than your typical indie-roots outfit. “Sun Giant” begins with their soft harmonies reverberating in what sounds like a cathedral space. With no accompaniment, their sustained a cappella notes fade slowly, adding gravity to this hymn of contentment: “What a life I lead in the summer/ What a life I lead in the spring.” The only other instrument is Skyler Skjelset’s mandolin, which enters late in the song playing a delicate theme as singer Robin Pecknold hums quietly.

The Sun Giant EP– sold on tour and digitally through Sub Pop, with a proper release forthcoming– contains familiar sounds, but Fleet Foxes make something new and special with them, following their own musical whims as closely as they follow tradition. (Maybe more closely.) These five songs– modest but never spare, atmospheric but never as an end in itself– change shape constantly, taking in elements of classic rock, church music, old-timey folk, and soundtrack flourishes. Already mistaken for Southern rock (there’s not enough boogie in Nicholas Peterson’s drums for that), Fleet Foxes will bear repeated comparisons, both praising and disparaging, to groups like My Morning Jacket and Band of Horses, but those connections are based on superficial similarities like geography or the heavy use of reverb. In fact, Fleet Foxes’ touchstones are much more diverse than that– and not necessarily so contemporary. – Pitchfork

with:
The Duchess & The Duke
Frankie Fairfield

Save Money when you order tickets by mobile phone
text Jump to 467467

8pm / $10 advance – $12 door / 18+

Saturday 06.28.08: CLUB SUICIDE @ Echoplex

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

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

The last Saturday of every month!

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

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

10pm / $12 / 18+

Sunday 06.29.08: GRAND OLE ECHO with 5 O’CLOCK SOMEWHERE / 50 CENT HAIRCUT / DAFNI / DIME BOX BAND @ echo

with:

5 O’Clock Somewhere
50 Cent Haircut || Listen
Dafni || Listen
Dime Box Band || Listen

hosted by Chris Morris and DJ Cuz’n Roy

5pm / FREE / all ages

Sunday 06.29.08: PART TIME PUNKS @ echo

with:
Fool’s Gold || Listen
Rainbow Arabia || Listen

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

FMI:
Part Time Punks on Myspace

10pm / $5 / 21+

Monday 06.30.08: Monday Night Residency – RUMSPRINGA / 1921a / SLANG CHICKENS / THE AMAZEMENTS @ echo

Rumspringa

Onstage Rumspringa always impresses me—as energetic and exciting as singer/guitarist Joey Stevens and drummer Itaru de la Vega might be, their music is always the main attraction that inspires the audience to dance uncontrollably, as if a spirit had been awaken inside of them. From the show’s start, fans were continuously moving and shaking amidst the band members onstage as well as in the crowd, illustrating the group’s devoted Los Angeles following and growing potential.

To get a sense of its style, look no further than the band’s bio I wrote a few months back: “Trading in Los Angeles’ haughty glitz and glam for a style far more genuine, the freaky folk-blues duo Rumspringa has escaped the clichés attached to its hometown, soul intact. As gritty as the band is eloquent, singer/guitarist Joey Stevens weaves psychedelic themes through surrealist dreams with divinely looped guitars reminiscent of early blues and rock. Thanks to Itaru de la Vega’s ardent drumming, the band’s driving force, Rumspringa’s reverie is one that is sure to awaken the senses—inspiring live reactions anywhere from tribal dancing to a raucous food fight.” – Fuel.tv

with:
1921a
Slang Chickens
The Amazements

8:30pm / FREE IF 21+; $7 IF UNDER / 18+