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

Threadless West Coast Social

featuring special guest DJ
Greg Dulli of The Twilight Singers

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

7:30pm / FREE / 18+

Thursday 07.15.10: ANTIBALAS / THE SWAY MACHINERY @ echoplex

ANTIBALAS || Listen || Watch

Antibalas has been a fixture at the crossroads of international music since their humble Brooklyn beginnings in 1998. As a group entity, they are largely responsible for reviving and innovating an obscure but dynamic style of music known as Afrobeat, tirelessly spreading its gospel to over thirty countries around the world, from New York’s Rikers Island prison to Carnegie Hall, from Tokyo to Turkey.

Antibalas has truly become renowned via their relentless live show. And though it’s certainly no easy task to keep (and feed) such a vast ensemble on the road, the band has managed to average over 100 concerts a year, incessantly traversing the U.S, Canada and Europe in venues large and small be they the sweaty clubs of Brooklyn or in front of hordes of festival goers in places like Bonnaroo, Bumbershoot, Montreux and Roskilde exclaimed “their music is right on time,” while the New York Times, the New Yorker, Rolling Stone Magazine and a slew of others have taken serious notice. Make no mistake, as XLR8R exclaims, Antibalas are indeed “the baddest on the block.”

with:
The Sway Machinery || Listen

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

8:30pm / $20 advance, $22 day of show / 18+

Thursday 07.15.10: TEEN INC / THE SAMPS @ Echo

Teen Inc

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

with:
The Samps

9:30pm / $5 / 18+