Friday 04.09.10: DJ Paul V. Presents SPUNK @ echoplex

DJs:
Paul V.
Matt Cornwall

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

9pm / $5 til 10:30pm, $10 after / 21+

Thursday 03.18.10: DOWN AND DERBY ROLLER DISCO @ echoplex

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

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

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

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

RSVP at www.downandderby.org

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

Saturday 04.03.10: BOOTIE LA with THE KEPTONES / DJ PAUL V. / DJ SHYBOY / ANNA KONDA @ echoplex

BOOTIE LA
LA’s monthly mashup bootleg party

Direct from the UK! Britain’s best mashup producer:
THE KLEPTONES

Resident Bootie DJ:
DJ PAUL V.

Special guest DJ:
DJ SHYBOY

Midnight Mashup Show:
ANNA KONDA as Lady Gaga

Direct from the UK, Bootie LA is proud to present a rare Stateside appearance from The Kleptones, one of Britain’s best mashup producers. Since 2003, they’ve released six full-length mashup albums — all for free on the internet — including the seminal Queen bootleg album, “A Night At The Hip-Hopera.” Their recently-released double album — their first in two years — immediately blew up the blogosphere with its dual sides: “Uptime” provides the Bootie dance floor bangers, while “Downtime” plays the role of a chilled-out after-party.

Special guest DJ Shyboy joins resident DJ Paul V. on the decks throughout the night, and for the Midnight Mashup Show, it’s the return of Anna Konda, who will be channeling a mashed-up performance of Lady Gaga.

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 monthly parties in eight cities on three continents. Mixing and matching every conceivable musical genre, era, and style into one big dance party where everyone feels welcome, Bootie provides the soundtrack for the A.D.D. generation.

Resident DJs Adrian, Mysterious D, and Paul V. keep your brain guessing and body dancing with creative song combinations, celebrating — and satirizing — the many different forms of music. And free mashup CDs will be given away like candy!

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

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

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

Saturday 02.20.10: MISHKA LA GRAND OPENING PARTY with WAVVES / BEST COAST / THE FRANKS / 12TH PLANET / FRANKI CHAN / KILLING SPREE / hosted by ANDY MILONAKIS @ echoplex

So I’m sure you guys all know we’re opening the Los Angeles chapter of Мишка on February 20th in Echo Park. The shop will open at noon and there will be exclusives, Spring 2010 product and just an all-around jovial atmosphere. From 7-9pm we’ll also be having an opening reception in the shop with some drinks and music and invite everyone from the community and greater Los Angeles area to come by. But as soon as that’s over we’re going to show the West one of those things we do best, and that’s throw a party! And boy do we have a party for you guys…

It’ll be a riotous evening as we brought in DJs like your West Coast Dubstep Champion, 12th Planet who’ll be doing a set w/ Ras Kass (yes that Ras Kass), Franki Chan of IHEARTCOMIX and the Killing Spree duo of Gibby & Zane is Trouble who’ll bring the dark and dancey to the dance floor. And if that wasn’t already enough for a great party, we couldn’t not have a few bands perform now could we? We brought in West Coast Lo-Fi heavy weight such as Wavves and Best Coast along with very awesome The Franks to keep the party rocking all night long. But wait… that still isn’t everything! The cherry on top of it all is that your host of the evening will be none other than Andy Milonakis, who’ll be gracing you all with laughs and I’m sue a few impromptu freestyles. Who knows, he may even battle the elusive Turd Wolf if we get enough liquor in him.

with:
Wavves || Listen
Best Coast
The Franks || Listen
12th Planet
Franki Chan
Killing Spree

Hosted By:
Andy Milonakis

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

RSVP: rsvp@mishkanyc.com

FMI: MishkaNYC.com

9pm / FREE with RSVP / 21+

Saturday 03.06.10: BOOTIE LA with DJ MORGOTH (from Bootie Berlin) @ echoplex

BOOTIE LA
LA’s monthly mashup bootleg party

BOOTIE BERLIN comes to LA!
From Germany, special guest:
DJ MORGOTH
Creator of the Rick Astley vs. Nirvana Rick-Rolling YouTube internet meme!

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

Midnight Mashup Show: resident dance crew
R.A.I.D. (Random Acts of Irreverent Dance) –

BOOTIE BERLIN is coming to LA! DJ MORGOTH, the party-starter behind Bootie’s branch in Berlin, is the infamous creator of last year’s Rick-Rolling internet meme sensation, the ridiculous Rick Astley vs. Nirvana mashup, “Never Gonna Give Your Teen Spirit Up,” which got over two million views on YouTube before being pulled down. The video garnered media attention around the world, from VH1’s “Best Week Ever”, to The Guardian UK, to Justin Timberlake’s own web site!

And for the Midnight Mashup Show, resident dance crew R.A.I.D. (Random Acts of Irreverent Dance) will take over the stage in all their gold-suited glory for another show-stopping dance performance.

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 monthly parties in eight cities on three continents. Mixing and matching every conceivable musical genre, era, and style into one big dance party where everyone feels welcome, Bootie provides the soundtrack for the A.D.D. generation.

Resident DJs Adrian, Mysterious D, and Paul V. keep your brain guessing and body dancing with creative song combinations, celebrating — and satirizing — the many different forms of music. And free mashup CDs will be given away like candy!

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

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

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

Monday 03.29.10: Monday Night Residency – THE DELTA MIRROR / SPIRIT VINE / BORNEO @ echo

The Delta Mirror || Listen || Watch || MP3

A certain strain of recent indie rock seems to be taking an unusual interest in illness and death. You could blame Arcade Fire, the sad loss of whose family members only happened to lead to one of the most universally acclaimed independent releases of the past decade. Last year, the Antlers’ Hospice focused an entire album on the subject of a man with terminal bone cancer. Now L.A. trio the Delta Mirror’s upcoming Lefse debut, Machines That Listen, sets each of its nine songs in a different room of the hospital.
This slow, layered ballad “He Was Worse Than the Needle He Gave You” stands out not for its pathos-ridden subject matter– I’m still not sure I know exactly what it’s about– but rather its restrained emotional gutpunch, which it achieves with a simple but catchy tune and dramatically expansive production. Imagine the Big Pink’s electro-shoegaze explosions sounding vulnerable. “I’ve got too much time on my hands,” goes a gothy male vocal, and before long we find out the reason why– and the guy responsible won’t fucking be held responsible. The next time the Delta Mirror sing those words, at the end of the song, their meaning has changed. Damage done. – Pitchfork

with:
Spirit Vine || Listen
Borneo

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Monday 03.22.10: THE FREQUENCY / LAST MAN STANDING / HORSE STORIES @ echo

The Frequency || Listen || Watch || MP3

Haven’t posted a 15 minute plus track on here in ages – actually, come to think of it I’m not sure I ever have, which is a travesty as most of the best songs stretch to a good quarter of an hour.

LA’s The Frequency aren’t afraid to take you on a pyschedelic meander and this opus clocks in at 17′34″, rinsing your ears with woozy slide guitar for a quick four minutes before taking you off to planet pachouli for an epic trip that’s by turns Jonestowny, Floydy and Spiritualizedy.

So slow down, stop, turn off Twitter and shut out the outside world for a bit. Or play Battleships. – NME

with:
Horse Stories || Listen
Last Man Standing

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Monday 03.15.10: Monday Night Residency – THE DELTA MIRROR / POP NOIR / CANNONEERS / TIGERS CAN BITE YOU @ echo

The Delta Mirror || Listen || Watch || MP3

A certain strain of recent indie rock seems to be taking an unusual interest in illness and death. You could blame Arcade Fire, the sad loss of whose family members only happened to lead to one of the most universally acclaimed independent releases of the past decade. Last year, the Antlers’ Hospice focused an entire album on the subject of a man with terminal bone cancer. Now L.A. trio the Delta Mirror’s upcoming Lefse debut, Machines That Listen, sets each of its nine songs in a different room of the hospital.
This slow, layered ballad “He Was Worse Than the Needle He Gave You” stands out not for its pathos-ridden subject matter– I’m still not sure I know exactly what it’s about– but rather its restrained emotional gutpunch, which it achieves with a simple but catchy tune and dramatically expansive production. Imagine the Big Pink’s electro-shoegaze explosions sounding vulnerable. “I’ve got too much time on my hands,” goes a gothy male vocal, and before long we find out the reason why– and the guy responsible won’t fucking be held responsible. The next time the Delta Mirror sing those words, at the end of the song, their meaning has changed. Damage done. – Pitchfork

with:
Pop Noir || Listen
The Cannoneers
Tigers Can Bite You

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Monday 03.08.10: Monday Night Residency – THE DELTA MIRROR / ALEXANDRA HOPE / CORRIDOR / SISTER CRAYON @ echo

The Delta Mirror || Listen || Watch || MP3

A certain strain of recent indie rock seems to be taking an unusual interest in illness and death. You could blame Arcade Fire, the sad loss of whose family members only happened to lead to one of the most universally acclaimed independent releases of the past decade. Last year, the Antlers’ Hospice focused an entire album on the subject of a man with terminal bone cancer. Now L.A. trio the Delta Mirror’s upcoming Lefse debut, Machines That Listen, sets each of its nine songs in a different room of the hospital.
This slow, layered ballad “He Was Worse Than the Needle He Gave You” stands out not for its pathos-ridden subject matter– I’m still not sure I know exactly what it’s about– but rather its restrained emotional gutpunch, which it achieves with a simple but catchy tune and dramatically expansive production. Imagine the Big Pink’s electro-shoegaze explosions sounding vulnerable. “I’ve got too much time on my hands,” goes a gothy male vocal, and before long we find out the reason why– and the guy responsible won’t fucking be held responsible. The next time the Delta Mirror sing those words, at the end of the song, their meaning has changed. Damage done. – Pitchfork

With:
Alexandra Hope
Sister Crayon
Corridor

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Monday 03.01.10: Monday Night Residency – THE DELTA MIRROR / NALEPA / HEALAMONSTER & TARSIER / FULL FRONTAL @ echo

The Delta Mirror || Listen || Watch || MP3

A certain strain of recent indie rock seems to be taking an unusual interest in illness and death. You could blame Arcade Fire, the sad loss of whose family members only happened to lead to one of the most universally acclaimed independent releases of the past decade. Last year, the Antlers’ Hospice focused an entire album on the subject of a man with terminal bone cancer. Now L.A. trio the Delta Mirror’s upcoming Lefse debut, Machines That Listen, sets each of its nine songs in a different room of the hospital.
This slow, layered ballad “He Was Worse Than the Needle He Gave You” stands out not for its pathos-ridden subject matter– I’m still not sure I know exactly what it’s about– but rather its restrained emotional gutpunch, which it achieves with a simple but catchy tune and dramatically expansive production. Imagine the Big Pink’s electro-shoegaze explosions sounding vulnerable. “I’ve got too much time on my hands,” goes a gothy male vocal, and before long we find out the reason why– and the guy responsible won’t fucking be held responsible. The next time the Delta Mirror sing those words, at the end of the song, their meaning has changed. Damage done. – Pitchfork

With:
Napela || Listen
Healamonster and Tarsier
Full Frontal

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 04.24.10: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 04.17.10: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 04.10.10: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 04.03.10: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Wednesday 04.28.10: 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

9pm / $5 / 21+

Wednesday 04.21.10: DUB CLUB presents MICHAEL ROSE backed by DUBTONIC KRU @ echoplex

Michael Rose

backed by
Dubtonic Kru

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

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

Wednesday 04.14.10: DUB CLUB presents MAD PROFESSOR @ echoplex

Mad Professor

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

9pm / $10 / 21+

Wednesday 04.07.10: 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

9pm / $5 / 21+

Wednesday 03.31.10: 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

9pm / $5 / 21+

Wednesday 03.24.10: 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

9pm / $5 / 21+

Wednesday 03.17.10: 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

9pm / $5 / 21+

Wednesday 03.10.10: DUB CLUB presents RAS MICHAEL AND THE SONS OF NEGUS mixed by SCIENTIST / ALL STAR SABAR ORCHESTRA / CLAUDIUS LINTON @ echoplex

A Night of Roots and Culture

RAS MICHAEL and the Sons of Negus
mixed by Scientist

with special guests:
All Star Sabar Orchestra

and a acoustic set from:
Claudius Linton

Ras Michael was born George Michael Henry in Kingston, Jamaica. He grew up in the Rastafarian community in the ghettos of Kingston. He is known throughout the world as a reggae vocalist and Nyabinghi drum specialist whose style is the heartbeat of roots reggae.

In the early 60’s, Ras Michael formed the Sons of Negus, a rastafarian group of drummers and singers who had grown up in the tradition of burra drumming, one of the few surviving remnants of their African heritage. In Jamaica, the burra and kumina drums first sounded to celebrate the religious and social gatherings of the African people in Jamaica. Gradually, the Rastaman took over, beating the drums at their prayer meetings, or groundations. While Ras Michael’s music is drawn from an amalgam of biblical and African chants, he distinguished himself from the other drummers in the early Rastafarian movements by forging the connection between the traditional hand drums and the modern electric instruments used in commercial music, thereby taking his message of equal rights and unity from a few scattered communities in Jamaica’s parishes out to the entire world.

Ras Michael has worked, recorded and performed with some of the most legendary musicians in the world, including Peter Tosh, Lee Perry, Burning Spear, Stevie Wonder and Roberta Flack. He performed with Bob Marley at the One Love Peace Concert in Jamaica in 1978. Later that year, Marley was asked what he thought of Ras Michael. “Ras Michael is a roots master and a Nyabinghi specialist” he said. “He tells it like it is.” Ras Michael has recorded more than 24 albums over the years, including the memorable Kibir Am Lak (Glory to God) , Rastafari Dub featuring Peter Tosh, Robbie Shakespeare, and Earl “Chinna” Smith , Love Thy Neighbor ),and Zion Train .His tune “None Of Jah Jah Children No Cry” is a reggae anthem. Ras Michael is one of the founders and president of the Rastafarian International/Marcus Garvey Culture Center in Los Angeles, and and he continues to tour internationally .”The music is spreading” Ras Michael says, “and the people are getting more of an understanding. Without the one drop hard-core reggae music, without the Nyabinghi drop, reggae would not be reggae and have no true identity. It brings the elders, it brings the old man, it brings the young guys, it brings the ghetto people, the uptown people, downtown and suburbs…everyone, with true expressions of themselves, so it is reality.”

The All Star Sabar Orchestra is a young group of musicians recently arrived in LA from Dakar , Senegal where they were frequent performers in the nightclubs and cultural gatherings of that African capitol. Composed of 5 percussionist/vocalists , their music is a modern urban take on traditional styles. They rap in the Wolof language over intricate and fiery drumming in the “Bayefaal” mode.

At the mixing board for both of the bands will be the dubmaster Scientist. The late King Tubby is generally recognized as the father of Dub music, the style of reggae known for heavy drum and bass tones and wild reverb and echoes. Scientist was Tubbys apprentice and learned at his side, mixing reggae records from the age of 13 onwards. Many of Scientists albums are dub classics , such as “Scientist Rids The World of the Evil Curse of the Vampires”. With him at the controls the bass will be in the place!

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

9pm / $5 BEFORE 10PM, $12 AFTER / 21+

Wednesday 03.03.10: 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

9pm / $5 / 21+

Tuesday 02.02.10: MANHATTAN MURDER MYSTERY / SEASONS / YELLOW ALEX / CASTANO @ echo

Manhattan Murder Mystery
Seasons
Castano
Yellow Alex

PLUS BINGO!

8:30pm / $5 / 21+

Saturday 03.27.10: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 03.20.10: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 03.13.10: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 03.06.10: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Friday 02.12.10: VTech & Beat Junkie Sound present NIGHTLIFE – THE BEAT JUNKIES / SLUM VILLAGE @ echoplex

with resident DJs THE BEAT JUNKIES:
J.ROCC
BABU
RHETTMATIC
MR. CHOC

plus special guest:
SLUM VILLAGE

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

10pm / $5 before 11pm, $10 after / 21+

Thursday 02.25.10: DOWN AND DERBY ROLLER DISCO @ echoplex

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

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

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

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

RSVP at www.downandderby.org

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

Thursday 02.18.10: Spaceland Productions presents A Solo Acoustic Evening with Chris Shiflett of Foo Fighters & Audra Mae @ LaBrie’s (Formerly The Scene Bar)

Chris Shiflett

with:
Audra Mae

At LaBrie’s
(Formerly The Scene Bar)
806 E. Colorado St
Glendale, CA 91205

8pm / $12 advance, $15 day of show / 21+

Saturday 02.27.10: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 02.20.10: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 02.13.10: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 02.06.10: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Monday 02.22.10: Monday Night Residency – USELESS KEYS / FREE ENERGY / REPEATER / BOXVIOLET @ echo

Useless Keys || Listen

The foursome’s debut EP, which will be out after the first of the year, is the stuff of late nights and distant horizons, taut and expansive and cinematic and not a little bit Floydian. Its title is “Is the Painting Changing?” — and no matter whether the metaphorical painting is, it’s certain that Bauer, who led the Fugazi-inspired trio the Front until the band broke up on Jan. 1, 2008, has. He calls it a “natural progression,” but it’s more a startling metamorphosis, one that Bauer attributes to the friendship and tutelage of guitarist Michael Regilio.

“The Front was the band where I drank whiskey, turned up my guitar real loud and shouted into the microphone,” he says. “In Useless Keys, I’m actually conscious of the whole package … It’s just maturing, I guess.”

Regilio was a driving force in the underrated L.A. power-pop band the Green and Yellow TV. After their respective former bands disintegrated in ’08, Bauer and Regilio would get together for lessons and jams sessions. “I saw Michael as someone I could learn a lot from — he went to Berklee, and he’s just a much better guitar player than I am,” Bauer says. “We started making demos in his bedroom, but we had no aspirations. He had something going on, I had something going on. … But then his project broke up, and I needed to plunge myself into something.”

The pair hooked up with drummer Rory Modica and bassist Guylaine Vivarat, and from their first show at Spaceland it was evident Useless Keys were a band to watch. Recent shows in New York, including one supporting the Rifles, went well, and they’ve been recording with producer Sheldon Gomberg (Rick Parker’s mix adds to the psychedelic vibe). The quartet is aiming high on its full-length album. – Buzz Bands

with:
Free Energy || Listen
Repeater
BoxViolet

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Monday 02.15.10: Monday Night Residency – USELESS KEYS / AUSHUA / WE BARBARIANS / SCIENCE @ echo

Useless Keys || Listen

The foursome’s debut EP, which will be out after the first of the year, is the stuff of late nights and distant horizons, taut and expansive and cinematic and not a little bit Floydian. Its title is “Is the Painting Changing?” — and no matter whether the metaphorical painting is, it’s certain that Bauer, who led the Fugazi-inspired trio the Front until the band broke up on Jan. 1, 2008, has. He calls it a “natural progression,” but it’s more a startling metamorphosis, one that Bauer attributes to the friendship and tutelage of guitarist Michael Regilio.

“The Front was the band where I drank whiskey, turned up my guitar real loud and shouted into the microphone,” he says. “In Useless Keys, I’m actually conscious of the whole package … It’s just maturing, I guess.”

Regilio was a driving force in the underrated L.A. power-pop band the Green and Yellow TV. After their respective former bands disintegrated in ’08, Bauer and Regilio would get together for lessons and jams sessions. “I saw Michael as someone I could learn a lot from — he went to Berklee, and he’s just a much better guitar player than I am,” Bauer says. “We started making demos in his bedroom, but we had no aspirations. He had something going on, I had something going on. … But then his project broke up, and I needed to plunge myself into something.”

The pair hooked up with drummer Rory Modica and bassist Guylaine Vivarat, and from their first show at Spaceland it was evident Useless Keys were a band to watch. Recent shows in New York, including one supporting the Rifles, went well, and they’ve been recording with producer Sheldon Gomberg (Rick Parker’s mix adds to the psychedelic vibe). The quartet is aiming high on its full-length album. – Buzz Bands

with:
Aushua || Listen
We Barbarians || Listen
Science

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Monday 02.08.10: Monday Night Residency – USELESS KEYS / LIGHT FM / BLACK APPLES / L.E.F. @ echo

Useless Keys || Listen

The foursome’s debut EP, which will be out after the first of the year, is the stuff of late nights and distant horizons, taut and expansive and cinematic and not a little bit Floydian. Its title is “Is the Painting Changing?” — and no matter whether the metaphorical painting is, it’s certain that Bauer, who led the Fugazi-inspired trio the Front until the band broke up on Jan. 1, 2008, has. He calls it a “natural progression,” but it’s more a startling metamorphosis, one that Bauer attributes to the friendship and tutelage of guitarist Michael Regilio.

“The Front was the band where I drank whiskey, turned up my guitar real loud and shouted into the microphone,” he says. “In Useless Keys, I’m actually conscious of the whole package … It’s just maturing, I guess.”

Regilio was a driving force in the underrated L.A. power-pop band the Green and Yellow TV. After their respective former bands disintegrated in ’08, Bauer and Regilio would get together for lessons and jams sessions. “I saw Michael as someone I could learn a lot from — he went to Berklee, and he’s just a much better guitar player than I am,” Bauer says. “We started making demos in his bedroom, but we had no aspirations. He had something going on, I had something going on. … But then his project broke up, and I needed to plunge myself into something.”

The pair hooked up with drummer Rory Modica and bassist Guylaine Vivarat, and from their first show at Spaceland it was evident Useless Keys were a band to watch. Recent shows in New York, including one supporting the Rifles, went well, and they’ve been recording with producer Sheldon Gomberg (Rick Parker’s mix adds to the psychedelic vibe). The quartet is aiming high on its full-length album. – Buzz Bands

with:
Light FM
The Black Apples
L.E.F.

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Monday 02.01.10: Monday Night Residency – USELESS KEYS / SPIRIT VINE / THE ARMS / VERY SPECIAL GUESTS @ echo

Useless Keys || Listen

The foursome’s debut EP, which will be out after the first of the year, is the stuff of late nights and distant horizons, taut and expansive and cinematic and not a little bit Floydian. Its title is “Is the Painting Changing?” — and no matter whether the metaphorical painting is, it’s certain that Bauer, who led the Fugazi-inspired trio the Front until the band broke up on Jan. 1, 2008, has. He calls it a “natural progression,” but it’s more a startling metamorphosis, one that Bauer attributes to the friendship and tutelage of guitarist Michael Regilio.

“The Front was the band where I drank whiskey, turned up my guitar real loud and shouted into the microphone,” he says. “In Useless Keys, I’m actually conscious of the whole package … It’s just maturing, I guess.”

Regilio was a driving force in the underrated L.A. power-pop band the Green and Yellow TV. After their respective former bands disintegrated in ’08, Bauer and Regilio would get together for lessons and jams sessions. “I saw Michael as someone I could learn a lot from — he went to Berklee, and he’s just a much better guitar player than I am,” Bauer says. “We started making demos in his bedroom, but we had no aspirations. He had something going on, I had something going on. … But then his project broke up, and I needed to plunge myself into something.”

The pair hooked up with drummer Rory Modica and bassist Guylaine Vivarat, and from their first show at Spaceland it was evident Useless Keys were a band to watch. Recent shows in New York, including one supporting the Rifles, went well, and they’ve been recording with producer Sheldon Gomberg (Rick Parker’s mix adds to the psychedelic vibe). The quartet is aiming high on its full-length album. – Buzz Bands

with:
Spirit Vine || Listen
The Arms
Special Guests

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Friday 02.26.10: TRANNYSHACK @ echoplex

Trannyshack LA returns, once again at Echoplex, our new home, and our biggest and best venue yet. With a line-up of the most talented trannies on the West Coast, this will be the party not to miss this season. Featuring performances by Heklina, Raya Light, Squeaky Blonde, Lady Bear, Syphilis Diller, Fade Dra, Anna Conda, Fade Dra, Rhea Litre, Alaska Thunderfuck, Phyllis Navidad, and more. Hostess Heklina and partner Cody Bayne promise a night of lipstick smeared madness, and DJ Dave Rape supplies the beats before and after the show. Drop dead diva Barbie Q will greet you at the door….

Trannyshack, San Francisco’s infamous drag performance night club, shocked and delighted packed audiences every Tuesday night at midnight for over twelve years. Defying all expectations, Trannyshack incorporated everything from low brow trash to high brow performance art, and became famous (or, infamous) worldwide as the quintessential San Francisco experience. No visit to the City was complete without a stop at Trannyshack. The club has been featured in Out (which named it one of the top 10 reasons to move to San Francisco), Genre, Instinct, and Paper magazines and won numerous Best of the Bay awards, and was filmed for an independent feature length documentary , titled “Filthy Gorgeous: The Trannyshack Story” . Trannyshack is now branching out it’s empire, with shows in LA, London, Waikiki, Seattle, Portland, New Orleans, and Reno enjoying great success.

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

9pm / $10 / 21+

Thursday 01.21.10: DOWN AND DERBY ROLLER DISCO @ echoplex

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

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

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

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

RSVP at www.downandderby.org

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

Wednesday 02.24.10: 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

9pm / $5 / 21+

Wednesday: 02.17.10: 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

9pm / $5 / 21+

Wednesday 02.10.10: DUB CLUB presents COURTNEY MELODY / TIPPA LEE @ echoplex

COURTNEY MELODY
with special guest TIPPA LEE
backed by Echodelic Soundsystem

Rough dancehall singer Courtney Melody was born in St. Andrew, Jamaica and began singing from when he attended school. In his early teens he started to work on a local sound system called Black Spider. He started to make a name for himself when he joined the mighty Stereo One sound system, working alongside Lieutenant Stitchie, Ricky Stereo, Boy Blue, Wolfman and Daddy Freddy.
It was Stereo One who released his first 45, an awesome soundboy burial anthem called “Screechy Across The Border”.

Courtney then went to Winston Riley’s Techniques label to voice “How Long Will Your Love Last” and “Exploiter”. These were small hits, but his next effort “Bad Boy” in 1986 propelled this young singer into international dancehall stardom. Courtney Melody then became the hottest artist in reggae music, unleashing a volley of unstoppable dancehall sides such as “Ninja Mi Ninja” and “Tell Dem” for King Tubbys; “Modern Girl” for Robert French; “Put It Down” for Harry J “Downpressor” for Prince Jazzbo; “Rootsman Corner” for Redman; and “Can’t Get We Out” for King Jammy’s. Many of these tunes remain modern-day dancehall classics.
After experiencing a motorbike accident, Courtney was forced to take a long break from the business and little was heard from Courtney throughout the 1990s, with the exception of a superb single for Star Trail called “In The Street”. Riding the “Baltimore” rhythm, this tune proved that Courtney really was a great singer, who given the opportunity and the right rhythm, still produce top quality reggae music.

The 1999 World Clash in New York was a landmark event for Courtney. Japanese sound system Mighty Crown brandished their dubplate special of “Ninja Mi Ninja” which mashed up the dance, helping the Japanese to take the trophy. Tapes of the clash went worldwide and soon every sound had to have their own specials from Courtney Melody. Suddenly his popularity rose and led to Courtney touring overseas and capitalising on his dancehall veteran status.

In 2007 he came out an excellent new album , Serious Business.

We are very excited to Courtney Melody live and direct at the Dub Club, alongside long time Dub Club favorite Tippa Lee, and backed up on the turntables by Echodelic Soundsystem.

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

9pm / $10 / 21+

Wednesday 02.03.10: 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

9pm / $5 / 21+

Saturday 02.06.10: BOOTIE LA with SLASH FICTION @ echoplex

BOOTIE LA
LA’s monthly mashup bootleg party

ALL-DISCO mashup set from:
SLASH FICTION

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

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

“Disco assassins for hire” Slash Fiction hit the decks at midnight, for a special ALL-DISCO mashup set! Henry Slash and Mick Fiction are the DJ duo responsible for rockin’ the dance floor at Chinatown’s Full Frontal Disco parties, celebrating disco decadence in its myriad mutations, both classic and contemporary — only this time, they’ll be adding a mashup twist to their signature sound!

And for the Midnight Mashup Show, resident dance crew R.A.I.D. (Random Acts of Irreverent Dance) takes over the stage in all their bizarre, gold-suited glory, for another show-stopping dance performance.

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 monthly parties in six cities on two continents. Mixing and matching every conceivable musical genre, era, and style into one big dance party where everyone feels welcome, Bootie provides the soundtrack for the A.D.D. generation.

Resident DJs Adrian, Mysterious D, and Paul V. keep your brain guessing and body dancing with creative song combinations, celebrating — and satirizing — the many different forms of music. And free mashup CDs will be given away like candy!

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

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

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

Saturday 01.09.10: DRAGSTRIP 66 – HATS ALL FOLKS – GRAND FINALE AND 17th ANNIVERSARY SHOW @ echoplex

Gay, straight, bi, trans or in-between – Dragstrip 66 is your “all-invited” home to unleash all forms of self-expression, decadence, drag, and masquerade – with a totally fun, friendly, no-attitude crowd. The music is an eclectic mix of electro, indie rock, funk, mashups, 80’s, synthpop – anything and everything to get the dancefloor shakin’. Every Dragstrip has a theme as a touchstone to inspire your drag or mode of dress. However, drag is NEVER required, and there’s plenty of folks in totally casual street wear too. DRAGSTRIP 66 is a long-running queer dance club in Los Angeles. (Perhaps the longest running underground dance club in LA?) Co-created by Mr. Dan (aka hostess Gina Lotriman) and DJ Paul V., Dragstrip launched in January 1993, on the 2nd Saturday each month.

AND DON’T FORGET:
Cover is always only $5 if you arrive in full drag or cross-dress!

More info:
http://www.Dragstrip66.com
Dragstrip 66 on Facebook

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

9pm / $10 / 21+

Saturday 01.30.10: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 01.23.10: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 01.16.10: FUNKY SOLE with special guest J.ROCC @ echo

with:
J.ROCC

plus resident DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Tuesday 01.26.10: OLIN AND THE MOON / THE HENRY CLAY PEOPLE / HAIM @ echo

Olin and The Moon || Listen || Watch

Not to sound too hayseed, but this album’s like beer. Sometimes you cry in it; sometime you raise your glass. The L.A. quintet with roots in Sun Valley, Idaho, have birthed a “No Depression”-worthy recording that, while hardly straying from country formula, tugs at your heart like a prairie sunset. The fivesome’s tidy arrangements help diminutive frontman David LaBrel’s crystalline vocals stand out — he doesn’t have to overplay wistful when he sings “It’s kinda hard to laugh right now / and drinkin’ makes me sick / ‘Cause the first time I saw you / I was in between sips.” – Buzz Bands

with:
The Henry Clay People || Listen
Haim

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Tuesday 01.19.10: OLIN AND THE MOON / DUSTY RHODES AND THE RIVER BAND @ echo

Olin and The Moon || Listen || Watch

Not to sound too hayseed, but this album’s like beer. Sometimes you cry in it; sometime you raise your glass. The L.A. quintet with roots in Sun Valley, Idaho, have birthed a “No Depression”-worthy recording that, while hardly straying from country formula, tugs at your heart like a prairie sunset. The fivesome’s tidy arrangements help diminutive frontman David LaBrel’s crystalline vocals stand out — he doesn’t have to overplay wistful when he sings “It’s kinda hard to laugh right now / and drinkin’ makes me sick / ‘Cause the first time I saw you / I was in between sips.” – Buzz Bands

with:
Dusty Rhodes & The River Band

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Tuesday 01.12.10: OLIN AND THE MOON / ELENI MANDELL @ echo

Olin and The Moon || Listen || Watch

Not to sound too hayseed, but this album’s like beer. Sometimes you cry in it; sometime you raise your glass. The L.A. quintet with roots in Sun Valley, Idaho, have birthed a “No Depression”-worthy recording that, while hardly straying from country formula, tugs at your heart like a prairie sunset. The fivesome’s tidy arrangements help diminutive frontman David LaBrel’s crystalline vocals stand out — he doesn’t have to overplay wistful when he sings “It’s kinda hard to laugh right now / and drinkin’ makes me sick / ‘Cause the first time I saw you / I was in between sips.” – Buzz Bands

with:
Eleni Mandell

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Tuesday 01.05.10: OLIN AND THE MOON / MARNIE HERALD @ echo

Olin and The Moon || Listen || Watch

Not to sound too hayseed, but this album’s like beer. Sometimes you cry in it; sometime you raise your glass. The L.A. quintet with roots in Sun Valley, Idaho, have birthed a “No Depression”-worthy recording that, while hardly straying from country formula, tugs at your heart like a prairie sunset. The fivesome’s tidy arrangements help diminutive frontman David LaBrel’s crystalline vocals stand out — he doesn’t have to overplay wistful when he sings “It’s kinda hard to laugh right now / and drinkin’ makes me sick / ‘Cause the first time I saw you / I was in between sips.” – Buzz Bands

with:
Marnie Herald

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Monday 01.25.10: THE FRENCH SEMESTER / TEAM ABRAHAM / LE SWITCH / WONDERGROUND @ echo

The French Semester || Listen

A sweet and smile-inducing blend of Guided By Voices’ ragged melodic charm with the hushed pop wits of the third Velvet Underground record, the French Semester’s Good Friends Only I Could See churns out one harmonious and guitar-jangled rock/pop gem after another—“Remembering Right Now” being the big winner—with each track’s layered loveliness capable of breaking your heart without so much as breaking a sweat. – Web In Front

with:
Team Abraham
Le Switch || Listen
Wonderground

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Monday 01.18.10: THE FRENCH SEMESTER / MOVING PICTURE SHOW / LIGHT FM / DOWNTOWN/UNION @ echo

The French Semester || Listen

A sweet and smile-inducing blend of Guided By Voices’ ragged melodic charm with the hushed pop wits of the third Velvet Underground record, the French Semester’s Good Friends Only I Could See churns out one harmonious and guitar-jangled rock/pop gem after another—“Remembering Right Now” being the big winner—with each track’s layered loveliness capable of breaking your heart without so much as breaking a sweat. – Web In Front

with:
Moving Picture Show
Light FM
Downtown/Union

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Monday 01.11.10: THE FRENCH SEMESTER / ASBURY / THE MONOLATORS / MANHATTAN MURDER MYSTERY @ echo

The French Semester || Listen

A sweet and smile-inducing blend of Guided By Voices’ ragged melodic charm with the hushed pop wits of the third Velvet Underground record, the French Semester’s Good Friends Only I Could See churns out one harmonious and guitar-jangled rock/pop gem after another—“Remembering Right Now” being the big winner—with each track’s layered loveliness capable of breaking your heart without so much as breaking a sweat. – Web In Front

with:
Asbury
The Monolators || Listen
Manhattan Murder Mystery

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Monday 01.04.10: THE FRENCH SEMESTER / LETTING UP DESPITE GREAT FAULTS / THE SPIRES / THE HEALTH CLUB@ echo

The French Semester || Listen

A sweet and smile-inducing blend of Guided By Voices’ ragged melodic charm with the hushed pop wits of the third Velvet Underground record, the French Semester’s Good Friends Only I Could See churns out one harmonious and guitar-jangled rock/pop gem after another—“Remembering Right Now” being the big winner—with each track’s layered loveliness capable of breaking your heart without so much as breaking a sweat. – Web In Front

with:
Letting up Despite Great Faults || Listen
The Spires || Listen
The Health Club || Listen

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Thursday 12.31.09: BOOTIE LA’s NEW YEARS EVE BOOTLEG BALL @ echoplex

BOOTIE LA New Years Eve Bootleg Ball
LA’s monthly mashup bootleg party

Mash up your New Year!
Balloon drop! Free champagne! Noisemakers and hats! Confetti!

FREE ‘Best of Bootie 2009′ CD to the first 300 people!

Showcase sets from resident DJ:
DJ PAUL V.

Special guest DJs:
DJ SHYBOY
DJ AXEL

New Years Midnight Mashup Show from resident dance crew:
R.A.I.D. (Random Acts of Irreverent Dance)

Special mashup performances from:
Purple Crush

DrunkRockers.com Photo Booth!

Mash up your New Year! Bootie LA celebrates New Years Eve, mashup-style, with a balloon drop, free champagne, free CDs, and more! To help you celebrate, resident dance crew R.A.I.D. (Random Acts of Irreverent Dance) will be helping count down to midnight and ringing in 2010 with a special New Years Eve performance. Indie-electro duo Purple Crush will also be performing a couple mashup performances throughout the night.

Resident DJ Paul V. will be on the decks, as well as special guests DJ Shyboy and DJ Axel, spinning all the best mashups from the past year. Get your photo taken at the DrunkRockers.com Photo Booth! Plus, we’ve got the brand-new “Best of Bootie 2009″ CD — our annual 20-track mix compilation — FREE to the first 300 people through the door!

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 monthly parties in six cities on two continents. Mixing and matching every conceivable musical genre, era, and style into one big dance party where everyone feels welcome, Bootie provides the soundtrack for the A.D.D. generation.

Resident DJs Adrian, the Mysterious D, and Paul V. keep your brain guessing and body dancing with creative song combinations, celebrating — and satirizing — the many different forms of music. And free mashup CDs will be given away like candy!

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

9pm / $10 before 10pm, $20 after / 21+

Tuesday 12.22.09: VTech & Plug Research present PLUG RESEARCH TWENTY TEN with BILAL / EXILE & DJ DAY FEAT BLU / MILOSH / OM’MAS KEITH / SHAFIQ HUSAYN / PHAROAHE MONCH / DAEDELUS / J.ROCC / KUTMAH @ echoplex

VTech and Plug Research have partnered bringing you one of the heaviest line ups all year, with “Plug Research TwentyTen.” Combining vision with amazing audio artistry, this showcase offers a taste of the future blessings soon to be released on Plug Research. Without doubt, we are very pleased and hope that you’ll keep your ears wide open!

LIVE PERFORMANCES BY:
BILAL
EXILE & DJ DAY FEATURING BLU
MILOSH
OM’MAS KEITH
SHAFIQ HUSAYN

HOSTED BY:
PHAROAHE MONCH

DJ SETS:
DAEDELUS
J.ROCC
KUTMAH

*SPECIAL SURPRISE GUESTS*

ECHOPLEX
1154 GLENDALE BLVD.
LOS ANGELES, CA. 90026

8PM-2AM / $10 limited presale, $15 after and at the door / 21+

Saturday 01.09.10: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 01.02.10: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Wednesday 01.27.10: 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

9pm / $5 / 21+

Wednesday 01.20.10: 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

9pm / $5 / 21+

Wednesday 01.06.10: 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

9pm / $5 / 21+

Friday 05.07.10: KCRW presents KING SUNNY ADE @ echoplex

King Sunny Ade || Watch

There are a few different reasons why you should be excited about the just announced King Sunny Ade concert at the Echoplex on Friday, May 7, which Jason Bentley scooped and announced on Morning Becomes Eclectic this morning. First, if you’re a clumsy dancer and want to steal a few effervescent moves from a master of the understated maneuver, King Sunny is your man. He does these little half-steps and elbow buckles that are incredibly easy, efficient, and very suave — David Byrne owes the King some dance royalties, if there were such a thing.

Second, King Sunny Ade is, along with Fela Kuti, one of the first African artists to make a dent in the American market; in the late 1970s and early 1980s, King Sunny released a few brilliant albums on Island Records that showcased rhythmic “Juju Music,” a funky thing that was rising in Africa. The Nigerian master’s Juju Music stands today as one of the classics of the era, and sounds incredibly fresh nearly 30 years after its release. – LA Weekly

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

9pm / $22.50 / 21+

Saturday 12.26.09: FUNKY SOLE 9 YEAR ANNIVERSARY WITH CUT CHEMIST @ echo

Sat DEC. 26th is the Funky Sole 9 year anniversary with very special guest CUT CHEMIST!

That’s right, to celebrate Funky Sole’s 9 years of bringin’ the real deal funk sounds we are happy to let ya know that

L.A. record master & dj supreme- CUT CHEMIST will be doing a very special one turntable,mixer & sampler set!

this will be a rare occasion where Funky Sole has an admission price but at only $5 it’s no question.

No worries though, Funky Sole will be Free again starting on jan 2nd 2010.

We hope to see you all there for another milestone in L.A. dj history!

+ FUNKY SOLE RESIDENTS
MUSIC MAN MILES (BREAKESTRA)

CLIFTON (UNDERGROUND)

@ The Echo
1822 sunset blvd
L.A, CA 90026

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / $5 til 1:30am / 21+

Thursday 12.17.09: DOWN AND DERBY ROLLER DISCO @ echoplex

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

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

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

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

RSVP at www.downandderby.org

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

Tuesday 12.01.09: SWORDS OF FATIMA / NEW ROME QUARTET / LIGHTNIN WOODCOCK @ echo

The Swords of Fatima

The Swords of Fatima began in the blink of an eye following a bellydancing DVD overdose by the legendary Buko Pan Guerra (bass player of Lily and The Ladies and The Black Cat Mafia, banjo player from Shadow in the Nightshade and Les Confidentes). Buko is also known as the “Bad Ass Bitch with a Banjo” (coined by the amazing Sean Carnage). Buko also plays banjo inSun Trash!

Amazed by the astounding gyrations of the one and only Sonia and the incredible drumming of Issam Houshan, she began crafting the beginings of what would become the Flamenco Bollywood Disco Punk sound the band would cultivate into the madness it has become today.

Enlisting the help of Nickei Scott, the Bollywood name for Nicki from Popdefect / Project K / The Shards, the two gestated the band’s sound for a month before turning it loose on the world. With the help of legendary Silver Lake Scenester hater Scott Taylor, the Twopergroup has released it’s first CD: Two Days Two Swords Walk Alone At Midnight on the known universe, and given their stripped down equipment and without the hindrances of pesky lead singers and bass players to get in the way… there’s nothing in the world to stop them!

With:
New Rome Quartet
Lightnin Woodcock

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Friday 12.11.09: Footlong Development & Keistar Productions present FLAVORS – 1990’s Party with DJ SPINNA / J.ROCC / DJ SCRATCH @ Echoplex

FOOTLONG DEVELOPMENT & KEISTAR PRODUCTIONS Present

FLAVORS 1990′S PARTY- BEST OF HIP HOP & RnB

FLAVORS (Recapping The Music Of The 90’s Era…The Golden Years), is an event conceptualized by the innovative minds of KeiStar Productions. The first installment of FLAVORS dates back to 2002 and was celebrated with none other than the incomparable DJ SPINNA. With his extensive record collection and music knowledge DJ SPINNA creates havoc on the dance floor by spinning the unforgotten hits of 90’s Hip Hop, R&B, Dancehall and House Music with a seamless thematic mix.
KeiStar Productions & DJ SPINNA went on to conquer the New York City club scene with FLAVORS and have invited guest DJ’s such as QOOL Marv, Rich Medina and DJ Scratch (of EPMD) to accompany them.

This years event brings three of the world’s best club djs together, DJ Spinna, J.Rocc & DJ Scratch.

DJ SPINNA NYC (BBE,HighWaterMusic)
DJ Spinna is something of an anomaly in music. A humbling example of what it takes to truly succeed within the framework of multiple fields. A steadfast work ethic, an obsessively extensive vinyl library and the willingness to pursue the full extents of his roots (Funk, Soul and Jazz), foundation (Hip-Hop) and future (Electronic/Dance music) with no restraints. Regarded as one of the most versatile and talented producers/remixers/DJs in today’s musical arena. he has produced numerous tracks and remixes for notable artists such as Michael Jackson, De La Soul, Mary J. Blige, Mos Def, Eminem, George Michael & Stevie Wonder. Also performing/working along side Spike Lee, Q-Tip, Stevie Wonder and many other world talents.

J.ROCC LA (Stones Throw,Beat Junkies)
Hailed as the world’s best club DJ, J.ROCC continues to capture music enthusiasts around the globe. In 1992, Jason Jackson, internationally known as J.Rocc, launched his vision of forming a DJ crew comprised of talented musicians, by introducing to the world Southern California’s first turntable band – the Beat Junkies. A prized accomplishment enthusiastically received by worldwide audiences, J.Rocc continues to invent musical styles that display his creative expertise. Highly recognized for his funky showcases and original arrangements, J.Rocc has clearly distinguished his place in music history. In addition to numerous mixtapes and his own production for Stones Throw releases, J. Rocc has been the DJ for Madlib’s live shows since the early 2000’s, was the 3rd member of Jaylib (Madlib & J Dilla) during the group’s live events, and collaborated with Madlib on Beat Konducta Vol. 5-6: A Tribute to J Dilla.
J. Rocc is currently working on a solo album for Stones Throw.

DJ SCRATCH NYC (Scratchvision.com)
For over two decades, DJ Scratch has been everyone’s favorite DJ’s favorite DJ. Acknowledged as one of the greatest DJs of all time and in 2006, he was honored in The Source Magazine as a Hip Hop Icon. Scratch is the man who provided the flamboyance to EPMD, Q-Tip, Jay Z and P Diddy’s stage shows. Shortly after winning the New Music Seminar Battle for World Supremacy DJ Championship in 1988, he joined the RUN DMC “Run’s House World Tour.” Scratch’s film credits include “Juice”, “The Original 50 Cent”, “Backstage”, “Fly By Night”, “Rhyme & Reason” and Spike Lee’s controversial film “Bamboozled”. In addition, Coca Cola commissioned Scratch to produce & feature in their first DJ commercial, “3 DJs”. Having mastered the art of DJing, Scratch started to pursue his second love, producing. He has produced such hits as the New York Anthem “NY Shit” by Busta Rhymes, EPMD’s “Rampage”, LL Cool J’s “Ill Bomb”, 50 Cent’s “50 Shot Ya”, and a long list of Hip Hop Classics. Scratch’s accolades include the 3 Grammy nominations and over 40 Gold and Platinum Awards to his credit which makes DJ Scratch responsible for the sale of over 30 million albums to date.

Opening Set By
Dubs One (TurntableAddicts, Proper Audio)

@THE ECHOPLEX
1154 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026

Limited $10 Presale: http://www.going.com/flavors2

9pm / Limited $10 presale, $15 at door / 21+

Saturday 12.05.09: BOOTIE LA with DJ FAROFF / ADRIAN / MYSTERIOUS D / DJ PAUL V. / R.A.I.D. @ echoplex

BOOTIE Holiday Party
LA’s monthly mashup bootleg party

Direct from BRAZIL, special guest:
DJ FAROFF
Spinning a special ALL-VIDEO mashup set

Spinning a “very special” all-Christmas mashup set from 10-11 PM:
ADRIAN

Resident Bootie mashup DJs:
MYSTERIOUS D
DJ PAUL V.

Holiday Midnight Mashup Show from resident dance crew:
R.A.I.D. (Random Acts of Irreverent Dance)

Drunkrockers.com Toy Drive
Bring toys to help benefit the kids at Ettie Lee Youth & Family Services

Wear a Santa hat, get the brand-new ‘A Very Bootie Christmas 2′ CD!

It’s the Bootie Holiday Party! Hailing from Brazil, Bootie is proud to present DJ Faroff, who over the past year has quickly turned into one of Bootie’s favorite DJs, producing bass-thumping, crowd-pleasing mashups with videos to boot! He’ll be doing a special ALL-VIDEO set at midnight, projecting mashup videos on the Echoplex’s giant screens!

From 10-11 PM, Adrian will be spinning a “very special” all-Christmas mashup set that is guaranteed to have you dancing! Resident dance crew R.A.I.D. (Random Acts of Irreverent Dance) will perform a special holiday-themed number for the Midnight Mashup Show, and anyone wearing a Santa hat will receive the brand-new “A Very Bootie Christmas 2″ CD! Plus, club photographers Drunkrockers.com are hosting a toy drive — bring a toy to help benefit the kids at Ettie Lee Youth & Family Services!

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 monthly parties in six cities on two continents. Mixing and matching every conceivable musical genre, era, and style into one big dance party where everyone feels welcome, Bootie provides the soundtrack for the A.D.D. generation.

Resident DJs Adrian, the Mysterious D, and Paul V. keep your brain guessing and body dancing with creative song combinations, celebrating — and satirizing — the many different forms of music. And free mashup CDs will be given away like candy!

FREE Bootie CDs to the first 75 people through the door!

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

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

Wednesday 12.30.09: 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

9pm / $5 / 21+

Wednesday 12.23.09: 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

9pm / $5 / 21+

Wednesday 12.16.09: 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

9pm / $5 / 21+

Wednesday 12.09.09: DUB CLUB presents JOHNNY CLARKE @ echoplex

This show is one that all of us Dub Club selectors are really excited about. If you have ever come to the Dub Club over the past 9 years,chances are pretty good that you heard a Johnny Clarke tune being spun. “Rock With Me” , King of the Arena” , Rockers Time” , “Bloood Dunza” , the list of hits is endless. As they say on the excellent Johnny Clarke fan website http://raresounds.co.uk/: During the years 1975 – 1981, Bob Marley and the Wailers gained their huge international audience and three singers ruled the Jamaican Dancehall – Dennis Brown, Gregory Issacs and Johnny Clarke. Today, Johnny Clarke is still the least known internationally.
He is a giant in Jamaican Music and we are thrilled to finally have him at the Dub Club.

Check out the raresounds website listed above for more info about Johnny Clarke.

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

9pm / $10 / 21+

Wednesday 12.02.09: 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

9pm / $5 / 21+

Tuesday 11.17.09: WATTS ENSEMBLE / THE BLASTING COMPANY / DANTE VS ZOMBIES @ echo

Watts Ensemble || Listen

Drummer Brian Watson supposedly launched the Watts Ensemble on a dare, waging whether he could not only write cohesive music for 10 or so players, but to also recruit and retain them. In a city as diverse as L.A., Watson knew they were out there, but the real challenge was where to find them. Months of Craigslist ads (seeking those mutually interested in Stravinsky, Devo and the Coltranes), friend-to-friend references and music store leads steadily built an amalgamated mutt of an outfit, but a smart and sassy one too, and tight as a drum – even though, at times, the Charles Mingus influence is overshadowing. Mostly it’s a blast to see and hear a live, knowledgeable ensemble like this on stage. At times the sounds are low – meandering flutes and winds, soothing-to-nonexistent strings, and just one waning refrain the only connection to the larger piece of work. Then, just like that, the bottom and bass rattle back in, motivated by Mingus’ Pithecanthropus Erectus stumble and inspired by the cinematic hues of Taxi Driver’s nighttime drives. – LA Weekly

with:
The Blasting Company || Listen
Dante Vs Zombies

9pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 12.12.09: REPEAT OFFENDER – HIT+RUN 4-YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY with THE GASLAMP KILLER / KUTMAH / NOBODY / ABCNT / FARMER DAVE SCHER / ZACKEY FORCE FUNK / CRIME and More @ echoplex

REPEAT OFFENDER
HIT+RUN 4-YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY

with djs
THE GASLAMP KILLER
KUTMAH
NOBODY
ABCNT
FARMER DAVE SCHER
& more

and live performances by
ZACKEY FORCE FUNK
CRIME + surprise guests

with live screenprinting by
HIT+RUN

plus photobooth by
POLITE IN PUBLIC

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

9pm / $10, FREE admission with a past Hit+Run shirt / 21+

Monday 12.21.09: Manimal Vinyl Residency – MOONRATS / VOICESVOICES / SISTER CRAYON / CORRIDOR @ echo

Moonrats
VoicesVoices
Sister Crayon
Corridor (w/ members of Indian Jewelry)

plus:
DJ Manimal and films all night

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 12.19.09: FUNKY SOLE MEETS PHILLY’S HOT PEAS AND BUTTA @ echo

FUNKY SOLE MEETS PHILLY’S HOT PEAS & BUTTA PARTY SAT DEC 19TH!

KON (of Kon & Amir)

SKEME RICHARDS || Watch (ROCKSTEADY CREW)

MUSIC MAN MILES ( BREAKESTRA/ROOTODWN)

CLIFTON aka Soft touch (UNDERGROUND)

From the east to the west there are a few djs who cannot help but keep those old raw funky soul sounds on REAL VINYL records alive & in the mix.
This Saturday that’s just what’s going down on the east side of L.A. town!

The 9 year running Funky Sole party is meeting up with Philadelphia’s Hot Peas & Butta party for one night of “i don’t know what that song is but it’s sick”.

Funky Sole’s Music Man Miles & Clifton will be going record for record with Philly’s legendary funk djs Skeme Richards & Kon (of Kon & amir’s on track compilations).funk for the folks & Free @ Echo!

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 12.12.09: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 12.05.09: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 11.28.09: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 11.21.09: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 11.14.09: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Thursday 11.19.09: DOWN N DERBY ROLLER DISCO @ echoplex

We are happy to welcome back our resident skate guards, MIKE BEE & STEVE 1DER, to lace you with that crazy juice.

We also have a very special guest, a D&D veteran from the east coast, DJ Royale, from Philly. Now Im sure Royale is devestated by the Phillies lose so this is gonna be a good opportunity to put that lose, and the cold weather, behind him and backwards skate!!!

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

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

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

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

RSVP at www.downandderby.org

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

Saturday 11.07.09: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Monday 11.30.09: SEASONS / DOWNTOWN/UNION / JACK WILSON JR. / REGRETS AND BRUNETTES @ 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:
Downtown/Union
Jack Wilson Jr.
Regrets and Brunettes

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Friday 11.06.09: VTech and Mochilla present HYPNOTIC BRASS ENSEMBLE / MIGUEL ATWOOD-FERGUSON QUINTET / MADLIB / COLEMAN / B+ @ echoplex

Live Performances by:
HYPNOTIC BRASS ENSEMBLE || Listen || Watch
MIGUEL ATWOOD-FERGUSON QUINTET

DJ Sets from:
MADLIB || Listen
COLEMAN
B+

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble are a family, literally. They are the heirs to the great musical tradition of Chicago. Their father Phil Cohran trained them from age three to play hard, fast and together. They boast a fan base as wide and eclectic as Barack Obama, David Byrne, Q-Tip, Jay-Z, Erykah Badu, Jools Holland and thousands more. Now with the news that they along with Mos Def and drummer extraordinaire Tony Allen will form the new Gorillaz outfit, you realize that this is no ordinary collective.

By the end of the nineties, with everyone out of school, they concentrated on their music full time. With a mix of their jazz roots and their hip-hop sensibility, they made a living for themselves on the streets of Chicago. While performing on a subway platform, they stumbled upon their name when a man who watched them for hours, missing train after train, proclaimed that he has been “hypnotized” by their music. With their composer skills aiding them to create a sound wholly their own, the group moved to New York City where they played with Mos Def and Erykah Badu.

From a chance encounter in November of 2005, and support from numerous artists, the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble has released an album brimming with musical magic. Recorded on the back of the Africa Express trip to Lagos last October, during a three-day stop-over in London, with the drummer’s stool shared by Malcolm Catto from the The Heliocentrics, Sola Akingbola from Jamiroquai, and the one and only Tony Allen, and other musical luminaries Flea and Paul Simenon, this album is all that is cracked up to be and more.

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

9pm / $15 presale, $20 at the door / 21+

Monday 12.14.09: Manimal Vinyl Residency – WE ARE THE WORLD / RAINBOW^ARABIA / JESSICA 6 / LOVING THUNDER @ echo

We Are The World
Rainbow^Arabia || Listen
Jessica 6 || Listen
Loving Thunder

plus:
DJ Goddollars & Guests

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Monday 12.07.09: Manimal Vinyl Residency – POLYAMOROUS AFFAIR / ZAZA / TEARIST / LACO$TE @ echo

The Polyamorous Affair || Listen
Zaza || Listen
Tearist
Laco$te || Listen

plus
DJ Manimal and Films All Night!

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Wednesday 11.25.09: 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

9pm / $5 / 21+

Wednesday 11.18.09: 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

9pm / $5 / 21+

Wednesday 11.11.09: DUB CLUB presents ROOTS SHOWCASE with JR TOOTS / RAS BENJI / PRINCESS AKUA / LLOYD HEMMINGS / INCIENT ROOTSMAN / IFA and more @ echoplex

ROOTS SHOWCASE

featuring the top local reggae artists:
Jr Toots
Ras Benji
Princess Akua
Lloyd Hemmings
Incient Rootsman
Ifa

with special guest
Andrew Bees from Black Uhuru

all backed by
Shakaman and the Jubilee Orchestra

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

9pm / $10 / 21+

Wednesday 11.04.09: 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

9pm / $5 / 21+

Saturday 11.07.09: BOOTIE LA @ echoplex

BOOTIE LA
LA’s monthly mashup bootleg party

It’s REQUEST NIGHT!
Request your favorite mashups, songs, or artists and Bootie’s DJs will it play it or mash it up!
You can also Twitter requests to @clubbootie — http://www.twitter.com/clubbootie

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

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

Free Bootie mashup CDs for the first 75 people!

It’s Request Night! Why yes, we DO take requests! Tonight, Bootie aims to please — request your favorite mashups, songs, or artists, and resident DJs Adrian, Mysterious D, and Paul V. will do their best to play it or mash it up! You can also Twitter requests from the dance floor! Just follow clubbootie on Twitter, and tweet your requests by mentioning @clubbootie. And for the Midnight Mashup Show, resident dance crew R.A.I.D. (Random Acts of Irreverent Dance) will take the Echoplex stage with another epic, gold-suited, choreographed dance number!

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 monthly parties in nine cities on three continents. Mixing and matching every conceivable musical genre, era, and style into one big dance party where everyone feels welcome, Bootie provides the soundtrack for the A.D.D. generation — with free mashup CDs given away like candy!

Bootie’s resident DJs keep your brain guessing and body dancing with creative song combinations, celebrating — and satirizing — the many different forms of music. Bootie showcases the best in mashup productions from around the globe and delivers them on the dance floor … because one song at a time just isn’t enough!

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

FMI: http://www.BootieLA.com

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

Friday 10.23.09: TRANNYSHACK @ echoplex

Halloween arrives early in Los Angeles! Trannyshack LA returns, this time at Echoplex, our new home, and our biggest and best venue yet. With a line-up of the most scarily talented trannies on the West Coast, this will be the party not to miss this Halloween season. Featuring performances by Kim Burly, Raya Light, Peggy L’eggs, Lady Bear, Syphilis Diller, Mercy Fuque, Ambrosia Salad, Fade Dra, Tammie Brown, Squeaky Blonde, and more. Hostess-or, Ghostess- Heklina keeps a tight rein on the chills and thrills, and DJ Dave Rape supplies the spine tingling beats before and after the show. Drop dead diva’s Barbie Q and Phyllis Navidad will greet you at the door….

Trannyshack, San Francisco’s infamous drag performance night club, shocked and delighted packed audiences every Tuesday night at midnight for over twelve years. Defying all expectations, Trannyshack incorporated everything from low brow trash to high brow performance art, and became famous (or, infamous) worldwide as the quintessential San Francisco experience. No visit to the City was complete without a stop at Trannyshack. The club has been featured in Out (which named it one of the top 10 reasons to move to San Francisco), Genre, Instinct, and Paper magazines and won numerous Best of the Bay awards, and was filmed for an independent feature length documentary , titled “Filthy Gorgeous: The Trannyshack Story” . Trannyshack is now branching out it’s empire, with shows in LA, London, Waikiki, Seattle, Portland, New Orleans, and Reno enjoying great success.

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

9pm / $8 before 10pm, $12 after / 21+

Saturday 10.31.09: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 10.24.09: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 10.17.09: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 10.10.09: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 10.03.09: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Monday 10.26.09: OLIN AND THE MOON / MICHAEL RUNION @ echoplex

Olin & The Moon || Watch

Three Idaho boys bring their rural charm to the Los Angeles scene with a little help from a pretty face along the way. Olin and the Moon’s self-titled album is a promising start for these old friends as they attempt to stand out from the crowd they’ve chosen to surround themselves with.

Drummer Marshall Vore allows the band to reside confidently in between the overtly fast and the unconsciously mellow, while singer David LaBrel shines with storytelling skills that stand up to the likes of Bright Eye’s Conor Oberst. Invoking images of a rock star retiring to the moon, “Moon Man” is like a monotone ballad version of “Ziggy Stardust.” In “Home,” the band conjures up fond memories of simple farm life protecting innocent love: “I wanna take you to the trees / Where the forest and the farm lands meet … Where you can lay out on the grass all day / Where it is safe.” Songs like these benefit from acoustic guitar strums, heavenly bells and sweet piano undertones.

Tracks like “Oh Bells” and “Song of the Summer” are focused more around the band’s own experiences on the road as musicians, referencing sound guys and getting drunk while singing. Olin and the Moon’s adolescent drive comes via David LaBrel’s brother Travis and his powerful lead guitar. His chord formations draw in ears to his trickling melodies — most notably on “Changin’“ and “Take It To Hell” — but they often overtake the songs, drowning out Erica Wheeler’s bass and David LaBrel’s vocals.

Olin and the Moon desperately strive to engage listeners in music that expresses their love for the art form; with an album like this, they just might succeed. – Performer Mag

with:
Michael Runion

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

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 10.10.09: DRAGSTRIP 66 @ echoplex

Dragstrip 66 (now quarterly at The Echoplex) returns to officially kick off the Halloween season, with a decadent theme celebrating all fallen idols – dead, alive, famous, infamous – or in between. They’re not all evil, but this party will be wicked!

DJ PAUL V. (from Bootie LA & ex-Indie 103.1FM) spins hot electro, indie rock, mashups & synthpop to keep the ghouls dancing, and GINA LOTRIMAN hosts our fabulous stage show!

* Special Midnight Performances By *
GINA LOTRIMAN (Dragstrip 66 hostess & co-creator)
JER BER JONES (Teen goth supermodel star of ‘Telekinesis’)
JOHN “CONNIE” CANTWELL (of The Nellie Olesons)

+ SPECIAL SURPRISE GUESTS +

* Special CD Giveaways *

Patrons who walk onstage during our Promenade will WIN:
LA ROUX - self-titled debut CD + “Bulletproof” remix singles
NOISETTES - “Wild Young Hearts” CD

AND DON’T FORGET:
Cover is always only $5 if you arrive in full drag or cross-dress!

More info:
http://www.Dragstrip66.com
Dragstrip 66 on Facebook

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

9pm / $15 / 21+

Wednesday 10.28.09: DUB CLUB with ASHER SELECTOR / DUBITERIAN @ echoplex

Special guests from europe in town this week: from switzerland guest DJ Asher Selector and from Germany a live dub performance from Dubiterian. Both of these artists play big festivals all over the world and this should be a heavy night of riddim , roots , and culture.

check out Dubiterian
check out Asher Selector

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

9pm / free before 10pm and $5 after 10pm / 21+

Wednesday 10.21.09: DUB CLUB presents MICHIGAN AND SMILEY @ echoplex

MICHIGAN AND SMILEY
backed by the Kingston 13 band

Papa Michigan (born Anthony Fairclough) and General Smiley (born Erroll Bennett) were among the first dual-toasters on the Jamaican scene. Beginning in the late ’70s while still in school, the humorous duo (Smiley got his name because he never smiles) scored immediately with “Rub a Dub Style” and “Nice up the Dance,” two ubiquitous songs on the dancehall circuit. “One Love Jam Down” became a popular anthem, and 1982’s “Diseases” established them as major stars, especially at the annual Sunsplash festivals.

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

9pm / $10 / 21+

Wednesday 10.14.09: DUB CLUB @ echoplex

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

9pm / $5 / 21+

Wednesday 10.07.09: 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

9pm / $5 / 21+

Saturday 10.03.09: BOOTIE LA with THE ILLUMINOIDS @ echoplex

BOOTIE LA
LA’s monthly mashup bootleg party

LA’s very own electro-punk mashup DJs HOWIE PYRO and JELLS MAYHEM, a.k.a.:
THE ILLUMINOIDS

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

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

Free Bootie mashup CDs for the first 75 people!

This month, Bootie LA is proud to present punk legends Howie Pyro and Jells Mayhem, a.k.a. The Illuminoids. This LA-based mashup production duo specializes in taking punk, electro, and indie songs and putting them in a sonic blender, producing tracks that veer sharply away from the typical pop and rap mashups of other DJs.

Also, back from Burning Man, it’s the return of San Francisco-based resident DJs Adrian & the Mysterious D, who will be joining DJ Paul V. on the decks. And for the Midnight Mashup Show, after taking a month off, resident dance crew R.A.I.D. (Random Acts of Irreverent Dance) is back with another gold-suited, choreographed, show-stopping performance!

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 monthly parties in eight cities on three continents. Mixing and matching every conceivable musical genre, era, and style into one big dance party where everyone feels welcome, Bootie provides the soundtrack for the A.D.D. generation — with free mashup CDs given away like candy!

Bootie’s resident DJs keep your brain guessing and body dancing with creative song combinations, celebrating — and satirizing — the many different forms of music. Bootie showcases the best in mashup productions from around the globe and delivers them on the dance floor … because one song at a time just isn’t enough!

FMI: http://www.BootieLA.com

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

Wednesday 09.30.09: DUB CLUB presents RANKING JOE @ echoplex

Ranking Joe
Backed by Echodelic Soundsystem

So, Who Is Ranking Joe? Born Joseph Jackson, in Kingston, Jamaica , July 1, 1959, he was introduced in the music business at Tarrant Junior Secondary School in Kingston. Joe performed at school concerts and won local talent contest in the mid-70’s. At age 15, he went to the legendary “Studio One” to audition and what resulted was his first big hit “GUN COURT”, produced by Clement”Coxsone” Dodd under the name “Little Joe”.
“This recording lead to more producers becoming interested in My work and as a result I performed more records for different producers such as Bunny Lee,to name a few.” Some of these records are “OLD TRADITION” done by Bunny Lee, “HONDA 750″ done by Pete Weston. “PSALM 54″ and “JACKET” with Watty Burnett, “STOP YOUR COMING AND COME”, done by Sly and Robbie , “NATTY BMW” with Bunny Diamond, and “SHINE EYE GIRL” and “NATTY NEVER GET WEARY” done on Sonia Pottinger’s famous “HIGH NOTE” label. As he grew older, still into a young man, he changed his name on the advice of Prince Tony Robinson to “Ranking Joe”. Joe worked alongside Robinson and had hit records such as”A YOU Mr. FINNIGAN”,with an album of the same name. He was then was then introduced to the King of DJ’s “U-Roy”, after which he worked on U-Roy’s “KING STUR-GAV HI-FI”, the most popular sound system in Jamaica at that time.
“I later developed my original style of fast rapping. , tongue twisting and that became the most popular thing to hit the airways.The style was (Bang-didlly), also used by “Heavy D”, an American Rapper”. Joe’s string of successes kept rolling. “After an introduction to the producer Joe Gibbs,I did several singles for his label, such as”LEAVE FE ME Girl Arlene” and “Bald Head Bridge” done by the group “CULTURE” and Myself.” The latter was released as a disco 12″ 45 record-one of the wicked extended mixes of the “rockers” period of the late 70’s. “In 1977, I was voted the most popular DJ of that year, for my records that were on the charts and my performance of “KING STUR-GAV” sound system.In 1978-79 I was approached by “Henry ‘Junjo” laws for the “Volcano Label”, the top producer during that time. I recorded an album titled “Saturday Night Jamdown Style” , which was released by Greensleeves in France and VP Records in New York and as a result were successful”.
After moving to New York ,Joe released many records on his own label “Ranking Joe International” and continued to perform all over the world ,traveling to Israel, New Zealand and Brazil as well as Europe. He is one of the few DJs from his era who has continued to release strong new recordings, and has worked with many talented musicians. He was featured on the popular “Dub Side of the Moon” album by the Easy Star All Stars, as well as recordings by The Slackers and Mungo’s Hi-Fi.
Check out his recent track “Fyah Bun Dem” cut with some young producers in Brazil : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3NZvyzOIL8

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

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

Thursday 10.08.09: MR. GREEN ALL STARS with HR (Bad Brains), ROCKY GEORGE (Suicidal Tendencies), NORWOOD FISHER (Fishbone) / THE SCIENTIST / OPUS DAI / CAGE 9 / AMBROSE / PAIN / LICENSE TO KILL / THE OTHER SIDE OF MORNING / THE FABULOUS MISS WENDY @ echoplex

Mr. Green All Stars || Watch

with
Hawaiian Lyon
Rocky George (Suicidal Tendencies)
Norwood Fisher (Fishbone)
DH Peligro (Dead Kennedys)

Mr. Green All-Stars Spread Their Brand of Anarchy and Stellar Musicianship Across the Globe Hardcore/Punk Rock/Reggae super group launches world tour this fall in California Los Angeles, CA, October 2009—Are you ready for the ferocious punk/ metal lines of bass guitarist Norwood Fisher of Fishbone? For the snarling blasts of thrash metal and virtuoso guitar leads provided by Rocky George of Suicidal Tendencies? Pounding tribal drum/ metal rhythms from D.H. Peligro of the Dead Kennedy’s? Last but certainly not least, the jaw-dropping stage performance and vocal range of Lyon Rowland of Hawaiian Lyon Human Rights? These talented musicians come together to form the super group Mr. Green All-Stars, who are launching their world tour across seven continents this October, beginning in their home state of California. Mr. Green All-Stars describes themselves as “misfits of the world who believe in freedom of expression—no matter what the cost.” The super group is known for their unique, energetic hybrid of punk rock and reggae, with lyrics that address political and human rights issues, as well as their incredibly skilled musicianship. Their powerful, high-speed music evokes the world of action sports, as well as a sense of anarchy and freedom, and their blend of shout-along melodies and driving hooks forces the crowd to join in on the performance.

Plus special guests
H.R. (Bad Brains)
The Scientist

plus
Opus Dai
Cage 9
Ambrose
Pain
License to Kill
The Other Side Of Morning
The Fabulous Miss Wendy
Bad Vic

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

6:30pm / $15 / 21+

Friday 09.18.09: Keistar Productions & Footlong Development Present SOUL SLAM V – PRINCE & MICHAEL JACKSON @ echoplex

Keistar Productions & Footlong Development Present

SOUL SLAM: 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

with:
DJ Spinna || Listen (HIGHWATER MUSIC/BBE)

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 in September!

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.

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

9pm / $11 advance, $15 day of show / 21+

Tuesday 09.08.09: SUMMER DARLING / SING ORPHEUS / YIKES! A LION / MOLINO @ echo

Summer Darling || Listen || Watch

I went back inside and was simply floored by what I heard. Summer Darling were catching full steam and plowing through a hyper tense set of amazing music full of tension and emotion. To say I am not easily impressed would be an understatement, but I was enthralled with what I heard coming off the stage.

The double Fender guitar attack really let the intricate guitar interplay shine over a thumping but precise rhythm section. At times they conjured up images of early Fugazi. Maybe not so much in the actual songwriting style, but in the tome of the music. They were above all earnest in they intentions.

When next they play do yourself a favor and catch Summer Darling. I think you will pleased. – Radio Free Silver Lake

With:
Sing Orpheus || Listen
Yikes! A Lion
Molino

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Monday 10.26.09: LA Underground presents Monday Night Residency with CORREATOWN / JOANIE MENDENHALL @ echo

Correatown || Listen || Watch

So open and unflinching that listening to it feels akin to eavesdropping, Angela Correa’s Spark.Burn.Fade. accomplishes the first two verbs in its title while never coming close to the last–this is a record that haunts, seduces and laments, sometimes all at once, threatening to crack your heart but never fade away. – Web In Front

There’s an inescapably seductive quality to Angela Correa’s songs; despite the fact that every song she writes is downtempo and melancholy, she has produced forty-five minutes of mellowness rather than full sedation. Correatown is ten beautiful, earthy tunes, stripped bare musically and emotionally, that trudge along at the pace of a wounded deer. Only Correa’s endlessly soothing voice and the strength of her bittersweet songs allows her to avoid the pitfalls of a “downer” album. – Splendid Magazine

with:
Joanie Mendenhall

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Monday 10.19.09: Classical Geek Theater presents Monday Night Residency with CORREATOWN / CHARLIE WADHAMS / DEERHEART / THE HEREAFTER @ echo

Correatown || Listen || Watch

So open and unflinching that listening to it feels akin to eavesdropping, Angela Correa’s Spark.Burn.Fade. accomplishes the first two verbs in its title while never coming close to the last–this is a record that haunts, seduces and laments, sometimes all at once, threatening to crack your heart but never fade away. – Web In Front

There’s an inescapably seductive quality to Angela Correa’s songs; despite the fact that every song she writes is downtempo and melancholy, she has produced forty-five minutes of mellowness rather than full sedation. Correatown is ten beautiful, earthy tunes, stripped bare musically and emotionally, that trudge along at the pace of a wounded deer. Only Correa’s endlessly soothing voice and the strength of her bittersweet songs allows her to avoid the pitfalls of a “downer” album. – Splendid Magazine

with:
Charlie Wadhams
Deerheart
The Hereafter

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Monday 10.12.09: Monday Night Residency with CORREATOWN / SQUARE ON SQUARE / SUMMER DARLING / THE RHONE OCCUPATION @ echo

Correatown || Listen || Watch

So open and unflinching that listening to it feels akin to eavesdropping, Angela Correa’s Spark.Burn.Fade. accomplishes the first two verbs in its title while never coming close to the last–this is a record that haunts, seduces and laments, sometimes all at once, threatening to crack your heart but never fade away. – Web In Front

There’s an inescapably seductive quality to Angela Correa’s songs; despite the fact that every song she writes is downtempo and melancholy, she has produced forty-five minutes of mellowness rather than full sedation. Correatown is ten beautiful, earthy tunes, stripped bare musically and emotionally, that trudge along at the pace of a wounded deer. Only Correa’s endlessly soothing voice and the strength of her bittersweet songs allows her to avoid the pitfalls of a “downer” album. – Splendid Magazine

with:
Square on Square
Summer Darling
The Rhone Occupation

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Monday 10.05.09: Web In Front presents Monday Night Residency with CORREATOWN / EAGLE & TALON / THE VOYEURS / BANDITO ROYALE @ echo

Correatown || Listen || Watch

So open and unflinching that listening to it feels akin to eavesdropping, Angela Correa’s Spark.Burn.Fade. accomplishes the first two verbs in its title while never coming close to the last–this is a record that haunts, seduces and laments, sometimes all at once, threatening to crack your heart but never fade away. – Web In Front

There’s an inescapably seductive quality to Angela Correa’s songs; despite the fact that every song she writes is downtempo and melancholy, she has produced forty-five minutes of mellowness rather than full sedation. Correatown is ten beautiful, earthy tunes, stripped bare musically and emotionally, that trudge along at the pace of a wounded deer. Only Correa’s endlessly soothing voice and the strength of her bittersweet songs allows her to avoid the pitfalls of a “downer” album. – Splendid Magazine

with:
The Voyeurs
Eagle & Talon
Bandito Royale

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Tuesday 08.25.09: Otik Records presents TERRAPIN / LAST LEGS / MERRY CHRISTMAS @ echo

Terrapin

The Terrapin was birthed out of a couple of bars in Long Beach, the failure of previous bands and chance. After Vanessa and Rufo ran into Alan at The Prospector in Long Beach, a jam session was scheduled. From that point until now The Terrapin has been keeping it real… real busy. The bands first show was in March 2007 at Que Sera as a trio. That continued until mutual friend Bill was brought into play saxophone. Yes, saxophone. Once they became aware that he could play keyboards and guitar, the sax got the ax. Now he is the proud mantle holder of bassist and has the position of first chair. This stroke of genius happened due to the fact that the original three members were sick of the Spinal Tap-like relationship they had with anyone else that tried to fill the spot..

with:
Last Legs
Merry Christmas

8pm / FREE / 21+

Friday 09.11.09: NIGHTLIFE – BEAT JUNKIE SOUND MEETS DA BEATMINERZ @ echoplex

with resident DJs THE BEAT JUNKIES:
J.ROCC
BABU
RHETTMATIC
MR. CHOC

plus special guest:
DA BEATMINERZ:
DJ EVIL DEE
MR. WALT

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

10pm / $5 before 11pm, $10 after / 21+

Monday 09.28.09: When You Awake & LA Record present LESLIE AND THE BADGERS / SIAN ALICE GROUP / BEST COAST / PAPERPLANES @ echo

Leslie & the Badgers || Watch

Leslie & the Badgers are quietly turning into one of the city’s best quiet bands. There’s a gently glowing country-rock intimacy to the songs from their self-titled 2007 debut CD and 2008 iTunes EP, Greetings From Leslie & the Badgers, but they’re not some corny, cornpone revival outfit. Instead, tunes like “Old Timers” and “Air Force One” have intelligently heartfelt, evocative lyrics and are adorned with dreamy embellishments, such as Glenn Oyabe’s lap-steel guitar, which playfully quotes Santo & Johnny’s classic instrumental “Sleep Walk.” Singer-guitarist Leslie Stevens coos with a Neko Case–style passion on the relatively epic six-minute idyll “Black Rose Window,” where she declares, “Now the road is what takes you to brand-new places/and I’m taking myself and the radio station.” Such countrified ballads place them roughly in the same universe as fellow locals the Whispertown 2000, but the Badgers also reveal a jazzy side on “The Torture,” and they rock convincingly on uptempo barn-burners like “That’d Be Fine.” – LA Weekly

With:
Sian Alice Group
Best Coast || Listen
Paperplanes || Listen

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Monday 09.21.09: When You Awake & Arthur Magazine present LESLIE AND THE BADGERS / DOUG PAISLEY / THE STREET AND BABE SHADOW / AMANDA JO WILLIAMS @ echo

Leslie & the Badgers || Watch

Leslie & the Badgers are quietly turning into one of the city’s best quiet bands. There’s a gently glowing country-rock intimacy to the songs from their self-titled 2007 debut CD and 2008 iTunes EP, Greetings From Leslie & the Badgers, but they’re not some corny, cornpone revival outfit. Instead, tunes like “Old Timers” and “Air Force One” have intelligently heartfelt, evocative lyrics and are adorned with dreamy embellishments, such as Glenn Oyabe’s lap-steel guitar, which playfully quotes Santo & Johnny’s classic instrumental “Sleep Walk.” Singer-guitarist Leslie Stevens coos with a Neko Case–style passion on the relatively epic six-minute idyll “Black Rose Window,” where she declares, “Now the road is what takes you to brand-new places/and I’m taking myself and the radio station.” Such countrified ballads place them roughly in the same universe as fellow locals the Whispertown 2000, but the Badgers also reveal a jazzy side on “The Torture,” and they rock convincingly on uptempo barn-burners like “That’d Be Fine.” – LA Weekly

with:
Doug Paisley
The Street and Babe Shadow
Amanda Jo Williams

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Monday 09.14.09: When You Awake & Buzz Bands present LESLIE AND THE BADGERS / RUDY FREIDMAN / CORREATOWN / OLIN AND THE MOON @ echo

Leslie & the Badgers || Watch

Leslie & the Badgers are quietly turning into one of the city’s best quiet bands. There’s a gently glowing country-rock intimacy to the songs from their self-titled 2007 debut CD and 2008 iTunes EP, Greetings From Leslie & the Badgers, but they’re not some corny, cornpone revival outfit. Instead, tunes like “Old Timers” and “Air Force One” have intelligently heartfelt, evocative lyrics and are adorned with dreamy embellishments, such as Glenn Oyabe’s lap-steel guitar, which playfully quotes Santo & Johnny’s classic instrumental “Sleep Walk.” Singer-guitarist Leslie Stevens coos with a Neko Case–style passion on the relatively epic six-minute idyll “Black Rose Window,” where she declares, “Now the road is what takes you to brand-new places/and I’m taking myself and the radio station.” Such countrified ballads place them roughly in the same universe as fellow locals the Whispertown 2000, but the Badgers also reveal a jazzy side on “The Torture,” and they rock convincingly on uptempo barn-burners like “That’d Be Fine.” – LA Weekly

with:
Ruby Friedman || Listen
Correatown || Listen
Olin and The Moon

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 09.05.09: BOOTIE LA @ echoplex

BOOTIE LA
LA’s monthly mashup bootleg party

Special guest:
DJ AXEL

Resident mashup mixer:
DJ PAUL V.

Midnight Mashup Show:
ANNA KONDA as LADY GAGA

Free Bootie mashup CDs for the first 75 people!

This month, Bootie is proud to present the return of LA’s own DJ Axel, creator of the infamous bootleg CD “Breakin’ The Law,” and most recently, producer of the track “Push It Fergasonic,” from the soundtrack for the movie “17 Again,” notable for being one of the first-ever, legally-cleared, multi-label mashups.

Resident mashup mixer DJ Paul V. will be joining him on the decks, and for the Midnight Mashup Show, Anna Konda will be performing as Lady Gaga … exactly 15 months after the REAL Lady Gaga graced the stage at Bootie LA back in June of last 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 monthly parties in eight cities on three continents. Mixing and matching every conceivable musical genre, era, and style into one big dance party where everyone feels welcome, Bootie provides the soundtrack for the A.D.D. generation — with free mashup CDs given away like candy!

Bootie’s resident DJs keep your brain guessing and body dancing with creative song combinations, celebrating — and satirizing — the many different forms of music. Bootie showcases the best in mashup productions from around the globe and delivers them on the dance floor … because one song at a time just isn’t enough!

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

FMI: http://www.BootieLA.com

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

Saturday 09.26.09: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 09.19.09: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 09.12.09: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

saturday 09.05.09: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Wednesday 09.23.09: 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

9pm / $5 / 21+

Wednesday 09.16.09: 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

9pm / $5 / 21+

Wednesday 09.09.09: DUB CLUB presents TWILIGHT CIRCUS DUB SOUND SYSTEM (DJ Set) @ echoplex

Twilight Circus Sound System || Listen || Watch

Many were taken aback when longtime Legendary Pink Dot Ryan Moore entered the yawning chasm of dub music. But they were far from disappointed with the results. Moore seized upon the analog implements of Caribbean technology and created mammoth, concave exercises in the echo chamber. His unique, thunderous sounds avoid the two fatal mistakes of contemporary dub practitioners-attempting to mimic King Tubby’s lo-fi aesthetic, and using racks of digital gear that result in dub “lite” (is there anything worse?). If you want your contacts blown out of your eyes, go straight to the “Lowell & Nine-Dub Plate.” It’s underground nuclear testing without the poison. – Tim Hasle (xlr8r.com)

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

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

Thursday 08.20.09: DOWN & DERBY ROLLER DISCO with Skate Lessons from BLADE @ echoplex

Down and Derby, the premier roller skating organization that has quickly garnered a loyal following in cities like Las Vegas, Pittsburgh and New York City will host its second Los Angeles event at The Echoplex, Thursday, July 30. Resident skate guard DJs Thee Mike B and Steve 1Der will control the roller disco rink’s turntables, broadcasting amplified sounds for the eight-wheeled revelers.

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

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

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

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

RSVP at www.downandderby.org

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

Monday 08.10.09: RESTAVRANT / SPIRIT VINE / HOCUS POCUS / DIRT DRESS @ echoplex

Restavrant || Listen || Watch

How ’bout filling your pipe with electro-tinged ho-made hillbilly music? The bass kicking comes in clear, but a clubby paradiddle irks alongside the slide guitar, as if a glowstick got dropped in a barrel o’ moonshine. A beer bottle precariously placed between a jostling knee cap and a tin gasoline can gets smacked by a drumstick thick as a chair leg and goes flying back at the wall. Smash. Hot bodies. Was that out loud? The contours of hot bodies. Ah, this thought has Tourette’s. You must get some very calloused hands from all that working out—I mean streamline pick-less strumming on a gee-tar. Equally intent on experimental beer spilling as percussionist J State, Troy Olaf Murrah slides a botttle up and down his fret board, twanging country roads home to gold-toothed crawdads. In a gruff froggy voice he announces they’re moving to Vancouver, going on hiatus, this will be the last show, which happens to be the (Sparks-sponsored—yay!) release party for Returns to the Tomb of Guiliano Medidici. It’s a joke. Maybe they’ll go to Vancouver, riding a wagon packed full of jangling license plates tied together with bra straps. – LA Record

With:
Spirit Vine || Listen
Hocus Pocus (Members of Dios)
Dirt Dress

8:30 / FREE / 21+

Wednesday 09.02.09: DUB CLUB presents RICHIE SPICE / SPANNER BANNER @ echoplex

RICHIE SPICE

Armed with just a microphone, one-drop rhythms and purifying lyrical flames, singer Richie Spice is the Gideon of contemporary reggae. The publicly declared “prince of fire” uses culturally uplifting, spiritually fortified words to defeat the negative content that informs much of popular (Jamaican) music. Fittingly, Gideon Boot is the title track of Spice’s brilliant fourth album. Recorded over the timeless Johnny Too Bad rhythm (taken from The Slickers 1970s hit of the same name, popularized in the film The Harder They Come) the song details Spice’s strategic plan for delivering his musical sermon to an awaiting global audience. “I need a Gideon boot and a khaki suit to stand out inna Babylon and defend the truth/ I got a strong reggae beat with a mic in my hand fe lead out de youth dem outta destruction and let de people know right from wrong.”

Just like the singer’s previous albums “Universal”, “Spice In Your Life” and “In The
Streets to Africa”, “Gideon Boot” contains inspiring messages specifically aimed at empowering vulnerable youth.

The traditional Rastafarian Nyabinghi drumming that dominates the opening cut “Babylon Falling” heralds the seriousness of Spice’s musical mission. “World Is A Cycle”, sung over producer Arif Cooper’s haunting “Guardian Angel” rhythm, is, as Spice explains, “a song for the children and for the parents saying be careful because what you do can fall right back on you and your kids.”

Also included is the current Jamaican hit “The Plane Land” which display’s Spice’s superb story telling skills. The song’s lyrics detail the frustration that oftentimes accompanies post 9/11travel. “Saddle up myself fe take interrogation…tek off mi shoes, tek off mi tam, if they ever find you with a spliff yu gone another land.” “It is a song everyone can relate to if they travel,” notes Spice, “and if they don’t travel, they will learn this is what we go through as entertainers as we go to other countries.”

Since 2004, when his apocalyptic single “Earth A Run Red” became the year’s most popular reggae song, Richie Spice has performed throughout the world, insuring that cultural roots reggae isn’t relegated to a bygone era but continues as a thriving, evolving musical genre.

with special guest:
Spanner Banner

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

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

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

Monday 09.07.09: When You Awake & Grand Ole Echo present LESLIE & THE BADGERS / WELLDIGGERS BANQUET / OLD CALIFORNIO / PAINTED HILLS @ echo

Leslie & the Badgers || Watch

Leslie & the Badgers are quietly turning into one of the city’s best quiet bands. There’s a gently glowing country-rock intimacy to the songs from their self-titled 2007 debut CD and 2008 iTunes EP, Greetings From Leslie & the Badgers, but they’re not some corny, cornpone revival outfit. Instead, tunes like “Old Timers” and “Air Force One” have intelligently heartfelt, evocative lyrics and are adorned with dreamy embellishments, such as Glenn Oyabe’s lap-steel guitar, which playfully quotes Santo & Johnny’s classic instrumental “Sleep Walk.” Singer-guitarist Leslie Stevens coos with a Neko Case–style passion on the relatively epic six-minute idyll “Black Rose Window,” where she declares, “Now the road is what takes you to brand-new places/and I’m taking myself and the radio station.” Such countrified ballads place them roughly in the same universe as fellow locals the Whispertown 2000, but the Badgers also reveal a jazzy side on “The Torture,” and they rock convincingly on uptempo barn-burners like “That’d Be Fine.” – LA Weekly

with:
Welldiggers Banquet
Old Californio
Painted Hills

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Friday 08.07.09: IRREGULAR WINE TASTING- 4 SUICIDES FROM SUICIDE CLUB @ echoplex

Get thee to the Echoplex, aka the Julius Shulman Memorial Hall, this night for the forty-third edition of Irregular Wine Tasting, an adult-beverage haiku about which Lt. Cheryl MacWillie of the Los Angeles County coroner’s office never said: “I’ve got nothing against her personally, but Flo, the fictional cashier in the regressive insurance TV commercials, was an a–hole as far as the A-bomb was concerned.” This evening we pair five wines from Planet Vagina with four suicides from Suicide Club, then segue seamlessly into SuicideGirls presents Summer Suicide, featuring “beautiful naked punk rock, goth & emo girls with tattoos & piercings.”

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

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

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

Purchase Tickets at:
Stories
1716 W Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026

7:30pm / $20 / 21+

Saturday 08.15.09: Vtech & Mochilla present QUANTIC AND HIS COMBO BARBARO / J.ROCC / NU-MARK / SAKE ONE / GANAS @ echoplex

Quantic & His Combo Barbaro || Listen || Watch
Featuring Alfredito Linares, Freddy Colorado, Malcolm Catto, Nidia Gongora on vocals and very special guests!

‘Tradition In Transition’ – recorded in Cali, Colombia – is the upcoming album from Quantic and his Combo Bárbaro, which sees Will ‘Quantic’ Holland mining the lesser-tapped musical sources from the Caribbean, Latin America and Africa and fusing those rediscovered psychedelic, experimental and rhythmically rich sounds of the past with deep funk and soul elements and folkloric vocal styles. This exceptional longplayer gives life to an explosive sonic snapshot of an ever-evolving musical landscape, played out by a carefully assembled international cast of musical creators.

with DJ sets from:
J.Rocc
Nu-Mark
Sake One (SF)
Ganas

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

9pm / $15.00 advance, $20.00 day of show / 21+

Wednesday 08.12.09: DUB CLUB presents PABLO MOSES with THE REVOLUTIONARY DREAM BAND @ echoplex

Pablo Moses || Watch

Pablo Moses, born in Jamaica as Pableto Henry, released his first album in 1975, Revolutionary Dream, issued in the United States by UA Records as, I love I Bring “ A university trained poet,” according to the Village Voices Carol Cooper, Moses articulated his Rastafarian ideology with unprecedented political frankness in a high pitched, horn-like voice over rhythms and harmonies laid down by keyboardist/ producer Geoffrey Chung. Signing with Mango Records, Moses collaborated with Chung five years later to produce his follow up, 1980’s A Song, a subtle answer to the fire of his debut release. In 1981, Pablo Moses issued his third album, entitled Pave The Way.

Tunes such as “I Man a Grasshopper” , “Dubbing is a Must” , and many others became reggae classics.
By then, Moses had amassed a strong following in Jamaica, Europe, North America and Japan. Moses’ Rastafarian themes, the crusade against injustice, inequality, greed, racism, war, and the pillage of nature were and are universal in their scope.

In 1983, Moses signed with Alligator Records to release In The Future. amplifying his political and social message with rock stylistics and the use of electronic instrumentation like the synthesizer and vocader. Moses expanded and deepened his sound and rhetoric with 1985’s Tension and 1987’s Live to Love. We Refuse, released in 1990, was a lyrical response to the political climate of the eighty’s seen as “good times”: by those who’ve closed their eyes to the underlying realities of poverty and racism, now unraveling in the ’90s. “In this album” says Moses,” I say what I ‘ve said all along, only in a modified mood, more straightforward. I refuse the Babylonian ways of society, the bully-istic attitudes. Jah made everyone with different cultures and colors just as he made different types of birds and plants for beautification.”

To this date, Pablo Moses remains one of the most original, out- spoken roots reggae artists to be found. After more than 30 years, he is still throwing out lyrics that are sociologically, political and culturally connected. Pablo Moses has toured extensively in Canada, U.S.A. South America, Central America, Europe, Scandinavia and the Caribbean. Pablo is currently almost finished with a brand new, highly anticipated upcoming album. Pablo Moses is a teacher, father and a revolutionary who has never, and will never, strayed from his path as a spokesman for the poor, oppressed and underprivileged people in the world.

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

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

Monday 08.03.09: MONDAY NIGHT RESIDENCY with THE GROWLERS / HE’S MY BROTHER, SHE’S MY SISTER / THE ZINFANDALS / VUM @ echo

The Growlers || Listen || Watch

The Growlers play party music that’s shot through with an undertone of melancholy. It’s as if their sepia-tinted rock songs come equipped with both the drunken cheeriness and the nauseating hangover.

They know how to rollick like champs, but they can also creep along with a vaguely Eastern European worldweariness that’s endearing. They may claim Ol’ Dirty Bastard and Lee “Scratch” Perry as influences on their MySpace page (wigga, please), but the Growlers actually sound more like Man Man if they were fixated on pre-psych rock that’s too sophisticated to be considered “garage.” This nebulous quality makes the Growlers one of the most interesting bands working in the region.

The Growlers sent us a CD called The Greatest Hits, but at 25 tracks and 78 minutes, it sounds more like an archival clearinghouse of ideas. Most of these songs exude a casual, understated cool, marked by winding, mesmerizing, spangly guitars and Brooks Nielsen’s riveting, woebegone vocals. Even 38-second scraps such as “My Forehead’s Dripping Ocean” bear close listening.

They’re not very blues-rooted, but they do project an un-hokey sadness that consoles rather than brings you down (could be the band’s recessive folk genes). As I wrote in my live review on our Heard Mentality blog, “Their music possesses an insidious infectiousness that sneaks up on you like inebriation after a few sweet libations” (see “The Wildbirds and the Growlers, Detroit Bar,” Aug. 7, 2007). I bet you become besotted, too – OC Weekly

with:
He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister
The Zinfandals
VUM

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Thursday 07.30.09: DOWN AND DERBY ROLLER DISCO @ echoplex

Down and Derby, the premier roller skating organization that has quickly garnered a loyal following in cities like Las Vegas, Pittsburgh and New York City will host its second Los Angeles event at The Echoplex, Thursday, July 30. Resident skate guard DJs Thee Mike B and Steve 1Der will control the roller disco rink’s turntables, broadcasting amplified sounds for the eight-wheeled revelers.

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

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

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

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

RSVP at www.downandderby.org

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

Saturday 08.29.09: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 08.22.09: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 08.15.09: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 08.08.09: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 08.01.09: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 07.25.09: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 07.18.09: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Wednesday 08.19.09: 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

9pm / $5 / 21+

Wednesday 08.26.09: 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

9pm / $5 / 21+

Wednesday 08.05.09: 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

9pm / $5 / 21+

Saturday 08.01.09: BOOTIE LA @ echoplex

BOOTIE LA
LA’s monthly mashup bootleg party

Special show-stopping performances every half-hour from Bootie LA’s resident dance crew:
R.A.I.D. (Random Acts of Irreverent Dance)

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

Free Bootie mashup CDs for the first 75 people!

This month, it’s Mega R.A.I.D. at Bootie! Every half-hour, Bootie LA’s resident 15-person dance crew, R.A.I.D. (that stands for “Random Acts of Irreverent Dance”) will come out unannounced with a special choreographed mashup dance number. Gold suits will take over the Echoplex stage with several show-stopping performances! Resident DJs Adrian & the Mysterious D return from doing Bootie Brazil last month, and DJ Paul V. joins them on the decks for some hot summertime mashups.

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 monthly parties in eight cities on three continents. Mixing and matching every conceivable musical genre, era, and style into one big dance party where everyone feels welcome, Bootie provides the soundtrack for the A.D.D. generation — with free mashup CDs given away like candy!

Bootie’s resident DJs keep your brain guessing and body dancing with creative song combinations, celebrating — and satirizing — the many different forms of music. Resident dance crew R.A.I.D. (Random Acts of Irreverent Dance) performs a mashed-up dance number nearly every month. Bootie showcases the best in mashup productions from around the globe and delivers them on the dance floor … because one song at a time just isn’t enough!

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

FMI: http://www.BootieLA.com

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

Friday 07.10.09: SPACE ISLAND @ echoplex

Space Island || Myspace || More Info

With:
VibeSquaD
Knowa Knowone
Henry Strange

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

9pm / 21+

Monday 07.27.09: Monday Night Residency – JAPANESE MOTORS / THEE MAKEOUT PARTY / THE BLANK TAPES / GOLDIGGERS! @ echoplex

Japanese Motors || Watch

Japanese Motors are the most exciting band to emerge from Orange County since the heyday of Social Distortion and TSOL. Hailing from Costa Mesa, the Japanese Motors are made up by main vocalist Alex Knost, guitarist Nolan Hall, bassist Daniel Michicoff, and drummer Andrew Atkinson, the band is known around Southern California for the insane, all-night blowouts they put on as much as for the driving, raucous garage pop they set the partying to.

Rather than fight the influence of their surroundings like so many of their So Cal contemporaries, Japanese Motors have channeled it into their music, making tunes every bit as sun-baked and laid-back as their coastal environs and rife with positive imagery. “Most bands from here are trying to sound like they’re from London or New York,” Nolan says. “We embrace where we’re from.”

With:
Thee Makeout Party
Sweaters || Listen
Goldiggers!

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

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Monday 07.20.09: Monday Night Residency – JAPANESE MOTORS / THE GROWLERS / SWEATERS / GRAND ELEGANCE @ echoplex

Japanese Motors || Watch

Japanese Motors are the most exciting band to emerge from Orange County since the heyday of Social Distortion and TSOL. Hailing from Costa Mesa, the Japanese Motors are made up by main vocalist Alex Knost, guitarist Nolan Hall, bassist Daniel Michicoff, and drummer Andrew Atkinson, the band is known around Southern California for the insane, all-night blowouts they put on as much as for the driving, raucous garage pop they set the partying to.

Rather than fight the influence of their surroundings like so many of their So Cal contemporaries, Japanese Motors have channeled it into their music, making tunes every bit as sun-baked and laid-back as their coastal environs and rife with positive imagery. “Most bands from here are trying to sound like they’re from London or New York,” Nolan says. “We embrace where we’re from.”

With:
The Growlers || Listen
Sweaters
Grand Elegance

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

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Monday 07.13.09: Monday Night Residency – JAPANESE MOTORS / DIRT DRESS / UV LIGHTS / CORREATOWN @ echo

Japanese Motors || Watch

Japanese Motors are the most exciting band to emerge from Orange County since the heyday of Social Distortion and TSOL. Hailing from Costa Mesa, the Japanese Motors are made up by main vocalist Alex Knost, guitarist Nolan Hall, bassist Daniel Michicoff, and drummer Andrew Atkinson, the band is known around Southern California for the insane, all-night blowouts they put on as much as for the driving, raucous garage pop they set the partying to.

Rather than fight the influence of their surroundings like so many of their So Cal contemporaries, Japanese Motors have channeled it into their music, making tunes every bit as sun-baked and laid-back as their coastal environs and rife with positive imagery. “Most bands from here are trying to sound like they’re from London or New York,” Nolan says. “We embrace where we’re from.”

With:
Dirt Dress || Listen
UV Lights
Correatown || Listen

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 07.11.09: DRAGSTRIP 66 @ echoplex

Drag is never required – but it’s gets you $5 Admission all night!
___________________________________________________

Dragstrip 66 is LA’s longest running, underground dance club.
January 2009 marked its 16th Anniversary, and the club now
happens on the 2nd Saturday of the month, quarterly at The Echoplex.

Each Dragstrip has a different theme as a touchstone to inspire
its patrons to dress in any form of drag, masquerade, or self-expression.
The crowd is a totally fun, friendly mix of gay, straight, bi, and in-between!

So come on – get your kicks, at Dragstrip 66!

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

FMI:
http://www.dragstrip66.com/
Dragstrip 66 on Myspace
Dragstrip 66 on Facebook

9pm / $15 / 21+

Saturday 06.27.09: MUSTACHE MONDAYS presents MALUCA / MYNX / DJS JOSH PEACE & TOTAL FREEDOM @ echoplex

with:
Maluca
Mynx

Plus DJs:
Josh Peace
Total Freedom

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

RSVP at http://www.mustachemondays.com/

10pm / FREE with RSVP before 11pm, $10 after / 21+

Saturday 07.04.09: BOOTIE LA @ echoplex

BOOTIE on the 4th OF JULY!
LA’s monthly mashup bootleg party

Mashup fireworks with DJs:
DJ PAUL V.
DJ SHYBOY

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

Free Bootie mashup CDs for the first 75 people!

Bootie celebrates the 4th of July, bootleg-style! This month, resident DJ Paul V., along with special guest DJ Shyboy, bring the mashup fireworks to the dance floor. Bootie’s 15-person dance crew R.A.I.D. (Random Acts of Irreverent Dance) will hit the Echoplex stage around midnight in their trademark gold suits, ready to do a special Independence Day performance! Don’t miss it!

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 monthly parties in eight cities on three continents. Mixing and matching every conceivable musical genre, era, and style into one big dance party where everyone feels welcome, Bootie provides the soundtrack for the A.D.D. generation — with free mashup CDs given away like candy!

Bootie’s resident DJs keep your brain guessing and body dancing with creative song combinations, celebrating — and satirizing — the many different forms of music. Resident dance crew R.A.I.D. (Random Acts of Irreverent Dance) performs a mashed-up dance number nearly every month. Bootie showcases the best in mashup productions from around the globe and delivers them on the dance floor … because one song at a time just isn’t enough!

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

FMI: http://www.BootieLA.com

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

Saturday 07.11.09: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 07.04.09: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Wednesday 07.29.09: 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

9pm / $5 / 21+

Wednesday 07.22.09: DUB CLUB presents THE MIGHTY DIAMONDS Backed by YELLOW WALL DUB SQUAD Horn Section Mixed by SCIENTIST @ echoplex

The Mighty Diamonds

The Mighty Diamonds, Donald “Tabby” Shaw, Fitzroy ”Bunny” Simpson and Lloyd “ Judge” Ferguson formed in 1969 in the Trenchtown area of Kingston, Jamaica and for the past 39 years have been entertaining and educating the world with their sweet harmonies and conscious lyrics.

They quickly became known as the young group with the Motown sound with their soulful harmonies and polished performances. They first hit singles “ Country Living” and “ Hey Girl” were recorded on the Channel One label. Their debut album “ Right Time”, released on the Virgin has become a classic. This is an album that belongs in every serious reggae collection. “ Right Time’ is probably their most requested song when they perform.

“ Pass the Kouchie” also became an international hit when first released and then again when it was covered by the “ Musical Youth” and released as “Pass the Dutchie”

Tabby, Bunny and Judge have produced over 45 albums in their long career and it would be hard to select just one album as a favorite but if I were asked to pick the definite Mighty Diamonds album I would have to say “ Deeper Roots”. This album proves that the Mighty Diamonds are truly the best in the business.

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

9pm / $10 advance, $10 day of show before 10pm, $15 after / 21+

Wednesday 07.15.09: DUB CLUB presents TRINITY / TIPPA LEE + screening of the new Documentary Film RETURN OF THE RUB-A-DUB STYLE @ echoplex

TRINITY
with special guest Tippa Irie || Listen

backed by Echodelic Sound

plus a screening of the new documentary film
Return of the Rub-A-Dub Style
film starts at 9pm

check out the trailer for the film:

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

9pm / Free before 9:30pm, $5 after / 21+

Wednesday 07.08.09: 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

9pm / $5 / 21+

Wednesday 07.01.09: 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

9pm / $5 / 21+

Monday 06.15.09: LASSIE FOUNDATION / AMUSEMENT PARKS ON FIRE / MAGIC MIRROR / THE BROKEN REMOTES Hosted by Buzz Bands LA @ echoplex

About nine months ago, to no fanfare whatsoever, I used my laptop and some change rescued from under the seats of my car to launch BuzzBands.LA, a blog that, in a manner, continued the column I did for the Los Angeles Times for seven years. I’ve been flattered by the attention and support BuzzBands.LA has received, and on Monday, June 15, I’d like to celebrate a little. Please join me for four great bands and an equally great DJ at the Echoplex for a free night of music. Doors at 8:30, enter on Sunset — get there early for some surprises.

With:
The Lassie Foundation || Listen
Amusement Parks On Fire || Listen
Magic Mirror
The Broken Remotes || Listen

@ Echoplex
enter at 1822 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90026

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Thursday 06.18.09: DOWN & DERBY ROLLER DISCO @ echoplex

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

RSVP at www.downandderby.org

9pm / $5 with RSVP / 21+

Monday 06.08.09: Manimal Vinyl presents CORRIDOR / PAULO ZAPOLLI / AVI BUFFALO / ADDIQUIT / TELEPATHIC LIBERATION ARMY @ echoplex

CORRIDOR (RECORD RELEASE PARTY)

PAULO ZAPOLLI (PALL JENKINS OF BLACK HEART PROCESSION/3 MILE PILOT)

AVI BUFFALO

ADDIQUIT

TELEPATHIC LIBERATION ARMY

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

8pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 06.13.09: SMOG SESSIONS @ echoplex

SMOG SESSIONS
los angeles dubstep event

JOE NICE
DUB WAR, BALTIMORE, NYC

XI
SUBTRAC, LOETECH, TORONTO

JUAKALI
DUB WAR, SUB SWARA, NYC

THE SPIT BROTHERS
FULL MELT, DUBS ALIVE, SF

DLX
SMOG, DUBS ALIVE, LA

KEMST
SMOG, LA

VISUALS BY: MEKANIX

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

FOR MORE INFO:
WWW.SMOGLA.COM
WWW.DUBFREQUENCY.COM

9pm / $10 PRESALE, $15 DOOR / 21+

Monday 06.29.09: Monday Night Residency – OLIVER FUTURE / CASXIO / ALL WRONG AND THE PLANS CHANGED / RADARS TO THE SKY @ echo

Oliver Future || Listen

In Oliver Future’s new configuration, Lit will remain out front, his brother will man a bank of keyboards affectionately called “rig-zilla” and Raver will drum. “Sam just went out and bought a kit and said, ‘I’m going to be your drummer and we’re going to be a three-piece,’” Noah Lit says. “So the story is we just downsized because of the economy.” Lit says the trio “locked ourselves into an antique storage warehouse” and thrashed out new songs. “If you like the more epic and weird stuff on the first record, you’ll like his,” he adds. “There’s no feeling anymore that we have to write a single. But in a weird way, when there’s just three people playing — even though the songs are out there — everything just sounds more simple. “Before we were like an aircraft carrier. But there’s something to be said for being minimalistic.” – Buzz Bands

with:
Casxio || Listen
All Wrong and The Plans Change
Radars to the Sky

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Monday 06.22.09: Monday Night Residency – OLIVER FUTURE / CAPSHUNS / HORSE THIEVES / DIVISIBLE @ echo

Oliver Future || Listen

In Oliver Future’s new configuration, Lit will remain out front, his brother will man a bank of keyboards affectionately called “rig-zilla” and Raver will drum. “Sam just went out and bought a kit and said, ‘I’m going to be your drummer and we’re going to be a three-piece,’” Noah Lit says. “So the story is we just downsized because of the economy.” Lit says the trio “locked ourselves into an antique storage warehouse” and thrashed out new songs. “If you like the more epic and weird stuff on the first record, you’ll like his,” he adds. “There’s no feeling anymore that we have to write a single. But in a weird way, when there’s just three people playing — even though the songs are out there — everything just sounds more simple. “Before we were like an aircraft carrier. But there’s something to be said for being minimalistic.” – Buzz Bands

Capshuns
Horse Thieves
Divisible || Listen

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Monday 06.15.09: Monday Night Residency – OLIVER FUTURE / GLISS / ALEXANDRA HOPE / DEAR OR THE DOE @ echo

Oliver Future || Listen

In Oliver Future’s new configuration, Lit will remain out front, his brother will man a bank of keyboards affectionately called “rig-zilla” and Raver will drum. “Sam just went out and bought a kit and said, ‘I’m going to be your drummer and we’re going to be a three-piece,’” Noah Lit says. “So the story is we just downsized because of the economy.” Lit says the trio “locked ourselves into an antique storage warehouse” and thrashed out new songs. “If you like the more epic and weird stuff on the first record, you’ll like his,” he adds. “There’s no feeling anymore that we have to write a single. But in a weird way, when there’s just three people playing — even though the songs are out there — everything just sounds more simple. “Before we were like an aircraft carrier. But there’s something to be said for being minimalistic.” – Buzz Bands

with:
Gliss || Listen
Alexandra Hope
Dear or the Doe

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Monday 06.08.09: Monday Night Residency – OLIVER FUTURE / OTHER LIVES @ echo

Oliver Future || Listen

In Oliver Future’s new configuration, Lit will remain out front, his brother will man a bank of keyboards affectionately called “rig-zilla” and Raver will drum. “Sam just went out and bought a kit and said, ‘I’m going to be your drummer and we’re going to be a three-piece,’” Noah Lit says. “So the story is we just downsized because of the economy.” Lit says the trio “locked ourselves into an antique storage warehouse” and thrashed out new songs. “If you like the more epic and weird stuff on the first record, you’ll like his,” he adds. “There’s no feeling anymore that we have to write a single. But in a weird way, when there’s just three people playing — even though the songs are out there — everything just sounds more simple. “Before we were like an aircraft carrier. But there’s something to be said for being minimalistic.” – Buzz Bands

with:
Other Lives

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Monday 06.01.09: Monday Night Residency – OLIVER FUTURE / USELESS KEYS / SUPERHUMANOIDS / THE DELTA MIRROR @ echo

Oliver Future || Listen

In Oliver Future’s new configuration, Lit will remain out front, his brother will man a bank of keyboards affectionately called “rig-zilla” and Raver will drum. “Sam just went out and bought a kit and said, ‘I’m going to be your drummer and we’re going to be a three-piece,’” Noah Lit says. “So the story is we just downsized because of the economy.” Lit says the trio “locked ourselves into an antique storage warehouse” and thrashed out new songs. “If you like the more epic and weird stuff on the first record, you’ll like his,” he adds. “There’s no feeling anymore that we have to write a single. But in a weird way, when there’s just three people playing — even though the songs are out there — everything just sounds more simple. “Before we were like an aircraft carrier. But there’s something to be said for being minimalistic.” – Buzz Bands

with:
Useless Keys || Listen
Superhumanoids
The Delta Mirror

8:30pm / FREE / 21+

Thursday 05.21.09: SMOG + DROID present APPLEBLIM @ echoplex

SMOG + DROID PRESENT

APPLEBLIM
SKULL DISCO, APPLE PIPS, TEMPA, BRISTOL UK

Bristol UK based APPLEBLIM made a name for himself working with Shackelton on their Skull Disco label. An innovator in the dubstep-techno hybrid sound, he has joined the alumni of the Dubstep All Stars mix cd series and recorded a major podcast for ResidentAdvisor. This past year he started his own Apple Pips label featuring music of Martyn, Peverlist, and Ramadanman to name a few. We welcome him on his first visit to LA for a unique night of dubstep and techno.

with:
HYPERACTIVE
4TRACK, CONTACT, CHICAGO

DRUMCELL
DROID BEHAVIOR, LA

PAWN
SMOG, LA

HOSTED BY: KEMST
VISUALS BY: MEKANIX

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

10pm / $10 / 21+

Friday 05.15.09: SPACE ISLAND presents TIPPER / RD / JUPIT3R / KETHER & MORE @ echoplex

SPACE ISLAND
Presents

TIPPER
Tipper Music

RD
Designed Disorder

JUPIT3R
Space Island / The Do Lab

KETHER
Space Island

ART GALLERY WITH FEATURED ARTIST:

1028 Designs

Hans Haveron

John Park

Rajiv Jain

Muck

Live Painting by CARLOS VERA

Live Painting by HANS HAVERON

Live Painting by JOHN PARK

Art Gallery curated by Karim So

Sexy Stilt Walkers by STILT CIRCUS

@ Echoplex
1154 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026

FMI: http://www.spaceisland.org

9pm / $25 / 21+

Saturday 06.06.09: BOOTIE LA 4-YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY with SMASH-UP DERBY / ADRIAN & the MYSTERIOUS D / DJ PAUL V. / R.A.I.D. @ echoplex

BOOTIE LA 4-YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY
LA’s monthly mashup bootleg party

At 11 PM — From San Francisco, the world’s first mashup rock band:

SMASH-UP DERBY

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

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

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

Dress like a pirate!

This month, Bootie celebrates four 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 it’s 4-Year Anniversary, Bootie is proud to bring back Smash-Up Derby, the house band at Bootie SF, and the world’s first mashup rock band. They’re back from doing several gigs in Beijing, China, and they’ll be hitting the stage with their own rockin’ brand of live mashups at 11 PM . Also performing will be Bootie LA’s resident dance crew R.A.I.D. (Random Acts of Irreverent Dance) and of course, your resident DJs, Adrian & the Mysterious D and Paul V. It’s an anniversary party, so dress up like a pirate! We’ve also got special 20-track Bootie LA Anniversary CDs for the first 300 people, featuring tracks from every guest DJ we’ve 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 monthly parties in seven cities on three continents. Mixing and matching every conceivable musical genre, era, and style into one big dance party where everyone feels welcome, Bootie provides the soundtrack for the A.D.D. generation — with free mashup CDs given away like candy!

Resident DJs Adrian, Mysterious D, and Paul V. keep your brain guessing and body dancing with creative song combinations, celebrating — and satirizing — the many different forms of music. Resident dance crew R.A.I.D. (Random Acts of Irreverent Dance) performs a mashed-up dance number nearly every month. Bootie showcases the best in mashup productions from around the globe and delivers them on the dance floor … because one song at a time just isn’t enough!

FMI: http://www.BootieLA.com

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

Saturday 06.27.09: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 06.20.09: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 06.13.09: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 06.06.09: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Wednesday 06.17.09: 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

9pm / $5 / 21+

Wednesday 06.10.09: 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

9pm / $5 / 21+

Wednesday 06.03.09: 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

9pm / $5 / 21+

Sunday 04.26.09: ALL IN POKER TOURNAMENT @ echoplex

a Charity Poker Tournament for the Bridge Program

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

FMI: The Bridge Program

12pm / 21+

Saturday 05.09.09: SMOG presents ALL OUT DUBSTEP – LOS ANGELES featuring L WIZ (live!) @ echoplex

L-WIZ LIVE!
DUB POLICE, ALL OUT DUBSTEP, STOCKHOLM
Swedish duo Claes Rosén and Ola Näslund (a.k.a. L-Wiz) are most known for their jazzy and dubbed out releases on Caspa’s DUB POLICE label. They will be performing together live on laptops and keyboards representing Stockholm’s All Out Dubstep crew

IRK & TRICKYKID
ALL OUT DUBSTEP, STOCKHOLM

EMU & PAWN
SMOG, BASSHEAD, LA

STEADY
SMOG, DUBTROIT, LA

KELLY DEAN
SHIFT, DUBTROIT, LA

MC SANDOR
ALL OUT DUBSTEP, STOCKHOLM

KEMST
SMOG, LA

VISUALS: DEJA KRU // SOUND: SOLID SOUND

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

FOR MORE INFO:
http://www.smogla.com

9pm / $10 / 21+

Saturday 05.30.09: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 05.23.09: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 05.16.09: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 05.09.09: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Saturday 05.02.09: FUNKY SOLE @ echo

with DJs:
Music Man Miles
Clifton AKA Soft Touch

FMI: Funky Sole on Myspace

10pm / FREE / 21+

Wednesday 05.27.09: 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

9pm / $5 / 21+

Wednesday 05.20.09: 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

9pm / $5 / 21+

Wednesday 05.13.09: DUB CLUB presents Reggae Meets Africa with EXTRA GOLDEN / THE MEDITATIONS / FOOL’S GOLD / YOUSSOUPHA SIDIBE @ echo & echoplex

with:
The Meditations || Listen
Extra Golden || Listen
Fool’s Gold || Watch
Youssoupha Sidibe

Upstairs in the Echo there will be 2 acts, Fools Gold—local Afrobeat heroes , and Extra Golden , Thrill Jockey recording artists who fuse a unique blend of Kenyan Benga music with American Rock. Downstairs in the Echoplex , the opening act will be Youssoupha Sidibe , a traditionally trained Kora player from Senegal whose music is a hybrid of African and Dub sounds , and the headliner will be Reggae legends The Meditations , one of the premier harmony trio vocal groups in roots music, who are still going strong with all original members. The audience will be able to walk between the 2 rooms all night, the Dub Club DJs will be spinning and it should make for a very memorable evening of music and culture.

Spinning the best in classic reggae, dub and dancehall

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

Save Money when you order tickets by mobile phone
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9pm / $10 before 10pm, $15 after / 21+

Wednesday 05.06.09: 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

9pm / $5 / 21+

Saturday 05.02.09: BOOTIE LA with DJ TRIPP / ADRIAN & THE MYSTERIOUS D / DL PAUL V. / R.A.I.D. @ echoplex

BOOTIE LA
LA’s monthly mashup bootleg party

On his Bootie World Tour:
DJ TRIPP
spinning a special ALL-VIDEO mashup set!

Resident mashup DJs:
ADRIAN & the MYSTERIOUS D
DJ PAUL V.

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

Joby Joy presents the 3rd Annual Cape Party! Wear a cape and get a free Bootie CD!

This month, DJ Tripp returns to LA to kick off his Bootie World Tour with a special ALL-VIDEO mashup set on the Echoplex’s giant video screen. Resident dance crew R.A.I.D. hits the stage at midnight with a freshly synchronized dance number, and Joby Joy will be doing his 3rd Annual Cape Party at Bootie LA — wear a cape, and you’ll get a free mashup CD!

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 monthly parties in seven cities on three continents. Mixing and matching every conceivable musical genre, era, and style into one big dance party where everyone feels welcome, Bootie provides the soundtrack for the A.D.D. generation — with free mashup CDs given away like candy!

Resident DJs Adrian, Mysterious D, and Paul V. keep your brain guessing and body dancing with creative song combinations, celebrating — and satirizing — the many different forms of music. Resident dance crew R.A.I.D. (Random Acts of Irreverent Dance) performs a mashed-up dance number nearly every month. Bootie showcases the best in mashup productions from around the globe and delivers them on the dance floor … because one song at a time just isn’t enough!

FREE Bootie CDs to the first 75 people through the door!

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

FMI: http://www.BootieLA.com

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