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Kristen’s Concert Calendar: 5/17-5/23

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Last week was a very emotional week of beginnings and endings…and many goodbyes. On the music front, one of my favorite bands, Jealousy Curve, officially announced that they were going to end their run as a band. Their last show will be their record release next Saturday in Philadelphia at World Cafe Live. (yes I will be there). Carney’s record release show Saturday in Los Angeles at The El Rey signified the exact opposite; the beginning of a successful and (hopefully) very long career. Watching the guys be escorted from the back to the signing table where we all had to wait in line to get our CDs signed and say our hellos really made me realize how far the band has come since I saw them play every week at Molly Malone’s. The entire set was a bit emotional for me. I was at once immensely grateful for having such an amazing band be a part of my life for the last couple of years and incredibly sad that they were leaving Los Angeles and I would not be seeing them play again anytime soon.

But such is life. Really it just gives me more time and energy to discover amazing new bands to enrich and fulfill my life, right? Well, that’s what I’m telling myself anyway.

Here are the bands and musicians I’m looking at this week to potentially take up the mantel of “new favorite band” and help fill the massive void  in both my concert calendar and my heart left by the breaking up of Jealousy Curve and year-long departure of Carney:

Monday: Filthy Souls at 14 Below in Santa Monica (8pm)
ALSO: The Like FREE at The Echo (10pm)
ALSO: Wartapes at Silverlake Lounge (11pm)
ALSO: MusiCares Nashville Flood Relief Fund Benefit at The Hotel Cafe (9pm)…line up TBA
ALSO: Songwriters in the Round at Room 5 (9pm) 

Tuesday: Nina Storey at The Hotel Cafe (8pm)

Weds: Queen Caveat at The Viper Room (10:45)
ALSO: Beachwood Rockers’ Society at Crane’s 

Thursday: Shout Out Louds at The El Rey (8pm)
ALSO: Glee Live at Gibson Amphitheater (8pm)
ALSO: Terra Naomi at The Hotel Cafe (8pm) 

Friday: Glee Live at Gibson Amphitheater (8pm)
ALSO: The National at The Wiltern (8pm)
ALSO: OK GO at The Musicbox (8pm)
ALSO: Far at The Troubadour (10pm)
ALSO: Lelia Broussard at Room 5 (7pm)
ALSO: Shout Out Louds at The El Rey (8pm)
ALSO: Vienna Teng & Alex Wong and Sara Watkins at McCabe’s (8pm) 

Saturday: The National at The Wiltern (8pm)
ALSO: Glee Live at Gibson Amphitheater (8pm)
ALSO: The Real Sunset Strip On the Rox with Terra Incognita (9pm)
***if you happen to be in the Philadelphia area, you’d better join me at World Cafe Live to witness the last performance of Jealousy Curve…also playing IKE, Camille Peruto, and LA’s own The Shakers! 

Sunday: Frightened Rabbit at The Musicbox (8pm)
ALSO: Lelia Broussard at Saint Rocke (7pm) 

To Keep in Mind:
May 28th: The Silent Comedy and Dirty Sweet at North Park Theater (in SD)
June1st: First Aid Kit at Bootleg
June 3rd: Mumford & Sons at The Music Box
June 6th: Mumford & Sons with The Silent Comedy at BellyUp (in SD)
June 10-13th: BONNAROO
June 25th: Warped Tour in LA
July 10th: Lilith Fair

~ Kristen

SD Concert Calendar

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Hey Everyone! I hope you had a fabulous show filled week for me. I spent mine dancing at a dance concert! Oh and I hope you all had a nice Mother’s Day with your respective mothers and grandmothers (hence why this was not posted yesterday. I saw Ironman 2 for my troubles :)).
On to this week’s line up of shows. There isn’t a whole lot I found on the radar…

Monday: Carney @ The Casbah $8 @9 p.m.

Tuesday: Kate Miller Heidke and Ben Folds @ House of Blues SD
AND: Trainwreck feat. Kyle of Tenacious D @ The Casbah $10 adv/$12 day of @9 p.m.

Wednesday: Wendy Bailey @ The Soda Bar $3 @9 p.m.

Thursday: The Ruse @ The Casbah $8 @9 p.m.
AND: Inspired Flight @ The Soda Bar $3 @9 p.m.

Friday: Gregory Page @ Lestats
AND: Halcyonaire @ Tin Can Alehouse

Saturday: Alex Woodard @ The Belly Up $25 adv/$27 day of  @9 p.m.
AND: Gayle Skidmore @ Lestats @9 p.m.

Sunday: (I got nothing. Apparently SD doesn’t do Sunday shows right now…)

Keep in Mind:
 May 22nd- Frightened Rabbit @ The Casbah
May 28th- The Silent Comedy, Dirty Sweet, Transfer and Apes of Wrath @ North Park Theater
May 29th- Get Back Loretta @ The Casbah
July 19th- The Dead Weather @ House of Blues SD
Sept. 25th- The Black Keys @Soma

Happy show going!

~Amanda

Upcoming Shows Amanda

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Hey Everyone! I hope you had a fabulous show filled week for me. I spent mine dancing at a dance concert! Oh and I hope you all had a nice Mother’s Day with your respective mothers and grandmothers (hence why this was not posted yesterday. I saw Ironman 2 for my troubles :)).

On to this week’s line up of shows. There isn’t a whole lot I found on the radar…

Monday: Carney @ The Casbah $8 @9 p.m.

Tuesday: Kate Miller Heidke and Ben Folds @ House of Blues SD
AND: Trainwreck feat. Kyle of Tenacious D @ The Casbah $10 adv/$12 day of @9 p.m.

Wednesday: Wendy Bailey @ The Soda Bar $3 @9 p.m.

Thursday: The Ruse @ The Casbah $8 @9 p.m.
AND: Inspired Flight @ The Soda Bar $3 @9 p.m.

Friday: Gregory Page @ Lestats
AND: Halcyonaire @ Tin Can Alehouse

Saturday: Alex Woodard @ The Belly Up $25 adv/$27 day of  @9 p.m.
AND: Gayle Skidmore @ Lestats @9 p.m.

Sunday: (I got nothing. Apparently SD doesn’t do Sunday shows right now…)

Keep in Mind:
 May 22nd- Frightened Rabbit @ The Casbah
May 28th- The Silent Comedy, Dirty Sweet, Transfer and Apes of Wrath @ North Park Theater
May 29th- Get Back Loretta @ The Casbah
July 19th- The Dead Weather @ House of Blues SD
Sept. 25th- The Black Keys @Soma

Happy show going!

~Amanda

Kristen’s SXSW ’10 Mix – Part 3

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              9. “Snowflake” – Malachai

This is one of those songs that just gets into my head and won’t let go. The beats…it’s definitely the beats…

             10. “Too Late For Lovers” – Gin Wigmore

How can you not love this voice?

             11. “Runaway Now” – Straight Lines

Please tell me this band is playing Warped Tour? No? I feel something was missed here…

              12. “Thanks” – The Right Ons

I kept coming back to this tune undecided, but these Spanish gents eventually wore me down with all the incessant thanking and I just had to put them on the mix…I’m a sucker for politeness

 

…more to come…

~ Kristen

Kristen’s SXSW ’10 Mix- Part 2

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And the mix continues with…

               5. “Swim Until You Can’t See Land” – Frightened Rabbit

Speaking of bands from across the pond, I’m still smarting from the absence of this one at Coachella and the fact that I’m out of town when they will be in LA (May 23).  Even though I discovered Frightened Rabbit well over a year ago, I still feel the need to put them on any list possible…just for an excuse to listen to them more myself!

               6. “I Need” – Maverick Sabre

This is the track I had the difficulty in tracking down as Maverick has yet to release more than a single (at least on ITunes). The fact that it is here is a testament to how much it struck me.

               7. “Gypsy Woman” – Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights

Also struggled to get this track. I went to go see Jonathan et al at The Viper Room with the express purpose of picking up a CD only to discover that there were none available. Fortunately since then, the group’s debut CD Pardon Me has been released. I would highly recommend this addition to your record collection.

              8. “Run Baby Run”- Noush Skaugen

One of the reasons I love SXSW is that it gives me the opportunity to discover artists like Noush Skaugen whom I don’t know if I’d ever happen upon otherwise. You can get this entire track free from her website!

…more to come…

~ Kristen

Favorite Band Alert! The Kin

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Waking Up Shining

I am still overwhelmed with emotion from seeing The Kin play Monday night at The Hotel Cafe. It had been far too long since brothers Thorry and Isaac Koren played LA. An added bonus, the absolutely brilliant and incredibly unique Shakerleg was indeed present behind his makeshift drum kit and despite the fact that he was terribly ill, still managed to pull out all the stops on stage. They played mostly songs from their most recent album, The Upside, and closed the night with some covers they’ve been working on, but the highlight for me was when they came off the stage and into the audience to play a brand new tune.  

There is nothing better than seeing one of your favorite bands play after you haven’t seen them in awhile…except perhaps seeing an amazing band play for the first time. Which is why, if you’re in the Los Angeles area, I think you should come to The Stronghold in Venice 9pm Weds night to fall in love with The Kin as they are playing one more time before leaving LA.

 The Kin covers Sam Cooke’s “A Change is Gonna Come” in NYC

~ Kristen

Favorite Band Alert! Jealousy Curve

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Since I just flew across the country to see these guys, I thought they deserved a mention here. Jealousy Curve has been one of my favorite bands since I first heard their Muse-like notes back in 2006.  Since then, they have provided the soundtrack for some of the most memorable moments in my life. I can honestly say few things make me happier then dancing with friends at a Jealousy Curve show.  Michael Leavy, Steve LaFashia, Shane Rozum, and Dave Sikorski are also some of the nicest (and incidentally the tallest) guys I know.

I am SO very excited about their forthcoming CD, Marionettes!, and big release party on May 22nd at The World Cafe Live in Philadelphia with Camille Peruto, IKE, and LA’s The Shakers. Definately calls for another trip across the country…

but in the mean time:

Listen their music here

Preorder their new CD: (see above)

Get their first CD Life As An Addict and EP This is For Your Own Destruction here

Go to the show

Tell them how amazing they are on facebook

And remember, no matter what happens, Don’t Lie Down

~ Kristen

p.s. some pics from the two shows I had the immense privilege of being a part of. One at Arcadia University in Genside, PA and the other at Jocyln’s in Media, PA with guest drummer, the amazing Ron DiSilvestro

Dave and Leavy at Arcadia University

Steve and Shane at Arcadia University

Steve and Leavy at Jocyln's

Dave and Ron at Jocyln's