Listen to This: Queen Caveat’s “Mr. California”
A new single from my fave LA-rockers, Queen Caveat was released today. Check it out!
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Available on itunes here
~ Kristen
Amanda’s SD Concert Calendar 12/3-12/9
I hope you all had a nice week. My body has threatened me with a cold just before I take a trip to visit a friend and see a show. It figures because there were at least 2 shows I wanted to attend tonight but I chose to stay home and get better. Ah well. At least there is some fun this week…
Monday: Hot Snakes @ Casbah @9
AND: Paul Banks @ House of Blues @730 $15/$17
Tuesday: Kelsea Rae Little @ Ruby Room @9 $3
Wednesday: Kopecky Family Band and Sundrop Electric @ Soda Bar @830 $8/$10
AND: Chris Robinson @ Belly Up @9 $20/$22
AND: Brendan James @ Lestats @9
Thursday: David Bazan @ Casbah @9 $13/$15
AND: Chris Robinson @ Belly Up @9 $20/$22
AND: Hills Like Elephants @ Bar Pink @9
Friday: Wrex the Halls feat. The Killers, M83, Passion Pit, Tegan and Sara, Imagine Dragons, and Youngblood Hawke @ Viejas Arena @530
AND: The New Kinetics @ Whistlestop @9
AND: Emersen @ Lestats @9
AND: The Creepy Creeps and Mrs. Magician @ Soda Bar @9 $8/$10
Saturday: Chris Isaak @ Belly Up @8
AND: Holiday Bonus feat: Metric, Grand Tarantula, and Beast Patrol @ House of Blues @7 $19.91
Sunday: Chris Isaak @ Belly Up @8
AND: Star 94.1 Holiday Show for Becky’s House feat: Lifehouse @ Anthology @7 $20-$295
Keep in Mind:
December 21st- Dead Feather Moon @ Belly Up
December 22nd- Dennis Quaid and The Sharks @ Belly Up
December 27th- Louis XIV @ Casbah
December 31st- Dirty Sweet @ Griffin
December 31st- Get Back Loretta and Blackout Party
December 31st- Reverend Horton Heat @ Belly Up
December 31st- Big Night San Diego feat: The Silent Comedy
January 8th- Sum 41 @ House of Blues
January 13th- Keane and Youngblood Hawke @ House of Blues
January 21st- Muse @ Valley View Casino Center
January 27th- Ben Folds Five @ House of Blues
February 1st- Pinback
February 12th- Ed Sheeran @ Spreckles
February 27th- The Used @ House of Blues
March 7th- Flogging Molly @ House of Blues
Kristen’s LA Concert Calendar: 12/3-12/9
It has been quite a busy week/weekend. I managed to work at least three 12 hour days last week plus catch some great shows (pictures posted soon to LMN’s facebook page). This weekend, we got the Christmas tree up and trimmed with the help of some lovely elves. Next week has the potential to be epic (you see who’s playing Thursday night at The Satellite, right?), but I worry that this cold I woke up with a couple of days ago might put a damper on things. At the moment, I can’t see past Biffy Clyro, but I’m also looking forward to Friday night at Molly Malone’s with The Honey Trees and Lakes and Nashville’s Bonnie Bishop at The Mint on Saturday.
There are actually fantastic show opportunities every night this week. I hope you can make it out!
Monday: Diamonds Under Fire and Meg Meyers at The Viper Room (9, 10)
ALSO: It’s a School Night at Bardot featuring Alexz Johnson and Oren Lyons (9pm)
ALSO: Wake Up Lucid and The Dead Ships FREE at The Echo (8pm)
ALSO: Hunnypot Radio Live FREE at The Central SAPC featuring Toy Bombs (8pm)
ALSO: Monday in the Round at Room 5 featuring Sweet Talk Radio, Chris Pierce, Shane Alexander and Joel Eckels (9pm)
Tuesday: Howie Day and Harper Blynn at The Hotel Cafe (7, 9)
ALSO: Dave Green and The Filthy Souls FREE at The Piano Bar (10pm)
ALSO: Monsters Calling Home at The Troubadour (9pm)
Weds: Zero 1 at The Viper Room (11pm)
ALSO: Jackson Rathbone and Paul McDonald and Nikki Reed at Bootleg Theater (7pm)
ALSO: Tom Morello: The Nightwatchman at The Troubadour (9pm)
Thursday: Biffy Clyro at The Satellite (6:30)
ALSO: Tournament of Hearts at King King (9pm)
ALSO: Brendan James at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Walking Papers at The Viper Room (10pm)
Friday: The Honey Trees and Lakes at Molly Malone’s (9, 10)
ALSO: Katrina Parker, Erin Willett, Justin Hopkins, and Tony Lucca at The Hotel Cafe (9, 10, 11, 12)
ALSO: Kopecky Family Band at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: The Shakers at Irish Times (10pm)
ALSO: The Diamond Lights, The Dustbowl Revival, Black Crystal Wolf Kids at The Central SAPC (9pm)
ALSO: The Chris Robinson Brotherhood at The El Rey (8pm)
Saturday: Bonnie Bishop at The Mint (11pm)
ALSO : Tyler Hilton and Boyce Avenue at Club Nokia (7:30)
ALSO: Stonefeather at The Roxy (10:30)
ALSO: KROQ Acoustic Xmas Night 1 featuring Youngblood Hawke, The Gaslight Anthem, The Lumineers, AWOLNATION, Garbage, Linkin Park, etc.
Sunday: The Neighbourhood FREE at Bootleg Bar (8pm)…start of a December residency
ALSO: All the Lights at The Roxy featuring The Glee Project cast members (7pm)
ALSO: KROQ Acoustic Xmas Night 2 featuring Imagine Dragons, Alex Clare, Neon Trees, fun., Jack White, The Killers, etc.
To Keep in Mind:
December 11th: Atlas Genius at The Troubadour
December 11th: High Voltage Holiday Party at Silverlake Lounge
December 12th: Alt J and Wildcat Wildcat at The Fonda
December 12th: The Mountain Goats at The Masonic Lodge at The Hollywood Forever Cemetery
December 13th: The Mountain Goats at The Troubadour
December 14th: Jared Lee and Alex Band at The Viper Room
December 14th: Vanaprasta at The Satellite
December 16th: The Neighbourhood at Bootleg Bar
December 18th: Lifehouse at The Troubadour
December 20th-22nd: Camp Freddy at The Roxy
December 23rd: The Neighbourhood at Bootleg Bar
December 27th: Parade of Lights at Bootleg Bar
January 19th: Tyler Hilton and Teddy Geiger at The Roxy
January 23rd and 24th: Muse at The Staples Center
Feb. 9th: Ed Sheeran at Hollywood Palladium
Feb. 12th: Ellie Goulding at Hollywood Palladium
Feb. 17th: Ed Sheeran at Nokia Theatre LA Live
Feb. 28th: Matthew Perryman Jones at Bootleg Bar
Feb. 28th: Jukebox the Ghost at The Echo
~ Kristen
http://www.localmusicnation.net/
Amanda’s SD Concert Calendar 11/26-12/2
I hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving, ate too much, and had some good times with friends and family. I made my awesome mashed potatoes as well as some green beans. I don’t know how people pull off a feast and don’t pass out after. Boy was I tired. But maybe that was the turkey….
Monday: Sundrop Electric @ Casbah @9 $6
Tuesday: ummmmmmmm
Wednesday: The Peripherals @ Griffin @9 $5
AND: Whitehorse @ Soda Bar @8 $8/$10
Thursday: The Burning of Rome @ Casbah @9 $8
AND: Jesse Johnson Trio and The Peripherals @ Ruby Room @9 $6
AND: Blackout Party and Wovenhand @ Soda Bar @8 $12
Friday: Belmont Lights @ Lestats @9
AND: The Paragraphs @ Ruby Room @9 $8
Saturday: Milo Greene @ Casbah @9 $12
AND: Mattson 2 @ Griffin @9 $6/$8
AND: The Beautiful View @ Soda Bar @830 $7
Sunday: Punch Brothers and The Milk Carton Kids @ Belly Up @ $20/$22
AND: The Nervous Wreckords and The New Kinetics @ Casbah @9 $8
AND: Yellowcard @ House of Blues @730 $25/$40
AND: Howie Day @ Anthology @7 $10-$22
AND: How to Dress Well @ Soda Bar @9 $12/15
Keep in Mind:
December 3rd- Hot Snakes @ Casbah
December 5th- Chris Robinson @ Belly Up
December 6th- Chris Robinson @ Belly Up
December 7th- Wrex the Halls feat. The Killers, M83, Passion Pit, Teagan and Sara, Imagine Dragons, and Youngblood Hawke
December 8th- Chris Isaak @ Belly Up
December 8th- Holiday Bonus feat: Metric, Grand Tarantula, and Beast Patrol
December 9th- Chris Isaak @ Belly Up
December 9th- Star 94.1 Holiday Show for Becky’s House feat: Lifehouse
December 21st- Dead Feather Moon @ Belly Up
December 22nd- Dennis Quaid and The Sharks @ Belly Up
December 31st- Dirty Sweet @ Griffin
December 31st- Get Back Loretta and Blackout Party
December 31st- Reverend Horton Heat @ Belly Up
December 31st- Big Night San Diego feat: The Silent Comedy
January 8th- Sum 41 @ House of Blues
January 13th- Keane and Youngblood Hawke @ House of Blues
January 21st- Muse @ Valley View Casino Center
January 27th- Ben Folds Five @ House of Blues
February 1st- Pinback
February 12th- Ed Sheeran @ Spreckles
February 27th- The Used @ House of Blues
March 7th- Flogging Molly @ House of Blues
Kristen’s LA Concert Calendar: 11/26-12/2
As the holiday party invitations start to come in, I’m reminded that it’s time to put my end of year music mix together. For those of you who don’t know, every year I make a mix of all the songs and artists that meant something to me over the year…they are usually accompanied by a story and pictures. I work on this all year round, but the hardest part is pulling it together at the end and finding the time to create and produce the final product (aka Christmas gifts!). For this year’s mix, I had the first “rough draft” done for a couple weeks ago and and I’ve since made a few tweaks, but I’m still not 100% happy with it. However, if my first party is in just a couple of weeks, I’ll need to start manufacturing soon! Or maybe I should just accept the fact that my Christmas gifts will be late…again.
And who knows, maybe there will be a show this month that will change my life and alter the mix entirely (December 6th early show at The Satellite, I’m looking at you!). There are plenty of promising options these week. Here are my picks:
Monday: The Neighbourhood at The Viper Room (10pm)
ALSO: Omniflux and Sabrosa Purr FREE at Bootleg Bar(9:30, 11:30)
ALSO: Drive He Said FREE at Silverlake Lounge (10pm)
ALSO: The Record Company FREE at The Satellite (11pm)
Tuesday: Erin McLaughlin, Matthew Mayfield, My Name is You, Harper Blynn at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Deluka at Hemingway’s (10pm)
ALSO: Paul and the Kir at Molly Malone’s (9pm)
ALSO: Black Belt Karate at SIlverlake Lounge (9pm)
ALSO: Gavin Turek FREE at The Central SAPC (10pm)
ALSO: Soundgarden at The Fonda Theatre (9pm)
Weds: Terraplane Sun and Youngblood Hawke at The Roxy (8pm)
ALSO: Kita Klane, The Wellspring, Chris Stills, Armada at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
Thursday: Joe Firstman at WitZend (8pm)
ALSO: Alex Clare at The Fonda Theatre (9pm)
ALSO: Karmin at The Troubadour (8pm)
Friday: Capsolin and Icarus Landing at The Viper Room (8,9)
ALSO: The Bolts and Capital Cities at The Roxy (8pm)
ALSO: The Mowgli’s, Selah Sue, and Walk Off The Earth at The Troubadour (8:30, 9:15, 10:10)
ALSO: Raquel Rodriguez at WitZend (10pm)
Saturday: The Milk Carton Kids and The Punch Brothers at Luckman Fine Arts Complex (8pm)
ALSO: David & Devine at The Hotel Cafe (9pm)
ALSO: The Elizabeth Kill at Molly Malone’s (10:30)
ALSO: Trixie Whitley at The Satellite (10pm)
ALSO: Elizabeth and the Catapult and Gabriel Kahane at The Mint (9:30, 10:30)
Sunday: Andrew Belle, and Tyrone Wells at Saint Rocke (7pm)
ALSO: Kate Earl at The Federal Bar (11am)
To Keep in Mind:
December 4th: Howie Day at The Hotel Cafe
December 6th: Biffy Clyro at The Satellite
December 6th: Imagine Dragons and Garbage at San Manuel Casino
December 7th: Lakes at Molly Malone’s
December 7th: Tony Lucca at The Hotel Cafe
December 8th: Boyce Avenue at Club Nokia
December 8th: KROQ Acoustic Xmas night 1
December 9th: KROQ Acoustic Xmas night 2
December 9th: The Neighbourhood at Bootleg Bar
December 11th: Atlas Genius at The Troubadour
December 11th: High Voltage Holiday Party at Silverlake Lounge
December 12th: Alt J and Wildcat Wildcat at The Fonda
December 12th: The Mountain Goats at The Masonic Lodge at The Hollywood Forever Cemetery
December 13th: The Mountain Goats at The Troubadour
December 14th: Jared Lee and Alex Band at The Viper Room
December 14th: Vanaprasta at The Satellite
December 16th: The Neighbourhood at Bootleg Bar
December 18th: Lifehouse at The Troubadour
December 20th-22nd: Camp Freddy at The Roxy
December 23rd: The Neighbourhood at Bootleg Bar
January 19th: Tyler Hilton and Teddy Geiger at The Roxy
January 23rd and 24th: Muse at The Staples Center
Feb. 9th: Ed Sheeran at Hollywood Palladium
Feb. 12th: Ellie Goulding at Hollywood Palladium
Feb. 17th: Ed Sheeran at Nokia Theatre LA Live
Feb. 28th: Matthew Perryman Jones at Bootleg Bar
~ Kristen
http://www.localmusicnation.net/
A Thank You Note…
The sun is shining, it’s 75 degree outside, I guess that means it’s that time of year again. And no, I don’t mean Memorial Day weekend. The holiday season has sneaked up on me this year. I seriously don’t know where this year went. Hi! My name is Ashley and Kristen and Amanda have been wonderful enough to let me hijack their blog again.
I work as a therapist for kids/teens with mental health disorders up in Palmdale. If you don’t know Palmdale, think mountains, desert, Joshua Trees, and lots of poverty. To bring something bright to the families we work with, we try to give a toy to every client (and siblings when we can) during the Holiday season. I am an avid music lover. The local So-cal music scene and I are great buddies. As part of our “toy” drive, I have asked local and some not so local bands to donate to our clients for the holiday season. I did this last year and got such a wonderful and inspiring response that I decided to do it again for 2012. Let me tell you, the scene did not let me down. So this is my thank you, to all the bands that have graciously donated to my clients. I really appreciate that gifts that you have sent. I know from previous experience that the teens will really love what they receive and hopefully you’ll have plenty of future fans. You guys truly rock!
Ashley Webb (awebb@childguidance.org)
Here’s a list of the bands who have donated-show them some love!
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Amanda’s SD Concert Calendar 11/19-11/25
Happy Monday! And Happy Thanksgiving week. I am thankful for music and it’s power to move and affect someone. I’m thankful for it’s ability to heal and speak to the soul. I’m thankful for bands who make music I love even if I can’t see them all the time. What are you thankful for?
Since it’s Thanksgiving week, the music scene is a bit light. I suppose you could be thankful for that….
Monday: The Deftones and Scars on Broadway @ House of Blues @730 $40
Tuesday: The Faint @ House of Blues @7 $25
Wednesday: Rachel Yamagata @ Anthology @730 $10-$27
Thursday: Happy Thanksgiving!
Friday: Mayday Parade and The Maine @ Soma @7
AND: Unwritten Law @ House of Blues @8 $18/$20
AND: Gregory Page @ Lestats @9
Saturday: Eat more leftovers
Sunday: Get rid of relatives
Keep in Mind:
December 1st- Milo Greene
December 2nd- Yellowcard @ House of Blues
December 2nd- Punch Brothers and The Milk Carton Kids @ Belly Up
December 2nd- Howie Day @ Anthology @7
December 2nd-The Nervous Wreckords and The New Kinetics @ Casbah
December 3rd- Hot Snakes @ Casbah
December 5th- Chris Robinson @ Belly Up
December 6th- Chris Robinson @ Belly Up
December 7th- Wrex the Halls feat. The Killers, M83, Passion Pit, Teagan and Sara, Imagine Dragons, and Youngblood Hawke
December 8th- Chris Isaak @ Belly Up
December 8th- Holiday Bonus feat: Metric, Grand Tarantula, and Beast Patrol
December 9th- Chris Isaak @ Belly Up
December 9th- Star 94.1 Holiday Show for Becky’s House feat: Lifehouse
December 21st- Dead Feather Moon @ Belly Up
December 22nd- Dennis Quaid and The Sharks @ Belly Up
December 31st- Dirty Sweet @ Griffin
December 31st- Get Back Loretta and Blackout Party
December 31st- Reverend Horton Heat @ Belly Up
December 31st- Big Night San Diego feat: The Silent Comedy
January 8th- Sum 41 @ House of Blues
January 13th- Keane and Youngblood Hawke @ House of Blues
January 21st- Muse @ Valley View Casino Center
January 27th- Ben Folds Five @ House of Blues
February 12th- Ed Sheeran @ Spreckles
February 27th- The Used @ House of Blues
March 7th- Flogging Molly @ House of Blues