Amanda’s SD Concert Calendar 12/26-1/1

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It’s a fresh new Monday fresh from Christmas. I hope everyone had a lovely time filled with family, friends, and good times. I also hope you got everything you wanted and nothing you didn’t (but if not, there is always Amazon or Craigslist)!

Can you believe New Years is on Saturday? Where did the year go? Well, I’ll be posting some musical highlights from my year later this week. Speaking of New Years, the only place you should be is at the Lafayette Hotel for the Silent Comedy/Transfer show which features The Creepy Creeps, Low Volts and The Heavy Guilt. It’s going to be a crazy good time!!

Since it’s still a holiday week, shows are rather light but we still got some good stuff!

 

Monday: Relax

Tuesday: Cracker @ Belly Up @8 $20/$22
AND: Thieves of the American Dream @ Soda Bar @830 $5
AND: The Filthy Violets @ Casbah @9 $5
AND: Lillian Lefranc & The Proper Villans @ Ruby Room @9 $2

Wednesday: Shrewd Lucy @ Ruby Room @9 $5

Thursday: The Bruises @ Soda Bar @830 $5
AND: Christian Taylor and Scott Mathiasen @ Ruby Room @9  $5

Friday: Get Back Loretta and The Burning of Rome @ Casbah @930 $10
AND: Wendy Bailey CD Release Show @ Bar Pink @ 9
AND: Josh Damigo B-Day Bash @ Lestats @8

Saturday: The Silent Comedy and Transfer w/The Creepy Creeps, The Heavy Guilt, Low Volts, and more! @ Mississippi Room $25-$40
AND: Euphoria: NYE at The Ivy w/ Hyena @8
AND: River City and The Western Set @ Tin Can Alehouse @930 $5

Sunday: Recover

 

Keep in Mind:

January 6th- The Nervous Wreckords, Blackout Party, Grand Tarantula, and The Heavy Guilt @ Casbah $8/$10
January 7th- A Scribe Amidst the Lions and The Flowerthief @ Casbah $8/$10
January 11th- Milk Carton Kids @ Anthology
January 12th- Zane Carney @ Lestats @8 $10
January 13th- Everest and Midnight Rivals @ Casbah $13/$15
January 22nd- Wilco and With Denim @ House of Blues
February 3rd- Mute Math @ 4th & B
February 10th- Young the Giant @ Soma
February 23rd- Ra Ra Riot @ Belly Up @8 $18

Kristen’s LA Concert Calendar: 12/26-1/1

Posted on by Kristen

Merry Christmas! Happy New Year!! Because it’s the holiday season, this week is a bit light on shows. I would like to think I’ll be using the time to catch up on my movie and tv watching, but I’ll most likely spend most of it catching up on work and suffering from live music withdrawal.

Saturday is New Years. If you’re going out for the evening, the only place to be is at The Roxy with Semi Precious Weapons. Here’s the promo for the show. I’ll see you there!!

 

 

 

Here’s the rest of what I could find:

 

Monday: ??

 

Tuesday: Beachwood Night FREE at Piano Bar (9pm)

 

Weds: ??

 

Thursday: Korey Dane at Bootleg Bar (8pm)

 

Friday: Keaton Simons at WitZend in Venice (9:30)
ALSO: Red Circle Underground at O’Briens (9:30)
ALSO: Unwritten Law at The Roxy (8pm)

 

Saturday: Semi Precious Weapons et al at The Roxy (7:30)

 

Sunday: Happy 2012!

 

 

 

To Keep in Mind:
January 6th: The Lumineers at The Hotel Cafe
January 10th: Dead Sara at The Troubadour
January 12th: Milk Carton Kids at The Largo
January 17th: The Silent Comedy at The Roxy
January 19th: Civil Twilight at Bootleg Bar
January 19th: Zane Carney at The Hotel Cafe
January 29th: Tyrone Wells at Saint Rocke
January 31st: Atomic Tom at Bootleg Bar
Feb. 2nd: Mutemath at Club Nokia
Feb. 8th: Marketa Irglova at The Hotel Cafe
Feb. 14th: Twin Atlantic and You Me at Six at The Troubadour
Feb. 17th: Ryan Adams at The Hollywood Bowl
Feb. 19th: The Darkness at House of Blues Sunset
March 9th: William Fitzsimmons at The Troubadour
March 13th-18th: SXSW (Austin, TX)
March 18th: Dia Frampton at The Troubadour
March 24th: Ani DiFranco at The Orpheum Theater
March 24th: Allen Stone at The Troubadour

~ Kristen

 

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Amanda’s SD Concert Calendar 12/19-12/25

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I just finished making a pasta salad and cheesy mashed potatoes for a family holiday dinner tonight. I wonder how much more food I can get before I really expand….   Can you believe Christmas is on Sunday? That means the new year is right around the corner!

Since it’s the holiday week the show schedule is quite light. I won’t complain since it gives me time to shop and wrap gifts!

 

Monday: Pinkback @ Belly Up @9 $20
AND: Wendy Bailey @ Ruby Room @8 $4

Tuesday: Give some music to a friend

Wednesday: Finish shopping!

Thursday: Skyline Union @ Tin Can Alehouse @9 $5

Friday: Writer @ Soda Bar @9
AND: Cash’d Out @ Belly Up @9 $16/$18

Saturday: Last minute present wrapping!

Sunday: Merry Christmas!

 

Keep in Mind:

December 27th- Cracker @ Belly Up @8 $20/$22
December 30th- Get Back Loretta and The Burning of Rome @ Casbah @930 $10
December 31st- The Silent Comedy and Transfer w/The Creepy Creeps, The Heavy Guilt, Low Volts, and more! @ Mississippi Room $25-$40
January 11th- Milk Carton Kids @ Anthology
January 22nd- Wilco and With Denim @ House of Blues
February 3rd- Mute Math @ 4th & B
February 10th- Young the Giant @ Soma
February 23rd- Ra Ra Riot @ Belly Up @8 $18

HoHotel Cafe Holiday Benefit Show- Night 2 Recap

Posted on by Kristen

The annual Hohotel Cafe holiday benefit show is always one of my favorite events of the year. Hotel Cafe artists come together to play a mix of seasonal tunes and originals in a rapid-fire manner, each taking the stage for only a song or two, playing solo or inviting up friends to fill out a make-shift band. The two day event featured the likes of Cary Brothers, Butch Walker, Priscilla Ahn, Meiko, Joe Purdy, Laura Jansen and SO many more. This year, I was only able to make one of the two days, but the night will go down as one of the best evenings of music I experienced all year.  It was one stellar act after another with many fun surprises and special guests. Just when I thought it couldn’t get better, it did. Over and over again. By the end of the evening, even before Butch invited his friend Alecia Moore (AKA Pink) to the stage, I was so overwhelmed, my continuously blown mind seemed to be leaking out of my eyes. Seriously, the beauty and magic of the music had moved me to tears.
Going into detail on the evening would take a book, so here are some pictures. Put your cursor over the pic to more details or fun stories:

HoHotel Cafe Holiday Benefit Show- Night 2 Recap

Posted on by Kristen

The annual Hohotel Cafe holiday benefit show is always one of my favorite events of the year. Hotel Cafe artists come together to play a mix of seasonal tunes and originals in a rapid-fire manner, each taking the stage for only a song or two, playing solo or inviting up friends to fill out a make-shift band. The two day event featured the likes of Cary Brothers, Butch Walker, Priscilla Ahn, Meiko, Joe Purdy, Laura Jansen and SO many more. This year, I was only able to make one of the two days, but the night will go down as one of the best evenings of music I experienced all year.  It was one stellar act after another with many fun surprises and special guests. Just when I thought it couldn’t get better, it did. Over and over again. By the end of the evening, even before Butch invited his friend Alecia Moore (AKA Pink) to the stage, I was so overwhelmed, my continuously blown mind seemed to be leaking out of my eyes. Seriously, the beauty and magic of the music had moved me to tears.

Going into detail on the evening would take a book, so here are some pictures. Put your cursor over the pic to more details or fun stories:

Kristen’s LA Concert Calendar: 12/19-12/25

Posted on by Kristen

I think I just about holiday-partied myself out last week…but by the end of The Hotel Cafe Christmas party last night even I was beginning to feel some holiday cheer! Now there is just one more week of frenetic deadlines and important meetings at work before I get some time off (to catch up on more work! Yay!). To help get me through, there is the music. I’m very pleased to announce that for those of us left in town, there are still some amazing musical experiences to be had this week. Here’s my list:

 

Monday: Songs For Kids benefit at The Hotel Cafe featuring Joshua Radin, Meiko, Cary Brothers, Joe Purdy, etc. (7pm)
ALSO: Room 5 Home for the Holidays show featuring Joel Eckels, Jessie Payo, Chris Seefried, etc. (8pm)
ALSO: Moby (acoustic set) and Lucy Schwartz at Bardot FREE with RSVP (http://www.itsaschoolnight.com/)

 

Tuesday: Abbot Kinney and Jessie Payo at Harvelles (8:30)
ALSO: Beachwood Night at Piano Bar FREE (9pm)

 

Weds: Tyler Hilton and Satellite at The Hotel Cafe (10,11)
ALSO: The Watkins Family Hour at Largo (8pm)
ALSO: The Dirty Diamond and Bethpage Black at The Viper Room (10:15, 11:15)
ALSO: Adrienne Pierce at The Cactus Lounge at The Standard (7:30)
ALSO: The Makepeace Brothers Holiday Party at The Mint (8pm)
ALSO: The Muddy Reds at Silverlake Lounge (9pm)

 

Thursday: The Fling, Yukon Blonde, and Bollweevil at The Echo (8:30)

 

Friday: Camp Freddy at The Roxy (11pm)
ALSO: Keaton Simons at WitZend in Venice (10pm)
ALSO: Chris Pierce at The Foundry on Melrose (9:30)

 

Saturday: MERRY

Sunday: CHRISTMAS

 

 

To Keep in Mind:
December 31st: Semi Precious Weapons at The Roxy
January 6th: The Lumineers at The Hotel Cafe
January 10th: Dead Sara at The Troubadour
January 12th: Milk Carton Kids at The Largo
January 17th: The Silent Comedy at The Roxy
January 19th: Civil Twilight at Bootleg Bar
January 19th: Zane Carney at The Hotel Cafe
January 29th: Tyrone Wells at Saint Rocke
January 31st: Atomic Tom at Bootleg Bar
Feb. 2nd: Mutemath at Club Nokia
Feb. 8th: Marketa Irglova at The Hotel Cafe
Feb. 14th: Twin Atlantic and You Me at Six at The Troubadour
Feb. 17th: Ryan Adams at The Hollywood Bowl
Feb. 19th: The Darkness at House of Blues Sunset
March 9th: William Fitzsimmons at The Troubadour
March 13th-18th: SXSW (Austin, TX)
March 18th: Dia Frampton at The Troubadour
March 24th: Ani DiFranco at The Orpheum Theater
March 24th: Allen Stone at The Troubadour

~ Kristen

 

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New Band Love: Youngblood Hawke

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If you’re looking for some fun new tunes you can dance to, look no further than LA’s Youngblood Hawke. Former Iglu & Hartley members Sam Martin and Simon Katz have teamed up with Tasso Smith, Alice Katz, and Nik Hughes to provide us with some undeniably catchy and upbeat indie pop music.  Their October residency at The Satellite was one of my favorites of the year as every week was a lively dance party guaranteed to put a smile on anyone’s face.

The band recently released a new video for a remix of their song “Burning Down” which features Angela Trimbur (no stranger to catchy music video dancing). Watch the video, learn some dance movies, download the song (for FREE right here), and follow the links below to lean more about Youngblood Hawke and to keep up to date on their show schedule. For those of you in LA, they are playing TONIGHT at The Echo with White Arrows (8pm). Just remember to wear those dancing shoes!

Youngblood Hawke_Buring Down (Meck Remix)

[vimeo 30754849]

 

For all your liking, following, listening, purchasing needs:

http://youngbloodhawke.bandcamp.com
http://www.youngbloodhawke.com
http://www.facebook.com/youngbloodhawkemusic

http://twitter.com/youngbloodhawke

 

 

Listen and Love!

~ Kristen