Amanda’s SD Show Calendar 1/24-1/30

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Hello my SD Music Folks! This early post comes at you from the wonderful city of New York. Kristen and I ended up here after another one of our wonderful east coast adventures. We started in Philly for a reunion show and ended up catching 3 shows in one night! But that is really her story to share. We then trekked over to New York to see Spiderman: Turn off the Dark on Broadway. It was so lovely to see the Carney guys again. Even if it’s on a different kind of stage. Love them!

I can tell you that it is bitterly cold outside. Like nothing I have ever experienced. It’s been averaging about 20 degrees on our trip. Gah!

But let’s get to the good stuff…

Monday: Dynamite Walls @ The Casbah @9 $8 adv/$10 day of
AND: Railroad Earth @ The Belly Up @8 $20 adv/$22 day of

Tuesday: Echo Revolution @ Soda Bar @9 $3
AND: Swore @ The Casbah @9 $5

Wednesday: Death on Mars and Oh Air Night  @ Soda Bar @9 $3

Thursday: Centerlight Pop @ Ruby Room @9
AND: Johnny Swim @ Lestats @9

Friday: Free Energy @ The Loft @ UCSD @830 $14
AND: Wendy Bailey and the True Stories @ Bar Eleven
AND: Fever Sleeves @ Ruby Room @9
AND: Josh Damigo @ Lestats @9

Saturday: Crocodiles @ The Casbah @10 $10
AND: Endoxi @ Queen Bee’s
AND: Underoath, Thursday, A Skylit Drive, Animals as Leaders @ Soma @7 $20

Sunday: Endoxi @ Hennesseys

Keep in Mind:

February 2nd- Interpol @ RIMAC Arena @8 $31.50
February 6th- The Silent Comedy and Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses @730 $20
February 10th- Cee Lo Green and The Nervoud Wreckords @ Fluxx @9
February 12th- The Pretty Reckless @ Soma @7 $12
February 13th- The Decemberists @730 $30 adv/$32.50 day of
February 20th- Linkin Park @ Viejas Arena

Kristen’s LA Concert Calendar: 1/24-1/30

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Amanda and I are in New York City at the moment. Just came back from seeing the boys of Carney rock Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark (again). They made some changes in the second half that I loved. As you know, we ventured to the east coast because my first favorite band, Pepper’s Ghost, had a reunion show at The Grape Room, Saturday in Philadelphia (their first show since 2007…). There are no words to describe how I felt about seeing this band play again. The whole day, really, spent with some of my favorite people and seeing a couple of my top bands (we also went to Northstar to catch a bit of Alright, Junior’s set) is bound to go down as one of the best days of my year…hopefully I’ll find some time to put up some pictures and, fingers crossed, video (!) soon.

But, in the meantime, we’ve got lots of great shows to look forward to this week in LA! Can’t wait to get back (and not just because I’m freezing my fingers off over here)! Here’s what I’d like to do:

Monday: Cold War Kids at Bootleg (10:30)
ALSO: Camp Freddy at Whiskey a Go Go (9pm)
ALSO: The Script at Jimmy Kimmel (6:45…with reservation from 1iota.com)
ALSO: Iron & Wine FREE at Amoeba (7pm)
ALSO: Songwriters in the Round at Room 5 (9pm)
ALSO: It’s a School Night at Bardot featuring Royal Bangs and Gary Clark Jr. (10:30)

Tuesday: Cold War Kids at Amoeba (6pm)
ALSO: Anna Nalick at Saint Rocke (10:30)
ALSO: WPA featuring Glen Phillips and Sean Watkins at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: The Vaccines at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: The Canyons at Molly Malone’s (9pm)
ALSO: Iron & Wine at The Wiltern (8pm)
ALSO: Olin & The Moon FREE at The Echo (10pm)
ALSO: 8mm at The Good Hurt (11pm)

Weds: Red Circle Underground at Silverlake Lounge (11pm)
ALSO: Keaton Simons at The Roxy (8pm)
ALSO: Iron & Wine at The Wiltern (8pm)
ALSO: Bryan Greenberg at Saint Rocke (10pm)

Thursday: High Voltage Presents at The Mint featuring Armada, 8mm, etc. (8pm)
ALSO: Amos Lee at The Music Box (9pm)
ALSO: Graydon at Silverlake Louge (9:30)
ALSO: Steel Train at The Troubadour (8:45)

Friday: Queen Caveat and Nico Vega at Saint Rocke (9,11)
ALSO: The Postelles and Free Energy at The Roxy (8pm)
ALSO: Honeyhoney at Bootleg (9:45)
ALSO: Parade of Lights at Club Cohiba in Long Beach (7:30)
ALSO: Juke Kartel at The Hotel Cafe (10:30)
ALSO: Maxim Ludwig at The Sante Fe Seven (11:45)
ALSO: Rocco Deluca and Daniel Lanois at The El Rey (8:30)

Saturday: Charlotte Martin at Bootleg (10:30)
ALSO: Tyler Hilton at The Hotel Cafe (9pm)
ALSO: Oh Darling at the Santa Monica Pier (5:30)

Sunday: George Stanford at The Hotel Cafe
ALSO: Against Me! at The Music Box (8pm)
ALSO: The Shakers at O’Briens

To Keep in Mind:

Feb 1st: Patrick Park at The Hotel Café
Feb. 1st: Queen Caveat at The Viper Room
Feb 5th: The Silent Comedy at El Rey
Feb 9th: Sarah McLaughlin at Nokia Live
Feb 9th: Tina Dico at The Troubadour
Feb 16th: Nicole Atkins at The Troubadour
Feb. 16th: Scars on 45 at The Hotel Cafe
Feb. 20th: Beth Hart at The Echoplex
Feb 26th: Josh Ritter and Scott Hutchinson (Frightened Rabbit) at The Music Box
March 1st: Biffy Clyro at The Troubadour
March 3rd: Civil Twilight at The Troubadour
March 4th: After Midnight Project at The Roxy
March 22nd: War on Drugs at The Troubadour

~ Kristen

Buckcherry Recap

Posted on by Kristen

I’ll call my very first Buckcherry concert experience an amazing success. I don’t understand why people hate on this band. They put on a solid live show, have crazy energy, and are really interactive and generous with their fans…especially those of us in the front row! It was a crazy fun experience at 4th and B in San Diego and I look forward to doing it again!

I’d say more, but it’s time to head to the airport!

A few pictures from the show:

My new fave Buckcherry song:

~ Kristen

Coachella 2011

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In case you are just finding out, the official 2011 Coachella lineup has been announced! I’m honestly not sure how I feel about it at the moment. I think this might be the first lineup in my last few years of going where I’ve seen and heard of more acts than before. Thankfully, there are quite a few I haven’t seen before that I would love the opportunity to see such as Animal Collective, Bright Eyes, Neon Trees, Jimmy Eat World Bloody Beetroots, Interpol, and Best Coast to name a few. And really, isn’t that what festivals are for?

Watch This! Infantree

Posted on by Kristen

So, The Deli Los Angeles has a poll going entitled “The Best of Los Angeles Emerging Artist 2010 Poll”

I went on to cast my vote for MY number 1 emerging band, Queen Caveat. But I stuck around to check out some of the other artists nominated. There are severl other bands listed that I already enjoy (Chasing Kings, Red Circle Underground, Taylor Locke & The Roughs) and several that I put on my “To See” list.

Sorting through all these new bands, I came across this video by one of the nominees, Infantree. It’s for their song “In Line”. I really rather enjoyed it, so I wanted to share.

~ Kristen

Amanda’s SD Show Calendar 1/17-1/23

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I just awoke from a rather awesome nap. I still feel like my body has zero energy but I feel somewhat refreshed. I’ve realized that this time next week, Kristen and I will be back east. Technically in New York on this day but we are starting in Philly. It’s rather hard to think about packing for snow with sweaters and boots when it was around 85 degrees today. I’m sure I’ll manage.

Be sure to go out this weekend for me since I’ll be in Philly come Friday 🙂

Monday: Taylor Locke and The Roughs @ The Soda Bar @9 $7

Tuesday: The Album Leaf and Little White Teeth @ The Casbah @9 $17 adv/$20 day of
AND: The Paragraphs @ The Soda Bar @9 $3

Wednesday: White Apple Tree @ The Casbah @9 $7
AND: Buckcherry @ 4th & B
AND: Old 97’s and Langhorn Slim @ The Belly Up @8 $23 adv/$25 day of

Thursday: Nervous Wreckords @ Bar Eleven @9 $8
AND: Jamuel Saxon and Lesands @ The Casbah @9 $8
AND: Tori Roze and The Hot Mess @ Tin Can Alehouse @930 $5

Friday: Transfer and New Mexico @ The Casbah $14 adv/$15 day of @830
AND: Of Sons and Ghosts @ The Soda Bar @9 $5
AND: Wavves and Best Coast @ Soma
AND: One I Red @ The Ruby Room @9
AND: Ozomatli @ The Belly Up @9 $30

Saturday: Dashboard Confessional @ House of Blues $22.50
AND: Ozomatli @ The Belly Up @9 $30

Sunday: Guster @ House of Blues SD @7$22.50 adv/$25 day of

*Due to Lestats website being down, I was unable to find any shows on the site. You can try again here later. Hopefully it will be back up soon.

Keep in Mind:

January 24th- Dynamite Walls @ The Casbah @9 $8 adv/$10 day of
January 28th- Wendy Bailey and the True Stories @ Bar Eleven
January 29th- Crocodiles @ The Casbah @10 $10
January 29th- Endoxi @ Queen Bee’s
January 29th- Underoath, Thursday, A Skylit Drive, Animals as Leaders @ Soma @7 $20
January 30th- Endoxi @ Hennesseys
February 2nd- Interpol @ RIMAC Arena @8 $31.50
February 6th- The Silent Comedy and Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses @ 730 $20
February 12th- The Pretty Reckless @ Soma @7 $12
February 13th- The Decemberists @730 $30 adv/$32.50 day of
February 20th- Linkin Park @ Viejas Arena