Kristen’s LA Concert Calendar: 12/5-12/11

I barely survived last week. I can’t remember the last time I pushed my poor body so hard for so long. I can’t say it was a bad week because it was peppered by some amazing musical experiences, but it’s not a good sign when going to a show is a “break” rather than the end of your day. But it is weeks like these that make me most thankful for great live music and its ability to get me through just about anything.

Here’s to hoping this week can be fabulous without the severe sleep deprivation!  Musically, there is a lot of promise. Friday I’m going to wish I could be in 10 places at once. Thankfully, my fave rockers Queen Caveat will also be making an appearance Weds night down in Hermosa Beach. They’ve been busy recording new music and I’ve been suffering withdrawals…

As for the rest, here’s my list:

 

Monday: Brian Wright at The Hotel Cafe (9pm)
ALSO: Sabrosa Purr FREE at Silverlake Lounge (9pm)
ALSO: Beverly Kills at Howl at The Moon in Universal City (10pm)
ALSO: It’s a School Night at Bardot featuring Daniel Lanois and Rocco Deluca…free with RSVP (10pm)
ALSO: Songwriters in the Round at Room 5 (9pm)

 

Tuesday: Maniac and The Postelles at Bootleg Bar (8:30,10:30)
ALSO: Benefit for Free The Slaves at The Hotel Café featuring Joe Purdy, Cary Brothers, The Rescues, The Makepeace Brothers, etc. (8pm)
ALSO: Me Talk Pretty at The Key Club (10:30)
ALSO: The Dahls at The Viper Room (9pm)
ALSO: Carina Round and Puscifer at The Orpheum (8pm)
ALSO: Beachwood Night FREE at The Piano Bar (9pm)

 

Weds: Queen Caveat FREE at The Shore Lounge in Hermosa Beach (9:30)
ALSO: Meiko at The Hotel Cafe (9:30)
ALSO: Scott Weiland at The El Rey (8pm)
ALSO: The Kooks at The Music Box (9pm)

 

Thursday: Ryan Cabrera at The Viper Room (midnight)
ALSO: The Kooks at The Music Box (9pm)

 

Friday: Jon McLaughlin and Stephen Kellogg at The Key Club (9, 10:15)
ALSO: Queen Caveat and Kevin Martin at The Viper Room (11, 8pm)
ALSO: The Silent Comedy at Villian’s Tavern (?)
ALSO: The Elizabeth Kill at Molly Malone’s (8:30)
ALSO: Camp Freddy at The Roxy (9pm)
ALSO: Sara Bareilles and Joshua Radin at The Palladium (7:30)
ALSO: The Belle Brigade at McCabe’s (8pm)
ALSO: William Elliot Whitmore and Trampled by Turtles at The Troubadour (9,10)
ALSO: The Chris Robinson Brotherhood at The El Rey (8pm)

 

Saturday: Quiet Mind, Soul Puppet, The Young Royals, and Roman Candle Wars at Molly Malone’s (8pm)
ALSO: Aimee Mann Christmas Show at The Wiltern (8pm)
ALSO: Sugarcult at Chain Reaction in Anaheim (7pm)
ALSO: KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas at The Gibson Amphitheater featuring Incubus, Bush, Chevelle, New Found Glory, etc.

 

Sunday: Satellite Holiday Recital and Toy Drive FREE at The Satellite featuring Steven Wikin (Vanaprasta), Useless Keys, Rob Kolar & Lauren Brown (He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister), etc. (7pm)
ALSO: Odd Us and Parker Ainsworth at The Hotel Cafe (8,9)
ALSO: Brandi Carlile at Broad Stage in Santa Monica (?)
ALSO: KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas at The Gibson Amphitheater featuring The Black Keys, Cage the Elephant, Death Cab for Cutie, Florence + The Machine, Mumford & Sons, The Naked and Famous, etc.

 

Advance Notice NEXT MONDAY: High Voltage Holiday Party at On the Rox featuring Zero 1, The Active Set, Suddyn, and Bethpage Black (8pm)

 

 

To Keep in Mind:
December 14th: Deas Vail and Lakes at The Roxy
December 16th: Camp Freddy at The Roxy
December 16th: Oh Land at The El Rey
December 16th: Forrest Day at Molly Malone’s
December 16th: Chris Cornell at The Orpheum Theater
December 16th: Hotel Café Christmas Party night 1
December 17th: Hotel Café Christmas Party night 2
December 17th: Tori Amos at The Orpheum Theater
December 18th: Tori Amos at The Orpheum Theater
December 23rd: Camp Freddy at The Roxy
December 31st: Semi Precious Weapons at The Roxy
January 12th: Milk Carton Kids at The Largo
January 29th: Tyrone Wells at Saint Rocke
January 31st: Atomic Tom at Bootleg Bar
Feb. 2nd: Mutemath at Club Nokia
Feb. 14th: Twin Atlantic and You Me at Six at The Troubadour
March 9th: William Fitzsimmons at The Troubadour
March 13th-18th: SXSW (Austin, TX)
March 24th: Ani DiFranco at The Orpheum Theater

~ Kristen

 

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Amanda’s SD Show Calendar 5/30-6/5

Happy Memorial Day! I hope you all are outside enjoying the beautiful sunshine outside! I heard it was a chilly weekend but it’s nice and sunny today! I bet the beaches are packed too!

Buuuuut, we have some fun shows for this week(end)!

 

Monday: Ryan Blue @ Tin Can Alehouse  @9 $4

Tuesday: One I Red @ Tin Can Alehouse @9 $5
AND: Transfer, The Parlotones and The Daylights @ The Troubadour @8 $12 (I know this is LA but it should be fun!)

Wednesday: Cage the Elephant and Manchester Orchestra @ Soma @ 630 $20
AND: Parade of Lights @ Silverlake Lounge @ 9 (Yes it’s LA again but we love them so!)

Thursday: The Parlotones and The Daylights @ Belly Up @9 $12 adv/$14 day of
AND: Ghost Town Deputies @ Eleven @9 $6
AND: Jamie Drake @ Lestats @9

Friday: Fierce Creatures @ Eleven @ 9 $6
AND: Inspired Flight and Illuminauts @ Casbah $12 adv/$14 day of
AND: Tapedeck Mountain @ Soda Bar @9 $5

Saturday: Fiesta Del Sol w/Dead Feather Moon, The Heavy Guilt, Common Sense and More @ 9am-9pm @ Solana Beach
AND: The Howls, Get Back Loretta, and Skyline Union @ Soda Bar
AND: Echo Revolution and The New Assembly @ Eleven @9 $6
AND: Diego Garcia @ Anthology @930 $10-$17
AND: The New Kinetics @ Tin Can Alehouse @9 $5

Sunday: 94/9 Independence Jam w/Cold War Kids, Peter Bjorn and John, Lykki Li, The Soft Pack, The Silent Comedy, Crocodiles, Band of Skulls, Everest, Low Volts, Surfer Blood, and Heavy Hawaii
AND: Fiesta Del Sol w/Bushwalla, Wild Child, Bedouin Soundclash, and more @ 9am-9pm @ Solana Beach  

 

Keep in Mind:

June 8th- Adele @ Humphrey’s
June 9th- Mother Mother @ Soda Bar
June 10th- X @ 4th and B
June 11th- Airborne Toxic Event @ House of Blues
June 11th- Bruno Mars and Janelle Monae @ Del Mar Fair
June 17th- Switchfoot @ Del Mar Fair
June 19th- Panic! at the Disco @ House of Blues
June 19th- Hellogoodbye @ Soma @7 $15 adv
June 22nd- Neon Trees @ Del Mar Fair
July 5th- Eddie Vedder @ Copley Symphony Hall
July 6th- Foster the People @ House of Blues $17.50
July 26th- Cold Cave and Austra @ Casbah $12 adv/$14 day of
July 26th- A Perfect Circle @ SDSU Open Air Theater
July 27th- Indigo Girls @ Humphrey’s
July 29th- Yuck @ Casbah
August 9th- Vans Warped Tour
August 16th- Death Cab for Cutie @ RIMAC Arena
September 4th- Kings of Leon with Band of Horses @ Cricket Wireless
October 15th- Honda Civic Tour w/ Blink 182, My Chemical Romance, and Matt and Kim @ Cricket Wireless

 

Amanda’s SD Show Calendar 4/18-4/24

Well well well. I see you. Yeah you. All of you dragging your butts because it’s Monday. You might even be dragging because you spent your weekend at Coachella. I wish you a happy recovery. Despite you lagging there is a fresh batch of shows this week so pick yourselves up and get yourselves out the door. And I say that with love 🙂

 

Monday: The Daylights and Andrew Ripp @ Casbah @9 $10
AND: White Arrows and Those Darlins @ Soda Bar @9 $10

Tuesday: The New Regime and Tender Box @ Casbah @9 $7
AND: Local Brews and Local Grooves @ House of Blues SD

Wednesday: Plan B @ U-31 @9 $FREE
AND: Fake Problems @ Casbah @9 $10
AND: Madhouse w/Inspired Flight @ Belly Up @8 $10 adv/$12 day of

Thursday: Lady Dottie and the Diamonds @ Eleven @9 $8

Friday: Gregory Page @ Lestats @9
AND: Vokab Kompany @ Belly Up @9 $13 adv/$15 day of

Saturday: Kellen Malloy @ Lestats @9

Sunday: The Head and the Heart @ Casbah @9 $12
AND: Gregory Allen Isakov @ Lestats @9

 

Keep in Mind:

April 28th- Joe Purdy and Milk Carton Kids @ Belly Up @ 8 $15/adv/$17 day of
April 28th- Chris Robinson Brotherhood @ Casbah
April 28th- Greg Laswell @ Anthology @930 $10-28
April 29th- Big Bad Voodoo Daddy @ Anthology
May 2nd- TV on the Radio @ 4th & B
May 3rd- James Blunt @ Humphreys
May 6th- Ghostland Observatory @ 4th & B
May 6th- Chris Cornell @ Humphreys
May 6th- Fleet Foxes @ Spreckles Theater
May 7th- The Raveonettes @ Belly Up
May 11th- Bayside and Silverstein @ Soma @6 $18
May 12th- Chris Robinson Brotherhood @ Casbah
May 13th- Pinback @ Belly Up
May 16th- Black Angels @ Belly Up
May 21st- System of a Down @ Cricket Wireless Ampitheatre
June 1st- Cage the Elephant and Manchester Orchestra @ Soma @ 630 $20
June 8th- Adele @ Humphrey’s
June 11th- Airborne Toxic Event @ House of Blues
June 11th- Bruno Mars and Janelle Monae @ Del Mar Fair
June 17th- Switchfoot @ Del Mar Fair
June 19th- Panic! at the Disco @ House of Blues
June 22nd- Neon Trees @ Del Mar Fair
July 5th- Eddie Vedder @ Copley Symphony Hall
July 27th- Indigo Girls @ Humphrey’s
August 9th- Vans Warped Tour

 

Biffy Clyro on Carson Daly (and more US tour dates)

Can it be that the US is finally catching on? My favorite Scottish band, Biffy Clyro, made their late night TV debut Weds night on Last Call with Carson Daly. The performances were actually from the show I attended on the 1st at The Troubadour. Thankfully, you can’t see me in any of the shots, but it’s great to have these videos as a reminder.

To see Biffy Clyro performing “Many of Horror” and a bit of  “Who’s Got a Match?” go here: http://theaudioperv.com/2011/03/24/biffy-clyro-many-of-horror-whos-got-a-match-323-last-call/

And if you haven’t heard, Biffy Clyro will be opening for The Foo Fighters on select dates of their tour. They are also doing tours supporting Alkaline Trio and Cage the Elephant. The closest they seem to be coming to LA right now is Solana Beach at The Belly Up where they are doing a headlining set on April 14th. Tickets are super cheap, so SD and LA peeps, get them before they are gone!!

For their tour dates: http://theaudioperv.com/2011/03/24/biffy-clyro-many-of-horror-whos-got-a-match-323-last-call/

For tickets to their Belly Up show (seriously folks, $6!): http://www.bellyup.com/show/detail/40464

 

~ Kristen

 

 

 

 

Amanda’s Show Calendar: 6/7-6/13

Another late Monday update. I swear one day I’ll get as good as Kristen and get this done and posted on a Sunday. What a crazy weekend I had. Thankfully, Kristen was down here and we were able to attend some shows and have a good time 🙂

Anyways, there isn’t much this week but lots of stuff coming up. I suppose so everyone can recover from last week. Here is
what this week holds…
Monday: Lady Dottie and the Diamonds @ U-31 $5 @10 p.m.

Tuesday: Delta Spirit @ Belly Up
AND: The xx @ House of Blues SD $22 @7:30 p.m.

Wednesday: Patrick Norton @ Soda Bar
AND: Cage the Elephant @ House of Blues SD $15 adv/$17 day of @7:30 p.m.
AND: The New Archaic @ Soma

Thursday: Gregory Alan Isakov @ Lestats @9 p.m.

Friday: Greg Laswell CD Release @ Anthology $16 @9:30 p.m.
AND: Blackout Party and The Sadies @ The Casbah $10 adv./$12 day of @9 p.m.
AND:  Amber Rubarth @ Lestats @9 p.m.

Saturday: Crash Test Dummies @ The Belly Up $17 ad/$20 day of @ 6:30
AND: Black Hondo @ The Radio Room @ 8 p.m.
AND: Monsters from Mars @ Tin Can Alehouse $4 @9 p.m.

Sunday: Tortoise @ The Casbah $18 adv/$20 day of @9:30 p.m.
AND: Robin Henkel @ Lestats @9 p.m.
Keep in Mind:
June 14th- Transfer and Wirepony plus others Anti-Monday League fundraiser $20. All night show!
June 15th- The Manhattan Transfer @ Anthology $75 @7:30p.m. $65 @9:30 p.m.
June 17th- The Whigs @ Belly Up
June 17th- The Silent Comedy @ Speakeasy- This is an LA show at a brand new venue!
June 18th- The Young Dubliners @ The Belly Up
June 19th- Carney @ The Casbah $12
June 22nd- Josh Ritter @ Belly Up
June 25th- Kate Miller-Heidke @ The Casbah $10
June 26th- Switchfoot Bro-Am after party with The Silent Comedy
July 7th- Joan Jett and the Blackhearts @ Del Mar Fair
July 9th- Kings of Leon @ Cricket Wireless
July 16th- Thrice @ House of Blues San Diego
July 18th- Jamie Cullum @ Humphreys By the Bay
July 19th- The Deah Weather @ House of Blues San Diego
August 7th- Silversun Pickups @ Soma
August 10th- Vans Warped Tour- San Diego
August 21st-  Wolfmother @ House of Blues San Diego
September 18th- Paramore @ Viejas Arena
September 22nd- Muse @ Viejas Arena
September 25th- The Black Keys @ Soma