You all know I am completely in love with this band. I’ve seen Queen Caveat twice in the last two weeks and I’m already ready to have another go. Tuesday night at The Viper Room, the place just about exploded when they did this cover of Rage Against The Machine’s “Killing in the Name”. Someone caught it on video. Thought I’d share…
Mark your calendars for March 1st when they team up with SD fave’s The Silent Comedy to destroy the stage at Saint Rocke!
~ Kristen
Hello my music minded mates! It seems Monday is upon us once again which means another week of shows 🙂
I haven’t been able to get out and about since I got back from the east coast but I trust you all have been going out in my stead.
In other exciting news, this week kicks off The Silent Comedy’s tour with Ryan Bingham! We will miss those gents muchly.
Anyways, let’s see what this week has in store!
Monday: Astra Kelly @ Soda Bar @9 $3
Tuesday: China Clippers @ Eleven @9 $2
Wednesday: Heavy Glow @ The Casbah @9 $6
AND: Interpol @ RIMAC Arena @8 $31.50
AND: Gayle Skidmore @ Bar Pink @9
Thursday: The Flowerthief and Midwinters @ Eleven @9 $6
AND: Tony Lucca @ Lestats @9
AND: The Queens Guard and Praying Bones @ The Casbah @9 $5
Friday: Moving Picture Show @ Eleven @9 $6
AND: Jamie Drake and Liela Broussard @ Lestats @9
AND: Tragic Tantrum CD Release Show @ Ruby Room @9
AND: Goodbye Blue Monday and John Meeks @ The Casbah @9
AND: The Silent Comedy @ Ventura Theater @7 $20
Saturday: Dead Feather Moon @ Eleven @9 $6
AND: The Burning of Rome @ Soda Bar @9 $5 adv/$7 day of
AND: Josiah Lemming @ Lestats
AND: The Silent Comedy @ El Rey Theater @8 $20
Sunday: The Silent Comedy and Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses @730 $20
AND: Marvelous Toy @ Soda Bar @9 $3
Keep in Mind:
February 10th- Cee Lo Green and The Nervoud Wreckords @ Fluxx @9
February 11th- Film School, The Howls, and Tapedeck Mountain @ The Casbah $8
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
March 3rd- Circa Survive and Thrice @ Soma @7 $20
It’s been quite the week for music! Sorry I’ve been so quiet, but I’ve been busy enjoying great shows every night and I haven’t had the time to write. Some of the highlights from last week include seeing one of my fave songwriters and storytellers, Anna Nalick, watching Keaton Simons blow the roof off of The Roxy with his amazing new tunes, hanging with friends and falling in love with new bands like Armada at The Mint, getting what I hope continues to be my weekly fix of new band love Queen Caveat, and, of course, being reminded of why Nico Vega is one of the greatest bands I’ve ever had the pleasure of watching perform.
Also, this week I had the extreme pleasure of talking with one of the most exciting new bands coming out of the Philadelphia music scene, SINAI. More on my interview with them PLUS footage from the last weekend’s Philly adventure still to come…
In the meantime, amazing live musical opportunities continue to present themselves here in Los Angeles…here’s what’s on my “not to be missed” list for this week:
Monday: Songwriters in the Round at Room 5 (9pm)
ALSO: It’s a school night at Bardot featuring Tristen, Alex Luke,  and  Peter, Bjorn, and John (9pm)
Tuesday: Queen Caveat at The Viper Room (10pm)
ALSO: Patrick Park at The Hotel Cafe (10pm)
ALSO: Oh Land at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: Satellite at The Roxy (8pm)
ALSO: Maniac at Crazy Girls (11:15)
ALSO: Jonathan Clark at Molly Malone’s (8pm)
Weds: Anna Nalick at The Hotel Cafe (9pm)
ALSO: Jake Newton and Satellite at Club Central in Santa Monica (9,10)
ALSO: Shawn Hlookoff and Jenni Alpert at Genghis Cohen (9pm)
Thursday: Garrison Starr, Lelia Broussard, Curtis Peoples, and The Canyons at The Hotel Cafe (8,9,10,11)
ALSO: Great Northern at The Satellite (10pm)
ALSO: War Tapes at Silverlake Lounge (10pm)
ALSO: Soraria at The Whiskey (10pm)
ALSO: We Barbarians at The Echo (10pm)
ALSO: Abbot Kinney at Molly Malone’s (10pm)
Friday: The Wood Brothers with Carsie Blanton at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Oh Land at The Echo (7:30)
ALSO: Tennis at The Echo (10pm)
ALSO: First Friday at The Natural History Museum featuring Wild Nothing and Abe Vigoda (8pm)
Saturday: The Silent Comedy at The El Rey (8pm)
ALSO: Tony Lucca at The Hotel Cafe (10pm)
ALSO: Forgetters at The Echo (8pm)
Sunday: Jordan Cook and Dead Sara at The Viper Room (10,11)
To Keep in Mind:
Feb 9th: Sarah McLaughlin at Nokia Live
Feb 9th: Tina Dico at The Troubadour
Feb. 12th: Saint Motel’s Zombie Prom
Feb. 15th: Mother Mother at The Satellite
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
Feb 26th: Young the Giant at The Roxy
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
May: The Script at Club Nokia
September 22-24: Hotel Carolina
~ Kristen
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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
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
Writing this while listening to Pepper’s Ghost do a radio interview about their reunion show next weekend. If it’s possible, I’m even more excited about my favorite band getting back together for a one night only double header show at The Grape Room in Philadelphia. There are a ton of awesome shows in LA this week, but I’m mostly excited about venturing east at the end of the week to catch Pepper’s Ghost…and maybe some other fave Philly bands. And then going back to NYC to catch the guys of Carney once again rock out in Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark.
It’s gonna be a fantastic week!
Here’s what I’ve got on my LA calendar:
Monday: Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights at Saint Rocke (10pm)
ALSO: Songwriters in the Round at Room 5 (9pm)
ALSO: It’s A School Night at Bardot featuring Great Northern and The Pierces (10pm)Â
Tuesday: Queen Caveat and Endless Hallway at The Viper Room (10,11)Â
ALSO: The Shakers at Crazy Girls in Hollywood (9pm)Â
ALSO: The Pierces at The Hotel Cafe (10pm)Â
ALSO: Barcelona at Saint Rocke (9:30)Â
ALSO: Lindsey Ray and Taylor Locke and the Roughs at The Satellite (8pm)Â
ALSO: Wire in the Walls, Family of the Year, and Olin and The Moon at The Echo (8:30)Â
ALSO: The Canyons at Molly Malone’s (9pm)Â
Weds: Anna Nalick at The Hotel Cafe (9pm)Â
ALSO: Lady Danville at The Troubadour (8:35)Â
Thursday: Nikka Costa at The Roxy (8pm)
ALSO: Austin Hartley Leonard and Satellite at The Hotel Cafe (8,10pm)
ALSO: The Elizabeth Kill at The Cat Club (8pm)Â
ALSO: Chasing Avalanche at The Viper Room (10:30)Â
ALSO: Lady Danville at The Troubadour (8:35)Â
Friday: Langhorne Slim and Old 97’s at The Music Box (9pm)
ALSO: Meiko at The Hotel Cafe (9:30)
ALSO: Alice Peacock at The Mint (8pm)Â
ALSO: David and Devine at Room 5 (11pm)Â
ALSO: Lady Danville at The Troubadour (8:35)Â
Saturday: Jake Newton, Tyler Hilton, Ernie Halter, Shaimus, and Queen Caveat at The Hotel Cafe…this line-up blows my mind. Don’t miss it…seriously…(8,9,10,11,12)Â
ALSO: Indians and The Mowgli’s at Area 33 in Culver City
ALSO: Guster at The Music Box (7pm)Â
ALSO: Purple Melon at Saint Rocke (9pm)Â
Sunday: Lemon Sun and Voxhaul Broadcast at The Echoplex (8pm)
ALSO: TD Lind, Jesse Cole, and Brandon Walters at The Hotel Cafe (8,9,10)Â
ALSO: Chris Pierce at Saint Rocke (9pm)Â
To Keep in Mind:
Jan. 24th: Cold War Kids at BootlegÂ
Jan. 25th: Vertical Horizon at The Key ClubÂ
Jan. 28th: Nico Vega at Saint Rocke
January 28th: Free Energy at The RoxyÂ
January 29th: Charlotte Martin at BootlegÂ
Jan. 30th: Against Me! at The Music Box Â
Feb 1st: Patrick Park at The Hotel CafĂ©Â
Feb. 1st: Queen Caveat at The Viper Room Â
Feb 5th: The Silent Comedy at El ReyÂ
Feb 9th: Sarah McLaughlin at Nokia Live
Feb 9th: Tina Dico at The Troubadour
Feb 16th: Nicole Atkins at The TroubadourÂ
Feb. 16th: Scars on 45 at The Hotel Cafe Â
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 TroubadourÂ
March 3rd: Civil Twilight at The TroubadourÂ
March 22nd: War on Drugs at The ToubadourÂ
~ Kristen
This is one of the best promotion videos for a tour I’ve ever seen.
One of my favorite San Diego based bands is going on a West Coast tour with Academy Award winning artist Ryan Bingham (wrote a couple songs for the film Crazy Horse). They hit LA on Feb. 5th (The El Rey) and are in San Diego Feb. 6th (House of Blues). For the rest of the dates and locations, watch the video…and then watch it again because chances are you’ll be too distracted to get the dates the first time around :).
~ Kristen
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