February 26, 2010 The El Rey Theater, Los Angeles I love it when a band transforms a venue. I’ve experienced it before – that feeling that a venue I know so well, and associate with hundreds of other live performances, has been transformed into another band’s playground. For a moment you’re transported to an alternate [...]
Entries from February 2010
February 24, 2010
Butch Walker Live at Hotel Cafe Feat. Pink, Hair Bands, and Chuck E Cheese’s
February 23, 2010 Butch Walker Record Release Show Guest appearance by Pink The Hotel Cafe, Los Angeles Sometimes when Butch Walker announces a show in LA I think to myself, “I’ve seen Butch SO many times and I do love him very much, but . . . do I really need to see him again?” [...]
February 17, 2010
Jackson Browne: Welcome To The Stronghold Where Anything Can Happen
February 16th. . . or 17th, 2010 The Stronghold The secret’s gonna get out. I might as well be the one to tell you. . . But know this – I have been to several amazing events at this venue and have yet to write about it (and I tell you everything!), precisely because it [...]
February 17, 2010
Live: Daniel Lanois’ Black Dub “Experiment”
February 17, 2010 Bowery Ballroom, NY and streaming live: http://www.ustream.tv/user/blackdub Begins at 8:30pm ET In case you missed it, this is what I think about Daniel Lanois’ Black Dub. Well, beginning 8:30pm ET today, you can see for yourself. Black Dub will be streaming their Bowery Ballroom set live on Ustream. If you’ve never been [...]
February 10, 2010
Priscilla Ahn: Tonight’s The Night To Try New Things
February 9, 2010 The Hotel Cafe Priscilla Ahn was tonight’s “Special Guest” at The Hotel Cafe. Ahn reflected, “I like ‘Special Guest’. . . I’ve been ‘and more.’ Like when the flier says, ‘so and so’ and ‘so and so’ and ‘so and so,’ ‘and more,’ and I’m the only other one, so I [...]
February 6, 2010
Yeasayer at the Natural History Museum
February 5, 2010 First Fridays Natural History Museum Los Angeles, CA I can’t wait to see what people write about this show! Last night Yeasayer played among the dinosaurs, bison, and moose at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles. This was the second show of the First Fridays event series in 2010. I’ve lived [...]
February 5, 2010
Jack’s Mannequin Warms Up at The Viper Room
February 2, 2010 Viper Room, LA Prior to kicking off their U.S. tour Jack’s Mannequin decided to do a warm-up set at The Viper Room. The impromptu show was booked Monday night, announced just before noon on Tuesday, and sold out shortly thereafter. I like Jack’s Mannequin. Andrew McMahon, Jonathan Sullivan, Jay McMillan, and Bobby [...]
February 5, 2010
Butch Walker Liked It Better When You Had No Heart
February 5, 2010 Listen to the new Butch Walker album “I Liked It Better When You Had No Heart” in the Soundcloud player below. Vinyl will be available at Indie Record Stores (http://www.thinkindie.com/state.html) and Digital will be available at ONLY Think Indie (http://digital.thinkindie.com) on 2/9. CD/Digital is available 2/23 for everyone else. Record release show [...]
February 3, 2010
Terra Naomi at The Viper Room: Strippers, Vicodin, Infidelity
February 2, 2010 The Viper Room, Hollywood Don’t ever let me miss a Terra Naomi show again! A lot of people were excited about the last-minute Jack’s Mannequin show at The Viper Room last night. I was equally excited about Terra Naomi’s opening set. I’ve been following Naomi’s career and watching her perform since 2006, [...]
