Losanjealous Concert Picks: June 12 – 18
Visit our concert calendar for a full show list, links to buy tickets and our top picks.
PICK OF THE WEEK: Tapes ’N Tapes @ Echo
Four years ago TNT recorded songs in a cramped kitchen and frontman Josh Grier bought the domain name tapesntapes.com, named after those first kitchen tapes, to force them to start a band. Now they’re recording songs in much larger kitchens and are seriously contemplating the purchase of tapesntapes.net.
- 6/22 Duke Spirit @ Spaceland
- 7/26 Buzzcocks @ Fonda
- 8/25 Wolf Parade @ Wiltern
- 9/22 Mission of Burma @ Troubadour
- 9/23 Serena Maneesh @ Troubadour
Win tickets to see Hello Stranger @ Spaceland on Wednesday 6/14
…Hello Stranger (nee Vagenius) has way more going for them than the eye candy: you haven’t heard pop-rock tunes this smart and sassy since Blondie ruled the airwaves and the dance floors. -Prefix
Enter to win a pair of tickets by emailing hellostranger-contest@losanjealous.com with your full name.
Win tickets to see Priestess w/ Vacation @ Spaceland on Thursday 6/15
The tunes may be testosterone-fuelled, but are peppered with well thought out arrangements and, when stripped down to their core, reveal clever pop songs. -Montreal Mirror
Enter to win a pair of tickets by emailing priestess-contest@losanjealous.com with your full name.
Win tickets to see Sound of Urchin w/Crescent Moon @ Spaceland on Fri 6/16
…this quartet scours the mainstream and the underground to scoop up heaping helpings of diverse musical styles, and they’ve smashed together a vibrant rock sound that shrieks with electric energy. -SPIN
Enter to win a pair of tickets by emailing soundofurchin-contest@losanjealous.com with your full name.
Win tickets to see ZU w/DOS @ Spaceland @ Spaceland on Saturday 6/17
Zu prove that, like the best of the purveyors of what we call “post rock,” music, when pushed to its boundaries, needn’t fit the standard “songwriting” template to grab you by the ears and shake you. -Tiny Mix Tapes
Enter to win a pair of tickets by emailing zu-contest@losanjealous.com with your full name.
All winners will be selected by 5:00 pm, Tuesday, June 13th.
MONDAY
Alexi Murdoch, Walter Schreifels @ Hotel Cafe
Echo and the Bunnymen @ Fonda
Irving, Army Navy @ Viper Room
Streets @ Jimmy Kimmel
TUESDAY
Calexico @ Fonda
DJ Quik @ House of Blues
Juana Molina, Watson Twins @ Tangier
She Wants Revenge @ Wiltern
Walter Schreifels @ Spaceland
WEDNESDAY
Cex @ Derby
DJ Quik @ House of Blues
Hello Stranger @ Spaceland
Melodians @ Echo
Mountain Goats @ Troubadour
She Wants Revenge @ Wiltern
Wolfmother @ Fonda
THURSDAY
Craig Wedren @ Hotel Cafe
Eagles of Death Metal @ Fonda
Helen Stellar @ Echo
Jeremy Drake & Nels Cline duo @ Mr. T’s Bowl
Jose Gonzalez @ Amoeba (free)
Priestess, Vacation @ Spaceland
Walkmen @ El Rey
Wolfmother @ Jimmy Kimmel
FRIDAY
Fiery Furnaces @ Fonda
Jose Gonzalez @ El Rey
MSTRKRFT, Monsters Are Waiting @ Little Radio
Radio 4 @ Troubadour
Sound of Urchin, Crescent Moon, Spores @ Spaceland
Tapes ’N Tapes w/ Cold War Kids @ Echo
Tom Verlaine @ Roxy
SATURDAY
David Ford @ Hotel Cafe
Forward Russia @ Troubadour
Guthrie Family Heritage Concert @ Cal Plaza (free)
Seu Jorge @ El Rey
ZU, DOS @ Spaceland
SUNDAY
Hedwig and the Angry Inch: The Musical @ Roxy
Toys that Kill w/Mike Watt @ Echo
