Losanjealous Concert Picks: April 30 – May 6
PICK OF THE WEEK
FROG EYES @ Spaceland
It came down to an Eyes band vs. Eyes band battle this week–Bright vs. Frog–and the Frogs won out. Frog Eyes isn’t for everyone but those that do get them will hold them close to heart and just might have their life changed by them. NPR likened them to “the controlled chaos of early Roxy Music or early Pere Ubu.” That’s a pretty good start.
THIS WEEK’S GIVEAWAYS
 THE LIVING SISTERS w/ Watson Twins & Chapin Sisters Echoplex Tuesday, May 1 [ENTER TO WIN] |
 ACUTE w/ Parson Redheads Silverlake Lounge Thursday, May 3 Entry has ended & winners notified. Tickets here. |
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HEADS UP
Dntel @ Amoeba (Jimmy Tamborello DJ set, 8 pm) Fri 5/11
Fairport Convention @ McCabe’s Guitar Shop Sun 5/13
The Bad Plus @ The Mint Wed 5/16
The Bad Plus @ The Mint Tue 5/15
Mando Diao w/ Pop Levi @ Troubadour Tue 5/22
Mary Timony @ The Echo Wed 5/30
Loney, Dear w/ Great Northern @ Troubadour Wed 5/30
Flash Hawk Parlor Ensemble @ Spaceland (inc. Chris Funk & Jenny Conlee of Decemberists) Wed 6/6
Kaiser Chiefs @ Henry Fonda Thu 6/7
Let’s Go Sailing @ Troubadour Thu 6/7
CSS @ Henry Fonda (Cansei De Ser Sexy) Sun 6/10
Pipettes @ Troubadour (Ryan’s favorites) Mon 6/11
Dirty Dozen Brass Band @ Troubadour Fri 6/22
MONDAY
Andrew Bird @ Amoeba
Cornelius @ El Rey
My Brightest Diamond @ Troubadour
TUESDAY
Check Yo Ponytail 1 yr Anniversary @ Safari Sam’s (free, 2 secret guests)
Living Sisters, Watson Twins, Chapin Sisters @ Echoplex
Mastodon, Against Me!, Cursive @ The Wiltern
Rufus Wainwright @ El Rey
Sloan @ Troubadour
WEDNESDAY
Patti Smith & Her Band @ The Roxy
Under the Influence of Giants, Young Love @ El Rey
THURSDAY
Autolux, Midnight Movies @ Glass House
Califone @ Malibu Performing Arts Center
Circle Jerks, 400 Blows @ Ex_Plx
Elf Power @ Spaceland
Jackie Greene @ The Roxy
The Postmarks w/ Memphis @ Troubadour
FRIDAY
Ben Harper w/ Tom Morello @ Bridges Auditorium
Cloud Cult @ Knitting Factory
Dengue Fever, The Little Ones, The Bird and The Bee @ The Echo (Silver Lake Film Festival Musicfest)
Kinky @ El Rey
SATURDAY
Dios Malos @ Jensen Rec Center (Silverlake Film Festival Musicfest)
Frog Eyes @ Spaceland
Minus the Bear @ Ex_Plx (Tix at door night of show)
To Live And Shave In L.A. @ The Smell
Victor Wooten @ El Rey
Willie Nelson, Lucinda Williams, Neko Case @ Stagecoach
SUNDAY
Bright Eyes @ Disney Concert Hall
Emmylou Harris @ Stagecoach
So, maybe I should have put my last posting here. Yes, Nickleback finally has a show in Southern California. Only it’s KROQ Weenie Roast.
http://www.kroq.com
The Heinrich Maneuver
patrick wolf may 16th at troubadour. tickets onsale may 1st.
Justice and Busy P for free @ On the Rox. Tuesday night for a Scion party. You must rsvp: rsvp@beyondmg.com
the whole ‘ed banger’ crew + Justice @ the echoplex tonight. not to be missed.
Hope everyone made it back safely from Coachella (I almost got swallowed whole by the “revolutionists” on Sunday night). What a weekend!
Do you guys think Patrick Wolf will sell out quickly?
M+M’s (aka) Britney Spears @ HOB Sunset 5/3
HOB Anaheim 5/2
LCD Soundsystem @ El Rey 6/10-11
Sunday Coachella was awesome!! hahah…I made sure I was far away from the revolutionists. Unfortunately it meant not being able to see the stage and getting crappy sound that wasn’t even loud enough.
Question to those who got pit tix for the Arcade Fire Greek Theatre shows: Didja get an email about the show being will call only, then a call that due to a technical error the seat location is actually Section A instead of pit, then receive your pit ticket in the mail??? Ticketbastard is confusing the hell outta me.
Shenny- I had the same experience w/ the pit tickets, except I didnt get the tickets in the mail. Their coachella performance has got me so hyped for this show, even if its ONLY in sec A.
@shenny – i got pit tix for arcade fire, but the only thing i got was an email stating that the tickets are will call only (scalper prevention measure). it said this on the ticket page during the sale as well.
skim, that probably means you got actual pit tix! My ticket had an actual row and seat number. The real pit tix would say GA, GA1, GA2, etc. Not that I’m complaining…Section A ain’t bad.
Do you guys think that both Arcade Fire shows are going to sell out? I’m surprised both shows have tickets available. Yes they’re rear Cs, but still they’re Arcade Fire tickets and the Greek is an awesome venue. We made such a big deal of keeping the show on the down low too. LOL Well, at least everyone that wanted tickets got tickets.
OSCAR, any shows for you this week?
As in show announcements? Nothing yet. As in going, maybe Safari Sams if I can finish all my work in time. I heard they might cancel the M&M shows but you never know with Brit Brit.
to f.a.
patrick wolf will definitely sell out.
get your tix asap.
What are you checking out at Safari Sam’s? I think The Arcade Fire shows will only sell out as it gets closer to the date. I’m just glad I already got my tickets!
@shenny – my confirmation email also indicated seat numbers (e.g. section PITRES, row C, seats xx-xx). however, i’m confident i’m getting pit tix because i remember i had to sit down temporarily at the hollywood bowl pit area before the show started. we were assigned seats, but right as the show started, everyone got out of their seats and ran to the front.
@Oscar – yes, i believe the tickets will sell out. it is surprising though that they have not sold out yet. it’s freaking arcade fire!
Psst… We will have some Patrick Wolf tickets to give away… Check back later this week…
I got my tickets, no worries. I would think they would especially after their Coachella performance. Spank ROck, Muscles & Flosstradamus are playing FREE at Safari Sams tonight. It’s the 1 year anniversary for Check Yo Ponytail.
I will never understand ticketmaster. I was so shocked to hear there were tickets still available that I went and checked. Scored better seats than I did right when they went on sale. For some reason you can get Sec A row L for either day right now. Makes the whole Nickleback thing seem a little silly.
i just hopped on those sec A, row L seats too. see ya there and thanks for the heads up. now i need someone to take my damn terrace seats off my hands.
frank, where are the LCDS shows being posted? i am beyond ecstatic at that prospect. their show at the avalon 18 months ago was so amazing.
The funny thing is that I too have terrace tickets. Usually I actually prefer them. In fact, for a big show like Arcade Fire if you search terrace first you can get the first few rows which I prefer to Sec’s B or C.
Caught LCD the opening night at the Bowery Ballroom last month. All I can say is they blew my mind, and I have seen them live a bunch of times.
Here you go, charlie:
LCD Soundsystem
6/10: http://www.losanjealous.com/shows/2040/
6/11: http://www.losanjealous.com/shows/2041/
I’m not so sure that it’s a ticketmaster issue. The Greek Theater has a habit of releasing tickets after the regular onsale date. I remember I pulled up front-row Sec A tickets on the day of the show one time.
skim, I’m not so sure about that. I’ve been to the Greek pit a couple times and the pit is separate from non-pit seats (i.e. Section A, B, C). You need a bracelet to be in the pit too. Hopefully I’ll get an usher who gives me pit access anyway. Seeing that better seats are being released, I think I may buy tix for Wednesday’s show too!
I checked, same section C unless you look for Terrace. Caca. Also, the pit will have chairs. I’ve had Pit w/ seats before and it’s not shabby.
Well, I knew something was fishy when the seat description on my Ticketmaster order said BACK OF SECTION “A” GOLDEN CIRCLE AREA, LEFT SIDE FACING STAGE. Golden Circle Area is the Pit Section.
Soulwax tonight as special guests along with another night of the Ed Banger Crew at Cinespace.
For those of you hoping to see Britney, apparently she came on for a BLISTERING 15 minute set for her San Diego gig. WOW!
There was something about her show on the news last night. I didn’t watch it though. Anyone going to the show tonight?
DMBQ at the Smell on 6/8. And it looks as though Autolux will now be appearing with Deerhoof on 6/1 at the Natural History Museum. According to the echo.
Does Anyone Know The Password For Live 105’s BFD Presale?
I like some DMBQ, to bad about the drummer
OMAR:
Try this pass for the Live 105 BFD presale:
GOODTIMES
Kinky has a free show @ 3rd Street Promenade this Saturday. There’s two sites you can get the BFD pre-sale tickets. I’m not sure which would give you the better seats though. Goodtimes is right though.
LCD Soundsystem actually go on sale tomorrow @ 10.
I don’t get the Arcade Fire frenzy?????
What do you mean Mr Frank?
Thanks for the note on LCD, Michael
For those who missed Patti Smith last night at The Roxy, she’ll be at Amoeba, 6pm tonight.
I resepct the music, but can’t get into it..
(does that make sense??)
Sorry, your indie credentials have been suspended (Just kidding Frank). No band has 100% support. I’m sure there’s people out there that aren’t down for Radiohead, The Smiths, Nirvana, etc no matter how much you shoved it down their throats. Sometimes there’s so much buzz that the band doesn’t meet people’s expectations live. I really like Arcade Fire but don’t expect other people to go as gaga over them like I do. It’s cool Frank, we get ya.
we kinda get you Frank
IMA Robot and Nortec Collective play at Natural History Museum as part of the First Fridays series
@Jeff (#32) – received an email confirming Autolux and Deerhoof for 6/1
We’re all Like-Minded people here.
That’s what I love about Losanjealous!!!!
Thanks for the tip skim
Yes.. still have my indie cred!!
Final Fantasy – The Troubadour – 28 October 2007
Post got lost in the Web- Does anyone know when Wilco is coming into town?