By Sung - Thursday February 24th 2011 |
Photos: Gang of Four, The Music Box, February 21, 2011
Photos: Hollerado, The Music Box, February 21, 2011
By Sung - Thursday February 24th 2011 |
Hollerado| hollerado.com
“Human 8-Bit” video for “Americanarama” below.
»continue reading Photos: Hollerado, The Music Box, February 21, 2011
Losanjealous Concert Picks: February 22 – 26, 2011
By Losanjealous - Tuesday February 22nd 2011 |
PHOTO: Yo La Tengo, Matador at 21, Palms Casino, Las Vegas Nevada 2010 by Sung
PICK OF THE WEEK
Yo La Tengo @ El Rey
Wednesday 23 February 2011
TUESDAY
2011 Noisepop Festival @ SF Bay Area (General Badge – Yo La Tengo, Best Coast, Dan Deacon,Ted Leo, Wavves and more)
Godspeed You! Black Emperor @ Fox Theater Pomona
WEDNESDAY
Godspeed You Black Emperor! @ Music Box
Kaki King w/ Zoe Keating @ Largo
Linkin Park w/ The Prodigy @ Staples Center
Rock & Roll Freedom Show @ Key Club (Misty Gonzales Presents )
Ted Leo (solo) @ The Barn, UC Riverside
Vivian Girls w/ Catwalk & Cold Showers @ The Smell
Yo La Tengo @ El Rey
»continue reading Losanjealous Concert Picks: February 22 – 26, 2011
Photos: Mountain Man, Wiltern Theater, February 12, 2011
By Sung - Sunday February 20th 2011 |
Losanjealous Concert Picks: February 16 – 20, 2011
By Losanjealous - Wednesday February 16th 2011 |
PICK OF THE WEEK & TICKET GIVEAWAY
Glass Candy
w/ Austra (Formerly Katie Stelmanis) & Bobby Birdman
Echoplex
Saturday, 19 February 2011
ENTER TO WIN TICKETS
WEDNESDAY
Beach House @ Music Box
Greatest Night Ever: A Velvet Underground Tribute w/ He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister, Vanaprasta and Erik Hassle @ Satellite (formerly Spaceland) (ENTER TO WIN TICKETS)
Nicole Atkins & The Black Sea @ Troubadour
The Radio Dept. @ El Rey
Ximena Sarinana w/ Ev Dub @ La Cita (Mucho Wednesdays)
THURSDAY
Beach House @ Music Box
Dawes @ Royce Hall (Free for students; $15 otherwise. ENTER TO WIN TICKETS)
Dum Dum Girls @ Skybar (Mondrian Sessions Presented by IAMSOUND Records–rsvp to [email protected])
Jimmy Pardo, Dana Gould, videos from Brent Weinbach & Moshe Kasher & more @ Smashbox Studios (Global Soul Food Truck, J-Squared Bakery & Eagle Rock Brewery beer at 7 pm)
»continue reading Losanjealous Concert Picks: February 16 – 20, 2011
FYF Weekend: Glass Candy & Ted Leo Comedy Variety Show This Saturday & Sunday–Win Tickets
By Victor - Tuesday February 15th 2011 |
The Decemberists, Wiltern Theater, Los Angeles, February 12, 2011
By Sung - Monday February 14th 2011 |
Twin Peaks Turns 20: Tribute Art Show @ Clifton’s Brookdale This Weekend
By Ryan - Friday February 11th 2011 |
ATTN: SPECIAL AGENT DALE COOPER
In The Trees: TWIN PEAKS 20th Anniversary Art Exhibition @ Clifton’s Brookdale
OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, February 12, 2011
TIME: 8:00PM to 11:00PM
ON VIEW: Sunday, February 13, 2011; 10:00AM to 3:00PM
Reception and exhibition are open to the public on a first-come basis.
Decemberists @ The Wiltern, This Saturday 2/12–Sold Out–Win a Ticket
By Victor - Wednesday February 09th 2011 |
DF <3′s V.D. & Previews LADD Bout (Sirens v Swarm, 2/12/2011)
By DF - Wednesday February 09th 2011 |
In these cynical times, it has become a dismal commonplace to derogate Valentine’s Day as a Hallmark-created holiday in which folks are forced to display artificial affection to no-longer-loved ones. Well, DF for one, LOVES V.D., and has always celebrated it with near-frenetic fervor. Witnesseth:
DF’s earliest relevant memory was a compulsory grade-school v-day card exchange. Oh, it was exciting! So much so that I lost all bladder control, wetting myself copiously and getting sent home from school. My grammar-school chums still call me “Cap’n Pee.” Actually, so do my parents.
A decade or so on, teenaged DF used Val Day as an occasion to reveal his amorousness to a secret high-school crush, and went for the gusto, showing up at the lucky lady’s door dressed in a sexy leather codpiece, with a dozen spiny roses ‘twixt my teeth, and slathered in oodles of body chocolate. As it happens, I did not win the fair maiden’s heart, but on the plus side, her football-coach father hugged my neck with his big strong hands for almost a half-hour!
A few years later, DF won 2d prize (and $10!) in a Valentine’s Day poetry contest with the immortal quatrain, “Roses are red/And boy are they thorny,/Please be my V-Day date,/’Cause man, am I … hopelessly enamored of your wit and charm!”
More recently, DF hit the singles scene, and strutted on over to the sexiest party in town—the Valentine’s Day Lonelyhearts Extravaganza Deluxe at the El Monte CourtYard Marriott (cost of admission a mere $45, including a free champagne toast!). Admittedly, the male/female ratio was undefined (because you can’t divide by zero), but toward the end of the evening a really hot game of strip Dungeons-and-Dragons broke out, and DF totally got to roll his twenty-sided die (if you know what I’m sayin’).
So, actually, in retrospect it looks like St. Val’s hasn’t exactly been a lovin’ bonanza for DF. But this year I’ve found a can’t-miss option for a V-day good time: hot, full-contact, all-girl roller derby action with the LA Derby Dolls! ‘Cause whether you’re single and lonely, or attached and bored out of your skull, all right-minded people share one love–the love of roller derby. So get fool asses down to the Doll Factory this weekend to see the LADD regular season kick off as the discipline-lovin’ policeladies of the Sirens seek to lay down the law on the two-time Champs runners-up out of San Diego, the Swarm. Oh it’s gonna be good, as this romantic bout preview amply illustrates. So get yer tix ASAP, and come out for V.D. at the DF (Doll Factory) with LADD and DF (the derby writer, that is, not the Doll Factory). All right, that was confusing. Just come to the damn bout because it will be awesome. That is all.
Photo/credit: Art by Fifi Nomenon, based on photo by Charlie Chu. (C) 2011 by LA Derby Dolls. All rights reserved. Please send comments/corrections/invective to DF at DF at losanjealous dot com. & follow @theDF on Twitter if you are interested in learning more about his gastrointestinal tribulations and scary conspiracy theories.
Losanjealous Concert Picks: February 9 – 13, 2011
By Losanjealous - Wednesday February 09th 2011 |
PICK OF THE WEEK & TICKET GIVEAWAY
Apex Manor @ Satellite
Ex-Broken West
Merge Records album release show
Saturday, 12 Feb 2011
ENTER TO WIN TICKETS
(Include mailing address for a copy of the CD)
| THIS WEEK’S TICKET GIVEAWAYS » Meat Beat Manifesto @ El Rey (ENTER TO WIN TICKETS) » Apex Manor @ Satellite (formerly Spaceland) ENTER TO WIN TICKETS (Include mailing address for a copy of the CD.) » Groove Armada, Dirty Vegas, Jason Bentley. @ supperclub (ENTER TO WIN TICKETS) |
WEDNESDAY
Friendly Fires @ The Roxy
Meat Beat Manifesto @ El Rey (ENTER TO WIN TICKETS)
THURSDAY
The Onion Editors w/ Area Man @ Royce Hall
Kodo @ Disney Concert Hall (Drummers of Japan)
FRIDAY
Big Boi & Cee-Lo @ Club Nokia
Fool’s Gold @ Skybar (Mondrian Sessions Presented by IAMSOUND Records–rsvp to [email protected])
Grupo Fantasma @ The Mint
Lindstrom @ Vanguard
»continue reading Losanjealous Concert Picks: February 9 – 13, 2011
2011 Cupcake Challenge–A Cupcake-by-Cupcake Analysis of All 32 Entries
By Mike - Monday February 07th 2011 |
Photo by Lindsay Flinn. Full gallery below the jump.
Forrest Gump put it best when he astutely stated, “Life is like a box of cupcakes. You never know what you’re gonna get.” The crazy thing is how right Tom Hanks always is–life is indeed like a box of cupcakes… especially at the 2011 Los Angeles Cupcake Challenge, the annual cupcake clash between Los Angeles and Orange County’s top bakers.
Last year, I admittedly made some mistakes. I ate too many cupcakes in too little time and paid for it. This year, as an official event judge? I ate too many cupcakes in too little time and… felt just dandy walking out of the Hollywood Renaissance Hotel. The difference? For some reason there were eight less entries in the Challenge. SO, I ONLY ATE 32 CUPCAKES IN AN HOUR IN 2011. Way easier to digest.
And, now, a Lilliputiancake-by-Lilliputiancake breakdown of all 32 entries and full photo gallery below…
TRADITIONAL CATEGORY
1. Chocolate W/ Meringue (Bitter Sweet Treats) – A honey brittle adornment demonstrated the creativeness that made baker Danielle Keene a finalist on the first season of “Top Chef: Just Desserts.” The overall cupcake? Showed why she didn’t win “T.C.”
2. Chocolate S’Mores (Blue Cupcake) – S’Mores was a trendy cupcake in the 2011 competition; Blue Cupcake separated themselves from the pack courtesy of a surprisingly rich fudge insert in the middle of the cake.
3. Red Velvet (Cake Pop) – The cake popsicle (rolled cake covered by a chocolate shell), much like the bagel chip, seems to have arisen from a baker’s ingenuity regarding the reuse of old product. Cake Pop’s Red Velvet transcends this designation and should be your first cake popsicle if you seek such a thrill.
4. Chocolate Zin (Double D Cupcakes) – Awesome chocolate cake. Awesome chocolate frosting. Awesome red wine tasting center. Awesome.
5. Abuelita’s Chocolate Cupcake (Frandise Pastries) – Very tasty cake due to hints of cinnamon, cayenne and chunks of Nestle Abuelita chocolate.
6. Salted Caramel Chocolate (Goodie Girls) – I love salted caramel. I love chocolate. I didn’t love this cupcake.
7. Bridal White Cake (Hansen’s) – For the second consecutive year Hansen’s reminded me just because you make everyone’s favorite birthday and wedding cakes, it does not mean you automatically make good cupcakes.
8. Mallow Delight (Hollicakes) – Tasted like a Ho-Ho. Still not sure if that’s good or bad.
9. Red Velvet (Jus Minis) – The best cupcake in the Traditional category. More on this RV later…
10. Red Velvet (My Delight) – Incredibly moist cake, but nothing else distinguished this cupcake from the seemingly millions of Red Velvets I’ve had in recent years.
11. Breakfast at Tiffany’s (Sugar Babies Cupcakery) – A regal name for a commoner’s cupcake at best.
12. Pink Velvet (Sweet E’s) – The thick frosting was tasty. The cake – well, like all things pink, it sucked.
13. Chocolate Truffle (The Cake Mamas) – Although the cake was a tad dry, the chocolate mouse frosting with chocolate shaving swirls certainly made up for it.
14. Red Velvet (The Cake Shop) – Not sure how to describe the taste, but it almost didn’t even taste like Red Velvet. What did it taste like? A boring cupcake.
»continue reading 2011 Cupcake Challenge–A Cupcake-by-Cupcake Analysis of All 32 Entries
Tristen @ The Echo, February 1, 2011–New Album Out Now
By Victor - Monday February 07th 2011 |
With KCRW’s room-packing power on full display, a well-groomed crowd turned up to The Echo to catch young singer-songwriter Tristen’s proper L.A. debut last Wednesday. Originally from Illinois, now Nashville-based, Tristen’s craft is mature beyond her years, arranging country, bluegrass, Americana roots, even a little folk, into a tasty melange with pop hooks to spare. With a big voice that belies her small stature, she conjures a bit of the honey sweetness of a Tanya Donelly with maybe a hint of Stevie Nicks at the other end of the spectrum. I wouldn’t directly compare her to a Jenny Lewis type, but that might be a rough reference point for those of you who want those kind of shortcuts.
Her backing band on guitar, bass & drums—“The Ringers”, as she calls them–are a tight unit and have a good sense of when to lay back and when to turn it up. While her new LP, Charlatans At The Garden Gate (American Myth), is a warm, vintage analog-feeling production, with lush key and string arrangements, live, the tunes strip down nicely to rawer takes. You can see she’s played these tunes out a lot in the way she sings around the beat with ease, sometimes punctuating a verse with a little growl or a country whoop here and there. As she switches off from electric guitar to an occasional ukulele, you see there’s room to cut loose in these tunes, so the band’s time on the road should season the songs and open them up. A bit of awkward between song banter with the crowd only turns up her charm. I would not be surprised if she plays a bigger room, say a bit farther west next time through L.A.
Photo from Back-Pocket Letters flickr
Tristen
tristen.com
Charlatans At The Garden Gate (CD/LP/Digital)
ouramericanmyth.com
Daytrotter Live Session
daytrotter.com
Tickets: OMD, PB & J, AiH, Esben, Kills, Thee Oh Sees, Tune-Yards, Papercuts, Brother & more–On Sale Now
By Victor - Friday February 04th 2011 |
The Growlers @ Glass House Fri 3/11
Esben and The Witch @ Bootleg Theater Tue 3/22
Thee Oh Sees @ Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock Fri 3/25
OMD w/ Oh Land @ Music Box Tue 3/29
The Kills w/ Black Angels & Cold Cave @ Fox Theater Pomona Sat 5/14
Peter Bjorn & John @ El Rey Sat 5/14
Architecture in Helsinki w/ Hooray For Earth @ Music Box Wed 6/1
Vivian Girls w/ Catwalk & Cold Showers @ The Smell Wed 2/23
Holy Ghost! @ Echoplex Fri 4/15
»continue reading Tickets: OMD, PB & J, AiH, Esben, Kills, Thee Oh Sees, Tune-Yards, Papercuts, Brother & more–On Sale Now
Photos: Devin Therriault & Jail Weddings, Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock, January 30, 2011
By Sung - Friday February 04th 2011 |
