LA Concert Calendar: November 28 - December 4

LA Concert Calendar: November 28 – December 4

Recommended Show of the Week: Wrens @ Troubadour. You gotta admire a band that turns down a million dollar contract to avoid watering down their sound. If a label offered me half that amount I’d turn my band into the second coming of the Pussycat Dolls. But we’d be much hotter. The Wrens play Doug Weston’s Troubadour Saturday night.

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LA Concert Calendar: November 21 - 27

LA Concert Calendar: November 21 – 27

Recommended Show of the Week: Animal Collective @ El Rey. When a band’s sound is unconventional they’re quickly tagged with the “experimental” label. The vast majority of times the experiment alluded to is a failure often involving a horrible laboratory explosion. Not so with Animal Collective–the band had a eureka moment with last year’s album, Sung Tongs, and continue their mastery with their latest release, Feels. The Collective bring their science to the El Rey on Tuesday.

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LA Concert Calendar: November 14 - 20

LA Concert Calendar: November 14 – 20

Recommended Show of the Week: Arctic Monkeys @ Spaceland. Arctic Monkeys topped the UK singles charts with their debut track, I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor, due in large part to a grassroots internet buzz. This is an impressive feat considering that the Beatle’s debut single, Love Me Do, only made it to #17 and that the Arctic Monkeys spend their Winters bathing in the mountain hot springs of Nagano, Japan. Catch the hype Friday night at Spaceland.

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LA Concert Calendar: November 7 - 13

LA Concert Calendar: November 7 – 13

Recommended Show of the Week: Broken Social Scene, Feist @ Henry Fonda. Do you know why every Canadian indie rock band has at least six members? It’s because they all play each other in an intramural hockey league. BSS, Arcade Fire, New Pornographers, Godspeed You Black Emperor–they’re all in it. Broken Social Scene are perennial favorites, due in large part to their deep bench. See them with Feist Monday or Tuesday at the Fonda.

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LA Concert Calendar: October 31 - November 6

LA Concert Calendar: October 31 – November 6

Recommended Show of the Week: Roots @ House of Blues. It’s a shame more hip hop acts don’t play their own instruments live. Watching two turntables and a microphone live is just slightly more interesting than catching the same songs being sung on karaoke night at Brass Monkey. The Roots play two shows with real instruments Monday night at the House of Blues.

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