PICK OF THE WEEK

Dinosaur Jr.
Mon 6/22
w/ Earthless
Tues 6/23
w/ Crystal Antlers
Troubadour
 
 

Third Eye Blind
w/ Low vs Diamond
Thurs 6/25
Hollywood Palladium
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The Comedians of Chelsea Lately
Thurs 6/25
Club Nokia
Early & late shows
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Rodriguez
w/ Brightblack Morning Light
Sat 6/27
El Rey Theatre
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Cursive
w/ Mt. St Helens Vietnam Band
Sun 6/28
El Rey Theatre
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Adele w/ Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
Etta James & The Roots Band
Janelle Monáe
Sun 6/28 | Hollywood Bowl
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The Warlocks @ Spaceland Sat 8/29
The Warlocks w/ Morning After Girls @ Spaceland Fri 8/28
Lil’ Wayne @ Gibson Amphitheatre Thu 8/13
Pinback @ El Rey Sat 11/14
The Airborne Toxic Event @ Fox Theater Pomona Thu 9/17
George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic and the P-Funk All Stars @ Club Nokia Sat 8/29
Butthole Surfers @ Club Nokia Sun 10/18
Dark Star Orchestra @ Henry Fonda Fri 10/9
Michelle Shocked, Bernie Pearl, Roy Zimmerman, Sheila Nicholls, S. Pearl Sharp, Conjunto Los Pochos, Get Lit players, S.H.I.N.E. Mawusi drummers @ 939 San Vicente Boulevard (at Larkin Place) in Santa Monica (Ash Grove Summer Intra-National Event) Sun 7/12
Cut Chemist @ The Getty (Fridays Off The 405) Sat 7/25
Atmosphere @ The Palladium Wed 8/19
Flogging Molly w/ Hepcat @ Greek Theatre Sat 9/12
Jackson Browne @ Greek Theatre Wed 8/12
Dave Matthews Band @ Greek Theatre Thu 9/10
Dave Matthews Band @ Greek Theatre Wed 9/9
The Bird and The Bee @ Descanso Gardens, La Cañada Flintridge (5:15 pm) Thu 6/25
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks @ Echoplex Sat 7/25
Fitz & The Tantrums @ Spaceland Wed 7/1
Rodrigo y Gabriela @ Ford Amphitheatre Fri 9/25
Gang Gang Dance @ Troubadour Fri 8/28
Trashcan Sinatras @ Troubadour Wed 7/29
The Builders And The Butchers @ Spaceland Fri 7/17
Mekons @ McCabe’s Guitar Shop (9 pm) Sun 7/26
The Handsome Family @ McCabe’s Guitar Shop (7 pm) Sun 7/26
Van Dyke Parks & Inara George @ McCabe’s Guitar Shop Fri 7/24
You And Me And Iowa w/ The Damselles @ Hotel Cafe Thu 7/9
Copeland @ Hotel Cafe Sat 7/11
Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks @ Echoplex Sat 7/25
Asobi Sesku & Loney Dear @ Troubadour Thu 10/1
Flaming Lips @ Del Mar Racetrack Sat 8/15
 

TUESDAY
Dinosaur Jr. w/ Crystal Antlers @ Troubadour
Sunset Rubdown @ Echoplex
The Veronicas @ Henry Fonda
Wilco @ The Wiltern

»continue reading Losanjealous Concert Picks: June 22 – 28

Jones Street Station
Official site | MySpace

Local Natives
MySpace

Set list below.

»continue reading Art Brut, The Echo, June 19, 2009

Chairlift

Official site | MySpace

»continue reading And Now, A Photo Of A Man Getting A Tattoo Aboard The Queen Mary

PICK OF THE WEEK

Wilco
w/ Jonathan Wilson
Sat 6/20
Fox Theater Pomona
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Zap Mama w/ Jeremy Sole
Wed 6/17
El Rey Theatre
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Grizzly Bear
Fri 6/19
Wiltern Theater
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Todd Rundgren w/ Paul Freeman
Fri 6/19
Club Nokia
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Ben Kweller w/ Jones Street Station
Fri 6 /19
El Rey Theater
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US Air Guitar Championships
Fri 6/19
Troubadour
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Nouvelle Vague
Sat 6/20
Henry Fonda Theater
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Femi Kuti & The Positive Force
w/ Santigold & Raphael Saadiq
KCRW’s World Festival hosted by Garth Trinidad
Sun 6/21 | Hollywood Bowl
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Ben Nichols (from Lucero), Graham Forest + special guest @ Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock Fri 6/26
Carbon Leaf @ The Roxy Fri 6/26
Citay @ Silverlake Lounge Thu 7/2
Ace Enders & A Million Different People with Person L, The Gay Blades, The Dangerous Summer & Bleu @ Knitting Factory Thu 7/9
Nightmare of You w/ Plushgun & Brian Bonz @ Knitting Factory Sat 7/11
Rhys Darby @ Henry Fonda (from Flight of the Conchords and Yes Man) Thu 7/23
Themselves @ Spaceland Wed 7/29
Lykke Li @ Gibson Amphitheatre Tue 8/4
Ting Tings @ Club Nokia Tue 8/4
John Doe w/ The Sadies @ Echoplex Thu 8/6
The Sonics @ Echoplex Fri 8/21
Friendly Fires @ Glass House Sun 8/23
Os Mutantes @ Echoplex Fri 8/28
Dredg & RX Bandits w/ As Tall As Lions @ El Rey Mon 8/31
Dredg & RX Bandits w/ As Tall As Lions @ El Rey Sun 8/30
Bat for Lashes @ Henry Fonda Mon 8/31
Steely Dan @ Gibson Amphitheatre (4 Night Package) Fri 8/21
Steely Dan @ Gibson Amphitheatre (Takin’ It To The Streets Internet request night) Tue 8/25
Steely Dan @ Gibson Amphitheatre (Peforming The Royal Scam & the hits) Sun 8/23
Steely Dan @ Gibson Amphitheatre (Performing Gaucho & the hits) Sat 8/22
Steely Dan @ Gibson Amphitheatre (Performing Aja & the hits) Fri 8/21
Ween @ Fox Theater, Pomona Tue 9/1
The Pretenders w/ Cat Power @ Greek Theatre Thu 9/3
HEALTH w/ Pictureplane @ Troubadour Wed 9/9
Pink Mountaintops @ The Echo Tue 9/22
Pet Shop Boys @ Greek Theatre Thu 9/24
The Avett Brothers @ Orpheum Theatre Sat 9/5
KMFDM @ Glass House Sat 10/17
The Horrors @ Glass House Fri 10/2
The Horrors @ El Rey Thu 10/1
The Streets @ Club Nokia Thu 10/15
 

TUESDAY
1990’s @ The Echo
Art Brut @ Spaceland
Bat for Lashes @ El Rey
Telepathe @ Detroit Bar

»continue reading Losanjealous Concert Picks: June 15 – 21

»continue reading Camera Obscura, Henry Fonda Theater, June 11, 2009

My favorite story this morning has nothing to do with the group of dignified fans who torched a few Staples-adjacent blocks, stole shoes and bashed some cars for good measure, following last night’s Lakers victory:

The chihuahuas, which weigh about three pounds each, had cornered the mountain lion. She says the big cat appeared to be angry and began hissing at her and foaming at the mouth.

Spray quickly called 911 and then grabbed her video camera to record a few pictures of the cornered cougar.

»continue reading Chihuahuas to Riverside Cougar: Size Doesn’t Matter

HEADS UP
Grizzly Bear @ Troubadour Sat Jun 20

Good news, Grizzly fans: The band has just added a stop at the Troubadour this coming Saturday, following the sold-out gig at the Wiltern this Friday. Tickets are on sale right now for $25 and you can, of course, also still try to win tickets to the Wiltern gig, right here, this week.

PHOTOGS DIG THE GRIZ
Grizzly Bear @ Troubadour, 2/21/07 by Karen
Feist, Grizzly Bear @ Wiltern, 6/29/07 by Carlie
SXSW ‘09: Grizzly Bear @ Central Presbyterian Church by Sung

Fresh new Jenny Lewis video for “Black Sand” from her Acid Tongue LP.

UPCOMING JENNY

Ray LaMontagne with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Jenny Lewis & Blitzen Trapper @ Hollywood Bowl Sun 7/12

PREVIOUS JENNY

Jenny Lewis, Glass House, April 13, 2009

Today we chat with legendary bassist and Yes founding member Chris Squire about his upcoming 2009 summer tour with Asia, Rock Band The Game, Six Flags, Bobby Fischer and much more.

Tough questions first. You had leg surgery back in February, which cancelled the remaining dates of the Yes tour at that time. After you recovered, we got the announcement of the tour with Asia taking place this summer. And now, most recently, we have an announcement that Jon Anderson will be apparently touring, solo, over in Europe this summer. Here’s the big question I’m reading on a lot of message boards: Is this an indication of you guys finally saying, “I don’t know if we’re going to be able to all tour at the same time” ? Or what’s going on, here?

When you say he’s touring Europe, I think he’s going on vacation to Paris, and he’s just doing a couple of odd shows here and there, just keeping his foot in the water (what do I mean?)…just him and acoustic guitar, from what I know, so it’s not really like he’s touring.

Actually he’s announced nine or ten dates as of now.

Oh, he has? I didn’t even know about any of that. I got the impression he was just doing some odd casual shows. Like, I believe he did one up in the central coast last weekend, actually. Just kind of impromptu appearance in a bar, with his guitar, sounds like that’s what it is. But, I don’t know. (laughs) Enlighten me; if there’s more of a tour going on, I don’t know about it.

The YesWorld website has finally added a link to his tour dates underneath your tour dates, so it definitely looks like two different tours going on this summer. Thus all the chatter.

Oh, ok. Yeah. Well, as I’ve said, as far as I know, he’s just keeping his hand in really, I suppose, while he’s still in recovery.

It sounds like you guys are happy with the lineup that you have right now. What do you say to sort of placate the people that are worried that you have the “Jon understudy” (Benoit) and Oliver Wakeman instead of Rick (Oliver’s father – ed) out there? Or do you not even worry about any of that, and just go out there.

»continue reading Chris Squire of Yes: The Losanjealous Interview

Sung’s first photo shoot for Losanjealous was Patrick Wolf at the Troubadour on May 16, 2007.

HEADS UP
Elvis Costello @ Amoeba Records Mon Jun 22

Monday the 22nd is shaping up to be a big night – we’ve just added Elvis to the calendar, all three of our listings have the coveted thumb at present and we have yet to add all the usual free Monday weeklies that transpire all over town. From Billboard and the Amoeba website:

Elvis Costello is giving his fans more than a new album this month. The singer-songwriter will perform two free shows at indie retailer Amoeba Music in San Francisco and Hollywood, Cal. on June 22 to celebrate the launch of his new album “Secret, Profane & Sugarcane,” released last week on Here Music. The Amoeba gigs – at Noon in San Francisco and at 8:00 p.m. in L.A. – will occur between Costello’s tour dates with his current band the Sugarcanes and follow a secret show the artist did in New York on the day of his album’s release.

» Elvis Costello To Toast New Album With Free Amoeba Shows (Billboard)

PICK OF THE WEEK

Telepathe
w/ Abe Vigoda, Nite Jewel & Blue Jungle
w/ DJ Heather Gram
Sat, June 13
The Smell
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Camera Obscura
w/ Future Static
Tues, June 9
The Glass House
Info
THE CONTEST HAS ENDED.
 
Arts at the Park After Dark
Benefit for Summer Night Lights
Wed, June 10, 7-10P, Barnsdall Park | Info
Chris Pierce, Warpaint, Audible Mainframe, and DJ Jeremy Sole (KCRW)
THE CONTEST HAS ENDED.
 
Rhett Miller
Q&A + new song preview
GRAMMY Museum
Wed, June 10
Info
THE CONTEST HAS ENDED.
 
Au Revoir Simone
w/ Antlers, Princeton, Findlay Brown
Thurs, June 11
El Rey Theatre
Info
THE CONTEST HAS ENDED.
 
Neko Case
w/ Jason Lytle
Fri, June 12
The Greek Theatre
Info
THE END HAS COME (TO THIS CONTEST, THAT IS)
 
 

LoveLikeFire @ Bootleg Theater (2220 Beverly Blvd) Fri 6/19
Girl Talk @ Grove of Anaheim (Free admission with 36 empty Squirt soda cans) Fri 6/19
Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band @ Echoplex Fri 6/19
Stone Temple Pilots @ House of Blues (St. Jude Rock ‘N Roll Hope Show ) Wed 7/1
Eulogies @ The Echo Wed 7/1
The Handsome Family @ Spaceland Sat 7/25
Girlie Girl Catfight Show: Sexy Sixties Spies @ El Rey Sat 7/25
Girlie Girl Catfight Show: Sexy Sixties Spies @ El Rey Fri 7/24
Girl Talk @ Glass House (Free admission with 36 empty Squirt soda cans) Fri 7/24
Glasvegas w/ Ida Maria @ Henry Fonda Wed 7/29
Glasvegas w/ Ida Maria @ Henry Fonda Tue 7/28
Castanets w/ Warmer Milks @ Spaceland Thu 7/30
Los Amigos Invisibles & West Indian Girl @ House of Blues Fri 8/7
Elvis Costello @ Greek Theatre Tue 8/18
The Dirtbombs @ The Echo Thu 8/27
Magnolia Electric Co w/ The Donkeys @ The Echo Tue 7/28
Black Heart Procession @ Spaceland Fri 8/7
Emiliana Torrini @ El Rey Wed 8/19
Los Campesinos! @ Detroit Bar Sun 8/23
Los Campesinos! @ Glass House Sat 8/22
Los Campesinos! @ El Rey Fri 8/21
Green Day w/ Franz Ferdinand @ The Forum (ENTER TO WIN TICKETS) Tue 8/25
Sea Wolf w/ Sara Lov @ Spaceland Sat 9/5
Pet Shop Boys @ Greek Theatre Thu 9/24
Bon Iver @ The Wiltern Fri 9/25
Passion Pit @ Henry Fonda Wed 10/14
Tiger Army @ The Wiltern Fri 10/23
 

TUESDAY
Camera Obscura @ Glass House
The Lemonheads @ Spaceland
The Mars Volta @ Majestic Ventura Theater
The Tragically Hip @ Troubadour

»continue reading Losanjealous Concert Picks: June 8 – 14

»continue reading Peaches, Henry Fonda Theater, June 7, 2009