Jonathan D. Haskell of Seven Saturdays

Recommended Los Angeles Shows for October 26th – October 30th

Monday, October 26th
Olin And The Moon @ Echoplex

Tuesday, October 27th
Wires In The Wall @ Silverlake Lounge

Wednesday, October 28th
Seven Saturdays @ Bordello

Thursday, October 29th
Alela Diane and Marissa Nadler @ Echo
Zodiac Death Valley with The Black Apples @ Silverlake Lounge
Land of Talk with The Eulogies @ Spaceland
Built to Spill @ Echoplex

Friday, October 30th
Fort Knox Five, Kraak & Smaak DJ Set and Ursula 1000 @ The Roxy
Florence and the Machine @ Troubadour
Built to Spill @ Echoplex
Dead Man’s Bones @ Echo

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Bowerbirds

Bowerbirds with Megafaun
The Echo
August 4th @ 8pm (Purchase Tix – $10)

MP3: Megafaun – Kaufman’s Ballad
MP3: Megafaun – Lazy Suicide
MP3: Bowerbirds – Northern Lights

Bowerbirds – Upper Air out July 7th via Dead Oceans (Pre-Order)
Megafaun – Gather, Form & Fly out July 21st via Hometapes (Pre-Order)

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Fab Moretti

“I tell you this, I don’t know what’s going to happen man, but I wanna have my kicks before the whole shithouse goes up in flames.” Jim Morrison on astrology

It’s a pretty good week for new releases. The debut album from Strokes’ drummer Fab Moretti’s side project Little Joy is the best of the bunch. Moretti is joined by Los Angeles native Binki Shapiro and Rodrigo Amarante (Los Hermanos). The band is playing December 7th @ The Troubadour. Tickets are still available (Buy Tix $15). I assume this show will sell out soon; hipsters paradise. That said, I just bought tickets.

Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan’s album Sunday At Devil Dirt is great.

Anathallo has created quite a buzz. Some bloggers are calling Canopy Glow one of the best albums of the year. I wouldn’t go that far. The musical arrangements are nice, but I still need to give it a few more listens.

I haven’t heard The Doors album, safe bet it’s good. Ditto with Belle & Sebastian.

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Little Joy – Little Joy (iTunes)
Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan – Sunday At Devil Dirt (iTunes)
The Doors – Live At the Matrix, 1967(iTunes)
Anathallo – Canopy Glow (iTunes)
Belle & Sebastian – The BBC Sessions (iTunes)

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MP3: Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan – Black Mountain
MP3: Little Joy – Unattainable
MP3: Anathallo – Cafetorium

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I have a pair tickets for TV on The Radio this Thursday @ The Wiltern. The band is being backed by members of the Antibalas horn section led by Stuart Bogie.

I will post the tickets on Monday (Los Angeles residents only).

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TV On the Radio – Dear Science (iTunes)
Antibalas – Who Is This America? (iTunes)

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David Cross – Phone Call From A Cranky Terrorist

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David Cross – Shut Up, You Fucking Baby (iTunes)
Arrested Development Season 1 (NetFlix)

Rollo & Grady // David Cross – Doesn’t Like Atlanta (Click Here)

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Dengue Fever – an acute infectious disease that is characterized by headache, severe joint pain, and a rash that is caused by a virus transmitted by mosquitoes.

I plan on catching Dengue Fever’s set while I’m in Austin for the Fun Fun Fun Fest. The six-member band from Los Angeles is led by charismatic Cambodian singer, Chhom Nimol. She is able to seamlessly mix two languages in their songs, similar to the style of Satomi Matsuzaki from Deerhoof. It’s quirky pop, but worth checking out.

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Dengue Fever – Venus On Earth (iTunes)

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I’m really digging Dead Confederate’s new album Wrecking Ball. The Georgia-based band’s dark and haunting music has elements of Grunge, Alt. Country, Punk and Psychedelic Rock. Lead-singer Hardy Morris’s raw, howling vocals on “Heavy Petting” are reminiscent of Kurt Cobain’s on “Scentless Apprentice“.

The band has generated well-deserved buzz. They opened up for REM at this year’s SXSW and were recently named one of “Fricke’s Picks” by Rolling Stone journalist David Fricke.

These guys have tremendous upside. You can catch them @ Spaceland 11/14 (More Info). I hear that they put on an amazing live show.

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MP3: Dead Confederate – Heavy Petting

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Dead Confederate – Wrecking Ball (iTunes)
Dead Confederate – Dead Confederate – EP (iTunes)

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There are some excellent concerts coming up in the next couple months. I’ve tried to weed out the clutter and focus on the quality shows.

I’m locked and loaded for Deerhoof, The Whigs, Ray LaMontagne, Medeski, Martin and Wood, The Black Angels, TV On The Radio, The Roots and West Indian Girl. I’m on the fence for She & Him, I love their music, but it has gotten a little too cutesy for me.

Van Morrison, Oasis with Ryan Adams and Smashing Pumpkins tickets go on sale to the general public this weekend. I have a couple problems with these shows; Van Morrison is a legend, but the tickets are too expensive ($75-$350), same with The Smashing Pumpkins ($79-$179). I’m a huge Pumpkins fan, but you are taking a major risk by expecting a good show. Oasis with Ryan Adams is a no-brainer if it wasn’t at The Staples Center. Driving to downtown Los Angeles during rush hour to a huge venue, paying for parking, sitting in average seats and poor sound quality doesn’t do it for me anymore.

Don’t miss TV On The Radio (few tickets left), Medeski, Martin and Wood or Ray LaMontagne (Craigslist).

OCTOBER

?uestlove Of The Roots

Fri 10/3 Deerhoof @ Avalon (Buy Tix)
Tue 10/14 Weezer @ The Forum (Buy Tix)
Wed 10/15 Kings of Leon @ Nokia Theater (Buy Tix)
Fri 10/17 The Roots @ The Palladium (Buy Tix)
Tue 10/28 The Kooks w/ The Whigs @ The Palladium (Buy Tix)
Thu 10/30 Jenny Lewis @ Orpheum Theatre (Buy Tix)
Thu 10/30 Neil Young @ The Forum (Buy Tix)
Thu 10/30 Ray Lamontagne @ The Wiltern (Sold Out)
Fri 10/31 Black Angels and Roky Erickson @ El Rey (Buy Tix)

NOVEMBER

West Indian Girl

Sat 11/1 She & Him @ The Wiltern (Buy Tix)
Thu 11/6 TV On The Radio @ The Wiltern (Buy Tix)
Fri 11/7 & Sat 11/8 Van Morrison @ Hollywood Bowl (performing Astral Weeks) (Buy Tix)
Thu 11/13 West Indian Girl @ Spaceland (Buy Tix)
Fri 11/14 Mudhoney @ El Rey (Buy Tix)
Fri 11/21 Medeski, Martin, & Wood @ El Rey (Buy Tix)
Sat 11/29 Holly Golightly and the Broke-Offs @ Spaceland (Buy Tix)
Sun 11/30 Azure Ray @ Troubadour (Buy Tix)

DECEMBER

Ryan Adams

Tue 12/2 & Wed 12/3 Smashing Pumpkins @ Gibson Amphitheatre (Buy Tix)
Thu 12/4 Oasis w/ Ryan Adams & The Cardinals @ Staples Center (Buy Tix)
Tue 12/16 Mercury Rev with Dean & Britta @ El Rey (Buy Tix)

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