Los Angeles Weekend Planner 5-28-15

 Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music
May 282015
 

Diarrhea Planet- Platinum Girls

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (5/28-5/31/15)-

Thursday

The Hammer is having its Open Projector Night (free)

Photographer Sally Mann is speaking to David Ulin at The Attic in Hollywood- tickets are $38 and include her book

ACME Gallery is hosting a launch party for Merkel Magazine- The Pit Gallery’s artist book

King Tuff is playing the Del Monte Speakeasy (basement of Townhouse in Venice) for $3- RSVP here

Robert DeLong is playing for free at Lure in Hollywood

Friday

Diarrhrea Planet are at the Echo with Lovely Bad Things and Left & Right

The Getty’s Friday Night Flights continues with Total Freedom (Ashland Mines who co-produced the party Wildness with Wu Tsang)-

Sea Lions are playing at Ham and Eggs Tavern with Fungi Girls for $5

Friday- Sunday

It’s a big weekend for design with Dwell on Design back at the LA Convention Center and the Los Angeles Design Festival which has events around the city

Saturday

There is a closing party for A+D Museum’s exhibition Beyond Graffiti 2 and it is the last day at its current location on Wilshire

It’s Atlas Obscura Day and all around the world are events celebrating “curious places”

LAMAG in Barnsdall Park is having an artist talk with Harold Greene, Alan Nakagawa, Baumgartner + Uriu (B +U) who are in the current exhibition

Spoon are at the Wiltern

Wire are playing at the Echo

Sunday

The biannual vintage design marketplace Downtown Modernism is today ($5)

CicLAvia is in Pasadena this time

Throwback Thursday- U2

 Music, Throwback Thursday
May 222015
 

U2- I Will Follow

This song is from U2′s 1980 debut album Boy and was its second single. According to Wiki, it is the only song that they have performed on every tour.

U2 are playing The Forum for several nights but they are also playing an exclusive show at The Roxy on May 28th and KROQ is having a trivia contest to win free tickets.

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 5-21-15

 Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music
May 212015
 

Wallburds- Hourglass

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (5/21-5/24/15)-

Thursday

Audiodrome at Cinefamily (co-presented by WOAH and Tigerbeat6) combines live music,“forward thinking A/V remixes” and this time will feature a record release party for Kid606

Fahrenheit Gallery downtown is screening a Len Lye film retrospective (free)

Honor Fraser Gallery is presenting ATTACK, SUSTAIN, RELEASE, DECAY, a performance collaboration joining performance and media collectives Mutant Salon, Experimental Half Hour, and Project Rage Queen

In December The Autry Museum held a contest for artists to submit designs for a banner for the back wall of the museum and tonight they are having the High Five Art Launch Party (free with reservation) to celebrate the artists and winner

Friday

Wallburds are opening for Girl Tears and Crocodiles at The Satellite– my vote for best show of the weekend and it’s only $12

Artist and musician Dorian Wood will be performing for the closing of his and Craig Calderwood’s exhibition at Last Projects in Hollywood

It’s the first ever night for The Odd Market, on The Autry Museum’s south lawn, with cocktails, shopping, crafts, DJs and food

Roses are playing at the Bootleg Theater with Dunes

Gothic Tropic, Crown Plaza, and Life Size Maps are at the Echo

Saturday

LACMA is offering a free printmaking workshop inspired by the current exhibition The Language of Xu Bing– advanced tickets are sold out but there will be a standby line

Electric Dusk Drive In downtown is showing Rear Window (only astroturf seating is available, no tickets left for cars)-

Ceremony are headlining at the Echo with a list of bands that includes Mrs.Magician

Sunday

Artists from Pasadena City College and Art Center College of Design will be selling their work at the annual Art+Design Open Market at One Colorado in Old Pasadena

It is the final weekend for Experience 15: SPARK! Explore SPARK at ESMoA museum in El Segundo, which creates a world of fantasy with interactive exhibits that are great for kids- especially today as there is a family fun day with art making projects and a fairy tale scavenger hunt. There is also a talk with Jeff Guess, the current artist in residence

Space15Twenty in Hollywood is having a flea market

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 5-14-15

 Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music
May 142015
 

Ex Hex- Don’t Wanna Lose

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (5/14-5/17/15)-

Thursday

Corners are playing the Echoplex with Tropical Popsicle

Or you could check out Woods at the Echo

Cinefamily is showing John Waters’ film Desperate Living with Mink Stole in attendance to introduce

Hammer Museum is showing the film The River Ran Red about the search for survivors of the Armenian genocide-

Downtown Artwalk is on and afterwards you could listen to CalArts MFA writing grads read from their work at REDCAT (free)

Friday

Ex Hex are at the Roxy with The Shivas

LA Live’s Dark Nights event includes live entertainment, street artists, and discounts on food, drink, and this time the Grammy Museum

Fartbarf are playing El Cid

UK band Fat White Family are at the Troubadour

Saturday

Cathedrals are playing as part of the Getty Center’s free music night Saturdays off the 405

The Beverly Hills Art Show is back and is a nice way to see art work while enjoying the day in Beverly Gardens Park (also Sunday)

Sewing Rebellion is having a free sewing workshop at Thank You For Coming in Atwater

Sunday

Once a year Museums of the Arroyo Day gives free admission to Heritage Square, The Gamble House, The Autry, Lummis Home, The LA Police Museum, and the Pasadena Museum of History from noon-5pm

Complex in Glendale is having an afternoon/evening BBQ Synth Party with a list of bands including Cold Showers

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 4-30-15

 Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music
Apr 302015
 

Doldrums- She is the Wave (feat. Guy Dallas)

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (4/30-5/3/15)-

Thursday

Doldrums are at the Echo with Moon King

LA Weekly’s event Artopia takes place at the Container Yard and promises art, street art, performances, DJs, drinks and more ($40)

At MOCA Grand Ave, Bruce Hainley, author of Under the Sign of [sic]: Sturtevant’s Volte-Face (Semiotext(e), 2013), joins MOCA’s Chief Curator Helen Molesworth for a discussion on Sturtevant: Double Trouble or you could go to MOCA Geffen for a performance of Migrant (2015) made for the William Pope L. exhibition

Artist Thomas Heatherwick is speaking at the Hammer

The Soft Moon are playing the Roxy

Friday

Artist Pedro Reyes is speaking at the Hammer Museum

First Fridays are at the Natural History Museum– bands this time are Kinky and Salt Petal

Mikal Cronin is at Center for the Arts Eagle Rock with Wand

Terry Malts is at La Cita with Hard Left as part of La Cita’s all weekend long Cinco de Mayo Fiesta

They Might Be Giants are playing the Regent Theater

Friday through Sunday

Paris Photo Los Angeles is back at the Paramount Studios

Photo Independent will also be back nearby at Raleigh Studios

Saturday

If you missed Coachella but still want to go to a festival out in the desert, this weekend is Desert Daze where $55 gets you a lineup that includes Dan Deacon, Warpaint, DIIV, RJD2, Fever the Ghost, Mini Mansions, and more

John Zorn is performing at LACMA for free (with museum admission)

Manic Street Preachers are at The Fonda

OK Go are at the Wiltern with Kitten

Sunday

HomeLA, the artist/dance troupe that performs in various residences will be be at the J.B. Merrill House

If you are up early Luis de Jesus Gallery is having an informal breakfast and artist talk with Ken Gonzales-Day

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 4-23-15

 Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music
Apr 232015
 

Eternal Summers- Wonder

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (4/23-4/26/15)-

Thursday

Eternal Summers are opening for Turbo Fruits at The Roxy

Tonight is the last screening of Matthew Barney’s Cremaster series with Cremaster 3 (2002) at the Hammer

Friday

Matthew Barney and composer Jonathan Bepler will discuss their recent collaboration River of Fundament (premiering at UCLA on Saturday) with professor Kenneth Reinhard at the Hammer Museum. Free but get there early

Fuzz are playing the El Rey Theatre

Saturday

Kaiser Chiefs are at The Wiltern along with We Are Scientists

The Dead Milkmen are at the Troubadour tonight and Sunday

Saturday and Sunday

The Brewery is having the first of its biannual art walks (free admission and parking)

The Jackalope Art Fair is taking place in Old Pasadena

Sunday

LACMA is having a community day to celebrate their 50th Anniversary with free admission (even to ticketed exhibits) and events

Artist Vincent Lamouroux is painting Silver Lake’s deserted Sunset Pacific Motel, also known as the “Bates Motel”, and its surroundings (including trees) white with lime wash to turn it into a temporary art installation that will be completed today for the opening (3-6pm)

Reptar will be playing a free in-store show at Origami Records

Throwback Thursday- The Replacements

 Music, Throwback Thursday
Apr 162015
 

The Replacements- Alex Chilton

This song is off The Replacements’ fifth album, Pleased to Meet Me, released in 1987.  The song references singer Alex Chilton who was the lead singer of two bands, The Box Tops and Big Star. He also played guitar on The Replacements song Can’t Hardly Wait, also on the album Pleased to Meet Me.

The Box Tops are probably best known for the song The Letter (below).

Big Star’s In the Street may sound familiar too as it was covered by Cheap Trick and that cover was used as the theme for That 70′s Show.

The Replacements are playing at the Hollywood Palladium on 4/16.

Los Angeles Weekend Planner 4-16-15

 Los Angeles Weekend Planner, Music
Apr 162015
 

Bad Religion- Los Angeles is Burning

Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (4/16-4/19/15)-

Thursday

William Pope L.’s Migrant (2105), which was made for his current exhibit, will be performed at MOCA – free and free evening admission

The Replacements are playing at the Hollywood Palladium

Toro y Moi are at the Fonda Theatre

The Live Read series at LACMA continues this week with Major League, guest directed by Joe Manganiello (Magic Mike). A limited number of tickets will be sold at the door two hours before start time

Friday

Bad Religion are playing at the Fonda Theatre with OFF!

Peaking Lights are playing at The Echo

WAND and Dunes are playing along with two other bands for $8 at The Smell

Saturday

Record Store Day is back and there are lots of venues doing something special to celebrate. Origami Vinyl is having DJ sets, bands (including Fever the Ghost), giving gift bags to the first group of customers and there will be a free ice cream truck. Permanent Records is also having performers including John Doe and Exene from X.  Amoeba Records isn’t on the list but is having events at the store as well as one across the street at Space 15 Twenty. The official list of venues is here.

You may not have heard of many of the bands playing Brokechella, BUT it is an annual event that gets bigger every year, just like its namesake, and it’s a pretty good deal. For $20 you get art shows, bands, comedy and variety, giant jenga puzzles, a vendor fair, Puppychella for dog owners, and more- all in Downtown’s Warehouse District

Always wanted to see the inside of the Magic Castle but never scored an invite from a magician? One way to get a peek is to check out their Swap Meet taking place 9am-3pm (from the Terrace to the Peller Theatre) where you can also shop around for a variety of magic related items ($8)

If you are around WeHo and see people dressed in black with bowler hats and wearing artistic looking sandwich boards, they are part of the 100 Walkers performance piece. More info here

Saturday and Sunday

The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books is back with a huge list of free and ticketed (many only $1) events and readings- authors include Tavis Smiley, Billy Idol, Octavia Spencer, Kate Mulgrew, Amber Tamblyn, Patton Oswalt, Vikram Chandra, Roy Choi and many, many, more

Sunday

CAFAM (Craft and Folk Art Museum) is hosting a gallery tour and conversation  with exhibition juror Cat Jimenez, Executive Director of the Lucie Foundation, and a group of exhibiting artists from the show Focus Iran: Contemporary Photography and Video (free with RSVP)

Throwback Thursday- Interpol- “NYC”

 Music, Throwback Thursday
Apr 092015
 

Interpol- NYC

NYC is a single from Interpol’s debut album Turn on the Bright Lights, which was released in 2002. This video was created and directed by multimedia artist Doug Aitken.

Interpol are playing on the Friday (4/10) of Coachella this year. For the full lineup and set times for the first weekend, check here.

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