Blitzen Trapper- Furr
This song is from the band’s fourth (and perhaps best) full length album Furr, released in 2008.
Blitzen Trapper are playing The Troubadour on 10/3.
Oct 022014
Oct 022014
Slow Club- Beginners
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (10/2-10/5/14)-
Thursday
Mark Mothersbaugh is speaking at MOCA Grand Avenue with Adam Lerner, Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. He will be discussing his art and music before DEVO through the present day- which includes being a composer for film and television (he most recently did the original score for The LEGO Movie). He will also be signing his new book Mark Mothersbaugh: Myopia. Admission is free to this event and to the museum, where Andy Warhol’s Shadows is currently on display.
LACMA is screening Aberdeen, the newest film from Hong Kong director Ho-cheung Pang (free)
Friday
Bombay Bicycle Club are playing The Wiltern with Milo Greene
Blitzen Trapper are at The Troubadour
LA Live is doing Dark Nights again- $5 food and drink specials at several restaurants, $5 parking and free entertainment (musicians and artists) from 5-9pm
Baauer, Boyz Noise and Spank Rock are at Club Nokia
DJ Shadow with Cut Chemist at the Hollywood Palladium
Saturday
It’s the last of MOCA’s Step and Repeat nights- this one features Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Neil Hamburger, Heather Lawless, and more
Slow Club are at The Echo with Roses
Barnsdall Art Park is having outdoor movie nights on the lawn of the Hollyhock House. This week it’s Rock ‘n’ Roll High School starring The Ramones. It’s $10 for the movie, $25 if you want to add 3 drinks (beer and wine)
Glass Animals are playing a free show at Origami Vinyl at 1pm before their sold out show at the Troubadour
Stromae at The Fonda
Sunday
The Drums are at the Mayan Theater for their new album Encyclopedia
Dr. Christine Mullen Kreamer, curator of African Cosmos: Stellar Arts, is giving a lecture on “the historical legacy of African cultural astronomy and its intersection with both traditional and contemporary African arts”
Ciclavia is back this Sunday creating car free streets from Echo Park to Downtown to East LA
Sep 252014
Wu-Tang Clan- C.R.E.A.M (Cash Rules Everything Around Me)
Wu-Tang Clan are playing at The Forum with Talib Kweli and Pharoahe Monch, Friday 9/26.
Sep 252014
Temples- Shelter Song
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (9/25-9/28/14)-
Thursday
Temples, Wampire and Fever the Ghost play are at the Fonda Theatre
We Open Art Houses (WOAH) presents Bring Your Own Beamer (BYOB): the work of experimental animators, video artists, and musical performers at downtown art space Werkartz- you must RSVP and there is a $5 suggested donation (and free beer)
The Kooks are at The Wiltern
Simian Mobile Disco (performing Whorl) at the El Rey
Friday
Wu-Tang Clan are playing The Forum
Saturday
As part of the AxS Festival, Machine Project has organized various programs at the famous Gamble House (of Procter & Gamble) in Pasadena until 10/5. This Saturday they are all free, including dance performances, a secret restaurant conveyor belt, poetry and video installations; or just go to see the contemporary art in various places around the house
Art, music, and performance art come together for the third Step and Repeat at MOCA. This event includes performances by Le1f, Yung Jake, and Barbara T. Smith
Panel Discussion: Women in Graffiti and Street Art at Flower Pepper Gallery in Pasadena. Artists attending- Sand One, ShadowMonsterBear, Jennifer Korsen, and Cindy Love
Die Antwoord are at the Hollywood Palladium
Sunday
Don Bachardy is speaking at LACMA and signing his book Hollywood
The Pixies are playing the Hollywood Bowl along with Gogol Bordello and Cat Power
It’s the 30th Anniversary of the Abbot Kinney Festival
Sep 182014
The Breeders- Cannonball
“Cannonball” was The Breeders’ biggest hit off their 1993 album Last Splash. Lead singer Kim Deal started the band (while still with The Pixies) with Tanya Donelly, then with the Throwing Muses. Kim’s sister Kelley, seen in the video, joined later. The lineup for their current tour is Kim and Kelley Deal, Jim Macpherson, and Josephine Wiggs.
This video was directed by Spike Jonze and Kim Gordon.
They are playing with Neutral Milk Hotel and Daniel Johnston at the Hollywood Bowl, tonight, 9/18.
Sep 112014
Nicky da B- Hot Potato Style
While looking up information for the Mad Decent Block Party, I was saddened to discover that Nicky da B had recently died on September 2, at only 24 years old. The up and coming New Orleans bounce artist had his biggest hit with Diplo, in 2012, Express Yourself, and at the time of his death was working on a full length album with him. This video, also from 2012, was created by Bob Wiesz and Casey Coleman, who also worked on Beasts of the Southern Wild.
Sep 112014
Major Lazer- Aerosol Can feat. Pharrell Williams (and artist Mike Giant)
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (9/11-9/14/14)-
Thursday
Waiting for Jack: A Beat Poetry Experience at the Autry– poets, actors and musicians will read the poems of the Beat generation
Photographer Henry Horenstein will discuss his work including the book Honky Tonk at Annenberg Space for Photography (free with registration)
Thursday through Sunday
Gob Squad: Super Night Shot at REDCAT – the British-German collective heads out into the street an hour before the performance to interact with strangers before presenting the work to the audience where it is screened and scored live
Friday through Sunday
Fireworks Finale: The Simpsons Take the Bowl– Orchestra+ Simpsons clips+ Fireworks at the Hollywood Bowl
Friday
Kickstarter Film Fest 2014– featuring work by LA based creators including- film clips, art installations, projects, and a musical performance by John Vanderslice (free)
Saturday
Eat.Drink.Art. a benefit for The Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park- $30 includes 3 drink tickets, live painting, an art auction, live music and DJs and more
Frogtown Artwalk– a great way to check out this lovely arts community in the Elysian Valley- open studios, bands and performances are all part of the event
Make it a double Eastside arts evening and check out NELA Second Saturday Gallery Night in and around Highland Park
Diplo is headlining the Mad Decent Block Party at LA Center Studios
Kan Wakan is performing for Getty Museum’s Saturdays Off the 405
Sunday
Painter John Currin talks with James Cuno, as part of The Un-Private Collection series at The Broad
Sep 042014
Aphex Twin- 4
This song is off Aphex Twin‘s 1996 Richard D. James Album, which uses Aphex Twin’s real name for its title. The new album, Syro, releasing on September 23rd, is his first new album in 13 years.
There are several listening events going on around the world at undisclosed locations. The one for Los Angeles will take place on September 6th.
Sep 042014
Allah-Las- Buffalo Nickel
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (9/4-9/7/14)-
Thursday
John Baldessari and Meg Cranston are speaking at USC (free)
OK Go is playing with the Allah-Las at the Santa Monica Pier for the last show of the season (free)
Parisian agency Louis Creative Workshop is having its US Launch party at the W Hotel in Hollywood. The celebration will include live painting by street artists, an art exhibition and the first 50 guests will receive a signed print (free with RSVP).
It’s the last farmers market of the year at Yamashiro Hollywood
Friday
Allah-Las are also playing a free set at Amoeba Records Hollywood
The Rentals are at The Fonda with We Are Scientists
Saturday
Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre has a one night performance of Dancing at Dunbar, taking place at the historic Dunbar hotel
Saturday and Sunday
LACMA is having a two day symposium on the topic of Expressionism, coinciding with their current show
Sunday
It’s the 40th anniversary of John Waters’ Female Trouble and it is showing at the Aero Theatre. Fred Armisen and Harper Simon will be there to discuss it.
MOCA Grand Avenue presents Sunday Studio: Moving Images that Break the Mold– where people of all ages can try making experimental films with technical assistance from MOCA educators before projecting them in mini-screening tents
Aug 282014
Cypress Hill- How I Could Just Kill A Man
This was Cypress Hill’s debut single off their self titled 1991 album. The song also contains a sample at the very end, “All I wanted was a Pepsi” from the Suicidal Tendencies song Institutionalized. The video has cameos from Ice Cube and Q-Tip and was filmed in NYC despite the band being from Los Angeles (specifically South Gate).
Cypress Hill are playing the Made in America Festival on Sunday in Grand Park.