Danny Brown- Jenn’s Terrific Vacation
Every month I listen to the majority of bands/singers/musicians/artists who are playing in Los Angeles and select some for a monthly playlist. It includes a variety of genres and usually newer work by the artist.
The song above is from Danny Brown’s 2023 album, Quaranta.
Below is the playlist for December 2023.
Mikal Cronin- Show Me
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (10/24-10/27/19)-
Thursday
Oh Land is performing at the Bootleg Theater with Arthur Moon
X-TRA magazine is having a Fall Launch at Now Instant which includes a screening of artist and writer Nick Herman’s Some Among Others: Mexican Sound and Video Art
Poet Jana Prikyl is reading her work at the Hammer Museum
Plague Vendor are playing at The Echo with No Parents and Spirit Mother
D. A. Stern and Marso are playing a free show at Gold Diggers with a DJ set by Polyplastic
Friday
Mikal Cronin is playing at the Teragram Ballroom with Shannon Lay and Spring Summer
Late Night! At The Skirball features an outdoor screening of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining to coincide with their exhibition Through a Different Lens: Stanley Kubrick Photographs. The event includes late night access to the galleries as well as a DJ, food trucks. a bar and more. ($5)
Michael Govan, the CEO and Wallis Annenberg Director of the LACMA, will be discussing the experience of working with Dan Flavin on the artist’s final commission, an installation in the interior of a church, Chiesa di Santa Maria Annunciata in Chiesa Rossa, Milan, at Bridge Projects
FIGat7th is hosting its 5th Annual Day of the Dead Celebration with face painting, tequila tasting, DJs and a Design Your Own Poster printmaking workshop by Self Help Graphics & Art (free)
Aldous Harding is playing at The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever with Hand Habits opening
WHAP! Lecture Series at the West Hollywood Public Library continues with Sarah Roberts’ Behind the Screen: Content Moderation in the Shadows of Social Media
RF Shannon and Jess Williamson are playing a free early show at Gold Diggers
Danny Brown is performing at The Regent Theater with Ashnikko and Zeelooperz
The Echoplex is hosting Firewalk With Me: A Twin Peaks Halloween Party with live performances and DJ sets- including a performance by Angela Seo of Xiu Xiu, photobooths, art installations, and more
Heart Bones (Har Mar Superstar and Sabrina Ellis) are performing at the Bootleg Theater with The Pink Slips and DYGL opening
Saturday
Photographer Stephen Wilkes will be at Fahey/Klein Gallery to give a talk and sign his book from 2-4pm
Grand Park and Self Help Graphics & Art are hosting the annual commemoration of Noche de Ofrenda (Night of Altars) with a first look at the altars and live entertainment at Grand Park’s Performance Lawn
The Theatre at the Ace Hotel with the LA Opera is showing Hitchcock’s Psycho with a live orchestra performing the score. Tonight there is also a Hitchcock Halloween Afterparty to follow. (screenings of Psycho taking place on Friday and Sunday also)
Saintseneca is playing at the Bootleg Theater with A.O. Gerber opening
Morrissey is playing at the Hollywood Bowl with special guest Interpol
Fell Runner, Sofia Bolt, and Bridal Party are playing a free show at Zebulon
Saturday and Sunday
The Fall Brewery Art Walk is a great way to check out what artists are creating in this massive complex (free)
Heritage Square is hosting Los Angeles True Crime Stories, which will present historic characters, crime reenactments and early investigators recreating conventional methods of the day to solve cases and bring perpetrators to justice. Additionally, participants will discover how poisons and other typical methods of murder were employed in early Los Angeles crime history. ($20)
Sunday
Cody Trepte and Charles Gaines will be in conversation at Meliksetian Briggs (RSVP at bottom of this pdf)
Chief curator Connie Butler is leading a walkthrough of Lari Pittman: Declaration of Independence at the Hammer Museum at 2pm
Author Alice Hoffman will be discussing her new novel The World That We Knew at Skirball Cultural Center ($10)
Alexander Nemerov, chair of art and art history at Stanford University, will be at The Getty for the talk- True Guilt: Edward Hopper and the Death of George Bellows (free but ticket required)
Prepare to be scared at Hollywood Forever Cemetery where there is a screening of the 1974 horror classic Texas Chainsaw Massacre
(Sandy) Alex G is playing at The Fonda Theatre with Tomberlin and Slow Pulp
Marc Almond of Soft Cell is performing at the Palace Theatre with a special performance by Dita Von Teese
Beach Fossils- Down the Line
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (10/26-10/29/17)-
Thursday
Coaxials Arts and Cathode Cinema are hosting the Super Spooktacular Halloween Show– with “spooky and weird” films, live performances and more
The Greek Theatre is showing Shaun of the Dead, with all attendees getting a free t-shirt (while they last)
The Blank Tapes are opening for Delicate Steve at the Moroccan Lounge plus King Tuff are playing a DJ set
Busdriver is playing with jazz ensemble The Underground Railroad at Zebulon
Friday
FIGat7th is having an all day (til 8pm) Day of the Dead Celebration, with sugar skull face painting, tequila tasting, and live DJs
For The Charlie Factory at The Standard Downtown LA, artist Charlie le Mindu is hosting a series of nights with different performers- tonight it is Peaches and Black Cracker
Rozwell Kid and Mylets are opening for The World is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die at The Echo
Miss Kittin, Keoki and more are playing Sex Cells’ night at Resident
Thievery Corporation are playing at the Hollywood Palladium
Saturday
For the 18th Annual Dia de los Muertos Festival at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, there will be face painting, altars, a market, food, and performances by musicians Aterciopelados, Cuco, Ximena Sariñana, Very Be Careful and La Chamba
Grand Park begins it’s Día de los Muertos celebrations this evening with Noche de Ofrenda, a celebration that includes traditional dance and prayer led by the local indigenous community, as well as Los Angeles-based poets and musicians (altars are up through Nov 5)
Roky Erickson is playing at The Roxy with Death Valley Girls opening
For The Charlie Factory at The Standard Downtown LA, artist Charlie le Mindu is hosting a series of nights with different performers- tonight it is Kembra Pfahler from The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black
Broken Social Scene are playing at The Wiltern with The Belle Game opening
Saturday and Sunday
The Growlers are hosting a music festival at the LA Waterfront in San Pedro with a huge list of great performers including-Beach Fossils, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Girl Talk, Danny Brown, Dan Auerbach, La Luz, Rostam, Frankie Cosmos, Beth Ditto, Butthole Surfers, and many more
Heritage Square Museum is hosting Halloween & Mourning Tours where you can learn about death and mourning etiquette during the Victorian era
Sunday
LACMA is hosting Veterans in the Arts and Humanities Day: Celebration and Film Screening– with short films, a Q & A with veteran filmmakers, and a reception to follow (free)
It’s the last day of Stan Lee’s Comic Con at the LA Convention Center (runs from Friday)
Slowdive are playing at The Wiltern with Cherry Glazerr opening
Livingmore are playing with Nightgown, Rival Cavves, and Ever So Android at The Echo
For The Charlie Factory at The Standard Downtown LA, artist Charlie le Mindu is hosting a series of nights with different performers- tonight it is Ssion and Princess Vitarah
The Lemon Twigs- These Words
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (10/13-10/16/16)-
Thursday
The Lemon Twigs are having a free in-store performance at Amoeba Hollywood to celebrate the release of their new album Do Hollywood. If you purchase the album you also get a free 7″ both of which they will be signing afterwards.
Author, musician and producer Greg Tate will be discussing visionary black aesthetics and politics in 21st-century America with artist Sanford Biggers at the Hammer Museum
Temples are playing at the Teragram Ballroom with Triptides
The High Five Art Launch Party is happening at The Autry and includes after-hours access to the museum, rides on the ferris wheel, a free California themed tote and a chance to meet the artists and designers who who participated in the 2016 High Five Art Contest ($5 admission)
TOBACCO is playing with Odonis Odonis at the Echoplex
This month’s Downtown LA Artwalk is focusing on the artists who contribute to Smile South Central
The Helio Sequence are playing at the Bootleg Theater with Genders
Friday
LACMA is hosting a free screening of By Sidney Lumet, Nancy Buirski’s documentary film about the director, with a discussion with Buirski and guests to follow
Gavlak Gallery is hosting Feminist Friday, a “casual but directed conversation about contemporary issues related to feminism”. It is also a good opportunity to check out Marnie Weber and Betty Tompkins’ coinciding exhibitions.
The Theatre at the Ace Hotel is getting in the Halloween spirit with a screening of Carrie and a prom-themed after party, all proceeds will benefit weSPARK’s cancer support programs.
Allison Crutchfield and The Fizz are playing at the Bootleg Theater with Radiator Hospital and Ovlov
Friday-Sunday
Machine Project is having an underwater art show at the Annenberg Community Beach house. You can check out the work from above the pool but the best viewing will be by reserving a ticket for the times available (free) and getting into the water with goggles.
Saturday
Danny Brown is performing at The Fonda Theatre and a free download of his new album, Atrocity Exhibition, is included with the ticket
Electric Dusk Drive-In’s horror films for Halloween continue this week with Poltergeist
RJD2 is playing a $5 show at The Novo with Daddy Kev
Saturday and Sunday
Found LA is offering a series of free tours at religious centers and places of worship in different neighborhoods around the city- you can register for more than one but registration is required.
The Beverly Hills Art Show is a nice way to be outdoors and check out the work of over 240 artists (free)
Sunday
Artist Mickalene Thomas and MOCA Curatorial Assistant Rebecca Matalon will be in conversation regarding Thomas’ current MOCA Grand Ave exhibition- Mickalene Thomas: Do I Look Like a Lady? at 12:30 pm and at 3pm MOCA Senior Curator Bennett Simpson will be speaking with artist R. H. Quaytman about her exhibition- R. H. Quaytman, Morning: Chapter 30. (free with museum admission)
Black Marble are playing the Echoplex’s Part Time Punks night
There are still a few seats left for the Glass Animals show at The Greek Theatre
CicLAvia’s route is the “Heart of LA” this time- closing streets to traffic in Boyle Heights, Chinatown, and DTLA
*A bit further afield*
This weekend (Friday-Sunday) is the Desert Daze festival at The Institute for Mental Physics in Joshua Tree. There are a lot of great bands playing including Deerhunter, Temples, Washed Out, Thee Oh Sees, The Raveonettes, Cherry Glazerr, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Television, La Luz, White Fence and more. You can buy single day passes or stay the weekend and camp.
Danny Brown- Grown Up
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (5/1-5/4/14)-
Thursday
The All American Rejects & Youngblood Hawke charity event for Tick Born Disease Alliance is at the El Rey
The Horrors and Toy are playing at the First Unitarian Church
Thursday-Saturday
CalArts Film/Video Showcases are showing at REDCAT (Free)
First Fridays at the Natural History Museum w/HOLYCHILD
Friday and Saturday
Saturday
Danny Brown is playing at The El Rey
A Discussion with Joshua Decter and LA book launch is happening at LA><Art
Symposium on the work of Mike Kelley at Janm Tateuchi Democracy Forum– RSVP closed but may allow walk-ins
A Seance with Andy Warhol is happening at the Underground Museum
Angel City Brewery 2nd Annual Heritage Fest- art, music and beer (Free)
White Fang are playing at The Echo
Sunday
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo a day early:
Cinco de Mayo at the Grand Central Market
Tortilla Republic’s Block Party
It is also Britweek and there are various events going on around Los Angeles