Dream Phases- Speed of Light
This song is from Dream Phases’ upcoming album, Phantom Idol, releasing 7/12/24.
The band will be playing at Gold Diggers in Los Angeles on Saturday, 7/6/24, with Little Galaxies.
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Aug 152019
Goon- Choke Throat
This week from Thursday to Sunday (8/15-8/18/19) is Echo Park Rising and there are SO MANY bands playing- all for FREE! (full list here) There are also deals from local businesses, DJ sets, and more, happening as well so make sure to check out their website.
In the listings below I have chosen some of the best shows to see for each day. I’ve also made a playlist if you want to check out some of the bands ahead of time.
Thursday
Janelane are playing at The Echo from 6-6:30pm and later Skin Mag are at there from 7:40 to 8:10pm.
Beauty Queen are at Sticky Rice from 8:10 to 8:40pm
Billy Changer are playing at Spacedust from 9-9:30 followed by Foliage from 10-10:30pm
Healing Gems are at The Echo from 10:30-11pm followed by Goon from 11:30-11:59pm
Friday
If you are starting the day early- Cigarette Bums are playing at Spacedust from 3:30-4pm followed by Vaguess from 4:30-5
Jane Church is playing at Sticky Rice from 4:50-5:20pm
Rosie Tucker is playing at Sticky Rice from 6:30-7pm
Veronica Bianqui is playing at TAIX French Restaurant from 7-7:30pm
Ariel Beesley is playing at Little Joy Cocktails from 7:10-7:40pm
Paper Idol are playing at The Echo from 7:30-8pm
Colleen Green is playing at Cosmic Vinyl from 8-9pm
Tracy Bryant is playing the Echoplex from 8:30-9pm
Sister Mantos is playing on the Liberty Stage from 8-8:40pm followed by The Red Pears playing from 9-10pm
Justus Proffit is playing at Stories Books & Cafe from 9:30-10pm
ela minus is playing at The Echo from 9:45-10:15pm
Death Hags are playing at Sticky Rice from 9:50-10:20pm
Juiceboxxx is playing at TAIX French Restaurant from 10-10:45pm
The Paranoyds are playing at the Echoplex from 10-10:30pm
Neil Frances is playing at The Echo from 10:30-11:30pm
MIRSY is playing at Sticky Rice from 11:30-11:59pm
Drinker are playing at The Semi-Tropic from 12-12:40am
Saturday
LA Qoolside are playing the Liberty Stage from 4-4:30pm
Tanukichan is playing at The Echo from 4-4:30pm
Small Forward are playing at Trencher from 6-6:30pm
Los Retros is playing at The Echo from 6:30-7pm
French Vanilla are playing the Liberty Stage from 7-7:45pm
Matt Rose is playing at The Semi-Tropic from 7-7:40pm
Ryan Pollie (LAPD) is playing at Sticky Rice from 8:10-8:40pm
Sofia Bolt is playing at The Echo from 8:20-8:50pm
Cosmonauts are playing the Echoplex from 9-9:40pm
Austin Manuel is playing at Cosmic Vinyl from 9-10pm
SadGirl are playing the Liberty Stage from 9-10pm
Big Search is playing at Sticky Rice from 9:50-10:20pm
Hooveriii are playing at Little Joy Cocktails from 10-10:30pm
Caught a Ghost are playing TAIX French Restaurant from 10-10:45pm
TV Party are playing at Sticky Rice from 11:30 to 11:59pm
Sunday
Loyal Lobos is playing at Sticky Rice from 4-4:30pm
Brendan Eder Ensemble are playing at Stories Books & Cafe from 5-5:30pm
Spelles is playing at Trencher from 5:30-6pm
The Entrance Band are playing at the Echoplex from 7:30-8pm
Draemings are playing at The Echo from 8:15-8:45pm
The High Curbs are playing at Spacedust from 8:30-9pm
Photo Ops is playing at Sticky Rice from 9-9:30pm
Fell Runner are playing at The Semi-Tropic from 9-9:40pm
Steady 45s are playing at the Echoplex from 10-10:30pm
Susan are playing at Sticky Rice from 10:40-11:10pm
Dream Phases are playing at Sticky Rice from 11:30-11:59pm
May 162019
Sasami- Free (feat. Devendra Banhart)
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (5/16-5/19/19)-
Thursday
The Chemical Brothers are playing at The Greek Theatre with The Black Madonna opening
Architect and scholar Sylvia Lavin will at MOCA Grand Avenue to discuss the work of Arata Isozaki (who designed the MOCA building). The museum and this lecture are free this evening.
The Dandy Warhols are playing at The Theatre at Ace Hotel with Cosmonauts and The Vacant Lots
Poet, novelist, and screenwriter Nick Laird will be reading some of his poetry at Hammer Museum
Diners are playing at The Hi Hat with Mo Troper opening
Ioanna Gika is opening for Garbage at The Shrine Auditorium
Friday
Santigold is performing at The Hollywood Palladium
Pop-Up Magazine: Spring Issue at The Theatre at Ace Hotel is a “live magazine” where a variety of stories are told with photography, film, radio, and music- presented live by people who excel in their fields
Odd Nights returns to The Autry with live music, a market, food and drink, and night access to the museum
Coucou Chloe is performing at El Cid with Minimal Violence
Hala and Pageants are opening for Hellogoodbye at the Echoplex
Saturday
Sasami is playing a free show in the courtyard of The Getty for the summer concert series Saturdays Off The 405
Artist Vanessa German will be discussing her exhibition at Gavlak gallery following a performance of soft:the longest kiss, in which the artist will perform a 6 hour kiss with her partner Janae Brown
Photographer Rohina Hoffman will be in conversation with artist, photographer, and educator Aline Smithson, as well as signing her book Hair Stories, at Arcana Books
Ryan Pollie of LAPD is playing at The Love Song with Will Fox
Black Star featuring Talib Kweli and Yasiin Bey will be performing at The Novo
Dum Dum Zine is having a release party for their 6th issue at The Echo with Taleen Kali, Potty Mouth, and Space Kelly performing
Butthole Surfers are having a Q&A session with David Yow of Jesus Lizard moderating, and signing their book Butthole Surfers: What Does Regret Mean?, a visual history of the band, at Zebulon. Gibby Haynes will also be performing a DJ set. ($8)
Hearty Har are playing at The Hi Hat with The Bash Dogs and Dream Phases
Saturday and Sunday
The Beverly Hills Art Show returns for its Spring edition. Over 245 artists will participate in the free outdoor show
Downtown Burbank is also having an Arts Festival that will include work by top animators and an indie craft section curated by Jackalope Indie Artisan Fair
Sunday
For Museums of the Arroyo Day there is free admission to Lummis House, Heritage Square, L.A. Police Museum, Pasadena Museum of History, The Autry, and The Gamble House- start early to see them all
LACMA is having a screening (get free tickets online) of the 1958 film Anna Lucasta starring Earth Kitt and Sammy Davis Jr. which also features the artwork of Charles White whose work is currently being shown at the museum
Union Station is having a free outdoor daytime concert with Sudan Moon, Sam Gendel, Ami Dang, and Ana Roxanne
Classic British punk band The Exploited are playing at The Novo with D.I. and Total Chaos
The Regent Theater is screening the film The Damned- Don’t You Wish That We Were Dead with a Q&A to follow with Damned drummer Andrew “Pinch” Pinching and director Wes Orshoski
Zebulon has a free screening of Luis Bunuel’s The Phantom of Liberty
Apr 252019
Bass Drum of Death- Just Business
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (4/24-4/27/19)-
Thursday
For MOCA’s 40th Anniversary they are hosting a series of exhibitions organized by LA based artists and MOCA curators with work drawn from their permanent collection. Tonight multimedia artist Elliott Hundley will lead a walkthrough of his exhibition Open House: Elliott Hundley at the Grand Avenue location (free tonight and every Thursday evening)
At Art+Practice, multidisciplinary artists Alima Lee and Kya Lou will be discussing their individual practices as well as their process and experiences documenting black life in Los Angeles. This talk is part of the programming for the exhibition Time is Running Out of Time: Experimental Film and Video from the L.A. Rebellion and Today.
Olden Yolk and The Lentils are opening for Chris Cohen at Lodge Room
Feels are playing with Ex Hex at the Teragram Ballroom
Artist Stan Douglas will be speaking at Hammer Museum
Local Natives are playing a free show at Amoeba Records in Hollywood
Artist and director Marie Voignier will be at LAXART to discuss her film Tinselwood, currently on view at the gallery
Friday
Bass Drum of Death are playing at Lodge Room with Jimmy Whispers opening
Hand Habits are playing at the Bootleg Theater with Lomelda and Tasha opening
The Dodgers are playing the Pittsburgh Pirates at Dodger Stadium with fireworks to follow
Bikini Kill are playing at the Hollywood Palladium
Slick Rick will be at Amoeba Records in Hollywood to celebrate and sign copies of The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick for its 30th Anniversary
Friday through Sunday
For the first time Photoville, the free annual photo festival with galleries built from repurposed shipping containers, is heading to Los Angeles. It will be taking place at the Annenberg Space for Photography this weekend and next with programming that includes nighttime projections, talks, workshops, family activities and a beer garden. At the same time the exhibition CONTACT HIGH: A Visual History of Hip-Hop, which showcases the work of hip hop photographers, will open at Annenberg Space for Photography with special hours to coincide with the festival.
Saturday
Artist Lia Halloran will be at Luis de Jesus Los Angeles at 2pm to discuss her exhibition Double Horizon
Dream Phases and Franky Flowers are playing at The House of Machines
The artists of Keystone Art Space are having an open studio night from 6-10pm
White Denim are playing at the Teragram Ballroom
Automatic and Gomme are playing at The Monty Bar
Arcana Books is hosting a launch party from 4-6pm for issue 2 of Creative Director Alexander McWhirter’s thematic annual art and fashion journal, Public.
Compltr is playing at All Star Lanes with Sheer, Trends, and June Swoon
Saturday and Sunday
Grand Park is hosting the free two day festival, Grand Park’s Our L.A. Voices- a Pop-up Arts+Culture Fest, featuring short film, dance, music, spoken word and theatre performances, and visual art, created by L.A. artists. There will also be a marketplace with artwork for sale.
Jackalope are bringing their free local artisan Spring Fair to Old Pasadena’s Central Park
Sunday
Celebrate the Thai New Year all day at the Songkran Festival in Thai Town which includes a parade, beauty pageant, live music, dance performances, food, and more
Emily Wells is playing the Bootleg Theater with KERA opening
Zebulon has a free screening of Jim Jarmusch’s Dead Man
Telekinesis are playing at the Moroccan Lounge with SONTALK and The Pretty Flowers
Big Red Machine (Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) and Aaron Dessner of The National) are performing at the Hollywood Palladium
Mar 212019
And The Kids- Champagne Ladies
Things to do in Los Angeles this weekend (3/21-3/24/19)-
Thursday
Composer, conductor, pianist, and writer Matthew Aucoin will be in conversation with comedy writer and performer Megan Amram (The Good Place, Parks and Recreation) at the Hammer Museum (free)
Lucille Furs are playing at the Bootleg Theater with Dream Phases, Jane Church and Easy Love
Halfnoise is playing at the Teragram Ballroom with Gothic Tropic and And That opening
No Win are having a record release party at Highland Park Ebell with Gymshorts and Los Bolos also performing
Bad Suns are playing a free show at Amoeba Hollywood and signing copies of their new album Mystic Truth
Friday
And The Kids are playing with Ramonda Hammer and Cardioid at The Satellite
Hauser & Wirth is hosting the three night film series (it started Thursday) I Still Dream About California, organized by Annie Leibovitz to accompany her exhibition at the gallery. The film this evening is Robert Altman’s The Long Goodbye. Tickets are sold out but you can still join the waitlist.
Rayland Baxter is playing at the Teragram Ballroom with T. Hardy Morris and Mattiel opening
Justus Proffit, Janelane and Rose Dorn are opening for Living Hour at The Factory
Jimmy Whispers is playing a free show at Zebulon with Lael Neale
Saturday
Artist Jennifer West will be choosing artwork from LACMA’s Photography and Prints & Drawings collections to display in the Study Center and discussing why she selected them and how they relate to her own art practice as part of LACMA’s Artists on Art series. (free but ticket required)
There’s a lot to do at Grand Park today- first Bernie Sanders will be having a rally there at 2:30pm and later the ACLU has a free all day event that includes speakers, a panel discussion, and a performance by Tom Morello (of Rage Against The Machine) with special guests Vic Mensa and K. Flay
From 12-5pm is the 13th Annual Santa Monica Airport Artwalk, with open art studios, art exhibitions, art demonstrations, performances, and more (free)
Amyl and The Sniffers are playing at the Bootleg Theater with Richard Rose and Shark Toys opening
Hippie Sabotage are playing at the Hollywood Palladium
Sunday
MOCA Senior Curator Bennett Simpson will lead a final walkthrough of both Zoe Leonard: Survey and Laura Owens at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA – both exhibitions close on Monday 3/25 (admission to the museum and this program are both free)
Bootleg Theater is showing the rarely seen 1947 film Les Jeux Sont Faits, based on a screenplay by Jean-Paul Sartre, at 6pm and afterwards Psychic Love are playing a free show at 8:30pm to celebrate the release of their new album
R.L.Kelly, Merce Lemon, Cuddle Formation, and Glowing Birds are playing at The Smell
Zebulon is having a free screening of Stanley Kubrick’s Clockwork Orange at 1pm
The LA Marathon is taking place throughout the city, cheer on the runners and prepare for a lot of street and highway ramp closures