Hands Across America, eat your heart out. Tonight, on the last Friday of the first month of the Pagan new year (this is not true), the hardest working blog in showbiz salutes you, Los Angeles, the object of our collective desire, with a high-hoisted brew, and a coordinated, planet-wide toast. You are all invited to join in the revelry, and together in nerdiness we will plot our success, literally, on a google map. The bottle-opening...
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Dear LAist, Roger Waters is playing the Hollywood Bowl tonight and you haven't said WORD ONE about it! What more does a man have to do than write the best parts of THE WALL, and Dark Side of the Moon? Poseurs, Adam in Tarzana Bro, we were just waiting to see if anyone noticed. Congratulations, send us your cell phone number and we will buy you a beer at the show. We've had our...
He wrote The Wall, he wrote Animals, and he wrote pretty much all of Dark Side of the Moon; still, somehow, when Roger Waters split ways with guitarist David Gilmour and the rest of the band, it was the guitarist who got to keep the name Pink Floyd. And to add insult to injury, when the new Pink Floyd put out new records, it was they who outsold their songwriter. Tonight Waters returns to...
You asked for it, we listened. Our "essentials" list has a decidedly local flavor now. All bands are either LA-based, LA-natives or playing gigs in the Southland. Some bands are so new that they don't have an EP, MP3 or CD yet. To remedy that, we've linked to their myspace streams and included upcoming tour info so you can catch them locally.
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Navy | Local Rock Silvery Sleds [stream] Although their latest EP is currently out of print, you can hear free streams of Army Navy's music on myspace and their website. Better yet, see them at the Silverlake Lounge on November 7. |
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| Sons
and Daughters | Alternative Dance Me In [download] Though not LA natives, the band is no stranger to the LA music scene, having just played at Spaceland and the Henry Fonda Theatre. If you missed their live gig, check out this single. It's aggro, addicting and combines rock and electronic sensibilities. |
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| Birdmonster |
Local Rock All The Holes In The Wall [download] Birdmonster pride themselves on pushing the envelope. This track is a perfect case in point. It's part country, part rock, but decidedly original. Catch Birdmonster for free on October 23 at Spaceland. |
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| Timonium |
Local Rock/Psychedelic Filamented [free download | stream] This airy track ranges from etherial to murky. The lyrics are often obscured in the musical landscape, but it's ultimately a worthwhile trip. Hear Timonium live on October 25 at Spaceland. |
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| The
New Fidelity |
Local Powerpop/Alternative Miss You Like You're Dead [free download | stream] Catchy guitar rifts are juxtaposed with offbeat lyrics and vocals that are just edgy enough to give the song some punch. This track won't change the world, but it will make you smile and tap your foot. See the band October 25 at the echo. |
Grab a jacket, some friends and get out of the house. There are plenty of
free gigs to keep you occupied.
SATURDAY, 10/8
- Catch Hot Club Quartette at Cafe
Z in the Skirball Cultural Center followed
by a free screening of Algeria in a Smile. The
show starts at noon. Call (310) 440-4500. - DJs Michael Stock and Benjamin White of Part
Time Punks continue
their residency at MOCA.
The show starts at 6pm. It's free with general museum admission. Call (213)
621-1734. - The Afro-Brazilian Drumming and Potluck features world percussion
jams and food at Bang
a Drum starting at 7:30pm. Admission is free, but this is a potluck,
so bring food. For info, call (323) 936-3274.
SUNDAY, 10/9
- Mezzo-soprano Hermine Haselböck and pianist Florian Henschel perform
songs by Alexander Zemlinsky for the LACMA Sundays
Live Series. The show starts
at 6pm. Call (323) 857-6234. - Part-Time Punks present Ariel
Pink, Indian Jewelry and Blood
On The Wall
at the echo at 10pm.
For more info, call (213) 413-8200.
MONDAY, 10/10
- Colored Shadows continue their
residency at Spaceland.
The doors open at 8pm and the show begins at 9pm. Call (323) 661-4380.
- Lavender Diamond continue
their October residency at the
echo. The show starts at 8:30pm. For
details, call (213) 413-8200.
- The Words take
the stage at the
Silverlake Lounge at 11pm. Call (323) 666-2407.
The AIDS monument will eventually hold the names of approximately 7,500 Californians who lost their lives to AIDS.
LAist talked with Ezra Klein of the political blog pandagon.net this weekend. Ezra’s been engaged and blogging this election for over a year and a half. His site, which he co-blogs along with Jesse Taylor, boasts around 25,000 hits a day. Needless to say, his voice gets heard (or his words get read). He recently transferred to UCLA from UC Santa Cruz and has much to say about politics, Los Angeles and everything in between. This guy is only 20 and had been published in the . So listen up!
