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Week In Rock: Ray LaMontagne, Andrew Bird, Dirty Projectors, Everest
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Dirty Projectors will be playing at the Troubadour | Photo by Nina Mouritzen via Dirty Projectors' Myspace
This week Maine-based folk troubadour Ray LaMontagne will be performing with local ruddy-haired songstress Jenny Lewis (LAist Review, #2, #3, #4) and LAist favorites Blitzen Trapper (LAist Interview) in tow. Chicago-based multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bird (LAist Review) is poised to headline the Greek Theatre with Syracuse-bred indie rockers Ra Ra Riot and yet another LAist favorite, Cincinnati's own garage rock outfit Heartless Bastards. Local alt-rockers Everest (LAist review, #2) will be performing with Red Cortez (LAist Review, #2) at UCLA's Hammer Museum for this week's edition of Also I Like To Rock. And, lastly, Brooklyn's crown jewel, the erratic experimental indie rock collective known as Dirty Projectors (LAist Review), will be gracing the Troubadour.
Dirty Projectors - "No Intention"
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Monday
Andy Clockwise, The VLA, Globes on Remote, Miniature Tigers @ Spaceland
Japanese Motors, My Pet Saddle, Audacity, Gestapo Khazi @ The Echo
60-Watt Kid, High Castle, Italic Indian, Skull Kiss, Garrett Pierce @ Women (1852 Crenshaw Blvd.)
Kim Divine record release, Amie Miriello, Emy Reynolds, Jackie Tohn @ The Hotel Café
Last American Buffalo, Eastern Conference Champions, Globes @ Silver Lake Lounge
Tommy Santee Klaws, Oh Foot, Marshweed, Elisa Ferrari @ Echo Curio
Weasel Walter/Aram Shelton/Josh Berman Trio, Pigeon Religion, Adrien Barbobott @ The Smell
Pase Rock @ The Roxy
Tuesday
Vieux Farka Toure, Luke Top @ Troubadour
Kitty, Daisy & Lewis, Le Switch @ The Echo
The Hold Steady, The Bronx @ El Rey Theatre (Sold-Out)
LMFAO @ The Roxy
Bleu, Drake Bell, Heather Waters, Elisa Ferrari, Scott Simons @ The Hotel Café
Foot Ox, Stephen Steinbrink, Whitman, Voice on Tape @ Women (1852 Crenshaw Blvd.)
Fishtank Ensemble, Ukulele Loki, Klaus Knomi, Petrojvic Blasting Company @ Bordello
The Captains, Birds Beware, Infrared Sunday @ Silver Lake Lounge
Fritz Helder & The Phantoms @ Cinespace
Wednesday
Old 97's @ Henry Fonda Music Box
Sergio Mendes, Eddie Palmieri, Poncho Sanchez @ Hollywood Bowl
Dirty Projectors, What's Up? @ Troubadour
The Watkins Family Hour @ Largo at the Coronet
CLUB NME w/ Army Navy @ Spaceland
Mika Miko, Ty Segall, Charlie & The Moonhearts, Shark Toys @ The Smell
Andy Votel, Massa, Dak @ The Airliner
Rootbeer, U-N-I, Boombox Ninjas @ The Echo
The Monthlies, Purple Melon, The Faraway Places @ Silver Lake Lounge
The Volunteers, The French Semester, Anderson, Joe and the Jungle @ On The Rox at The Roxy
Watts Ensemble, Baby and Guy @ Bootleg Theatre
David Ryan Harris, Zachariah & The Lobos Riders, Ernie Halter, Danny Chaimson, Derek Evans @ The Hotel Café
Thursday
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Joan Baez, Tift Merritt @ Santa Monica Pier
Gillian Welch @ Largo at the Coronet
Everest, Red Cortez @ Hammer Museum
Tortoise @ Amoeba Music
Dusty Rhodes and The River Band, These United states, Olin and The Moon @ Echoplex
The Minor Canon, his Orchestra, Courtenay Green @ Silver Lake Lounge
The Lovell Sisters @ Levitt Pavilion
Oliver Future, The Rhone Occupation, Old War Shirt @ Edgar Varela Fine Arts (542 S. Alameda Street)
The Start, Bloodcat Love, Into the Presence, Useless Keys @ The Roxy
Cave Country, Sparrows Gate, Quiet Life @ Spaceland
Steve Wynn and The Miracle Three, The Urinals @ The Echo
You Me and Iowa with The Damselles, Rachel Goodrich, Oak and Gorsky, Sara Roberts @ The Hotel Café
Confirmed Bachelor, Dick and Jane, Cat Hair Ensemble, The Blasting Company @ Hyperion Tavern
The Ruse, Goldenstate, Red Letter Agent @ Troubadour
Kay Hanley, The Dollyrots, The Janks @ The Viper Room
Friday
Jon Brion @ Largo at the Coronet
Andrew Bird, Ra Ra Riot, Heartless Bastards @ Greek Theatre
Klever, Paul Ahi, Destructo, Mr. White @ Avalon
The Rural Alberta Advantage @ The Echo
The Ringers, The Yelling @ The Viper Room
Sara Lov, Two Sheds, Big Organ Trio @ The Mint
Mix Master Mike, Nola Darling @ The Viper Room
Seaspin @ Spaceland
The Widow Babies, NASA Space Universe, Audacity, The Amazements @ The Smell
The Idyllists, Aidan Hawken, Hool, Damion Suomi, The Steelwells, Beth Jean @ The Hotel Café
Foot Village's record release, The Urxed @ Origami Vinyl
Cydney Robinson, Automatique, Gypsy River Haunts @ Pasadena Museum of California Arts (490 E. Union St.)
The Press Fire!, Halloween Swim Team, Narwhal Party, Not the Government @ Box & Sparrow (646 N. Spring St.)
Demonica & the Darklings, The Bourbon Saints, The Lords of Altamont, Stab City @ Redwood Bar & Grill
Tyrone Wells, Curtis Peoples, Huntingfield @ Troubadour
Saturday
Rise Against, Rancid @ The Forum
Michael McDonald, Boz Scaggs @ Greek Theatre
Mandy Moore @ Largo at the Coronet
Mas Exitos, Domingo Siete @ The Getty Center
Tortoise @ Troubadour
Copeland, Sherwood, Anchor & Braille, The Union Line, The Music Lovers @ The Hotel Café
Adam Freeland, Drop the Lime @ The Vanguard
Lucky Dragons, Foot Village, Kit, Death Sentence: PANDA!, Gowns, Softboiled Eggies, The Urxed @ The Smell
Beware of Safety, Gifts from Enola @ Mr. T's Bowl
Ema and the Ghosts, Red Maids @ Pehrspace
The Happy Hollows, The Valley Arena @ The Prospector
Aushua's EP release, We Barbarians, Red Cortez @ Detroit Bar
Sunday
Ray LaMontagne with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Jenny Lewis, Blitzen Trapper @ Hollywood Bowl
Oneida, Amps For Christ, Clip'd Beaks @ The Echo (Early Show; 2 PM)
Grand Ole Echo w/ Gina Villalobos record release @ The Echo (Early Show; 5 PM)
Part Time Punks w/ The Summer Cats, The Tartans @ The Echo (Late Show; 10 PM)
Loch Lomond, The Heavenly States @ Spaceland
The Jakes, Voxhaul Broadcast @ Cinespace
Kim Lenz @ Amoeba Music
Flexions, Bronze, Puppy Dog, Kill Kill Kill @ The Smell
Dottie Grossman, Michael Vlatkovich, Anna Homler, Emily Hay @ Echo Curio
Johnette Napolitano, Seth Roberts & The Lakes, Flo Paris, Aras Baskauskas @ The Hotel Café
Alejandro Escovedo @ McCabe's Guitar Shop
Mayhem Festival 2009 w/ Marilyn Manson, Slayer, Bullet For My Vallentin, Cannibal Corpse, Black Dahlia Murder @ San Manuel Amphitheater
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