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Long Beach’s Magic Lantern have finally gone and released a new sonic document after what seemed like an eternity of waiting. Eagerly anticipated by those who have been biding their time waiting for the band to get on with their uber limited cassette only and CD-R releases (their Self-Titled CD-R was limited to 30), “High Beams”, the band’s latest opus [...]
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Pretty Girls Make Graves are playing Detroit Bar’s anniversary party, for their five-year anniversary party; the show is guest list only. Then you got the Beastie Boys playing Sole Tech’s afterparty for their Etnies Goofy vs. Regular Skate Contest, tickets are hard to get supposedly.
My suggestion, forget trying to get into these shows and go see Starlight Desperation and This Blush at Spaceland.
New on the block is Amateur Chemist, hittin’ up local SoCal shows, taking photos, and posting reviews. Check out the their photos and recap from The Hold Steady’s show at Detroit Bar this past weekend. More photos can also be found here.
Unfortunately my flight back from Belize didn’t arrive until well after the Detroit Bar show ended and I’m not feeling well enough to make the trip to the Troubadour tonight, so I guess I will just have to wait till next time The Hold Steady come to town again to see them, though I doubt the venues will be as intimate.
Find The Hold Steady tracks on The Hype Machine, to post a track would just be redundant. You can also stream the entire album from Vagrant.
The Heartaches are set to release their new album, “Too Cool For School” next Tuesday Oct. 24th via the legendary Swami Records. In conjunction with the release, The Heartaches are hitting the road visiting punk rock clubs and dive bars up and down the West Coast.
The Swami calls it “severely inhibited chord thuggery [that] convey[s] passionately tuneful pop masterpieces”, we call it a damn good beer swilling time. If you are familar with Swami, then you know you will be getting a quality rock n’ roll record. Make sure you pick this up next week.
Download Teenage Hypochondriac (mp3) courtesy of The Heartaches and Time (mp3) courtesy of the Swami, both tracks are from “Too Cool For School”.
The Heartaches West Coast Tour Dates:
10/20/06 Mexicali, MX @ Casa de la Tia Tina
10/21/06 El Centro, CA @ Tommy’s Casino
10/27/06 Glendale, CA @ The Scene Bar
10/28/06 Long Beach, CA @ Alex’s Bar
10/29/06 San Diego, CA @ Casbah
11/02/06 Seattle, WA @ Funhouse
11/03/06 Portland, OR. @ The Tonic Lounge
11/04/06 San Francisco, CA. @ Annie’s Social Club
So in an unfortunate stroke of bad luck the LA Weekly decided to hold their first music festival in downtown LA on the same day as the little old Eagle Rock Music Festival is being held.
Without the vehicle of a newspaper at their discretion, a headlining artist with a brand new album being released the same week, or major radio station blabbing about your festival every other minute, the Eagle Rock Music Festival (if this were a competition) is definitly the underdog, and lets face it, everything in life a competition.
For my money (yes I know the ERMF is free, hence the comment) I would choose heading to Eagle Rock easily over braving the scene in downtown LA. Plus recent reports of Beck delivering lackluster performances and seeing Queens of the Stoneage just a couple months ago at Street Scene, a 35 or something dollar ticket doesn’t sound that attractive, especially since the rest of the talent doesn’t interest me much, except for Peeping Tom and Blackalicous.
So if you are in the same boat as me and going to LA Weeky’s Detour Festival this Saturday in downtown doesn’t sound like much fun, I would suggest heading to Eagle Rock instead for what seems like a down right mellow no bullshit good time. The main section of Colorado Blvd from Eagle Rock Blvd to Argus Blvd will be shut down and local merchants and restaurants will stay open late to serve customers attending the festival.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7…5PM-MIDNIGHT…ON COLORADO BLVD IN EAGLE ROCK…
SHEARIN STAGE:
5-5:45pm - Restaurant
6-6:45pm - The Parson Redheads
7-7:30pm - Music Express
7:45-8:30pm - Eleni Mandel & Inara George
9:30-10:15pm - Great Northern
10:30pm-midnight - Monsters Are Waiting
ARGUS STAGE (sponsored by Little Radio):
5-5:45pm - Life With An Astronaut
6-6:45pm - The Japanese Motors
7-7:45pm - Jet Fuel
8-8:45pm - The Movies
9-9:45pm - Teddy’s Cheer Club
10-10:45pm - Kind Hearts and Coronets
11-11:45pm - Bodies Of Water
CASPAR STAGE:
5-5:45pm - Bali Beyond
6-6:45pm - Element Band
7-7:45pm - Jonathon Stout and his Campus Five
8-8:45pm - Future Pigeon
9-10pm - Afrobeat Down
10:30pm-midnight - Francisco Aguabella
@ MAYWOOD AVE:
5-5:45pm - Forecast
6:15-7pm - False Reflection
7:30-8:15pm - Archery
8:45-9:30 - ER Baptist Band
9:45-10:30 - The Mama Suki
@ the WOMEN’S 20th CENTURY CLUB, 5105 Hermosa (at Colorado)
6-6:45pm - Jason Hardwick
7-7:45pm - Rebecca Pigeon
8-8:45pm - The Finches
9-10pm - Jesca Hoop
@ ER BLVD (presented by Don’s Music):
DonFest, featuring:
5:00 dj chilli stingray
5:20 art damaged
6:00 dj vivian 808
6:20 the guilty hearts
7:00 dj a broken kilometer
7:20 the health club
8:00 joelquiz and asceticfish -diggin’ sunday/KPFK Aziatic Rythms
8:20 the dan clucas experience
9:00 dj freakstik13
9:20 die rockers die
10:00 dj a growl translucent
10:20 the mighty gheidra
11:00 dj dance party throw down
@ SWORK COFFEE, 2160 Colorado Blvd
7-9pm - Cafe Fuego
@ POMP2, xxxx Colorado Blvd
8:30-10pm - The Deserters
@ CAMILO’S, 2128 Colorado Blvd
6-7:30pm - Tim Emmons Trio
8-10pm - Byron Motley
@ CARLOTTA’S PASSION, 2012 Colorado Blvd
6-7:45pm - De La Esquina
8-9:15pm - Esteban Leon
9:30-10:30pm - Xavier Montes
@ RANTZ, 1941 Colorado Blvd
8:45-9:30pm - Humo Verde
@ WELCOME INN, 1840 Colorado Blvd
8:30-10pm - Bonne Musique Zydeco
@ COLOMBO’S, 1833 Colorado Blvd
5-5:45pm - ERHS Jazz Band
6-8:30pm - LA Blues Casters
ER CITY HALL(featuring Highland Park)
5-7pm Queen’s Corners
7:30-9pm - Total View
9:15-10:30pm - Queens Corners
RENAISSANCE ARTS ACADEMY, 1800 Colorado Blvd
5-5:45pm - Occidental Jazz Ensemble
6-6:45pm - R.A.V.E. Band
7-7:45pm - Trash Band
8-8:45 - Taiko Drumming
9-10:30pm - Yorg
Who: BLVD
What: Free / 21+
When: Mondays
Where: Detroit Bar
MP3: Holy Ghost
Who: The Bird and the Bee
What: $10 / 21+
When: Fridays
Where: Silverlake Lounge
MP3: Fucking Boyfriend
Who: The Meeting Places
What: Free / 21+
When: Every Monday except for the first
Where: Silverlake Lounge
MP3: Mumble
Who: The Shore
What: $8 / 21+
When: First three Tuesdays
Where: Silverlake Lounge
MP3: The Hard Road
Who: Winter Flowers
What: Free / 21+
When: Every Monday except for the first
Where: The Echo
MP3: Hey Ho
Who: Rocket
What: Free / 21+
When: Mondays
Where: Spaceland
MP3: Not That Kind Of Girl
