Inflight At Night

Who: The Parson Red Heads
What: Free
When: First three Mondays in December
Where: The Echo
MP3: Punctual As Usual

Who: Lemon Sun
What: $5
When: First three Tuesdays in December
Where: The Echo
MP3: Through These Doors

Who: Delta Spirit
What: Free
When: First three Mondays in December
Where: Spaceland
MP3: Motivation

Who: Briertone
What: Free
When: First three Mondays in December
Where: Detroit Bar
MP3: Cheers

To tell you the truth I have not been this excited about going to see a band play in a long time, I mean, December 8th can’t get here fast enough as far as I’m concerned. That is when The Love Me Nots from Phoenix come back to Los Angeles to play at the Lava Lounge.

Formed less than a year ago, The Love Me Nots, have been gaining a steady following in the online world as well as being embraced by the local Arizona weeklies, two of which have already put the band on their cover, even though they have only played a handful of shows. At the end of August the band went to Detroit and recorded “The Love Me Nots in Black & White” with Jim Diamond (The Dirtbombs, The White Stripes, The Gore Gore Girls) which will be available online and at shows beginning December 2nd.

Their self described spy-fuzz-surf-gogo sound is complemented nicely by a tight well put together image that recalls The Hives “Veni Vidi Vicious”, from their outfits down to their album packaging.

Download Move In Tight (mp3) and Voice In My Head (mp3) from the forthcoming album, and then try to tell me these songs don’t get stuck in your head.

Listen, if you aren’t too exhausted or so fat you can’t move from your holiday festivities, make it a point to get on over the the Scene Bar in Glendale to see Nebula tonight.

Formed in 1997 after vocalist/guitarist Eddie Glass and drummer Ruben Romano left Fu Manchu, Nebula took a more seventies psychedelic approach to their brand of rock than their former desert rock band did. Now on Liquor and Poker Music, Nebula recently released their 9th album (their 2nd on Liquor and Poker, prior to this they released 2 albums on Sub Pop), Apollo, and have since abandoned some of the psychedelics which so noticeably set them apart from their former bandmates, and have instead opted to crank out some driving rock that’s more along the lines of Sweden’s, The Hellacopters.

Download Fever Frey (mp3) and Lightbringer (mp3) courtesy of Liquor and Poker and Nebula. Both tracks are from “Apollo” that you can pick up at insound!

Many more mp3’s can be found on Nebula’s album page on their website.

Black Fur is Shanna Kiel’s (of Sullen fame) new band out of Los Angeles. Shanna recently released a solo album called “Orphan” that she recorded in Chicago with Scott Lucas from Local H. Since recording the album she put together Black Fur and took the new songs on the road opening up some west coast shows for the The Hold Steady on most recent tour.

Shanna and Black Fur can best be compared to Courtney Love and The Distillers, it’s familar, but completely original. If you listened to her old band Sullen, then you know what you are in for. Download Sharpen The Dull (mp3) and listen to some other songs from “Orphan” as well as some new/unreleased tracks on Black Fur’s MySpace page.

Black Fur play a last minute show tomorrow (11/21) at BB King’s at the Universal City Walk, the show is all ages and Black Fur go on 10:45.

UPDATE: Black Fur have been added to the Pearls & Brass show at The Scene Bar on December 4th, they go on at 10pm, get there early.

Washington DC’s French Toast opened a couple shows for Wilco earlier this year as they were getting set to enter the studio to record their second full length, “Ingleside Terrace”, and whether it was intentional or just happenstance, a little bit of Wilco definitely rubbed off on these gentlemen. Released on October 8th on Dischord, “Ingleside Terrace” is a jangly pop record that’s majority of songs conjure up comparisons to Tweety and Dylan, a pretty large departure from their earlier work on “In A Cave” and “Bug Man”, both of which relied more heavily on post-punk guitar work and chilly electronics.

Comprised of a who’s who of members from legendary bands such as The Make Up, Nation of Ulysses, Cupid Car Club, All Scars, and Small Doses; French Toast is James Canty, Jerry Busher, and Ben Gilligan.

Currently on tour with These Arms Are Snakes, French Toast play Spaceland this Sunday (11/19), you can download Took You For Strong (mp3) from “Ingleside Terrace”, courtesy of Southern Records.

Patient they have been, since releasing their self-titled full length debut in 2004 and making a name for themselves around LA and abroad, Midnight Movies went into a pretty long hibernation during which the band lost and gained new members (including getting Gena out from behind the drum kit and up front where she belongs), writing a new record, and changing record labels.

And just as recently as a two weeks ago, we the fans who have been also waiting patiently for new material were treated to the release of their first single, “Patient Eye” from their forthcoming album entitled “Lion the Girl” which will be released this coming March. The single was released digitally (though 7″s and CD singles will be available at their live shows) and includes three tracks; Patient Eye (edit), Golden Hair (Syd Barrett cover), and Patient Eye (LP version).

Patient Eye is a dark haunting track that showcases Gena Olivier’s Nico-esq vocals over a Ladytron-ish sans big synths instrumentals. Download Patient Eye (mp3) and if you are in the LA area, check out the Midnight Movies tomorrow (11/17) at Spaceland for their single release party and on Saturday (11/18) at The Prospector in Long Beach.