CASEY NEILL & THE NORWAY RATS
CORREATOWN
OBI BEST
NAKED HEARTS
Silverlake Lounge

CASEY NEILL & THE NORWAY RATS
“...formed as a ramshackle collection of Portland's finest musos backing Neill's songs. Their music is indie rock with elements of haunting Americana, Celtic melody, and rowdy punk energy. The Norway Rats can alternate from gorgeous ballads to raucous rave-ups and feature Adam East (Adam and Kris), Ezra Holbrook (Dr Theopolis & ex-Decemberists), and Jenny Conlee (of the Decemberists). “ - Bio
CORREATOWN
“There's an inescapably seductive quality to Angela Correa's songs; despite the fact that every song she writes is downtempo and melancholy, [they are full] of mellowness rather than sedation. Only Correa's endlessly soothing voice and the strength of her bittersweet songs allows her to avoid the pitfalls of a "downer." Angela’s wispy vocals suggest a world where the seasons never change, the hours don't pass and the only causes for concern are heartache and depression - two things Correa understands well.” - Splendid Magazine
NAKED HEARTS
"The New York City duo nicely combine alt-country, haunting echo, indie-rock, and more on their debut... A bit hard to pin down genre-wise, The Naked Hearts flourish in that ambiguity" - QRO Magazine
NAKED HEARTS 10:30p
CORREATOWN 9:30p
OBI BEST 11:30p
CASEY NEILL & THE NORWAY RATS 8:30p

The Budos Band || Listen || Watch
The Budos Band’s second album, much like their first one, is practically an archeological dig. They’ve broken down through all the strata of the post-punk/post-disco era to uncover the fertile soil of late 1960s and early 70s Afrofunk and soul-jazz, not to mention funky 70s blaxploitation soundtracks, 60s Now Sound LPs, Ethio-jazz and plain old superbad funk. The end result is something so hip it could kill you in large doses-in the right doses it just plain kills.
The Budos crew hails from Brooklyn, but their outlook is definitely global– they somewhat restrictively term what they do “Afro-soul,” which works well as a basic distillation of what they do and probably at least tells the right people to listen. It’s strictly instrumental, but never showy, and they avoid protracted compositions– there are no twenty-minute Fela-inspired burners on here, just a ton of memorable, concise tracks stuffed with compact solos and big themes played by a big horn section. - Pitchfork
with:
Boogaloo Assassins
BORN RUFFIANS
HEAVY YOUNG HEATHENS / LOCAL NATIVES
Spaceland

Born Ruffians || Listen || Watch
Born Ruffians is on the up and up. The young Toronto band has mostly charmed critics with its two EPs to date, but guess what? Get past Luke Lalonde’s reedy voice and the yelping singalong tendencies in backing vocals and it’s clear the group is onto something: their debut album Red, Yellow and Blue is a consistent, and consistently unexpected, pleasure.
If you took Vampire Weekend’s melodic sensibility (the clean, simple melody and bass lines), threw in a serving of Animal Collective’s late-period experimental pop joy, and laid something like Alec Ounsworth’s pointed voice over the top, you might end up approaching something like Born Ruffians’ sound. What’s most apparent on their debut is the middle bit. It’s 40 minutes of joy, with few breaks. When Lalonde sings, on the opening “Red, Yellow and Blue”, that on the flag for his own country he’d include “Blue, because I’d still have sad days”, you never quite believe it. - Popmatters
With:
Heavy Young Heathens || Listen
Local Natives || Listen
8:30pm / $12 / 21+

meet the charm known as WATERCOLOR PAINTINGS
Watercolor Paintings - Telephone Wires from If You Make It on Vimeo.
some more really fun kids we met a few days ago...they go by name PANGEA
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DENGUE FEVER
Sleepwalking Through the Mekong follows Los Angeles based band Dengue Fever on their recent journey to Cambodia to perform 60s and 70s Cambodian rock n' roll in the country where it was created and very nearly destroyed. The odyssey is a homecoming for singer Chhom Nimol and a transformation for the rest of the band as they perform with master musicians and record new songs along the way.
yeah, as many of you know from seeing them live, they're really THAT good! check out this footage from their current tour.

COMPETITION IS NOW OPEN!
The Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council is a grassroots-level advisory committee set-up by a 1999 revision to the City of Los Angeles Charter that created the Neighborhood Council system. We represent our community on issues ranging from affordable housing and sustainability to arts, land use, education, and public safety.
Our 28-member volunteer Board of Directors represents residents, business owners, public and private sector employees, the homeless, social service providers, artists, and educators across Downtown and is elected by stakeholders every two years. Past successes include ArtWalk and other community events such as Park[ing] Day LA, Project Homeless Connect, community mixers and advocacy on many community issues.
The Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council logo competition is now open through May 12, 2009 and we're looking to redefine our image to reflect the qualities of Downtown and the neighborhood we so proudly represent.
How to Enter: Enter up to three submissions and help us define our organization by emailing your submission to logo@dlanc.com. If you have any questions, please email us at logo@dlanc.com All entries will be on display for public viewing at the May 14, 2009 ArtWalk! MORE INFO AFTER THE JUMP
¡¡¡ MARK YOUR CALENDARS !!!

JDub Records & Nextbook Present
A New Monthly Party:
MILK & HONEY
Tuesday April 28th @ Bar Lubitsch
7702 Santa Monica Blvd.
West Hollywood
8pm - 12 am / FREE / 21+
OPEN BAR while it lasts
Featuring DJ Sabbo (of Soulico)
Hip-Hop, Middle Eastern Dancehall, Rare Groove, Reggae, Baltimore Club, Afrofunk
myspace.com/sabbosoulico
myspace.com/soulicocrew
jdubrecords.org * nextbook.org
Made possible with support from Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles
Silver Lake Neighborhood Council Says Sunset Junction Needs an Overhaul
[...]Ultimately, the Board voted unanimously in favor of a motion stating that it will "oppose the Sunset Junction Street Festival in its current format." What this means for the future of the popular festival is still unknown... LAWeekly.com
Relocation, fee changes, cancellation? Speculate wildly!
Here's some video of Soko's last and only known L.A. performance:

Echo Park Named One of Top 10 Great Neighborhoods

And when you hear that, you might find yourself asking which Realtor came up with that ranking. Luckily, this time there is some creditability behind the designation: the American Planning Association. They "singled out Echo Park because of its breathtaking topography set in the hills above downtown, historic architecture, pedestrian-oriented streets and stairways, and engaged residents who, over the years, have gone to great lengths to protect and preserve their community," according to an APA release (add: their website has more info and history on why EP was chosen) .... more after you click on the image!
SUBMIT YOUR PICTURES!!!
THE MAE-SHI @ Spaceland

THE MOVIES @ Spaceland

DENGUE FEVER @ Viper Room

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