hell, if you really want to deal with the traffic and parking, this is a definite worthy celebration...
Revelers at the 18th annual Santa Monica Festival will enjoy an eclectic day of music, dance, and visual arts by some of the most exciting performers and artists in the region. Celebrate Mother Earth and all moms this Mother’s Day weekend while indulging in guilt-free shopping from vendors featuring earth-friendly artistic wares. Eat fresh foods from an assortment of local eateries and participate in art workshops using recycled and repurposed materials. This year, the festival advances its effort to become a zero-waste event in order to reduce its impact on the environment and the community. MORE AFTER THE JUMP
NOUS NON PLUS
LE CORPS MINCE DE FRANCOISE / THE BREAKUPS
Spaceland
The Francophile New Yorkers of Nous Non Plus have given us American indie rock sung almost exclusively in French. Many hip musicians have long been obsessed with the nation that gave us both the pencil and duck-vomit cracker spread.
On its second album, Menagerie, the six-piece Nous Non Plus expresses a desire to “imagine Gainsbourg and Bardot as indie rockers in 2008.”
The French lyrics and boy/girl vocal interplay between singers Jean-Luc Retard and Céline Dijon (sardonically assumed names, of course) helps boost this gutsy comparison. But outside of the ye-ye vocals and French lyrics, the band doesn’t much resemble swingin’ ’60s Paris as much as your average indie pop group, which works to the band’s benefit.
The album’s highlight, “Thief Like Me” (one of just three songs on the album with an English title), is a rush of vintage synth-pop a la Ultravox, or, more contemporarily, Cut Copy or Chromeo — all analog blips and skittering disco drums over a gut-hitting descending chord pattern. - Alarm Magazine
With:
Le Corps Mince De Francoise || Listen
The Breakups
8:30pm / $10 advance; $12 day of show / 21+
On May 9, Los Angeles gets its first festival devoted to California’s craft beer culture. Call it the next wave in the artisinal beer revolution brewing here in Southern California.
A dozen of the state’s best brewers will pour 26 handcrafted beers while L.A. chefs will sling FREE pub grub (gourmet bar nuts, artisan cheese pairings, vegan snacks). Attendees can feast on beer treats like ale cupcakes and stout ice cream from the gelato geniuses at Scoops. And a slew of local bands will share the stage with renowned brewers giving tips and discussing their wares, as well as cheese experts lecturing on pairing beer with food. There will truly be something for every beer drinker, from new fan to freak!
Breweries include: The Bruery, Craftsman, Firestone Walker, Hangar 24, Port Brewing, Lost Abbey, Sierra Nevada Telegraph and more to be announced soon.
Food courtesy of: Pure Luck, Hot Knives, Burrito Project, Scoops & more
entrance fee covers beer, food, brewery roundtables and live music.
Proceeds benefit 826LA, the nonprofit tutor program and children’s writing workshop founded by author Dave Eggers.
Craft Beer Fest LA is a new annual tradition brought to you by LA CABAL.
@ Echoplex
enter at 1154 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026
Save Money when you order tickets by mobile phone
text craft to 467467
2pm / $30 / 21+
Juanita's hosting Pussy Cow's anniversary party...Stab City supporting...jeez...enough said!
TOMORROW*SUNDAY*TOMORROW
Apartment 3 carries vintage and independent designer apparel for the mens and the ladies!
Now open!
Come visit the new Los Feliz location in Los Feliz across the street from Ozzie Dots, Wacko and Cobras & Matadors
Hours are Thursday - Sunday 12-6pm
Also availble 24/7 by appointment.
Retail Location:
4634 Hollywood blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Phone: 310.924.9554
Online store and Website: www.apartment-3.com
Ben Harper Explores Rock With Relentless7
World Cafe, May 8, 2009 - Over the past decade and a half, Ben Harper has grown from college-radio mainstay to world-renowned headliner for his blend of folk, rock and blues. His new incarnation with Relentless7 is a project 10 years in the making, starting back when Harper first became a friend of guitarist Jason Mozersky.
Relentless7 isn't just another one of Ben Harper's side projects. Instead, the band replaces Harper's past sound with stripped-down rock, which it plays in a session with World Cafe host David Dye. Relentless7's debut album, White Lies for Dark Times, weaves Harper's soulful singing together with energetic drums and cascading electric guitars.
Hear The Full Ben Harper & The Relentless7 SessionASI and EL ECHO PARQUEÑO present:
URB magazine interviews DRAKE for their 15 annual next 100 issue:
" yes he was wheelchair jimmy on canada's saved by the bell-ish melodrama"
Read the article HERE
The video of the first single from NYLON Records' Plastiscines
It's just so, so, NYLON Records-y...
Modest Mouse drummer joins The Shins
Modest Mouse drummer Joe Plummer has replaced Jesse Sandoval in The Shins, as part of a shuffle in the lineup of the band. Keyboardist Marty Crandall is also out of the band, while Fruit Bats man Ron Lewis has joined the band on bass. In an interview with Pitchfork, Shins main man James Mercer revealed that he felt it was time to shuffle the lineup after playing with both Crandall and Sandoval since the mid-nineties. "I started to have production ideas that I wanted to do that basically required some other people. It's mainly about that. It's an aesthetic decision. It's kind of hard to talk abut stuff like that, isn't it? Because I don't want to bum anybody out. I'm on good terms with those guys, I hope to maintain that. I wouldn't say I'd never work with them again. I love working with those guys," he says. MORE AFTER THE JUMP
Ida Maria:
Neurosis Meets Sass In 'Naked'
By Christian Hoard
NPR.org, May 6, 2009 - Long before the U.S. release of Fortress Round My Heart, Ida Maria Sivertsen was an indie-rock It Girl overseas and on music blogs here. By the end of 2009, "I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked" may well be overexposed. But until then, it's best to enjoy it as a likable slab of garage-pop that's both confessional and bloody-good fun — a song where the singer wears her heart on her sleeve, but prefers to wear nothing at all. MORE AFTER THE JUMP
Exclusive First Listen:
Grandaddy's Jason Lytle
Hear His Entire Solo Debut Two Weeks Before Its Official Release
Few songwriters possess Jason Lytle's gift for telling stories. In a 15-year run as the frontman and creative force behind the Modesto, Calif., rock band Grandaddy, Lytle penned an inspired catalog of neo-psychedelic pop songs, with gut-punch tales of destitute drunks, failed suburban dreams and at least one robot that died from a broken heart. They're songs that unfold with the plainspoken elegance of a Raymond Carver short story, striking a curious and utterly affecting balance between the cosmic and the comic...more after you click on the image above.
Sonic Youth Sneak Preview,
The Year's Best Jazz Record (So Far), More
The New York-based group Sonic Youth has been making some of the most inspired and influential rock music of the past quarter century. The band is about to release its 16th studio album and its first for the Matador record label. The Eternal won't be out until June 9, but you can hear an early cut on this edition of All Songs Considered. Also on the program: Pakistan-born singer Natasha Khan and her Bat For Lashes project; music from the grasslands of China and Mamer; French singer Marianne Dissard; Ethiopian jazz legend Mulatu Astatke and the Londo-based jazz group Heliocentrics; and the Atlanta-based rock group Manchester Orchestra. Listen to the entire story! Just click on the image above!
Download this show in the All Songs Considered podcast.
Cool Kid's Gone Fishing mixtape is finally finished. Free download after the jump. The artist themselves are the ones who are giving out the mixtape download for free!
download here
From one my favorites, ROCK INSIDER:
Los Angeles by way of Oregon psychedelic pop outfit The Parson Red Heads have something to celebrate! Their new EP “Orangufang” is available on Rock Insider's very own little vinyl label JAXART Records!! Be sure to download to "Raymond" from the release above and order the 7 inch now to get the exclusive digital EP with two more amazing tracks.
The record is also available at Origami Vinyl in Echo Park. Read a great article about Origami Vinyl in the LA Times. It was featured on the front page of the paper! [READ MORE]
Exclusive First Listen:
Conor Oberst And The Mystic Valley Band's
'Outer South'
NPR.org - When Conor Oberst hit the road last year in support of his eponymous solo debut, he took with him a group of close, longtime friends he dubbed The Mystic Valley Band. The group of half a dozen musicians had helped Oberst record his country-flavored album in Tepoztlan, Mexico's Valle Mistico in early 2008. While on tour, Oberst and members of the band continued to write and share songs with one another, eager to capture the energy of their live performances. By the end of 2008, Oberst and The Mystic Valley Band had enough material for a second album, and entered a studio in Tornillo, Texas, to lay down 16 new tracks. The album they came up with, Outer South, won't be released until May 5, but you can hear it in its entirety on NPR Music as an Exclusive First Listen. CLICK ON THE IMAGE ABOVE.
the new must see...
Anvil: The Story of Anvil
Ha! look at little joy basking in the daylight with its new tricked out blinkity blink bling!
"They say nobody walks in LA, but many people cross Sunset Blvd. at Portia everyday. This new signalized crosswalk will make it safer for them when they do," Council President Eric Garcetti said today at a news conference introducing Echo Park's new pedestrian friendly feature.
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
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
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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