Café Tacvba at The Greek
plus special guest Ima Robot at 7:30 pm
The Walkmen at the Troubadour
Few bands boast the closeness of the Walkmen: featuring former members of the Recoys and Jonathan Fire*Eater, the five-piece coalition has existed in one form or other since its members were fifth graders. In recent years their U2- and the Cure-influenced rockage has catapulted the band from humble Pub gigs to world tours. These days, their bittersweet, rough-around-the-edges garage-rock taps into an often somber tone, laying organ and piano over lyrics pondering the age-old question of what might have been. Tonight they hit town in support of their new album, You & Me.
– Rachel Brodsky
Traditional vallenato music from Colombia’s fishing and rural farming villages is the backbone of Very Be Careful’s sound. This music is fueled by danceable accordion rhythms, cumbia, and urgent lyrics that speak of love, barroom brawls and salt-of-the-earth heroes. Money Mark brings dual drummers, horns and tweaked synthesizers, along with surprise guests adding to an evening that fuses jazz-funk-rock, trippy pop and classic R&B.
Sunset Junction pre-party w/ LANGHORNE SLIM / ROBERT FRANCIS / THE HISTORIES @ Spaceland
Langhorne Slim [Watch]
An unconventional folk and blues singer from Brooklyn (by way of Pennsylvania), Langhorne Slim skillfully infuses his rootsy songs with elements of bluegrass, rock, and country music.
Once known as Sean Scolnick, Slim has got his start touring as a popular opener for the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players. A handful of independent releases followed, but Slim’s ascent has begun in earnest with the release of a new, self-titled CD. The disc nicely blends simplicity and eccentricity, reflecting his live-wire stage act. - NPR
with:
Robert Francis
The Histories
Beachwood Sparks [Listen]
Beachwood Sparks have come to represent a certain part of California–they are the music of the trees, the hills, the valleys, the canyons and the streams that were all part of this great state before any of us were here. Embodying all that we know now as canyon music, their light, ethereal and sometimes morose psychedelic California-country rock picks up where the Notorious Byrd Brothers left off, and is crafted to convey an appreciation for all that natural beauty cast away from our urban enclaves. - LA Record
with:
Winter Flowers [Listen]
Mia Doi Todd [Listen]
The Movies
Blank Blue [Listen]
DJ Nobody
Echoplexenter
1154 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026
¡¡¡ MARK YOUR CALENDARS !!!
LA WEEKLY PRESENTS THE GERMS / THE MAE SHI / SPIDER PROBLEM @ ECHO
The Germs [Listen]
The “new Germs” have toured semi-regularly since 2005, including a run on the 2006 Vans Warped Tour and playing the “Secret” premiere in June. Fans and some punk peers initially derided the reunion, believing it to be either a nostalgic cash-in or a reputation-sullying mistake. But those aghast by Landon from “A Walk to Remember” donning Crash’s blue-circle armband, are realizing that West’s spit-soaked reprisals of his Crash role are faithful and riveting, right down to West’s spitfire rebuttals to skeptics.“If you sit home moaning about the past and haven’t seen us play, then you can go to hell,” West said. “I wasn’t going to mess with Darby’s songs or change his singing style. I wasn’t going to be sober doing lounge-jazz either.”In a way, the Germs’ sets are more live theater than reunion tour, and less of a post-mortem hit parade than a chance for a younger generation to feel the gleeful fury and bleak sadness of the ’80s L.A. punk scene for themselves.“There is a level of chaos, mischief and danger to it, but it’s fun and done in the original spirit,” said West. “We try and show them what a real punk rock show should be.” - LA Times
with:
The Mae Shi
Spider Problem
Michael Mazochi And the Widows at Hotel Cafe
with:
Terra Naomi at 10pm
doors 9:45pm
Three live music stages provide much of the energy, where local heroes like Mike Watt, Extra Fancy and Candye Kane perform back-to-back sets. Midway rides and an open-air disco add to the fun. Of course vendors are in on the action, with more than 200 booths offering everything from tamales to Greenpeace literature.
- Al Ridenour, Los Angeles Citysearch
ECHO AND STONES THROW PRESENT PEANUT BUTTER WOLF SUNSET JUNCTION AFTERPARTY PLUS J ROCC / ARABIAN PRINCE / DAM FUNK / HAIRCUT
Peanut Butter Wolf [Listen] [Watch]
He took on the name Peanut Butter Wolf in the late-80s when he realized that, in an odd turn of events, a girlfriend’s youngest brother feared the “peanut butter wolf monster” more than death itself. Wolf and his more conventionally-named counterpart, Charizma, began recording in 1989 when the two were still teenagers. Within three years, the duo signed a contract with Hollywood Basic (Disney) alongside label mates Organized Konfusion and DJ Shadow. Charizma and Peanut Butter Wolf were riding high, touring Europe, receiving press in magazines such as Billboard and (a then newspaper format) Urb, hanging with radio legends Sway & King Tech on Wake Up Show and performing live shows with groups like House of Pain, Nas and The Pharcyde. Then, in December of 1993, Charizma tragically lost his life. Stunned, Wolf temporarily gave up on music.
After releasing the song “Just Like A Test” with Charizma for David Paul’s Bomb Hip Hop Compilation early in 1994, Upstairs Records, a label known primarily for house music, approached Wolf to record an instrumental LP. Thus, the Peanut Butter Breaks was born; the record became the Wolf’s calling card, leading to meetings and collaborations with like-minded DJs like Q-bert, Cut Chemist and Rob Swift.
After the release of Peanut Butter Breaks, PB Wolf found himself in demand as a producer. His track for the all-scratching compilation Return of the DJ was labeled “incredible” by The Source magazine. He released a 6 song compilation for South Paw Records in 1995, featuring collaborations with up and coming San Jose MCs. He also produced Kool Keith’s first single as a solo artist “Wanna Be A Star.” These releases, amongst others, led to a picture disc EP for British label 2 Kool Records.
In 1996, Peanut Butter Wolf founded Stones Throw Records. Charizma’s posthumous “My World Premiere” was the single to launch the label. Lately, PB Wolf has moved away from producing (save the odd remix or compilation track) to build the Stones Throw label and to travel as a DJ to Europe, Japan, Australia, Canada, and across the US. Through his willingness to experiment and provide Stones Throw’s artists with musical carte blanche, he has overseen the releases of Lootpack’s Soundpieces, Quasimoto’s The Unseen, Breakestra’s Live Mix, Yesterdays New Quintet’s Angles Without Edges, Madlib’s Shades of Blue, and Jaylib’s Champion Sound.
with:
J Rocc [Listen]
Arabian Prince [Listen]
Dam Funk [Listen]
Haircut [Listen]
Echoplexenter
1154 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026
Aquarium Drunkard presents: CENTRO-MATIC / SLEEPERCAR (feat. Jim Ward of Sparta) / SOUTH SAN GABRIEL @ Spaceland
Centro-Matic [Listen]
With the release of Fort Recovery, Austin/Denton’s favorite sons celebrate a decade together, all the more remarkable when one considers how fresh Centro-matic still sounds…The band’s 10th full-length contains some of bandleader Will Johnson’s best songwriting. He and his compatriots, Matt Pence, Scott Danbom, and Mark Hedman, have grown into a band that chills you with washes of orchestrated chaos and seductive melodies, creating intense vistas, memorable pop hooks, and moments of rare intimacy…Ultimately what makes Fort Recovery a success is Centro-matic’s ability to make distinctively American music with uncommon fervor and without cliché. - Austin Chronicle
with:
Sleepercar (Jim Ward of Sparta) [Listen]
South San Gabriel [Listen]
SUBMIT YOUR PICTURES!!!
THE MAE-SHI @ Spaceland
THE MOVIES @ Spaceland
DENGUE FEVER @ Viper Room
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