What Cool Shows Are Going On This Week in L.A.? (Dec. 26, 2011

The Growlers at Silverlake Jubilee 2010 – Photo: Matt Draper

We don’t post every show that’s going on every night (in or around L.A.) we just post the goods according to our collective knowledge. We’re music elitists at heart but we try our best to keep an open palette of taste with an affinity towards underground, indie and local musicians and venues. Let us know if we missed something good.

♥ = Top Picks

Click on the venue links to buy tickets and for more info. Set times are added to the show list if and when we receive them and are subject to change.

MONDAY – Dec. 26, 2011

♥ (FREE) Manhattan Murder Mystery, One Trick Pony, Last In Class, George Glass @ The Satellite
♥ (FREE) Neverever, Sea Lions, Catwalk, Dream Homes, Soft Faces @ The Echo
(FREE) Future Dancing 10:30pm, Cody The Band 9:30pm, Sunken Ships 8:30pm @ Bootleg Bar
(FREE) Spaceships 10:30pm, Belowme 9:30pm, The Dramedy 11:30pm @ Silverlake Lounge
(FREE) Free Moral Agents @ Detroit Bar
Frank Fairfield @ Redwood Bar
(FREE) Metal Monday – Nails, It’s Casual, Children of God, The Love Below @ Slidebar Cafe
Stephen Bower & The Silent Majority 7:30pm, Jomonee 8:30pm, Lauren Silva 9:30pm, and Bruce Garnitz Band 10:30pm @ The Mint

TUESDAY – Dec. 27, 2011

Violent Vickie 11pm, Hanin Elias (Atari Teenage Riot) 10pm, Miata 9pm @ Pehrspace
Designer Drugs, Tamara Sky @ Dim Mak Studios
(FREE) SONS OF AUGUST, CROSBY TYLER, YONATAN ELKAYAM @ Harvard & Stone
Moondog Orchestra, The Zoo @ Redwood Bar
Moshavw 9:30pm, The Wellspring 10:30pm @ The Mint

WEDNESDAY – Dec. 28, 2011

♥ The Growlers 11pm, Tomorrow’s Tulips 10pm, The Abigails 9pm @ The Echo
♥ (FREE) Dam-Funk @ Amoeba Music
Justin Miller (DFA), Franki Chan @ Los Globos
Naked Kids 11:30pm, Heroes and Heroines 10:30pm, Ancient Animals 9:30pm, Dirty Orca 8:30pm @ Silverlake Lounge
Upground 10:30pm, Lilo 9:30pm, Fernanda Ulibarri 8:30pm @ Bootleg Bar
The Kill Pills, Johnnie Heartbreak @ Redwood Bar
Bob Seger @ STAPLES Center
(FREE) Omar Velasco, Aimee Lay, Laura Meyer @ The Standard Hollywood
(FREE before 10pm) Dub Club @ Echoplex

THURSDAY – Dec. 29, 2011

♥ Fishbone, The Aggrolites @ Key Club
♥ 3:10 Habits, 3:50 Geoff Geis, 4:15 Jack Littman, 5:40 Gangi, 5:05 Gothic Tropic, 5:35 Steffaloo, 6:05 Kynan, 6:35 Ahhkiyyini (Stage 2), 7:10 Poweraxe (Stage 1), 7:45 Professor Calculus (Stage 2), 8:10 Yohuna (Stage 1), 8:45 Stay Cool Forever / Dudes (battle on floor) (Stage 2), 9:35 Twin Steps/So Many Wizards (battle) (Stage 1), 10:25 Truman Peyote (Stage 2), 11:00 Philip Seymour Hoffman (Stage 2), 11:35 Pregnant (Stage 2), 12:05 TRMRS/Pangea/FIDLAR (round robin) (Stage 1), 1:15 Kid Infinity (Stage 2) @ Catnap FMLY FEST!
♥ The Growlers 11pm, Dante vs. Zombies 10pm, Thee Rain Cats 9pm @ The Echo
Strung Out, Death By Stereo & Agent Orange @ The Observatory
Shlohmo, Jonwayne, Groundislava, RL Grime, Juj, D33J, Melonious Drunk @ Echoplex
WAR @ Grove of Anaheim
Bell Gardens, Little Red Lung, Nocturnes @ The Satellite
Snuffaluffagus 10pm, Korey Dane 8pm, Joey Dosik 9pm, Maston 11pm @ Bootleg Bar
Alice Austin 9:30pm, Audrey Ryan 8:30pm, Capgun Hold-Ups 10:30pm, G. DaPonte 11:30pm @ Silverlake Lounge
Franklin Bruno 7pm @ Origami Vinyl
Woody Allen and His New Orleans Jazz Band @ Royce Hall – UCLA
Acoustic Generation & Max Minardi at The Roxy
PROGRAMMED2THRASH, the Obsidian Fortress, rabble/rabble @ Lot 1 Cafe
New Edition @ San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino
CLUB BLOW UP w/ BLACK MAMBAS & DJ JAKE CAVALIERE (from LORDS OF ALTAMONT), THE FLYTRAPS @ Redwood Bar
Super Diamond @ House of Blues Anaheim

FRIDAY – Dec. 30, 2011

♥ The Growlers, Allah Las, TRMRS @ The Echo
♥ 4:20 Gibbons and the Sluts (stage 1), 4:45 M31 (stage two), 5:20 Ana Caravelle (stage 1), 5:55 WHITE (stage 2) ,6:30 Blackbird Blackbird/Dream Panther (battle on stage 1), 7:20 Verbs (stage 2), 8:00 Kid Static (stage 1), 8:40 Cosmonauts/Cab 20/Lovely Bad Things (round robin on stage 1), 9:40 Messy Sparkles (stage 2), 10:15 Emily Reo (stage 1), 10:50 Vacation Dad, 11:10 Dark Sea of Awareness, 11:45 Michael Parallax, 12:20 TGR BLD/NRK Collective (battle), 1:10 Oh Fortuna @ Chuco’s FMLY FEST!
♥ Tim Reynolds & TR3 10pm @ The Mint
♥ Beats Antique, Emancipator, Random Rab, Lynx 8:30pm, doors 7:30pm @ Club Nokia
♥ El Ten Eleven, Tapioca and the Flea @ Constellation Room
♥ Matthew Sweet (Performing ‘Girlfriend’) @ Echoplex
(FREE) The Greenery with The Sparring @ Slidebar Cafe
Gothic Tropic, Thee Rain Cats, MASXS, Waterstrider @ The Satellite
Bourbon Jones, Jay Buchanan @ Alex’s Bar
Many Mansions 11pm, Deap Valley, Harriet @ Bootleg Bar
Kinky @ Conga Room
Kreayshawn with Overdoz @ The Observatory
Unwritten Law with Black Pacific featuring Jim Lindeberg @ The Roxy
THE CHECKERS, TELEPHONE LOVERS, ARTHUR ALEXANDER @ Redwood Bar
weyou, nate wood band & more @ Pehrspace
Keepers of the Sun, Cosmodelion, We Are/She Is, DJ Velvet Touch @ La Cave
Starpool’s 2nd Annual Ska Luau w/ Suburban Legends, Half Past Two, The Skank Agents, and Magnolia Polynesian Club @ House of Blues Anaheim
Caspa, Dillon Francis @ Avalon Hollywood
Asher Roth, Midnite Theory 9pm @ The Viper Room
Mack Marquard & The Slim Pickins’ play Rebecca Balin’s Residency @ Lot 1 Cafe
Jim Jefferies (Comedy, super funny & vulgar) @ Grove of Anaheim

SATURDAY – Dec. 31, 2011 – New Year’s Eve – BRING IT 2012!

♥ Glass Candy, Chromatics, Desire, Goddollars (DJ Set) @ Los Globos
♥ Alex’s Bar NYE Party With The Aggrolites, Left Alone, Perro Bravo, DJ Dennis Owens, & DJ Oldboy @ Alex’s Bar
♥ Cults 9:30pm, Jenny and Johnny, doors 8pm @ The Standard Hollywood
♥ John Digweed (Live Set) @ Avalon Hollywood
♥ Pink Martini @ Walt Disney Concert Hall
♥ TR3 featuring Tim Reynolds 10pm, Marcus Eaton 9pm @ The Mint
Wanda Jackson, Best Coast 9pm, doors 8pm @ Club Nokia
Benny Benassi @ Yost Theater
Give Up the Ghost @ Secret Location
The Henry Clay People, RACES, LA Font @ The Satellite
Musiq Soulchild @ House of Blues Sunset
DJ Quik @ Key Club
ATB with Manufactured Superstars @ The Observatory
Funky Sole New Years Eve with Breakestra @ The Echo
BOOTIE LA NYE 2012 @ Echoplex
Junkie XL with Jason Bentley and Cosmic Kids @ Detroit Bar
PART TIME PUNKS New Year’s Eve Party w/ DJ Jose Maldonado of Sweet And Tender Hooligans @ La Cita
Santoros, Them Howling Bones, Buffalo Blackfooth, Interrupted & plenty of guest DJs @ The Hear Gallery
HOT BISCUIT NYE 2012 @ 643 Carondelete St.
DEATH on the RADIO, FANGS on FUR, the GEARS, the MAU MAUS @ Redwood Bar
Goodie Tu Shoes NYE w/ JOHNNY CASH tribute band ‘With a Bible and a Gun’ @ El Cid
Dirt Nasty 11:30pm, Andre Legacy 9:30pm, Beardo 10:30pm @ The Viper Room
(FREE w/ RSVP) PAUL DEVRO, JAMIE ACID GIRLS, CHUCK INGLISH & more @ The Well
(FREE before 10pm SLIDEBAR NYE 2012 – DAN SENA/RADROK/Jeremiah Red/DjJay @ Slidebar Cafe
LA Guns featuring Dilana @ Whiskey A Go Go
Semi Precious Weapons and Warner Drive with Beta Wolf, Benvenue, Ope @ Roxy Theater
(FREE) La Cave’s FREE NYE Dance Party @ La Cave
Beach Life Kings NYE Party 9pm @ The Central SAPC