Two AWESOME music festivals going on this weekend. One in So Cal and one in Nor Cal. I decided to skip out on San Deigo’s Street-Scene this year and hit up San Francisco’s Outside Lands! If you’re not going to either, you’re def missing out. But here’s some cool shit to do in LA, while we’re away.
♥ = Top picks
Friday, Aug. 28
Shows:
♥ Os Mutantes, DJ Nobody @ Echoplex
♥ Gang Gang Dance, Ariel Pink @ Troubadour
Pete Yorn, Juliette Commagere, J.D. King @ Henry Fonda Music Box
Ted Leo and The Pharmacists, Jeff The Brotherhood @ The Echo
Hecuba, Lucky Dragons, Eat Tapes, Beast Cop @ The Smell
♥ The Warlocks, The Morning After Girls, Gliss @ Spaceland
♥ Junior Boys (DJ Set), Virgin Tears, Mr. White @ Avalon
The Frequency, Pollyn, Free the Robots, Big Moves @ The Mint
Jim Bianco, Common Rotation vs. The Dustbowl Cavaliers record release, etc. @ The Hotel Café
Tenacious D @ Largo at the Coronet
Great White @ House of Blues Sunset
The Ruse, Golden State, Deccatree, Middle Distance Runner @ The Viper Room
Tom Freund, Matt the Electrician, Jess Klein @ McCabe’s Guitar Shop
♥ Billy Corgan @ (open) (2226 East 4th Street, Long Beach)
Film:
♥ Bike Film Festival @ Downtown Independent
Saturday, Aug. 29
Shows:
♥George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic @ Club Nokia
Katy Perry, The Bird and The Bee @ Hollywood Palladium
♥ The National, Cass McCombs @ The Wiltern
♥ Band of Horses @ Pomona Fox Theater
♥ Carl Cox @ The Vanguard
♥ Akron/Family, Howlin’ Rain, Lucky Dragons @ El Rey Theatre
Box Elders, Audacity, Tijuana Panthers @ The Echo
The Warlocks, The Useless Keys, The Black Apples @ Spaceland
Maia Sharp, Michelle Featherstone, The Dirty Diamond, Rusty Anderson, etc. @ The Hotel Café
Dream Theater, Zappa Plays Zappa, Pain of Salvation, Beardfish @ Greek Theatre
Beethoven Billy Bragg Ninth @ The Broad Stage (1310 11th St., Santa Monica)
♥ Thee Makeout Party, Mannequin Men, Davila 666, Slab City, Gestapo Khazi @ Alex’s Bar
Modest Mouse, The Night Marchers @ The Grove of Anaheim
Rocco Deluca & the Burden @ Saint Rocke
Film:
♥ Bike Film Festival @ Downtown Independent
Art:
♥ “Bipolar” w/ Black Veil Brides @ Exhibit A Gallery
Sunday, Aug. 30
Shows:
The Mars Volta @ Hollywood Palladium
Dredg, RX Bandits, As Tall As Lions @ El Rey Theatre
The Faint, Moving Units @ Club Nokia
Fun. @ Fingerprints (4612 E. 2nd Street, Long Beach)
Grand Ole Echo w/ Ted Russell Kamp, Gina Villalobos, Paperplanes @ The Echo
Mark Burgess @ The Echo
The Hereafter, “Songwriters Sunday”, Tongue and Groove @ The Hotel Café
♥ Def Leppard, Poison, Cheap Trick @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
The Parson Red Heads, Francisco the Man, Terry Prine @ Alex’s Bar
♥ The Duke Spirit @ Detroit Bar
Zee Avi @ Saint Rocke
Film:
♥ Bicycle Film Festival ANNUAL STREET PARTY @ N. Heliotrope Dr. at Melrose Ave. East Hollywood
Skate:
♥ Analog Skate Daze Mini Ramp Jam/BBQ @ Burton LA Store
