Running really late

So apologies for my crap turn taking for emails and all other correspondences.  I know I'm violating the norms on those things, but with 5 classes, two campuses, two conferences, three houseguests, two continents, and a partridge in a pear tree I'm white knuckling it.  Thus.....I'm not going to Coachella.  I just can't swing it and since Brian H isn't able to go either, I think it should just be cancelled.  Actually, do have fun and I'll put some picks for the bands I would see if I went.  Now onto other big news, there is going to be a big piece about my work in the Guardian Guide in the UK, yes the guide that people have sitting on their coffee tables for a whole week.  They got some picture of me from my publisher, so god knows what one they'll send probably me looking fat.  So if you want to see my glib responses to the origins of rock and roll, Elvis, and Woodstock (I finally got to take a pot shot at that one) find a way to get one.  In the meantime there are quite a few special events for tonight. 
 
Tonight
NME awards @ El Rey (I'm on but I can't go in without an extra for my musician houseguest, I don't want to call NME HQ for this)*-*-*
Battles @ 86 (Melissa Renee rocks)***

Lucinda Williams @ Skirball Center

 

April

Thu 24 Black Heart Procession @ Troubadour

Thu 24 Fuck Buttons @ El Rey

Fri 25 AAnchor's AAweigh @ Echo*

Sun 27 Howe Gelb (Giant Sand) @ McCabe's

Mon 28 Cast @ Mint

Mon 28 Oliver Future @ Viper Room

Mon 28 I'm From Barcelona @ El Rey

Mon 28 Hot Chip @ Mayan*

Tue 29 M Ward @ Vista

Wed 30 Kenan Bell @ Club NME

 

May

Thu 1 Does it Offend You, Yeah? @ El Rey

Mon 5 KT Tunstall @ Wiltern

Tue 6 Liam Finn @ Echo

Wed 7 Oohlas @ Spaceland/Club NME*

Fri 9 Elbow @ Avalon*

Sat 10 Party for Wendy's Birthday Cake (if you don't have an invite, don't assume you aren't invited, assume I don't recognize you by your email address, say something and come, the cake is going to be fab!)***

Thu 15 South @ Echo

Thu 15 Ra Ra Roit @ Troubadour*

Sat 17 Delta Spirit @ El Rey (for Rachel R)

Mon 19 Kooks @ Wiltern (Number 1 in the UK with a bullet)

Mon 19 Lykke Li @ El Rey (The Norway sensation, very bjork)

Tue 20 Clinic @ Troubadour*

Wed 21 Kills @ El Rey (Domino week!)**

Thu 22 French Kicks @ Echo

Fri 23 Von Bondies & Shys @ Safari Sam's

Sat 24 Foals @ Troubadour*** (smart and killer live)

Mon 26 Foreign Born @ Viper Room

Fri 30 Beirut @ Wiltern

Fri 30 Ladytron @ Fonda*

Fri 30/31 Fiery Furances @ Spaceland**

Sat 31 Film School @ Fonda

 

 

Coachella Picks:

Rogue Wave**, Breeders**, Racounteurs**, Verve*,  Vampire Weekend**, National, Aphex Twin, Fatboy Slim, Redd Kross, Mum, Goldfrapp, Battles*, Datarock, Cold War Kids*, Death Cab, Kraftwerk, Stephen Malkmus, Mark Ronson*, Hot Chip, MIA, Kate Nash*, Islands*, Animal Collective, Bonde de Role, Shout Out Louds, Gogal Bordello, My Morning Jacket, Simian Mobile Disco (crap videos though), Annuals, Swervedriver, Spiritualized, Sia, Black Mountain*, and Sons and Daughters*

 

Festival of Books Picks: (More TBA)

Maxine Hong Kingston***, Joseph Wambaugh, Tommy Lasorda, Jane Smiley, Ray Bradbury, Dan Schurr, Willie Brown, Janet Fitch, Scott Timberg (nice panel!), Brian Fagen, Jim Lehrer, Julie Andrews,

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Bittersweet Symphony

Just got back to the hotel after Coachella.  Verve were amazing.  They've transformed from an album band into a live band.  Thanks Dana, Lyndsey, Mara, Sarah, and Alan for making it even more eventful.

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Norway: Too fun for words

søndag, februar 24, 2008

by:larm, Wendy Fonarow

Jeg har post-godt-seminar-skriveangst. Hva er vitsen med å si noe noen gang, når det er folk som kan så mye interessant og kan si det så bra? Det er bare en ting å gjøre, det er å ta det ved roten.

Det er fantastisk for meg å høre folk snakke om ting jeg virkelig bryr meg om. Jeg savner at noen snakker til meg om musikk på en sånn måte som Wendy Fonarow kan. Hun er sosialantropolog og har skrevet boken "The Empire Of Dirt" om indiescenens koder og tankemønstre, som hvor har du backstagepasset ditt, hvor langt fra scenen du står, slike ting.

Hun er ikke bare antropolog, hun har undersøkt den verdenen hun har vært en del av i mange år. Hun har vært og er i musikkmiljøet, som konsertgjenger, som bandmedlem, hun har vennene sine der og har arbeidet bl.a. som A&R i selskaper som MCA og Reprise, bl.a med artister som Belle & Sebastian, Suede og Franz Ferdinand.

Hun har altså undersøkt indie som mentalitet. En genre med mer rom for feminitet, melankoli, sensitivitet. Og en genre der publikum tenker at artisten har mer kontroll. Indie er manifestasjon av protestantisme, sier Fornarow, og representerer en puritansk holdning til f.eks mainstream musikkmiljøer.

Hvilket forøvrig minner meg om enkelte bloggeres syn på de tradisjonelle mediene. Ha ha, dere er så puritanske, de av dere som blogger og som er det! Protestantiske puritanere.

Hun beskrev de små, tynne, bleke menneskene som hverken så ut som de hadde spist en pizzabit eller trent noe særlig. Til og med klærne understreker barnekropper, med skjorter som er alt for store.

Hun beskrev en lengsel etter autensitet som ligger i bunn. Hun mener særlig middelklassen føler at de mangler autensitet i livet, vi vil ha realness av musikk, eller julenostalgien. Men det er en motsigelse å lete etter autensitet i noe som pr. definisjon er kunstig, altså kunst.

Hun beskriver hvordan utkantdialekter tolkes som mer ekte, alle som er fra nord-England har en ekthets-arbeiderklasse-svung over seg og pengebakgrunn er ikke bra.

I begynelsen har man større tendens til å se på det som skjer på konsertene som noe autentisk, senere avslører man mekanismene og de gamle går hjem, bortsett fra noen musikkfreaker, som Fonarow og meg selv.

Nå blir dette en forenklet versjon av det hun sa, hun viste frem flere faktorer og nyanser enn det jeg fikk med meg på lappene mine.

En annen grunn til at de gamle går hjem er at de har funnet en partner. Mye av det som foregår i konsertsalen, og mellom sal og scene dreier seg om sex. Hun nevnte bl.a ting musikere gjør på scenen som vi har lagt inn en sextolking på, som å kaste på håret, dette gjør både kvinner og menn.

Eller gitarens form med gitarhalsen som til og med har et hode, og måten man holder gitaren på noen ganger, pekende rett ut fra pelvis. Selve gitarkroppen er som en stilisert kvinnetorso og så spiller man der åpningen er.

Hun delte publikumsmassen inn i 3 soner. De nærmest scenen som presser kroppene sine sammen på en måte vi ikke gjør når vi ikke står akkurat der og den bakerste sonen der plateselskapsfolk står og de gamle like før de går hjem for godt. Dette må jeg lese mer om og jeg må nok få tak i den boka.

Jeg har sendt epost til Fonarow om det er kjønnsforskjeller på hvordan man beveger seg mellom sonene, evt. to be continued.

Bipoeng. Det var Kristin Winsents som intervjuet henne. Hun er den dyktigste jeg har hørt gjøre sånne sceneintervjuer, hun hadde god bakgrunnskunnskap, det har forsåvidt de fleste som gjør det, men hun hadde perfekt timing i når hun stilte nye spørsmål idet Fonarow begynte å gå tom, stilte gode oppfølgingsspørsmål, rolig og upretensiøs.

Wendy Fonarow blir kalt indiegoddess, her er siden hennes.
Og her er en innholdsoversikt over boken, den gir et godt inntrykk av hva hun skriver om. (Det gikk ikke å lenke rett inn til table of contents, du må klikke dit selv)

posted by fr.martinsen at 16:24

Currently listening : Cry-Baby By Ungdomskulen Release date: 02 October, 2007

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You only get what you give

Hi Indie Peeps,

So I got that horrid cold and haven't been able to do anything but work and on top of that I've been tormented by the parties and invites for SXSW.  So even though I'm not going and I'm quite pouty about it, I'm giving y'all a list of the bands to keep an eye out for.  After all, isn't that what this list all about.  A few of them are coming to LA afterwards, but not as many as usual.  What's up with that?  Not all of us can go to Texas and eat at Guerro's! 

Have fun!

SXSW:

Bands I'd see

Domino night: Kills, These New Puritans, Lightspeed Champion, Sons & Daughters;

Rogue Wave (that single is so good, it makes me have visceral memories)

Dead Confederate (They were the one good find at CMJ this year)

Ed Harcourt

REM,

Adele (being sold as new blue-eyed Amy, worth a look)

My Morning Jacket

Islands,

Future Pigeon, Pigeon Detectives,

Ida Maria (Just won the big prize at By:Larm)

Ungdomskulen (These guys are totally wild and unique)

Wombats (They have a song about dancing to joy division)

Ting Tings

Duke Spirit

Vampire Weekend

Be Your Own Pet

Aberfeldy

Dr. Dog

Nada Surf (always good to see)

Does it Offend you, Yeah? (Part of the new Shoreditch scene)

Lykke Li (Another hot band from Scandinavia)

Tilly and the Wall

Airborne Toxic Event (Yes, from Jess's recommendation)

OX, Eagle, Lion, Man (I'm gagging to check these out)

Cribs (Hey they always do a great job, but hands off, they are dangerous)

Ra Ra Riot

The Spinto Band

Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong (Thank goodness they are coming to LA)

Los Campesinos! (Saw them at Echo and they were good)

Stills (Still awesome)

M Ward

Autolux

White Denim

Bands I'd check out just cause I like the name.  I've found some great bands using that criteria!

Mostly Bears (What makes up the other part)

Descartes a Kant (Great clash of minds)

Great Lakes Myth Society

Bruce Robinson (name of guy who wrote Withnail & I, does the name hold the key)

Beasts and Superbeasts

Scrambled Eggs (Come on, this has to be funny and from Lebanon)

The Victorian English Gentlemen's Club (I want to join, they must eat at Simpsons, except they are from Wales)

Tacks, the Boy Disaster (yes)

Currently listening : Asleep at Heaven's Gate By Rogue Wave Release date: 18 September, 2007

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All That and a Bag of Chips

Currently listening : Benni Hemm Hemm By Benni Hemm Hemm Release date: 12 September, 2006

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Is your bed made?

Hi Indie Peeps,

First of all, thanks to Ian M for throwing such a cool party for the Shins.  That is what a post awards party should be like.  Ok, I just have to talk about Joe Lean and the Jing Jang Jong.  What a name.  This band sound just like Razorlight and despite Razorlight's success in the UK, Johnny Borrell is universally despised there.  I am convinced that the critically lauding of Joe Lean is just to wind up Johnny Borrell.   I can just see the UK journalist tittering to themselves with perverse pleasure, let's take a band that sounds identical to RZL and say they are great, while saying RZL is crap at the same time.  This is hysterical and makes me like Joe Lean even more. Personally I like Razorlight despite the fact that several English people have threatened to not be my friend for that opinion and someone at LastFM sent me a nasty email for listing them as a preference.  That said, Joe Lean makes for a great sound bite.  No one gets to the heart of the matter of a band better that humor journalist provocateur Tim Jonze. Here's a link:  http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguide/features/story/0,,2215302,00.html

WLF

PS.  At long last the walkie talkie phone has been put down like the sick dog it was, long live Sony Ericison.

Currently listening : Lonely Buoy By Joe Lean & the Jing Jang Jong Release date: 11 March, 2008

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The New Cornflakes

Hi Indie Peeps,

I'm back after a terrific trip to the UK.  I did all my favorite things like riding on top of a double decker bus, running around the turbine hall at the Tate Modern, feeding the ducks, pub quiz, visiting friends, new pair of shoes, chips, toast, and a fancy meal on the strand.  Even better, I got introduced to a load of hot new bands filled with enthusiasm and not a shred of cynicism.  Hoxton Square is the new Camden and there are loft spaces filled with artists and musicians.  There is no death pall of the "end of the industry" discourse, but that confidence that can only come from lack of experience.  I'll give you a low down on the new UK best, but before that Jason needs to come over and undo whatever happened with my itunes (seriously dude it's a problem!).  In the meantime, I've made a new list of up coming shows.  I have a couple weeks before term and Norway and I'm looking forward to seeing y'all before I'm sequestered by students from all social life. 

WLF

PS if you want more on the England trip, I wrote a little about it on my myspace page.

February

Sat 2 Sky Parade @ Spaceland

Mon 4 Hot Chip @ El Rey (weird dancing)

Tue 5 Black Mountain @ Troubadour***(Yes Dana, to all the suggestions for the evening)

Tue 5 We Are Wolves @ Cinespace

Wed 6 Ungdomskulen @ Spaceland** (Chuck said to see them in Oslo and I can try and make some Norweigen friends in advance)

Thu 7 Kooks @ Troubadour

Fri 8 Kooks @ Echo* (I love that single)

Fri 8 Super Furry Animals @ Explex

Sat 9    Editors, Hot Hot Heat @ Wiltern

Mon 11 Mika @ Wiltern

Tue 12  Rufus Wainwright @ Wiltern

Thu 14 Brain Wilson & Chris Kristofferson @ Orpheum (Valentine for you)

Thu 14 Black Lips @ El Rey (No Valentine for you)

Fri 15 Foreign Born @ Echo

Mon 18 – 24 By:Larm festival Oslo (I'm the keynote)***

Mon 18 Dengue Fever @ Viper Room

Tue 19 Hives @ Wiltenr

Wed 20 Click Five @ Roxy

Fri 22 Liars & No Age @ El Rey

Mon 25 Lightspeed Champion @ Spaceland*** (Domino artist, this week's NME coverboy, and ex-test icicles)

Wed 27 British Sea Power @ Echo* (The new album has been getting killer reviews

Currently listening : She Moves in Her Own Way By The Kooks Release date: 27 June, 2006

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Parties and Premiers
Current mood: okay

Well it appears that October is the time to celebrate and I'm not just talking Halloween – so many birthdays and parties.  After a week of going out solid, I'm home recovering and checking out some of the great music as of late – Ra Ra Riot, Sea Wolf (album is now out), No Age (OK a few weeks ago), GlasVegas (not sure how to get your hands on it, but I got sent some – yummy).  Loads of parties in the early part of the month, then CMJ and then, well it's the lead up to Halloween with my annual lectures on Halloween and Day of the Dead.  Let me know if those are talks you might want to visit.  They are some of the best of the year.
WLF
P.S. It is feed a fever

Fri 28 Dan Deacon @ ExPlex (my co-panelist @ CMJ)
Sat 29 Bright Eyes & M Ward @ Hollywood Bowl***

Sun 30 Bonde Do Role & We are Scientists @ Echo**
Sun 30 Hope Night @ KeyClub (Humanitarian United)
Sun 30 Eve of the Black Month (Hey Halloween peeps)

Oct
Mon 1 – 12 Morrissey @ the Palladium*
Mon 1 Oliver Future @ Spaceland*
Tue 2 The Weakerthans @ El Rey
Wed 3 Jule's Birthday**
Wed 3 Datarock, Foreign Born & Honeycut @ Echo
Wed 3 Mark Ronson& Kenna @ El Rey
Wed 3 Andy Smith @ Roxy
Fri 5 Bill Callahan @ ExPlex
Fri 5 Piper's B-day**
Sat 6 Jason's Party**
Sun 7 the Shins @ Greek**
Tue 9 Justice @ Fonda
Tue 9 Bat for Lashes @ Troubadour
Wed 10 Oslo @ Roxy
Wed 10/11 Beirut @ Avalon*
Fri 12 Airborne Toxic Even @ Echo
Sat 13 Jon's Party**
Sun 14 – 21 CMJ @NYC***
Mon 15 PJ Harvey @ Orpheum (this is a must, but I'm in NYC)
Mon 15 Frank Black @ Safari Sams
Mon 15 Mae Shi @ Viper Room
Wed 17 Subways @ Spaceland
Thu 18 Two Gallants @ El Rey
Fri 19 Sunset Rubdown @ El Rey (ahh, that NYC thing again)
Sat 20 Black Lips @ ExPlex
Sat 20 Dr. Dog @ Troubadour
Mon 22 Jesus and Mary Chain & Evan Dando @ House of Blues/Anaheim***
Mon 22 Firey Furnaces @ Troubadour
Tue 23 Jesus and Mary Chain @ Wiltern***
Tue 23 Interpol & Liars @ Forum
Wed 24 Sia @ El Rey
Sat 27 1990s @ Troubadour
Sun 28 1990s & Roky Erikson @ El Rey
Sun 28 Final Fantasy @ Troubadour
Sun 28 Hot Hot Heat @ Fonda
Mon 29 Queens of the Stone Age @  Nokia Theater
Mon 29 Tegan and Sara @ Orpheum
Tue 30 Neil Young @ Nokia Theater*
Tue 30 No Age @ Fonda*
Tue 30 Thurston Moore @ Echo
Tue 30 Quasi @ El Rey

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In or Out

Hi indie peeps,

There is a bewildering number of shows and events that are coming up.  I think I had started thinking too far ahead (New York, London, Oslo).  So for some idiotic reason I didn't go to Kings of Leon at the Greek.  Apparently, it was amazing, because I got loads of texts from you lot at the show.  At least, Saturday night was fun (good going Jeff).  I'll try not to get so sucked into the new term and make sure I have a bit of time from decadence.  At least I've been doing some home cooking.  My neighbors have got to try my southern Italian and Indian leftovers. 

WLF

Sept

Mon 10/11/12 Spoon @ Music Box

Mon 10 Happy Hollows@ Echo

Tue 11 Art Brut @ Key Club**

Tue 11 Hot Hot Heat @ Cinespace (record release)

Wed 12 Jason Fawkner @ Roxy

Thu 13  Wolf Parade @ El Rey**

Thu 13 Rodrigo y Gabriela @ Grove

Thu 13 Jason Fawkner @ Roxy

Thu 13 Brunettes @ Troubadour

Fri 14 Cinematic Orchestra @ El Rey

Sat 15 Matt S's Bday***

Sat 15 VHS or Beta @ ExPlex

Mon 17 Peter Bjorn & John @ Wiltern*

Mon 17 Sounds @ Wiltern

Wed 18-20 Clap Your Fans and Say Yeah @ Troubadour

Wed 19 White Stripes & Cold War Kids @ The Forum***

Thu 20 Arcade Fire @ Hollywood Bowl***

Fri 21 Air & Sea Wolf @ Greek***(Three shows in a row)

Fri 21 Cat Power @ Avalon

Fri 21 Muse @ Irvine Amphitheater

Sat 22 Silver Apples @ Spaceland

Sun 23 Air, Arctic Monkeys, Spoon, Clap Your Hands, Biffy Clyro, Coral @ Street Scene***

Sun 23 Rufus Wainwright (sings Judy) @ Hollywood Bowl

Mon 24 Editors & Biffy Clyro @ Wiltern*

Mon 24 Air & Sea Wolf @ Grove in Anaheim*

Tue 25 Arctic Monkeys, The Coral & Voxtrot@ Palladium***

Tue 25 Ride on Rides @ Viper Room

Tue 25 Midlake @ Fonda (damn Tuesday nights – I hope those students appreciate it)

Wed 26 Maps @ Spaceland**

Wed 26 Klaxons @ Fonda**

Thu 27 Ladytron @ Hollywood Bowl

Sat 29 Bright Eyes & M Ward @ Hollywood Bowl*** (I've still got my plus one for this one)

Sat 29 Bonde Do Role @ Echo (think CSS posse and I hear a rumour that We Are Scientists are playing)

Oct

Mon 1 – 12 Morrissey @ the Palladium (I'll be at a few)*

Tue 2 The Weakerthans @ El Rey

Wed 3 Datarock and Honeycut @ Echo

Wed 3 Mark Ronson@ El Rey

Fri 5 Bill Callahan @ ExPlex

Sun 7 the Shins @ Greek***

Tue 9 Justice @ Fonda

Tue 9 Bat for Lashes @ Troubadour (goth indie hippiness with a killer BMX stuffed animal video)

Wed 10 Beirut @ Avalon*

Fri 12 Airborne Toxic Even @ Echo

Sat 13 Davendra Banhart

Tue 14 – 21 CMJ @NYC***

Wed 15 PJ Harvey @ Orpheum (this is a must, but I'm in NYC)

Wed 17 Subways @ Spaceland

Thu 18 Two Gallants @ El Rey

Fri 19 Sunset Rubdown @ El Rey (ahh, that NYC thing again)

Sat 20 Dr. Dog @ Troubadour

Mon 22 Jesus and Mary Chain & Evan Dando @ House of Blues/Anaheim***

Mon 22 Firey Furnaces @ Troubadour

Tue 23 Jesus and Mary Chain @ Wiltern***

Tue 23 Interpol & Liars @ Forum

Thu 27 1990s @ Troubadour

Sun 28 Final Fantasy @ Troubadour

Sun 28 1990s @ El Rey

Mon 29 Queens of the Stone Age @  Nokia Theater

Mon 29 Tegan and Sara @ Orpheum

Tue 30 No Age @ Fonda* (Movin' on up)

Tue 30 Thurston Moore @ Echo

Currently listening : Weirdo Rippers By No Age Release date: 28 August, 2007

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standing in the ashes at the end of the world

Heya indie peeps,

Just a quick list so that you all can know that Kronos Quartet are playing California Plaza tomorrow night (Thursday) and playing they are playing the music from the Fountain.  This is a must (except for those of you at Burning Man -- hope you had fun when you get this).  I recently stayed at the Luxe in a room that overlooked the Plaza and got to listen to the music through the window and had a wander through on my way LACMA for their night visions.  California Plaza gives you that wonderful feeling of LA -- families from the 4 true quadrants, an open air plaza with a small breeze and the sound of water flowing.  It's right by Angel's Flight as well (we contemplated running up it, but it's not a great idea to to trespass on uneven terrain in 4 inch heels).

P.S.  Saw No Age at Amoeba they were killer.  The album is sort of mogwai meets gun club, slightly out of key.  Ride on Rides and Oliver Future were also recent great shows. Oh and I found Hell's Kitchen (Thanks Joe!!!).  Oh which ones of you are Slowdive/Mojave Fans?  Let me know.

WLF

August

Wed 29 Wilco @ Greek

Thu 30 Kronos Quartet @ California Plaza (8pm @ 350 S. Grand Ave)***

Sept

Sat 1 I'm doing a podcast, but I don't know anything else about it

Sun 2 Bergamot Station Festival (this is really more for the galleries)

Mon 3 Minor Canon @ Viper Room*

Mon 3 Gram Rabbit's Residency @ Spaceland (every Monday all month)

Wed 5 Gran Ronde @ Roxy

Fri 7  BRMC & Kings of Leon @ Greek

Sat 8 Dinosaur Jr @ Wiltern**

Sun 9 Underworld (KCRW World Festival) @ Hollywood Bowl

Mon 10/11 Spoon @ Music Box

Tue 11 Art Brut & Blood Arm @ Key Club***

Wed 12 Jason Fawkner @ Roxy

Thu 13  Wolf Parade @ El Rey**

Thu 13 Rodrigo y Gabriela @ Grove

Thu 13 Jason Fawkner @ Roxy

Fri 14 Cinematic Orchestra @ El Rey

Mon 17 Peter Bjorn & John @ Wiltern*

Wed 18-20 Clap Your Fans and Say Yeah @ Troubadour

Wed 19 White Stripes & Cold War Kids @ The Forum ( B and I are going.  You going to be there Ian?)***

Thu 20 Arcade Fire @ Hollywood Bowl***

Fri 21 Air & Sea Wolf @ Greek***(My new favs opening and mates coming – home run)

Fri 21 Cat Power @ Avalon

Fri 21 Muse @ Irvine Amphitheater

Sun 23 Air, Arctic Monkeys, Spoon, Clap Your Hands, Biffy Clyro, Coral @ Street Scene***

Mon 24 Editors & Biffy Clyro @ Wiltern*

Tue 25 Arctic Monkeys & The Coral @ Palladium***

Tue 25 Ride on Rides @ Viper Room

Tue 25 Midlake @ Fonda

Wed 26 Klaxons @ Fonda**

Thu 27 Ladytron @ Hollywood Bowl

Sat 29 Bright Eyes & M Ward @ Hollywood Bowl*** (I've still got my plus one for this one)

Sat 29 Bonde Do Role @ Echo (think CSS posse)

Oct

Mon 1 – 12 Morrissey @ the Palladium (I'll be at a few, Max does the amazing lighting)*

Wed 3 Datarock and Honeycut @ Echo

Sun 7 the Shins @ Greek***

Tue 9 Justice @ Fonda*

Wed 10 Beirut @ Avalon*

Mon 14 – 21 CMJ @NYC***

Thu 18 Two Gallants @ El Rey

Sat 20 Dr. Dog @ Troubadour

Mon 22 Jesus and Mary Chain & Evan Dando @ House of Blues/Anaheim (With Laurence Colbert on drums, and Phil King on Bass, this band sounds better than they even have.  I should know I saw their first American tour when I was in a pram)***

Mon 22 Firey Furnaces @ Troubadour

Tue 23 Jesus and Mary Chain @ Wiltern***

Sun 28 Final Fantasy @ Troubadour

Currently listening : Bows + Arrows By The Walkmen Release date: 03 February, 2004

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