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How The Day Sounds at Galco’s

24. July 2008

Check out Greg Laswell’s new video (thanks to JZ for the heads up) for How The Day Sounds filmed at Galco’s Soda Pop Stop in Eagle Rock. The video features his guitarist Brandon Walters and friend Elijah Wood, plus a cameo by the owner, John F. Nese. Very clever and sort of reminds me of [...]

Ingrid Michaelson at the El Ray - June 24th

21. June 2008

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Its officially Summer and we’re suckers for a sweet face and a good voice here at Dig Lounge. Yes, Ingrid Michaelson’s the new pop-folk darling with songs in Grey’s Anatomy, One Tree Hill, and an Old Navy ad, but you can’t help but crack a smile when you hear her music. And since it is [...]

Live Music Series at the Farmer’s Market

5. June 2008

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Summer Music is sizzling at the Farmers Market at 3rd & Fairfax. Listen to live music every Thursday and Friday evening throughout the summer for music under the stars. Check out the June line-up: June 5: Doug MacDonald Trio (Swing, Straight-Ahead Jazz) June 6: Blue Hawaiians (Surf, Lounge, Rock) June 12: Ron Kobayashi Trio (Funk Jazz) June 13: Once [...]

Camp Freddy at the Roxy

30. May 2008

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By far the most amazing show I have ever seen was Camp Freddy at the Roxy. They played their final show at the Roxy last night and I am sad I missed it. I did however get to see their show last Thursday (along with my friends opening band Moving Picture Show) and it blew [...]

Kidzapalooza Launch Event at Paul Frank

8. May 2008

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From Noon-2 Perry Farrell will be on hand this Saturday May 10th to announce the Kidzapalooza line-up at the Paul Frank store on Melrose. The TK Burger lunch truck will be parked outside serving up it’s world famous burgers. At 12:30, Front Line Failure, a group of rocking kids from the Paul Green School of Rock, [...]

Weekend Guide, music, tacos, beer and fast planes

1. May 2008

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First Fridays at the Natural History Museum returns this month. Starting at 5:30, tour the Ancient Latin American Hall by Karen Wise, Ph.D. (Curator in charge of Archaeology). Then at 6:30 a discussion with Leah Krubitzer, Ph.D. entitled “How Does Evolution Build a Complex Brain?” Then from 7:30-10 live performances by Akron/Family and The Dodos. [...]

Camp Freddy at the Roxy

2. April 2008

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Next month is the Month of MAYhem at the Roxy, featuring Camp Freddy every Thursday in May. I’ve seen them perform at special events and they, quite frankly, rocked my world. Tickets went on sale yesterday by the way, and were still available as of this post. Go get them on Ticketmaster now. They are having [...]

The Classical Four + 1 Accordion Quartet

5. March 2008

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I was amazed and entertained on Sunday at the Carson Civic Center by the “The Classical Four + 1″ Accordion Quartet. They’re a string-style Accordion Quartet, accompanied by Percussionist Stuart Johnson from the Cousin Lovers. They play such works as: Astor Piazzolla, Dave Brubeck, Leroy Anderson, Vivaldi, Bach, Puccini, Strauss, Faure and Widor. (”String-style” means [...]

Sea Wolf - First Fridays at NHM

2. January 2008

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First Fridays at the Natural History Museum kicks off with this Friday with local indie favorites Sea Wolf and The Afternoons. Show starts at 7pm. DJ sets in the African Mammal Hall by Allen and Hoseh. Don’t miss this once a month chance to check out some great music and the museum at night. In [...]

HoHotel Cafe - Hollywood

11. December 2007

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Greg Laswell, Photo by Autumn DeWilde Are you in the holiday mood yet? No? Well then it’s time to kick start that shit into gear with the ho-ho-tel Christmas 2007 at Hotel Cafe. Starting this Friday Dec 14, enjoy 3 days of holiday celebrations at one of Hollywood’s most intimate live music venues. Proceeds from this [...]