i want it. you want it. let's go.

Tuesday, September 30, 2008

another *Scion* HOUSE Party w/ Van She Tech, Playgroup & Classixx


It's that time of the month again! SCION HOUSE PARTY is back and this time with another killer line-up!!

IHEARTCOMIX Presents:
Scion HOUSE PARTY w Van She Tech,  Playgroup, and Classixx

WED OCT 15th
10pm-2am

VAN SHE TECH
PLAYGROUP (TREVOR JACKSON)
CLASSIXX
@ VANGUARD
6021 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA

U.N.I.T.Y. [LA] at Beauty Bar


i know it might sound crazy to you, but this bi-coastal Nineties dance party is actually fun. Every 2nd & 4th Monday at Beauty Bar on Cahuenga. No Cover. 21+

Drunk History 4

my friend, derek, has just screened his latest installment in the Drunk History series. 
big love. 

Friday, September 19, 2008

Spiritualized Playing FREE Show This Friday (9/19) at the Echo


MySpace Secret Shows is back in LA. This time they're bringing a big show to the Echo as Spiritualized is set to take the stage for a smaller, more intimate follow-up to Wednesday's Hollywood Bowl performance. Doors at 8pm, but i'm sure the sidewalk will be lined with people much earlier...

via Myspace:
SPIRI​TUALI​ZED!​

FRIDA​Y SEPTE​MBER 19, 2008
FREE!​ ALL AGES!
Doors​ @ 8:00 PM

@ The Echo
1822 W Sunse​t Boule​vard
Los Angel​es,​ CA 90026​
213-​413-​8200


PLEAS​E NOTE:​
Admis​sion is on a first​ come,​ first​ serve​d basis​.​ So get there​ early​ and stay in line.​


The Cool Kids Host Post-Bruin Bash Party at the Standard This Sunday (9/21)


Sunday, September 14, 2008

The Drop on kcrw was on fire tonight...

the tunes were sick... so good. 
as soon as tonight's show is archived, I will post and you will listen ;)

this is last week's show (not tonight's), which includes, among many others, one of my favorite SONIC YOUTH jams, "hits of sunshine," from a thousand leaves.   yes, please. 

liza richardson
the drop on kcrw 89.9 fm
sun sept 07 2008



oh - speaking of sonic youth... they have announced that the "rampant speculation" and rumors are true: SY's forthcoming album will be released "sometime in 2009" by MATADOR Records. Hell ya! ... Seems like a perfect union, to me. 

Saturday, September 13, 2008

New STREETS album streaming on MySpace... makes me v. happy


i LOVE the Streets!

Everything is Borrowed will be available in the US on October 7th via Vice Records. 


Free Show on Monday (sept 15th) at HMV on Oxford Street (London, UK). 
Sweet.


Win Ticke​ts to see MGMT with Beck (if they make it)


via the band's MySpace page:
Enter​ HERE to win a pair of ticke​ts to see MGMT with Beck this fall


Of course, yesterday the band also posted a blog announcing a possible tour-ending injury to its drummer (aka 50% of MGMT) which would wipe out next week's LA shows at the Fonda and Hollywood Bowl... And it would give me two less reasons to live. Fingers crossed for a speedy healing (or heel-ing... see pic ;)

here's the band's blog post:

Tragedy strikes!! "Breaking" News 
Oh Fuck! MGMT Drummer Will Berman's Heel is seriously f'd. 
Check it out:::

According to Will, he injured it when "jumping from the curb to the street," says Will.

Sadly, Tomorrow's SoCo Music Experience show is cancelled. Sorry! Pray for Will's health and that the x-rays don't show any fractures, otherwise it's goodbye MGMT forever. The Heel bone, scientifically connected to the leg bone, is a very difficult bone break to mend. A heel is like a wheel, they say.

if YOU bend it,
YOU CAN"T MEND IT.

Also, contrary to another internet rumor, though they be rad dudes, the Chemical Brothers will not be producing MGMT's next album.

despite playing with a trained speed flying falcon, it is a very sad day.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Filter's Final Barker Block Party (w/West Indian Girl) Tomorrow


This Thursday (sept 11th) is the final installment of Filter Magazine's Sunset Series at the Barker Block

As always, the Downtown LA event is FREE with RSVP to barkerblock@filtermmm.com and tomorrow night's festivities include an advance listening party for West Indian Girl (who will also DJ a set). Two Sheds and Pants Off are also providing tunes. 

Art, Music, Games, Good Libations

Filter's Sunset Series at the Barker Block
Thursday, September 11th, 2008
6pm-10pm
513 South Molino Street
Los Angeles, CA 
Read more about the event here.
filter magazine's sunset series at the barker block is a cultural endeavor with the LA skyline as its backdrop, complete with libations, artwork and soundscapes
Catch Downtown LA's monthly Art Walk while you're at it ;)

DJ Z Trip at the Kress Tonight for End of Summer Party


Here's the event note:
We received an offer to have one of the top touring DJ's in the WORLD DJ for us at Kress. So we put together an amazing, incredible night THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

We have giftbags, giveaways, tons of sponsors.
A true legend in DJing... Z-TRIP! (sample/download mp3s)
THE 9th ranked DJ in the WORLD!

Also spinning, the one and only MR WHITE...

Giftbags & Giveaways provided by our sponsors!!
DOORS OPEN AT 9pm SHARP...
There is limited space and we are getting a ton of response already... If you plan to attend this historic evening, you must arrive before 10pm

RSVP REQUIRED!
rsvp@nightvisionent.com

Wednesday, September 10, 2008 
at 9:00pm sharp

Location: 
The KRESS Hollywood
Hollywood, CA

Two Free Scion Events in LA Tonight



Catch another free night of tunes on the 'floor. 
Details below...
Hey everyone! Just a quick reminder that TONIGHT for FREE is the MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS, HEARTSREVOLUTION, HOLYGHOST!, and FLUOKIDS show at the Vanguard!

This show is entirely free if you rsvp. RSVP now because the list will be closing in the early evening/late afternoon. Last time we did one of these it was packed. So don't forget to SHOW UP EARLY! We don't want to see any of you caught up in that nasty line.

So don't miss out: Australia’s own Midnight Juggernauts, IHEARTCOMIX' own HEARTSREVOLUTION, DFA Records' Holy Ghost, and last but certainly not least, France's blogger and DJ extraordinaire Pharrell from Fluokids!

WED SEPT 10th
SCION HOUSE PARTY Presents
Midnight Juggernauts
Heartsrevolution
Holy Ghost
Pharell (Fluokids)
@ The Vanguard
(6021 Hollywood Blvd)
10pm–2am | 21+


Also on the wednesday calendar (from SCION) is a screening of Heavy Metal in Baghdad at the Fine Arts Theatre in Beverly Hills. 

A reception will follow the screening and RSVP is required.

FILM SYNOPSIS

Heavy Metal in Baghdad is a feature film documentary that follows the Iraqi heavy metal band Acrassicauda from the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003 to the present day. Playing heavy metal in a Muslim country has always been a difficult (if not impossible) proposition but after Saddam's regime was toppled, there was a brief moment for the band in which real freedom seemed possible. That hope was quickly dashed as their country fell into a bloody insurgency. From 2003-2006, Iraq disintegrated around them while Acrassicauda struggled to stay together and stay alive, always refusing to let their heavy metal dreams die. Their story echoes the unspoken hopes of an entire generation of young Iraqis.

read more about the screening at http://www.heavymetalinbaghdad.com/screening_times.html

Saturday, September 6, 2008

LA Flash is TONIGHT!


Saturday, September 6 | 8-11 pm
Come to LACMA on the evening of September 6 to take part in a unique celebration and documentation of Los Angeles street style. It promises to be one of the social and photographic highlights of the season:

View outdoor projections of the original LA Flash, a 400-image exploration of Los Angeles street style and personality circa 1973.

Be part of its contemporary sequel, as our photographers document your very own street style with images uploaded to the Web.

Enjoy music, special screenings of independent films, and curator-and educator-led tours of modern art from the permanent collection and special exhibitions Philip-Lorca diCorcia and The Age of Imagination: Japanese Art, 1615–1868, from the Price Collection.

LACMA | $10; open to the public, tickets required | Order tickets online or contact the LACMA box office at 323-857-6010

MGMT Adds 2nd LA Show!


If you'd like to see Brooklyn's MGMT headline a GA show in a hot & sweaty, standing-room-only, dance-friendly club, then saunter over to your local ticket broker now and throw down for another killer show at the Fonda. I promise...
Tickets are on sale now. 

WED SEP 17 2008
doors 8:00PM/ show 9:00PM
the Music Box @ THE FONDA
6126 HOLLYWOOD BLVD 
Los Angeles, CA 

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Aquarium Drunkard, Owl Sounds and Sonic Living present POP LEVI & Le Switch (Tonight... FREE!)

Here's the word from the AD peeps:

Our monthly Thursday night Rumble is back this week with Pop Levi and Le Switch on the bill. Pop Levi (whose 2007 album, The Return to Form Black Magick Party, was T. Rex great) has a new LP in the can, so this is an increasingly rare opportunity to see his band in a truly intimate room. Speaking of the room, for those of you who are here in L.A and haven’t yet checked out 3 of Clubs (on Vine and Santa Monica), it is a low-lit, old school, bar…and note that there is not a sign out front. I’ve come to believe it might very well host the best jukebox in town. High praise.
The night is free for those who RSVP . 
If you don’t RSVP there is a $5 cover at the door if the room is not over capacity. Free Firestone beer from 8:30-9:30 if you RSVP.

Dance Right - Tonight at La Cita (w/ DJ Adam-12)



La Cita (downtown la)
336 s. hill (b/w 3rd & 4th)
21+ 10pm-2am
RSVP to danceright@gmail.com