August August August August

2nd mONDAY The Hives, Reigning Sound, Sahara Hot Nights at Fonda

3rd tUESDAY The Hives, Reigning Sound, Sahara Hot Nights at Fonda ((yes))

5th Thursday Michael Rother of NEU! + Josh Klinghoffer at Knitting Factory OR The Shore at club 1650 with Mellowdrone

6th Friday Nebula and High on Fire at Alex's Bar in Long Beach or Helio Sequence at Spaceland

7th Saturday 400 Blows at Spaceland

9th Monday The Who at Hollywood Bowl

10th Tuesday BRMC play at the "UNPLUG BUSH" thing @ the El Rey! it's only $50.00... ha ha or Big City Rock/The Waking hours/Satisfaction/The Fictions and surprise guest at Troub. The WILLOWZ @ Cinispace w/Hint Hint 6356 Hollywood blvd. Hollywood (323)817-3456 or NISENNENMONDAI (JAPAN) label GRAND CHAMPEEN (Austin) PETER WALKER at Silverlake Lounge - here is the write up on them:

NISENNENMONDAI "In Japan's underground noise scene everyone is talking about a new band called Nisennenmondai. As they sound like the end of the world, this isn't surprising. The blitzkrieg starts with Takada issuing three deafening shrieks like a pterodactyl with a tummyache, but it's Himeno who leads the sonic assault with an apocalyptic barrage of jungle-punk percussion. It's so intense that the vocal-less 25-minute set often ends with Himeno wiping away tears." (Japan Times)

GRAND CHAMPEEN "Reverberates with righteous rock gems, rolling out on fat power chords like the college rock their heroes Soul Asylum, Superchunk and the Replacements used to play ... With just enough Melvins-ish geek weirdness to make it silly, this Austin quartet are happy to hang loose onstage, turn the amps up till they buzz, and rock you comfy and casual like a cold canned beer and a jay on a Sunday afternoon." (LA Weekly)

11th Wednesday Backyard Babies at Troubadour or The Willowz @ Spaceland w/The Fever,The Colour

12th Thursday Don't Knock the Rock Film Festival at Arclight
• 7:30 pm "Gram Parsons: Fallen Angel"
* so many films from 12th - 15th at Arclight*

13th Friday P.J. Harvey at the Belly Up in Solona Beach or The Willowz @ Arts & Action in East LA (check willowz site) w/Parchman Farm,(from Japan) =Ninsennen Mondai, Holloy

14th Saturday Court & Spark and Graig Markel w/ mary lou lord at Spaceland or Matt Sharp (ex-weezer)/ the rentals and goldenboy at Knitting Factory

15th Sunday P.J. Harvey w/ Jon Brion, the black heart procession at the Fonda Theatre for don't knock the rock or Dokken/LA Guns/ Pretty boy floyd at HOB sunset strip

16th Monday P.J. Harvey at Knitting Factory

17th Tuesday P.J. Harvey at Knitting Factory

18th Wednesday Mirah at Spaceland

19th Thursday The Donnas at The Echo or The Libertines at Troub (sold out but there are always tickets on "craigslist" check the link on my homepage) or The Vacation at Kibitz FREE at 10pm

20th Friday Loverboy at The Grove in Anaheim (hee hee)

21st Saturday SUNSET JUNCTION or John Waite at Vault 350 in Long Beach with the Motels.

22nd Sunday SUNSET JUNCTION The Vacation on the Bates Stage at 1:30!

25th Wednesday Griffin House and Teitur at Largo - The Vacation go on tour! Thee Parkside in Frisco w/High Speed Scene

26th Thursday Griffin House at Largo or Ben Kweller at Anaheim House of Blues - The Vacation at The Blue Lamp in Sacramento ca.

27th Friday The Vacation at Club Infinity in Reno NV.

28th Saturday Jolie Holland at Spaceland - The Vacation at the hippest bar in Las Vegas - Double Down Saloon - Vegas

July July July July

1st Thursday Supersuckers - rock and country sets each night at the Casbah in San Diego

2nd Friday Supersuckers - rock and country sets each night at the Casbah in San Deigo or Texas Terri at Spaceland with special guest Cherie Currie!

3rd Saturday Detroit Cobras at Troubadour

4th Sunday HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!

5th Monday Detroit Cobras at the Galaxy theatre in santa ana.

7th Wednesday Auf Der Maur at Amoeba Records for FREE at 7pm

8th Thursday Fly Denver at The Prospector in Long Beach on 7th St. @10:30 or Jim Boggia at Hotel Cafe at 8pm

9th Friday The Objectives at the gig on melrose then jon brion at largo or The Orphans at The Troub or the bay city rollers w/rosemarys billygoat at alex's bar

10th Saturday The Orphans at the prospector

11th Sunday the orphans at the smell in L.A.

12th Monday DKT/MC5 - all original surviving members of legendary Detroit rockers MC5 - Wayne Kramer, Michael Dennis, Dennis Thompsom + Mark Arm of Mudhoney, Marshall Crenshaw, and Evan Dando of Lemonheads at Anaheim House of Blues

13th Tuesday DKT/MC5 at Casbah with the dragons or Kennedy at the viper room

14th Wednesday ABBIE HUXLEY at THE GIG OR dkt/mc5 at spaceland with NEBULA!!
 
17th Saturday     The Magnetic Fields at Wilshire Ebell Theatre (4401 w. eighth st)LA

18th Sunday Rooney at Wiltern

19th Monday ABBIE HUXLEY at Lava Lounge  or Metal Skool at The Roxy with Monterey

20th Tuesday The Vacation supporting The Walkmen at the Galaxy Theatre in santa ana then IPO presents.... a late show with THE VACATION and TSAR plus many more at Spaceland

21st Wednesday THE WALKMEN at The Casbah
 
22nd Thursday   The Walkmen at club 1650 in L.a. or Grant Lee at the Largo

23rd Friday Bow Wow Wow at Key Club

24th Saturday Sufjan Stevens at Troubadour or Icarus Line at the Roxy or David Garza at the largo

25th Sunday Jet / Sloan at Anaheim HOB

27th Tuesday IPO presents... AM Radio andTELECAST plus others at Spaceland or The Old 97's at the Viper Room

28th Wednesday OLD 97's at Amoeba Records FREE 7pm or Delays at Troub

29th Thursday The Veils at Hotel Cafe 9:00pm or Grant Lee at the Largo

30th  Friday    SPACELAND = a whole lot of fun! w/ The Flash Express, The Vacation and The Thieves also mere mortals  only 8 bucks. this show is not to be missed.