December 2013

Cool Shows in LA 12/31 – 1/6

Posted on December 31, 2013 by vallygrrrl

Tuesday 12/31
–The Entrance Band and Jeffertitti’s Nile at the Satellite ($15)
–Robert Levon Been from Black Rebel Motorcycle Club at Harvard and Stone ($30)
–Camp Freddy at the Roxy ($50-$100)
–Daedelus and Fool’s Golds at Grand Park (Free!)

Wednesday 1/1
Happy New Year!

Thursday 1/2
Happy New Year!

Friday 1/3
-Michael Vidal at the Smell ($10)
-Meiko at the Hotel Cafe ($13)

Saturday 1/4
-Chain and the Gang at the Smell ($10)
-Chromatics and Glass Candy at the Tower Theatre (Free!)

Sunday 1/5
–Babies on Acid and Joel Jerome at the Satellite (Free!)

Monday 1/6
-The Luyas at the Bootleg ($12)

Best of 2013- Concerts

Posted on December 31, 2013 by vallygrrrl

-Sigur Ros at the Santa Barbara Bowl – April 19, 2013

-Jim James at the Jimmy Kimmel Show – September 16, 2013

-Paul McCartney at the Jimmy Kimmel Show – September 23, 2013

Paul McCartney at Jimmy Kimmel Live 9-23

-Chelsea Wolfe at First Unitarian Church – February 8, 2013

-Deep Cotton and Janelle Monáe at Sonos Studio – February 6, 2013

-Sister Crayon and Bosnian Rainbows at First Unitarian Church – June 25, 2013

-Culture Collide with The Raveonettes, Bleached, Ice Age, Heliotropes, Terry Poison, & more in Echo Park – October 10-12, 2013

-FYF with Beach House, TV on the Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Chelsea Wolfe, Fear of Men, & more at LA Historic State Park – August 24-25, 2013

-Bed at the Smell – November 11, 2013

-Savages at the Henry Fonda Music Box – September 30, 2013

-Devotchka at the Hollywood Bowl – July 14, 2013

-Arcade Fire at Capitol Records – October 29, 2013

-Queens of the Stone Age at the Gibson Amphitheater – August 17, 2013

-Father John Misty at The Fillmore (SF show) – June 21, 2013

-Eels and Nicole Atkins at the Henry Fonda Music Box – February 15, 2013

Music

Best of 2013- Albums and EPs

Posted on December 28, 2013December 28, 2013 by vallygrrrl

-Chelsea Wolfe- Pain is Beauty

-Bambara- Dreamviolence

-Sister Crayon- Cynic

-Deep Cotton- Runaway Radio EP

-Weekend- Jinx

-Janelle Monae- The Electric Lady

-Hanni El Khatib- Head in the Dirt

-Frankie Rose- Herein Wild

-Mazzy Star- Seasons of Your Day

-Queens of the Stone Age- …Like Clockwork

Cool Shows in LA 12/24 – 12/30

Posted on December 24, 2013December 24, 2013 by vallygrrrl

Tuesday 12/24
Merry Christmas Eve!

Wednesday 12/25
Merry Christmas!
–Low End Theory at the Airliner ($10)

Thursday 12/26
–Riot Grrrl X-mas Carnival at the Smell ($5)

Friday 12/27
-The Growlers at the Echo (Sold Out)
–Moving Units at the Smell ($10)

Saturday 12/28
-The Growlers at the Echo (Sold Out)
–Cut Chemist at the Echoplex ($10)

Sunday 12/29
–The Growlers at the Echoplex (Sold Out)
–Turbo Lightning at the Smell ($5, Cat attire strongly encouraged)

Monday 12/30
–VUM and L.A. Witch at the Echo

Best of 2013- Music Videos

Posted on December 17, 2013 by vallygrrrl

-David Bowie- “The Stars (Are Out Tonight) directed by Floria Sigismondi

-Majical Cloudz- “Childhood’s End” directed by Emily Kai Bock

-Mr. Little Jeans- “Oh Sailor” directed by Tim Nackashi

-Beach House- “Wishes” directed by Eric Wareheim

-Phosphorescent- “Ride On/ Right On” directed by Matthew Houck

-Father John Misty- “Fun Times in Babylon” directed by: Josh Tillman and Grant James

-The Knife- “A Tooth for an Eye” directed by Roxy Farhat & Kakan Hermansson

-Glass Candy- “Beautiful Object” filmed by Martin D’ Argensio, compiled and edited by Alberto Rossini

-Washed Out- “Don’t Give Up” directed by Kate Moross

-Silversun Pickups- “Dots and Dashes (Enough Already)” directed by Suzie Vlcek

Cool Shows in LA 12/17 – 12/23

Posted on December 17, 2013 by vallygrrrl

Tuesday 12/17
–Entrance Band at Harvard and Stone (Free!)
-Sarah Jaffe at the Hotel Cafe ($15)

Wednesday 12/18
-Juliette Commagère at the Bootleg Bar ($10)
–Lovers at the Smell ($5)

Thursday 12/19
–Andrew Bird at the Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian ($45-$63)
–The Germs at the Echoplex ($14-$16)

Friday 12/20
–Andrew Bird at the Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian ($45-$63)
–Hunx & His Punx, Shannon and the Clams, Dunes at the Church on York ($12)

Saturday 12/21
–We Are Scientists at Universal Citywalk (Free!)
-Kate Earl at the Hotel Cafe ($13)

Sunday 12/22
–The Cult at Ventura Theater ($30)
-Eliza Rickman at the Hotel Cafe ($9)

Monday 12/23
–VUM and Death Valley Girls at the Echo (Free!)

Cool Shows in LA 12/10 – 12/16

Posted on December 10, 2013December 11, 2013 by vallygrrrl

Tuesday 12/10
–L.A. Witch at the Bootleg ($10)
–Childish Gambino at Jimmy Kimmel Live (Free with ticket)
–The Head and the Heart and the Wiltern ($40)

Wednesday 12/11
–Banks at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery (Sold Out)
–Neon Indian (DJ Set) at the Echo ($8)

Thursday 12/12
–The Janks at Harvard and Stone (Free!)
–Lissie at the Observatory ($18)

Friday 12/13
–The Weirdos at the Echoplex ($20)
–GRMLN at the Smell ($5)
–Lee Ranaldo and The Dust at the Echo ($13)
-Kanye West at the Honda Center ($49-$225)

Saturday 12/14
–Deap Vally at the Bootleg ($12)
–Bleached at the Glasshouse ($14)

Sunday 12/15
–The Living Sisters and Echosmith at the Federal Bar (Free brunch time show!)
–Dunes and Roses at the Smell ($5)
–Catwalk at the Echo ($10)
–Amanda Palmer at the Echoplex ($40)

Monday 12/16
–VUM at the Echo (Free!)

Music

Best of 2013- Tracks

Posted on December 9, 2013December 9, 2013 by vallygrrrl

-Portugal. The Man- “Creep in a T-Shirt”

-TV on the Radio- “Mercy”

-Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside- “They Told Me”

-Jim James- “State of the Art (A.E.I.O.U.)

-Shilpa Ray- “Mother is a Misanthrope”

-Gliss- “The Sea Tonight”

-Savages- “Shut Up”

-Bosnian Rainbows- “Turtle Neck”

-Junip- “Your Life, Your Call”

-Chelsea Wolfe- “Destruction Makes the World Burn Brighter”

-La Femme- “Sur la planche 2013”

-Yeah Yeah Yeahs- “Area 52”

Cool Shows in LA 12/3 – 12/9

Posted on December 2, 2013 by vallygrrrl

Tuesday 12/3
-Redd Kross, Mikal Cronin, and Cherry Glazerr at El Rey ($18)
-The Entrance Band at Harvard and Stone (Free!)

Wednesday 12/4
-Kid Sister at the Airliner ($10)
-Kaki King at the Masonic Lodge at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery ($25)

Thursday 12/5
-Waxahatchee at the Center for Arts, Eagle Rock ($13)
-Black Joe Lewis at El Rey ($18)
-X at Ventura Theater ($30)

Friday 12/6
-The Intelligence at Los Globos ($10)
-Foals at Ventura Theater ($25)
-Avi Buffalo at the Skirball Cultural Center ($15)

Saturday 12/7
-Gaby Moreno and David Garza at the Troubadour ($15)
-Almost Acoustic Christmas with Queens of the Stone Age at the Shrine Auditorium (Sold Out)

Sunday 12/8
-So So Glos at the Echo ($10)
-Almost Acoustic Christmas with Arcade Fire, Portugal. The Man, and Fitz and the Tantrums at the Shrine Auditorium (Sold Out)

Monday 12/9
-VUM at the Echo (Free!)
-Lissie at the Fonda Theatre ($22)
-Sarah Neufeld at the Hotel Cafe ($13)