UPDATE - ON THE ROAD: FRANKIE ROSE & THE OUTS

Frankie Rose & the Outs are out and about in support of their self-titled debut album. The album is out September 20th and this marks the first solo outing for the always impressive Frankie Rose (Vivian Girls, Crystal Stilts, & Dum Dum Girls). The tour kicks off tonight in Brooklyn and wraps up in Chicago on October 28th. See all the dates on the band's myspace page

mp3: frankie rose & the outs - little brown haired girls

mp3: frankie rose & the outs - candy

UPDATE: Paste Magazine recently interviewed Rose as part of the "Best of What's Next" feature. Read the interview here

ARCADE FIRE//UNSTAGED

If you missed out on last nights live stream, here's a small taste. Arcade Fire live at Madison Square Garden in New York on 8/5/2010. Part of the UNSTAGED series presented by American Express. Directed by Terry Gilliam.

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CONCERT CALENDAR//AUGUST 2010

(Nico Vega performing at 2009 Sunset Junction)

8/6 We Are Scientists @ Troubadour

8/6 White_Noiz & Talib Kweli @ The Terrace

8/6 Ludarcris @ The Wiltern

8/6 Silversun Pickups @ The Greek

8/7 Hard Summer Music Festival @ Los Angeles State Historic Park

8/7 Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti w/ magic kids & Pearl Harbor @ Detroit Bar

8/7 Whispertown 2000 @ Echo Curio

8/7 Lost in Trees @ McCabe's

8/8 The Power of the Riff Festival @ The Echoplex

8/8 W.A.C.O. @ The Echo

8/9 White Arrows, Lost in Trees, Wait. Think. Fast., Tomorrow's Tulips, & Vanaprasta @ Spaceland

8/9 Twilight Sleep w/ Electric Owls, Kissing Cousins, & Modern Time Machines @ Silverlake Lounge

8/11 The Joy Formidable @ Bootleg Theater

8/11 Snow & Voices, Jamie Drake, Frazey Ford, & Sara Love @ The Hotel Cafe

8/11 Lady Gaga @ Staples Center

8/11 Alejandro Escovedo & the Sensitive Boys @ The El Rey

8/11 B. B. King & Buddy Guy @ Hollywood Bowl

8/12 Tokyo Police Club w/ Freelance Whales @ The El Rey

8/12 Gamble House @ Pershing Square

8/12 Lady Gaga @ Staples Center

8/12 Budos Band @ Levitt Pavilion at MacArthur Park

8/12 Queens of the Stone Age & Eagles of Death Metal @ Club Nokia

8/12 My Morning Jacket w/ Avi Buffalo @ The Greek

8/12 Coheed & Cambria @ The Wiltern

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8/13 FYF Summer Night in Pomona w/ Abe Vigoda, Wavves, Crystal Antlers, Comadre, The Growlers, & Glasses @ The Glass House

8/13 Wild Beasts w/ Mimicking Birds & Lone Wolf @ The El Rey

8/14 Seu Jorge & Almaz @ Club Nokia

8/14 Mad Decent Block Party w/ Diplo, Kid Sister, The Death Set, The Gaslamp Killer, Blaqstarr, & Freddie Gibbs @ Premiere Events Center (LA)

8/17 Cotton Jones w/ The Parson Red Heads & Roadside Graves @ The Echo

8/17 Maurice Ravel @ Hollywood Bowl

8/18 Childish Gambino @ Bootleg Theater

8/18 Rocknoceros @ Levitt Pavilion Pasadena

8/19 Wolfmother @ House of Blues Anaheim

8/20 Rufus Wainwright @ The Greek

8/21 Sunset Junction Arts & Music Street Festival w/ Bad Brains, Shiny Toy Guns, Sam Sparro, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, & more...

8/22 Sunset Junction Arts & Music Street Festival w/ Bad Brains, Shiny Toy Guns, Sam Sparro, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, & more...

8/25 Jason Mraz w/ Nancy Wilson, BeBe Winans, Monica Mancini, & St. Vincent @ Hollywood Bowl

8/27 John Williams and the Music of the Movies @ Hollywood Bowl

8/28 The Antlers @ Getty Center

8/29 The Chemical Brothers w/ Chromeo & YACHT @ Hollywood Bowl

8/31 The Submarines @ Bootleg Theater

on the road: stereo total

Berlin-based multilingual, French-German duo, Stereo Total, just hit the road in support of their 10th, and newest album, Baby ouh! I was introduced to Stereo Total back in 2005, when I Love You, Ono was used for a segment in Robot Food's Afterbang, and instantly fell in love. If you have the chance to catch one of the shows, be there, you won't regret it.

Stereo Total is Françoise Cactus and Brezel Göring. For more Stereo Total, check out their official site HERE.

TOUR DATES: (* with Allister Izenberg)

06-03 Baranquilla, Columbia - Teatro Jose Consuegra Higgins
06-04 Medellin, Columbia - Museo de Arte Moderno de Medellin
06-05 Bogota, Columbia - Camara de Comercio de Bagota
06-10 London, England - 93 Feet East
06-27 Wien, Austria - Donauinselfest
07-04 Bremen, Denmark - Breminale
07-09 St. Gallen, Switzerland - Kulturfestical Historisches Museum
08-25 New York, NY - Le Poisson Rouge
08-26 Boston, MA - Middle East
08-27 Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa
08-28 Toronto, Ontario - El Mocambo
08-29 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
08-30 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
08-31 Seattle, WA - Chop Suey *
09-01 Portland, OR - Doug Fir *
09-02 San Francisco, CA - Slim's *
09-03 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex *
09-04 Austin, TX - Mohawk
11-19 Tampere, Finland - Valoa Festival at Yo-Talo
11-20 Helsinki, Finland - Korjaamo

mp3: stereo total - i love you, ono

mp3: stereo total - l'amour a 3

on the road: the temper trap

Australia's, The Temper Trap, will be making three quick stops in California, part of their big world tour.

06/03 Santa Barbara, CA - SoHo

06/05 Irvine, CA - KROQ Weenie Roast

06/06 Mountain View, CA - Live 105 BDF Festival

See all the dates and purchase tickets here

Sweet Disposition/(500) days of summer fan video

mp3: The Temper Trap - Sweet Disposition (Curtis Vodka Remix)

on the road: freelance whales

one of my favorite new bands, freelance whales, recently embarked on a north american tour. the band will be stopping at a multitude of cities across the country, including six stops in california and playing this years sasquatch music festival in washington state. one huge plus, the band will be playing with another favorite of mine, shout out louds, throughout the tour!

CA stops
5/18 san francisco, ca @ great american music hall (w/ shout out louds)
5/20 los angeles, ca @ el rey (w/ shout out louds)

5/21 los angeles, ca @ el rey (w/ shout out louds)

5/22 san diego, ca @ house of blues (w/ shout out louds)

5/25 san deigo, ca @ the loft

5/26 santa barbara, ca @ jensen's mainstage

complete tour dates on the band's myspace

get a free mp3 of generator 2nd floor @ freelancewhales.com

coachoose your own adventure

the folks over at coachella.com have a nifty little app (coachooser) to help you map out your plan of attack this weekend (i think there is one for your iphone as well). this makes it a heck of a lot easier to make my picks/recommendations (bold outline in pics below) for all of you. you'll notice that some of my picks overlap with others. it was too hard for me to decide, so i'm leaving it up to you.

unfortunately, i won't be able to attend this years festival, but i hope all of you that do have a fantastic time.

friday picks

saturday picks

sunday picks

check out the kcrw music blog for more coachella recommendations:

on the road: crystal castles

electronic duo, crystal castles, are hitting the road. here are the CA stops, but follow the link below for all the dates (thanks pitchfork).

04-12 Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex
08-06 Oakland, CA - Fox Theater *^
08-07 Los Angeles, CA - HARD Summer Music Festival

* with Rusko and Destructo
^ with Sinden
complete tour dates HERE

mp3: crystal castles - air war

more: crystalcastles.com

Surfer Blood and the Pains of Being Pure at Heart Tour Together

Surfer Blood and the Pains of Being Pure at Heart Tour Together

april show list

long overdue april show list, sorry for the delay...

4/7 citizen cope @ the wiltern

4/8 revolver golden gods @ club nokia

4/8 amon amarth @ HOB sunset

4/9 nikka costa @ roxy theatre

4/9 murder by death @ troubadour

4/9 the knux @ spaceland

4/10 liars @ el rey theatre

4/10 adlers appetite @ key club

4/10 patty griffin @ the wiltern

4/10 adam green @ troubadour

4/10 west indian girl @ roxy theatre

4/10 saint motel @ echoplex

4/11 willie nelson @ the grove (anaheim)

4/12 vnv nation @ glass house (pomona)

4/12 crystal castles @ echoplex

4/12 butch walker & the black widows @ el rey theatre

4/12 blue scholars @ viper room

4/13 retribution gospel choir @ spaceland

4/13 elvis costello @ arlington theatre (santa barbara)

4/14 vampire weekend @ fox theater (pomona)

4/14 mad professor @ echoplex

4/14 dev/nylon pink @ cat club

4/14 the ruby suns @ the echo

4/14 them crooked vultures @ club nokia

4/15 taylor swift @ staples center

4/15 natural vibrations @ roxy theatre

4/15 the specials @ club nokia

4/15 she & him @ glass house (pomona) (see you there!)

4/15 lady antebellum @ the wiltern

4/15 autolux @ detroit bar (costa mesa)

4/15 the willowz @ spaceland

4/15 pavement @ fox theater (pomona)

4/16 too much good music @ COACHELLA (indio aka the surface of the sun)

4/16 taylor swift @ staples center

4/16 english beat @ galaxy concert theatre (santa ana)

4/16 zoe @ ventura theatre (ventura)

4/17 more good music @ COACHELLA (indio aka the surface of the sun)

4/17 jeff beck @ nokia theatre LA live

4/17 fair to midland @ troubadour

4/17 jj @ echoplex

4/18 even more good music @ COACHELLA (indio aka the surface of the sun)

4/18 love is all @ the echo

4/19 zoe @ glass house (pomona)

4/20 john browns body @ roxy theatre

4/20 the bronx @ el rey theatre

4/20 ratt @ key club

4/20 taylor hawkins & the coattail riders @ troubadour

4/21 megafaun @ the echo

4/21 foxy shazam @ troubadour

4/21 semi precious weapons @ roxy theatre

4/21 gary numan @ el rey theatre

4/22 japandroids @ echoplex

4/22 the bronx @ HOB anaheim

4/22 bonobo @ el rey theatre

4/22 shelby lynne @ roxy theatre

4/22 hole @ henry fonda theatre

4/23 norah jones @ orpheum theatre

4/23 killola @ roxy theatre

4/23 tyrone wells @ troubadour

4/23 high on fire @ el rey theatre

4/23 rx bandits @ glass house (pomona)

4/23 gza @ detroit bar (costa mesa)

4/23 hole @ henry fonda theatre

4/23 the french resistance @ echoplex

4/24 stagecoach country music festival (indio)

4/24 hard-the bloody beetroots @ hollywood palladium

4/24 shearwater @ spaceland

4/24 high on fire @ detroit bar (costa mesa)

4/24 US air guitar championships @ troubadour

4/24 the dear hunter @ glass house (pomona)

4/24 conan o'brien @ gibsion amphitheatre

4/25 stagecoach country music festival (indio)

4/25 conan o'brien @ gibsion amphitheatre

4/25 emerson and lake @ orpheum theatre

4/25 sara haze @ roxy theatre

4/25 murs @ velvet jones (santa barbara)

4/25 hard-the bloody beetroots @ hollywood palladium

4/26 aqualung @ bootleg theatre

4/27 dr. dog @ henry fonda theatre

4/27 agua teen hunger force @ el rey theatre

4/27 juliette lewis @ the echo

4/28 the avett brothers @ arlington theatre (santa barbara)

4/28 shpongle @ roxy theatre

4/28 dark star orchestra @ el rey theatre

4/29 rogue wave @ el rey theatre

4/29 dark star orchestra @ galaxy concert theatre (santa ana)

4/29 the mary onettes @ viper room

4/29 katchafire @ roxy theatre

4/29 jamie lidell @ troubadour

4/29 murder city devils @ glass house (pomona)

4/30 needtobreathe @ glass house (pomona)

4/30 chelsea handler @ gibson amphitheatre

4/30 a day to remember @ wiltern

4/30 sugar & gold @ the echo

4/30 the slackers @ el rey theatre

4/30 the spill canvas @ roxy theatre

4/30 heartless bastards @ echoplex

4/30 murder city devils @ henry fonda theatre

march shows (LA area)

phantogram @ the music hall of williamsburg (10/24/09)

plenty of quality shows to choose from this month. in the words of the creepy old crusader at the end of indiana jones and the last crusade, "choose wisely".

3/02 nice nice & we break cameras @ the echo

3/02 the magnetic fields @ wilshire ebell theatre

3/03 midlake & matthew and the arrogant sea @ the el rey

3/03 half hearted, baron von luxury, bullet & snowfox, & yellow alex @ silverlake lounge

3/03 shrinebuildre & a storm of light @ the echo

3/03 el perro del mar & taken by trees @ the troubadour

3/04 phantogram & love grenades @ bordello

3/04 harlem @ detroit bar

3/04 galactic @ the el rey

3/04 the growlers, woman, gestapo, khazi, & some days @ the prospector (long beach)

3/04 the clientele, the wooden birds, & tropical depression @ the casbah (san diego)

3/05 the bird and the bee & juliette commagere @ the el rey

3/05 the cool kids & pac div @ the key club

3/05 deer tick & everest @ natural history museum (LA)

3/05 talib kweli @ the terrrace

3/05 the clientele, spain, the wooden birds @ spaceland

3/05 lupe fiasco & b.o.b. @ bridges auditorium

3/06 the submarines, summer darlings, & pity party @ echoplex

3/06 clientele, devon williams, & wooden birds @ spaceland

3/08 these united states & stockholm syndrome @ the roxy

3/08 the big pink & a place to bury strangers @ the el rey

3/08 laura veirs @ spaceland

3/10 abe vigoda & lovvers @ the echo

3/10 little boots, dragonette, & class actress @ the el rey

3/10 the temper trap & darker my love @ the music box

3/10 delta spirit @ bootleg theater

3/10 agent ribbons, kissing cousins, & wet & reckless @ silverlake lounge

3/11 the watson twins @ largo

3/11 slow club @ spaceland

3/11 the cave singers, the dutchess & the duke, & the moondoggies @ the echo

3/12 little boots, dragonette, & class actress @ the glass house

3/12 the happy hollows, the veils, & twilight sleep @ the troubadour

3/12 quasi, explode into color, & the french semester @ spaceland

3/12 sleepy sun @ the echo

3/13 a sunny day in glasgow & pollyn @ the mint

3/13 great northern @ bootleg theater

3/14 broken bells @ the troubadour

3/18 xiu xiu, tune-yards, & noveller @ the echo

3/20 gomez & the little ones @ the el rey

3/21 the asteroids galaxy tour & white apple tree @ the casbah (san diego)

3/22 serena maneesh & the depreciation guild @ the troubadour

3/23 titus andronicus @ bootleg theater

3/23 cymbals eat guitars, bear in heaven, & freelance whales @ the casbah (san diego)

3/24 devendra banhart & dorothy and the originals @ the wiltern

3/24 bear in heaven, cymbals eat guitars, & freelance whales @ the echo

3/25 she & him & the living sisters @ the el rey

3/25 surfer blood, best coast, & turbo fruits @ pitzer college (claremont)

3/25 tobacco & the hood ornament @ the echo

3/25 the morning benders & miniature tigers @ the troubadour

3/26 metric @ hollywood palladium

3/26 thee oh sees, the sandwitches, & baths @ uc irvine

3/26 washed out, yacht, bobby birdman, pictureplane, & small black @ echoplex

3/26 jay-z @ staples center

3/26 foreign born @ the echo

3/26 ty segall, jeff the brotherhood, & wounded lion @ the smell

3/26 tobacco & the hood internet @ detroit bar

3/27 surfer blood, best coast, turbo fruits, the coathangers, active child, the popo, dirt dress, & gamble house @ the echo

3/27 the b-52's @ canyon club

3/27 the morning benders & miniature tigers @ detroit bar

3/28 air & am @ the walt disney concert hall