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Saturday, June 26th

Brandi Milne’s My heart Shall Not Fear at Corey Helford with Natalie Shau in the loft

100 Artists See Satan group orgy fund raiser at Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana (three thumbs up from j.s. – yeah it’s far away but this will be insane with work from pretty much everyone ever. one hundred piecez of art iz for sale so bring your evil checkbooks, people.)

Todd Schorr’s Designed For Extinction retrospective at the Ben Maltz Gallery at Otis College of Art and Design (three thumbs up from j.s. – super early, from 4-7pm. Schorr will be signing books.)

Lou Barlow (of Sebadoh/Dino Jr fame) at the Bootleg Theater

get off Danzig’s mother cause he just got off yours at Club Nokia with Gorgeous Frankenstein, Toxic Holocaust

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings bring The Heavy to the Wiltern (tix here)

Spaceland seems like A Place To Bury Strangers with Light Pollution and Useless Keys in Silver Lake

L.A. RECORD is having a kickoff party with Abe Vigoda and Dublab Soundsystem DJs with FRRREEE FUCCCKIINNGGG ALLCCOHOLLLL at Nomad Gallery (1993 Blake Ave, 90039) to celebrate their hundredth issue. there’s a whole month of discounted and free shows and djs when you buy the L.A. Record Card, check out the calendar here. (Antibalas, Nite Jewel, Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffitti, The Growlers, Au Revoir Simone, Blitzen Trapper are some of the highlights. more than 120 events total. congratulations, guys!)

annndddd continuing their weekend of gayness, there’s an ABBA Fest at the Hollywood Bowl with, ehem, Men Alive, the Orange County Gay Men’s Chorus, opening the festivities

Sunday, June 27th

Self Help Graphics and Art’s 2010 Annual Print Fair (what bad economy? spoil yourself a little, you deserve it!) from 12-5pm downtown with limited edition prints from Shepard Fairey and many others

The Blank Tapes, Bill Cutts and the Uptown Two at Alex’s Bar in Long Beach

The Growlers, The Entrance Band at Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa

Goldfrapp, Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club, tUnE-YaRds at Hollywood Bowl

revenge of the nerds with Spazmatics at Key Club

The Adicts at Brixton South Bay in Redondo Beach

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Dinosaur Jr. – Seemed Like The Thing To Do

not too surprisingly, indie rock’s elder statesmen Dinosaur Jr. are returning tonight to Los Angeles after two sold out shows at the Troubadour in June. they’re playing the House of Blues Sunset Strip, and the place will be lucky to still be standing after J., Lou and Murph finish plugging in those purple amps. i’ve said it before, and i’ll say it again. loudest fucking band in America. (My Bloody Valentine doesn’t count, they’re from the Old Country.)
i imagine at this point that the inside of J. Mascis’ ears sounds like the scene in Fight Club when Ed Norton gets done shooting a bullet through his mouth and there’s nothing but ringing while people mouth things to him and look worried…

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Dinosaur Jr. – Seemed Like The Thing To Do

not too surprisingly, indie rock’s elder statesmen Dinosaur Jr. are returning to Los Angeles after two sold out shows at the Troubadour last month. they’re playing November 5th at the House of Blues Sunset Strip, and the place will be lucky to still be standing after J., Lou and Murph finish plugging in those purple amps. said it before, and i’ll say it again… loudest fucking band in America. (My Bloody Valentine doesn’t count, they’re from the Old Country.)
i imagine at this point that the inside of J. Mascis’ head sounds like the scene in Fight Club when Ed Norton gets done shooting a bullet through his mouth and there’s nothing but ringing while people mouth things to him and look worried because there is blood coming out of his ear…

before...

...and after.

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I’ll be honest, I don’t know much about Mark Mulcahy, but wikipedia does. He was the frontman for Miracle Legion and Polaris who were responsible for the music and theme song of Nickelodeon’s, The Adventure’s of Pete & Pete…. Yes. That I know much about.

I’m guessing it’s because he was part of such an amazing television show that he’s got an amazing cast of famous musician bros. His wife just died, leaving him to care of 3 year old twins, so his musical-bro-posse put together a tribute/benefit album for the guy. Awww.

Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark Mulcahy is due out September 29th. Seriously, amazing talent involved, here’s the tracklist:

01 Thom Yorke: “All for the Best”
02 The National: “Ashamed of the Story I Told”
03 Michael Stipe: “Everything’s Coming Undone”
04 David Berkeley: “Love’s the Only Thing That Shuts Me Up”
05 Dinosaur Jr.: “The Backyard”
06 Chris Harford and Mr. Ray Neal: “Micon the Icon”
07 Frank Black: “Bill Jocko”
08 Vic Chesnutt: “Little Man”
09 Unbelievable Truth: “Ciao My Shining Star”
10 Butterflies of Love: “I Have Patience”
11 Chris Collingwood of Fountains of Wayne: “Cookie Jar”
12 Frank Turner: “The Quiet One”
13 Rocket From the Tombs: “In Pursuit of Your Happiness”
14 Ben Kweller: “Wake Up Whispering”
15 Josh Rouse: “I Woke Up in the Mayflower”
16 Autumn Defense: “Paradise”
17 Hayden: “Happy Birthday Yesterday”
18 Juliana Hatfield: “We’re Not in Charleston Anymore”
19 Mercury Rev: “Sailors and Animals”
20 Elvis Perkins: “She Watches Over Me”
21 Sean Watkins: “A World Away From This One”

Pete & Pete Opening Theme

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Dinosaur Jr. – I Want You To Know

put in your earplugs, West Hollywood, and tape the windows to keep them from shattering. Dinosaur Jr. is bringing their wall of sound to the Troubadour tonight (sold out with Earthless) and tomorrow night (some tickets still available with Crystal Antlers). they’re (just barely) the second loudest band i have ever seen. (my ears are still bleeding from last year, My Bloody Valentine. you can expect a letter from my lawyers…)

yes, these are legitimate Dinosaur Jr. Nike dunks... and you better not fcuking bid me up on eBay...

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