Wreck The Tape Deck

you like minimal shoegazing ambient electronica, don’t you? well sure you do! you like spending only twelve bucks per ticket, right? well sure you do! what a coincidence i should bring those points up, because there’s a minimal shoegazing ambient electonica double header at Echoplex on Friday, September 17th, with Pantha du Prince and The Sight Below and cheap as fuck tickets are available here for only twelve bucks. (yes, that’s Noah Lennox from Animal Collective on vocals in the video above.) – also, on a related tip, further hilarious evidence at how impossibly pretentious those Pitchfork kidz are – money quote from the Pantha du Prince write-up that Echoplex included on the event page for Pantha, “Though he lacks the crossover name recognition of producers like the Field, Burial, and Lindstrøm”… you know, because all three of those guys are on my xmas lists.

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Cap’n Jazz had pretty much one album, Analphabetapolothology, but it’s a must listen and i really can’t recommend them more. Saturday go see them at the Echoplex with Abe Vigoda (of course, if there’s an indie band playing Los Angeles then Abe Vigoda is opening) and Black Apples. midwest, repruhzent, whut whut!!! tickets are still available here.

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i picked a good week to move, there’s not much going on in this beast of a city for once, except the exceptional Zola Jesus who is playing Part Time Punks this Sunday at the Echo. not sure if it’s a show or just a DJ set, either way i’ll see you there. here’s a few other recommendations for the week below:

Thursday, July 29

NITE JEWEL / MEMORYHOUSE / BATHS / KISSES (DJ set) @ echoplex

THURSDAYS : DON’T KNOCK THE ROCK 2010! @ Cinefamily/Silent Movie Theater “TARGET VIDEO PRESENTS: SO CAL PUNK ROCKERS , “Starting in the late ’70s, Target taped punk and post-punk bands in its studio space, in clubs, at parties and on the streets of the world at a time when music television was nonexistent. Their massive performance footage library is a sight to behold — and on Thursday, you’ll be treated to a solid blast of L.A./SoCal-centric clips from their archives: Screamers, BPeople, Suburban Lawns, Dickies, Zeros, Germs, Geza X, Plugz, CH3, TSOL and bunches more! Take a look at this Target clip of the Mau Maus here!” – Part Time Punks DJ Michael Stock will be spinning records before and after the show!”

Friday, July 30

KXLU and The Fold Presents Pocahuanted, Mi Ami, Peaking Lights @ Bootleg Theatre

Sunday, August 1

PART TIME PUNKS with ZOLA JESUS and Fancy Space People (members of the Germs) @ echo (tickets here. this will sell out folks)

CARIBOU – “Odessa” – (Nite jewel Remix)

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Antibalas at Echoplex with the Sway Machinery opening (three thumbs up show from j.s.)

La Roux has really nice hair @ Club Nokia with Ana Calderon

Threadless West Coast Social @ The Echo Greg Dulli (DJ set)

(fukkin’ love love love this movie, and it has one of the best death scenes of all time in it.) Dogs In Space and We’re Livin’ on Dog Food @ Cinefamily “Unscreened in Los Angeles for ages, Richard Lowenstein’s seminal Australian post-punk masterpiece Dogs In Spacecomes to the Cinefamily in a brand-new HD restoration! Based on Lowenstein’s own whirlwind experiences as a young man in the heart of the late ’70s Melbourne scene, the film is a dense, chaotic stew of vignettes charting the endless 24/7 partying that takes place in a trashy communal house — a magical realm in which its wild, impoverished inhabitants do dope, go to shows, play shows, smash TVs, occasionally go to school, and generally live out a gloriously hedonistic life path. In the center of this storm is Sam (played by INXS frontman Michael Hutchence), the charismatic heroin addict whose Zen-like calm fares him well amongst a kingdom’s worth of other jokers, junkies and misfits. Part Time Punks main man DJ Michael Stock will be spinning records before and after the films!”

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Harlem are globe trotters tonight @ The Echo with the Black Apples and Audacity

Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Puro Instinct (formerly Pearl Harbor, name was already taken and they knew it, actually – pretty skeevy), and The Magic Kids @ The Echoplex (three thumbs DOWN but i know he’s popular with the hipster swine kids. i’m sure it will sell out anyway so go upstairs to Harlem.)

it’s a full on indie aural assault with VOICEsVOICEs, War Tapes, Jesus Makes The Shotgun Sound and One F @ Synchronicity Space

Jonathan Yeo’s ‘Porn In The USA’ opens to the public at Lazarides‘ Beverly Hills pop-up location. he does portraits of famous types by using collages from cut-up porno mags. ’nuff said. it’s a day thing, from 12-8.

Kelsey Brookes, Kime Buzzelli and Albert Reyes have a Total Eclipse of the art at New Image Art in WeHo from 7-10pm – stuff from them after the jump

Chicago house hits smell-A with legends Derrick Carter, DJ Heather, Mark Grant and Hawt @ Vanguard Hollywood (three thumbs up from j.s. - tickets here)

attack of the Asians @ Thinkspace with Yosuke Ueno’s “Negative Never Again” and Dan-ah Kim’s “Waking In The Dark” in Culver City

holy fuck i can’t wait for this. they’re backkkkkkkk…. Crazy 4 Cult returns to Gallery 1988 on Melrose for the fourth installment with more than 100 artists doing spit-takes on cult classics. Kevin to the Smith is hosting with Scott Mosier (check out our pics from their Smodcast show at Gallery 1988 here, as well as plenty of other Gallery 1988 madness openings here.) – check out a few samples from the show after the jump

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Admiral Radley (featuring Jason Lytle from Grandaddy and members of Earlimart) gives that shit away for free with The Happy Hollows@ Hammer Museum for KCRW’s Also I Like To Rock series. it’s all ages, so you know jesus satan will be there. usually i have to buy the alcohol pay to hit on underage kids : o (

say hello to Au Revoir Simone @ The Echoplex, only $12 with Alexa Wilding and George Sarah opening

Dance Right @ La Cita with Them Jeans, Lloydski and Sean Patrick – free with cheap drinks until 11pm – have to RSVP here

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