sneak preview of Life During Wartime, a new film by Todd Solondz @ Cinefamily/Silent Movie Theatre for FREE!!!! (RSVP here) Solondz and Paul Reubens aka Pee Wee Herman will be there after for a Q+A

The New Pornographers, The Dodos, Imaad Wasif @ Henry Fonda Theater

Tool @ NOKIA Theatre L.A.

AMV – Lords Of Acid – ‘I Must Increase My Bust’

tonight we murder, who? why? murdered!!! with Lords of Acid and My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult @ Club Nokia

MGMT would like to see you now @ The Greek Theatre

let’s get ‘Drawn’ together with John Hill, Jr @ THIS Gallery Los Angeles (5906 North Figueroa Street)

drop some acid with Ryan Trecartin’s ‘Any Ever’ opening @ the MOCA Pacific Design Center

Nathan Smith & Asia Eng @ Ronin Gallery in Echo Park

what’s up doc with Bugs Bunny at the Symphony (with fireworks!) @ Hollywood Bowl

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!”

Admiral Radley (featuring Jason Lytle of Grandaddy and members of Earlimart) @ Amoeba Music in Hollywood. last chance to see them for a while, they’re off in search of the real Admiral Radley on a big national tour. (i don’t know, it’s the joke premise of the group or something… regardless, Grandaddy is one of the best bands ever made) show is at 7pm, it’s all ages and it’s free! well you like free, dontchya’?

smoke some dub with Zion I in West Hollywood @ Roxy Theatre. Strong Arm Steady, Chris Clarke and Icon open

wow, tough economy. that or MIA sucks. probably both. go here for more info, but basically they’re rolling Hard LA into Hard Summer Fest, which had a way bestest lineup anyway and don’t worry, kidz, you can still use your Hard LA tickets for it. (those HARD peeps sure have a hard time with event planning. they should call in JLo.) more info from HARD LA after the jump, highlight of which is that there is a show Saturday night from Die Antwoord (FUCK YES – well, except for the $35 part) at the El Rey with Destructo and Borgore. tix here, and here’s some Major Lazer to get you excited for August as a small compensation.

Major Lazer feat. Mr. Lexx & Santigold – Hold the Line (Frikstailers Remix) from Frikstailers on Vimeo.

LOS ANGELES –

HARD LA M.I.A. this Saturday July 17th has been cancelled, but not due to the lack of support or the full approval from the personnel at the City of Los Angeles and California State Parks who have signed off on our comprehensive security plan. We have decided to instead produce one massive event on August 7th at the same amazing location, the Los Angeles State Historic Park in Downtown Los Angeles.

We continue to work closely with LAFD, LAPD, City of Los Angeles, and California State Parks who continue to support all HARD events and have approved our plan to operate the HARD SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL at the Los Angeles State Historic Park on August 7th 2010 featuring Soulwax, Crystal Castles, Major Lazer, Erol Alkan, Diplo, Digitalism and more.

Tickets for HARD LA are automatically valid for the HARD SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL. HARD will offer refund options July 13th via HARDFEST.com

HARD NYC M.I.A. in New York July 24 at Governors Island also continues as scheduled.

In lieu of the cancelled MIA show, HARD is producing an event this Saturday night with DIE ANTWOORD, Destructo, and Borgore to take place at the El Rey Theater.

For Ticketing information visit HARDFEST.com

i don’t know who Leon is but i’m pretty sure he doesn’t need Kings of Leon @ Hollywood Bowl with Built to Spill (wow, didn’t even know he was still around) and Features opening (tix here)

it’s a CALENDAR FOLDING PARTY!!!! @ Cinefamily – more info from them “The latest round of our print calendars is here! We’ll start the folding this Monday at 7:30PM — come on by the theater, for there will be pizza, snacks, and afterwards, a 35mm screening of Satan’s Cheerleaders, exploitation master Greydon Clark’s ‘77 ode to teenage abandon and devil worship!”

what a coupla' cards...

i have no idea what Fol Chen means so i’m sorry but you’re not getting a joke about their name and i’m sure you’re all torn up about it @ The Echo with Random Patterns (yay! – the vid above for Psychic Luau super sucks but i CANNOT GET ENOUGH of this song. it’s the feel good song of the summer for me.) and Pizza! opening

Marina & The Diamonds sparkle @ Troubadour

Cinefamily is quite animated with Jerry Beck’s tribute to Gene Deitch @ Silent Movie Theater

happy fireworks everyone!!!

SATURDAY, JULY 3rd

a month long tribute to Dennis Hopper’s unmatched contribution to film, art and the world begins appropriately at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery with Cinespia’s showing of the seminal Easy Rider. there’s a film series throughout the month, mostly at Cinefamily (Silent Movie Theatre), as well as an exhibition at MOCA next Saturday, July 10th. more info with specific screenings after the jump - pour one out 4 tha homiez : o (

electroclash ex-patriot Miss Kittin scratches the decks with Paolo Mojo @ Avalon Hollywood (three thumbs up from j. s. – tix here)

the Hive Gallery is having its July group orgy show with Van Soro, Leyla Akdogan, L. Croskey, Charles Swenson, Gaia Bracco and Juan Alvarado, $8 at the door, $5 for peeps in black and yellow (cause it looks like a bee, get it? Hive Gallery? bees? eh? eh?) yeah, it costs money, but there are music performances, djs and burlesque

just duo it with Mates of State @ the Echo with Free Energy and Nick Thune opening

Fetish Nation celebrates its one year anniversary @ Circus – print the STUPID flyer above for discounted tickets. (i love this club, lots of fun i.e. lots of decadence, but they totally need a new graphic designer – p.s. see our NSFW pics from previous Fetish Nation nights here)

go take a Baths, you stink, with Dublab pal Daedelus, El Ten Eleven and Matthew David @ Troubadour (tix here)

the Dum Dum Girls are suckers with the awesome Crocodiles at Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa

annndddd there’s a helluva Hootennany goin’ on with rockabilly legends Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis  battling it off with each other @ Oak Canyon Ranch in Irvine (5305 E Santiago Canyon, 92676). the all day show also features Nick 13 from Tiger Army, Old 97’s, Shooter Jennings, 3 Bad Jacks, Throw Rag and a lot more, plus more than 300 classic cars and the Miss Hootenanny contest. ain’t nothin’ more American than a rockabilly festival. (tix here)

SUNDAY, JULY 4th

Part Time Punks @ the Echo with a record release party for Magic Bullets – (holy shit! Zola Jesus is doing PTP on August 1st! – i’ve talked about her plenty before and now she’s getting all huge and shit. catch her now while she’s still doing intimate venues.)

everyone loves a 3rd annual Riot Grrrl Carnival benefitting the Downtown Women’s Center with Las Sangromas Y El Cabrón, Stella Pace, Sin Remedio, Desmadre En Krisis, Social Concern, Augustia @ The Smell

DENNIS HOPPER FILM SERIES The Cinefamily, in association with The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA), and Los Angeles Filmforum on the occasion of the exhibition Dennis Hopper Double Standard, presents a month-long retrospective of Hopper’s most famous and infamous film works—along with lesser-known treasures—that celebrates his decades-spanning, wide-ranging career of searing performances and ambitiously idiosyncratic directorial efforts. SATURDAY, JULY 3, 7:30pm gates open; movie at 9pm Hollywood Forever Cemetery 6000 Santa Monica Blvd., L.A., CA 90038 Cinespia hosts a large outdoor screening of Easy Rider (1969, 35mm, Sony, 95 min.) to kick off the series. INFO cinespia.org TICKETS $10 FRIDAY, JULY 9, 7:30pm and 9:30pm The Cinefamily at The Silent Movie Theatre 611 N. Fairfax Ave., L.A., CA 90036 Easy Rider (1969, 35mm, Sony, 95 min.) and The American Dreamer (1971, 16mm, 90 min.), with director L.M. Kit Carson in person INFO 323/655-2510 or cinefamily.org TICKETS $12 general; $8 MOCA and Cinefamily members FRIDAY, JULY 16, 7:30pm and 10:30pm The Cinefamily at The Silent Movie Theatre 611 N. Fairfax Ave., L.A., CA 90036 Mad Dog Morgan (1976, 35mm, 102 min.), with director Philippe Mora in person, and Kid Blue (1973, 35mm, Fox, 100 min., archival print courtesy of Fox) INFO 323/655-2510 or cinefamily.org TICKETS $12 general; $8 MOCA and Cinefamily members FRIDAY, JULY 23, 7:30pm and 9:30pm The Cinefamily at The Silent Movie Theatre 611 N. Fairfax Ave., L.A., CA 90036 Night Tide (1961, 35mm, 84 min., archival print courtesy of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) and Tracks (1977, 35mm, Rainbow Films, 92 min.), with director Henry Jaglom in person INFO 323/655-2510 or cinefamily.org TICKETS $12 general; $8 MOCA and Cinefamily members SUNDAY, JULY 25, 6pm, 8:30pm, and 11pm The Cinefamily at The Silent Movie Theatre 611 N. Fairfax Ave., L.A., CA 90036 Blue Velvet (1986, 35mm, MGM, 120 min.), Hoosiers (1986, 35mm, MGM, 114 min.), and River’s Edge (1986, 35mm, MGM, 99 min.) INFO 323/655-2510 or cinefamily.org TICKETS $12 general; $8 MOCA and Cinefamily members FRIDAY, JULY 30, 8pm and 10pm The Cinefamily at The Silent Movie Theatre 611 N. Fairfax Ave., L.A., CA 90036 Out of the Blue (1980, 35mm, Discovery Films, 94 min., new restored 35mm print) and White Star (1983, DigiBeta, 92 min.) INFO 323/655-2510 or cinefamily.org TICKETS $14 general/$10 MOCA and Cinefamily members SATURDAY, JULY 31, 7:30pm The Cinefamily at The Silent Movie Theatre 611 N. Fairfax Ave., L.A., CA 90036 The Last Movie (1971, 35mm, 108 min., archival print courtesy of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) INFO 323/655-2510 or cinefamily.org TICKETS $10 general; $6 MOCA and Cinefamily members SUNDAY, AUG 8, 7:30pm Spielberg Theater at the Egyptian 6712 Hollywood Blvd., L.A., CA 90028 In conjunction with the Dennis Hopper Film Series, Los Angeles Filmforum presents Warhol/Hopper: Films by Andy Warhol featuring Dennis Hopper, screening Warhol’s Screen Tests Reel #4 (1964–65, 16mm, approx. 40 min., silent, b&w, 18 fps) andTarzan and Jane Regained… Sort Of (1964, 16mm, 80 min., color, sound). Tarzan and Jane Regained… Sort Of is a playful avant-garde parody of the classic Tarzan films of the 1930s and ’40s featuring Taylor Mead as Tarzan, Naomi Levine as Jane, Dennis Hopper, Irving Blum, Claes Oldenburg, Brooke Hayward, and Andy Warhol. This rarely seen film was shot in Los Angeles in October 1963 while Warhol was in town for his second exhibition at Ferus Gallery. INFO/TICKETS lafilmforum.org

it’s an early summer’s night’s dream with CocoRosie, Cibelle and Busdriver @ Orpheum Theater

“The New Erotic” documentary premiere and party with a photo exhibit from Steve Diet Goedde, Ed Fox, Alejandre Guerrero, and Dave Naz, as well as sexiness all-female glampunk band Pajamaband and The Garbage Girls @ Department of Flying Vehicles (3303 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026) (three thumbs WAY up show from j.s., although it’s $10 admission)

Stanton Warriors with Nadastrom (amazing amazing amazing video below) for Control Fridays @ Avalon

an eight person art orgy with Damian Fulton, Robert Palaciso, Michael Brown, Frijol Boy, Lauren Gardiner, Cristina Paulos, Alyson Souza and Fiddle Tim @ La Luz De Jesus gallery (*UPDATE: turns out Fiddle Tim is Frances Bean Cobain’s alter ego – show sold out. who knew? well, actually, a lot of people, just not me.)

just duo it with Mates of State @ the Echo with Free Energy and Nick Thune opening

aaannnndddd this kind of underground band called Jane’s Addiction is playing the Roxy for free. good luck getting into that one.

Nadastrom – Save Us from Ben Solomon on Vimeo.

The Submarines surface in Costa Mesa at Detroit Bar with A B & The Sea

i don’t really like the new album much, MGMT-itis again, but if you snag them early enough today you can get $10 tickets at Goldstar for Blitzen Trapper @ the El Rey (here) and their older stuff is pretty okay – woops! never mind, it sold out, sorry folks. back on sale again, wtf? have to get ‘em by two pm.

Concrete Blonde celebrates twenty years of Bloodletting at Henry Fonda – Music Box in Hollywood by making me feel really fucking old playing the album in full. Flametal and Shok open (tix here)

let your hair metal down with Steel Panther at House of Blues Sunset Blvd

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

Brian Jonestown Massacre drinks the kool aid at Henry Fonda – Music Box. Federale opens (the borders)

start wearing purple for Gogol Bordello at the Mayan Theatre downtown Los Angeles (tickets here)

see some Stars without getting punched for once at the Troubadour West Hollywood (sold out, folks, sorry)

start wearing purple for Gogol Bordello at the Mayan Theatre downtown Los Angeles (tickets here)

let your hair metal down with Steel Panther at House of Blues Sunset Blvd (um, apparently Miley Cyrus will be there, as well. if ever there was a night to hit Steel Panther, tonight is the night. once i saw Kelly Clarkson get up on stage and drink straight Makers Mark or something equally as poisonous to a young preteen pop career while she fucked up Journey lyrics with the lame-ass from Yellowcard. if Miley hangs around after her show, i guarantee something awful aka amazing will happen. p.s. how can you fuck up Journey lyrics? i mean, she was on American Idol?!!?!??)

Kelly Clarkson jumps the pop shark with Steel Panther

SATURDAY:

WTTD pal Courtney Cruz and her Devil’s Playground gets all kinky AGAIN with the sequel to her Fetish Girls Burlesque downtown at Bordello Bar – check out some naughty pics from the first Fetish Girls Burlesque show in our galleries here (three thumbs WAY up if you know what i mean from j. satan)

Meltdown’s gallery is having s fund raiser for Downtown Dog Rescue with a group show of more than fifty artists doing portraits of cute widdle doggies, including works from Chet Zar, Nicole Bruckman, Christopher Umana and about fifty more

this actually went public last night, but regardless the Vader Project in Hollywood on Melrose looks fantastic with more than a hundred art-ed up Darth Vader helmets from pretty much every relevant underground artist ever. there’s a catalog signing at two pm.

LeBasse opens for Yoskay Yamamoto’s ‘Familiar Strangers’ show in Culver City

Gary Baseman’s ‘Giggle and Pop’ show from noon until four at the La Brea tar pits with his “Tar Pit Girls” – i like him but he’s a little skeevy, too…

Tortoise shells the Troubadour with Das Boton

Murs brings underground hip-hop above ground at HOB Sunset

i always say Mewithoutyou wrong at Henry Fonda/Music Box

SUNDAY:

revenge of the nerds with Spazmatics at Key Club

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