Some shows just added:
ROSEWOOD THIEVES - September 4 - Silverlake Lounge
JANA HUNTER + LESSER GONZALEZ ALVAREZ - Sept 7 - Tangier
TWEAK BIRD - September 17 - Silverlake Lounge
THE SHONDES - September 25 - Silverlake Lounge
MR. GNOME - September 30 - Silverlake Lounge


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Lion of Panjshir, Thursdays in September @ Tangier

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The set times posted below are subject to change. Shows are limited seating unless otherwise noted.

Wednesday, September 3 - Tangier - Free
In the Tangier Lounge
RACHEL SIERRA 8p
IAN COOKE 9p
OLIN AND THE MOON 11p
THE MEEMIES 10p

and in the Restaurant - 8p
AARON EMBRY & FRIENDS
AVI BUFFALO
THE RELATIONSHIP (BRIAN BELL)

RACHEL SIERRA
Influenced by everyone from Nina Simone to Ani DiFranco, the Beatles to Bob Dylan, Rachel delivers her powerful lyrics through many different genres of music such as Folk, Blues, Jazz, Funk, and Hip-Hop. As the front woman in her band Higher Funktion, a Humboldt County based Funk/Reggae band, Rachel has seduced many a crowd with her true to life lyrics and commanding stage presence. Higher Funktion performed from 2001-2003 at venues in San Francisco and all over Humboldt County.

IAN COOKE
Cooke has developed a unique, expressive vocalese that emulates the fluid modulations and tonality of a cello and incorporates some of its rhythmic inflections. If Sufjan Stevens had been weaned on nothing but recordings by Tchaikovsky, Mozart, Bach and "Eleanor Rigby," his take on chamber pop might sound something like Cooke's work. But as it stands, Cooke makes Stevens's elaborate compositions seem almost prosaic.

AARON EMBRY
"Now, before we go on, we had heard about Mr. Embry through various music scene aficionados before this night. "Nothing short of brilliant". "The man is a genius". "Utterly inspiring". Those were the kind of words we heard all the time with bands those days and time and time again we were always more inclined to put them on the veritable punching bag/piñata. So being young and cynical we took in the so-called "brilliant, inspiring genius" in true Silver Lake hipster form -- arms folded in the back of the room with the usual look of disinterest. Perhaps 10 -- at the most 15 -- seconds into the first song, we fell in love with Aaron Embry. It's a weird thing when that moment happens. It's like when you're in grade school and the girl you just passed a note to returns it with a circle-heart around "yes". Yes...." -LA Underground

Rachel Sierra

















Aaron Embry

Wednesday, September 3 - Silverlake Lounge
TSU SHI MA MI RE 11p (Japan)
SPIDER PROBLEM 10p
SARTRES LOBSTER 9p
THE SHAVEFISH 12a

Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re

Thursday, September 4 - Silverlake Lounge - $8
ROSEWOOD THIEVES 11p
GROWLERS 12a
HE’S MY BROTHER SHE’S MY SISTER 10p
HELLO FROM RENO 9p
SILENT COMEDY 8p

THE ROSEWOOD THIEVES
“Basking in a remarkably classic, yet fresh, approach to roots rock that channels the Best Beatle and a love for Americana without venturing too deeply into rock’n’roll resurrection fantasies. The band travels the roots-rock highways with an honesty so rare in this era when Americana’s a gimmick more than a reliance upon tradition.” - Aversion.com

“The Rosewood Thieves' build upon the sincerity of John Lennon's solo work and the poetic earnestness of Bob Dylan and the Band for their own plain-spoken indie rock sound.” - MSN.com

GROWLERS
“They know how to rollick like champs, but they can also creep along with a vaguely Eastern European worldweariness that’s endearing. They may claim Ol’ Dirty Bastard and Lee “Scratch” Perry as influences on their MySpace page (wigga, please), but the Growlers actually sound more like Man Man if they were fixated on pre-psych rock that’s too sophisticated to be considered “garage.” This nebulous quality makes the Growlers one of the most interesting bands working in the region.” - OC Weekly

Rosewood Thieves


Growlers

Thursday, September 4 - Tangier - $7
LION OF PANJSHIR 10p
JONATHAN WILSON 11p
DIONYSIUS 9p
dance performance by THE MOVEMENT MOVEMENT 8:30p

LION OF PANJSHIR
"Their music is psychedelic folk rock with deep influences of traditional Afghan music. Haunting Afghan lyrics suddenly morph into English, translated through [vocalist Ariana] Delawari's vulnerable, girlish yet powerful voice; she embodies the raucous rants of Janis Joplin and the modest feistiness of Cat Power. Whether you understand the words doesn't matter - the compositions have the power to drop your heart in a chord change, reminding you that angst and instability aren't just a rock & roll cliché but a crucial element of a good performance." - LA Weekly


JONATHAN WILSON
“[Jonathan Wilson’s] music blends that rainy English folk with the east coast mountain music he grew up around, and the Laurel Canyon/Southwestern country rock that was so dominant in past decades; [he] can channel bouncy pop energy as well as the hushed sounds of folk. There's more than a whole lot of promise in Jonathan Wilson.” - Treble Magazine

Lion of Panjshir

Jonathan Wilson

Sunday, September 7 - Tangier - $8
In the Tangier Lounge
JANA HUNTER 10p
LESSER GONZALEZ ALVAREZ 9p
LEARNING MUSIC 11p
KARIN TATOYAN 8p

JANA HUNTER
“Jana’s frail, reedy voice and delicate finger picking make her sound like a young man lost in a peat bog and plucking toads from toadstools to see whether theyill spill their secrets.i -Boston Phoenix

iHunter is songs are so honest, yearning and intimate, youid be forgiven in thinking that youire eavesdropping on someoneis private thoughts. -Artvoice

and in the Restaurant - $10
THE COCKTAIL HOUR
w/ INARA GEORGE, GREG KURSTIN (The Bird and the Bee) and special guests.
Show starts ealry evening 5-8pm
$3 martinis
$5 grey goose martinis
New York steak specials

The Cocktail Hour Tickets...

Jana Hunter



Inara George

Monday, September 8 - Silverlake Lounge - Free
MY IMAGINARY FRIENDS 11p
THE YOUNG HUNTING 10p
CAROLINE MOVEMENT 9p
WHISPERING PINES 12a

MY IMAGINARY FRIENDS
“[Armstrong] sings with a voice that is sincere...expect to be stunned...expect to be awed.” - Post and Courier

"I love your cornucopia of tunes. You are raw." - Devendra Banhart

"Much like heroes Ryan Adams and Paul Westerberg, Armstrong’s earliest songs were an outlet for misunderstood and misdirected teenage angst that was channeled in the short-lived, all-female punk band, Leave It To Beaver. And while you won’t find even the faintest trace of those punk roots in My Imaginary Friend’s sublime piano-based musings, Armstrong has never relinquished her vigor and venom. She just betrays it sometimes with her delicate, indelible voice.It was that voice that made her the centerpiece of a successful jazz group in Charleston and landed her a gig opening for Ray Charles at the North Charleston Coliseum in 2002. It would take a surrender of sorts for Armstrong to come to terms with a musical influence she’d long pacified but now embraces: country music. Armstrong’s earliest country influence was actually her maternal grandfather, who was a banjo picker. “Over time it made me feel rebellious,” she laughs. “Reverse rebellion, against the cool kids listening to Sebadoh and Fugazi.” - Tight Gloves PR

My Imaginary Friends

Monday, September 8 - Tangier - $5
ALEX AND SAM 9:30p
RACHAEL CANTU 8:30p

ALEX AND SAM
“...one of the most delightful new groups to emerge out of the Los Angeles music scene in years. They showcased a charming collecton of jazz-inflected pop/folk original tunes that combine the classic feel of Cole Porter and Hoagy Carmichael with the poetic sophistication of Nick Drake and Elliot Smith. And it was lovely.” -LA Underground

Alex and Sam

Tuesday, September 9 - Silverlake Lounge
STOP REVOLT 10p
NEW LONDON 9p

STOP REVOLT
“...makes music to hang on by. Their vision of a jaded, dystopian and stolen America rings through in every distorted note, lyric and drum hit. Three independent albums released, produced in collaboration with Arthur Barrow (Zappa, Billy Idol, the Motels) and Zander Schloss (Circle Jerks, the Weirdos). Drummer Sam Cunningham plays with an elegant aggression that's been infused with jazz, punk and the more modern rhythmic elements of Jungle and Hip Hop. Guitarist/Singer Phil Darovic sings with a gravelly, melodic howl that recalls a young New York Dolls while simultaneously paying tribute to current acts like the White Stripes, Radiohead and Babyshambles.”

Stop Revolt

Wednesday, September 10 - Silverlake Lounge - $8
BLACK CRAYONS 10:30p
ROCKING HORSE PEOPLE 11:30p
OJOS ROJOS 8:30p
SPIRIT VINE 9:30p

ROCKING HORSE PEOPLE
“... write and perform impressive songs that, like their predecessors, are designed to be experienced as much as heard. A loping rhythm section anchors the swirling waves of distorted guitars. Surreal melodies and harmonies move in and about the music, creating a wall of moving, intoxicating sound. You don’t have to do drugs to appreciate Rocking Horse People’s songs, but it helps. The music shimmers and undulates as different layers of each track come forward; each song seems to breathe, rising and falling as it plays on. But the music is purposeful rather than meandering, and it never demands your attention. Rather, it moves independently, taking hold of you on its own terms and at its own pace.”

Spirit Vine

Wednesday, September 10 - Tangier - Free
In the Tangier Lounge
OLIN AND THE MOON 10p
ELENI MANDELL 9p
DILLON CAMPBELL 8p
VENUS ILLUMINATO 11p

ELENI MANDELL - "Los Angeles singer-songwriter Eleni Mandell ... was weaned on artists like Tom Waits and X, and her dark and sexy songs have been compared to those of everyone from Chan Marshall to Patsy Cline." - New Yorker

OLIN AND THE MOON
"Olin and the Moon create a unique, country-tinged brand of indie rock that owes as much to Elliott Smith as it does to Neil Young and Gram Parsons... Call it naivety, but it's this optimism that is the driving force behind the band. On record, on stage, or in conversation, the members of Olin and the Moon seem possesed by an unwavering passion to create honest music, and as long as they stay the course, their audience will continue to grow." -Hollywood Covered Magazine

and in the Restaurant - 8p
AARON EMBRY & FRIENDS
TENLONS FORT
DIRT BIRD

AARON EMBRY
"Now, before we go on, we had heard about Mr. Embry through various music scene aficionados before this night. "Nothing short of brilliant". "The man is a genius". "Utterly inspiring". Those were the kind of words we heard all the time with bands those days and time and time again we were always more inclined to put them on the veritable punching bag/piñata. So being young and cynical we took in the so-called "brilliant, inspiring genius" in true Silver Lake hipster form -- arms folded in the back of the room with the usual look of disinterest. Perhaps 10 -- at the most 15 -- seconds into the first song, we fell in love with Aaron Embry. It's a weird thing when that moment happens. It's like when you're in grade school and the girl you just passed a note to returns it with a circle-heart around "yes". Yes...." -LA Underground

Olin and the Moon
Eleni Mandell

Thursday, September 11 - Silverlake Lounge - $8
GO WEST YOUNG MAN 11p
LES BLANKS 10p
MY PET SADDLE 9p
VOYEURS 12a

LES BLANKS
"Nothing if not dynamic, the album’s sound runs the gamut — the tinny, rapid-fire thrashing coming from Caldwell’s Telecaster on “Starry Tilting Sizzle” invites the swagger and sway of hips and boots on crowded dance floors, while the ragtime-tinged piano found in “La Reina” calls for a laidback saloon-style listening session. Drummer Brian Soika shows his obvious affinity towards a teetered, snaretight percussive approach, while bassist Parker Todd Brooks underscores Soika’s energy with full, well-mixed support." -Performer Magazine

"A clattering, caterwauling howl of L.A. blues as refracted through a battered prism of the Stooges' sludge-punk bloodbaths and indie-rock's wounded, smirking ache" -webinfront.com

Les Blanks

Thursday, September 11 - Tangier - $7
LION OF PANJSHIR 10p
GANGI 9p
GOLDEN ANIMALS 11p
JEFF RAMUNO N’ THE GUNSLINGERS 8p

LION OF PANJSHIR
"Their music is psychedelic folk rock with deep influences of traditional Afghan music. Haunting Afghan lyrics suddenly morph into English, translated through [vocalist Ariana] Delawari's vulnerable, girlish yet powerful voice; she embodies the raucous rants of Janis Joplin and the modest feistiness of Cat Power.

Whether you understand the words doesn't matter - the compositions have the power to drop your heart in a chord change, reminding you that angst and instability aren't just a rock & roll cliché but a crucial element of a good performance." - LA Weekly

Lion of Panjshir

Golden Animals

Friday, September 12 - Tangier - $10
CITAY 11p
PARSON RED HEADS 10p
BOTTICELLIS 12a
PIERRE DE REEDER 9p

CITAY
"Part pastoral collage, part AOR pastiche, Citay recall a simpler - er, more complex - time for rock 'n roll. The San Francisco collective's latest album, Little Kingdom, owes a great deal to the surname-only heroes of yore, fleshing out CSNY-style harmonies with thick analog-synth arrangements reminiscent of Emerson, Lake, and Palmer. Yet, bandleader Ezra Feinberg steers his unit clear of instrumental excess, instead infusing subdued folk with the sense of triumph that is often absent in indie rock." - Flavorpill

Citay

Sunday, September 14 - Tangier - $8
LEARNING MUSIC 9:30p
TOM BROSSEAU 8:30p
VOSOTROS 7:30p
BOBB BRUNO 10:30p

LEARNING MUSIC
Learning Music began as a collaborative album-a-month project. Started in November 2006 by John Wood (Inara George, Willoughby, Mike Andrews, Kelly Osbourne), the series included an album recorded entirely on handheld cassette recorder, a collection of music videos, songs for an autobiographical musical written by a robot, and dozens of homemade electro-acoustic folk-pop anthems.

Twelve months and twelve albums later, Wood decided it was time to get out of the house. Inspired by the early works of Terry Riley, the Talking Heads, and Storm & Stress, Learning Music became a live band, which has included as little as four to as many as twenty musicians at one time.

Regular members of Learning Music include drummer Mike G (Bird & The Bee), multi-instrumentalists Bram Inscore (Beck, Everlast) and Gus Seyffert (Sia), trombonist Joseph Tepperman (Bodies of Water, Mooey Moobau), bassist Gabe Noel (Vosotros), guitarists Jason Golday (Suicide Note) and Oscar Schedin (Colorforms), trumpeter/accordionist Charles DeCastro (Alex & Sam), trumpeter Max Markowitz (ing), vibraphonist Drew Jorgensen, saxaphonists Sam Robles and Damon Zick, and multi-instrumentalist-meets-mad-scientist Lewis Keller.

Learning Music


Tom Brosseau

Monday, September 15 - Silverlake Lounge - Free
MY IMAGINARY FRIENDS 11p
NORTHSTAR SESSION 10p

MY IMAGINARY FRIENDS
“[Armstrong] sings with a voice that is sincere...expect to be stunned...expect to be awed.” - Post and Courier

"I love your cornucopia of tunes. You are raw." - Devendra Banhart

"Much like heroes Ryan Adams and Paul Westerberg, Armstrong’s earliest songs were an outlet for misunderstood and misdirected teenage angst that was channeled in the short-lived, all-female punk band, Leave It To Beaver. And while you won’t find even the faintest trace of those punk roots in My Imaginary Friend’s sublime piano-based musings, Armstrong has never relinquished her vigor and venom. She just betrays it sometimes with her delicate, indelible voice.It was that voice that made her the centerpiece of a successful jazz group in Charleston and landed her a gig opening for Ray Charles at the North Charleston Coliseum in 2002. It would take a surrender of sorts for Armstrong to come to terms with a musical influence she’d long pacified but now embraces: country music. Armstrong’s earliest country influence was actually her maternal grandfather, who was a banjo picker. “Over time it made me feel rebellious,” she laughs. “Reverse rebellion, against the cool kids listening to Sebadoh and Fugazi.” - Tight Gloves PR

My Imaginary Friends

Monday, September 15 - Tangier - $5
ALEX AND SAM 9:30p

ALEX AND SAM
“...one of the most delightful new groups to emerge out of the Los Angeles music scene in years. They showcased a charming collecton of jazz-inflected pop/folk original tunes that combine the classic feel of Cole Porter and Hoagy Carmichael with the poetic sophistication of Nick Drake and Elliot Smith. And it was lovely.” -LA Underground

Alex and Sam

Tuesday, September 16 - Silverlake Lounge - $8
TIFF RANDOL and MIKKI JAMES 9p
SO MANY WIZARDS 10:30p
INTRICATE MACHINES 11:30p

TIFF RANDOL
“...the singer-songwriter has made a habit of writing songs littered with adventurous pop hooks and drive time lyricism. Subsequently, acclaim has followed fast - Randol first made strides as the vampish front woman with riotous rock five piece, Valeze. Meanwhile, her siren-like vocals bolstered live shows with a raft of legends, including Ronnie Spector, Phillip Glass, John Flansbergh, and Ween.

Today though, she’s making waves on her lonesome. A self-produced, self-recorded album is set for a 2008 release and promises much. Highlight single and one part of a five track EP, Kiss Me Kiss Me, is a breathlessly intimate sketch on unconditional love that's drawn comparisons to June Carter, Kate Bush and the sun-drenched harmonies of Lennon and McCartney. B-sides Stuck In His Way and Half A Second swoon with intimacy and wide-eyed innocence, hinting at a work rate to match her creativity. But that’s just the half of it - there have been awards, too. Recent accomplishments include recognition as a new up and coming writer for '07 from The Songwriters Hall of Fame, the licensing of "Me and You" for the feature film "Fat Girls", and the award of 'Best Film Score' at the Long Island Film Festival for "Meg's Song," an independent feature starring Stella Keitel.” - Mojo

MIKKI JAMES
“Refreshingly uncontrived, consistently comic and ironic, and eminently hummable. Everything from delirious pop hooks to New Wave inspired keyboards, hip-hop beats, funky, neo-white-boy-soul a la Beck, and bratty guitar riffs reminiscent of 1960s garage rock.” -EPITONIC

Tiff Randol l


Miiki James

Tuesday, September 16 - Tangier
FRANKLIN FOR SHORT

Franklin For Short

Wednesday, September 17 - Silverlake Lounge - $7
TWEAK BIRD (“Reservations” record release show)
PTERODACDUDES

TWEAK BIRD
"Two engaging dudes blasting out captivating heavy and psychedelic jams with tight vocal harmonies. The songs are loud, intense, energetic and crafted well. The vocals are really intriguing, as they are pretty, dramatic, sometimes a bit creepy, not to mention catchy and absolutely on." - Buddyhead

Tweak Bird

Wednesday, September 17 - Tangier - Free
In the Tangier Lounge
OLIN AND THE MOON 10p
ALL SPOTS TO BLACK 9p
MAXIM LUDWIG & THE SANTA FE SEVEN 8p
HT HEARTACHE & THE BROTHER DARKNESS 11p

OLIN AND THE MOON
"Olin and the Moon create a unique, country-tinged brand of indie rock that owes as much to Elliott Smith as it does to Neil Young and Gram Parsons... Call it naivety, but it's this optimism that is the driving force behind the band. On record, on stage, or in conversation, the members of Olin and the Moon seem possesed by an unwavering passion to create honest music, and as long as they stay the course, their audience will continue to grow." -Hollywood Covered Magazine

and in the Restaurant
AARON EMBRY & FRIENDS
EDWARD SHARPE
LOVELY SYNDROME

AARON EMBRY
"Now, before we go on, we had heard about Mr. Embry through various music scene aficionados before this night. "Nothing short of brilliant". "The man is a genius". "Utterly inspiring". Those were the kind of words we heard all the time with bands those days and time and time again we were always more inclined to put them on the veritable punching bag/piñata. So being young and cynical we took in the so-called "brilliant, inspiring genius" in true Silver Lake hipster form -- arms folded in the back of the room with the usual look of disinterest. Perhaps 10 -- at the most 15 -- seconds into the first song, we fell in love with Aaron Embry. It's a weird thing when that moment happens. It's like when you're in grade school and the girl you just passed a note to returns it with a circle-heart around "yes". Yes...." -LA Underground

Olin and the Moon

Aaron Embry

Thursday, September 18 - Silverlake Lounge - $8
TRADITIONIST 8:30p
AN ANGLE 9:30p
HIS ORCHESTRA 10:30p
THE MUMLERS 11:30p

His Orchestra

Thursday, September 18 - Tangier - $7
LION OF PANJSHIR 10p
INFANTREE 11p
LOTS OF LOVE 9p

LION OF PANJSHIR
"Their music is psychedelic folk rock with deep influences of traditional Afghan music. Haunting Afghan lyrics suddenly morph into English, translated through [vocalist Ariana] Delawari's vulnerable, girlish yet powerful voice; she embodies the raucous rants of Janis Joplin and the modest feistiness of Cat Power. Whether you understand the words doesn't matter - the compositions have the power to drop your heart in a chord change, reminding you that angst and instability aren't just a rock & roll cliché but a crucial element of a good performance." - LA Weekly

Lion of Panjshir

Sunday, September 21 - Tangier - $8
LEARNING MUSIC 9:30p
ONE TRICK PONY 10:30p
THE SWEET HURT 8:30p
THE EYE THE EAR AND THE ARM 7:30p

“Learning Music began as a collaborative album-a-month project. Started in November 2006 by John Wood (Inara George, Willoughby, Mike Andrews, Kelly Osbourne), the series included an album recorded entirely on handheld cassette recorder, a collection of music videos, songs for an autobiographical musical written by a robot, and dozens of homemade electro-acoustic folk-pop anthems.

Twelve months and twelve albums later, Wood decided it was time to get out of the house.  Inspired by the early works of Terry Riley, the Talking Heads, and Storm & Stress, Learning Music became a live band, which has included as little as four to as many as twenty musicians at one time.

Regular members of Learning Music include drummer Mike G (Bird & The Bee), multi-instrumentalists Bram Inscore (Beck, Everlast) and Gus Seyffert (Sia), trombonist Joseph Tepperman (Bodies of Water, Mooey Moobau), bassist Gabe Noel (Vosotros), guitarists Jason Golday (Suicide Note) and Oscar Schedin (Colorforms), trumpeter/accordionist Charles DeCastro (Alex & Sam), trumpeter Max Markowitz (ing), vibraphonist Drew Jorgensen, saxaphonists Sam Robles and Damon Zick, and multi-instrumentalist-meets-mad-scientist Lewis Keller.”

Learning Music



One Trick Pony

Monday, September 22 - Silverlake Lounge - Free
MY IMAGINARY FRIENDS 11p
POINT JUNCTURE, WA 9p

MY IMAGINARY FRIENDS
"Much like heroes Ryan Adams and Paul Westerberg, Armstrong’s earliest songs were an outlet for misunderstood and misdirected teenage angst that was channeled in the short-lived, all-female punk band, Leave It To Beaver. And while you won’t find even the faintest trace of those punk roots in My Imaginary Friend’s sublime piano-based musings, Armstrong has never relinquished her vigor and venom. She just betrays it sometimes with her delicate, indelible voice.It was that voice that made her the centerpiece of a successful jazz group in Charleston and landed her a gig opening for Ray Charles at the North Charleston Coliseum in 2002. It would take a surrender of sorts for Armstrong to come to terms with a musical influence she’d long pacified but now embraces: country music. Armstrong’s earliest country influence was actually her maternal grandfather, who was a banjo picker. “Over time it made me feel rebellious,” she laughs. “Reverse rebellion, against the cool kids listening to Sebadoh and Fugazi.” - Tight Gloves PR

POINT JUNCTURE, WA
“Mixing in a little prog, a little emo, this insanely creative, slightly dissonant mathy rock outfit has a way of drawing you deeper into their emotional landscape with each track. Point Juncture, WA has nailed that three-dimensional mastery where layers upon layers slip between another, breathe in and breathe out with the utmost elegance and meaning. Starting off with dub-inspired beats, bringing in tastefully economic guitar, reverberating vibraphone and poignant keyboards, then tilting the angle with their consistently mind-blowing vocals (both guy and girl), this gang is making Portland, Oregon most proud. All details aside, the overall impression is one of sincere, genuine music-making; these four guys and a girl put their hearts into every sound, every silence and every breath, reminding us that the magic of music happens in the subtleties and the vulnerabilities.” - CD Baby

My Imaginary Friends

Monday, September 22 - Tangier - $5
ALEX AND SAM 9:30p
THE CHUTESVILLE SPEAK

ALEX AND SAM
“...one of the most delightful new groups to emerge out of the Los Angeles music scene in years. They showcased a charming collecton of jazz-inflected pop/folk original tunes that combine the classic feel of Cole Porter and Hoagy Carmichael with the poetic sophistication of Nick Drake and Elliot Smith. And it was lovely.” -LA Underground

Alex and Sam

Tuesday, September 23 - Silverlake Lounge - $8
BALLERINA BLACK 11p
LIFE UNDERWATER 10p
MOLINO 9p
MAN MIRACLE 12a

Ballerina Black

Wednesday, September 24 - Silverlake Lounge
VICTIM VISION 11:30p
BARRY JOHNSTON
CAL CRAWFORD

Wednesday, September 24 - Tangier - Free
In the Tangier Lounge
OLIN AND THE MOON 10p
THE DAMN SONS
MATT ELLIS
MOUSE KILLS TIGER 11p

OLIN AND THE MOON
"Olin and the Moon create a unique, country-tinged brand of indie rock that owes as much to Elliott Smith as it does to Neil Young and Gram Parsons... Call it naivety, but it's this optimism that is the driving force behind the band. On record, on stage, or in conversation, the members of Olin and the Moon seem possesed by an unwavering passion to create honest music, and as long as they stay the course, their audience will continue to grow." -Hollywood Covered Magazine

and in the Restaurant - 8p
AARON EMBRY & FRIENDS
SARA LOV
ELENI MANDELL

AARON EMBRY
"Now, before we go on, we had heard about Mr. Embry through various music scene aficionados before this night. "Nothing short of brilliant". "The man is a genius". "Utterly inspiring". Those were the kind of words we heard all the time with bands those days and time and time again we were always more inclined to put them on the veritable punching bag/piñata. So being young and cynical we took in the so-called "brilliant, inspiring genius" in true Silver Lake hipster form -- arms folded in the back of the room with the usual look of disinterest. Perhaps 10 -- at the most 15 -- seconds into the first song, we fell in love with Aaron Embry. It's a weird thing when that moment happens. It's like when you're in grade school and the girl you just passed a note to returns it with a circle-heart around "yes". Yes...." -LA Underground

ELENI MANDELL - "Los Angeles singer-songwriter Eleni Mandell ... was weaned on artists like Tom Waits and X, and her dark and sexy songs have been compared to those of everyone from Chan Marshall to Patsy Cline." - New Yorker

Olin and the Moon

Aaron Embry

Thursday, September 25 - Silverlake Lounge
THE SHONDES
WE FLOAT
BRUISES

THE SHONDES
“At times, the Shondes conjure comparisons to post-punk's volatile spark on songs like "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" and "Let's Go," and yet they seem most inspired when the orchestra kicks in on "Your Monster" and "The Start Of Everything" as walls of shiver-inducing, epic violins crescendo. Louisa Rachel Solomon's vocals are strong, nimble and graceful on the band's self-released debut, which sees both complex song structures intertwined with direct, inquisitive lyrics. The result is an album rich in saw-tooth guitars, pummeling rhythms and an undeniably anthemic spirit. It's haunting and it's eerie, yet it's rousing. The Shondes are a twisted carnival film noir come true.”
-CMJ

"Hard-driving, politically savvy rock 'n roll.” –Flavorpill

Thursday, September 25 - Tangier - $7
LION OF PANJSHIR 10p
MIA DOI TODD 11p
FEELINGS OF BEINGS 9p
dance performance by THE MOVEMENT MOVEMENT 8:30p

LION OF PANJSHIR
"Their music is psychedelic folk rock with deep influences of traditional Afghan music. Haunting Afghan lyrics suddenly morph into English, translated through [vocalist Ariana] Delawari's vulnerable, girlish yet powerful voice; she embodies the raucous rants of Janis Joplin and the modest feistiness of Cat Power. Whether you understand the words doesn't matter - the compositions have the power to drop your heart in a chord change, reminding you that angst and instability aren't just a rock & roll cliché but a crucial element of a good performance." - LA Weekly

Lion of Panjshir

Sunday, September 28 - Tangier - $8
LEARNING MUSIC 9:30p
SARA LOV 8:30p
FASCINOMA 7:30p

“Learning Music began as a collaborative album-a-month project. Started in November 2006 by John Wood (Inara George, Willoughby, Mike Andrews, Kelly Osbourne), the series included an album recorded entirely on handheld cassette recorder, a collection of music videos, songs for an autobiographical musical written by a robot, and dozens of homemade electro-acoustic folk-pop anthems.

Twelve months and twelve albums later, Wood decided it was time to get out of the house.  Inspired by the early works of Terry Riley, the Talking Heads, and Storm & Stress, Learning Music became a live band, which has included as little as four to as many as twenty musicians at one time.

SARA LOV
“One half of the postmodern pop group Devics, Sara Lov's vocals have been described as Honeyed (NME), Haunting (The Sun), Angelic (The Independent), Hushed (Rock Sound). And Smokey, timbre-rich (MOJO).  As the voice of Devics, Sara Lov has been a critical favorite in the UK-where Cocteau Twins' Simon Raymonde signed Devics to Bella Union."

Learning Music


Sara Lov

Monday, September 29 - Tangier - $5
ALEX AND SAM 9:30p
LIZ PAPPADEMAS 8:30p
FALSETTO TEETH 7:30p
CASSORLA 10:30p

ALEX AND SAM
“...one of the most delightful new groups to emerge out of the Los Angeles music scene in years. They showcased a charming collecton of jazz-inflected pop/folk original tunes that combine the classic feel of Cole Porter and Hoagy Carmichael with the poetic sophistication of Nick Drake and Elliot Smith. And it was lovely.” -LA Underground

LIZ PAPPADEMAS
“Pappademas, the former lead of the now-defunct band Hurts to Purr, strips both music and truth down to their scaffolds. Relocating to Los Angeles, she has released the album Eleven Songs, a spare, clever, and occasionally haunting collection of her piano-driven tunes. Pappademas is a genuine craftswoman: she pays close attention to the construction of a song yet manages to never lose sight of its emotional foundation.” - Paradigm Art/Literal Journal

Alex and SAlex and Samam

Monday, September 29 - Silverlake Lounge - Free
MY IMAGINARY FRIENDS 11p
THE MONTHLIES 10p
BURLINGTON FAMILY 9p
GYPSY RIVER HAUNTS 12a

MY IMAGINARY FRIENDS
“[Armstrong] sings with a voice that is sincere...expect to be stunned...expect to be awed.” - Post and Courier

"I love your cornucopia of tunes. You are raw." - Devendra Banhart

"Much like heroes Ryan Adams and Paul Westerberg, Armstrong’s earliest songs were an outlet for misunderstood and misdirected teenage angst that was channeled in the short-lived, all-female punk band, Leave It To Beaver. And while you won’t find even the faintest trace of those punk roots in My Imaginary Friend’s sublime piano-based musings, Armstrong has never relinquished her vigor and venom. She just betrays it sometimes with her delicate, indelible voice.It was that voice that made her the centerpiece of a successful jazz group in Charleston and landed her a gig opening for Ray Charles at the North Charleston Coliseum in 2002. It would take a surrender of sorts for Armstrong to come to terms with a musical influence she’d long pacified but now embraces: country music. Armstrong’s earliest country influence was actually her maternal grandfather, who was a banjo picker. “Over time it made me feel rebellious,” she laughs. “Reverse rebellion, against the cool kids listening to Sebadoh and Fugazi.” - Tight Gloves PR

BURLINGTON FAMILY
“California grown, the Burlington Family blends a variety of musical genres into something pure and simple. Elements of folk, pop, and country music are evident upon hearing the Burlington Family. Yet, the Burlington Family retains a unique sound that is both familiar and fresh, a nice and easy sound that in the end is anything but.”

My Imaginary Friends

Tuesday, September 30 - Silverlake Lounge
MR. GNOME
CUE THE MOON 9p

MR. GNOME
"Take two people (a male and female, a yin and a yang) and give them instruments (say a drum kit and a guitar ) and then oust them from their homes and make them permanently tour until they slide into insanity. If you're lucky, a band like Mr. Gnome will result. Nicole Barille and Sam Meister definitely have their own thing going, borrowing from everyone to make their pastiche sound. Mr. Gnome are rowdy and noisy but also tranquil and sleepy. Theirs is a sound that incorporates loud crashing into soft, masculinity coming to terms with its feminine side, distorted guitars and stoner riffs, psychedelic washes of reverb and female vocals that aren't sung so much as heaved out in breathy spurts. And, of course, such experimentalism can't be shoehorned into standard song compositions, so expect frequent changes in tempo, rhythm, meter and volume." - Whatzup Magazi

Mr. Gnome