• THE UNION LINE
MARCH 16 - SILVERLAKE LOUNGE

• ADMIRAL RADLEY (Grandaddy/Earlimart)
MARCH 24 - BOOTLEG

• CHOIR OF YOUNG BELIEVERS w/ GREAT NORTHERN
MARCH 13 - BOOTLEG

• AQUALUNG w/ KRISTA POLVERE
APRIL 26 - BOOTLEG

MONDAY, MARCH 8 - REDWOOD BAR - $8
THEE VICARS (Bury St. Edmunds, United Kingdom) 12a
NIGHT BEATS 11p
COBALT CRANES 10:10p
WAILIN' YEAHS 9:20p
STRANGERS FAMILY BAND 8:30p

THEE VICARS
"Thee Vicars are thee most authentic garage punk band this side of The Mummies, who they recently supported on a one off reunion show." - Vice Magazine

"Psychotic garage squall from bury st edmunds quartet who scream and shout over a backdrop that melds the mighty caesars trash to sonics/standells punk." - Mojo Magazine

"So garage you can park your car in them" - Kruger Magazine

Thee Vicars

MONDAY, MARCH 8 - SILVERLAKE LOUNGE - FREE
SEASPIN 11p
WILD YAKS 12a
REPEATER 10p
THE ROMANY RYE 9p

SEASPIN
"Seaspin has now dropped a couple of tracks online and their sound definitely harks back to the late 80s/early 90s when bands like Yo La Tengo, Slowdive and the highly influential My Bloody Valentine paved the way for the genre of music know as shoegaze." - A Week At The Most

Seaspin

TUESDAY, MARCH 9 - SILVERLAKE LOUNGE - $8
RED TIDE 11p
SUPERHUMANOIDS 10p
RANDOM PATTERNS 9p
HIS ORCHESTRA 12a

RED TIDE
Teddy and Spencer went to Kindergarten together in LA. Andrew and Giuliano went to Kindergarten together in LA. Teddy moved to NY. Spencer and Teddy reunited to form Providence-based Potential Pillows in 2005. In 2009, old friend Giuliano was recording them in LA. His roommate Andrew walked in during a session and was asked to lay down some drums. They all sounded good together. Now they're a band.

Red Tide

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10 - BOOTLEG - $12, 21+
2220 Beverly Blvd. (Across from Brooklyn Bagel - free parking behind Praise Christian Church)
DELTA SPIRIT 11p
WE BARBARIANS 10p
JONNY CORNDAWG 9p

DELTA SPIRIT
"Delta Spirit should be required listening." - Daytrotter

“Whether it's a happy accident or a painstaking work of art, the rousing debut of this San Diego quintet impresses mightily. Despite passing echoes of Spoon and Violent Femmes, Delta Spirit's rough barroom pop is its own creature, with jangly pianos, rattling drums, and scruffy acoustic guitars making a thrilling ruckus. Sounding just a day away from a sore throat, singer Matt Vasquez possesses the energy of a hustling televangelist, issuing irony-free invitations to a better life. When he shouts, "All you soul-searching people, c'mon!" don't hesitate to join the rally.” – Spin

Delta Spirit

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10 - SILVERLAKE LOUNGE - $8
AGENT RIBBONS 10p
WET & RECKLESS 11p
KISSING COUSINS 9p
ESQUIRE 12a

AGENT RIBBONS
"Victorian punk... reminiscent of The White Stripes lost in Alice's Wonderland." - Ladyfest

"Ghost haunted romance... bronzed with age like an antique photo album pulled from your grandmother's attic." - SF Weekly

"Baroque pop, vintage cabaret, whimsy and an electrifying stage presence." - Midtown Monthly

Agent Ribbons

THURSDAY, MARCH 11 - SILVERLAKE LOUNGE - $8
KEVIN EARNEST 10:30p
ALEX KEMP 8:30p
PILOT WHALE 9:30p

ALEX KEMP
OK OK NYC THEN ---> sMALL fACTORY FROM providence RI then back to BKLYN. GodRays. THEN LA ---> SAN FRAN (pretty quick. smelled like roofing tar.) then back to LA. WENT BACK TO NYC, got a little lost, ALTHOUGH I knew my way around. CHICAGO ----> ASSASSINS and got screwed by yet another label. now: back in LA, in Venice. exhausted = inspired.

Kevin Earnest

FRIDAY, MARCH 12 - BOOTLEG - $10
2220 Beverly Blvd. (Across from Brooklyn Bagel - free parking behind Praise Christian Church)
HOLLY MIRANDA 11:30p
BIG MOVES 10p

HOLLY MIRANDA
"She's a bona-fide singer-songwriter who can and will simply sell a song around just her voice and the sound of an acoustic guitar... Miranda's mature, world-weary inflections bring everything-- nightmares, hopes, loss-- to the fore. Her crackling vocals lend themselves to murkiness and intrigue." - Pitchfork

SATURDAY, MARCH 13 - BOOTLEG - $8
2220 Beverly Blvd. (Across from Brooklyn Bagel - free parking behind Praise Christian Church)
CHOIR OF YOUNG BELIEVERS 11:30p
GREAT NORTHERN 10:30p

CHOIR OF YOUNG BELIEVERS
"Choir of Young Believers is led by 26-year-old Danish singer Jannis Noya Makrigiannis, who works with a rotating cast of supporting players... you'll hear the inspiration of Radiohead and The Beach Boys, as well as a few surprises along the way." - NPR

"It was like hearing Radiohead's Thom Yorke in the middle of a Sixties Roy Orbison single, an effect Makrigiannis repeatedly achieves." - Rolling Stone

Choir of Young Believers

SUNDAY, MARCH 14 - BOOTLEG - $15
2220 Beverly Blvd. (Across from Brooklyn Bagel - free parking behind Praise Christian Church)
REAL VOCAL STRING QUARTET 7:30p
ALICIA JO RABINS (Girls in Trouble) 9p

REAL VOCAL STRING QUARTET
Drawing inspiration from sources as diverse as traditional American string band music, Brazilian folk rhythms and hypnotic meditations from West Africa, these classically trained, expert improvisers have been wowing audiences in clubs and concert halls alike. Real Vocal String Quartet, formed in Berkeley, California in 2003 by Turtle Island String Quartet founding member Irene Sazer, is putting the finishing touches on their sparkling debut album. RVSQ brings the string quartet to a whole new world!

Real Vocal String Quartet

MONDAY, MARCH 15 - SILVERLAKE LOUNGE - FREE
SEASPIN 11p
CRAYON FIELDS (Australia) 8p
WASHINGTON (Australia) 9p
THE DAMN SONS 10p
BLUE SKIES FOR BLACK HEARTS (Portland) 12a

SEASPIN
Seaspin was conceived of 3 years ago, while Seaspin guitarist/vocalist Ronnie Washburn and Seaspin vocalist/guitarist Jennifer Goodridge played together in the CMJ chart topping band Your Enemies' Friends. Having shared stages with Blonde Redhead, TV on the Radio, Mars Volta, and Spiritualized among others, Washburn and Goodridge yearned to do something new, something lush, dynamic and layered -- something Seaspin.

Seaspin

MONDAY, MARCH 15 - BORDELLO - $8
HALINA LARSSON 9:30p
NEMA 8:30p
THE TAILS 10:30p

HALINA LARSSON
An amazing fusion between blues, pop and jazz by a unique voice

Halina just graduated from the Los Angeles Music Academy 2008 when she got hired as a backup singer for Coheed and Cambria. The yearlong tour took her all over the world and included shows at Madison Square Garden and Jimmy Kimmel Live. Recently back in her hometown of Stockholm she is now debuting as a solo artist with the EP Puget Sounds that she has recorded and produced herself.

Halina Larsson

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17 - SILVERLAKE LOUNGE - $8
KINGSIZE 9p
DEAD COUNTRY 10p

KINGSIZE
'Rare is it that we come across a record that we immediately find ourselves looking to one another with a smile on our faces. Rare is it even more that we get two EPs from the same band. LA based  Kingsize  are breaking out onto the music scene with a neat new marketing plan. 

Instead of the usual six track EP that indie bands release, Kingsize is releasing The Good Fight and its "dirty" sister of an album The Bad Night. Two EP's both with its own attitude. (They also grace television screens weekly as the opening theme song to the CBS sitcom starring Jay Mohr, Gary Unmarried.) We highly recommend checking out both The Bad Night and The Good Fight, two refreshing new rock albums that stay well away from clichés while maintaining a nostalgic quality to it.' - Jaded Expressions Magazine

Kingsize

SATURDAY, MARCH 20 - BOOTLEG - $10
2220 Beverly Blvd. (Across from Brooklyn Bagel - free parking behind Praise Christian Church)
JEAN BAUDIN 10:30p
CONSTANT COLLECTION 10p
DEVIN SARNO & G.E. STINSON 11:15p

DEVIN SARNO
The music of bassist Devin Sarno focuses on improvised sub-sonics which Bass Player magazine has characterized as: "mesmerising dronescapes." He has collaborated with the likes of: Nels Cline, Petra Haden, G.E. Stinson, Thurston Moore, Vincent Gallo, Mike Watt, Z'EV & more. Sarno's discography features well over 10 solo (& duet) recordings. 

JEAN BAUDIN
As one of the earliest pioneers of the 9-string bass, Nuclear Rabbit's Jean Baudin has been taking the instrument to an entirely new level since 1999.

Jean Baudin

SUNDAY, MARCH 21 - BOOTLEG - $10, 21+
2220 Beverly Blvd. (Across from Brooklyn Bagel - free parking behind Praise Christian Church)
MIA DOI TODD 10p
MAURICIO TAKARA (Sao Paulo) 9p
REBEKAH RAFF HARP ENSEMBLE 8p

MIA DOI TODD
"Like a 21st century Yeats she transforms our species' dilemmas, follies, and misery into cathartic beauty. In this time of relentless ugliness, we need Mia Doi Todd." - Michael Simmons, LA Weekly

"The future folk of Mia Doi Todd: Call it quiet fire. Authority. Charisma. Mia Doi Todd's coolly tranquil voice caresses the air, but her trenchant gaze holds you, riveted. She descends to earth again, still piercing your eyes, and drops poetry of hunger and need, the food of love. You don't recoil; you're on the edge of your seat. You feel like a slave. And not so strangely, it feels good." - John Payne, LA Weekly

"Imagine Joni Mitchell if she'd made 'Miles' after 'Mingus'." - Spin

Mia Doi Todd

MONDAY, MARCH 22 - BOOTLEG - $10
2220 Beverly Blvd. (Across from Brooklyn Bagel - free parking behind Praise Christian Church)
KASHMIR (Denmark) 10p
OLIVER FUTURE 9p
ITALIAN JAPANESE 8p

KASHMIR
Kashmir boasts ten Danish Music Awards, double platinum sales and sold out tours under their belt. The four musicians - Kasper Eistrup, Mads Tunebjerg, Asger Techau, and Henrik Lindstrand - formed the band in Copenhagen over ten years ago. Since then, Kashmir has been the story of a band never looking back, always taking on new challenges and never compromising Kashmir's integrity is still strong and profound. The band has collaborated with artists like David Bowie and Lou Reed; sold more than 500,000 records combined; has won over the hearts of the press; and has performed countless times in front of thousands.

MONDAY, MARCH 22 - SILVERLAKE LOUNGE - FREE
Origami Records and The Fold present...
SEASPIN 11p
TWILIGHT SLEEP 10p
FRENCH MIAMI 12a
FUTURE GHOST 9p

SEASPIN
Seaspin was conceived of 3 years ago, while Seaspin guitarist/vocalist Ronnie Washburn and Seaspin vocalist/guitarist Jennifer Goodridge played together in the CMJ chart topping band Your Enemies' Friends. Having shared stages with Blonde Redhead, TV on the Radio, Mars Volta, and Spiritualized among others, Washburn and Goodridge yearned to do something new, something lush, dynamic and layered -- something Seaspin.

Seaspin

TUESDAY, MARCH 23 - BOOTLEG - $10 Adv/$12 Day of Show
2220 Beverly Blvd. (Across from Brooklyn Bagel - free parking behind Praise Christian Church)
TITUS ANDRONICUS 10:30p
LET'S WRESTLE (UK) 9:30p

TITUS ANDRONICUS
"Titus Andronicus' The Airing Of Grievances brooks no bullshit. The disc is the sound of lusty youth ripping a gaping hole in the fabric of reality: Throughout The Airing's nine sawed-off anthems, the Jersey collective comes off like a clunky, blood-knuckled Arcade Fire that just doesn't have time for all that respectable crap. Because, you know, the world is falling apart around their heads, and they only have this one shot at eating, fighting, and fucking the entire universe." - The Onion AV Club

"None of these highfalutin' shout-outs will grab your ear as powerfully as the demonic E Street Band arrangements, rife with constant builds and breakneck rhythms... they've studied their philosophy and found that life actually is pointless, so why not go down swinging?" - Pitchfork

Titus Andronicus

TUESDAY, MARCH 23 - SILVERLAKE LOUNGE - $10
LOVELIKEFIRE 10p
KASHMIR (Denmark) 11p
SPACE WAVES 12a
RED TIDE 9p

LOVELIKEFIRE
"...there is something in Ann Yu's vocals, a catch-all term that in this instance encompasses a wild range of shrieks, wails, sighs and whispers, that will inevitably recall Siouxsie Sioux." - The Guardian UK

LoveLikeFire

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24 - BOOTLEG - $10
2220 Beverly Blvd. (Across from Brooklyn Bagel - free parking behind Praise Christian Church)
ADMIRAL RADLEY 11p
THE HENRY CLAY PEOPLE 10p

ADMIRAL RADLEY
"Ethereal California-based indie bands unite... former Grandaddy frontman Jason Lytle and former Grandaddy drummer Aaron Burtch have teamed up with Earlimart members Aaron Espinoza and Ariana Murray to form a new band called Admiral Radley. The band announced their formation on their website at the beginning of the month. They also hint at a mysterious backstory for the band: 'The music, the shows, and the press are all secondary. Above all, we are looking for Admiral Radley .'" - Pitchfork

Admiral Radley

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24 - SILVERLAKE LOUNGE - $8
WORLD'S GREATEST GHOST 9p
TEMPO NO TEMPO 10p
BIG WHUP 11p

WORLD'S GREATEST GHOST
World's Greatest Ghosts are a band born in the sweaty, crowded basements of Portland, Oregon, but it just as well could have sprung from the skull dungeon lair in A Link to the Past. Equally joyful and anthemic, WGG's live in a world where keyboards and synthesizers collide with spiraling guitar solos, vocals are shouted and quietly whispered, and the pace hardly slows to anything less than a quick jog.

"Possibly the most fun-sounding record to come out of PDX in a long time, a synth-rock wet dream that gets better with every listen." - Willamette Week

THURSDAY, MARCH 25 - BOOTLEG - $15
2220 Beverly Blvd. (Across from Brooklyn Bagel - free parking behind Praise Christian Church)
89.9 KCRW, When You Awake, Rollo & Grady and The Fold present...
THE LOW ANTHEM 11:15p
TIMBER TIMBRE 10:15p

THE LOW ANTHEM
The Low Anthem formed as a professional band in 2006 in Providence, RI. They have recorded three full-length records, toured extensively with over 100 shows in 2007, won Best Album of 2008 from the Providence Phoenix, received national radio play, and have a devoted fanbase across the Northeast and beyond. "Oh My God, Charlie Darwin" has already earned the band glowing reviews from NPR, Paste Magazine and Performing Songwriter. Low Anthem will be going on tour this spring with The Avett Brothers.

The Low Anthem

THURSDAY, MARCH 25 - SILVERLAKE LOUNGE - $8
GRAND HALLWAY 10p
MIGHTY TIGER 9p
THE SEQUEL 7:30p

GRAND HALLWAY
Grand Hallway is an eight piece orchestral pop band from Seattle featuring singer/songwriter Tomo Nakayama and members of local favorites Voyager One, the Maldives, Sleepy Eyes of Death, Widower, and Shenandoah Davis.

 "I am mesmerized by the music of Tomo Nakayama and his troupe of Seattle musicians making up the experimental pop slash classic Japanese group Grand Hallway.   Light piano and orchestral strings blend well with Nakayama's cultured vocals, carrying a slight vibrato slightly reminiscent of Vells frontman Tristan Marcum, but less verbose and without added distortion." - FensePost

Grand Hallway

FRIDAY, MARCH 26 - BOOTLEG - $12
2220 Beverly Blvd. (Across from Brooklyn Bagel - free parking behind Praise Christian Church)
THE PAPER CHASE (Kill Rock Stars) 11p
KISS KISS 10p

THE PAPER CHASE
Previous attempts to assign the band have come up with "post-punk," "noise wave (no-wave)," and even the odd "math rock.' The signature use of erratic, jagged electric guitars backed up by a haunting collection of violins, piano, and percussions form the foundation of the album's perfect eerie atmosphere. John Congleton's vocals are atypical, but oddly inviting. While he sounds as if he would be the dark twin brother of Modest Mouse's Isaac Brock, Congleton takes advantage of his lightly accented voice by manipulating the lyrical structure of the songs to give and take further emphasis on his words.

SATURDAY, MARCH 27 - BOOTLEG - $10
2220 Beverly Blvd. (Across from Brooklyn Bagel - free parking behind Praise Christian Church)
89.9 KCRW and The Fold present...
FIELD MUSIC 11:30p
LEARNING MUSIC 10:30p

FIELD MUSIC
"A sparkling construct of whirring guitars, eccentric percussion, windmill-tilting bass... Dual lead vocalists Peter and David Brewis swap quixotic, often-falsetto harmonies. Field Music has, like the Magic Numbers, fashioned a distinctive voice and near-perfect arrangements." - Pitchfork

"The Zeppelin flavor was most evident in the sparse but loudly punctuated drumming that frames many of their new creations. But other harder-edged influences abounded, sitting well with the more artsy inspiration they take from bands like Television and Steely Dan." - Brooklyn Vegan

MONDAY, MARCH 29 - SILVERLAKE LOUNGE - FREE
SEASPIN 11p
SQUARE ON SQUARE 9p
MODEL/ACTRESS 10p
CUE THE MOON 12a

SEASPIN
Seaspin was conceived of 3 years ago, while Seaspin guitarist/vocalist Ronnie Washburn and Seaspin vocalist/guitarist Jennifer Goodridge played together in the CMJ chart topping band Your Enemies' Friends. Having shared stages with Blonde Redhead, TV on the Radio, Mars Volta, and Spiritualized among others, Washburn and Goodridge yearned to do something new, something lush, dynamic and layered -- something Seaspin.

TUESDAY, MARCH 30 - SILVERLAKE LOUNGE - $8
THE CALIFORNIAN 10p
HI HO SILVER OH 9p

THE CALIFORNIAN
"...great music to listen to while driving at night in the middle of the desert... Pretty immediately likable." - Radio Free Silverlake

"The Californian is electric to listen to. How can a band be so pretty-sounding and so electrifying at the same time? The conflict is confounding. When listening to The Californian: Am I being romanced or hunted? Is there a difference?" - Classical Geek Theater

The Californian

BELL GARDENS
  "It's gorgeous, rapturous pop balladry with candy-coated Beach Boys falsettos and pre-afro-Phil Spector production. It's weightless with gravitas. Gibson might be the techno flavor du jour, but this is the stuff that will mark his place. I found him." - LA Weekly

"A versatile and confident songwriter and singer." - No Depression

"An emerging and fascinating voice." - Copper Press

WIRES IN THE WALLS
"Flowing with a charming indie aesthetic, while holding down a bold country swagger, Wires in the Walls is yet another gifted band arising from the City of Angels. They're not just indie and they're not just rock n' roll --Wires in the Walls is sweet listening to your ears that you just can't deny." - www.grimygoods.com
 

THURSDAY, APRIL 15 - BOOTLEG - $20
2220 Beverly Blvd. (Across from Brooklyn Bagel - free parking behind Praise Christian Church)
90.7 KPFK and The Fold present...
BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE 10p - Doors at 9p
JONATHAN WILSON 11p

BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE
Academy Award winner Buffy Sainte-Marie was a graduating college senior in 1962 and hit the ground running in the early Sixties, after the beatniks and before the hippies. All alone she toured North America's colleges, reservations and concert halls, meeting both significant acclaim and huge misperception from audiences and record companies who expected Pocahontas in fringes, and instead were both entertained and educated with their initial dose of Native American reality in the first person.

Buffy Sainte-Marie

MONDAY, APRIL 26 - BOOTLEG - $17.50 Adv/$20 Day of Show
2220 Beverly Blvd. (Across from Brooklyn Bagel - free parking behind Praise Christian Church)
AQUALUNG 10p
KRISTA POLVERE 9p

AQUALUNG
" Uniting Radiohead-ish British rock and symphonic pop in the masterly mold of Burt Bacharach, the Beatles and the Beach Boys, tenor Hales delivers keenly focused keyboard-based drama that blows away all pretenders trailing in Coldplay's wake. Garden State soundtrack fans, take note." - Rolling Stone

"Matt Hales, a.k.a. Aqualung, found his breakthrough the way many brooding British stars do: through placement of one of his songs in a high-profile commercial. Since then, he's churned out a steady stream of eminently catchy, piano-driven songs -- including the hit "Brighter Than Sunshine" -- which have earned him frequent comparisons to the likes of Coldplay." - NPR

Aqualung