The Wednesday Show Low Down (Or "Try To Think Of 9 To 5 As An Improbable Caper Film...")

All apologies for the egregiously late-in-the-week post... I've tried to make up for it by adding a pile of videos, including a new one for The Henry Clay People made by former Rademacher member Brad. (Does anyone know where the hell you can find live footage of The Soft Hands?!)

Wednesday, October 15
- Hearts of Palm UK CD Release Party w/ Obi Best & The Sweet Hurt @ El Cid
- Army Navy CD Release Event w/ The Henry Clay People @ The Echo
- Magic Mirror + Cuchillo @ 3 of Clubs
- Free Moral Agents + 2echs Marquise @ The Airliner
- Heavy Water Experiments, Ghost Machinists, Vatican Radio, & Lovely Bones @ Mr T’s Bowl
- Black Kids @ The Mayan
- Helios Creed's Chrome, Savage Republic, Secret Society Of The Sonic Six, VV Morgue, Death Party @ The Knitting Factory
- Anberlin with Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Straylight Run, There For Tomorrow @ The Avalon
- The Atma, Mothers Sons, & New London @ The Silver Lake Lounge
- Juliette Commagere, Mevansa, & The Polyamorous Affair @Tangier
- The Rumble Strips & Birdmonster @ Spaceland
- Dead Ponies @ Redwood Bar (FREE)
- Kings of Leon, We Are Scientists, & The Stills @ Nokia Theatre
- John C. Reilly’s Variety Show @ Largo (Coronet)
- Ryan Calhoun @ The Hotel Café
- The Locust, The Chinese Stars, Awesome Brothers @ The Smell
- Jackie Greene & Carney @ The Troubadour

DECISION:
It's girls versus boys tonight with a battle of dueling cd release shows... In one corner, electronic pop duo Hearts of Palm UK celebrate the release of their album with the also quite rad Obi Best and The Sweet Hurt down the twisted staircase at El Cid.







Meanwhile at Spaceland, it's another cd release event, this time for indie pop act Army Navy, who used to play out in town even more frequently than the likewise-fun Henry Clay People, who are joining them.





Both shows have great line-ups. It's a shame you can't clone yourself and go to each at once...

Thursday, October 16
- Born Ruffians, Plants and Animals, & Nurses @ Spaceland
- Jaguar Love, The Pity Party, & The Library @ The Silver Lake Lounge
- Tegan and Sara, City and Color, & Girl in a Coma @ The Henry Fonda Music Box
- Burlesque A-Go-Go, The Beeters, & Auto-Erotix @ Mr T’s Bowl
- Old Time Jam hosted by Triple Chicken Foot @ Hyperion Tavern
- Ghostland Observatory @ The Mayan
- HORSE THIEVES + CHINAPAINTING + THE OHIOAN + SPECIAL GUEST (featuring members of CROOKED COWBOY AND THE FRESHWATER INDIANS) @ Echo Curio
- Petra Haden & Woody Jackson @ Largo (Coronet)
- The Chinese Stars, Awesome Brothers, Bad Dudes, & Bipolar Bear @ The Smell
- Hot Little Pony, Blackout 101, & Bangkok Five @ Troubadour

DECISION:
Haven't seen The Pity Party in, like, forever. They're coming out of hiding on Thursday night to join Jaguar Love at The Silver Lake Lounge...




Friday, October 17
- The Soft Hands CD Release Event w/ The Happy Hollows & The Fling @ Alex's Bar (Long Beach)
- Say Hi, Jukebox The Ghost, & Princeton @ The Echo
- Tegan and Sara, City and Color, & Girl in a Coma @ The Henry Fonda Music Box
- Retaliate, The Wretched, Scrapmetal, Obscene Carnage, & Bastard @ Mr T’s Bowl
- EXITMUSIC, The Black Pine, VOICEsVOICEs, & C is for Carlo @ Pehrspace
- Club Underground vs Hang The DJ’s with Love Grenadaes @ Echoplex
- Jon Brion @ Largo (Coronet)
- PANIC MOVEMENT + MILLION KIDS + THE MONTHLIES + NO LITTLE KINDNESS @ Echo Curio
- Heroine Sheiks & Qui @ Spaceland
- The Roots & Gym Class Heroes @ The Palladium
- The High Society @ Redwood Bar
- Very Be Careful & Mezklah @ El Cid
- Yael Naim & Peter Von Poehl @ The Troubadour

DECISION:
If you're out in Long Beach, you really ought to catch The Soft Hands' cd release show at Alex's Bar. Everything I've heard off their new album sounds great and they put on an excellent live set. Plus? The Happy Hollows.



Meanwhile, talented electronic pop out-of-towners Say Hi (formerly Say Hi To Your Mom) appear at The Echo with local pop heartthrobs Princeton. Say Hi made one of my favorite albums a few years back (remember Impeccable Blahs?) and I really need to catch up on their more recent releases.

We're giving away a few pairs of tickets for the show, if you want to check it out. Just write us here with SAY HI in the header, your full name, and a quick blurb on why you should win stuff to be entered in the drawing to win.





Saturday, October 18
- Franklin for Short, The Ruby Suns, The Spires, Angela Correa, & Walk @ Mr T’s Bowl
- Wonder-ful: Tribute to Stevie Wonder @ The Echo
- MoeDog Darling, Name of the Moon, Hail Citizen, & Oh Yeah, The Future @ The Cocaine at Live Jazz
- Tegan and Sara, City and Color, & Girl in a Coma @ The Henry Fonda Music Box
- HEARD OF ELEPHANTS SHOWCASE with RANDOM PATTERNS + WOBBLY BONES + BBVV (BOBB BRUNO and VOICES VOICES) @ Echo Curio
- Jail Weddings, Wounded Lion, & Wild Youth @ The Smell
- The Muslims & AM @ Pehrspace
- Patti Smith and Her Band @ The Orpheum
- 89.9 KCRW Presents The Boat People @ Spaceland
- The Greg Proops Chat Show @ @ Largo (Coronet)
- Jessica Fichot, Alex and Sam, The Family Band @ The Hotel Café
- Polysics & Io Echo @ The Roxy
- Under the Influence of Giants & War Tapes @ The Troubadour

DECISION:
I have a hard time hiding my love for Ventura smart/sad/happy pop act The Spires. They haven't played in town for awhile and are joined by the also good Franklin for Short and Correatown at Mr T's Bowl on Saturday night.



Sunday, October 19
- Andrew Bird @ Largo (Coronet)
- Rachael Cantu, Theresa Flamino, & One Trick Pony @ Tangier
- Grand Ole Echo @ The Echo (early)
- Part Time Punks @ The Echo (late)
- Super Karma @ Raggedy Threads
- Tegan and Sara, City and Color, & Girl in a Coma @ The Henry Fonda Music Box
- OBEDIENT WAVES + THE REST OF US + ACTRESS + DHARMA BUMS @ Echo Curio
- The High Dials, The Quarter After, &The Shore @ Spaceland
- The Skatalites @ The Key Club
- Gaelic Storm @ The El Rey
- The Go-Getters @ Redwood Bar

DECISION:

If you can somehow scare up tickets to see Chicago pop merchant Andrew Bird at Largo, that would be pretty amazing.





Did I miss anything? Please lemme know.