Rock & Pop Listings

Sun.—Poetry night.

Thurs.—Captain Ahab, San Serac, Big Digits, Laco$te.

SPACELAND, 1717 Silver Lake Blvd., Silver Lake. Full bar. Over 21. (323) 661-4380.

Fri.—Lake Trout, Benzos, 31 Knots; $12.

Sat.—Becky, The Japanese Motors, Downtown; $8.

GO Sun.—Countrified ruminations via Po’ Girl, Carolyn Mark; $8.

Mon.—Viva K, Sound Team, Birdmonster, Army of Robots; no cover.

GO Tues.—More from atmospheric producer-guitarist Daniel Lanois & Mother Superior; plus, Johnathan Rice, Gwendolyn; $10.

Wed.—Tom Heinl, others; $7.

Thurs.—Call for late booking.

TAIX LOUNGE, 1911 W. Sunset Blvd., Echo Park. Escargot, too. Full bar. No cover. (213) 484-1265.

Fri.—Tiki Night; call for info.

Sat.—Sara Stanley, Marcus Weise, Alias Means, The Buzzards.

Mon.-Wed.—Guest DJs hold forth.

Thurs.—Joe Armstrong, others.

TANGIER, 2138 Hillhurst Ave., Los Feliz. Full bar. Over 21. (323) 666-8666.

GO Fri.—The Fold presents high-and-outside guitar provocateur Moris Tepper (ex–Captain Beefheart); plus, Bruce Burton, Rose’s Pawnshop; $10.

Sat.—DJ Jesse takes over.

GO Sun.—Francophonic art-pop-punk mood music from NYC’s Nous Non Plus; also, Kennedy & the Teenage Sex Machine, The Gunshys; $12.

Mon.—Radius, Just Off Turner.

Tues.—Open Mike Andrews, a freewheeling jammy affair that’s drawn such guests as Van Dyke Parks, Sia, Inara George; $5.

Wed.—Country-tinged vocalist Heather Waters; plus Darren Raser, The Black Orchid Trio, Jacenda Haines.

Thurs.—One Trick Pony, Erin Williams, plus live comedy.

TEMPLE BAR, 1026 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica. Full bar. Over 21. (310) 393-6611.

GO Fri.—Underground hip-hop goddess Medusa; The Circle’s “progressive soul”; more hip-hop from Kustoo, DJ Rashida; $10.

GO Sat.—Cheb I Sabbah, Dhol Nation, plus, The Rangla Punjab Dance Troupe, DJ Sandeep Kumar; $15.

Sun.—Multimedia and spoken word event The Flowlicious Experience.

Mon.—Knifeyhead, Shayne Blue, Big Red Button; $5.

Tues.—Crash Davis, Gina Longo, Jillian Speer; $5.

Wed.—Jus, Shinichi, Phashara; $7.

Thurs.—Techno jolts from Niño Astronauta, State Shirt; Irish folkie Onya, DJ Anthony Valadez; $10.

(DOUG WESTON’S) TROUBADOUR, 9081 Santa Monica Blvd., W. Hlywd. Kitchen, three full bars. All ages. (310) 276-6168.

Fri.—Lifetime, The Loved Ones, Look Back & Laugh; sold out.

Sat.—Matt Costa, Richard Swift, Senior Recreation; sold out.

Sun.—Closed.

Mon.—Mute Math, Vedera, Cordova, The Outline.

GO Tues.—Boom-tastic former Public Image Ltd. bassist Jah Wobble & the English Roots; Future Pigeon. See Music Pick.

Wed.—Hard-Fi, others; sold out.

Thurs.—Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall, whose new CD, Eye to the Telescope, comes out next month; also, Willy Mason.

VIPER ROOM, 8852 Sunset Blvd., W. Hlywd. Full bar. Over 21. (310) 358-1880.

Fri.—Marty Casey & the Love Hammers, King Baby, Building a Better Spaceship, Rittenhouse, Black Train.

Sat.—Duress, A Third Wish Granted, 5 Ounce Gloves, Ronnie North.

Sun.—Kaleidosound with Fair to Midland, Sign of 1, Fleeting Trance, Bennystrange, others, 7 p.m.

Mon.—Indie 103.1 presents Oliver Future, Rocket, The Ferals, The Mercy Kiss.

Tues.—Whitestarr, Feed the Kitty, Noclist, LP.

Wed.—Facehumper, 11:30 p.m.; Fastball, others, 7 p.m.

Thurs.—Club Overdose with Sink 2 See, Buckfast, Unknown Boy; also The Chills (not to be confused with the legendary New Zealand band).

WHISKY A GOGO, 8901 Sunset Blvd., W. Hlywd. Two full bars. All ages. (310) 652-4202.

Fri.—The Dreaming, Media Lab, others.

Sat.—The Electric Uh-Oh, The Blame, Shyko, Never Wonder, The Options, Rockarama, Death in December, Reign of Error.

Sun.—Vegan metal massacre with Cattle Decapitation; also, Obliterated, Condemned To Suffer, Severed Flesh, Throb Ritual, Dybbuk, Bless the Leper, Datekeeper.

Mon.—LTO, The Appearance, others.

Tues.—The Needy, Blob Dylan, The Electric Turkey Experience.

Wed.—Closed.

Thurs.—Call for info.

ZEN, 2609 Hyperion Ave., Silver Lake. Full bar. Cover varies. Over 21 (unless otherwise noted). (323) 665-2929.

Fri.—Red Lounge with guest DJs.

GO Sat.—Mango Pirates, Black Market Effect, Cry Edsa, Blindcry, Shutther, Lokomotiv. In the Red Room: The Immediates, Top Ten, Lipstick Pickups, The Checkers, The Red Hearts.

Wed.—The Jam Club’s open-mike night.

Thurs.—One Night in Kyoto with Gitch, DJs Nowhere Girl, Paula Zerena, Analyze.

Other Rock & Pop Events

The Fold presents Satisfaction, The Plus Ones at El Cid, 4212 Sunset Blvd., Silver Lake; Fri., Jan. 27; $7. (323) 668-0318.

GO Winsome pop-rock singer Anny Celsi goes electric with her Black Dress Band, with additional sets from Adam Marsland’s Chaos Band and Steve Barton; at Old Town Pub, 66 N. Fair Oaks Ave., Pasadena; Fri., Jan. 27, 9 p.m.; $5. (626) 577-6583.

At CIA: Kewl Kids Club, Isolated Victim, Shuska Baby Squab, Fri., Jan. 27; Unsound, Zuu, Marty Tyler Whore, Sat., Jan. 28; 11334 Burbank Blvd., N. Hlywd. (818) 506-6353.

At The Pig ’n’ Whistle: Joe Swainski, Ryan Larson, Water, Kristin Toedtman, Fri., Jan. 27; J Downs, Tommy Mac & Matt Hughes, Dez Hope, Sat., Jan. 28; 6714 Hollywood Blvd. (323) 463-0000.

At Room 5 Lounge: music TBA, Fri.-Sat., Jan. 27-28; Laura Labine, Jenni Alpert, Anita Coats, Sun., Jan. 29; Jay Nash, plus live comedy, Thurs., Feb. 2; on the Second Floor, 143 N. La Brea Ave., Hlywd. (323) 938-2504.

GO At Alex’s Bar: The bar’s sixth-anniversary blowout features Riverboat Gamblers, The Sultans, Day’s End, Fri., Jan. 27, $10; the anniversary party rolls on with Throwrag, Riverboat Gamblers, Hit by a Semi, Sat., Jan. 28, $10; no-cover dose of jammy weirdness from ex–Black Flag bassist Chuck Dukowski Sextet, also It’s Casual, Work Sucks, Sun., Jan. 29, 7 p.m.; Irish Brothers, Black Angel, Thurs., Feb. 2; 2913 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach; over 21. (562) 434-8292.