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Music Picks: Shunda K, SebastiAn, Fleet Foxes, Miles Evans Band

Also, Ray LaMontagne, Kissing Cousins, the Kills and others

Also playing:

GIVERS at Troubadour; SALLY KELLERMAN at Vitello's; KATISSE BUCKINGHAM QUINTET at Seven Grand.

Teddybears: See Thursday.
PHOTO BY JASON CREPS
Teddybears: See Thursday.

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The Echoplex

1154 Glendale Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90026

Category: Bars/Clubs

Region: Out of Town

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Catalina Bar & Grill

6725 W. Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90028

Category: Bars/Clubs

Region: Out of Town

House of Blues Sunset Strip

8430 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90069

Category: Bars/Clubs

Region: Out of Town

The Wiltern

3790 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90010

Category: Music Venues

Region: Out of Town

The Greek Theatre

2700 N. Vermont Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90027

Category: Community Venues

Region: Los Feliz

The Smell

247 S. Main St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Category: Bars/Clubs

Region: Downtown

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tue 9/13

 

Patrick Wolf

 

MASONIC LODGE IN HOLLYWOOD FOREVER CEMETERY

Charismatic carrot-top Patrick Wolf is at the very least a triple threat: a songwriting chronicler par excellence of youthful dreams/desires/disasters, a cleverly adept violinist and baritone ukelele-ist, and a boldly adventurous musical arranger capable of astonishingly lush tapestries of sound. But it's the charisma that makes all that matter, and while that's best witnessed live onstage, it can be heard to thrilling effect on Wolf's Lupercalia, out in America next month. Lupercalia is another ambitiously orchestrated meisterwerk that finds our plucky lad in heartbreaking form, sing-pleading, cajoling and crowing in spine-tingling splendor. Also Wed. —John Payne

Lions!Tigers!Bears!

 

COBALT CAFÉ

Metalcore is reaching a sterile second stage where believers seem to be ordering "build-a-band" kits: the reverse–wind tunnel hairdos, droopy V-necks and chest tats; and alternating screeching/sensitive vocals framed by ominous in 'n' out guitars and busy, clicky beats. North Hills' Lions!Tigers!Bears! certainly check off some of the above but find considerable sense of self within the template. The drums are freethinking and hardcore-leaning; keys and samples sprinkle between borderline militaristic guitars; and Josh Wallace — while down with the genre playbook — has the shaggy makings of a hoodie messiah. L!T!B!'s tunes are sufficiently singable to be ADHD anthems for the abbreviation generation. When "metalcore" is a dirty word (like, next year), Lions!Tigers!Bears! will still be standing — and doubtless sounding rather different. —Paul Rogers

My Satellite

 

SILVERLAKE LOUNGE

My Satellite can be dreamy and detached, epic and escapist, yet there's heart and humanity at the core of their complex recordings. MS are techie for sure (Bryan Stage works in L.A. Weekly's IT department, after all), but, as recent full-band acoustic performances have admirably demonstrated, all the gizmos and gigabytes are but servants of actual songs and visceral voices. Evoking a more Earth-bound Björk, My Satellite is at once a sonic cocoon for urban commuters and a euphoric, kaleidoscopic companion to canyon wanderings. Nuanced in his sincerity, Stage sends warm, timeless transmissions via sometimes chilly, utterly contemporary mediums. —Paul Rogers

Also playing:

ALL FOR THE HALL at Club Nokia; EISLEY at Chain Reaction; ERIC TELFORD COLLECTIVE at the Baked Potato; THE GOURDS at the Echo; HEROES OF POPULAR WARS at Silverlake Lounge.

 

wed 9/14

 

Fleet Foxes, the Walkmen

 

GREEK THEATRE

It's easy to get lost within the thicket of enchanted melodies, choirboy harmonies and beatific yarns from this CSNY-ish Pacific Northwest indie-folk outfit (never more so than on their lilting, melody-driven second effort, Helplessness Blues) and believe frontman Robin Pecknold was given a power of supine storytelling from on high. But the self-admitted shy boy is simply an anxiety-driven perfectionist: He struggled to complete his band's newest, still seemingly effortless collection of canorous charms, scrapping it more than once, and even thought of trashing it altogether. This tale of hardship makes Helplessness all the more remarkable. While it's a laugh to still insist divine art and struggle are codependent, Pecknold makes you wonder. The Foxes are joined by echo-laden, post-punk New Yorkers the Walkmen. —Dan Hyman

Also playing:

CRACKER, CAMPER VAN BEETHOVEN at the Satellite; HORRIBLE CROWES at Troubadour; SUN ARAW, RTX, HEAVY CREAM at Freak City; THE MOONDOGGIES at the Echo; PANGEA, AUDACITY, MIKAL CRONIN at the Smell; ADAM SCHROEDER at Seven Grand; CAROL CHAIKIN QUARTET at Vibrato; BRIAN BLADE FELLOWSHIP BAND at Colburn School Zipper Hall; HELEN SUNG TRIO at Vitello's; THE JOY FORMIDABLE at El Rey Theatre; 2CELLOS at Largo.

 

thu 9/15

 

Teddybears

 

ECHOPLEX

In the ursine world of music, Teddybears are simultaneously weirder and cuddlier than, say, Grizzly Bear, Panda Bear or Minus the Bear. It doesn't hurt that the Swedish group loves to wear teddy-bear masks onstage, but what really separates them from the rest is their madly eclectic potpourri of styles on their latest release, Devil's Music. While the new album isn't as immediately engaging as 2006's Soft Machine (which featured such luminaries as Iggy Pop and Neneh Cherry), Devil's Music does include a similarly tantalizing lineup of guest-star collaborators, like the Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne, the B-52's, Eve and Cee-Lo Green. Coyne adds hazy vocals to "Crystal Meth Christian" (a weird sort of answer song to Tommy James' "Crystal Blue Persuasion"), while Green and the B-52's purr like kittens on the dance-floor workout "Cho Cha." —Falling James

Also playing:

THE HORRORS, THE STEPKIDS at El Rey Theatre; LADY ANTEBELLUM at Troubadour; ROBOTANISTS at Bootleg Theater; RTX at Alex's Bar; JERRY VIVINO at the Baked Potato; ANGEL CITY JAZZ YOUNG ARTIST FINALS at Blue Whale; STAFF BENDA BILILI at Grand Performances.

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Pierre & Mitch are the sons & Lisa is the daughter of late Jazz greats too. see Chambers, Herbert & Ellis, this weekend.

 

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