Music Picks: India.Arie, Merle Haggard, Endangered Blood, Little Dragon
Also, Lupe Fiasco, Yelawolf, Miguel Migs, Chad VanGaalen and others
Also playing:
PEPPER at Club Nokia; JOSH NELSON at Vibrato; CHERYL BENTYNE & ELLIOT DEUTSCH BIG BAND at Catalina.
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The Greek Theatre
2700 N. Vermont Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Category: Community Venues
Region: Los Feliz
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Blue Whale
123 Astronaut E S Onizuka St., No. 301
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Category: Bars/Clubs
Region: Chinatown/ Elysian Park
Hollywood Palladium
6215 W. Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90028
Category: Music Venues
Region: Out of Town
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5515 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Category: Bars/Clubs
Region: Mid-Wilshire/ Hancock Park
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HOLLYWOOD PALLADIUM
We'd like to talk to the Lupe fans. You know, the ones who gathered outside the rapper's record label last fall on an October afternoon to protest the long-delayed release of the Chi-town MC's third LP, LASERS. Was it worth your breath? The off-the-cuff righteousness of Lupe's raps was still present on the album, but all too often his awesome rhymes about 9/11 conspiracies took a backseat to electro-beats and radio-ready riffs conjured up by armies of producers; we won't even get into his reworking of "Float On." All things considered, however, the man born Wasalu Muhammad Jaco is still one of the wiser MCs waxing poetic these days — just listen to his take on the Middle East on "Words I Never Said." —Dan Hyman
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Like the condition from which it takes its name, death metal has seemingly universal impact and no respect for borders. Thus this most spiteful of subgenres crept from 1980s American underground buzz to global phenomenon a decade later, as evidenced by the emergence of Poland's Decapitated in '96. Returning after a tour-bus accident four years ago, which claimed the life of drummer Witold Kietyka (founding guitarist Wacaw "Vogg" Kietyka's younger brother) and left vocalist Adrian Kowanek comatose, the band sounds predictably bitter and bleak. Decapitated's ultra-disciplined instrumentation recalls some speed-induced Wagnerian hallucination of jackhammer drums and bomber-swarm guitars, while new frontman Rafa Piotrowski completes the militaristic mugging with pitiless, barked interjections. Sheer dedication and a tragic twist of fate have put Decapitated among this planet's most merciless and mesmerizing metal acts. —Paul Rogers
Chord Four
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Four guys who play chords? A band that only plays four-chord tunes? Do they only play chords with intervals of a fourth? What an intriguing name. Aren't you intrigued now? You should be, because this band will keep you on the edge of your seat like a spy novel. Formed and co-led by former Angeleno and current New York trumpeter Brandon Sherman, with his still-local bandmates Andrew Conrad on woodwinds, Brandon Schmidt on bass and Colin Woodford on drums, this group of talented twentysomethings features some of the most compelling new jazz music in L.A., with enough structure to follow where they want to go yet free enough to not predict where they're headed. A true sonic page-turner, hopefully with more chapters to come. —Gary Fukushima
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SWAHILI BLONDE at Echo; USC THORTON JAZZ ORCHESTRA at Vitello's; KIM RICHMOND ORCHESTRA at Typhoon.
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Yelawolf, Rittz
EL REY THEATRE
So long to the days when a wicked white rapper was an anomaly. Caucasian cronies are now spittin' fire on the regular. But none so hot as Southern-fried rhyme-slinger Yelawolf. Never mind that the Flock of Seagulls–hairdo'ed homie was raised on heavy metal and cracks wise on Skynyrd — hip-hop's finest have taken notice. Following his breakout mixtape, Trunk Muzik: 0-60, Yela, whose full-length debut, Radioactive, hits streets next month, was quickly scooped up and signed to Eminem's Shady Records. If he's learned one thing from his new boss, it's to disregard people like us. "Fuck critics with a spiked dick," he instructs on the Lil Jon–assisted single "Hard White (In the Club)." Dude's also got his own label, Slumerican Records, whose first signee is ginger mop–topped flowmaster Rittz, who joins Yela' on his current tour. —Dan Hyman
Endangered Blood
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How do you convince the average music fan that jazz isn't sipping Champagne and eating bruschetta while listening to warmed-over chestnuts of the Great American Songbook? Try putting danger and blood in the name of your band, and watch those trendy vampire moviegoing girls come out to hear some real jazz. And this is Real. Fucking. Jazz., with some of the more brilliant and adventurous improvisers from the famed New York Knitting Factory scene playing alongside legends like Dave Douglas and John Zorn. Featuring talented reedmen Chris Speed and Oscar Noriega, with bassist Trevor Dunn (of Mr. Bungle fame a lifetime ago). Drummer Jim Black is a must-see — he's been amazing for decades now, and he's not that old. Or is he just undead? —Gary Fukushima
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