Also playing:
RUFUS WAINWRIGHT, TEDDY THOMPSON at the Orpheum; VOXHAUL BROADCAST at the Satellite; DAVID ANGEL SEPTET at Typhoon.
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tue 3/13
The Raincoats
THE ECHO
Johnny Rotten loved the Raincoats and said they were the only band that didn't make him barf. Kurt Cobain loved the Raincoats and devoted Incesticide's liners to their immortal glory. And as just some random human trying to think and be alive, let me tell you that I love the Raincoats, too! What a band. It started in London in 1977 with guitar, bass, drums, violin, sax and keys, as founders Gina Birch and Ana da Silva traded lead vocals and proved that post-punk means taking punk and making it into every better thing it could be. Now they're back together, and never will I forget when I saw them, Gina holding her bass in her fists and shouting, "I'm a city girl! I'm a warrior!" as everyone in a packed Echoplex lost their minds or cried or probably both. Make sure to tell me the name of the band you start after you see them. —Chris Ziegler
Willie Nelson & Family
WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL
The fact that Willie Nelson recently penned the tune "Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die" serves as proof that some things in life remain comfortingly constant, like Nelson's laid-back, warbly voice, his wry sense of humor and his penchant for pot. That said, this show likely will be a more buttoned-up affair, as it's Nelson's first time headlining Disney Hall. He'll be joined by members of his family, including son Lukas Nelson, whose band, Promise of the Real, opens the show. There's no telling what surprises the 78-year-old country crooner has up his sleeve, but it's a safe bet he'll pull out some standards from his most recent album, Remember Me, Vol. 1, and a classic or two like the ramblin'-man anthem "On the Road Again." —Laura Ferreiro
Also playing:
DENNIS DREITH ENSEMBLE at Vitello's; DOUG MACDONALD at Typhoon; PETER SMITH at the Tar Pit.
wed 3/14
HOUSE OF BLUES
It's always amusing, and often quite embarrassingly cringe-inducing, when some television star decides to start a band. Surely, the Pretty Reckless, a New York quartet fronted by Gossip Girl bad girl Taylor Momsen, must be a spectacular mess, right? Well, actually, the Pretty Reckless are pretty good on their 2011 debut, Light Me Up. In songs like the druggy "My Medicine" and "Just Tonight," the still-teenage actor seems determined to prove she's more than just a sweet young thing. Buttressed by the heavy guitars of Ben Phillips, Momsen comes off as a fiery singer and legitimate hard rocker instead of as a vapid, light-pop wannabe. At times, the arrangements and Kato Khandwala's production feel generic, but the album's best moments — such as the defiant title track, the acoustic ballad "You" and the spacey parts of "Miss Nothing" — are guiltless pleasures. On "Factory Girl" (not the Rolling Stones song), she convincingly reimagines herself as Edie Sedgwick in tawdry modern Hollywood. —Falling James
Also playing:
MY HOLLOW DRUM at Low End Theory; ISLANDS at Bootleg; THE FLYTRAPS at Los Globos.
thu 3/15
Sentridoh
ORIGAMI VINYL
Lou Barlow is currently at work on upcoming albums by both Dinosaur Jr. and Sebadoh, but that hasn't stopped the L.A.-based indie-rock veteran from digging through his considerable archives. Tonight Barlow does the in-store thing at Echo Park's Origami Vinyl in support of a new, deluxe reissue of Weed Forestin', the home-recordings collection he originally released in 1987 under the name Sentridoh. Encountered more than two decades after its humble creation, the music on Weed Forestin' feels pretty hit-or-miss; you kind of want more from "Jealous of Jesus," for instance. But there are definitely suggestions of the weird beauty that would later surface throughout Barlow's insanely prolific career. In some ways I prefer the "Brand New Love" captured here to the one on Smash Your Head on the Punk Rock. —Mikael Wood
Kneebody
BLUE WHALE
Eleven years ago, five incredible musicians combined into Kneebody. By uniting, they became a greater being, one with potential to shape and transform the world of music. The group attracted fans, but their fame eventually separated them to opposite ends of the country. Still, the parting was amicable and temporal, and their reunions are regular and vital to the development of this beautiful body. Occasionally, the group includes outsiders, first vocalist Theo Bleckmann, then rapper Busdriver, now electronic DJ wizard Daedelus. Kneebody and Daedelus hooked up in the premiere of a work commissioned by Chamber Music America, composed by saxophonist and lead parent Ben Wendel. Also Fri. and Sat. —Gary Fukushima
Also playing:
US, FROM OUTSIDE at Cobalt Café; BOSTICH & FUSSIBLE at Troubadour; DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS at House of Blues; JERRY VIVINO BAND at the Baked Potato.
The named only Billy Childs did a bang'n job fill'n-in for Bobby West @ Double M Jazz Salon, Masters of the Ark led by Jesse Sharps. Aloe Blacc's side-personnel tenor saxophonist, Randal Fisher guest soloed. The young lion is from PAPA's den, a co-collaborator w/ Free Association @ The Rack, alternating Suns., & D'z Intern @ Dolores Petersen Presents: Showcase and Open Mic / Jam every Th nite "Companion Events @ HSB&G.
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