LA Bands To See @ SXSW

This is a day late (and the font is a little off), but for those of you lucky enough to be in Austin and looking for the best LA has to offer, here's CER's SXSW recommendations:

Family of the Year

• Thursday: 1:30 @ Cafe Mundi
  
• Friday: 5:00 @ Maggie Mae's, 8:00 @ Ale House

His Orchestra

• Thursday: 5:00 @ Creekside Lounge

Best Coast

• Thursday: 3:00 @ Fader Fort, 4:00 @ Red Fez
  
• Friday: 3:30 @ Emo’s, 6:00 @ Klub Krucial
  
• Saturday: 2:00 @ Maggie Mae’s, 4:00 @ Mexican American Cultural Center, 6:45 @ Max’s Wine Dive, 11:00 @ Barbarella

Letting Up Despite Great Faults

• Thursday: 10:30 @ Sneakerfest
• Friday: 1:30 @ Clive Bar
• Saturday: 1:00 @ Moose Lodge, 2:45PM @ Home Slice Pizza
  

Happy Hollows

• Thursday 12:30 @ Scoot Inn, 3:00 @ Lustre Pearl, 4:30 @ Lambert’s
• Friday: 1:30 @ Republic Live, 8:00 @ Guero’s
  
• Saturday: 5:00 @ Home Slice Pizza

Casxio

• Thursday: 5:00 @ Blind Pig rooftop, 10:10 @ Malverde
  
• Friday: 5:15 @ Shangri-La
  
• Saturday: 2:40 @ Peckerheads

Henry Clay People

• Thursday: 2:00 @ Threadgill’s, 3:45 @ Lambert’s, 8:30 @ Club de Ville
  
• Friday: 3:30 @ Anne’s on 6th, 6:00 @ Pure Volume House
  
• Saturday: 2:30 @ Kung Fu Saloon, 6:00 @ Home Slice Pizza

Nico Stai

• Thursday: 8:00 @ Uncorked Bar
• Friday: 3:00 @ The Acquarium, 10:30 @ Maggie Mae's
• Saturday: 2:00 @ The Shangri-la
  

Also, Kittens Ablaze’s showcase is at 1am on Friday night at Wave.

I'm jealous of all of you. Have fun.

Nico Stai Video Shoot: Your Plans This Friday

Nico Stai is/are shooting a video for "Dead Pony" on Friday at Ghettogloss Gallery (6109 Melrose). This is unquestionably worth your time (and it's free). Nico Stai is a rarity: a fully formed, mature band with great stage presence and a 110% bonafide rock star as their frontman. They were so good at the Eagle Rock Music Festival. I don't understand how they aren't more popular.

As you can see from the flyer, here are the details:

8:30: Drinks and music begin ($3 drinks and $1 beers)
9:00: Video shoot
10:00: Live set by the full band

CER Out.

What 2 Go 2: June 16 to 21

Quickly, since I need to get back to work and it's not a huge week for shows.

Tuesday - Thursday: Art Brut at Spaceland. Nico Stai opens on Wednesday and Rumspringa (sorry, got them confused with Vanaprasta) opens on Thursday. I'll be in attendance on Thursday.

Friday: Art Brut at the Echo.

Saturday: Seasons and I Make This Sound at Mr. T's Bowl. I Make This Sound features the rhythm section of The Henry Clay People. Speaking of The Henry Clay People, they really need to play an LA show soon.

• Halloween Jack also plays Spaceland, if travelling out to Highland Park isn't in the cards.
  

What 2 Go 2 (W2G2) March 2-6

(For W2G2 from today until March 1, scroll down two posts or click)

March 2: Nico Stai at Spaceland (March Residency).

Of the five Mondays to see Nico Stai in March (and you should go to one of them), I'd pick this one or the March 30th one (where The Movies are opening). This coming Monday, Eastern Conference Champions, Pop Noir, and Hesta Prynn open. Who's Hesta Prynn? Remember Northern State? You probably don't, but they were that all-female rap group from New York that some people were talking about back in 2003. The Beastie Boys comparisons never played out, of course. Prynn's solo material is supposedly "promising."



March 4: Princeton at Spaceland (with Special Guests TBA). Princeton is great. Kind of Belle & Sebastian-ish, and fronted by two twin brothers. I saw them at Spaceland in December; I think this is their first show since then. As mentioned in the last W2G2, they've played some shows with Ra Ra Riot. Their entire EP is up on MySpace.



March 5: Army Navy at Space 15 Twenty. Just like The Movies played there the previous week.

March 6: Exposure: A Photo Show at Where. Just like last week, but this week The Voyeurs, One Trick Pony, and The Monolators play acoustic sets.