What Cool Shows Are Going On This Week in LA? (Nov. 1-7, 2010)

Photo: Matt Fisher

We don’t post every show that’s going on every night (in or around LA) we just post the goods according to our collective knowledge. We’re music elitists at heart but we try our best to keep an open palette of taste with an affinity towards underground, indie and local musicians and venues. Let us know if we missed something good.

♥ = Top Picks

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MONDAY, November 1, 2010

♥ Deerhunter w/ High Places & Casino VS Japan @ The Music Box
♥ (FREE) School Night Featuring The Duke Spirit w/ Augustanaa (acoustic set) @ Bardot
♥ The Apples In Stereo w/ Fol Chen @ EchoPlex
(FREE) The Black Apples w/ John Carpenter, Whispering Pines, Johnny O’Donnel @ Echo
Laura Veirs w/ Leslie Stevens & The Badgers, Led To Sea @ The Troubadour
(FREE) Dirt Dress w/ Tijuana Panthers, Traps PS, Rare Grooves @ Spaceland
Chasing Kings w/ Pacific Hurt, Eyes Lips Eyes, Judson and Mary @ Silverlake Lounge
@KCRW Presents DJ Shadow: Live For The Shadowsphere w/ Pigeon John @ House of Blues Anaheim
Duffy @ The Roxy (invite only)
Aloe Blacc @ Amoeba Music
(FREE) The Gromble w/ Strange Birds & Tyler Tuohy @ Detroit Bar

TUESDAY, November 2, 2010

♥ White Demin w/ Devon Williams @ Spaceland
♥ Two Door Cinema Club w/ Funeral Party & Generationals @ The Music Box
♥ Kaki King w/ Sweet Hurt @ The Hotel Cafe
Dimmak Tuesdays w/ The Suzan (Tokyo) and a Super “Secret” Guest DJ @ Cinespace
Ingrid Michaelson w/ The Guggenheim Grotto @ The Troubadour SOLD OUT
An Evening With Stew and The Negro Problem w/ CandyPants @ Echoplex
The Lonely Wild w/ The Honey Trees, Wild Feathers, Auditorium @ Bootleg Theater
Elsinore w/ Count Fleet, Coyol @ Silverlake Lounge
John Gold, CMG and We Are The Night, Marcus Very Ordinary, Danile Ahearn @ The Echo
The Livingston’s w/ Symbol Six, White Flag Down @ Redwood Bar
Gov’t Mule @ House of Blues Anaheim
Lewis Black in Conversation w/ Craig Ferguson @ The El Rey Theatre SOLD OUT
The Sleeping w/ with Tides of Man, pmtoday, Just Like Vinyl(ex Fall of Troy). Happy Body Slow Brain (with Matt Fazzi of Taking Back Sunday) @ The Glass House

WEDNESDAY, November 3, 2010

♥ Paul Weller @ The Wiltern
♥ Marnie Stern w/ Kill Kill Kill @ Echo 730pm
♥ Gary Numan w/ Motor @ El Rey Theatre
♥ Kelli Scarr (7-9pm), Waterlaso @ The Hotel Cafe
Ingrid Michaelson w/ The Guggenheim Grotto @ The Music Box (SOLD OUT)
Elton John & Leon Russell @ Hollywood Palladium
Glasser w/ Teen Inc. @ The Troubadour
Ornette Coleman featuring Flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers, Denardo Coleman, Tony Falanga and Al MacDowell @ Royce Hall – UCLA Live
Voxhaul Broadcast, Eastern Conference Champs, Strange Vine @ Spaceland
Donavon Frankenreiter w/ Ximena Sarinana @ The Roxy
Necro @ The Whiskey
Dub Club w/ Resident DJs: Tom Chasteen, Roy Corderoy, The Dungeonmaster, Boss Harmony @ Echoplex
Papercranes, Jenny O, Matt Hopper @ Bordello
Stephen Brower & The Silent Majority, Eating Faces, Overcasters @ Silverlake Lounge

THURSDAY, November 4, 2010

♥ Gary Numan w/ Battle Circus @ El Rey Theatre
♥ Physical Forms (ex-members of Silver Daggers, The Mae Shi, Bad Dudes and Busdriver), Figurine (member of DNTEL and The Postal Service), Contemporary Casuals (members of Boom Bip and Red Hot Chili Peppers) XBXRX @ The Smell
♥ Lord Huron Record Release Show (11pm), Boyz Sküle (9pm) @ The Hotel Cafe
♥ Le Switch Record Release w/ Mississippi Man, Shirley Rolls, Big Whup @ Spaceland
Circa Survive w/ special guests @ House of Blues Anaheim
Ruben Albarran (of Cafe Tacuba) @ Detroit Bar
Loch & Key, Francisco The Man, Gardens and Villa, Parents @ Silverlake Lounge
Walter Meego w/ Dominant Legs, White Apple Tree @ Echo
The Ragbirds @ The Mint
(FREE) Colour Revolt (6pm); Dahga Bloom (7pm) @ Origami Vinyl
(FREE) Honeychild Record Release Party @ Space 15 Twenty
Grimoon (Italy), Brown and Blue @ Alex’s Bar
Grand Elegance, DVA Damas, Blood Bath, Green Screen Door @ The Prospector
Godsmack w/ 5FDP and Drowning Pool @ NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE

FRIDAY, November 5, 2010

♥ Dr. Dog @ The Wiltern
♥ Mavis Staples and Billy Bragg @ Royce Hall – UCLA Live
♥ Cold War Kids w/ We Barbarians @ The Glass House
♥ Yelle w/ Hawnay Troof @ Echoplex
Misfits w/ HOSTILE, The Generator @ Ventura Theatre
Colour Revolt w/ The Pity Party @ Bootleg Theater
No Joy (Montreal, Canada), La Sera (member of Vivian Girls), Devon Williams Dunes @ The Smell
Gov’t Mule @ The Music Box
Johnny Flynn with Cheyenne Marie Mize @ Hotel Cafe (7pm)
(FREE) The Black Apples @ Tommy’s Place per KXSC Radio (1-2pm)
Djavan @ Club Nokia
Ryuichi Sakamoto @ El Rey Theatre (SOLD OUT)
Bayside and Senses Fail w/ Title Fight and Balance And Composure @ The Troubadour (SOLD OUT)
Smithereens w/ Northern 45 & The Fever @ Canyon Club (Agora Hills)
Deadbolt, Hellbound Hayride, Ravens Moreland @ Redwood Bar
Helmet w/ Intronaut, Open Hand, Instant Pussy @ The Key Club
Trans Am, Nice Nice, Jonas Reinhardt @ Spaceland
Small Black w/ Class Actress, Young Prisms @ Echo 830pm
Club Underground Presents: ROUND 2 Joy Division vs. The Cure @ Echo 1030pm

SATURDAY, November 6, 2010

♥ The Heavy with Wallpaper @ El Rey Theatre
♥ Florence and The Machine with Hanni El Khatib @ The Wiltern
♥ (FREE) No Joy , La Sera, Lower Dens @ Origami Vinyl 7pm
♥ Mike Gordon (of Phish) playing two sets @ The Troubadour (SOLD OUT)
Cheech & Chong @ Gibson Amphitheatre
Johnny Flynn with Cheyenne Marie Mize @ Hotel Cafe (7pm)
Circa Survive with Special Guests @ Avalon
Nitzer Ebb @ Galaxy Theatre
Too Short @ The Key Club
Kevin Greenspon, Tujunga, Nicole Kidman, Coup Pigeons @ The Smell
Senses Fail w/ Bayside, Title Fight, Balance and Composure @ House of Blues Anaheim
Tim & Eric Awesome Tour, Great Job! w/ Pusswhip Banggang and Neil Hamburger @ Club Nokia
LA Vegan Beer Festival w/ Young The Giant, Makepeace Brothers, Owl Acid & more @ The Roxy
STEEL PULSE w/ Soulfiyah @ Ventura Theatre
BOOTIE LA w/ More Cowbell, DJS Adrian & Mysterious D / R.A.I.D. / DJ John! John! @ Echoplex
Funky Sole @ Echo