This weekend in L.A.: Grammy, schmammy
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Tonight: What a night to start the weekend – especially on the Eastside. Lady Sovereign has a new album on the way (Spin has a blurb and a stream of the single “So Human” here, and where can I sign up to be one of the Cure’s lawyers?). She plays the Echo, where it will surely be a madhouse. Same goes for downstairs at the Echoplex, where the band with the name I still can’t bring myself to type, F***ed Up, performs along with Mika Miko. … Oliver Future makes its debut as a three-piece at Spaceland, along with another very good local three-piece, Gliss. … Local quartet the Idyllists celebrate the release of their debut at the Hotel Cafe (check out “You’re Gonna Break My Heart Someday”), and Angela Correa also plays a stripped-down set. … Of course, you can start your evening at First Fridays at the Natural History Museum (upside, you’ll be out of there by 10; downside, the food is way overpriced), where the Bird and the Bee perform. … Singer-songwriter Todd Snider is in town for a show at the El Rey, while NOFX plays the second of its three shows at the Music Box @ Fonda. … If smart, passionate punk is your style, Mike Park visits the Knitting Factory. … Death to Anders leads a brigade of locals at Pehrspace, and Seasons heads another local bill at Mr. T’s. … Of course, all of that assumes you’re not anteing up for the big MusicCares Foundation shindig honoring Neil Diamond at the Convention Center. Coldplay, Adele and Josh Groban (whom I could’ve sworn I spotted coffeeing unmolested at Starbucks in Silver Lake last week) are among the performers.
Saturday: How about 81-year-old country legend Charlie Louvin [pictured] playing Spaceland? That’s pretty amazing. … Scott Weiland is holding forth at the Music Box @ Fonda, while Ne-Yo has sold out downtown’s Club Nokia. … Fol Chen celebrates the release (Feb. 17) of its debut, “Part I: John Shade, Your Fortune’s Made,” at Pehrspace. … The Fold has begun a series of shows at Home restaurant (at Riverside and Fletcher in Silver Lake), and Benji Hughes appears with a host of other quality people. No cover, either. … Fiction Family plays the Largo at Coronet. … Amy Kuney brings her serene sounds to the Hotel Cafe. … Carney, along with His Orchestra, team up at the Troubadour. … And the pride of Riverside, the Voodoo Glow Skulls, tee it up at the Knitting Factory.
Sunday: You’d think this would be a barren evening for shows because of the Grammys, but Ne-Yo and NOFX reprise their gigs at their respective venues, and T.S.O.L., along with Black President, punk it up at the Echoplex. … Alex & Sam play at Home. … And it’s Hungry Ghost at the Echo and Suki Ewers at Spaceland.
Obligatory self-promotional bit: Join me on the Buzz Bands show on Little Radio at 10 this morning, and every Friday, when I will be spinning new music by some of these artists.
And, as always, I recommend You Set the Scene for a more complete list.
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I thought for sure you’d be dancing the night away at a Grammy party.