S.Lo on July 10th, 2021

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ONLINE FINDS:

■ The Hotel Cafe held its grand re-opening yesterday, with David Ryan Harris featuring on the main stage and program director Joel Eckels rechristening the Second Stage. Eckels has been among the heroic in the independent music scene over the last year and a half of the pandemic shutdown, with Hotel Cafe being among the first to bring local bands to an online performance platform via the Uncancelled Festival and Eckels continuing the Monday Monday singer-songwriter series on the Clubhouse app. In addition, he and his brothers have been performing regular live streams on Facebook.

On the anniversary of Bill Withers’ death from heart complications, Eckels played a set in tribute. “I had the extreme fortune of calling Bill a friend over the past 12 years,” said the singer-songwriter-engineer-event producer, “and had a number of unforgettable experiences with him, including having him mentor me and my band for a couple months back around 2009/2010. I miss his humor and wisdom so much. I’m always happy to honor Bill’s music and have done 3 full sets of his tunes on my live stream in the past year…. Hope you enjoy my tribute to Bill’s timeless music. All my love to the Withers family.”

■ Also, beaming in from London, Duran Duran performed their new single “Invisible” for the Today show yesterday morning (with Graham Coxon from Blur joining in on guitar). Singer-frontman Simon LeBon and drummer Roger Taylor were also interviewed by the show’s hosts about the AI visual generator Huxley and hopeful plans to tour the U.S. next year. Their new album (their 14th studio album), “Future Past,” will be released October 22.

Saturday, July 10
IN-PERSON SHOWS:

■ 2Mex, AwolOne and LMNO at La Santa (early show).
■ Aly & Fila at Academy.
■ Astral Fest Unlocked with Noa James, Astral Gang, Yoshi Vintage, Slater XX, Gage Navarro and Tiz at FTG Warehouse.
■ Banda MS with Snoop Dogg at Toyota Arena.
■ Balto at Pappy & Harriet’s.
■ Black Rock Candy, The Late Nights and more at the Mint.
■ Bryce Oliver at the Copper Door (early show).
■ Bulletboys at the Whisky A Go Go.
■ Carlos Niño & Friends at Gold-Diggers.
■ Detlef at Sound Nightclub.
■ Gattuso at Avalon Hollywood.
■ Geo and more at the Circle OC.
■ A Girl Like You, Petty Theft and Driver 45 at TRiP.
■ Hard Days Night (Beatles tribute) at the Canyon – Agoura Hills.
■ Her Wicked Jones, Suns of Cali and the Night Owl Collective at the Offbeat Bar (early show).
■ Jacob Luttrell at Black Rabbit Rose.
■ Kick Back at the Park at Oak Canyon Park.
■ Kingdom Come, XYZ and more at the Canyon Club – Montclair.
■ Kissed Alive (Kiss tribute) at the Canyon – Santa Clarita.
■ Koko & Friends and Stevie Ray Visited (tribute) at Mozambique.
■ Lee Rocker at the Coach House.
■ Lions Den and more at Old Towne Pub.
■ Los Waraparos at La Santa (late show).
■ Mason Musso (Metro Station) at dba256.
■ Nicole Moudaber and more at Warehouse – 1756 Naud Street.
■ Noah Gundersen (early and late show), Jessica Harper, Casey Malanuk, Ella Collier and Goodie Bag at Hotel Cafe.
■ No Duh (No Doubt tribute) at SeaLegs at the Beach.
■ Pico Fest at Pico Rivera Sports Arena.
■ Pine Hill Haints at The Sardine.
■ PSY launch party with Ariel Pink, Chloe Chaidez (Kitten) and more at Rec Center.
■ Scott Ruth, the Shakes and Don Amor at the Wayfarer.
■ Sioux City Pete (members of The Brutalists) with Frankie Delmane, Monodelux and Glitter Trash at the Redwood Bar.
■ Stacey Dee (Bad Cop Bad Cop) & Zach Quinn (Pears) + more at Commissary Lounge.
■ Thing of Twins, Ukulelehiro and A Broken Line at Prospector.
■ Thomas Nicholas Band with Ace Enders at the Viper Room.
■ Uncabaret with Beth Lapides, Julia Sweeney, Laura Kightlinger, Dana Gould, Justin Sayre, Jamie Bridgers & Mitch Kaplan at El Cid.
■ Wink-A-Palooza: A Celebration of Life of Wink Musselman with Farmer Dave Scher, Iron Cobra and Youth in Asia at Alex’s Bar (matinee show).
■ W.I.P. at Catch One.

ONLINE STREAMS:

■ All Day: Nick Cave‘s Bad Seed TeeVee on YouTube.
■ 4AM: Tim Burgess‘ Listening Party with Hachiku’s “I’ll Probably Be Asleep” on Twitter (#TimsTwitterListeningParty) (replay here).
■ 10AM: SF Jazz’s “Fridays at Five” (rebroadcast) with Mariza on their website.
■ 12PM: GoGo Penguin from the Barbican (tickets).
■ 12PM: Holding Absense performing their album “The Greatest Mistake of My Life” plus Q&A from Cardiff, Wales, on Veeps.
■ 1:30PM: The Disco Biscuits with Luke the Knife on CouchTour TV.
■ 2PM: The Grammy Museum “Spotlight Saturdays” with Sasha Alex Sloan on their website.
■ 2PM: The Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage archives with Red Crooked Sky American Indian Dance Troupe and Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra (playing Beethoven and Bartók) on Facebook.
■ 2PM: Morgan James’ weekly show on StageIt.
■ 2PM: Ronnie James Dio birthday celebration with Rob Halford, Tenacious D, Lzzy Hale, Lita Ford, Joey Belladonna, Lena Hall, Tony Iommi and more (Tickets).
■ 3PM: Melissa Etheridge‘s “Saturday Concert” on her website.
■ 3PM: Travis Shallows’ “Shallow Chateau” on Facebook.
■ 4:20PM: Doobie Decibel System on their website.
■ 5:30PM: Heart Shaped Box (Nirvana tribute) and the Hound on Veeps.
■ 6PM: Hiss Golden Messenger (live only) (Tickets).
■ 6PM: Saturday Night Grand Ole Opry with the Bellamy Brothers with Dennis Quaid, Joe Bonamassa, Chase Bryant and MercyMe on YouTube and Geico Green Room (schedule).
■ 6PM: Sleater Kinney artist-in-residence on 88.5 FM (archives).
■ 7PM: Ganser from Chicago’s Empty Bottle on NoonChorus.
■ 8PM: Arnold & Lane’s “Alien Dance Party” on Dirtybird TV.
■ 9PM: Kevin Knapp’s “Plump’d” on Dirtybird TV.
■ 9PM: Sioux City Pete (members of the Brutalists) with Frankie Delmane, Monodelux and Glitter Trash on Redwood Bar’s Twitch and YouTube.

Sunday, July 11
IN-PERSON SHOWS:

ONLINE STREAMS:

■ All Day: Nick Cave‘s Bad Seed TeeVee on YouTube.
■ 7AM: Hiep Nguyen on StageIt.
■ 7AM: The Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage archives with The King and Mic (Micah Smith‘s Nat King Cole tribute) on Facebook.
■ 9:30AM: Stuart Murdoch (Belle and Sebastian) weekly meditation stream on Facebook.
■ 12PM: Diane Birch on StageIt.
■ 12PM: Ajit Singh on StageIt.
■ 12PM: Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp’s Sunday Brunch on YouTube.
■ 4PM: The Alternative’s “Streaming Sundays” on Twitch and YouTube.
■ 4PM: Dive Brake, THE REVEL, David Bryan and Kitty McTeague, Blind Pete and Space on Veeps.
■ 5PM: “Contemplations from National Sawdust” (Episode 3) airs with Du Yun, Laura Ortman, Kevork Mourad, Anthony Roth Costanzo, OK Miss, Sophia Brous’ Lullaby Movement, Abraham Brody and JOJO ABOT on allarts.org.
■ 5PM: David Cook on Mandolin.
■ 5PM: The Jamanis Project on YouTube.
■ 7PM: Best of the Birdfeed: Launch Party on Dirtybird TV.
■ 7PM: Grant Lee Phillips on StageIt.
■ 10PM: Victoria Rawlins’ “Psychic Bassline” on Dirtybird TV.
■ 1AM: Anjunabeats and Dru West on Twitch.

Friday, July 9, Highlights
ONLINE STREAMS:

■ Around the Campfire with Dim Wizard and Lande Hekt on their website.
■ Ausar on SoFar Sounds.
■ Brian Dunne on Atwood Magazine’s Instagram.
■ Chase Atlantic from the Wiltern on Veeps.
■ Enumclaw on Live on KEXP at Home on YouTube.
■ “Hunting Heroes” with Tony Knox on Satellite TV.
■ Jambinai and Black Motion on NPR Tiny Desk (Home) Concerts on YouTube.
■ The Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage archives with the Holocaust Survivor Band and the National Symphony Orchestra on Facebook.
■ Khris Royal and Dark Matter on Nugs TV.
■ Los Blancos, the Osteoblasts and the Rebel Set on Redwood Bar’s Twitch and YouTube.
■ Melissa Etheridge “Friday Night Videos” on her website.
■ New Colossus Sessions with Candeleros and I Have Problems on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and Twitch.
■ Pig Destroyer stream “Pornographers of Sound: Live in NYC” from October 2019 at Saint Vitus Bar (Tickets).
■ Royal Opera House’s #OurHouseToYourHouse with Beauty Mixed Programme on their website.
■ Spotlights and Somnuri from Saint Vitus Bar (Tickets).
■ Tim Burgess‘ Listening Party with Iron Maiden’s “Seventh Son of a Seventh Son” on Twitter (#TimsTwitterListeningParty) (replay here).