tonight 6/3
stan ridgeway, knitting factory
aquabats, troubador
bang tango, club vodka
sam phillips, largo
friday 6/4
ben lee + jason schwartzman + sean hayes, knitting factory
keane + minibar, troubador
eagles of death metal, amoeba (free)
don mclean, hollywood park
tortise, henry fonda
the shins, wiltern
blood sweat & tears, cerritos center
saturday 6/5
prince, staples center
prince, house of blues (midnight)
krs-one, el rey
franz ferdinand, avalon
sunday 6/6
tenacious d + kevin nealon, knitting factory
pedro the lion, troubador
franz ferdinand, wiltern
monday 6/7
TSAR – Viper Room $5 (pictured)
Tsar at the Viper Room.
Since the club came under new management, the Viper�s bookings have left much to be desired, but this new weekly show just might prevent the famed rock spot from becoming another pay-to-play-level club casualty. Put on by the suddenly ubiquitous 103.1, �Check One . . . Two Mondays� kicks off with Silver Lake�s Tsar, a band who surely could�ve benefited from the station when its Hollywood Records debut came out a few years ago. It had just the kind of zesty pop hooks and glam-ish arrogance that�s all the rage these days, but it never broke through. Since then, the band have been in limbo, biding time till � or if � Hollywood releases its sophomore effort by giving out samplers at shows, which at times have been with groups that went on to surpass Tsar (Jet opened up for them last year). Still, the quartet chug on, if the sampler is any indication, with even heavier but no less haughty (see �Band-Girls-Money�) stabs at rock supremacy. – Lina Lecaro, LA Weekly 6/4
dmx, house of blues
pedro the lion, troubador
tuesday 6/8
filter + danger mouse, viper room
velvet revolver, wiltern
wednesday 6/9
b-52s, avalon
velvet revolver, wiltern
richard cheese, tower records (free)
the break-up, silverlake lounge
thursday 6/10
sonic youth, troubador
j mascis, house of blues
mission of burma, henry fonda theatre
my gorgeous wife moxie + dos boheinde and seymore + steph + candied ginger