Wild Beasts kicked off the first date of their North American tour, as well as their first-ever Los Angeles show, with a brilliant version of “The Fun Powder Plot”, followed by latest single “We Still Got The Taste Dancing On Our Tongues”, never straying too far from the recorded versions. “All The King’s Men” elicited the most hooting and howling (geddit, Beast-watchers?) of the night… and, hands up, it is a really good song.

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It’s no wonder people don’t know what to say about White Denim—it took me about 20 minutes to figure out what was going on after they took stage. But here’s my theory: right before the show, they said to each other, “I know! Let’s each drink a gallon of iced tea super fast and then get through as many of our songs as fast as we can without stopping until urine itself is dripping from our pores!”

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WHITE DENIM W/BRAZOS ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, AT THE TROUBADOUR, 9081 SANTA MONICA BLVD, WEST HOLLYWOOD. 8PM / $12 ADVANCE, $14 AT DOOR / ALL-AGES. TROUBADOUR.COM.

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Los Angeles Venue Directory
Below you will find a list of venues in Los Angeles and surrounding communities. If we have overlooked a venue please leave it in the comments field and we will add it to our list.
The Echo
1822 W Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026-3227
(213) 413-8200
www.attheecho.com
The Echoplex
1154 Glendale Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026
(213) 413-8200
www.attheecho.com
Spaceland
1717 Silver Lake [...]

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The real knock-it-out-of-the-park moment came on a cover of Tenor Saw’s “Ring the Alarm.” All members began to really click on the reggae number—Lanois riffed out notes you’d never see coming. From the looks of the crowd—if you want to call them that—the night was a success. Lanois dropped a great quote as he left the stage, and it’s one that I may steal in the future: “The passion never goes out of fashion.”

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photography by ward robinson

!!! performing at The Troubadour on September 27, 2009.

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IO is one of those performers. She has a great backup band and as a front person, you can’t take your eyes off of her. She was climbing the lighting grids, exploiting the electric fans to launch her parachute blouse, jumping around and collapsing on the stage and interacting a lot with the audience. They also had plenty of fog and great lights which made for a really cool visual experience.

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photography by aida daneshvar

Amazing Baby and The Entrance Band performing at The Troubadour on September 23, 2009. Additional photos of The Entrance Band by Ward Robinson.

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Have you ever stood five feet away from a napalm explosion during the height of the Vietnam War? That’s pretty much what standing in the front row at an Entrance show is like. As the band took the purple-lit stage, bassist Paz Lenchantin gave drummer Derek James a high five and they both smiled, as if in on a secret. I figure that’s pretty much what I’d do before every show if I was about to play these songs live.

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Black Joe Lewis is a Texas soul shouter who would have been at home on Sue in 1966 but finds himself instead on Lost Horizon with his band the Honeybears. He’s opened for Little Richard but his favorite rock ‘n’ roll band is Rocket From The Tombs and he loved Star Trek right up to the point J.J. Abrams got hold of it. This interview by Chris Ziegler.

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