Rock/Pop
Annual Elvis Birthday Bash with Ray Campi, Glen Glenn, Groovy Rednecks, Candye Kane, Fur Dixon, Steve Werner, Lynda Kay, Danny B. Harvey, Lisa Finnie & Friends, and special surprise guests at The Henry Fonda Music Theatre, 1/8, 8 p.m.
Stan Ridgway at McCabe’s, 1/8
Julie Christensen & The Stone Cupids at Masquers, 1/6, 9 p.m. and 10:20 p.m. With Karen Hammack, Simeon Pillich, Joe Woodard, Jim Christie. 8334 W. 3rd St., West Hollywood. (323) 653-4848. More info: www.stonecupid.com
Alex Cline & Nels Cline at Cryptonight, (Club Tropical), 1/5
400 Blows, Free Moral Agents, Labwaste, Coaxial at Echo, 1/6
The Sunshine Sister’s at McCabe’s, 1/8, 11 a.m. Matinee Kids’ Show
The Checkers vs. Holograms, The Red Hearts, The Regulars at The Echo, 1/8
Swing Night with Dean Mora’s Modern Swingtet at The Derby, 1/8
GSL’s 1st Annual Flood & Mudslide Season Warm-Up Party Night 1 at Echo, 1/5, 7 p.m.
Rick Shea and The Losin’ End at Arcadia Blues Club, 1/5
Jazz/Classical
Chris Walden and his Big Band at Vibrato, Bel Air, 1/5
Bleu Orleans: Katrina Fundraiser with Leah Chase at The Jazz Bakery, 1/8, 4 p.m.
Daniel Berry Trio at Jazz Bakery, 1/8
Judy Chamberlain at The Millenium Biltmore, 1/7. 506 S. Grand Ave., LA (213)624-1011
Voco, Moira Smiley, Charlie Campagna, more at Unknown Theater, 1/5 – 1/12, 8pm. 1110 Seward St., Hollywood. (323) 466-7781
Chris Walden’s Big Band at The Catalina, 1/10. 6725 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood. (323) 466-2210
World City – Eth-Noh-Tec, Likha Philipino Folk Ensemble at W.M. Keck Foundation Children’s Amphitheatre, Walt Disney Concert Hall, 1/7, 12:30pm. 111 S. Grand Ave., Downtown LA. FREE.
Readings / Performance
Santa Monica Library Grand Opening Celebration: Jamie Lee Curtis, Carolyn See, Rhea Perlman, Harry & The Tyrannosaurus Rex, Sandy Jacobson, Ernest Marquez, Sid Fleischman, Sonya Sones, Connie Martinson, The Animal Guys at Santa Monica Library, 1/7
Maria Kostelas, Shirley MacLaine, Judith Orloff, Joan Borysenko at Aldersgate Retreat Center, 1/5, 7pm. 925 Haverford Ave., Pacific Palisades. (310) 393-1211. www.flutesoftheworld.com
Moonday: Rose Black & Chella Courington at Village Books, 1/9
Lenny Bruce: In His Own Words at The UnCabaret, 8pm. M-Bar, 1253 N. Vine, Hollywood.
The Week Ahead
Thursday, January 5
Space Mountain, Golden Arms, Ferraby Lion Heart at The Silverlake Lounge
Nouvelle Vague, Becky Stark, Señor Amor at Tangier
Azoic, Flat Line Transmissions at DNA Lounge
Dmonstrastions, Sexytime Explosions, Veronica Lipgloss & The Evil Eyes, Year Future at The Echo
Foot Foot, Nedelle, Emma Zunz at The Smell
EdIT, Thomas Fehlmann at El Cid
Space Mountain, Golden Arms at The Silverlake Lounge
50 Cent Haircut, Dime Box Band at The Cinema Bar, Culver City
Sherry Pruitt & The Black Shadows at Harvelle’s
Garaj Majal, Underground Orchestra, DJ Motion Potion at 14 Below
Friday, January 6
Nouvelle Vague, The Good Listeners, DJ Señor Amor at Tangier
Alex Cline at Cryptonight (Club Tropical)
The Adolescents, Cadillac Tramps at The El Rey
Mike Stinson at The Cinema Bar
Sweet Salvation Friday: Bobby Joyner & The Sundowners, Dave Insley at Mint
Odetta at McCabe’s
Ben Vaughn’s Desert Classic at Mr. T’s Bowl
Severin Browne & James Coberly Smith, James Lee Stanley at Kulak’s Woodshed, Noho
Key Frances at Harvelle’s
Look Mom No Hands, The Axis, Darwin at 5 at 14 Below
Saturday, January 7
David Kendall & Bruce Tovsky at Il Corral
The Bloody Heads, Digits, Hello Astronaut, Goodbye Televison, The Primos at The Knitting Factory
Joe Henry at Largo
Richard Buckner, Marc Carroll at Spaceland
Dave Insley, The Vaquetones at The Airliner Club, Downtown LA
Jon Patrick Foshee & The Others, Fur Dixon at Melrose Lightspace, 7600 Melrose, West Hollywood. (323) 651-3893
Deadwood Night with King Straggler & Sacred Cowboys at Knitting Factory, Hollywood
Paul Warren & The Wreckers at Harvelle’s, Santa Monica
Sunday, January 8
Ruut, Connie Kim at Tangier
Call and Response, Billy Mintz at Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock. 2225 Colorado Blvd., LA
Connie Kim at Tangier
Jumpin’ Joz at Pershing Square, Downtown LA
Cubensis at 14 Below. FREE.
Monday, January 9
Meho Plaza, Rough Church, Teddy’s Cheer Club at The Silverlake Lounge
Ben Wendel Group at Ear Orchard (Club Tropical)
Leo 123, Eliot Lipp, Subtitle at The Fold (Tangier)
Subtitle, Eliot, Leo 123 at Tangier
Eugene Edwards Band at Taix Lounge, Echo Park
Reeve Carney at Molly Malone’s, 8 p.m.
Future Pigeon at Spaceland
Meet Me At The Pub, Comedy Night at 14 Below, 7p.m. FREE.
Tuesday, January 10
Hell Ya! at Echo
The Open Mike Andrews at Tangier
Bad Habit Club, Nicole Morier (Electrocute), Snax (Berlin/NY), Punk Bunny, DJ No Thanks (New Orleans), DJ Baby Tooth (Babylon) at El Cid
The Capricons (Chicago), Epsilons at The Smell
The Open Mike Andrews at Tangier
Songs From a Hillside Living Room: Stonehoney – Shawn Davis, Phil Hurley, Nick Randolph at The Knitting Factory
Wednesday, January 11
Tarzana, The Longcut, Dirty Little Secret, Gran Ronde at The Silverlake Lounge
Waking Hours, Boo Ray at Tangier
North Mississippi Allstars at The House of Blues, 7:30 p.m.
The Mules Hayride with 29 Mules, Merle Jagger, Lynda Kay, Dave Phenicie, Ken O’Malley, Bryson Jones at Ireland’s 32, Van Nuys
Deep Eddy at Harvelle’s