Echo Park’s Week in Music

For the week of Monday, May 14 through Sunday, May 20

Monday
Monday Night Residency with Baron Von Luxxury, Hexohhexoh, Blondfire, DJ Peter Majors (Vacation Vinyl) @ Echo
Tremellow release party: Signals, Batwings Catwings, Stripper Pussy, Tremellow, Kid Infinity @ Pehrspace
Open Mic Night hosted by David & Jayson @ Tribal Café
Harriet, Chasing Kings, Pratley, Busy Living @ Bootleg Bar
Motown Mondays @ The Short Stop

Tuesday
Spirit Vine, Dead Dawn, Black Flamingo, Gothic Tropic @ Echo
IHEARTCOMIX, Media Contender, The Echo & Spin Present: Check Yo Ponytail 2 With Light Asylum, Tearist, Chelsea Wolfe, Violet Tremors @ Echoplex
Isabella Brent, Lou Jane, Jayson Landon Marcus, and Ugly, Ugly Words @ Lot 1 Cafe
Summer Darling, Silian Rail, Arms of Tripoli, Blonde Summer @ Bootleg Bar

Wednesday
Dub Club and Bluebeat Lounge present: 2-room musical blowout party @ Echo & Echoplex
The Heavy Guilt @ Origami Vinyl
Tic Tic Boom, Fartbarf, Y LUV @ Lot 1 Cafe
7th Ever Los Angeles Old Time Festival kickoff party: Daniel Hart, Hi Ho Silver, Oh and Paulene @ Echo Country Outpost
Wiklow Atwater and the Fallen Flame @ Taix Lounge
Open Mic Night hosted by Leo Margul @ Tribal Café
Yellow Alex and the Feelings, Gavin Turek, Maniac @ Bootleg Bar

Thursday
Echo & Soul in the Park Presents: Ana Tijoux With DJ Ethos, 2mex, Los Rakas @ Echo
Beach Fossils with Catwalk @ Echoplex
7th Ever Los Angeles Old Time Festival: Thomas Angell & Mike Lewinski, Snake Oil Stranglers, Cliff Wagner & The Old #7 @ Echo Country Outpost
The Fallen Stars, Burning Jet Black (Whiskey Saints) @ Taix Lounge
Open Mic Night hosted by Avril & Christine @ Tribal Café
IHEARTCOMIX Presents: Hundred Waters, ESP, The Tenant, special birthday DJ set by Righteous Trash @ Bootleg Bar

Friday
Suckers, Vanaprasta, Young Man @ Echo
Dum Dum Girls, Tamaryn, Young Prisms, Sisu @ Echoplex
Norse Horse Release Party @ Origami Vinyl
NOT in the House, The Clutter Family @ Taix Lounge
L.A. Coyote @ Tribal Café
Chappo, Kitten, Red Circle Underground @ Bootleg Bar

Saturday
Plug Research & ArtDon’tSleep Present: Lee Fields & The Expressions, Cody Chesnutt (Live Band), Naytronix + more @ Echoplex
Funky Sole: Voodoo funk Frank Gossman (all vinyl African funk set) @ Echo
Reel Art (benefit for Echo Park Film Center): DJ Salinger, Slam Dunk @ 1650 Gallery
Alexandra & The Starlight Band @ Origami Vinyl
Echo Park PDA Artwalk @ Echo Park
Easter Everywhere presents: Mike Corwin, Maston, Junghaus, Some Sh  @ Pehrspace
Sotto Says @ Taix Lounge
Very Be Careful, Mexico68 @ Bootleg Bar

Sunday
Adam Shenkman Presents: The Breakfast Show @ Echo
Grand Ole Echo with Guest Curator Julie Richmond, open TBA, Bob Woodruff, Ben Vaughn’s Desert Classic @ Echo
Part Time Punks present: Rough Trade Records Nite @ Echo
Bright Beast @ Origami Vinyl
J-Logic, DJ Ala, Tommy Zones, Chuck Fry @ Los Globos
French Toast Comedy @ Taix Lounge
Super Soul Sunday @ The Short Stop
Nacional Records Artist: Monica Lionheart, El May, Daniel Ahearn & The Jones @ Bootleg Bar

Visit the venue websites for more information on the cost and times of shows. Feel free to add more events in the comment section. All events listed are subject to change at any time, and new events announced for the week after this posting may not be included. Visit our Weekly Events page for more neighborhood events, shows and specials.

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Monday Menus: Sushi nights at The Park

Flickr photo by RexSteed

Our beloved restaurant The Park just recently launched Sushi Mondays as part of its weekly specials. The mouth-watering specials start at 5:30 pm, again on Mondays only, and are available in addition to their regular menu. It’s nice to have a little gourmet sushi option in Echo Park – we’ve never had a bad meal at The Park, and they do a spectacular job with the sushi options.

Tonight’s menu includes:

1. Spicy tuna with cucumber and avocado $5
2. Dragon roll with grilled eel, tempura shrimp, avocado and unagi glaze $5
3. Smoked salmon and crab with cucumber $5
4. Rainbow roll with crab inside, sliced tuna, salmon and avocado outside $5 (worth a try – not the best rainbow roll ever but good)
5. Fried calamari roll with avocado, cucumber and unagi glaze $5
6. Spicy cauliflower with cucumber and avocado $4 (cauliflower has a kick, highly recommended by EPN)
7. Vegetarian California roll $4
8. Tempura asparagus with avocado $4 (highly recommended by EPN)

Enjoy!

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Singer takes on Echo Park hipsters in music video

Singer Meg Myers has taken on hipsters in Los Angeles in a recent music video for her song “Tennessee.” Armed with a toy gun, she takes to the streets of Silver Lake and Echo Park blasting all the hipsters. A transplant from Tennessee, the song lyrics say it all:

Oh my god
Is that a mustache tattoo on your finger?
I’ve never seen that before
Psych
Wait what
You wanna go to Little Joy on your vespa?
I don’t think so
God I miss Tennessee

You’ll recognize some Echo Park spots like the Brite Spot in the music video.

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Gun Buy-back Program today in Los Angeles

Leftover gun parts at La Fonderie in Echo Park hat were used for the 2011 Peace Angels Project award

The fourth annual Gun Buyback Program takes place today at six locations across Los Angeles. Held the day before Mother’s Day each year, the program promises “no questions asked” for turning in guns in exchange for a gift card. Assault weapons are credited $200 worth of Visa or Ralphs gift cards; shotguns, rifles and handguns receive $100.

In past years, local art studio La Fonderie in Echo Park has participated in the program (along with other at-risk youth programs), helping kids melt down the guns from the buy-back program into a sculpture for the 2011 Peace Angels Project award.

The nearest drop-off location in Echo Park is at the LAFD Training Academy located at 1700 Stadium Way. The drop-off is happening today until 3:00 pm. Click here for a list of other locations.

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Señior Fish’s soft opening today in Echo Park

You wouldn’t know it from the outside, other than a vinyl banner and a couple of colorful but crudely-drawn signs on the windows, but Señor Fish’s new location in Echo Park had its soft opening today. It still smells like fresh sawdust inside, the walls are bare, and there is likely a bit of furniture [...]

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Honda commercial: Unrealistic portrayal of parking at The Echo

A recently aired Honda EX-L ad, filmed in Echo Park last October, shows our main character “Tim” gallivanting around the neighborhood, and then pulling up to a nice, open spot in front of The Echo. As if! A more realistic portrayal would show the characters taking up resident parking along Echo Park streets, and returning at [...]

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Weekend guide: Echo Park Craft Fair

The Echo Park Craft Fair is just around the corner! Taking place both Saturday and Sunday this weekend, the event is put on by an Artist Collective including over 25 location artists including Beatrice Valenzuela, Kathryn Bently, Anne Costello Brown, Rachel Craven, jewelry designer Kathleen Whitaker and artist Brit Browne. Echo Park’s Juice Maids will [...]

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Last chance to sign up for the Echo Park Art Walk

Last chance for artists, musicians, and venues to sign up for the Echo Park Art Walk – sign up online as soon as possible if you’d like to participate in this great neighborhood event! Echo Park Public Displays of Art’s (PDA) annual art walk started as a small event involving businesses and artists along Echo [...]

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