UPCOMING LOS ANGELES SHOWS OF NOTE:

Oct 29 -- Castledoor -- The Echo
Oct 30 -- Girth (Feat. Dena Deadly) -- Spaceland
Nov 2 -- Bob Schneider, Dead Rock West -- Hotel Cafe
Nov 3 -- Bob Schneider, AM -- Hotel Cafe
Nov 5 -- Resident Hero -- Roxy
Nov 8 -- Culver City Dub Collective (& special guests) -- Bordello
Nov 8 -- Valient Thorr -- Spaceland
Nov 10 -- Meiko, Quincy Coleman & more -- Hotel Cafe
Nov 17 -- Jim Bianco -- Bordello
Nov 19 -- Sam Sparro -- Viper Room
Nov 20 -- Katy Perry, Meiko -- Hotel Cafe
Nov 28 -- Meiko, honeyhoney (form. Zanzibar Lewis) -- Hotel Cafe
Nov 30 -- Buddy -- Hotel Cafe

QUICK UPDATE/COMMENTARY FROM CMJ -- One of the most hotly-tipped CMJ-performing acts, Black Kids, is complete and utter horse-shit. The hype machine is a BITCH, ain't it. Tawkamongstyisselves.

RADIOHEAD UPDATE (PART DEUX) -- Looks like it's official - well...as official as the latest rumor can be -- insiders tell us that Radiohead will release their physical album through ATO Records and NOT Warner Bros., who were rumored to have been in the running. What this means for WB execs Rob Gordon and Perry Watts Russell remains to be seen. Interesting side-note -- Red Light Management, part of the forward-thinking collective of companies including ATO, Side One Records and MusicToday, manage Alanis Morrisette. Alanis is a WEA (Reprise) artist. Hmmm...

CMJ SHOWS OF NOTE -- It's that time of year again: snotty-nosed hipster college radio programmers from across the U.S. migrate to NYC for CMJ ...and a handful of label scouts and A&R execs (all four of them that are left!) are right there next to them... We figured we'd make a little list of shows to check out -- a couple of unsigned artists, a couple of established acts. You gotta mix it up!

TUESDAY OCTOBER 16















7:00PM -- Jim Bianco -- Mo Pitkin's
7:45 PM -- The Teenage Prayers -- Arlene's Grocery
8:00PM -- Brad -- Highline Ballroom (yes, THAT band Brad!)
10:00PM -- Monte Negro -- S.O.B.'s
11:00PM -- C-Mon & Kypski -- Cake Shop
11:30PM -- Weston -- Mercury Lounge (yes, THAT band Weston! It's an acoustic show, though, so who the hell knows what to expect.)

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 17


















3-5PM -- NZ On Air showcase -- Delancy Lounge
11:00PM -- The Giraffes -- Crash Mansion (God that venue blows)
11:15PM -- Barcelona -- Arlene's Grocery

THURSDAY OCTOBER 18















5:30-8:00PM -- Australian Party -- Rockwood (open bar people -- get it done!)
8:30PM -- Brian Wright -- Living Room
9:00PM - Jim Bianco -- Living Room
9:00PM -- Walter Meego -- Webster Hall
10:00PM-4:00AM -- Deerhunter, Dynamite Walls -- Rebel (iHEARTCOMIX/Scion party)
10:30PM -- Wintersleep -- Fat Baby
11:00PM -- Mute Math -- Irving Plaza (we know, we know...just do it anyway)
11:30PM -- Uncut -- Fat Baby
12:00AM -- Muscles -- Studio B
1:00AM -- New Young Pony Club -- Studio B
1:00AM -- Centro-Matic -- Arlene's Grocery

FRIDAY OCTOBER 19















6:30PM -- Warm In the Wake -- Blender Theater @ Gramercy
8:00PM -- Christopher Cross -- B.B. King's (yes, THAT Christopher Cross!)
9:00PM -- Rodrigo Y Gabriella -- Roseland
9:40PM -- Earl Greyhound -- Irving Plaza
11:00PM -- The Maccabees -- Blender Theater @ Gramercy
11:00PM -- Del The Funky Homosapien -- B.B. King's
12:30AM -- DJ Z-Trip -- Studio B

SATURDAY OCTOBER 20















7:00PM -- Eli Paperboy Reed -- Crash Mansion
8:00PM -- Joshua James -- Living Room
8:00PM -- Charlie Daniels -- B.B. King's (yes, THAT Charlie fucking Daniels!!)
10:00PM -- Buddy -- Living Room
11:00PM -- The Brunettes -- Bowery Ballroom
12:00AM -- Band Of Horses -- Bowery Ballroom