The OC/LA dive bar venue round-up for December 10th-14th, 2008
This time of year it sometimes becomes hard to escape the in-your-faceness of the holiday season, what with Christmas Carols and mistletoe barraging you at every turn. But never fear, dear reader, there are venues and dives alike that offer up some good old fashioned rock 'n' roll without the mandatory Christmas sweater attire. These are a few of them:
Wednesday, December 10th
The Prospector in Long Beach- Karaoke
La Cave in Costa Mesa- DJs in Underground Lounge, Todd Oliver Quartet (jazz)
DETROIT in Costa Mesa- Busy Work
Thursday, December 11th
Echoplex in Echo Park- CSS, Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head, We Are The World; $23
Spaceland in Silverlake- Automatic Drawing, Collisions; $5, 8:30PM
eVocal in Costa Mesa- The Sweet Sweet Things, Rumspringa, Mississippi Man, Vast Atlantic; $8, 8pm
The Prospector in Long Beach- Tijuana Knife Fight
Friday, December 12th
The Echo in Echo Park- Run, Run, Run and Von Iva; 8pm, Holiday Show, 18+
Spaceland in Silverlake- Radars to the Sky, Wildbirds & Peacedrums; 9pm, $10
eVocal in Costa Mesa- Smokin’ Mirrors, The Links, Venus Infers
Saturday, December 13th
Spaceland in SIlverlake- 18th Dye, Devon Williams, The Meeting Places; 9pm, $8
The Prospector in Long Beach- Lower Heaven, Restaurant; 10pm.
Pehrspace in Los Angeles- The Tartans, Sea Lions, Catwalk; 5pm-12am
Sunday, December 14th
The Echoplex in Echo Park- Aaron Espinoza, Pierre de Reeder, Tandemoro, Damselles and the TC4, The Voyeurs, Davey Ingersoll, 7:00 pm.