Best Indie Music Venues in The City of Angels

Here's the list of good places: The Echo (its sister venue Spaceland used to be the best when I lived next door in Silver Lake, but it's under new management, so I don't know what the deal is now), Troubadour, Bootleg Theatre and Fais Do-Do (once in a while). Catch neat indie bands like Datarock from Norway (pictured) plus odd entertaining underground music that you won't see anywhere else, such as Gil Mantera embedded below. As a bonus, here's also a list of 10 good hipster bars in Silver Lake worth checking out for a beer before or after the show, personal favs are Red Lion and Cha Cha Lounge, not on the list but also really good are Hyperion Tavern and El Cid.  

Don't miss Stellastarr, Gil Mantera & Grand Buffet

Three of my favorite live bands are dropping by SoCal in the next month and I highly recommend getting tickets. The first one of the videos below is the best known know - Stellastarr - which plays Spaceland on December 5th. The second one is playing Spaceland as well (November 14th). I have blogged about them before, Gil Mantera's Party Dream, the crazy brothers from Ohio whose over-the-top live shows and updated channeling of 1980s synth-pop à la Tears for Fears is highly, eeh, entertaining? The third one if Grand Buffet, is a hip-hop duo from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (pictured above), which have toured several times with notable artists such as Gil Mantera's Party Dream, Sage Francis, Of Montreal, Cex, Sole, Magnolia Electric Co., Streetlight Manifesto, and the late Wesley Willis. They are playing at the Groove of Anaheim on November 15th.