Orphan Recommends: Don't Miss These Shows, Los Angeles

TONIGHT, March 7th

@ the troubadour:
The Virgins
Delta Spirit
Port O'Brien
at the Troubadour TONIGHT. Get there early because Port O'Brien plays first and they are worth it.
buy tickets here.

@ the echoplex:
if you're not into the whole folk thing, go see Leslie and the LY's in echo park. If you miss it, check here next week for a review of the show.

@ ground zero (USC):
The Dodos
w/The Ohsees
FREE and ALL AGES, 7pm

The Dodos are great. I'm not going to the show tonight because I live way too far away, but I'm gonna see them...

@ Silverlake Lounge TOMORROW, Rock Insider and LA Record present:
The Dodos & Crystal Antlers, with The Ohsees & Unnatural Helpers. Early show; Doors at 4PM, $5 before 6PM and 8$ after.

There you have it. Now you can't blame me if your weekend sucks.

In the waiting room: Vampire Weekend @ Amoeba Hollywood

I went to Amoeba on Monday evening to see Vampire Weekend but only made it as far as the elevator lobby/entry way (just above the downstairs parking lot). I stood there for like an hour and went through every flier in those racks. All I got was a free Dead Meadow poster (whose new record came out yesterday) and a bunch of rave fliers that seemed real cool at the time. They're on the floor in my car now. I may not have seen the show, but I did hear a little bit of it, and now I understand why my friend would refer to Vampire Weekend as "like, 5th wave ska." Here's what I, and probably you, missed:

NEW PORTISHEAD SONGS: 3 Tracks/1 Video from ATP 2007

So we weren't lying before, guys. Portishead really does have new stuff, and I'm totally stoked that I'm still on the URB mailing list, otherwise I wouldn't be able to throw it at you guys. That's right--see, my internet is down, like I've mentioned 20 times before, but for some reason I decided to check my email at the internet cafe (this post is costing me like 5 bucks) and found this GEM in my inbox.

To click or not to click? Well, here's the rundown on what you'll find there:

3 live Portishead tracks from All Tomorrow's Parties last weekend
1 live video
and some wholly unuseful comments following each.

And um...what do we have here?


3 NEW live Portishead tracks:

• Portishead_-_New_Song_1_@_ATP07.mp3
• Portishead_-_New_Song_2_@_ATP07.mp3
• Portishead_-_New_Song_3_@_ATP07.mp3

1 NEW live video from ATP 2007


No stupid comments.
SWEET DEAL, BRO.