PART TIME PUNKS takes place at The Echo on 1822 Sunset in Los Angeles, every Sunday night.
PART TIME PUNKS is a club that takes over noted Echo Park live music venue, The Echo on 1822 Sunset, every Sunday night. The night focuses heavily on obscure and classic music coming out of America, the UK and Europe in 1978 to the present: Punk, Post-punk, Punk-funk, New Wave, No Wave, Hardcore, Indie-Pop, Twee, Grunge, Electro, Minimal-Synth, Shoegaze, Baggy.
Art Time Punks
ART TIME PUNKS: 5 Years Of Art from Part Time Punks is a lovely limited edition book that has just been published by the kindly folks at Echo Park Books. The edition is strictly limited to 250 copies & can be purchased here. DIY indeed.
- 09.05 SMITHS/MORRISSEY NITE
[with Guest DJ Jose Maldonado from Sweet & Tender Hooligans]
- 09.12 WILD NOTHING [Captured Tracks] + THE PROCEDURE CLUB [Slumberland Records] + SWEATER GIRLS
Wild Nothing is one of the best bands signed (yet) to Captured Tracks. And in this, the second half of 2010, that's no small statement. Their debut LP, "Gemini" sounds like the record The Wake should have made after "Here Comes Everybody" on Factory Records. Or maybe if Bobby Wratten of The Field Mice fronted MBV (in their dreamier moments).
The Procedure Club is one of the best bands signed (yet) to Slumberland. And given it's 20+ year history, this is no small claim. Add the ramshackles sounds of some of the best girl groups of the DIY movement (Liliput, Androids Of Mu, The Petticoats) with the racketier side of C86 (The Flatmates & The Shop Assistants) and you would be half there. Just add drum machine and listen repeatedly.
Sweater Girls are the new Heavenly. And one of the best bands in Los Angeles. (Oh. And Talulah Gosh was a friend of theirs. All three bands, probably.)
- 09.18 HUNGRYBEAT
LA's only Indiepop + Twee + Northern Soul dance party!
- 09.19 TAMARYN + PURO INSTINCT [formerly known as PEARL HARBOR] + DUNES
aka MEXICAN SUMMER RECORDS NITE aka a nite of dreampop shoegaze featuring bands on the lovely, dreamy Mexican Summer label (and the LP release party for Tamaryn to boot!)
- 09.26 Slumberland Records Nite with FRANKIE ROSE AND THE OUTS + HUNX & HIS PUNX + NEVEREVER
Frankie was the original drummer for Vivian Girls, then for Crystal Stilts, then for Dum Dum Girls (!). Now she has a band of her own & a lovely forthcoming debut LP, mixing the sort of sounds you've heard from the bands above with the best of Phil Spector's girl-bands of the 1960s like The Shangri-La's and Nico's tracks with the Velvets.
- 11.07 FRONTIER RECORDS 30TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY with THE ADOLESCENTS + THE MIDDLE CLASS!
One of Los Angeles' most important record labels (ever) celebrates it's 30th Anniversary at Part Time Punks! Featuring the 1st appearance of The Middle Class in over 30 years! Here's who is confirmed so far: THE ADOLESCENTS, THE MIDDLE CLASS, RIKK AGNEW, THE PONTIAC BROTHERS, FLYBOYS are all confirmed + one other band...but we can't say just who yet. (Just imagine the sound of bombs dropping and you'll be close.)
NOTE: this is now happening at The Echoplex! More bands to be announced soon... (And sure to drop a few more jaws along the way.)
NOTE: Doors open at 4pm. And this event is open to ALL AGES.
