Saturday, December 19, is a night fraught with terrible choices. My first desire was for the
X/
Calexico Christmas show at
The Wiltern, which I heard about months ago but, owing to finances, failed to get a ticket for. I have seen
Calexico a few times and they're one of my favorite live band, but, and this may get me drummed out of the music community, I've never seen
X live, and this would have been my chance were it not for
Elaine Layabout.

The 3rd Annual Christmas Sweater Festival also takes place on this night. Last year's event at
Echoplex was so well attended and fun that this year
they've moved to the far swankier environment of
El Rey.
Like last year they also have a stellar local line up with The Deadly Syndrome, The Pity Party, Eskimohunter, Castledoor and more and is likely to lure many an Eastsider to the Wilshire district. I love all the bands but am especially disappointed to miss Eskimohunter, who so impressed me at the Abbot Kinney Street Festival this September that I've been chasing them down to see another show ever since. Damn!

As you can see,
The Monolators, are playing an instore at
Origami Vinyl at 7, so one could, theoretically, attend this, then fly over to Pehrspace for...

This is where I'll be to hear my good friends,
Cave Country, woo the hoedown audience with a set of their beautifully composed and sung alt country. What I'm really looking forward to is the set by
Tenlons Fort. He performed a solo acoustic set last November 5th at
The Echo at one o'clock in the morning that I haven't been able to shake off yet. It was one of my favorite sets of the year and the brilliance of the songwriting was matched by the performance itself, a highlight being when Nate Cole of
Castledoor joined him onstage for a stunning duet on a memorable song called "You Won't Be With Me". Also on the bill are
The Mystery Lights and
Tomorrow's Tulips and since Elaine has yet to disappoint me, I'm sure they are worth checking out. Did I mention
Elaine and the Layabouts will be playing a set too? Count me in!
whrabbit
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