Crustcake Picks - LA Shows 2/14 - 2/20

by beatmasterspeech (LA)

Can you hear me out there crustcakers!?!? Every metalhead, thrash master, gore grinder, and ball-squeezing power metaler's heroes, IRON FUCKING MAIDEN, are coming to LA and fittingly so-- LA is one of few places where you can still see the thrash boots (read: Converse with fat tongues), denim vests with original patches, and big hair (in the Tom Araya sense).

Bruce Dickinson and crew's 'Ed Force One' will be touching down at LAX shortly, bringing Maiden's "Somewhere Back in Time" tour to The Forum next Tuesday. The stage setup is their largest yet and is modeled after the legendary Powerslave tour. Epic:



Maiden will jam out some tracks from the 80's-- stuff we missed on their previous tour for "A Matter of Life & Death," which they played in its entirety leaving little room for the classics. Keep your eyes peeled because Cyborg Eddie has been scheduled to appear.

Also going on this week: Get your V-Day celebration on at The El Rey Theatre with The Black Lips tonight then spark up a spliff in the expensive parking lot behind The Wiltern tomorrow and prepare to be moved by DJ Shadow (responsible for one of my top albums of all time) and Cut Chemist. Next Wednesday, make your way to The Echo for the perfect hump day concert with The Album Leaf soothing souls. You'll need it after being slaughtered by Maiden.

LA show picks 2/14 - 2/20:

Thursday 2/14 - The Black Lips @ El Rey Theatre

Friday 2/15 - DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist @ The Wiltern

Tuesday 2/19 - Iron Maiden @ The Forum

Wednesday 2/20 - The Album Leaf @ The Echo

[MP3] The Black Lips - "Lock & Key (live at Amoeba, Hollywood)"
[MP3] DJ Shadow - "Midnight in a Perfect World"
[MP3] Iron Maiden - "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son"
[MP3] The Album Leaf (featuring Jónsi Birgisson or Sigur Ros) – "Over the Pond"