TO SEE The best gigs this season JANUARY
Deafheaven + Health Black metal duo Deafheaven
DON’T MISS Home renovation
There are changes ahead for public radio’s favorite variety show.
CHRIS THILE HAS been preparing to host the beloved radio variety show A Prairie Home Companion for nearly his entire life. The virtuoso mandolinist counts Companion’s founding host, Garrison Keillor, as a key influence in his career, which started onstage at the age of seven. He now has a catalog of fleet-fingered folk albums with Nickel Creek as well as Punch Brothers. After four decades of Keillor’s wry humor and tales from
Lake Wobegon—Keillor’s fictitious hometown and subject of a popular segment—the 35-year-old Thile has brought a more modern, music-first approach to the show’s voyage into the Great American Songbook. Listeners can now expect genre-spanning guests like Jack White, Trey Anastasio and Esperanza Spalding as well as stand-up from John Hodgman, Maria Bamford and Tig Notaro. “Good music sounds so much better when you’ve been laughing,” says Thile. “And you’re so much quicker to laugh after a poignant song.” Thile can tackle a Radiohead cover as confidently as he can a classical sonata, and he plans to bring some of that musical whiplash to the show—maybe not as soon as January’s live performance in Pasadena, but in due time. “We can lay the foundation to where—Lord willing—if
Kendrick Lamar ever wanted to do the show, everyone would be ready for that,” says Thile. “Obviously, we’re not going to find a way to lift the public radio profanity ban. But I think anything good has a home on this show.” ■ Michael Juliano à A Prairie Home Companion, with special guest Ryan Adams, tapes Jan 21 at 2:45pm at Pasadena Civic Auditorium (
prairiehome.org). $38–$68.
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brings a dose of dreamy doom with help from L.A.’s own Health. Expect a primal mash-up of art pop and avant-metal. à The Echoplex, 1822 W Sunset Blvd (213- 413-8200,
theecho.com). Jan 12, 13 at 8pm; $20.
Hamilton Leithauser The raspy ex-Walkmen
frontman conjures tales of a faded New York as he croons his way through songs produced by former Vampire Weekend multi-instrumentalist Rostam Batmanglij. à Teragram Ballroom, 1234 W 7th St (213- 689-9100,
teragramballroom.com). Jan 16, 17 at 9pm; $26.
STS9 Part jam band, part EDM marvel,
the space-rock merchants stop in town with their Technicolor light
show in tow. à The Wiltern, 3790 Wilshire Blvd (213-388- 1400,
wiltern.com). Jan 20, 21 at 7:30pm; $29.50–$49.50.
Sleep + Melvins Legendary stoner metal band
Sleep teams up with its fellow sludge lovers Melvins for two nights of experimental rock straight out of the ’90s. à The Fonda Theatre, 6126 Hollywood Blvd (323-464-6269,
fondatheatre.com). Jan 27, 28 at 9pm; $32.
Lucinda Williams The celebrated singer-songwriter
embarks on a small club tour with two evenings’ worth of pure Americana and a love-damaged
Run the Jewels Outspoken Atlanta MC Killer
Mike and alt-rap mastermind El-P thread together a set of politically charged anthems and fresh tracks from their third self-titled record, released this January. à Shrine Expo Hall, 665 W Jefferson Blvd (213-748-5116,
shrineauditorium.com). Feb 1 at 8pm; $33.50.
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