Tonight our lovelies,

(Above: Lead guitarist Wata of the mighty BORIS!)

ARTHUR NIGHTS NIGHT 2: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19 AT THE MAJESTIC PALACE THEATRE IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES (630 SOUTH BROADWAY) 

*** TWO STAGES * ALL AGES * FULL SETS BY ALL BANDS! * ONLY $24 ***

Friday, October 20, 6pm – presented by Imeem 

BORIS

Co-ed Japanese doom/rock/blissout superpower trio in performance ahead of the Halloween release of Altar, their devastating new album-length collaboration with dronekings Sunn0))) 

TAV FALCO & THE UNAPPROACHABLE PANTHER BURNS

First LA appearance in 10 years! The truly legendary ‘Dorian Gray of Rock ‘n’ Roll’ from Memphis–admired by blues rock n roll luminaries like Spiritualized’s Jason Pierce, The Cramps and The Black Keys, a man who’s been joined onstage by Charlie Feathers, Alex Chilton and hundreds of others who wanted to be near the flame–will remind you that ROCK ‘N’ ROLL IS DANCE MUSIC. Get ready to get down. 

BE YOUR OWN PET

Nashville teenage action-punk quartet led by firecracker vocalist Jemina Pearl 

HEARTLESS BASTARDS

Walloping Ohio rock trio led by wailer/guitarist Erika Wennerstrom–new album just out on Fat Possum 

THE HOWLING HEX

featuring ex-Pussy Galore/Royal Trux guitarist/genius Neil Hagerty in harmolodic prog-jazz-rock-whatsit flight 

AWESOME COLOR

awesome garage-mantra rock in a Stooges/Spacemen 3 ancestor worship mode

TALL FIRS

mellowside Ecstatic Peace recording artists

FORTUNE’S FLESH

features ex-Starvations members; “Cockroach’s larvae stage of death doo-wop”

And, from the “Imaginational Anthem Vol. 2 Tour”:

* CHRISTINA CARTER

Texan matriarch of the current avant-folk scene/member of Charlambides in solo set

* SHAWN DAVID MCMILLEN

“Soporific, glazed” (sez ‘The Wire’) Texas psych

* SEAN SMITH

Berkeley-based acoustic guitarist in the Fahey-Basho tradition

INS & OUTS ALL NIGHT * YES THERE WILL BE ALCOHOL ON PREMISES * FOOD TOO * ALSO CHECK OUT CLIFTON’S CAFETERIA FOR AFFORDABLE AMERICAN FOOD FARE AND A DECOR THAT WILL GIVE YOU A CONTACT HIGH — OPEN ONLY TIL 9PM 

Tickets are $24 

Purchase tickets online at ticketweb.com, or buy them in person at Amoeba Music (Hollywood), Sea Level Records (Echo Park), Fingerprints (Long Beach) and Benway Records (Venice). 

Public transport to Arthur Nights: The last subway train leaves Pershing Square at 12:17am but buses run all night long. Street parking is pretty easy. Nearby parking lots are $5 or under — we recommend the Pershing Square Garage, located at 542 South Olive Street, directly across from the Biltmore Hotel. 

ALL SET TIMES SUBJECT TO CHANGE OF COURSE 

Fri Oct 20 Palace Theatre Main Hall 

6:00pm doors 

7:20 Awesome Color 

8:05 Howling Hex 

8:55 Heartless Bastards 

9:55 Be Your Own Pet 

10:50 Tav Falco and the Unapproachable Panther Burns 

~12mid Boris 

Fri Oct 20 Palace Theatre 5th Floor 

6pm doors 

7:30 Sean Smith 

8:15 Christina Carter 

9:05 Fortune’s Flesh 

9:45 Tall Firs 

10:30 Shawn David McMillen 

~11:15 Charalambides 

Last night was a dream,

Arthur Brain Donors

Philadelphia – Bushwick – Atwater