Kristen’s LA Concert Calendar: 7/29-8/4

This week, the Sunset Strip Music Festival is upon us. Events
kick off Thursday night with a tribute to and performance by Joan Jett &
The Blackhearts at The House of Blues. Thursday and Friday, venues along The
Strip are hosting an array of bands and then the street shuts down on Saturday
for an all day festival with headliner Linkin Park. For a full line up and
ticket prices, check out the SSMF website http://www.sunsetstripmusicfestival.com/event-info/.
Friday night also features a FREE outdoor concert at the lot across from The
Roxy. The Strip is my favorite part of Los Angeles and this is an excellent
opportunity to see what the area has to offer. Don’t miss out!

Here are the other shows I recommend this week:

Monday: Last
American Buffalo, The Rebel Light and more FREE at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: The Elizabeth Kill at Molly Malone’s (8pm)
ALSO: Hunnypot Radio Live FREE at The Mint featuring Parade of Lights (7pm)
ALSO: Adam Bones at The Viper Room (10pm)…album
release party

ALSO: Bad Rabbits and Air Dubai at The Troubadour (9pm)
ALSO: Josh Groban at The Grammy Museum
ALSO: It’s A School Night FREE at Bardot featuring Tapioca & The Flea (9pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday FREE at Room 5 featuring Jenni Alpert, David and Devine,
Joel Eckels, Scott Mellis, Wise Cub (8pm)

Tuesday: Amie
Miriello at The Hotel Cafe (9pm)
ALSO: Franz Ferdinand at The Echoplex (8pm)
ALSO: Badass Bands Blog Presents: Young Creatures, Mars and the Massacre &
The Space Race at Silverlake Lounge (9pm)
ALSO: Beachwood Tuesdays FREE at The Piano Bar (8pm)

Weds: Kevin
Martin at Molly Malone’s (8:15)
ALSO: Max Collins (Eve 6) at The Hotel Cafe (9pm)

Thursday: Ours,
8MM, and more at The Roxy (7:30)
ALSO: Joan Jett & The Blackhearts at House Blues
ALSO: Badwater FREE at The Viper Room (9pm)
ALSO: Joel Eckels & The Wreckards at The Hotel Cafe (10pm)
ALSO: Tyler Lyle and Wrabel at Bootleg Bar (9pm)
ALSO: Xavier Rudd FREE at Santa Monica Pier (7pm)
ALSO: Terra Naomi at WitZend (8pm)

Friday: Nightmare
and The Cat, Dear Boy, and Kitten at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: The Honey Trees, You Me & Apollo at The Hotel Cafe (9:30, 10:30)
ALSO: The Space Race, Kieran Leonard, Irontom, The Filthy Souls FREE at O’Brien’s
 (9pm)
ALSO: Franky Perez & The Truth, Jessica Childress, Great White Buffalo,
Exist Elsewhere FREE at Lot across from The Roxy (7pm)
ALSO: Fine at El Cid (10:15)
ALSO: The Vim Dicta, The Bolts at Amplyfi (9:35, 10:20)
ALSO: Scott Weiland & The Wildabouts at The Viper Room (11pm)

Saturday: SSMF
Street Festival featuring Linkin Park, Awolnation, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club,
Terraplane Sun, Sad Robot, The Active Set, The Diamond Light, Raheem Cohen,
Smile Empty Soul, Orgy, Andy Clockwise, Sabrosa Purr, The Last Internationale,
and MORE (2pm)
ALSO: Scot Weiland & The Wildabouts with Bryce Soderberg & The 2nd
Wheel at The Viper Room (10pm)
ALSO: Kita Klane, Hotel Cinema, Jesca Hoop at The Hotel Cafe (7,8,9)

Sunday: Griffin
House at Largo (8:30)
ALSO: The Both at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: The Ten Thousand, Jack Berry, Kiernan Leonard at Bootleg Bar (8pm)

To Keep in Mind:
August 8th: The Silent Comedy at Fonda Theatre
August 11th: Ivan & Alyosha at The Troubadour 
August 14th: Jamie N Commons at The Troubadour 
August 15th: The Neighbourhood at The Fonda Theatre

August 16th: Michael Bernard Fitzgerald at The Troubadour 
August
16th: Serena Ryder at The Roxy 

August
17th/18th: Echo Park Rising

August 19th/20th: Ed Sheeran at The Staples Center
August 20th: Patrick Part at The Troubadour
August 22nd: Andrew Belle at Bootleg Bar 
August 24th: NEEDTOBREATHE at Harvest Social in Anaheim 
August 24th: Truth & Salvage Co. at The Troubadour 
August 24th: Gavin DeGraw at LA Food and Wine Festival
August 31st: The Shakers at The Troubadour
September 4th: Tegan and Sara at The Greek Theatre
September 4th: Brendan James at The Hotel Cafe 
September 6th: Gold Fields at The Troubadour 
September 10th: Ewert and The Two Dragons at The Satellite 
September 14th: Hem at The Troubadour 
September 17th: Butch Walker at Bootleg Theatre

September 18th: Bastille at The El Rey 
September 19th: Cold War Kids at The Wiltern 
September 20th: twenty one pilots at House of Blues Anaheim (w/ Fall Out Boy
and Panic at The Disco)
September 24th: Ben Rector and Tyrone Wells at House of Blues 
September 24th: Drew Holcomb and The Neighbors at The Hotel Cafe
September 25th: Wicker at The Roxy

September 26th: Hanson at House of Blues Sunset
September 27th: The Naked & Famous at The Wiltern 
September 27th/28th: The Lumineers at The Greek Theatre 
September 28th: White Buffalot at The El Rey
September 29th: Arctic Monkeys at The Wiltern

October 1st: Jake Bugg at Fonda Theatre
October 1st: Bronze Radio Return at The Satellite
October 3rd: Matt Nathanson and Joshua Radin at The Wiltern 
October 4th: Travis at The Wiltern 
October 5th/6th: Way Over Yonder Festival at The Santa
Monica Pier

October 8th: Daughter at The Wiltern
October 9th: The Avett Brothers at Shrine Auditorium 
October 10th: Tony Lucca at The Hotel Cafe  
October 10th/11th: The Pretty Reckless at House of Blues 
October 11th: KT Tunstall at Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery 
October 12th: 30 Seconds to Mars at The Hollywood Bowl
October 14th: Frank Turner at The Fonda 
October 16th: Langhorne Slim & The Law at
The Troubadour

October 16th: The Delta Saints at The
Mint 

October 21st: Carbon Leaf at The Hotel Café
October 22nd: AFI at The Fonda Theatre
October 25th: Stephen Kellogg at McCabe’s 
October 26th: Boy at The Fonda  
October 27th: Stephen Kellogg at Saint Rocke 
October 28th: Foy Vance at The Hotel
Cafe 

October 31st: Iron & Wine at Orpheum Theatre
November 20th/22nd: Black Crowes at The Wiltern
November 23rd/24th: Pearl Jam at LA Sports Arena

~
Kristen

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Amanda’s SD Concert Calendar 7/1-7/7

I have returned home from some adventuring with some friends and the inevitable let down has since set in. However, there are some awesome shows this week such as Anberlin, Joan Jett, Deadly Birds, and Royal Teeth. Hopefully I can get out of this slump soon by attending some shows. Will I see you there?

 

Monday: Ummmmmmmm, I got nothing.

Tuesday: Anberlin, Stars in Stereo, Campfire OK @ Casbah at 9pm
AND: 91X Loudspeaker Presents: Chase Wars, Mrs. Henry, Hot Sands @ Griffin at 8:30pm
AND: Adam Lambert @ Del Mar Fair at 7pm
AND: Ark Life, Rebecca Lee Miller, The Midnight Pine @ Soda Bar at 8:30pm

Wednesday: Joan Jett and The Blackhearts @ Del Mar Fair at 7pm
AND: Henry + The Invisibles @ Griffin at 9pm
AND: The Tilt, Old Man Markley @ Belly Up at 9pm
AND: Royal Teeth, The Colourist @ Casbah at 9pm
AND: Goodnight, Texas @ Soda Bar at 9pm

Thursday: Happy 4th of July!!!

Friday: Deadly Birds @ Griffin at 9pm
AND: Low Volts @ Casbah at 9pm

Saturday: Tiny Telephones, St. Cloud Sleepers @ Soda Bar at 8:30pm
AND: Shake Before Us @ Casbah at 9pm

Sunday: Sugar Ray, Smash Mouth, Gin Blossoms @ Humphrey’s by the Bay at 6:30pm
AND: We Killed Vegas @ Lestats at 8pm
AND: Sara Petite, Gregory Page, Bart Mendoza, Lisa Sanders, and more @ Belly Up at 7pm
AND: RX Bandits @ House of Blues at 7pm

 

Keep in Mind:

July 10th- Portugal. The Man @ House of Blues 
July 11th- Say Anything, Eisley, I the Mighty @ House of Blues 
July 12th- Nico Vega, Crash Kings @ Griffin
July 12th- The Heavy Guilt, Trouble in the Wind, Dirty Sirens @ Soda Bar
July 19th- B52’s @ Del Mar Racetrack
July 21st- The Postal Service @ SDSU Open Air Theater 
July 24th- Matchbox Twenty and The Goo Goo Dolls @ Valley View Casino Center 
July 25th- The Cult @ House of Blues 
July 25th- Saint Motel @ Soda Bar
July 26th- The 1975 @ Casbah
July 26th- Fitz and the Tantrums @ Del Mar Racetrack  
July 28th- Peter Murphy @ Belly Up 
July 30th- Writer, Mrs. Magician @ Soda Bar
August 5th- The Heavy, The Silent Comedy @ Belly Up 
August 8th- Foals @ House of Blues
August 15th- Cold War Kids @ House of Blues
August 15th- Kopecky Family Band @ Soda Bar
August 17th- Weezer @ Del Mar Race Track 
September 6th- Dave Matthews Band @ Cricket Wireless
September 13th- Ra Ra Riot @ Birch North Park Theater  
September 13th- North Park Music Thing
September 14th- North Park Music Thing 
September 20th- X-Fest feat: Blink 182, 30 Seconds to Mars, The Offspring Silversun Pickups, Fitz and the Tantrums, Atlas Genius, Capital Cities, New Politics 
September 20th- Young Dubliners @ Belly Up 
September 22nd- Depeche Mode @ Sleep Train Amiptheatre 
September 22nd- Fall Out Boy @ Valley View Casino Center 
October 2nd- Jake Bugg @ House of Blues 
October 4th- Phillip Phillips @ Sleep Train Amiptheatre
October 8th- Pet Shop Boys @ Copley Symphony Hall 
October 8th- Conor Oberst @ Belly Up  
October 10th- Phoenix @ RIMAC Arena @ UCSD 
October 18th Jack Johnson @ Balboa Theater 
October 31st- Two Door Cinema Club @ Humphrey’s

 

Amanda’s SD Concert Calendar 6/18-6/24

I can’t believe Bonnaroo was just last week. I might not have had a crazy a post Bonnaroo week as Kristen, but I’m still feeling the lingering effects. While I might consider taking it easy this week, there are several interesting options this week to keep you occupied. We have Crash Kings playing at Griffin on Friday and

 

Monday: Greg Ginn and the Royal We @ Eleven @8 $7

Tuesday: Joan Jett and the Blackhearts @ Del Mar Fairgrounds @7
AND: One I Red @ Casbash @830 $6
AND: Lee Coulter and Megan Combs @ Belly Up @8 $8/$10

Wednesday: Hot Chelle Rae @ Del Mar Fairgrounds @7
AND: NEEDTOBREATHE @ Birch Aquarium @ Scripps
AND: KD Lang and The Milk Carton Kids @ Humphreys

Thursday: Hawthorne Heights @ Casbah @930 $10/$12/
AND: Blackout Party and Patrick Norton @ El Dorado @10 Free w/RSVP before 10:30

Friday: Dia Frampton and Scars on 45 @ House of Blues @8 $15
AND: Crash Kings and Family Wagon @ Griffin @9 $8/$10
AND: Skyline Union @ Eleven @9 $6

Saturday: Matt Skiba and the Sekrets, Weatherbox and The Short Eyes @ House of Blues @8 $15-$28
AND: Cuckoo Chaos @ Tin Can Alehouse @930 $7

Sunday: Grafitti6 @ House of Blues @730 $10/$15

Keep in Mind:
June 27th- Warped Tour @ Cricket Wireless
June 28th- Get Back Loretta @ Casbah
June 29th- KC and The Sunshine Band @ Del Mar Fairgrounds
June 30th- Train @ Del Mar Fairgrounds
June 30th- The Nervous Wreckords and Maren Parusel @ Casbah
July 7th- Dead Feather Moon @ Belly Up
July 22nd- Alberta Cross @ Casbah
July 29th- Tenacious D @ SDSU Open Air Theater
July 31st- Neon Trees @ House of Blues
August 2nd- Murder By Death and Cory Chisel and The Wandering Sons @ Casbah
August 10th- Jack White @ Shrine Auditorium
August 11th- Saint Motel and Italian Japanese @ Casbah
August 13th- Franz Ferdinand @ House of Blues
August 15th- Fun @ SDSU Open Air Theater
August 15th- Alabama Shakes @ Fox Theater
August 15th- The Dunwells @ Birch Aquarium @ Scripps
September 4th- Gotye @ Greek Theater
October 2nd- Ed Sheeran @ House of Blues
October 3rd- The Head and The Heart @ Spreckles Theater
October 4th- The Black Keys @ Valley View Casino Center
October 4th- Florence + The Machine @ Cricket Wireless
October 5th- Kimbra @ House of Blues
October 9th- Imagine Dragons and AWOLNATION @ House of Blues
October 16th- Bombay Bicycle Club @ House of Blues

Amanda’s SD Show Calendar 6/27-7/3

Happy Monday to you all! So far it’s been good. I’m just starving! Was in a lunch meeting and got out about an hour ago. Geez. All I can say is I’m looking forward to this week. It’s almost July which means it’s almost almost my birthday! But I digress…

 

Monday: Jesse LaMonaca and the Dime Novels @ Casbah @9 $6

Tuesday: Joanie Mendenhall and Greg Gibson @ Soda Bar @9 $6
AND: Maxim Ludwig & The Santa Fe Seven @ Casbah @9 $10 adv/$12 day of

Wednesday: The Beach Boys @ Del Mar Fair @730
AND: Red Sparowes @ Casbah @9 $12

Thursday: Joan Jett and the Blackhearts @ Del Mar Fair @730
AND: Belly Up Rock Festival w/ Dead Feather Moon, The Stone Foxes, The Tilt, and The Howls @ Del Mar Fair @9
AND: Sondre Lerche @ Belly Up @9 $15 adv/$17 day of
AND: Other Lives @ Casbah @9 $12 adv/$14 day of
AND: Ruby Summer @ Lestats @9

Friday: A Scribe Amidst the Lions @ Casbah @9 $8 adv/$10 day of
AND: Astra Kelly, Endoxi, Gayle Skidmore, and Miss Erika Davies @ Soda Bar $8
AND: The Gregory Page Show @ Lestats @9

Saturday: The Fixtures @ Lestats @9
AND: Natasha Bedingfield, Kate Voegele, and Andy Grammer @ House of Blues SD @730 $23 adv/$27 day of

Sunday: White Apple Tree @ Casbah @9 $FREE

 

Keep in Mind:

July 4th- Cash’d Out @ Del Mar Fair @9
July 5th- The Silent Comedy and Saint Motel @ Casbah @9 $16
July 5th- Eddie Vedder @ Copley Symphony Hall
July 6th- Foster the People @ House of Blues $17.50
July 6th- The New Archaic, Italian Japanese, and Bedford Grove @ Belly Up @8 $8
July 7th- Anya Marina @ Casbah @9 $15
July 9th- The White Buffalo @ Casbah @9 $12 adv/$14 day of
July 26th- Cold Cave and Austra @ Casbah $12 adv/$14 day of
July 26th- A Perfect Circle @ SDSU Open Air Theater
July 27th- Indigo Girls @ Humphrey’s
July 29th- Yuck @ Casbah
July 30th- LA Rising w/ Rag Against the Macheine, Muse, Rise Against, and more @ Los Angeles Memorial Colliseum
July 31st- Dredg and Fair to Midland @ Soma @630 $15 adv
August 8th- About the Music Show w/ Belle Brigade @ Belly Up
August 9th- Vans Warped Tour
August 9th- Avi Buffalo @ Casbah @9 $10
August 16th- Death Cab for Cutie @ RIMAC Arena
August 18th-20th- Sunset Strip Music Festival
September 2nd- Fitz and the Tantrums @ Del Mar Racetrack
September 4th- Kings of Leon with Band of Horses @ Cricket Wireless
September 24th- Arctic Monkeys w/ TV on the Radio @ SDSU Open Air Theater
October 5th- The Naked and Famous @ Belly Up
October 15th- Honda Civic Tour w/ Blink 182, My Chemical Romance, and Matt and Kim @ Cricket Wireless
October 16th- The Naked and Famous @ Casbah @9 $15
October 17th- Foo Fighters w/ Cage the Elephant @ Viejas Arena

 

Amanda’s Show Calendar 6/28-7/4

It has been one crazy awesome weekend. Kristen and I went up to Ventura for Warped Tour. It made me feel both old and young again in one fell swoop. Hopefully I can get around to doing a post about Warped Tour but first thing’s first…

The Show Calendar for San Diego folks 🙂

There isn’t much going on this week since there is the upcoming 4th of July holiday but there is much to come in the following weeks!

Monday: Lady Dottie and the Diamonds @ U-31 @ 10 pm $3

Tuesday: Damien Juardo @ The Casbah @ 9pm $12

Wednesday: Gregory Page @ Lestats @ 9pm $10

Thursday: One EskimO @ Anthology @ 7:30 pm $14
AND: Longstay and The Union Line @ Soda Bar @ 930pm $3
AND: Folding Mr. Lincoln @ Lestats @ 9pm $8

Friday: Gayle Skidmore @ Lestats @ 9 pm
AND: The Modlins @ The Tin Can Alehouse @ 930 pm $5

Saturday: Renata Youngblood @ Lestats @ 9pm $10

Sunday: ???

Keep in Mind:
July 7th- Joan Jett and the Blackhearts @ Del Mar Fair
July 9th- Kings of Leon @ Cricket Wireless
July 16th- Thrice @ House of Blues San Diego
July 16th- Dirty Sweet @ The Casbah
July 17th- The Silent Comedy @ The Casbah
July 18th- Jamie Cullum @ Humphreys By the Bay
July 19th- The Deah Weather @ House of Blues San Diego
July 21st- Shawn Mullins @ Birch Aquarium @ Scripps
July 30th- Transfer @ The Casbah
August 6th- Enoxi @ Epicentre
August 7th- Silversun Pickups @ Soma
August 8th- Tokyo Police Club @ The Casbah
August 10th- Vans Warped Tour- San Diego
August 18th- Steve Poltz @ Birch Aquarium
August 21st-  Wolfmother @ House of Blues San Diego
September 18th- Paramore @ Viejas Arena
September 22nd- Muse @ Viejas Arena
September 25th- The Black Keys @ Soma

~Amanda

Amanda’s SD Concert Calendar 6/18-6/24

I can’t believe Bonnaroo was just last week. I might not have had a crazy a post Bonnaroo week as Kristen, but I’m still feeling the lingering effects. While I might consider taking it easy this week, there are several interesting options this week to keep you occupied. We have Crash Kings playing at Griffin on Friday and
 

Monday: Greg Ginn and the Royal We @ Eleven @8 $7

Tuesday: Joan Jett and the Blackhearts @ Del Mar Fairgrounds @7
AND: One I Red @ Casbash @830 $6
AND: Lee Coulter and Megan Combs @ Belly Up @8 $8/$10

Wednesday: Hot Chelle Rae @ Del Mar Fairgrounds @7
AND: NEEDTOBREATHE @ Birch Aquarium @ Scripps
AND: KD Lang and The Milk Carton Kids @ Humphreys

Thursday: Hawthorne Heights @ Casbah @930 $10/$12/
AND: Blackout Party and Patrick Norton @ El Dorado @10 Free w/RSVP before 10:30

Friday: Dia Frampton and Scars on 45 @ House of Blues @8 $15
AND: Crash Kings and Family Wagon @ Griffin @9 $8/$10
AND: Skyline Union @ Eleven @9 $6

Saturday: Matt Skiba and the Sekrets, Weatherbox and The Short Eyes @ House of Blues @8 $15-$28
AND: Cuckoo Chaos @ Tin Can Alehouse @930 $7

Sunday: Grafitti6 @ House of Blues @730 $10/$15

Keep in Mind:
June 27th- Warped Tour @ Cricket Wireless
June 28th- Get Back Loretta @ Casbah
June 29th- KC and The Sunshine Band @ Del Mar Fairgrounds
June 30th- Train @ Del Mar Fairgrounds
June 30th- The Nervous Wreckords and Maren Parusel @ Casbah
July 7th- Dead Feather Moon @ Belly Up
July 22nd- Alberta Cross @ Casbah
July 29th- Tenacious D @ SDSU Open Air Theater
July 31st- Neon Trees @ House of Blues
August 2nd- Murder By Death and Cory Chisel and The Wandering Sons @ Casbah
August 10th- Jack White @ Shrine Auditorium
August 11th- Saint Motel and Italian Japanese @ Casbah
August 13th- Franz Ferdinand @ House of Blues
August 15th- Fun @ SDSU Open Air Theater
August 15th- Alabama Shakes @ Fox Theater
August 15th- The Dunwells @ Birch Aquarium @ Scripps
September 4th- Gotye @ Greek Theater
October 2nd- Ed Sheeran @ House of Blues
October 3rd- The Head and The Heart @ Spreckles Theater
October 4th- The Black Keys @ Valley View Casino Center
October 4th- Florence + The Machine @ Cricket Wireless
October 5th- Kimbra @ House of Blues
October 9th- Imagine Dragons and AWOLNATION @ House of Blues
October 16th- Bombay Bicycle Club @ House of Blues