Local Music Nation

Despite the fact that both my body and my car tried to fall apart this long holiday weekend, I’m going to call it a win as there was lots of beach time, I finished a book and a puzzle, watched Harry Potter movies, and caught up with a few friends.  More importantly, I listened to a ton of music and got solid starts on both my 2019 music mix and 2020’s SXSW band list.  I kept coming back around to Sam Fender’s Hypersonic Missiles and a new(er) song by Matt Duke called “Mary Got Wasted”.

Upon reflection, there was a lot in the music realm to be excited about last year, but the year isn’t quite over so let’s see if anything in the next few weeks can crack the best of list. Top contenders this week include a slew of options Wednesday night and Dreamers playing Friday at The El Rey.

Here are the rest of my options for the week:

Monday: It’s a School Night at Bardot f. Boy in Space (8pm)
ALSO: King Leg Residency FREE at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: Henry Hall Residency FREE at Bootleg Bar (8:30)
ALSO: Pixies at The Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)

Tuesday: Motor Sales and friends album release FREE at Zebulon (8:30)
ALSO: Pixies at The Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Ninet, Writer’s Block LA at The Hotel Cafe second stage (8,9)
ALSO: Mat Kearney at The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (8pm)

Weds: Magic Giant w/ The Federal Empire at The Troubaour (7pm)
ALSO: Boston Manor w/ Microwave, Heart Attack Man and Selfish Things at The Roxy (7pm)
ALSO: Rockers Ball f. Midnight Divide, The Oil Barons, Ninet Tayeb at Resident DTLA (8pm)
ALSO: Desert Nights “Hommage a Joni” FREE at The Standard (7pm)
ALSO: Finish Ticket at The Three Clubs (8pm)
ALSO: Mat Kearney at The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (8pm)
ALSO: Sheryl Crow at The Theatre at Ace Hotel (7:30)

Thursday: Masvidal and Amy Correia at The Hotel Cafe second stage (9pm)
ALSO: The Score w/ Dead Poet Society at The Roxy (8pm)
ALSO: Alex Cameron at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: Dir En Grey at Regent Theater DTLA (7pm)

Friday: Dreamers w/ Arrested Youth & American Teeth at The El Rey (8pm)
ALSO: The Wrecks at Constellation Room in Santa Ana (7pm)
ALSO: Madison Cunningham at Bootleg Bar (8:30)
ALSO: Words and Music by Dan Wilson at McCabe’s (8pm)
ALSO: Kills Birds at Moroccan Lounge (8pm)
ALSO: Alex Cameron at The Troubadour (8pm)

Saturday: Holidayfest FREE on South Lake Ave in Pasadena f. Barns Courtney, Trapdoor Social (1pm)
ALSO: Ward, Mean Heat, Letter Openers, Dirty Cakes FREE at The House of Machines (8:30)
ALSO: Fitness at The Hi Hat (8pm)
ALSO: Distant Cousins at The Mint (8pm)
ALSO: From Indian Lakes at Moroccan Lounge (7pm)
ALSO: The Spreewells at The Redwood Bar (9pm)
ALSO: Greyson Chance at the El Rey (8pm)
ALSO: KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas at The Honda Center f. Catfish and the Bottlemen, The Head and the Heart, Cold War Kids, Angels and Airwaves, Young the Giant, Jimmy Eat World, Beck, Cage the Elephant (6pm)

Sunday: Tow’rs at Bootleg Theater (8pm)
ALSO: The Sunday Night Revue Celebrating the Music of John Lennon at The Hotel Cafe (9pm)
ALSO: Ours at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
ALSO: With Confidence, Seaway at The Roxy (7pm)
ALSO: Me First and the Gimme Gimmes at The Fonda Theatre (8pm)
ALSO: Chvrches at The Wiltern (7pm)
ALSO: KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas at The Honda Center f. Matt Maeson, lovelytheband, The Interrupters, Of Monsters and Men, The Raconteurs, The 1975, Twenty One Pilots, Mumford & Sons (6pm)

To Keep in Mind:

December 11^th: Mothica at the HI Hat
December 11^th: Cordovas at Saint Rocke
December 12^th: Cordovas at The Hotel Cafe
December 12^th: Dear Boy at The El Rey
December 13^th: Hollis Brown at El Rey Theatre
December 14^th: Bayside at The Troubadour
December 17^th: Rooney at The Troubadour
December 18^th: Max Gomez at The Troubadour
December 19^th: Phantom Planet at The Fonda Theatre
January 18^th: The Lumineers at the Forum
January 21^st: Anais Mitchell at Lodge Room
January 23^rd: Maverick Sabre at The Echo
January 24^th: Theo Katzman at The Fonda Theatre
February 4^th/5^th: Dermot Kennedy at The Wiltern
February 5^th: Pinegrove at The Roxy
February 6^th: Mondo Cozmo at The Hi Hat
February 11^th: Nightly at The Troubadour
February 21^st: Meg & Dia at The Wiltern
February 24^th: Harrison Storm at The Troubadour
February 26^th: Tall Heights at Moroccan Lounge
February 28^th: Colony House at Teragram Ballroom
February 28^th: The Amazons at The El Rey
February 29^th: Thrice at The Novo
March 5^th: Echosmith, Weathers at The Fonda Theatre
March 5^th: Stone Foxes at Saint Rocke
March 7^th: Saint Motel at The Fonda Theatre
March 8^th: Saint Motel at The Fonda Theatre
March 10^th: Keane at Dolby Theatre
March 12^th/13^th: Delta Spirit at Teragram Ballroom.
March 25^th-28^th: The Tallest Man on Earth at The Troubadour
March 28^th: Larkin Poe at The Fonda Theatre
April 2^nd: The Districts at Teragram Ballroom
April 2^nd/3^rd: Nathaniel Rateliff at The Theatre at Ace Hotel.
Apri. 3^rd: Allen Stone at the Fonda Theatre.
April 16^th: Mighty Oaks at Moroccan Lounge
May 18^th: Lewis Capaldi at The Forum
June 19^th: AWOLNATION, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness at Greek Theatre

~ Kristen

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It feels very odd to be walking around in a t-shirt after weeks bundled up and prepared for the rain, but here I am.  I really must be back in Los Angeles.  That is going to take a minute to sink in.  Last week’s UK trip was definitely a success.  Highlights include hiking Arthur’s Seat, a successful quest for sticky toffee pudding, and introducing The Virginmarys to bubble tea (what they call boba over there).  I also discovered a few promising local bands like Polar States, Wild Front, and Jaws.  Of all the cities I visited, the best music scene (by far) was Manchester.  All the venues (I went to 4) were solid and you’ve got to love a city that offers multiple choice show options on a Monday night.

Speaking of multiple options on a Monday night, I present to you this week’s LA musical options.

Monday: Rosie Tucker residency FREE at Bootleg Bar (8:30)
ALSO: It’s a School Night at Bardot (8pm)
ALSO: Liz Phair at Largo (7:30)
ALSO: Madonna at The Wiltern (7:30)
ALSO: Monday Monday at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)

Tuesday: The Colour Coast residency w/ Surely Lorraine, Time Travelers, All Things Blue FREE at The Hi Hat (8pm)
ALSO: WILD w/ Johnny Gates at Bootleg Theater (8:30)
ALSO: Writer’s Block LA at The Hotel Cafe second stage (9pm)

Weds: Filter at The Regent Theater (7pm)

Thursday: Happy Thanksgiving

Friday: Transviolet x ARMORS w/ The Griswolds at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: The Deltaz and friends at The Hotel Cafe (8pm)

Saturday: Festy Baby at The Lodge Room f. Andy Clockwise.

Sunday: Be Kind Holiday Benefit at The Troubadour (7pm)

To Keep in Mind:

December 4^th: Magic Giant at The Troubadour
December 5^th: The Score at The Roxy
December 6^th: Dreamers at El Rey Theatre
December 6^th: Sam Smith at The Forum
December 6^th: Madison Cunningham at Bootleg Theater
December 8^th: Seaway at The Roxy
December 11^th: Mothica at the HI Hat
December 11^th: Cordovas at Saint Rocke
December 12^th: Cordovas at The Hotel Cafe
December 12^th: Dear Boy at The El Rey
December 13^th: Hollis Brown at El Rey Theatre
December 14^th: Bayside at The Troubadour
December 17^th: Rooney at The Troubadour
December 18^th: Max Gomez at The Troubadour
December 19^th: Phantom Planet at The Fonda Theatre
January 18^th: The Lumineers at the Forum
January 21^st: Anais Mitchell at Lodge Room
January 23^rd: Maverick Sabre at The Echo
January 24^th: Theo Katzman at The Fonda Theatre
February 4^th/5^th: Dermot Kennedy at The Wiltern
February 5^th: Pinegrove at The Roxy
February 6^th: Mondo Cozmo at The Hi Hat
February 11^th: Nightly at The Troubadour
February 21^st: Meg & Dia at The Wiltern
February 24^th: Harrison Storm at The Troubadour
February 26^th: Tall Heights at Moroccan Lounge
February 28^th: Colony House at Teragram Ballroom
February 28^th: The Amazons at The El Rey
February 29^th: Thrice at The Novo
March 5^th: Echosmith, Weathers at The Fonda Theatre
March 5^th: Stone Foxes at Saint Rocke
March 7^th: Saint Motel at The Fonda Theatre
March 8^th: Saint Motel at The Fonda Theatre
March 10^th: Keane at Dolby Theatre
March 12^th/13^th: Delta Spirit at Teragram Ballroom.
March 25^th-28^th: The Tallest Man on Earth at The Troubadour
March 28^th: Larkin Poe at The Fonda Theatre
April 2^nd: The Districts at Teragram Ballroom
April 2^nd/3^rd: Nathaniel Rateliff at The Theatre at Ace Hotel.
Apri. 3^rd: Allen Stone at the Fonda Theatre.
April 16^th: Mighty Oaks at Moroccan Lounge
May 18^th: Lewis Capaldi at The Forum
June 19^th: AWOLNATION, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness at Greek Theatre

~ Kristen

http://www.localmusicnation.net/

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Greetings from Manchester! Birthplace of Oasis and The Smiths, Pale Waves and Longview (gosh, I miss that band).  Doing my best to check out the scene while not being too deterred by the rain. This weekend starts a vacation that includes Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Glasgow, and Edinburgh! Feel free to send recommendations or requests.

Tomorrow, while I am seeing an LA band (Badflower) in the UK, back in LA you have the opportunity to see Liverpool’s Circa Waves (we just flip flopped there!). I’d also recommend Tuesday night at The Echo with Pip Blom, a band from Amsterdam who served up THE best dance party at SXSW this year.

As for the rest:

Monday: Circa Waves, ufo ufo at Moroccan Lounge (8pm)
ALSO: Ben Thornewill w/ Alex Bloom at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Rosie Tucker residency FREE at Bootleg Bar (8:30)
ALSO: It’s a School Night at Bardot (8pm)
ALSO: Liz Phair at Largo (7:30)
ALSO: Monday Monday at The Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)

Tuesday: Pip Blom at The Echo (8:30)
ALSO: WFNM showcase FREE at Madame Siam (8pm)
ALSO: Bird Concerns at The Love Song Bar (9pm)
ALSO: The Colour Coast w/ Aloud, Talk Time at The HI Hat (8pm)
ALSO: Alexandra Savior, Kera at Bootleg Bar (8:30)
ALSO: Bloc Party at Hollywood Palladium (7pm)
ALSO: Madonna at The Wiltern (7:30)
ALSO: The Black Keys at The Forum (7pm)
ALSO: Writer’s Block LA at The Hotel Cafe second stage (9pm)

Weds: X Ambassadors at Hollywood Palladium (6:30)
ALSO: New Politics, Plain White T’s, The Mowgli’s at The Mayan (7pm)
ALSO: Over the Rhine at Largo (8pm)
ALSO: Madonna at The Wiltern (7:30)

Thursday: Meiko w/ Anna Shoemaker at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase at The Satellite (8pm)
ALSO: The Get Up Kids at The Echoplex (8pm)
ALSO: Bloc Party at Hollywood Palladium (7pm)
ALSO: Madonna at The Wiltern (7:30)

Friday: Mayday Parade at The Roxy (8pm)
ALSO: Holy Wars, Draemings at The Echo (8pm)
ALSO: Kate Voegele & Tyler Hilton at Saint Rocke (8pm)
ALSO: Eilse Trouw w/ Rett Madison, Asa Ey at The Hotel Cafe (7, 9)
ALSO: Thom Sawyr and Ruby Sparks at The Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)
ALSO: Pearl Charles at Zebulon (8pm)
ALSO: MisterWives w/ Foreign Air at Teragram Ballroom (9pm)
ALSO: Ray Lamontagne at Orpheum Theatre (8pm)
ALSO: Simple Plan and State Champs at Hollywood Palladium (5:30)

Saturday: Coffee Shop Arena Rock at The Hotel Cafe (10pm)
ALSO: Manchester Orchestra at Los Angeles Theatre (8pm)
ALSO: Sego at The Hi Hat (8pm)
ALSO: Elderbrook at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: Charlotte Lawrence w/ Goody Grace at The Fonda Theatre (9pm)
ALSO: Ray Lamontagne at Orpheum Theatre (8pm)
ALSO: Madonna at The Wiltern (7:30)

Sunday: Pink Skies at Moroccan Lounge (8pm)
ALSO: Meiko at Saint Rocke (7pm)
ALSO: Madonna at The Wiltern (7:30)

To Keep in Mind:

November 29^th: Transviolet, The Griswolds at The Troubadour
December 4^th: Magic Giant at The Troubadour
December 5^th: The Score at The Roxy
December 6^th: Dreamers at El Rey Theatre
December 6^th: Sam Smith at The Forum
December 8^th: Seaway at The Roxy
December 11^th: Mothica at the HI Hat
December 11^th: Cordovas at Saint Rocke
December 12^th: Cordovas at The Hotel Cafe
December 12^th: Dear Boy at The El Rey
December 13^th: Hollis Brown at El Rey Theatre
December 14^th: Bayside at The Troubadour
December 17^th: Rooney at The Troubadour
December 18^th: Max Gomez at The Troubadour
December 19^th: Phantom Planet at The Fonda Theatre
January 18^th: The Lumineers at the Forum
January 21^st: Anais Mitchell at Lodge Room
January 23^rd: Maverick Sabre at The Echo
January 24^th: Theo Katzman at The Fonda Theatre
February 4^th/5^th: Dermot Kennedy at The Wiltern
February 5^th: Pinegrove at The Roxy
February 6^th: Mondo Cozmo at The Hi Hat
February 11^th: Nightly at The Troubadour
February 21^st: Meg & Dia at The Wiltern
February 24^th: Harrison Storm at The Troubadour
February 26^th: Tall Heights at Moroccan Lounge
February 28^th: Colony House at Teragram Ballroom
February 29^th: Thrice at The Novo
March 5^th: Echosmith, Weathers at The Fonda Theatre
March 5^th: Stone Foxes at Saint Rocke
March 7^th: Saint Motel at The Fonda Theatre
March 8^th: Saint Motel at The Fonda Theatre
March 10^th: Keane at Dolby Theatre
March 25^th-28^th: The Tallest Man on Earth at The Troubadour
March 28^th: Larkin Poe at The Fonda Theatre
April 2^nd: The Districts at Teragram Ballroom
April 16^th: Mighty Oaks at Moroccan Lounge
May 18^th: Lewis Capaldi at The Forum
June 19^th: AWOLNATION, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness at Greek Theatre

~ Kristen

http://www.localmusicnation.net/

http://www.facebook.com/localmusicnation