Local Music Nation

I’ve started reading this book I picked up at Comic Con called Space Opera. The premise, so far as I can tell, is that the survival of our planet rests on the results of a singing competition.  Seems like we’re going to send a washed-up glam punk to represent the best of the best. Apparently other planets value performance and pizazz over pure vocal ability.  I’m trying to imagine who I would submit as my choice in an intergalactic sing-off, but there are too many choices! I think I’d need a better sense of the judges…

Maybe we’ll find a contender in our shows next week. We’ve got lots of great options.  The return of Sir Sly to Los Angeles tops my list, but I’d also highly recommend checking out the LA debut of G Flip Tuesday night at The Echo.

All my options:

Monday: Motor Sales residency FREE at Bootleg Theater (8:30)
ALSO: Rocco Deluca residency FREE at Zebulon (9pm)
ALSO: It’s a School Night at Bardot f. The Brevet (7:30)
ALSO: The Tracks residency FREE at The Echoplex (8:30)
ALSO: Superet FREE at Gold-Diggers (8pm)
ALSO: Elle King w/ The Cordovas at Belasco Theatre (7pm)
ALSO: Louis Prince at Moroccan Lounge (7:30)
ALSO: Gary Clark Jr. at The Fonda (8:30)
ALSO: Emily King at The El Rey (8pm)
ALSO: mewithoutYou at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
ALSO: Hunnypot Radio Live FREE at The Mint (7pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at The Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)

Tuesday: G Flip at The Echo (8:30)
ALSO: Jane Holiday, Violet Days FREE at Madame Siam (9pm)
ALSO: Gary Clark Jr. at The Fonda (8:30)
ALSO: The Years at The Satellite (8pm)
ALSO: Maddie Poppe at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Emily Kinney w/ Paul McDonald at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)

Weds: Holy Wars, Spelles FREE at Gold-Diggers (9pm)
ALSO: Jared & The Mill at Saint Rocke (8pm)
ALSO: Kodaline w/ Ocean Park Standoff at The Belasco Theatre (7pm)
ALSO: Milo Greene at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
ALSO: Harry Hudson w/ JP Saxe at The El Rey (8:30)
ALSO: Gary Clark Jr. at The Fonda (8:30)
ALSO: Circa Survive at Hollywood Palladium (6:30)
ALSO: Ladies of the Canyon night FREE at The Standard Hollywood (7pm)

Thursday: Corey Harper, Baby Robot Media Showcase at The Hotel Cafe (7, 9:30)
ALSO: Vintage Trouble at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: The Parlor Mob at Bootleg Bar (8:30)
ALSO: Jake Shears at The El Rey (9pm)
ALSO: Gary Clark Jr. at The Fonda (8:30)

Friday: The Dig at Moroccan Lounge (7:30)
ALSO: Fort Atlantic at The Hotel Cafe second stage (9pm)
ALSO: One11Twenty at The Pink House (8:30)
ALSO: Jake Shears at The El Rey (9pm)
ALSO: Tori Kelly at The Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian (8pm)

Saturday: Joywave & Sir Sly w/ Donna Missal at The Fonda (8pm)
ALSO: The Mowgli’s w/ Arms Akimbo at The Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Jared & The Mill at The Fifth at Grand Legacy at the Park (8pm)
ALSO: Chris Pierce and Friends at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Hamish Anderson at The Moroccan Lounge (7:30)
ALSO: Creature Feature Festival at The Hi Hat (5:30)
ALSO: Tori Kelly at The Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian (8pm)

Sunday: AJR at Hollywood Palladium (6:30)
ALSO: Thrice at The Wiltern (6pm)
ALSO: Steady Holiday at Bootleg Bar (8pm)
ALSO: “Champagne Superanalysis” w/ Lena Dunham & Ben Lee at Largo (8pm)

To Keep in Mind:

November 19^th: Dermot Kennedy at Fonda Theatre
November 29^th: The Tallest Man on Earth at Cathedral Sanctuary
November 30^th: Birds of Chicago at McCabe’s
December 2^nd: Mothica at The Roxy
December 3^rd: Picture This at The Moroccan Lounge
December 5^th: The Cordovas at Saint Rocke
December 6^th: Pale Waves at The Fonda
December 7^th: The Contenders at The Hotel Cafe
December 9^th: Hands Like Houses at Teragram Ballroom
December 11^th: Tor Miller at Moroccan Lounge
December 13^th: Bernhoft at Teragram Ballroom
December 13^th: Freddy & Francine at The Lodge Room
December 14^th: Roosevelt at Teragram Ballroom
December 14^th: Pinegrove at The Troubadour
December 15^th: The Wrecks at The Troubadour
December 18^th: Dreamers at Constellation Room
December 27^th: Lydia at Teragram Ballroom
January 11^th: Warbly Jets at The Echo
January 16^th: Stone Foxes at Saint Rocke
January 16^th: Mother Mother at Moroccan Lounge
January 18^th: The Districts at The Moroccan Lounge
January 19^th: Matthew Perryman Jones at The Hotel Café
January 19^th: Muse at The Forum
January 19^th: The Districts at The Moroccan Lounge
January 22^nd: Elton John at Staples Center
January 23^rd: Elton John at Staples Center
January 25^th: Thomas Dybdahl at The Troubadour
February 15^th: Kongos at The Teragram Ballroom
February 28^th: Lukas Graham at The Wiltern
March 6^th: July Talk at Hollywood Palladium
March 9^th: LP at The Wiltern
March 11^th: You Me at Six, Dreamers at The Teragram Ballroom
March 19^th: Nina Nesbitt at The Roxy
March 22^nd: Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness w/ flor at The Orpheum Theatre
March 26^th: Matt Nathanson at The El Rey
March 29^th: Stephen Kellogg at Bootleg Theater
April 5^th: Switchfoot, Colony House at The Wiltern
April 19^th: Pink at The Forum
May 7^th: Tom Odell at The El Rey

~ Kristen

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They say that there will always be a next show. This is what I told myself this week when I got sick and took a couple nights off. Then I went out Saturday night, tissues and cough drops in hand, and drove down to Anaheim to see The Wrecks and The Struts. I arrived to discover that en route to Anaheim, The Wrecks’ trailer broke down and, consequently, they were sans gear. This forced the usually quite loud rock band into an incredibly unique acoustic experience; a night of several firsts and a few onlys, a song debut and a different take on some old favorites. The whole evening really just refuted the whole “next show” theory…

Another example counter to the theory is the experience of a band’s very first show in front of an audience.  This is the opportunity we have Monday night at Bardot when KidEyes takes the stage for the first time.  I’ll be the one excitedly coughing at the front of the stage!

Here’s what else I’ve got penciled in this week:

Monday: It’s a School Night at Bardot f. KidEyes, Yukon Blonde (7:30)
ALSO: Rocco Delua and the Good Medicine Choir FREE at Zebulon (9pm)
ALSO: The Tracks residency FREE at The Echoplex (8:30)
ALSO: Motor Sales residency w/ Jenny O., Madison Cunningham FREE at Bootleg Theater (8:30)
ALSO: Emily Warren, FRENSHIP at Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
ALSO: Roo Panes at Moroccan Lounge (7:30)
ALSO: Yellow Days at The El Rey (8:30)
ALSO: Lea Michele and Darren Criss at The Theatre at Ace Hotel (8pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at The Hotel Cafe second stage(8pm)

Tuesday: The Milk Carton Kids w/ The Barr Brothers at Theatre at Ace Hotel (8pm)
ALSO: Passenger at The Belasco Theatre (7pm)
ALSO: Big Data w/ Fitness, Castlecomer at Resident (6:30)
ALSO: Lea Michele at The Grammy Museum (7:30)
ALSO: Ruston Kelly at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Yellow Days at The El Rey (8:30)
ALSO: CKY at 1720 (7pm)
ALSO: Joni Mitchell Tribute at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (7:30)

Weds: Trapdoor Social at Three Clubs (8pm)
ALSO: Grand Canyon w/ Misty Boyce, Los Kingdom at Bootleg Bar (8:30)
ALSO: Desert Nights FREE f. Yoke Lore, Runner at The Standard Hollywood (7pm)
ALSO: Ruston Kelly, Birdtalker at The Hotel Cafe (7, 9:30)
ALSO: Terra Naomi at The Hotel Cafe second stage (9pm)
ALSO: Boy Pablo at The Fonda Theatre (9pm)
ALSO: Joni Mitchell Tribute at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (6:30)

Thursday: Lucero at The El Rey (9pm)
ALSO: Plain White T’s w/ Armors, SayWeCanFly at The Roxy (9pm)
ALSO: Corey Harper, Jared Lee at The Hotel Cafe second stage (7, 9)
ALSO: Tracy Bonham at The Hotel Cafe (10pm)
ALSO: Joyous Wolf at The Viper Room (8pm)
ALSO: Of Montreal at The Fonda Theatre (9pm)

Friday: Jesse Thomas and friends at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Letters to Cleo, American Hi-Fi at The Hi Hat (8pm)
ALSO: No Small Children at The Viper Room (8:30)
ALSO: Film School, Former Faces at Zebulon (9pm)
ALSO: The Morning Yells FREE at Harvard & Stone (9pm)
ALSO: Tokyo Police Club at Moroccan Lounge (7:30)
ALSO: Young Fathers at The Fonda Theatre (9pm)
ALSO: Rufus Wainwright at The Orpheum Theatre (8pm)
ALSO: Goo Goo Dolls at Hollywood Palladium (6:30)
ALSO: Little Dragon FREE at Amoeba Records (5pm)

Saturday: The Record Company at The Wiltern (7:30)
ALSO: Jordie Lane w/ Liam Russell and Jaden LaRue, Lone Kodiak at The Hotel Cafe second stage (8:30, 11)
ALSO: James Supercave at Three Weavers (noon)
ALSO: Tokyo Police Club at Moroccan Lounge (7:30)
ALSO: Sure Sure w/ Wilderado at Lodge Room (9pm)
ALSO: Tank and the Bangas at The Regent Theater (9pm)
ALSO: Joan Baez at Royce Hall (8pm)
ALSO: Twenty One Pilots, AWOLNATION, Max Frost at The Forum (7pm)

Sunday: Violet Days at Moroccan Lounge (7:30)
ALSO: Sundaze at El Cid f. Broken Baby (noon)
ALSO: Songwriter Sundays FREE at The Fox and Hounds (9pm)

To Keep in Mind:

November 12^th: Elle King w/ The Cordovas at The Belasco Theater
November 12^th: Jake McMullen at The Moroccan Lounge
November 14^th: Kodaline at The Belasco Theater
November 14^th: Milo Greene at Teragram Ballroom
November 14^th: Jared & The Mill at Saint Rocke
November 17^th: Sir Sly at The Fonda Theatre
November 17^th: Arms Akimbo at The Troubadour
November 17^th: Hamish Anderson at The Moroccan Lounge
November 18^th: Thrice at The Wiltern
November 18^th: AJR at Hollywood Palladium
November 19^th: Dermot Kennedy at Fonda Theatre
November 29^th: The Tallest Man on Earth at Cathedral Sanctuary
November 30^th: Birds of Chicago at McCabe’s
December 2^nd: Mothica at The Roxy
December 3^rd: Picture This at The Moroccan Lounge
December 5^th: The Cordovas at Saint Rocke
December 6^th: Pale Waves at The Fonda
December 7^th: The Contenders at The Hotel Cafe
December 9^th: Hands Like Houses at Teragram Ballroom
December 11^th: Tor Miller at Moroccan Lounge
December 13^th: Bernhoft at Teragram Ballroom
December 13^th: Freddy & Francine at The Lodge Room
December 14^th: Roosevelt at Teragram Ballroom
December 14^th: Pinegrove at The Troubadour
December 15^th: The Wrecks at The Troubadour
December 18^th: Dreamers at Constellation Room
December 27^th: Lydia at Teragram Ballroom
January 11^th: Warbly Jets at The Echo
January 16^th: Stone Foxes at Saint Rocke
January 16^th: Mother Mother at Moroccan Lounge
January 18^th: The Districts at The Moroccan Lounge
January 19^th: Matthew Perryman Jones at The Hotel Café
January 19^th: Muse at The Forum
January 19^th: The Districts at The Moroccan Lounge
January 22^nd: Elton John at Staples Center
January 23^rd: Elton John at Staples Center
January 25^th: Thomas Dybdahl at The Troubadour
February 15^th: Kongos at The Teragram Ballroom
February 28^th: Lukas Graham at The Wiltern
March 6^th: July Talk at Hollywood Palladium
March 9^th: LP at The Wiltern
March 11^th: You Me at Six at The Teragram Ballroom
March 22^nd: Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness w/ flor at The Orpheum Theatre
March 26^th: Matt Nathanson at The El Rey
March 29^th: Stephen Kellogg at Bootleg Theater
April 5^th: Switchfoot, Colony House at The Wiltern
April 19^th: Pink at The Forum
May 7^th: Tom Odell at The El Rey

~ Kristen

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This weekend has been a bit of a weird roller coaster. I suppose it can be exemplified by my trip to Trader Joe’s which started with me locking myself out of my house and ended with the cashier giving me an extra set of festive stickers after I had a minor freak-out in response to the question “do you have any plans this evening?”.   I did, in fact, have plans that evening which included a trip to The Troubadour to see Dreamers.  One of my favorite things about seeing this band is listening to the playlist of songs they curate in between sets.  I was especially impressed to hear one of my new fave bands, Cleopatrick, make the rotation as I had just seen them earlier in the week and they were heavy on my playlist as well!

Next week ends the grand month of Rocktober and we are going out with a BANG! Between the combo of Grandson/Yungblud on Tuesday and Reignwolf/Irontom on Thursday, a person could very well be rocked into the ground.  Let’s not forget about any Halloween-related activities which, for me, will include a work-place competition (yes, I have a costume…it’s adorable) and an evening of music with Evan Rachel Wood and Zane Carney.

Here’s the full list of recommendations:

Monday: It’s a School Night at Bardot f. The Coronas, David Keenan, Saint Sister (7:30)
ALSO: St. Vincent at Hollywood Palladium (7pm)
ALSO: half*alive at Moroccan Lounge (7:30)
ALSO: Spare Parts for Broken Hearts residency FREE at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: Lauren Ruth Ward birthday party FREE at Harvard and Stone (9:30)
ALSO: Hunnypot Live FREE at The Mint (7pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at The Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)

Tuesday: Grandson, Yungblud at 1720 (7pm)
ALSO: David Keenan at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Overstreet at The Mint (7:45)
ALSO: Will Hoge at Moroccan Lounge (7:30)
ALSO: Halloween Hootenanny at Bootleg Bar f. Theo Katzman, Suzanne Santo, Madison Cunningham, and more (8pm)
ALSO: Eric Hutchinson w/ Jeremy Messersmith at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: Deap Vally at The Echoplex (8pm)

Weds: Evan + Zane at The El Rey (9pm)
ALSO: Desert Frights FREE at The Standard Hollywood (7pm)
ALSO: Evol Walks at The Viper Room (8pm)

Thursday: Reignwolf w/ Irontom at The Roxy Theatre (8:30)
ALSO: Findlay, Giant Rocks FREE at Zebulon (8pm)
ALSO: REL FREE at The Spare Room (8pm)
ALSO: The Last Weekend at The Palace Theatre f. The Bird and The Bee, Dave Grohl, Karen O, and more (7pm)
ALSO: Rufus Du Sol at The Shrine Auditorium (9pm)

Friday: Win/Win Tour w/ Jon McLaughlin & Matt Wertz at The Hotel Cafe (7:30)
ALSO: Tony Lucca at The Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)
ALSO: Jim James at The Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian (8pm)
ALSO: Rufus Du Sol at The Shrine Auditorium (9pm)

Saturday: Jukebox the Ghost at Lodge Room (8pm)
ALSO: Tall Heights at The Roxy Theatre (8:30)
ALSO: Win/Win Tour w/ Jon McLaughlin & Matt Wertz at The Hotel Cafe (7:30)
ALSO: Parker Millsap w/ Jim and Sam (7:30)
ALSO: The Young Wild at Bootleg Bar (8:30)
ALSO: Cody Lovaas at The Hotel Cafe second stage (7pm)
ALSO: The Menzingers at The Regent Theater (8pm)
ALSO: Morrissey w/ Joan Jett & The Blackhearts at Microsoft Theater (8pm)
ALSO: TALpanga Concert for Pancreatic Cancer f. Butch Walker, Jakob Dylan at The Will Geer Theatricum Bontanicum (3pm)
ALSO: Rufus Du Sol at The Shrine Auditorium (9pm)
ALSO: FIDLAR at Hollywood Palladium (7pm)
ALSO: The Struts w/ The Wrecks at House of Blues Anaheim (6:30)

Sunday: Parker Millsap w/ Jim and Sam (7:30)
ALSO: Death From Above 1979 at Teragram Ballroom (8:30)
ALSO: Songwriter Sundays FREE at The Fox and Hounds (9pm)

To Keep in Mind:

November 5^th: KidEyes at Bardot
November 5th: Madison Cunningham at Bootleg Theater
November 6^th: Passenger at Belasco Theater
November 6^th: The Milk Carton Kids at Theatre at Ace Hotel
November 7^th: Birdtalker at The Hotel Café
November 7^th: Los Kingdom at Bootleg Theater
November 8^th: Plain White T’s at The Roxy
November 10^th: The Record Company at The Wiltern
November 10^th: twenty one pilots, AWOLNATION at The Forum
November 12^th: Elle King w/ The Cordovas at The Belasco Theater
November 12^th: Jake McMullen at The Moroccan Lounge
November 13^th: The Academic at The Troubadour
November 14^th: Kodaline at The Belasco Theater
November 14^th: Milo Greene at Teragram Ballroom
November 14^th: Jared & The Mill at Saint Rocke
November 17^th: Sir Sly at The Fonda Theatre
November 17^th: Arms Akimbo at The Troubadour
November 17^th: Hamish Anderson at The Moroccan Lounge
November 18^th: Thrice at The Wiltern
November 18^th: AJR at Hollywood Palladium
November 19^th: Dermot Kennedy at Fonda Theatre
November 29^th: The Tallest Man on Earth at Cathedral Sanctuary
November 30^th: Birds of Chicago at McCabe’s
December 3^rd: Picture This at The Moroccan Lounge
December 5^th: The Cordovas at Saint Rocke
December 6^th: Pale Waves at The Fonda
December 7^th: The Contenders at The Hotel Cafe
December 9^th: Hands Like Houses at Teragram Ballroom
December 11^th: Tor Miller at Moroccan Lounge
December 13^th: Bernhoft at Teragram Ballroom
December 13^th: Freddy & Francine at The Lodge Room
December 14^th: Roosevelt at Teragram Ballroom
December 14^th: Pinegrove at The Troubadour
December 15^th: The Wrecks at The Troubadour
December 18^th: Dreamers at Constellation Room
December 27^th: Lydia at Teragram Ballroom
January 11^th: Warbly Jets at The Echo
January 16^th: Stone Foxes at Saint Rocke
January 18^th: The Districts at The Moroccan Lounge
January 19^th: Matthew Perryman Jones at The Hotel Café
January 19^th: Muse at The Forum
January 19^th: The Districts at The Moroccan Lounge
January 22^nd: Elton John at Staples Center
January 23^rd: Elton John at Staples Center
February 15^th: Kongos at The Teragram Ballroom
February 28^th: Lukas Graham at The Wiltern
March 6^th: July Talk at Hollywood Palladium
March 9^th: LP at The Wiltern
March 22^nd: Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness w/ flor at The Orpheum Theatre
March 26^th: Matt Nathanson at The El Rey
March 29^th: Stephen Kellogg at Bootleg Theater
April 5^th: Switchfoot, Colony House at The Wiltern
April 19^th: Pink at The Forum
May 7^th: Tom Odell at The El Rey

~ Kristen

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