Work was particularly headache-inducing this week, but life was balanced out nicely with some fabulous musical adventures. They included dinner with the High Voltage crew at Dani Shay’s, an intimate Charli XCX showcase, a drop by casa de Semi Precious Weapons, a classic evening on the Sunset Strip that included Irontom and a run-in with the singer of The Neighbourhood, and two trips to The Hotel Cafe to see new band loves for the first time (Penny & Sparrow and Levi Weaver). I suppose I have absolutely nothing to complain about!
Speaking of High Voltage, show pick of the week is our show Wednesday at Silverlake Lounge featuring the aforementioned (and uber talented) Dani Shay. Warped Tour also comes through So-Cal this week. I hear my LA faves, Queen Caveat, are playing in Pomona and Ventura so I might have to find a way to go see that!
Here are the rest of my picks:
Monday: French Style Furs FREE at The Satellite (11pm)
ALSO: It’s a School Night at The Avalon f. U.S. Royalty and Alex & Sierra (8:30)
ALSO: Until The Ribbon Breaks FREE at Bootleg HiFi (10:30)
ALSO: Bernhoft at The Troubadour (9:30)
ALSO: Stars in Stereo, My Body Sings Electric at The Viper Room (8pm)
ALSO: Zero 1 at The Dragonfly (10pm)
ALSO: Ed Sheeran, Demi Levato, Colbie Cailat, Andy Grammer at The Hollywood Bowl (7:30)
ALSO: Hunnypot Radio Live featuring Cold Blood Club at The Mint (7pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at Room 5 f. Clare Means, Jesse Thomas, Michael Doman, Joel Eckels (8pm)
Tuesday: Crash Kings at Bootleg (10pm)
ALSO: Bad Suns at The Troubadour (10pm)
ALSO: Allison Iraheta & Halo Circus and Fyfe Dangerfield & Aristazabal Hawkes at The Hotel Cafe (8, 10)
ALSO: In the Valley Below at Brite Space LA (9pm)…need to RSVP http://www.eventbrite.com/e/eventbrite-la-x-la-canvas-present-in-the-valley-below-registration-11511036821?aff=eorg
ALSO: Amy LaVere at The Mint (10:15)
ALSO: Emily Wells at The Echo (10pm)
ALSO: The Mountain Goats at The Mayan (8pm)
ALSO: A tribute to Bob Dylan FREE at The Satellite f. Brian Whelan, The LA River Bend, and more (9pm)
ALSO: George Stanford FREE at The Piano Bar (10pm)
Weds: High Voltage Magazine Summer Issue Launch Party at Silverlake Lounge f. Dani Shay, Sabrina Antoinette, Sex Helicopter (8pm)
ALSO: Gun Hill Royals at Club Moscow (10pm)
ALSO: Sad Robot, Wild Roses at The Viper Room (9pm)
ALSO: Western Scene at The Roxy (8pm)
ALSO: Ivory Deville FREE at Harvard & Stone (10pm)
ALSO: Omniflux FREE at Hemingway’s (10pm)
ALSO: Gavin DeGraw and Matt Nathanson at The Greek Theatre (7pm)
Thursday: Scars on 45 with Broken Anchor, Maudlin Strangers, and Stop Motion Poetry at The Hotel Cafe (7, 9, 11)
ALSO: Owl John (Scott Hutchinson of Frightened Rabbit) with Withered Hand at The Echo (8:30)
ALSO: Words & Music by Dan Wilson at Largo (8:30)
ALSO: Fine FREE at The House of Blues (9pm)
ALSO: The Black and The White, Cold Blood Club at The Statellite (9pm)
ALSO: The North at The Mint (10pm)
Friday: Yann Tiersen with NO at Fonda Theatre (9pm)
ALSO: Warped Tour in Pomona (11am)
Saturday: The Milk Carton Kids with Tom Brosseau at Japan America Theater (7pm)
ALSO: Tournament of Hearts at Molly Malone’s (7:30)
ALSO: No Small Children at The Mint (9pm)
ALSO: Mosco Rosco and The Janks at Bootleg HiFi (10:30, 11:30)
ALSO: Kitten with Liz and Tapioca and the Flea at The El Rey (9pm)
ALSO: Kristin Chenoweth, The Go-Go’s & Pink Martini at The Hollywood Bowl (8pm)
Sunday: Grand Ole Echo FREE at The Echo f. Jonathan Tyler (3pm)
ALSO: 10,000 Maniacs FREE at Valley Cultural Center (6pm)
ALSO: Raquel Rodriguez FREE at Bootleg HiFi (9pm)
ALSO: mewithoutYou at The Troubadour (9:45)
ALSO: Janelle Monae at The Hollywood Bowl (7pm)
ALSO: Warped Tour in Ventura (11am)
To Keep in Mind:
June 23rd: Nabiha at Bootleg HiFi
June 25th: Wild Party at The Bootleg
June 26th: Sean Watkins at Largo
July 4th: 98.7 Block Party at Grand Park LA f. Semi Precious Weapons
July 8th: Peter Matthew Bauer at The Satellite
July 8th/9th: The Mowgli’s at The Troubadour
July 10th: Prides at The Troubadour
July 17th: The Silent Comedy at Harvard & Stone
July 21st: Twin Atlantic at The Troubadour
July 22nd: OK Go at The Troubadour
July 23rd: OK Go at The Echo
July 24th: The Neighbourhood at Greek Theatre
July 31st: Foxy Shazam at The El Rey
August 1st: The Griswolds at The Echo
August 2nd: Saint Motel at The Troubadour
August 2nd: Red Wanting Blue at Bootleg Theater
August 5th: Emerson Hart and Tony Lucca at The Hotel Cafe
August 10th: Iron and Wine and Glen Hansard at Hollywood Bowl
August 13th: Reignwolf at The Troubadour
August 17th: Dan Wilson at The Federal Bar
August 23rd-24th: FYF
August 23rd: Lake Street Dive at The Wiltern
August 23rd: Rixton at The El Rey
August 25th: Nine Inch Nails and Soundgarden at Hollywood Bowl
August 26th: Youngblood Hawke at Greek Theatre
September 14th: The Avett Brothers at Shrine Auditorium
September 15th: You Me at Six, Young Guns, Stars in Stereo at The Troubadour
September 19th: Kopecky Fmaily Band at The Troubadour
September 20th: Better Than Ezra and Scars on 45 at The House of Blues
September 30th: Sam Smith at Greek Theatre
October 2nd/3rd: The War on Drugs at Fonda Theatre
October 3rd: Ben Kweller at The Roxy
October 6th: Carbon Leaf at The Roxy
October 6th: Boy & Bear at Fonda Theatre
October 6th/7th: Lorde at The Greek Theatre
October 8th: twenty one pilots at Hollywood Palladium
October 8th: Sondre Lerche at The Troubadour
October 9th: Wakey! Wakey! at The Roxy
October 10th: The Pretty Reckless at The Wiltern
October 16th: Hozier with James Bay at Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian
October 18th: Kodaline at The Fonda Theatre
October 27th: Rachael Yamagata at The Troubadour
November 21st/22nd: The Matches at The Troubadour
~ Kristen
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