While putting this week’s calendar together, I popped High Fidelity into the DVD player. I’d forgotten how much I enjoy that movie. Now I want to make all kinds of top five lists that will only hold for like 5 minutes. How about Top 5 Bands to see in LA this week. At this moment, my list would look like:

1 – The Silent Comedy

2 – The Milk Carton Kids

3 – Jakob Dylan

4 – Royal Blood

5 – Spurs (barely beating out Dark Waves but only because I haven’t seen Spurs before)

That was a toughie as there are so many great options this week. Here are the rest:

 

Monday: Lakes at The Hotel Cafe (10pm)
ALSO: Royal Blood at The Fonda (9pm)
ALSO: Plain White T’s w/ Jessarae and Genevieve at The Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: The Rebel Light, Dorothy FREE at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: Desaparecidos at The Roxy (8pm)
ALSO: Stone Temple Pilots at The House of Blues (7pm)
ALSO: It’s a School Night at Bardot f. James Hersey (8:30)
ALSO: Monday Monday at Room 5 f. Jesse Thomas, Michael Doman, Joel Eckels (8pm)

 

Tuesday: Spurs w/ Adam Arcuragi, Joel Eckels at The Hotel Cafe (8, 9)
ALSO: Dark Waves FREE at Dirty Laundry (10pm)
ALSO: Tall Tales and the Silver Lining at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: Brandon Flowers at The Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Neil and Liam Finn at Largo (8:30)

 

Weds: Dave Green (of The Filthy Souls) FREE at Dirty Laundry (10pm)
ALSO: Kaleo, Kingswood at The Hotel Cafe (8,9)
ALSO: Bad Romantics at The Viper Room (10pm)
ALSO: Brand New w/ Built to Spill and Desaparecidos at The Shrine Expo Hall (7:30)
ALSO: The Replacements at Hollywood Palladium (7pm)
ALSO: Sylvan Esso at The Regent Theater (8pm)
ALSO: Florence and the Machine at The Theatre at Ace Hotel (8pm)

 

Thursday: decoded at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: Lisa Loeb at Saint Rocke (8pm)
ALSO: Drive-By Truckers at The Regent Theater (7:30)
ALSO: The Replacements at Hollywood Palladium (7pm)
ALSO: Interpol w/ Perfume Genius at Shrine Expo Hall (8pm)

 

Friday: The Silent Comedy at The Record Parlour (9pm)
ALSO: Polaris Rose, The Roofbeam Carpenters at The Hotel Cafe (10, 12)
ALSO: We Are The West at The Escondite (9pm)

 

Saturday: The Milk Carton Kids at Largo (8:30)
ALSO: Jeff Campbell at The Hotel Cafe (10pm)
ALSO: Back Pocket Memory, Bad Wolf, and more at Amplyfi (7pm)
ALSO: Jakob Dylan at The Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Charles Bradley at The Roxy (9pm)

 

Sunday: Grand Ole Echo w/ Brian Whelan, All Spots to Black, etc. at The Echo (3pm)

 

 

To Keep in Mind:
April 23^rd: Joe Firstman at The Hotel Cafe
April 23^rd: Jared & The Mill at Bootleg HiFi
April 23^rd: Joe Firstman at The Hotel Cafe
April 24^th: Damien Rice at The Greek Theatre
April 25^th: The Kaiser Chiefs at The Wiltern
April 27^th: Zane Carney at The Troubadour
April 27^th: Maniac at The Echo
May 1^st: Tony Lucca at The Hotel Cafe
May 2^nd: The Decemberists at Greek Theatre
May 2^nd: OK Go at The Wiltern
May 3^rd: Tonight Alive at The Wiltern
May 5^th: Kodaline at The Wiltern
May 5^th: Ms Mr at Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever
May 8^th: Jessie Baylin at The Troubadour
May 8^th: The Mowgli’s at The Regent Theatre
May 11^th/12^th: The Bird & The Bee at Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever
May 14^th: James Bay at The Fonda Theatre
May 16^th: Two Gallants at The Roxy
May 16^th: Lydia at The Troubadour
May 19^th: Prides at The Echo
May 20^th: Noel Gallagher and the High Flying Birds at The Orpheum
May 20^th: Shakey Graves at The Fonda
May 20^th: Rocco Deluca at The Troubadour
May 22^nd: Against Me! at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
May 28^th: Mae at The El Rey
May 29^th/30^th: The Bangles at The Troubadour
May 31^st: Kopecky at Saint Rocke
May 31^st/June1st: Jack Garratt at The Troubadour
June 1^st: Delta Spirit at Telegram Ballroom
June 2^nd: Mother Mother at The Troubadour
June 2^nd: The Script at The Wiltern
June 4^th: Dustin Kensrue at The Troubadour
June 11^th: Neon Trees at The Fonda Theater
June 11^th: Black English at The Echo
June 11^th: Jukebox the Ghost at The Greek Theatre
June 11^th: Ivan & Alyosha at The Roxy
June 16^th, 17^th, 19^th: Butch Walker at The Masonic Lodge
June 24^th/25^th: Ed Sheeran at Hollywood Bowl
June 30^th: The Griswolds at The Troubadour
July 12^th: NEEDTOBREATHE at Greek Theatre
August 1^st: AWOLNATION at Hollywood Palladium
August 5^th: First Aid Kit at Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian Church
August 17^th: Lights at The Greek Theatre
September 16^th: Carbon Leaf at The Roxy
October 7^th: Ben Howard at The Greek Theatre
October 15^th: twenty one pilots w/ Echosmith at The Greek Theatre

 

~ Kristen

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