Happy 2018! I know 2017 wasn’t the best year for everyone, but I think I made out okay.  It was a year for a new job, new friends, and new adventures including two trips to Europe, a baseball game in St. Louis, and two out of town music festivals!  I’m still working on my 2017 Music Mix, but it was a fairly decent year for music.  2017 marked the discovery of favorite bands like Picture This and Sur, the resurgence of Sir Sly, the continuing growth of Irontom, a reunion for Jealousy Curve, new albums for Barnes Courtney and Nothing But Thieves, the grand debut of Mondo Cozmo, and a very long list of amazing shows.  I think, however, that my band of the year is probably The Wrecks who I believe will dominate in 2018 when they (hopefully and finally) release an album…or at least more than three songs…

I’m not sure what my first show of 2018 will be but we have a few options next week. I’ve got my eyes on Lewis Capaldi at Moroccan Lounge…we shall see!

Here’s what else I’m thinking:

 

Monday: Happy New Year!!!

 

Tuesday:

 

Weds: Low Volts FREE at Harvard & Stone (8:30)
ALSO: Fyohna at The Peppermint Club (9pm)

 

Thursday: Lewis Capaldi at Moroccan Lounge (8pm)
ALSO: Brandon Stansell, LA River Bend at The Peppermint Club (8pm)
ALSO: Sara Niemietz at The W Hollwood (10pm)
ALSO: Tiny Stills at The Hi Hat (8pm)
ALSO: Dirty Honey at Harvelle’s (9pm)

 

Friday: The Revies, Madus, The Modern Mad at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: Anthony Green, Casey Abrams at The Hotel Cafe (8, 9:30)
ALSO: Hot Water Music at The Regent Theater (8pm)

 

Saturday: Cindy Alexander w/ Taylor John Williams & Special Guests at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: The Dales w/ Skyler Day at The Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Wolves FREE at The Peppermint Club (11pm)

 

Sunday: Songwriter Sundays at The Fox and Hounds (9pm)

 

To Keep in Mind:
January 8^th: Jukebox the Ghost at The Echo
January 12^th: K.Flay, Sir Sly at The Fonda Theatre
January 13^th: The White Buffalo at The Fonda
January 16^th: The Sherlocks at The Echo
January 16^th: KOMOX at The Satellite
January 17^th: Josh Ritter at Teragram Ballroom
January 17^th: Jared & The Mill at The Hotel Cafe
January 17^th: Hamish Anderson at The Hotel Cafe
January 20^th: Saint Motel at The Wiltern
January 24^th: Grace Mitchell at Moroccan Lounge
January 31^st: Dear Boy at The Troubadour
February 1^st: Korey Dane at The Echo
February 2^nd: Tonight Alive at Regent Theater
February 3^rd: Stone Foxes at Saint Rocke
February 6^th: Lights at The Regent Theater
February 7^th: Morgxn at Moroccan Lounge
February 8^th: Judah & The Lion, Colony House at The Belasco Theatre
February 9^th: Curtis Peoples at The Mint
February 22^nd: X Ambassadors at The Belasco Theater
February 22^nd: The National Parks at The Fonda
February 24^th: Betty Who at The Wiltern
February 28^th: Langhorne Slim at Largo
March 3^rd: flor at The Troubadour
March 6^th: The Rubens at Bootleg Theater
March 6^th: The Academic at Resident
March 8^th: Gordi at The Regent Theater
March 10^th: A Silent Film at Moroccan Lounge
March 10^th: New Politics, The Wrecks at The Belasco Theatre
March 10^th/11^th Glen Hansard at Walt Disney Concert Hall
March 13^th: Rachel Yamagata at Moroccan Lounge
March 15^th: Andy Grammer at The Belasco Theatre
March 16^th: AWOLNATION, Nothing But Thieves at The Wiltern
March 16^th: The Mowgli’s at Moroccan Lounge
March 20^th: AJR at The Belasco Theatre
March 21^st: Phillip Phillips at The Fonda Theater
March 23^rd: Dermot Kennedy at The El Rey
March 29^th: The Darkness at The Fonda
March 31^st: The Hunna at The Troubadour
April 9^th: Joshua Radin at The Troubadour
May 12^th: The Score at The Fonda
May 15^th: Franz Ferdinand at The Wiltern
May 15^th: U2 at The Forum
May 15^th: Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness at Ford Theatres
June 7^th: Barns Courtney at The Wiltern
August 18^th: Ed Sheeran at The Rose Bowl

 

~ Kristen

 

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