One of my greatest, self-ascribed purposes in life is to introduce my people to my bands (hello reason for this calendar!). Second to that, I also quite enjoy introducing my friends to one another. Last night, in the unlikeliest location of Silver Spring, Maryland, worlds collided as college friends and grad school friends came together to enjoy an amazing night of music featuring my LA loves, Irontom who are currently on tour with Nothing But Thieves and AWOLNATION. ‘Twas one for the books!
And while I would much rather continue on the road following that tour to their next location, I am, instead, on a plane heading back to Los Angeles. Fortunately, there are plenty of shows in LA this week and while my personal show schedule is going to be slightly usurped by SXSW prep, I’ll need to make it out at least a time or two…eyeing First Friday at The National History Museum featuring Mondo Cozmo!
Monday: It’s a School Night at Bardot f. Caught a Ghost (8pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at The Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)
Tuesday: Lo Moon FREE at Amoeba (6pm)
ALSO: Mike Posner at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
Weds: Langhorne Slim at Largo (8pm)
ALSO: Robert Francis & Tamir at The Peppermint Club (7pm)
ALSO: Busty & The Bass at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: Midnight Divide FREE at Harvard & Stone (10pm)
ALSO: Real Estate at The Theatre at Ace Hotel (9pm)
ALSO: RJ Bloke and friends Songwriters Round FREE at The Cinema Bar (9pm)
Thursday: Anderson East at The El Rey (9pm)
ALSO: Theo Katzman at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: Nick Jordan FREE at Dirty Laundry (10pm)
ALSO: Monogem at The Peppermint Club (8pm)
ALSO: Margo Price at The Fonda Theatre (9pm)
ALSO: Nothing More at The Regent Theater (7pm)
ALSO: Mat Kearney, Andrew Belle at The Wiltern (7pm)
Friday: Mondo Cozmo at The Natural History Museum (5pm)
ALSO: Jackie Venson at The Hotel Cafe second stage (7pm)
ALSO: They Might Be Giants at The Regent Theater (9pm)
ALSO: Robert Plant & the Sensational Space Shifters at The Orpheum (8:30)
Saturday: Project Resilience w/ The Dales, Hamish Anderson and more, Coffee Shop Arena Rock at The Hotel Cafe (6:30, 10pm)
ALSO: flor w/ Handome Ghost at The Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: The Active Set, The Crazy Brave FREE at Casey’s Irish Pub
ALSO: Christian Lopez at The Peppermint Club (8pm)
ALSO: Distant Cousins at The Hotel Cafe second stage (9:30)
ALSO: Sharon Van Etten at Moroccan Lounge (7:15)
Sunday: The Lone Bellow at The Fonda Theatre (8pm)
ALSO: Leeann Skoda, Brian Whelan FREE at The Love Song (9pm)
ALSO: Bones Muhroni/Fell Runner at Bootleg Bar (8pm)
ALSO: Clara-Nova, The Mynabirds at Moroccan Lounge (7:30)
ALSO: Songwriter Sundays FREE at The Fox and Hounds (9pm)
To Keep in Mind:
March 5th: Dear Boy at Bardot
March 6th: The Rubens at Bootleg Theater
March 6th: The Academic at Resident
March 8th: Gordi at The Regent Theater
March 10th: Hudson Taylor at The Troubadour
March 10th: A Silent Film at Moroccan Lounge
March 10th: New Politics, The Wrecks at The Belasco Theatre
March 10th/11th Glen Hansard at Walt Disney Concert Hall
March 13th: Rachel Yamagata at Moroccan Lounge
March 15th: Andy Grammer at The Belasco Theatre
March 15th,16th: AWOLNATION, Nothing But Thieves at The Wiltern
March 16th: The Mowgli’s at Moroccan Lounge
March 20th: AJR at The Belasco Theatre
March 21st: Phillip Phillips at The Fonda Theater
March 21st: The Naked and Famous at Moroccan Lounge
March 23rd: Dermot Kennedy at The El Rey
March 29th: The Darkness at The Fonda
March 29th: Jay Nash at The Hotel Cafe
March 31st: The Hunna at The Troubadour
April 7th: Coffee Shop Arena Rock at The Hotel Cafe
April 8th: Lincoln Durham at Moroccan Lounge
April 9th, 10th: Joshua Radin at The Troubadour
April 13th-15th: Coachella weekend 1
April 20th-22nd: Coachella weekend 2
May 4th: Matt Maeson at The Fonda Theatre
May 5th: Coffee Shop Arena Rock at The Hotel Café
May 11th: Frenship at The El Rey
May 12th: The Score at The Fonda
May 13th: George Ezra at The Wiltern
May 15th: Franz Ferdinand at The Wiltern
May 15th: Red Wanting Blue at Peppermint Club
May 15th: U2 at The Forum
May 15th: Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness at Ford Theatres
May 18th: Tony Lucca at The Hotel Café
May 31st: James Taylor at Hollywood Bowl
June 1st: James Taylor at Hollywood Bowl
June 2nd: Coffee Shop Arena Rock at The Hotel Café
June 2nd: Lord Huron at The Greek Theatre
June 7th: Barns Courtney at The Wiltern
June 16th: Frank Turner at Hollywood Palladium
June 26th: Middle Kids at Lodge Room
July 19th: Thirty Seconds to Mars at The Forum
August 15th: Nathaniel Rateliff at The Greek Theatre
August 18th: Ed Sheeran at The Rose Bowl
January 22nd: Elton John at Staples Center
January 23rd: Elton John at Staples Center
~ Kristen
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