Well, another glorious SXSW has come and gone. I’ve got so many stories swirling around my head, but functioning on 2 hours of sleep, so we’ll just stick to a brief top 6 highlights:
1 – Anything Morgxn related
2 – Falling in love with new artists like Jade Bird, Bad Pony, Sam Fender, and Morgan Saint
3 – The Aussie BBQ and Southwest Invasion (the best parties)
4 – Eating my weight in cheese (seriously, there was a queso-off and then the world’s largest cheese board)
5 – rocking out with SUR
6 – Having Frank Turner call me to the stage to wish me a happy birthday and then seeing the audience, so incredibly happy, sing along with such love and glee to my song request.
Let’s see if I can ride this wave of excitement all the way into WonderCon next weekend! What’s going to help is Thursday night when SXSW faves, SUR, play The Peppermint Club. I’d highly recommend that one!
Here’s what else I’d be contemplating:
Monday: It’s a School Night at Bardot f. Hatchie, Flyte (8pm)
ALSO: Wolf Alice, The Big Pink at Club Mayan (8pm)
ALSO: The Blank Tapes residency w/ Avid Dancer FREE at The Echo (8:30)
ALSO: Allie Crow Buckley residency FREE at Bootleg Bar (8:30)
ALSO: Superorganism at The Echoplex (8:30)
ALSO: Hunnypot live FREE at The Mint (7pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at The Hotel Cafe (8pm)
Tuesday: AJR, Ocean Park Standoff at The Belasco Theatre (6:30)
ALSO: RIVVRS at Resident (8pm)
ALSO: Bloodboy, Wilding, and more at The Hi Hat (7pm)
ALSO: Liza Anne, Valley Queen at The Echo (8:30)
ALSO: Natalie Prass, Jackie Cohen at Moroccan Lounge (7pm)
ALSO: Milk & Bone, Dizzy at Bootleg Bar (8:30)
ALSO: Jack White at Club Mayan (7pm)
ALSO: The Deltaz and guests FREE at The Cinema Bar (8pm)
Weds: Phillip Phillips w/ Ballroom Thieves at The Fonda (9pm)
ALSO: nothing, nowhere at Chain Reaction Anaheim (8pm)
ALSO: Joey McIntyre at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: The Cerny Brothers at The Hotel Cafe second stage (9pm)
ALSO: The Naked and Famous at Moroccan Lounge (8pm)
ALSO: Public Access T.V. w/ The Soft White Sixties at The Echo (8:30)
ALSO: Young Creatures residency FREE at The Satellite (9pm)
Thursday: SUR at The Peppermint Club (8pm)
ALSO: Radnor & Lee at The Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)
ALSO: Lola Marsh, Swimm (acoustic) at Resident (8pm)
ALSO: Loren North & MacKenzie Bourg at The Hotel Cafe (8pm)
ALSO: SonReal at Moroccan Lounge (8pm)
ALSO: Lucy Dacus at Teragram Ballroom (9pm)
ALSO: Thirdstory at The Belasco Theatre (7pm)
Friday: Dermot Kennedy at El Rey Theatre (9pm)
ALSO: M. Rivers at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: Beth Ditto at The Fonda Theatre (9pm)
ALSO: Jessica Childress w/ Nico Franc & Joe Marson at The Hotel Cafe (8pm)
ALSO: Mary Gauthier w/ Max Gomez at McCabe’s (two shows, 8 & 10pm)
ALSO: Moon Hooch w/ The Accidentals at Teragram Ballroom (9pm)
ALSO: The Dollyrots, The Two Tens at The Hi Hat (8pm)
ALSO: PPL MVR at The Peppermint Club (7:30)
Saturday: Naked and Famous at Moroccan Lounge (8pm)
ALSO: Rhett Miller at Saint Rocke (9pm)
ALSO: Umphrey’s McGee at The Wiltern (7pm)
ALSO: Kid Bloom at The Hi Hat (8pm)
Sunday: Brendan Hines at Bootleg Bar (8:30)
ALSO: Songwriter Sundays FREE at The Fox and Hounds (9pm)
To Keep in Mind:
March 28th: James Bay at The Belasco
March 29th: The Darkness at The Fonda
March 29th: Jay Nash at The Hotel Cafe
March 30th: Declan McKenna at Constellation Room
March 31st: The Hunna at The Troubadour
April 4th: Weathers at The Troubadour
April 7th: Coffee Shop Arena Rock at The Hotel Café
April 8th: The Rescues at The Hotel Cafe
April 8th: Lincoln Durham at Moroccan Lounge
April 9th, 10th: Joshua Radin at The Troubadour
April 11th: St. Vincent at Orpheum Theatre
April 13th-15th: Coachella weekend 1
April 16th: Sigrid at The El Rey
April 19th: The War on Drugs at Fox Theater Pomona
April 19th: Beta Play at The Satellite
April 20th-22nd: Coachella weekend
April 21st: Judy Collins at The Dolby Theatre
April 25th: Lily Allen at El Rey Theatre
April 26th: Tyler Hilton at The Troubadour
April 30th: Mainland at Moroccan Lounge
April 30th: The Shadowboxers at The Peppermint Club
May 2nd: Van William at Teragram Ballroom
May 3rd: Wild Child at Teragram Ballroom
May 4th: Matt Maeson at The Fonda Theatre
May 5th: Coffee Shop Arena Rock at The Hotel Cafe
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 16th: Judy Collins at The Rose
May 18th: Tony Lucca at The Hotel Cafe
May 18th: Larkin Poe at Teragram Ballroom
May 20th: Gang of Youths at Moroccan Lounge
May 23rd: The Brevet at The Bootleg
May 24th: Michael Blume at Teragram Ballroom
May 31st: James Taylor at Hollywood Bowl
June 1st: James Taylor at Hollywood Bowl
June 2nd: Coffee Shop Arena Rock at The Hotel Cafe
June 2nd: Lord Huron at The Greek Theatre
June 3rd: Ray LaMontagne at The Greek Theatre
June 6th: Lewis Capaldi at The Troubadour
June 7th: Barns Courtney at The Wiltern
June 16th: Frank Turner at Hollywood Palladium
June 23rd/24th: Arroyo Seco Weekend
June 26th: Middle Kids at Lodge Room
June 30th: Night Riots at The El Rey
July 18th: Paramore at The Forum
July 19th: Thirty Seconds to Mars at The Forum
July 21st: Imagine Dragons at The Forum
July 22nd: Imagine Dragons at The Forum
August 15th: Nathaniel Rateliff at The Greek Theatre
August 17th: Brandi Carlile at The Greek Theatre
August 18th: Ed Sheeran at The Rose Bowl
September 10th: Dave Matthews Band at Hollywood Bowl
September 28th: Beck at Hollywood Bowl
October 7th: James Bay at The Greek Theatre
November 29th: The Tallest Man on Earth at Cathedral Sanctuary
January 22nd: Elton John at Staples Center
January 23rd: Elton John at Staples Center
~ Kristen
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