Ready or not, 2022 here we come! I’ve spent a lot of time in the last few days listening to music but focusing on older tunes rather than new music or up and coming artists.  Spending time in past years instead of this new one has been calming. There is more anxiety around music these days, especially seeing it live.  Every day you have to ask yourself questions like Is the show still happening? or Is it safe? Then there is the strategizing: Should you go to the show on Monday or skip it to ensure you’ll be good to go to the show on Thursday? I’m hoping as we get further into the year these questions will become easier to answer.

Here are the shows around which I will have all the questions next week:

Monday: Eliza Edens at the Hotel Cafe second stage (7pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at the Hotel Café second stage (8pm)

Tuesday: Writer’s Block at the Hotel Cafe (9pm)
ALSO: Taylor Ashton & Hannah Read at the Hotel Cafe second stage (9pm)

Weds:

Thursday: The Unlikely Candidates w/ the Criticals, Mom Rock at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Writer’s Block at the Hotel Cafe second stage (7pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase at Bar Lubitsch (7pm)

Friday: Marinelli, Wallice and friends at El Cid (9pm)
ALSO: Mike Doughty Ghost of Vroom FREE at Harvard & Stone (8:30)
ALSO: Mason Jennings at the Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: El Ten Eleven w/ Sego at the Roxy (9pm)
ALSO: Two Tens at Redwood Bar (9pm)
ALSO: Orianthi at Venice West (9pm)

Saturday: Jesse Malin & Friends w/ Butch Walker, Jakob Dylan at the Roxy (9pm)
ALSO: Gold Rush Roots Revival w/ Danny Myrick and Travis Howard f. Garrison Starr at the Hotel Cafe second stage (9pm)
ALSO: Jessie J at the Hotel Cafe (9pm)
ALSO: Finn Matthews at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
ALSO: Orianthi at the Bourbon Room (8pm)

Sunday: Jessie J at the Hotel Cafe (9pm)

To Keep in Mind:  
January 13^th: Mother Mother at Regent Theater (8pm)
January 15^th: Greyson Chance at The Fonda Theatre (9pm)
January 21^st: Jamestown Revival at the Fonda Theatre (9pm)
January 21^st: Jacob Banks at the Wiltern (7pm)
January 23^rd: KT Tunstall at the Roxy (8pm)
January 26^th: Augustana at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
January 26^th: Allen Stone at the El Rey (8:30)
January 26^th: Remi Wolf at the Fonda Theatre (9pm)
January 26^th: Beware of Darkness at the Viper Room (7pm)
January 26^th: Bjork at Shrine Auditorium (8pm)
January 26^th: Allen Stone at the El Rey (8:30)
January 27^th: Remi Wolf at the Fonda Theatre (9pm)
January 27^th: Jane. At the Hotel Cafe (8pm)
January 27^th: Anais Mitchell at the Theatre at Ace Hotel (8pm)
January 29^th: Bjork at Shrine Auditorium (8pm)
February 1^st: Bjork at Shrine Auditorium (8pm)
February 11^th: Smallpools w/ Morgxn at The Roxy (8pm)
February 12^th: Houndmouth at the El Rey (8pm)
February 16^th: Briston Maroney at The Troubadour
February 17^th: Briston Maroney at The Troubadour
February 17^th: Eddie Vedder and the Earthlings w/ Glen Handard at YouTube Theater (
February 17^th: Joshua Radin at the Fonda Theatre (9pm)
February 19^th: We Are Scientists at Zebulon
February 20^th: Nothing But Thieves at the Wiltern (7pm)
February 22^nd: Alice Phoebe Lou at the Roxy (8pm)
February 22^nd: Mayday Parade at the El Rey (7:30)
February 26^th: Manchester Orchestra at Hollywood Palladium (7pm)
February 26^th: The War on Drugs at Shrine Auditorium (8pm)
March 1^st: AHI at Moroccan Lounge (7pm)
March 4^th: Gracie Abrams at the El Rey (8pm)
March 4^th: Tall Heights at the Troubadour
March 5^th: Gracie Abrams at the El Rey (8pm)
March 5^th: Kaleo at The Novo
March 9^th: Tones and I at the Wiltern (7pm)
March 13^th: K.Flay at The Fonda Theatre (8:30)
March 15^th: The Staves at the Theatre at Ace Hotel (8pm)
March 18^th: James Vincent McMorrow at the Wiltern (7pm)
March 21^st: Snow Patrol at the Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian (8pm)
March 22^nd: Snow Patrol at the Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian (8pm)
March 22^nd: Patrick Droney at the Fonda Theatre (9pm)
March 24^th: We Were Promised Jetpacks at the El Rey (9pm)
March 30^th: The Script at the Wiltern (6:30)
March 31^st: Maisie Peters at the El Rey (8:30)
March 31^st: Inhaler at the Belasco (7pm)
April 1^st: Inhaler at the Belasco (7pm)
April 1^st: Maisie Peters at the El Rey (8:30)
April 6^th: Tom Odell at the Fonda Theatre (9pm)
April 9^th: Tom Grennan at The Troubadour
April 22^nd: Enter Shikari at the Regent Theater (7:30)
April 26^th: James Arthur at the Wiltern (7pm)
April 30^th: Joseph at the Troubadour
May 3^rd: easy life at The Troubadour
May 5^th: The Talbott Brothers at Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
May 5^th: Lorde at Shrine Auditorium (7:30)
May 6^th: Lorde at Shrine Auditorium (7:30)
May 6^th: Passenger at the Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian (8pm)
May 19^th: Mat Kearney at the Theatre at Ace Hotel (8pm)
May 21^st: LP at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
May 31^st: Foy Vance at the Regent Theater (7pm)

~ Kristen