Tomorrow begins what has traditionally been my favorite week of the year, music week at SXSW! I’ll be in Austin, TX all week taking in as many new bands as I can possibly squeeze in, walking around the city until my feet fall off.  If you’re in LA, we’ve got some opportunities for you to see a few of the same bands without walking miles and miles. Self Esteem, Perfume Genius, Leif Vollebekk and the Lathums will all be in LA as well as Austin next week so why don’t you check them out and we can compare notes!

For more of my thoughts on SXSW, check out my Goals for 2022 HERE (written for High Voltage).

Now off I go to see K.Flay at The Fonda. You can catch her again Monday at the Grammy Museum. Also this week:

Monday: It’s a School Night at Bardot (7pm)
ALSO: Self Esteem at the Moroccan Lounge (7pm)
ALSO: K.Flay at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
ALSO: Gayle w/ May-A at the Roxy (8pm)
ALSO: Julia Rae at the Hotel Cafe second stage (7pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)

Tuesday: Will Linley, Jackson Mankowski at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8, 9)
ALSO: The Lil Smokies, Michigan Rattlers at the Lodge Room (8:30)
ALSO: The Darkness at the El Rey (8pm)
ALSO: Colin Hay at Largo (8pm)
ALSO: John Mayer at the Forum (7:30)
ALSO: Writer’s Block at the Hotel Cafe (9pm)

Weds: Joywave w/ Almost Monday at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
ALSO: Leif Vollebekk at the El Rey (8pm)
ALSO: Claire Rosinkranz w/ Aidan Bissett at the Roxy (8pm)
ALSO: Humbird, Jesse and Friends at the Hotel Cafe (7, 9)
ALSO: Johanna Samuels residency at Gold-Diggers (8pm)
ALSO: Jose Gonzalez at the Walt Disney Concert Hall (8pm)
ALSO: John Mayer at the Forum (7:30)

Thursday: Claire Rosinkranz w/ Aidan Bissett at the Roxy (8pm)
ALSO: Flogging Molly at Hollywood Palladium (6:30)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Bar Lubitsch (7pm)

Friday: Yungblud w/ Palaye Royale and Upshal at Shrine Expo Hall (8:30)
ALSO: Slothrust f. Calva Louise at Lodge Room (9pm)
ALSO: Brothers James and John Lowell Anderson at the Hotel Cafe second stage (9pm)
ALSO: Dawn Richard at the Peppermint Club (8pm)
ALSO: The Young Dubliners at Venice West (8pm)
ALSO: KennyHoopla at Constellation Room (7:30)
ALSO: John Mayer at the Forum (7:30)

Saturday: Rachel Platten at the Hotel Cafe (9pm)
ALSO: Lizzy & the Triggermen at the El Rey (9pm)
ALSO: Nation of Language at Lodge Room (9pm)
ALSO: Audio Karate w/ Go Betty Go at the Paramount (8pm)

Sunday: Perfume Genius w/ Julia Holter, Hand Habits at the Wiltern (7pm)
ALSO: Nation of Language at Lodge Room (9pm)
ALSO: The Lathums at the Moroccan Lounge (7pm)
ALSO: Mark Diamond w/ Emilee Moore at the Hotel Cafe second stage (7pm)

To Keep in Mind:  
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: Barns Courtney at the El Rey (8:30)
March 22^nd: Patrick Droney at the Fonda Theatre (9pm)
March 24^th: We Were Promised Jetpacks at the El Rey (9pm)
March 25^th: Laundry Day at the El Rey (9pm)
March 28^th: Elle King at the Fonda Theatre (9pm)
March 29^th: Sarah Jarosz at the Troubadour
March 30^th: Wet Leg at the Fonda Theatre (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 2^nd: Dayseeker w/ Holding Absence at Teragram Ballroom (5pm)
April 4^th: Sigrid at the Fonda Theatre (8:30)
April 5^th: Stephen Day at the Fonda Theatre (8:30)
April 6^th: Tom Odell at the Fonda Theatre (9pm)
April 7^th: Lights at the Fonda Theatre (9pm)
April 7^th: Vista Kicks at the Lodge Room (8:30)
April 8^th: The Band Camino w/ flor at the Novo (7:30)
April 9^th: Tom Grennan at The Troubadour
April 14^th: Aoife O’Donovan at the Troubadour
April 15^th: Weathers at the Troubadour
April 15^th: The Stone Foxes at the Venice West
April 20^th: Mika at the El Rey (8:30)
April 22^nd: Enter Shikari at the Regent Theater (7:30)
April 22^nd: The Menzingers at the Roxy (9pm)
April 22^nd: Gavin DeGraw at the Troubadour
April 23^rd: The Mezingers at the Roxy (9pm)
April 23^rd: Sarah Harmer at McCabe’s (8pm)
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: Royal Blood w/ cleopatrick at the Novo (8pm)
May 5^th: Lorde at Shrine Auditorium (7:30)
May 5^th: Lorde w/ Remi Wolf at Shrine Auditorium
May 6^th: Lorde w/ Remi Wolf at Shrine Auditorium (7:30)
May 6^th: Passenger at the Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian (8pm)
May 9^th: Ann Wilson (Heart) at the El Rey (8pm)
May 10^th: Ann Wilson (Heart) at the El Rey (8pm)
May 13^th: Penny & Sparrow at the Regent Theater (7pm)
May 18^th: Gang of Youths at the Belasco (7pm)
May 19^th: Mat Kearney at the Theatre at Ace Hotel (8pm)
May 19^th: Aurora at the Greek Theatre
May 25^th: Lauren Sanderson at the El Rey (8:30)
May 20^th: Delta Spirit at Lodge Room (9pm)
May 21^st: LP at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
May 26^th: Hatchie at Lodge Room (8:30)
May 26^th: Ada Lea at Zebulon
May 31^st: Foy Vance at the Regent Theater (7pm)
October 8^th: Bear’s Den at the Troubadour
October 11^th: Smith & Thell at the Moroccan Lounge (7pm)

~ Kristen