I’m back in Los Angeles after a week spent in Austin, TX and I smell like BBQ. SXSW 2022 was everything I’d hoped it would be. I spent time with inspiring people, discovered many exciting new bands and, on my birthday, was at the rail for Dolly Parton who led the room in a round of “Happy Birthday” (not for me, but still, I’m counting it).

More on my new band loves to come, but tonight I’m heading to the Moroccan Lounge to see one of them, Red Rum Club, opening for The Lathums (also great!). The transition back to only a few bands a night will be difficult, but I’ve mapped out a plan (below) highlighted by Baby Queen, Patrick Droney, Alex the Astronaut, Meiko, and Laundry Day.

Monday: It’s a School Night f. Corook, Baby Queen, Halo Kitsch at Bardot (7pm)
ALSO: Snow Patrol at the Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian (8pm)
ALSO: CMAT at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
ALSO: Daughtry at the Novo (7pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)
ALSO: Hunnypot Live FREE at the Mint (7pm)

Tuesday: Snow Patrol at the Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian (8pm)
ALSO: Wilderado at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Writer’s Block at the Hotel Cafe (9pm)

Weds: Patrick Droney w/ Paris Jackson at the Fonda Theatre (9pm)
ALSO: Johanna Samuels residency at Gold-Diggers (8pm)
ALSO: Mindi Abair at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
ALSO: Mewithoutyou at the Regent Theater (9pm)

Thursday: Pillow Queens at the Moroccan Lounge (7pm)
ALSO: Jane. w/ Estrada at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Nodisco w/ Madeline at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
ALSO: SUSTO at the Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: Geese at the Echo (8:30)
ALSO: Peter Harper w/ Cole Gallagher at Venice West (9pm)
ALSO: We Were Promised Jetpacks w/ Weakened Friends at the El Rey (9pm)
ALSO: dodie at Theatre at Ace Hotel (8pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase f. Fiona Grey, Savannah Sgro FREE at Bar Lubitsch (7pm)

Friday: Alex the Astronaut, Meiko at the Hotel Cafe (7,8)
ALSO: Laundry Day at the Roxy (9pm)
ALSO: Ours at the Viper Room (7pm)
ALSO: AFI at the Hollywood Palladium (7pm)
ALSO: dodi at Theatre at Ace Hotel (8pm)

Saturday: The Districts at Lodge Room (8:30)
ALSO: KTJ & Carly at the Hotel Cafe second stage (9pm)
ALSO: Vetiver at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
ALSO: Lanudry Room at the Constellation Room (7:30)
ALSO: AFI at the Hollywood Palladium (7pm)

Sunday: The Sunday Night Revue – Celebrating the Music of Radiohead at the Hotel Cafe (8:30)

To Keep in Mind:  
March 28^th: Elle King at the Fonda Theatre (9pm)
March 28^th: Ben Abraham at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
March 29^th: Sarah Jarosz at the Troubadour
March 29^th: July Talk at the Echo
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 5^th: Joshua Radin at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
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