Last week, I spent 3 days full of music in Brighton, UK at The Great Escape and, because 3 is not enough, today I attended the Aussie BBQ in London where I saw many of my current fave Aussie acts (Little Quirks, Grace Cummings) as well as some new discoveries (The Vanns, Tyne-James Organ).

Los Angeles plays host to another one of my favorite Australian acts next week: Gang of Youths. I feel like their new album, Angel in Realtime, must be experienced live (the key to my love of all my top AU bands).

Here’s what else is going on:

Monday: Bad Bad Hats at the Echo (6pm)
ALSO: It’s a School Night f. Annika Bennett, Max Bennett Kelly, Benson Boone, Zach Zoya at Bardot (7pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)

Tuesday: Phantom Planet at the Venice West (8pm)
ALSO: Writer’s Block at the Hotel Cafe (9pm)

Weds: Gang of Youths w/ Quinn Christopherson at the Belasco (7pm)
ALSO: Griffin House at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Fontaines DC at the Regent Theater (7pm)

Thursday: Aurora at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
ALSO: Ezra Furman w/ Grace Cummings at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
ALSO: Peter McPoland at the Roxy (8pm)
ALSO: Fontaines DC at the Regent Theater (7pm)
ALSO: Mat Kearney at the Theatre at Ace Hotel (8pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Bar Lubitsch (7pm)

Friday: Motherfolk w/ Wheelwright at Jam in the Van (8pm)
ALSO: Jesse and Friends at the Hotel Cafe (8pm)
ALSO: Caroline Taylor, Gerry at the Hotel Cafe second stage (7pm)
ALSO: Bastille w/ Alice Merton at YouTube Theatre (8pm)
ALSO: Delta Spirit at Lodge Room (9pm)
ALSO: The Rural Alberta Advantage at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Wolf Parade at the Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: Peter McPoland at the Roxy (8pm)
ALSO: Mudhoney at the Regent Theater (7pm)

Saturday: Charlie Hickey at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Hey Violet w/ Wrenn, Victoria Anthony at the Echo (7pm)
ALSO: LP at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
ALSO: Just Like Heaven f. Bloc Party, Franz Ferdinand, Interpol, The Hives, The Shins at the Rose Bowl (noon)

Sunday: Yael Naim at the Hotel Cafe (8pm)
ALSO: Women Who Rock Benefit f. Aimee Mann, Emily Wolfe, and more (8pm)
ALSO: Anthony Green, Laura Jane Grace, & Tim Kasher at the Regent Theater (6pm)

To Keep in Mind:  
May 23^rd: Strand of Oaks at Lodge Room (8pm)
May 23^rd: Little Hurt at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
May 25^th: Lauren Sanderson at the El Rey (8:30)
May 25^th: Winnetka Bowling League at the Peppermint Club (7:30)
May 26^th: Lily Kershaw at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
May 20^th: Bastille at YouTube Theatre (8pm)
May 20^th: Delta Spirit at Lodge Room (9pm)
May 21^st: LP at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
May 21^st: Charlie Hickey at the Troubadour
May 23^rd: The Warning at the Troubadour
May 23^rd: mewithoutYou at the Belasco (7pm)
May 24^th: The Warning at the Troubadour
May 24^th: Olivia Rodrigo w/ Holly Humberstone at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
May 25^th: Olivia Rodrigo w/ Holly Humberstone at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
May 25^th: Lauren Sanderson at the El Rey (8:30)
May 25^th: Watkins Family Hour at Largo (8:30)
May 26^th: Hatchie at Lodge Room (8:30)
May 26^th: Ada Lea at Zebulon
May 28^th: Vincint at the Fonda (9pm)
May 28^th: Aly & AJ at the Wiltern
May 28^th: Cheers Elephant at the Echo
May 28^th: Jonathan Tyler at the Hotel Cafe (11pm)
May 31^st: Foy Vance at the Regent Theater (7pm)
May 31^st: Jack White at the YouTube Theatre (8pm)
May 31^st: Oh Wonder at the Wiltern
June 1^st: Jack White at the YouTube Theatre (8pm)
June 2^nd: Spoon at the Hollywood Palladium
June 3^rd: David Ryan Harris at the Troubadour
June 4^th: Leroy Sanchez at the Echo
June 5^th: The Old 97’s at the Bourbon Room (8pm)
June 6^th: The Kills at the Mayan (8pm)
June 6^th: The Tesky Brothers at the Wiltern
June 7^th: Annie DiRusso at the Echo
June 8^th: Dean Lewis at the Fonda (9pm)
June 8^th: Teenage Wrist at the Echo
June 10^th: Leon at the Wiltern
June 11^th: Marty O’Reily & The Old Soul Orchestra at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
June 14^th: Rufus Wainwright at the Ford (8pm)
June 15^th: Andrew Bird and Iron & Wine at the Greek Theatre (6:45)
June 19^th: Joe Purdy at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
June 20^th: Mary Chapin Carpenter at the Ford (8pm)
June 23^rd: Ani DiFranco at the Ford (8pm)
June 24^th: Brandi Carlile at the Greek Theatre (7pm)
June 25^th: Brandi Carlile at the Greek Theatre (7pm)
June 25^th: Jesse McCartney at the Wiltern
June 26^th: Last Dinosaurs at the Fonda (8:30)
June 28^th: Lo Moon at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (7pm)
June 29^th: Norah Jones at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
June 30^th: Tony Lucca at the Hotel Cafe (8pm)
July 8^th: Fleet Foxes at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
July 8^th: Livingmore, Dream Phases, Coyle Girelli, Kat Myers at the Moroccan Lounge (7:30)
July 22^nd: Mandy Moore at the Fonda (8pm)
July 25^th: The Chicks at the Greek Theatre
July 26^th: The Chicks at the Greek Theatre
July 30^th: Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls at the Wiltern
August 2^nd: Josh Groban at the Greek Theatre (7pm)
August 6^th: BabyJake at the Echo
August 7^th: Punch Brothers and Watchhouse f. Sarah Jarosz at the Ford (7:30)
August 9^th: The Decemberists at the Wiltern
August 10^th: Tones and I at the Wiltern
August 17^th: My Morning Jacket at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (6pm)
August 18^th: Blossoms at the El Rey (9pm)
August 20^th: The Head and the Heart w/ Dawes at the Greek Theatre (7:30)
August 23^rd: Shakey Graves at the Wiltern
August 23^rd: Switchfoot and Collective Soul at the YouTube Theatre
August 23^rd: Melissa Etheridge at the Ford (8pm)
September 2^nd: Goo Goo Dolls w/ Blue October at the Greek Theatre (7pm)
September 10^th: Placebo at the Greek Theatre (7:30)
September 10^th: Boy & Bar at the Troubadour
October 6^th: Enter Shikari at the Regent Theater (7:30)
October 8^th: Bear’s Den at the Troubadour
October 8^th: Jacob Banks at the Wiltern
October 10^th: Rag’N’Bone Man at the Fonda (8:30)
October 11^th: Smith & Thell at the Moroccan Lounge (7pm)
October 14^th: FUR at Zebulon
October 20^th: Novo Amor at the Fonda (9pm)
October 22^nd: AHI at the Moroccan Lounge (7pm)
November 8^th: Barns Courtney at the El Rey (8:30)

~ Kristen