After 5 weeks in the UK, I celebrated my Stateside return this weekend with, of course, a tea party! I was lamenting to my friends about how all the rising bands that I’m excited about are overseas and someone asked when they are all coming to LA. In looking at this week’s calendar, we’ve got several coming this week! Noafnnce, Abby Roberts, Crawlers, Ultra Q (from Oakland), and James Bay are all artists I saw during my travels and here they are in LA!
Here’s what else is on my list:
Monday: Vista Kicks at Resident (7pm)
ALSO: It’s a School Night f. Nawas, Adria Kain, Mamii, Jack Price at Bardot (7pm)
ALSO: MACKandgold residency w/ Jagged Baptist Club FREE at the Echo (7pm)
ALSO: Mary Chapin Carpenter at the Ford (8pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at the Hotel Cafe (8pm)
Tuesday: Noafinnce at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Alisa Amador at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)
ALSO: Acoustic Sessions FREE at Townhouse Sessions (7:30)
ALSO: Halsey w/ Wolf Alice, Abby Roberts at the Hollywood Bowl (7pm)
ALSO: Writer’s Block at the Hotel Cafe (9pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Blackrose LA (7pm)
Weds: Sara Kays at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Crawlers at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Flobots at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Debbie Gibson at El Rey (8:30)
Thursday: James Bay at the Hotel Cafe (7:30)
ALSO: Beachwood Coyotes, Midnight Divide and friends FREE at The Goldfish (6pm)
ALSO: The Deltaz at Harvelles (9:30)
ALSO: Ani DiFranco at the Ford (8pm)
ALSO: Bright Eyes at the Greek Theatre (7:30)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase f. Annika Wells, Sleeping Lion FREE at Blackrose LA (7pm)
Friday: Ultra Q at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Tiny Stills, Fencer and more at Jam in the Van (7:30)
ALSO: Holdfast w/ Sir, Please at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
ALSO: Jane N’ The Jungle at the Viper Room (8pm)
ALSO: Aldous Harding at the Wiltern (7pm)
ALSO: Brandi Carlile at the Greek Theatre (7pm)
Saturday: Chris Stills at the Hotel Cafe (9pm)
ALSO: Destroy Boys at Teragram Ballroom (6pm)
ALSO: Jesse McCartney at the Wiltern (7pm)
ALSO: She & Him at the Ford (7:30)
ALSO: Brandi Carlile at the Greek Theatre (7pm)
Sunday: Last Dinosaurs at the Fonda (8:30)
To Keep in Mind:
July 8th: Fleet Foxes at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
July 8th: Livingmore, Dream Phases, Coyle Girelli, Kat Myers at the Moroccan Lounge (7:30)
July 11th: The Blue Stones at the Troubadour
July 14th: COIN at Hollywood Palladium
July 17th: The Contenders at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
July 18th: The Shins w/ Joseph at the Orpheum (8pm)
July 19th: Lime Cordiale at the Troubadour
July 19th: Mr. Max, Jokers Hand, No/Me at the Venice West (8pm)
July 22nd: Mandy Moore at the Fonda (8pm)
July 22nd: VHS Collection w/ Fly By Midnight at El Rey (8:30)
July 22nd: The Wrecks at the Regent Theater (7pm)
July 23rd: The Wrecks at the Regent Theater (7pm)
July 24th: Stephen Kellogg at the Venice West (8pm)
July 24th: the HawtThorns at McCabe’s (8pm)
July 25th: The Chicks at the Greek Theatre
July 26th: The Chicks at the Greek Theatre
July 27th: Ben Abraham at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
July 27th: James Vincent McMorrow at the Troubadour
July 30th: Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls at the Wiltern
July 30th: Missio at the Echo (8pm)
August 2nd: Josh Groban at the Greek Theatre (7pm)
August 3rd: Sheryl Crow at Hollywood Bowl
August 5th: Sam Fender at the Fonda Theatre (8:30)
August 5th: Third Eye Blind, Taking Back Sunday at YouTube Theater
August 6th: BabyJake at the Echo
August 6th: Calum Scott at the Fonda Theatre (9pm)
August 7th: Punch Brothers and Watchhouse f. Sarah Jarosz at the Ford (7:30)
August 9th: The Decemberists at the Wiltern
August 10th: Tones and I at the Wiltern
August 11th: The Brother Brothers at the Airliner
August 14th: Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats at Hollywood Bowl
August 17th: My Morning Jacket at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (6pm)
August 18th: Blossoms at the El Rey (9pm)
August 18th: Black Pistol Fire at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
August 20th: The Head and the Heart w/ Dawes at the Greek Theatre (7:30)
August 23rd: Shakey Graves at the Wiltern
August 23rd: Switchfoot and Collective Soul at the YouTube Theater
August 23rd: Melissa Etheridge at the Ford (8pm)
August 25th: Pat McGee Band at the Burbon Room (6pm)
August 26th: The Driver Era at the Novo (7pm)
September 1st: Franz Ferdinand at Shrine Expo Hall
September 2nd: Goo Goo Dolls w/ Blue October at the Greek Theatre (7pm)
September 3rd: Tessa Violet w/ daysormay, Will Joseph Cook at El Rey
September 9th: The Pretty Reckless at the Wiltern
September 10th: Placebo at the Greek Theatre (7:30)
September 10th: Boy & Bear at the Troubadour
September 11th: iDKNOW, Joywave at the Wiltern
September 12th: Easy Life at El Rey (8pm)
September 12th: Stella Donnelly at the Fonda Theatre (9pm)
September 12th: James Hersey at the Hotel Cafe (9pm)
September 15th: Kennyhoopla at the Novo (8pm)
September 16th: Judah & the Lion at the Belasco
September 18th: The Score & Dreamers at the Fonda Theatre (8pm)
September 23rd: Red Wanting Blue at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
September 24th: Wil Rivers at El Rey (9pm)
September 28th: Charlotte Sands at the Troubadour
September 30th: The Calling at the Troubadour (8pm)
October 1st: Madison Cunningham w/ Bendigo Fletcher at the Regent Theater (7pm)
October 4th: Muse at the Wiltern
October 4th: Tamino at the Regent Theater (7pm)
October 4th: The Luka State at the Venice West (8pm)
October 5th: Carbon Leaf at the Troubadour
October 6th: Metric at the Wiltern
October 6th: Enter Shikari at the Regent Theater (7:30)
October 7th: Flipturn at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
October 8th: Bear’s Den at the Troubadour
October 8th: Jacob Banks at the Wiltern
October 10th: Rag’N’Bone Man at the Fonda (8:30)
October 11th: Yard Act at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
October 11th: Smith & Thell at the Moroccan Lounge (7pm)
October 11th: Jake Bugg at the Belasco
October 12th: Morcheeba at the Fonda Theatre (9pm)
October 12th: Sigrid at the Novo (8pm)
October 12th: Red Rum Club at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
October 14th: FUR at Zebulon
October 14th: Jukebox the Ghost at the Echoplex
October 18th: Walk the Moon at the Fonda Theatre (9pm)
October 19th: Walk the Moon at the Fonda Theatre (9pm)
October 20th: Novo Amor at the Fonda (9pm)
October 22nd: AHI at the Moroccan Lounge (7pm)
October 22nd: Upsahl at the Roxy (8pm)
October 22nd: Plain White T’s
October 26th: Flor at the Fonda Theatre (8pm)
October 26th: Chloe Moriondo at the Regent Theater (7pm)
October 30th: Spacey Jane w/ Joe P at the Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
November 8th: Barns Courtney at the El Rey (8:30)
November 8th: Matt Maeson at the Wiltern
November 9th: Holly Humberstone at the Fonda Theatre (8pm)
November 9th: Marc Broussard at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
November 10th: Alice Phoebe Lou at the Fonda Theatre (9pm)
November 18th: Everything Everything at Teragram Ballroom (6pm)
November 19th: The Record Company at the El Rey (9pm)
November 19th: The Coronas at the Echo
November 23rd: Let’s Eat Grandma at the Regent Theater (8pm)
~ Kristen