I’m gearing up for a big weekend in Vegas for the When We Were Young Festival. If you were a fan of the emo punk pop genre of 15-20 years ago (as I was), this is the place to be! If you can’t make the trek, many of the bands playing the festival are in LA this week and next including headliners My Chemical Romance and Paramore. If, instead, you’d like to discover a new band in a more intimate setting, don’t sleep on Poutyface, Mane, corook (and more) all appearing this week:
Monday: Charlotte Lawrence at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Beach Weather w/ Windser at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Bonavega residency f. Poutyface, Buzz, Joyfriend FREE at the Echoplex (7:30)
ALSO: Jessie Ware at the Belasco (7pm)
ALSO: My Chemical Romance at the Forum (7:30)
ALSO: It’s a School Night f. Matilda Mann at Bardot (7pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at the Hotel Cafe (8pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)
ALSO: Hunnypot Live FREE at The Mint (7pm)
Tuesday: Walk the Moon at the Fonda Theatre (9pm)
ALSO: KT Tunstall at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
ALSO: Blake Rose at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Andrew Duhon w/ Kris Angelis at the Venice West (8pm)
ALSO: Ashe w/ Gaitlin at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Maude Latour w/ Charlie Hickey at the El Rey (8pm)
ALSO: Jessie Ware at the Belasco (7pm)
ALSO: Writer’s Block at the Hotel Cafe (9pm)
Weds: Wolf Alice at the Wiltern (7pm)
ALSO: Will Hoge w/ Julian James at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Remi Wolf at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
ALSO: Kate Bollinger at the Echo (7pm)
ALSO: Gayle at the El Rey (8:30)
ALSO: Walk the Moon at the Fonda Theatre (9pm)
ALSO: Panic! At the Disco w/ Marina, Jake Wesley Rogers at the Forum (7pm)
ALSO: Conan Gray w/ Baby Queen at The Greek Theatre (8pm)
Thursday: One OK Rock w/ You Me at Six at Hollywood Palladium (6:30)
ALSO: Eric Hutchinson at the Hotel Cafe (8pm)
ALSO: Lisa Loeb at Bourbon Room (8pm)
ALSO: The Blank Tapes, Low Hums, Forest Ray at the Silverlake Lounge (8:30)
ALSO: Victoria Canal at the Echo (7pm)
ALSO: Paramore at the Wiltern (6:30)
ALSO: Novo Amor w/ Annika Bennett at the Fonda (9pm)
ALSO: Conan Gray w/ Baby Queen at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
ALSO: Writer’s Block at the Hotel Cafe second stage (7pm)
Friday: Mane at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)
ALSO: corook, Georgee and Emi Grace at TBA (7pm)
ALSO: Olivver the Kid at the Hotel Cafe (10pm)
ALSO: Small Town Friday Nights f. Ryan Hahn & The Believers, Patrolled By Radar, Wyman & The Wolves FREE at the Silverlake Lounge (7:30)
ALSO: Young Dubliners at the Venice West (8pm)
ALSO: Shovels & Rope at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Forester at the El Rey (8:30)
ALSO: Lissie at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
ALSO: Crooked Colours w/ SWIMM at the Fonda Theatre (9pm)
ALSO: Superorganism at the Regent Theater (7pm)
ALSO: The Mars Volta at Hollywood Palladium (7pm)
ALSO: Death Cab for Cutie at the Greek Theatre (7:30)
Saturday: Upsahl at the Roxy (8pm)
ALSO: AHI at the Moroccan Lounge (7pm)
ALSO: Plain Whte T’s at Bourbon Room (8pm)
ALSO: Robert Jon & The Wreck at the Mint (7:15)
ALSO: Lexi Jayde at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: The Mars Volta at Hollywood Palladium (7pm)
ALSO: We Can Survive f. Alanis Morissette, Garbage, Halsey, OneRepublic, Weezer at the Hollywood Bowl (6pm)
Sunday: Dylan Hartigan at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: The Mars Volta at Hollywood Palladium (7pm)
To Keep in Mind:
October 24th: Boys Like Girls at the Regent Theater (7pm)
October 25th: Muna at the Wiltern
October 25th: Evan + Zane at Bourbon Room (8pm)
October 26th: Muna at the Wiltern
October 26th: Flor at the Fonda Theatre (8pm)
October 26th: Chloe Moriondo at the Regent Theater (7pm)
October 27th: Allen Stone’s Karaoke Extravaganza at the Roxy (8pm)
October 27th: Paramore at the Belasco
October 28th: Dear Boy at the El Rey (8pm)
October 28th: Max at the Wiltern
October 28th: The 1975 at the Forum
October 29th: Alvvays at the Wiltern
October 29th: Langhorne Slim at Teragram Ballroom (6pm)
October 29th: Tyrone Wells w/ Brendan James at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
October 30th: Spacey Jane w/ Joe P at the Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
October 30th: Adam Lambert at Hollywood Palladium
October 30th: The Dangerous Summer at the Roxy (8pm)
November 2nd: Dead Poet Society at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
November 3rd: The Summer Set at the Regent Theater (7pm)
November 4th: Cassyette at the Echo
November 5th: Mother Mother at Hollywood Palladium
November 5th: Alexander 23 at the Wiltern
November 5th: Travis at Theatre at Ace Hotel
November 6th: The Higher + Anarbor at the Roxy (8pm)
November 7th: Maneskin at Hollywood Palladium
November 7th: Butch Walker at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
November 8th: Barns Courtney at the El Rey (8:30)
November 8th: Matt Maeson at the Wiltern
November 8th: Butch Walker at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
November 8th: Kids in America w/ Cami Petyn at Resident (7:30)
November 8th: Alfie Templeman & Thomas Headon at the Troubadour
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 10th: Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers at the Troubadour
November 11th: AWOLNATION at Hollywood Palladium
November 11th: Amy Shark at Lodge Room (9pm)
November 11th: Tyrone Wells w/ Brendan James at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
November 12th: Young the Giant at YouTube Theater (8pm)
November 14th: Frenship at the Moroccan Lounge (7pm)
November 14th: Maisie Peters at the Wiltern
November 15th: Tegan and Sara at the Fonda (8pm)
November 15th: Allison Russell at the Troubadour
November 16th: Courteeners at the Troubadour
November 16th: Emarosa at the Lodge Room (8pm)
November 17th: Echosmith at the El Rey (7pm)
November 17th: The Backseat Lovers at the Wiltern
November 18th: Everything Everything at Teragram Ballroom (6pm)
November 18th Greyson Chance at the Troubadour
November 19th: The Coronas at the Echo
November 19th: The Record Company at the El Rey (9pm)
November 23rd: Let’s Eat Grandma at the Regent Theater (8pm)
November 29th: Royal & The Serpent at the Troubadour
November 30th: Little Dume at the Venice West (8pm)
December 1st: The White Buffalo at the Regent Theater (7pm)
December 1st: Phantom Planet at the Venice West
December 2nd: July Talk at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
December 6th: Mothe at the Echo
December 7th: Glen Phillips w/ Garrison Starr at Venice West (8pm)
February 11th: Larkin Poe at the Fonda (9pm)
February 17th: The Lone Bellow at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
March 2nd: Samia at the Fonda Theatre (8pm)
March 10th: Adam Melchor at the Fonda (9pm)
March 11th: Vance Joy at the YouTube Theater (8pm)
March 11th: JP Cooper at the Roxy (8pm)
April 1st: Michigander at the Echo (8pm)
April 1st: Betty Who at the Novo (8pm)
April 15th: Darren Hayes at the Wiltern
May 11th: Placebo at the Greek Theatre (7:30)
~ Kristen