With my 2022 music mix in mind, I started going through the list of shows I’ve been to this year and while it’s a near record breaking number (225 and counting), there hasn’t been as many songs or new artists that have really stuck with me, especially outside of my musically inspiring 5 weeks in England and repeated listening of The Wrecks’ Sonder.  That said, we still have over a month left of 2022 beginning with a solid week of shows (Royal & The Serpent! Little Dume! Landon Pigg!) and there is room to squeeze into my year’s top tracks.

Monday: Monday Monday at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)
ALSO: Rachel Gonzalez, Julia Gartha & Beane at the Hotel Cafe (8pm)
ALSO: Haley Reinhart at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Night Talks residency FREE at the Echo (8pm)
ALSO: It’s a School Night f. Anna Clendening, James Barre at Bardot (7pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)
ALSO: The 1975 at the Forum (7pm)

Tuesday: Royal & The Serpent at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Intros LA: Hosted by Jesse Thomas at the Hotel Cafe second stage (7pm)
ALSO: Secret Flowers w/ Nightjacket FREE at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
ALSO: emlyn w/ Morgan St. James at the Echo (7pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)
ALSO: Writer’s Block LA at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)

Weds: Little Dume, Swimm, Easae at the Venice West (8pm)
ALSO: India Carney w/ Beck Pete at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Flyte w/ Allie Crow Buckley, Fake Laugh at the Airliner (8pm)
ALSO: GospelbeacH, Dream Phases, Daytime Moon at the Goldfish (8pm)
ALSO: Christian Leave at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)

Thursday: Phantom Planet at the Venice West (8pm)
ALSO: The White Buffalo at the Regent Theater (7pm)
ALSO: Fencer at Harvard & Stone (7:30)
ALSO: The Happy Fits w/ Daisy the Great & Phoneboy at the Fonda Theatre (8pm)
ALSO: Miniature Tigers at Lode Room (9pm)
ALSO: Writer’s Block LA at the Hotel Cafe second stage (7pm)

Friday: Jesse Daniel Edwards + Landon Pigg at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: July Talk w/ Darkbird at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
ALSO: Mark Diamond, Scott Goldbaum at the Hotel Cafe second stage (9, 10)
ALSO: Lucius w/ Sarah Kinsley at the Belasco (7pm)
ALSO: Lee Fields & The Expressions at the Fonda Theatre (9pm)
ALSO: Jake Shimabukuro at the Saban Theatre (6pm)

Saturday: Secret Shame/Kristeen Young at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)

Sunday: Fastball at the Venice West (8pm)
ALSO: Jordy at the Troubadour (7pm)

To Keep in Mind:  
December 5^th: Wild Child at the Echo (7pm)
December 6^th: Mothe at the Echo
December 7^th: Glen Phillips w/ Garrison Starr at Venice West (8pm)
December 7^th: Friday Pilots Club at the Echo
December 9^th: Hembree and Little Hurt at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
December 11^th: Fidlar at the Troubadour
December 11^th: Joey McIntyre at the Bourbon Room (7pm)
December 12^th: Evan + Zane at the Troubadour
December 13^th: Lauren Sanderson at the Troubadour
December 17^th: Senses Fail at the Troubadour
December 18^th: Joey McIntyre at the Bourbon Room (7pm)
December 21^st: The Smile at Shrine Auditorium
December 22^nd: The Smile at Shrine Auditorium
December 31^st: Capital Cities at the Venice West (8pm)
January 5^th: Magic! at the Venice West (8pm)
January 17^th: Ben Lee at the Moroccan Lounge (7pm)
January 25^th: Jessie Baylin at Lodge Room (7pm)
January 26^th: Ultra Q at Genghis Cohen
January 27^th: Sea Wolf at Venice West (8pm)
January 31^st: Quinn Christopherson at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
February 11^th: Larkin Poe at the Fonda (9pm)
February 17^th: The Lone Bellow at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
February 17^th: Killola at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
February 17^th: Vista Kicks at the Fonda (9pm)
February 17^th: Bayside at the Belasco
February 21^st: Charlie Cunningham at Gold-Diggers
March 2^nd: Samia at the Fonda Theatre (8pm)
March 4^th: The Spill Canvas w/ Arms Akimbo at the Echoplex
March 9^th: Kimbra at the Fonda (8pm)
March 10^th: Adam Melchor at the Fonda (9pm)
March 10^th: Jake Wesley Rogers at the Belasco
March 10^th: Ibeyi at the Regent Theater (7:30)
March 10^th: Claire Rosinkranz at the El Rey (8pm)
March 11^th: Claire Rosinkranz at the El Rey (8pm)
March 11^th: Vance Joy at the YouTube Theater (8pm)
March 11^th: JP Cooper at the Roxy (8pm)
March 15^th: Chappell Roan at the Fonda Theatre (8pm)
March 17^th: Trousdale at the Echoplex
March 18^th: Old 97’s at Teragram Ballroom (6pm)
March 19^th: Badflower at the Fonda Theatre (7:30)
March 21^st: Circa Waves at the Troubadour
March 24^th: Paolo Nutini at the Belasco
March 26^th: Theory of a Deadman at the Wiltern
March 30^th: Vanessa Carlton at the Roxy Theatre (8:30)
March 31^st: Colony House at the Belasco
April 1^st: Michigander at the Echo (8pm)
April 1^st: Betty Who at the Novo (8pm)
April 2^nd: Mod Sun w/ Stand Atlantic at the Fonda Theatre (7:30)
April 5^th: Inhaler at the Wiltern
April 7^th: Joe Pug at the Venice West (8pm)
April 7^th: Wldlfe at the Moroccan Lounge
April 15^th: Darren Hayes at the Wiltern
April 21^st: Easy Life at the El Rey (8pm)
April 29^th: The Academic at the Troubadour
May 3^rd: Lewis Capaldi at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
May 5^th Caroline Rose at the Fonda (9pm)
May 5^th: Dawes at Theatre at Ace Hotel (8pm)
May 11^th: Placebo at the Greek Theatre (7:30)
May 16^th: First Aid Kit at the Hollywood Palladium
May 22^nd: Matchbox Twenty w/ the Wallflowers at the Hollywood Bowl (7:30)
May 28^th: Shania Twain at the Hollywood Bowl (7pm)
April 1^st: Betty Who at the Novo (8pm)
April 1^st: Michigander at the Echo
April 15^th: Darren Hayes at the Wiltern
September 8^th: Aly & AJ at the Greek Theatre (8pm)

~ Kristen