Next week is gearing up to be one of those weeks where I am ever so grateful to be living in Los Angeles. We’ve got intimate gigs from Sam Nelson (X Ambassadors), The Hives, Dorothy, and The Milk Carton Kids! I’m also eager to welcome back Nashville favorite, Evan Bartels who plays the School Night showcase Monday night and Dermot Kennedy who will surely melt the hearts of everyone at the YouTube Theater on Friday.

Is that not enough? Here’s my complete list of recommendations:

Monday: It’s a School Night f. Evan Bartels, Starry Eyes at Bardot (7pm)
ALSO: YDE w/ John-Robert at El Cid (8pm)
ALSO: Dirty Mondays f. Zen Thomas at Madame Siam (10pm)
ALSO: Joesef at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Crowded House at the Wiltern (7pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday f. James Spaite, Beck Pete, Victoria Canal at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)
ALSO: Hunnypot Live FREE at the Mint (7pm)

Tuesday: Sam Nelson (X Ambassadors) w/ Kathleen at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: The Hives at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Joesef at Amoeba (5pm)
ALSO: Joel Eckels at the Hotel Cafe second stage (9pm)
ALSO: Lauren Daigle at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
ALSO: David Ryan Harris at the Venice West (8pm)
ALSO: Molly Moore at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Crowded House at the Wiltern (7pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)
ALSO: Writer’s Block at the Hotel Cafe (9pm)

Weds: Dorothy (acoustic) FREE at The Viper Room (12:30pm)
ALSO: Begonia at the Hotel Cafe (9pm)
ALSO: Pesci in Pink residency FREE at the Silverlake Lounge (7:30)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)

Thursday: The Milk Carton Kids at Genghis Cohen (7pm)
ALSO: Talker at the Silverlake Lounge (7:30)
ALSO: Bizzy w/ Jules Paymer at the Hotel Cafe second stage (6:45)
ALSO: Greg in Good Company FREE at Lucky Strike Hollywood (7pm)
ALSO: Macy Gray at Herb Albert’s Vibrato Grill & Jazz (6pm)
ALSO: Lizzy McAlpine at the Wiltern (7pm)
ALSO: Fruit Bats at the Theatre at Ace Hotel (8pm)
ALSO: Placebo at the Greek Theatre (7:30)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Bar Lubitsch (7pm)

Friday: Dermot Kennedy at YouTube Theater (7:30)
ALSO: Belle Shea at the Hotel Cafe second stage (7pm)
ALSO: Ryan Montbleau at the Venice West (8pm)
ALSO: Lizzy McAlpine at the Wiltern (7pm)

Saturday: Lily Papas at the Hotel Cafe second stage (7pm)
ALSO: Raynes at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
ALSO: Jackie Greene at the Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO Ruston Kelly at the Fonda (9pm)
ALSO: Just Like Heaven f. MGMT, The Bravey, The Sounds, The Walkmen, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and more at The Rose Bowl (noon)

Sunday: Hippo Campus at the Greek Theatre (8pm)

To Keep in Mind:  
May 15^th: Yoshiki at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
May 16^th: First Aid Kit at the Hollywood Palladium
May 16^th: Wilder Woods w/ Ida Mae at the Roxy (7:30)
May 16^th: Alix Page at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
May 16^th: The Heavy at the Troubadour
May 17^th: Nation of Language at the Fonda (9pm)
May 17^th: The Heavy at the Troubadour
May 17^th: Dylan at the Morocan Lounge
May 17^th: Arkells at the Echoplex
May 17^th: Sister Hazel at the El Rey (8pm)
May 17^th: Dylan Dunlap at the Resident (8pm)
May 18^th: Haley Reinhart at Saint Rocke (8pm)
May 18^th: Valley at the Regent Theater (7pm)
May 19^th: Valley at the Regent Theater (7pm)
May 19^th: Overcoats at Largo (8:30)
May 19^th: half alive at the Wiltern
May 20^th: Alex Lahey at Zebulon
May 21^st: Billy Bob Thorton & The Boxmasters at the Troubadour
May 22^nd: Matchbox Twenty w/ the Wallflowers at the Hollywood Bowl (7:30)
May 23^rd: Meg Myers at the Regent Theater (6:30)
May 24^th: Hayley Warner at Resident (7:30)
May 24^th: The Stone Foxes at Saint Rocke (8pm)
May 25^th: Pretty Sick at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
May 25^th: The Last Internationale at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
May 26^th: Transviolet at the Echo
May 26^th: Matt Costa, Sea Wolf at the Venice West (8pm)
May 27^th: Sea Wolf, Matt Costa at the Venice West (8pm)
May 28^th: Shania Twain at the Hollywood Bowl (7pm)
May 31^st: Hozier at the Troubadour
June 1^st: Matilda Mann at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
June 2^nd: Finneas at the Belasco
June 7^th: Olivia Jean w/ Velvet Starlings at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
June 7^th: Lovelytheband at the Novo (7:30)
June 7^th: Vincent Lima at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
June 8^th: Annie DiRusso at the Troubadour
June 8^th: Cuffed Up, Ben Grey at the Knitting Factory (8pm)
June 9^th: The Blue Stones at the Troubadour
June 10^th: KT Tunstall at the Trouabdour
June 11^th: Corook at the Echo
June 11^th: Charlotte Martin at the Knitting Factory (6pm)
June 13^th: Amy Shark at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
June 13^th: The Amazons at the Echo
June 13^th: Waterparks w/ Hunny at the Fonda (8pm)
June 14^th: Waterparks at the Fonda (8pm)
June 15^th: Benjamin Jaffe at Genghis Cohen
June 18^th: Dreamers & Robert DeLong at the Troubadour
June 20^th: Ava Max w/ The Scarlet Opera at the Fonda (8:30)
June 21^st: Thrice at the Wiltern
June 22^nd: Thrice at the Wiltern
June 22^nd: The Dirty Nil at the Troubadour
June 22^nd: Neko Case at the Fonda (8:30)
June 23^rd: Parker Milsap at the Troubadour
June 27^th: Grandson & K. Flay at the Wiltern
July 9^th: The Rocket Summer, The Juliana Theory at the Knitting Factory (8pm)
July 18^th: Better Than Ezra at the El Rey (8pm)
July 19^th: Paramore at the Forum
July 20^th: Paramore at the Forum
July 20^th: Donna Missal at the Roxy (9pm)
July 21^st: Zella Day at the Troubadour
July 23^rd: Darren Criss at the Ford (7:30)
August 1^st: Local Natives at the Ford (8pm)
August 2^nd: Blondshell at the Roxy (8pm)
August 4^th: Lime Cordiale at the Fonda (9pm)
August 7^th: Beck & Phoenix at the Forum
August 8^th: JVKE at the Wiltern
August 16^th: Ben Folds at the Wiltern
August 11^th: Wild Child at the Regent Theater (7pm)
August 16^th: Airborne Toxic Event at the El Rey (8:30)
August 17^th: Airborne Toxic Event at the El Rey (8:30)
August 18^th: SYML at the Belasco
August 27^th: The Swell Season at LA Orpheum (7:30)
August 29^th: The Swell Season at Hollywood Forever (6pm)
August 31^st: Sam Smith at the Forum
September 1^st: Sam Smith at the Forum
September 1^st: Hatchie at the Troubadour
September 8^th: Aly & AJ at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
September 22^nd: Ed Sheeran at Shrine Auditorium
September 25^th: Cian Ducrot at the El Rey (8pm)
September 26^th: Will Hoge, William Elliott Whitmore at the Knitting Factory (8pm)
September 29^th: The Tallest Man on Earth at Ace Hotel (8pm)
September 29^th: Arctic Monkeys at the Forum
September 30^th: Arctic Monkeys at the Forum
October 1^st: Arctic Monkeys at the Forum
October 2rd: Fontaines D.C. at the Wiltern
October 7^th: Nothing But Thieves at the Wiltern
October 7^th: Joshua Radin at the Troubadour
October 7^th: Los Angeles Folk Festival at the Ford (6pm)
October 8^th: Los Aneles Folk Festival at the Ford (6pm)
October 10^th: Noah Reid at the Belasco
October 10^th: Bishop Briggs & MisterWives at the Wiltern
October 10^th: Nickel Creek at Ace Hotel (8pm)
October 11^th: Nickel Creek at Ace Hotel (8pm)
October 14^th: You Me at Six at the Regent Theater (7pm)
October 15^th: Joe Pug at the Venice West (8pm)
October 19^th: Dean Lewis at the Novo (8pm)
October 22^nd: Matt Corby at the Fonda (8pm)
October 23^rd: Tom Odell at the Wiltern
October 24^th: Half Moon Run at the El Rey (8pm)
October 25^th: The Teskey Brothers at the Wiltern
October 28^th: The Aces at the Wiltern
November 3^rd: Declan McKenna at the Novo (8pm)
November 3^rd: Kings of Convenience at the Fonda (9:30)
November 11^th: Charlie Cunningham at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (7pm)
November 12^th: Switchfoot at the Wiltern
November 16^th: Joan Osborne at the Venice West (8pm)
December 4^th: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band at the Forum
December 6^th: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band at the Forum
December 9^th: Skid Row & Buckcherry at the Fonda (8pm)
December 16^th: Highly Suspect at the Troubadour
December 17^th: Highly Suspect at the Troubadour

~ Kristen