I just got back from San Diego Comic Con. With many major studios pulling out and almost no actors to interview, it was a very different Con experience from my norm, but I’m happy to report that the passion and excitement that motivates most Con goers was still very present and it gave me the sense that the event will be thriving for many years to come.

Diving back into the music with quite a few showcases and residencies next week highlighted by the final opportunity to attend the party that is the Joshua & the Holy Rollers residency at Silverlake Lounge Wednesday night.

As for the rest of my picks:

Monday: Gavin Creel at the Hotel Cafe, two shows (7pm, 9:30)
ALSO: Spare Parts for Broken Hearts at Genghis Cohen (7pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)

Tuesday: Jamie Floyd f. Wrabel at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Show Up! f. Al Menne & Sam Buck FREE at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
ALSO: Writer’s Block at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase f. Night Talks FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)

Weds: Scott Helman at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)
ALSO: Joshua & The Holy Rollers residency FREE at the Silverlake Lounge (7:30)
ALSO: Bells Larsen FREE at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
ALSO: waveform* at the Lodge Room (7pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)

Thursday: talker residency FREE at The Love Song (8pm)
ALSO: Alex Beck, Natalie Claro, Them Fantasies at Townhouse Venice (8pm)
ALSO: Nessa Barrett at the Belasco Theater (7pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Bar Lubitsch (7pm)

Friday: Grace Mitchell FREE at Monty Bar (9pm)
ALSO: Adam Hambrick w/ Holiday State & Sonja Midtune at the Hotel Cafe second stage (7pm)
ALSO: Tori Kelly at the Roxy (9pm)
ALSO: Isaac Watters / Clara-Nova at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
ALSO: Dollyrots w/ Broken Baby at the Knitting Factory (8pm)
ALSO: Lizzy & the Triggermen FREE at Brand Library & Arts Center (7pm)

Saturday: Brit Taylor w/ Leslie Stevens at Genghis Cohen (8pm)
ALSO: Bryan Adams w/ Joan Jett and the Blackhearts at the Forum (7:30)

Sunday: Yellowcard w/ Mayday Parade, Anberlin at YouTube Theater (7pm)
ALSO: The Midnight at the Bellweather (8pm)

To Keep in Mind:  
August 1^st: Lany at the Bellweather (8pm)
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 4^th: Suzanne Santo at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
August 4^th: The Strike w/ Dylan Dunlap at the Troubadour
August 5^th: Chloe Lilac w/ John-Robert and London Mars at the Roxy (8pm)
August 7^th: Beck & Phoenix at the Forum
August 8^th: JVKE at the Wiltern
August 16^th: Ben Folds at the Wiltern
August 10^th: Regina Spektor w/ Aimee Mann at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
August 11^th: Wild Child at the Regent Theater (7pm)
August 11^th: Noah Kahan at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
August 11^th: Holly Humberstone at the Fonda (8pm)
August 14^th: Tegan and Sara at the Bellweather (8pm)
August 15^th: Brett Dennen at the Venice West (8pm)
August 16^th: Brett Dennen at the Venice West (8pm)
August 16^th: Ben Folds at the Wiltern
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 20^th: My Morning Jacket/Fleet Foxes at Hollywood Bowl
August 22^nd: Chris Thile and Appalachian Spring at Hollywood Bowl
August 24^th: Kina Grannis at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
August 24^th: Flipturn at the Bellweather (8pm)
August 25^th: Mt. Joy at the Greek Theatre (7:30)
August 25^th: Bastille at the Wiltern
August 27^th: The Swell Season at LA Orpheum (7:30)
August 29^th: The Swell Season at Hollywood Forever (6pm)
August 29^th: Bay Ledges at the Roxy (8pm)
August 31^st: Sam Smith at the Forum
August 31^st: Garrison Starr at the Hotel Cafe (8pm)
August 31^st: The Head and the Heart at the Bellweather (8pm)
September 1^st: Sam Smith at the Forum
September 1^st: Hatchie at the Troubadour
September 6^th: Counting Crows at YouTube Theater (7:30)
September 7^th: Vintage Trouble at the Troubadour
September 8^th: Aly & AJ at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
September 8^th: Betcha at the Peppermint Club
September 10^th: The Revivalists and Band of Horses at the Greek Theatre (7pm)
September 14^th: Gracie Abrams & Aaron Dessner at the Masonic Lodge (7pm)
September 15^th: Yoke Lore w/ girlhouse at the Fonda (9pm)
September 17^th: The Unlikely Candidates at the Troubadour
September 19^th: Phantom Planet at the Venice West (8pm)
September 21^st: The Brook & The Bluff w/ Bendigo Fletcher at the Fonda (8:30)
September 22^nd: Ed Sheeran at Shrine Auditorium
September 22^nd: Saint Motel at the Bellweather (8pm)
September 25^th: Cian Ducrot at the El Rey (8pm)
September 26^th: Will Hoge, William Elliott Whitmore at the Knitting Factory (8pm)
September 26^th: Amy Shark at the El Rey (8pm)
September 27^th: Matt Maeson at the Regent Theater (7pm)
September 27^th: The Band Camino w/ Bad Suns and Charlotte Sands at Shrine Expo Hall
September 29^th: The Tallest Man on Earth at Ace Hotel (8pm)
September 29^th: Wunderhorse at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
September 29^th: Mike Viola Record Release Show at Pico Union Project
September 29^th: Arctic Monkeys at the Forum
September 29^th: Wolfmother at Belasco
September 30^th: Arctic Monkeys at the Forum
September 30^th: Maisie Peters at Hollywood Palladium
September 30^th: Rainbow Kitten Surprise w/ Flipturn at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
October 1^st: Arctic Monkeys at the Forum
October 1^st: Boys Like Girls at the Palladium
October 1^st: Patrick Droney at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
October 2^nd: The Glorious Sons at the Troubadour
October 2rd: Fontaines D.C. at the Wiltern
October 2^nd: The Walkmen at the Fonda (9pm)
October 3^rd: The Walkmen at the Fonda (9pm)
October 3^rd: Brent Cobb at the Troubadour
October 3^rd: The All-American Rejects, New Found Glory at YouTube Theater (7pm)
October 4^th: Weyes Blood w/ Perfume Genius at the Greek Theatre (7:30)
October 4^th: The Walkmen at the Fonda (9pm)
October 4^th: Carbon Leaf at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
October 5^th: Corey Taylor the Wiltern
October 6^th: Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band at the Belasco
October 6^th: Youth Lagoon at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
October 6^th: Katelyn Tarver w/ Rosie Darling at the Echo
October 7^th: Nothing But Thieves at the Wiltern
October 7^th: Joshua Radin at the Troubadour
October 7^th: Corook at the Roxy (7:30)
October 7^th: Coheed and Cambria at Hollywood Palladium
October 7^th: Los Angeles Folk Festival at the Ford (6pm)
October 8^th: Los Aneles Folk Festival at the Ford (6pm)
October 8^th: Asking Alexandria & The Hu at the Wiltern
October 9^th: Everclear w/ The Ataris at the Wiltern
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 11^th: Neon Trees at the Belasco
October 13^th: Nightly at the Fonda (8pm)
October 14^th: You Me at Six at the Regent Theater (7pm)
October 14^th: Mae at the Roxy (8pm)
October 14^th: Ray LaMontagne at the Orpheum
October 15^th: Joe Pug at the Venice West (8pm)
October 15^th: Jukebox the Ghost at the Regent Theater  
October 17^th: Michelle Branch at the Fonda Theater (8:30)
October 17^th: BabyJake at the Roxy (8pm)
October 18^th: Say Anything at the Regent Theater (7pm)
October 19^th: Say Anything at the Regent Theater (7pm)
October 19^th: Dean Lewis at the Novo (8pm)
October 20^th: Say Anything at the Regent Theater (7pm)
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 24^th: Kennyhoopla at the Fonda (9pm)
October 25^th: The Teskey Brothers at the Wiltern
October 25^th: Gayle at the El Rey (8:30)
October 25^th: Bobby Bazini at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
October 26^th: Garrison Starr at the Hotel Cafe (8pm)
October 26^th: Arizona at the Wiltern
October 26^th: Lauren Sanderson at the Echoplex
October 26^th: Aoife O’Donovan at the Troubadour
October 27^th: Devon Gilfillian at the Troubadour
October 28^th: The Aces at the Wiltern
November 1^st: Yam Haus at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
November 2^nd: Madison Cunningham at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
November 2^nd: Demob Happy at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
November 2^nd: Phillip Phillips at the El Rey (9pm)
November 3^rd: Declan McKenna at the Novo (8pm)
November 3^rd: Kings of Convenience at the Fonda (9:30)
November 4^th: Ben Kweller at Teragram Ballroom (6pm)
November 7^th: Charlotte Cardin at the El Rey (8pm)
November 9^th: Royal Blood at the Wiltern
November 10^th: Liz Phair at the Wiltern
November 10^th: Frenship at the Troubadour
November 11^th: Charlie Cunningham at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (7pm)
November 12^th: Switchfoot at the Wiltern
November 14^th: Chappell Roan at the Wiltern
November 14^th: The Hives at the Belasco
November 15^th: Ben Howard at the Orpheum
November 16^th: Joan Osborne at the Venice West (8pm)
November 17^th: Modernlove. at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
November 17^th: ZZ Ward at the Roxy (8pm)
November 20^th: The Japanese House at the Fonda (8:30)
November 24^th: LP at YouTube Theater (8pm)
November 23^rd: Sun Room at the Fonda (8pm)
December 4^th: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band at the Forum
December 4^th: Damien Rice at the Orpheum (8pm)
December 5^th: Damien Rice at the Orpheum (8pm)
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