There is nothing to say this week that is more important than this: Nico Vega is playing a show. I repeat, Nico Vega is playing a show! This Friday opening for old friends Saint Motel at the Bellwether. This is not a drill. Get your tickets and I will see you there for the return of one of the best rock bands to ever grace the LA stage.

And if you need more:

Monday: The Criticals w/ HardCastle and Evan Stanley at the Echo (7pm)
ALSO: Bethany Cosentino at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)

Tuesday: Phantom Planet at the Venice West (8pm)
ALSO: J. Graves, Asa Ey at the Hotel Cafe second stage (9, 10)
ALSO: Miya Folick at the El Rey (8pm)
ALSO: Writer’s Block at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)

Weds: The Wombats w/ Red Rum Club at the Bellwether (8pm)
ALSO: Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse at the Roxy (8pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)

Thursday: Joe Purdy at the Venice West (8pm)
ALSO: Dream Wife at Zebulon (8pm)
ALSO: Jesse & Friends at the Hotel Cafe (8pm)
ALSO: Ron Gallo at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
ALSO: Caroline Kingsbury w/ Zach Day at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
ALSO: The Brook & The Bluff w/ Bendigo Fletcher at the Fonda (8:30)
ALSO: Neil Young w/ Crazy Horse at the Roxy (8pm)
ALSO: AJ Croce at the Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: Writer’s Block at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Bar Lubitsch (7pm)

Friday: Saint Motel w/ Nico Vega and Echosmith at the Bellwether (8pm)
ALSO: Marielle Kraft w/ Emma Klein, COBI at the Hotel Cafe second stage (7, 9:30)
ALSO: Ed Sheeran w/ Ben Kweller at Shrine Auditorium (8:15)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)
ALSO: Beachlife Ranch Festival f. The Wandering Hearts, Jay Nash, Shakey Graves, The Avett Brothers at Redondo Beach (12pm)

Saturday: Liv Grace Blue at the Silverlake Lounge (7:30)
ALSO: Wallows at the Roxy (9pm)
ALSO: Shawn James at the Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: Ed Sheeran at SoFi Stadium (6pm)
ALSO: Beachlife Ranch Festival f. Larkin Poe, Joe Purdy at Redondo Beach (11am)

Sunday: Emily Kinney at Lodge Room (8pm)
ALSO: Jess Williamson at the Venice West (8pm)
ALSO: Joey McIntyre at the Lodge Room (7pm)
ALSO: Abbot Kinney Festival at Abbot Kinney Boulevard (10am)
ALSO: Beachlife Ranch Festival at Redondo Beach (11am)

To Keep in Mind:  
September 25^th: Cian Ducrot at the El Rey (8pm)
September 25^th: Tori Kelly at the Troubadour
September 26^th: Will Hoge, William Elliott Whitmore at the Knitting Factory (8pm)
September 26^th: Beans on Toast at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
September 27^th: Matt Maeson at the Regent Theater (7pm)
September 27^th: Emarosa w/ The Dangerous Summer at the Troubbadour
September 27^th: The Band Camino w/ Bad Suns and Charlotte Sands at Shrine Expo Hall
September 28^th: Beth Orton at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (7pm)
September 28^th: Beth Orton at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (7pm)
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: Lauren Mayberry at the Troubadour
September 29^th: Wolfmother at Belasco
September 30^th: Arctic Monkeys at the Forum
September 30^th: Lauren Mayberry at the Troubadour
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: The Darkness at the Wiltern
October 6^th: Dylan at the Troubadour
October 6^th: Katelyn Tarver w/ Rosie Darling at the Echo
October 6^th: Me Nd Adam at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
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 Angeles Folk Festival at the Ford (6pm)
October 8^th: Lenka at Resident (8pm)
October 8^th: Asking Alexandria & The Hu at the Wiltern
October 9^th: Everclear w/ The Ataris at the Wiltern
October 9^th: Dead Poet Society at the Troubadour
October 9^th: Hamzaa at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
October 10^th: Tommy Lefroy at the Troubadour
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 13^th: Priscilla Ahn at the Hotel Cafe
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 16^th: Jack Botts at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
October 16^th: James Supercave at the Troubadour
October 17^th: Michelle Branch at the Fonda Theater (8:30)
October 17^th: BabyJake at the Roxy (8pm)
October 18^th: Abraham Alexander at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
October 18^th: Say Anything at the Regent Theater (7pm)
October 18^th: The Breeders at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (7pm)
October 19^th: Say Anything at the Regent Theater (7pm)
October 19^th: Dean Lewis at the Novo (8pm)
October 19^th: Irontom at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
October 20^th: Say Anything at the Regent Theater (7pm)
October 20^th: Wrabel at the Sun Rose
October 21^st: Wrabel at the Sun Rose
October 21^st: Crawlers at the Echo
October 22^nd: Matt Corby at the Fonda (8pm)
October 22^nd: Arkells w/ Robert DeLong at the Regent Theater (7pm)
October 23^rd: Tom Odell at the Wiltern
October 23^rd: Meiko at the Hotel Cafe
October 23^rd: Will Linley at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
October 24^th: Half Moon Run at the El Rey (8pm)
October 24^th: Birdy at the Belasco
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: Sam Nelson at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
October 26^th: Lauren Sanderson at the Echoplex
October 26^th: Aoife O’Donovan at the Troubadour
October 26^th: The Wrecks at Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
October 26^th: joe p at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
October 27^th: Devon Gilfillian at the Troubadour
October 27^th: G Flip at the El Rey
October 28^th: The Aces at the Wiltern
October 28^th: The Wrecks at the Echo
October 31^st: Dead Sara at the Echo
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: The Wrecks at the Troubadour
November 2^nd: Phillip Phillips at the El Rey (9pm)
November 2^nd: Billy Raffoul at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
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 5^th: Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness at the Wiltern
November 7^th: Charlotte Cardin at the El Rey (8pm)
November 9^th: Royal Blood at the Wiltern
November 9^th: Marc Broussard at Lodge Room (7:30)
November 10^th: Liz Phair at the Wiltern
November 10^th: Sydney Sprague w/ Wheelwright at El Cid (6pm)
November 10^th: Frenship at the Troubadour
November 11^th: The Maine at the Bellweather (7:30)
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 14^th: Olivia Dean at the Echoplex
November 14^th: Nathaniel Rateliff at the Orpheum Theatre (8pm)
November 15^th: Barns Courtney at the Roxy (8pm)
November 15^th: Ben Howard at the Orpheum (8pm)
November 16^th: Joan Osborne at the Venice West (8pm)
November 16^th: Olivia Dean at the Roxy (9pm)
November 16^th: Grace Weber at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
November 16^th: Watchhouse at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (8pm)
November 17^th: Modernlove. at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
November 17^th: ZZ Ward at the Roxy (8pm)
November 18^th: Royal & The Serpent at the Roxy (8pm)
November 19^th: Cam Cole at the Echo
November 20^th: The Japanese House at the Fonda (8:30)
November 23^rd: Sun Room at the Fonda (8pm)
November 24^th: LP at YouTube Theater (8pm)
November 24^th: We Are Scientists at the Roxy (7:30)
November 29^th: Baby Queen at the Echo
December 1^st: The Strike w/ Dylan Dunlap at the Troubadour
December 2^nd: Beauty School Dropout at Teragram Ballroom (6pm)
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 10^th: The Struts at the Wiltern
December 16^th: Highly Suspect at the Troubadour
December 17^th: Highly Suspect at the Troubadour
February 6^th: JP Saxe at the Wiltern

~ Kristen