My favorite way to discover new music, SXSW, is getting close enough to elicit waves of excitement and anticipation. It’s also getting close enough to cause distress when my computer decides to crash and lose the last week or so of prep work.  Anyone else having that kind of week?

Speaking of my favorite event of the year, we’ve got a few artists in town this week who will also be at SXSW (Jon Muq, Victoria Canal) or who I’ve discovered from SXSWs past (MAX, Talk, Casey Neil, The Brother Brothers)

Also playing:

Monday: MAX at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)

Tuesday: Dylan LeBlanc at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Jon Muq at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Lucas Flood Presents: Not Another Showcase at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)

Weds: Rosa Linn w/ Maris at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: James October Presents: Songs with Friends at the Hotel Cafe second stage (9pm)
ALSO: The Social w/ This Modern & SocialGhosts at Harvard & Stone (7pm)
ALSO: Grady Spencer & The Work at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)

Thursday: Talk at the El Rey (8pm)
ALSO: Victoria Canal at the Hotel Cafe second stage (7pm)
ALSO: Cannons at Aviator Nation Dreamland (8pm)
ALSO: Girli w/ Tillie at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Casey Neill at Cabin Creek Crystals (7pm)
ALSO: Vera Sola at Gold-Diggers (8pm)
ALSO: Marky Ramones w/ Kate Clover at the Echoplex (7pm)
ALSO: Samantha Pauly at the Bourbon Room (7pm)
ALSO: Sophie Cates at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
ALSO: Lila Forde & Princess Liv w/ Fake Dad at the Resident (8pm)
ALSO: Arlo Parks FREE at Amoeba (5pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Bar Lubitsch (7pm)

Friday: Vale w/ Annika Rose, Gabe James, Hunter Daily at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
ALSO: Robert Francis at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)
ALSO: An Evening with Mike Garson & Violet Grohl at the Sun Rose (7pm)
ALSO: Feist at the Belasco (7pm)

Saturday: Weathers at the Fonda (8pm)
ALSO: Up Next New Wave: Jake Cornell, Noah Henderson and Lindsy Lomis at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: The Brother Brothers and Friends at Pico Union Project (7pm)
ALSO: Brennan Boesch w/ Ames at the Hotel Cafe second stage (7pm)
ALSO: Briscoe at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Feist at the Belasco (7pm)

Sunday: Cannons at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Kimmi Bitter, Victoria Bailey, Regina Ferguson and more at Zebulon (6pm)

To Keep in Mind:     
February 27^th: Selfish Sons at the Echo
February 28^th: Sarah Jarosz at the Troubadour
February 28^th: Benedict Cork at the Hotel Cafe
February 28^th: Freya Ridings at the Hotel Cafe
February 28^th: Juliette and the Licks at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
February 29^th: The Wood Brothers at the Fonda (8:30)
February 29^th: Juliette Lewis and the Licks at Saint Rocke (8pm)
March 1^st: Kevin Devine at the Echo
March 1^st: Loving at the Regent (7pm)
March 2^nd: Trousdale at the El Rey (9pm)
March 2^nd: Griffin House at McCabe’s (8pm)
March 2^nd: Palaye Royale Unplugged at the Regent (7pm)
March 3^rd: Josiah and the Bonnevilles at the Troubadour
March 4^th: Josiah and the Bonnevilles at the Troubadour
March 5^th: The Paper Kites at the Fonda (9pm)
March 5^th: Hoko at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
March 6^th: Charles Esten at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
March 6^th: Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real at the Bellwether (8pm)
March 6^th: K.Flay at Lodge Room (8pm)
March 7^th: K.Flay at Lodge Room (8pm)
March 7^th: Conor Oberst and Friends at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
March 8^th: Grouplove at the Wiltern
March 8^th: Reality Club at the Roxy (8pm)
March 8^th: Sarah Harmer at Barnsdall Gallery Theatre
March 9^th: Georgia Gets By w/ Sabrina Song at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
March 12^th: Claire Rosinkranz at the Fonda (8pm)
March 14^th: The Kills at the Wiltern
March 14^th: Conor Oberst and Friends at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
March 14^th: Briston Maroney at the Fonda (8pm)
March 15^th: Briston Maroney at the Fonda (8pm)
March 15^th: Charlotte Sands at the Echoplex
March 15^th: Angie McMahon at the Troubadour
March 16^th: Tiny Habits at the El Rey (8pm)
March 16^th: William Fitzsimmons at the Venice West (8pm)
March 19^th: The Dandy Warhols at the Fonda (9pm)
March 20^th: The Snuts at the Troubadour
March 20^th: Selfish Sons at the Roxy (8pm)
March 20^th: Cold War Kids at the Fonda (8pm)
March 21^st: Cold War Kids at the Fonda (8pm)
March 21^st: Conor Oberst and Friends at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
March 21^st: The Lone Bellow Trio at the Troubadour
March 21^st: Mehro at the Roxy (8pm)
March 22^nd: Meg Myers at the Echo
March 22^nd: The Lone Bellow Trio at the Troubadour
March 23^rd: Joe Pug at the Knitting Factory (8pm)
March 27^th: CMAT at the Roxy (8pm)
March 28^th: Conor Oberst and Friends at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
March 28^th: Freya Ridings at the Hotel Cafe
March 28^th: Em Beihold w/ Will Linley at the Roxy
March 29^th: Em Beihold w/ Will Linley at the Roxy
March 29^th: Hannah Wicklund at the Troubadour
March 29^th: Mike Mains & The Branches at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
March 29^th: An Evening with Mike Doughty and Ghost of Vroom at the Lodge Room (8pm)
March 30^th: The Vices at the Echo (7pm)
April 1^st: Victoria Canal at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
April 3^rd: Dylan at the Roxy (8pm)
April 3^rd: Nico Vega at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
April 4^th: Madi Diaz at the Troubadour
April 5^th: Donna Missal at Lodge Room (9pm)
April 5^th: Emei at the El Rey (8pm)
April 5^th: Brendan Abernathy at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
April 6^th: Kelsey Karter & the Heroines at the Troubadour
April 6^th: Waterparks at Hollywood Palladium
April 6^th: Old 97’s at the Fonda (9pm)
April 9^th: Games We Play at El Cid (7:30)
April 10^th: Bernhoft at the Troubadour
April 13^th: Alice Phoebe Lou at the Bellwether (8pm)
April 13^th: Kate Clover at the Echo
April 14^th: Low Cut Connie at the Troubadour
April 17^th: Matthew Logan Vasquez at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
April 17^th: Bayside at the Wiltern
April 17^th: White Denim at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
April 19^th: The Strumbellas at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
April 24^th: The Staves at the Troubadour
April 26^th: Harrison Storm at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (7pm)
April 26^th: Young Rising Sons at the Lodge Room (8pm)
April 30^th: Jordan Mackampa at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
April 30^th: Giant Rooks at the Regent Theater (7pm)
May 1^st: James Arthur at the Wiltern
May 1^st: Bendigo Fletcher at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
May 2^nd: Cuffed Up at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
May 5^th: The Veronicas at the Fonda (8pm)
May 5^th: Jon McLaughlin at the Troubadour
May 6^th: Caroline Rose at Lodge Room (8pm)
May 7^th: Caroline Rose at Lodge Room (8pm)
May 8^th: Augustana at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
May 11^th: Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors at the Fonda (9pm)
May 13^th: Belle & Sebastian at the Bellwether (8pm)
May 14^th: Belle & Sebastian at the Bellwether (8pm)
May 16^th: Jesse McCartney at the Wiltern
May 19^th: Dave Barnes at the Troubadour
May 20^th: Freya Ridings at the Hotel Cafe
May 22^nd: Andrew Cushin at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
May 22^nd: Alice Merton at the Troubadour
May 23^rd: Red Rum Club at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
May 23^rd: Holly Humberstone at the Bellwether (8pm)
May 23^rd: Medium Build at the Troubadour
May 24^th: Medium Build at the Troubadour
May 28^th: Tors at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
May 30^th: Dead Poet Society at the Troubadour
May 31^st: Yard Act at Regent Theater (7pm)
June 6^th: The Raveonettes at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
June 9^th: Howie Day at the Venice West (8pm)
June 15^th: X Ambassadors at the Fonda (8pm)
June 15^th: Pokey LaFarge at the Troubadour
June 22^nd: Say Anything at the Wiltern
June 22^nd: Hollow Coves at the El Rey (9pm)
June 27^th: Freya Ridings at the Hotel Cafe
June 28^th: Iron & Wine at the Bellwether (8pm)
June 29^th: Iron & Wine at the Bellwether (8pm)
July 12^th: PVRIS at the Wiltern
July 14^th: The Decemberists at the Bellwether (8pm)
July 15^th: The Decemberists at the Bellwether (8pm)
September 6^th: Passenger at the Wiltern
October 5^th Novo Amor at the Bellwether (8:30)
October 9^th: Lawrence at the Wiltern

~ Kristen