Adding “busted knee” to my list of struggles. The plan is rest, PT, and obtain a travel crutch because inability to walk properly is not going to keep me from catching all the bands at SXSW.  Hopefully, by the end of the week, I’ll be up for a test show (looking at you Georgia Gets By), but in the meantime, here are all the places I wish I could be this week:

Monday: Josiah and the Bonnevilles at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: BMI Acoustic Lounge FREE at the Hotel Cafe (6:45)
ALSO: The Watson Twins at Club Tee Gee (8pm)
ALSO: Philip Krohnengold and Friends f. Leslie Stevens at Healing Force of the Universe (7:30)
ALSO: Madonna at the Forum (7:30)
ALSO: It’s a School Night at Bardot (7pm)

Tuesday: The Paper Kites at the Fonda (9pm)
ALSO: Hoko at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Kendra Morris at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
ALSO: Madonna at the Forum (7:30)
ALSO: Lucas Flood Presents: Not Another Showcase at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)

Weds: Ben Sollee at the Hotel Cafe second stage (9:30)
ALSO: K. Flay at Lodge Room (8pm)
ALSO: Charles Esten at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
ALSO: Songwriters in the Round hosted by Nikhil Korula at the Hotel Cafe second stage (7pm)
ALSO: Kristiane at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Myles Smith at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
ALSO: Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real w/ Lily Meola at the Bellwether (8pm)
ALSO: Watkins Family Hour w/ Mike Viola and Charles Jones at Largo (8:30)
ALSO: Billboard Women in Music at YouTube Theater (7pm)
ALSO: Writer’s Round LA at Ivanhoe Restaurant (7pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)

Thursday: David Ryan Harris at the Hotel Cafe (9:30)
ALSO: K. Flay at Lodge Room (8pm)
ALSO: Kongregation. at the Hotel Cafe second stage (6:30)
ALSO: Beck Pete at Permanent Records Roadhouse (8pm)
ALSO: Mark Ambor at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Conor Oberst and Friends at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
ALSO: Cat Power Sings Dylan at United Theater on Broadway (8pm)
ALSO: Madonna at the Forum (7:30)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Bar Lubitsch (7pm)

Friday: Reality Club at El Cid (8pm)
ALSO: Sarah Harmer at Barnsdall Gallery Theatre (7pm)
ALSO: Mark Ambor at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Amber Wild at the Viper Room (8pm)
ALSO: Plague Vendor at Garden Amphitheatre (6pm)
ALSO: Between You and Me at the Echoplex (6pm)
ALSO: Grouplove at the Wiltern (7pm)

Saturday: Georgia Gets By w/ Sabrina Song at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Max Leone w/ Ber at the Silverlake Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Liily & Bad Nerves at the Echo (7pm)
ALSO: Good Folk at Saint Be (7:30)
ALSO: Madonna at the Forum (7:30)

Sunday: The Dumes FREE at Harvard & Stone (10pm)
ALSO: Coach Party at the Echo (7pm)
ALSO: Matthew Fowler at the Silverlake Lounge (7pm)

To Keep in Mind:     
March 11^th: Raffaella at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
March 11^th: Sycco at Genghis Cohen (8pm)
March 12^th: Claire Rosinkranz at the Fonda (8pm)
March 12^th: Aoife O’Donovan at McCabe’s (7:30)
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 19^th: Dry Cleaning at the El Rey (8pm)
March 20^th: The Snuts at the Troubadour
March 20^th: Selfish Sons at the Roxy (8pm)
March 20^th: Rachel Chinouriri w/ Gigi Perez at the Echoplex
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 w/ King Isis at the El Rey (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 El Rey (8pm)
March 29^th: Em Beihold w/ Will Linley at the Roxy
March 29^th: Hannah Wicklund at the Troubadour
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: Nico Vega at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
April 4^th: Madi Diaz at the Troubadour
April 4^th: Dylan at the El Rey (8pm)
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 10^th: Natalie Jane at the El Rey (8pm)
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 14^th: Reeve Carney (performing Queen) at Bourbon Room (7pm)
April 16^th: Knox at the Echoplex (6:30)
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 18^th: Bar Italia at the Fonda (9pm)
April 18^th: Stephen Day at the Troubadour
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: Eliza McLamb at the Torubadour
April 26^th: Young Rising Sons at the Lodge Room (8pm)
April 27^th: Great Good Fine Ok at the Troubadour
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 6^th: Blake Rose at the Echo
May 7^th: Caroline Rose at Lodge Room (8pm)
May 8^th: Augustana at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
May 9^th: A Great Big World at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
May 11^th: Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors at the Fonda (9pm)
May 12^th: Bear McCreary at the Fonda (8:30)
May 13^th: Belle & Sebastian at the Bellwether (8pm)
May 14^th: Belle & Sebastian at the Bellwether (8pm)
May 14^th: Marcus King at the Wiltern
May 16^th: Jesse McCartney at the Wiltern
May 18^th: Dustin Kensrue at the Roxy (8pm)
May 18^th: Fly by Midnight at the Troubadour
May 19^th: Dave Barnes at the Troubadour
May 20^th: Freya Ridings at the Hotel Cafe
May 20^th: Ashley Kutcher at the Troubadour
May 22^nd: Andrew Cushin at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
May 22^nd: Alice Merton at the Troubadour
May 22^nd: Jade Bird at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (8pm)
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)
May 31^st: Babyjake at the Venice West (8pm)
June 1^st: Forester at the Fonda (9pm)
June 6^th: The Raveonettes at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
June 8^th: Mother Mother, Cavetown at The Torch
June 8^th: Alexander Stewart at the Echoplex
June 9^th: Howie Day at the Venice West (8pm)
June 9^th: The HawtThorns at McCabe’s (8pm)
June 14^th: Middle Kids at Lodge Room (8:30)
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
October 11^th: Something Corporate at Hollywood Palladium

~ Kristen