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 11th: Raffaella at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
March 11th: Sycco at Genghis Cohen (8pm)
March 12th: Claire Rosinkranz at the Fonda (8pm)
March 12th: Aoife O’Donovan at McCabe’s (7:30)
March 14th: The Kills at the Wiltern
March 14th: Conor Oberst and Friends at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
March 14th: Briston Maroney at the Fonda (8pm)
March 15th: Briston Maroney at the Fonda (8pm)
March 15th: Charlotte Sands at the Echoplex
March 15th: Angie McMahon at the Troubadour
March 16th: Tiny Habits at the El Rey (8pm)
March 16th: William Fitzsimmons at the Venice West (8pm)
March 19th: The Dandy Warhols at the Fonda (9pm)
March 19th: Dry Cleaning at the El Rey (8pm)
March 20th: The Snuts at the Troubadour
March 20th: Selfish Sons at the Roxy (8pm)
March 20th: Rachel Chinouriri w/ Gigi Perez at the Echoplex
March 20th: Cold War Kids at the Fonda (8pm)
March 21st: Cold War Kids at the Fonda (8pm)
March 21st: Conor Oberst and Friends at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
March 21st: The Lone Bellow Trio at the Troubadour
March 21st: Mehro w/ King Isis at the El Rey (8pm)
March 22nd: Meg Myers at the Echo
March 22nd: The Lone Bellow Trio at the Troubadour
March 23rd: Joe Pug at the Knitting Factory (8pm)
March 27th: CMAT at the Roxy (8pm)
March 28th: Conor Oberst and Friends at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
March 28th: Freya Ridings at the Hotel Cafe
March 28th: Em Beihold w/ Will Linley at the El Rey (8pm)
March 29th: Em Beihold w/ Will Linley at the Roxy
March 29th: Hannah Wicklund at the Troubadour
March 29th: An Evening with Mike Doughty and Ghost of Vroom at the Lodge Room (8pm)
March 30th: The Vices at the Echo (7pm)
April 1st: Victoria Canal at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
April 3rd: Nico Vega at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
April 4th: Madi Diaz at the Troubadour
April 4th: Dylan at the El Rey (8pm)
April 5th: Donna Missal at Lodge Room (9pm)
April 5th: Emei at the El Rey (8pm)
April 5th: Brendan Abernathy at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
April 6th: Kelsey Karter & the Heroines at the Troubadour
April 6th: Waterparks at Hollywood Palladium
April 6th: Old 97’s at the Fonda (9pm)
April 9th: Games We Play at El Cid (7:30)
April 10th: Bernhoft at the Troubadour
April 10th: Natalie Jane at the El Rey (8pm)
April 13th: Alice Phoebe Lou at the Bellwether (8pm)
April 13th: Kate Clover at the Echo
April 14th: Low Cut Connie at the Troubadour
April 14th: Reeve Carney (performing Queen) at Bourbon Room (7pm)
April 16th: Knox at the Echoplex (6:30)
April 17th: Matthew Logan Vasquez at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
April 17th: Bayside at the Wiltern
April 17th: White Denim at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
April 18th: Bar Italia at the Fonda (9pm)
April 18th: Stephen Day at the Troubadour
April 19th: The Strumbellas at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
April 24th: The Staves at the Troubadour
April 26th: Harrison Storm at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (7pm)
April 26th: Eliza McLamb at the Torubadour
April 26th: Young Rising Sons at the Lodge Room (8pm)
April 27th: Great Good Fine Ok at the Troubadour
April 30th: Jordan Mackampa at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
April 30th: Giant Rooks at the Regent Theater (7pm)
May 1st: James Arthur at the Wiltern
May 1st: Bendigo Fletcher at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
May 2nd: Cuffed Up at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
May 5th: The Veronicas at the Fonda (8pm)
May 5th: Jon McLaughlin at the Troubadour
May 6th: Caroline Rose at Lodge Room (8pm)
May 6th: Blake Rose at the Echo
May 7th: Caroline Rose at Lodge Room (8pm)
May 8th: Augustana at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
May 9th: A Great Big World at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
May 11th: Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors at the Fonda (9pm)
May 12th: Bear McCreary at the Fonda (8:30)
May 13th: Belle & Sebastian at the Bellwether (8pm)
May 14th: Belle & Sebastian at the Bellwether (8pm)
May 14th: Marcus King at the Wiltern
May 16th: Jesse McCartney at the Wiltern
May 18th: Dustin Kensrue at the Roxy (8pm)
May 18th: Fly by Midnight at the Troubadour
May 19th: Dave Barnes at the Troubadour
May 20th: Freya Ridings at the Hotel Cafe
May 20th: Ashley Kutcher at the Troubadour
May 22nd: Andrew Cushin at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
May 22nd: Alice Merton at the Troubadour
May 22nd: Jade Bird at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (8pm)
May 23rd: Red Rum Club at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
May 23rd: Holly Humberstone at the Bellwether (8pm)
May 23rd: Medium Build at the Troubadour
May 24th: Medium Build at the Troubadour
May 28th: Tors at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
May 30th: Dead Poet Society at the Troubadour
May 31st: Yard Act at Regent Theater (7pm)
May 31st: Babyjake at the Venice West (8pm)
June 1st: Forester at the Fonda (9pm)
June 6th: The Raveonettes at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
June 8th: Mother Mother, Cavetown at The Torch
June 8th: Alexander Stewart at the Echoplex
June 9th: Howie Day at the Venice West (8pm)
June 9th: The HawtThorns at McCabe’s (8pm)
June 14th: Middle Kids at Lodge Room (8:30)
June 15th: X Ambassadors at the Fonda (8pm)
June 15th: Pokey LaFarge at the Troubadour
June 22nd: Say Anything at the Wiltern
June 22nd: Hollow Coves at the El Rey (9pm)
June 27th: Freya Ridings at the Hotel Cafe
June 28th: Iron & Wine at the Bellwether (8pm)
June 29th: Iron & Wine at the Bellwether (8pm)
July 12th: PVRIS at the Wiltern
July 14th: The Decemberists at the Bellwether (8pm)
July 15th: The Decemberists at the Bellwether (8pm)
September 6th: Passenger at the Wiltern
October 5th Novo Amor at the Bellwether (8:30)
October 9th: Lawrence at the Wiltern
October 11th: Something Corporate at Hollywood Palladium
~ Kristen