It’s a big week for me, celebrating a big birthday. In the story of my life, it could be very easy to look back on this time and this birthday as a low point so I am attempting to re-write the narrative and will be spending the week seeing the bands I most want to see…in England! King No-One, Twin Atlantic, and The Virginmarys – here I come!

If I were home, I’d be looking forward to a week that included two School Night showcases and a really special acoustic Meg Myers set at the Echo.

Monday: Rummer at Healing Force of the Universe (7:30)
ALSO: It’s a School Night at Bardot (7pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)

Tuesday: It’s a School Night at Bardot (7pm)
ALSO: Maxim Ludwig & the Mystics at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
ALSO: Matt Hansen at the Echoplex (7pm)
ALSO: Dry Cleaning at the El Rey (8pm)
ALSO: The Dandy Warhols at the Fonda (9pm)
ALSO: Lucas Flood Presents: Not Another Showcase at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)

Weds: The Wicked Cool Records Revue f. Soraia, The Chesterfield Kings, and more (7:30)
ALSO: The Snuts at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Iris Jean at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
ALSO: Rachel Chinouriri w/ Gigi Perez at the Echoplex (7pm)
ALSO: Casey Abrams Presents: BBQ Jones at the Hotel Cafe (9:30)
ALSO: Cold War Kids at the Fonda (8pm)
ALSO: Josh Homme + Friends Benefit Show at the Belasco (7pm)
ALSO: Writer’s Round LA at Ivanhoe Restaurant (7pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)

Thursday: The Lone Bellow Trio at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Jesse & Friends at the Hotel Cafe (8pm)
ALSO: The Ghost Club at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Mason Jennings at the Venice West (8pm)
ALSO: Mehro w/ King Isis at the El Rey (8pm)
ALSO: Remo Drive f. Wilt at the Lodge Room (8:30)
ALSO: Cold War Kids at the Fonda (8pm)
ALSO: Conor Oberst and Friends at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
ALSO: The Kooks w/ The Vaccines, Daisy the Great at Hollywood Palladium (7pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Bar Lubitsch (7pm)

Friday: Meg Myers at the Echo (8pm)
ALSO: Mason Jennings at the Venice West (8pm)
ALSO: The Lone Bellow Trio at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Chelsea Cutler w/ Yoke Lore at the Hollywood Palladium (7pm)

Saturday: Joe Pug at Boomtown Brewery (8pm)
ALSO: Vortxz w/ Hardcastle at the Paramount (8pm)
ALSO: Ballroom Boxer, Christopher Ellis and Friends at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8,9)
ALSO: David Davis at the Hotel Cafe (9:30)
ALSO: The Pretty Flowers at Permanent Records Roadhouse (8pm)
ALSO: LANY at the Forum (7:30)

Sunday: Vortxz w/ Hardcastle at the Paramount (7pm)

To Keep in Mind:     
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