It feels a bit strange for everyone to suddenly be talking about a band you’ve been listening to for many many years, but that’s what seems to be happening this weekend after Linkin Park announced Emily Armstrong of Dead Sara (LMN Band Love) as their new singer. Props to them for stealing one of the best rock vocalists I’ve ever seen, but I’m a bit sad as it feels like I’m saying goodbye to one of my favorite bands. For the lucky ones who scored tickets to Emily’s Linkin Park debut at the Forum this week, congrats!
If those Forum tickets were a bit out of reach, there are plenty of other women who rock playing (reasonable) LA stages. We’ve got Longwinded, Bruvvy, Upsahl, Emi Grace (WFNM Weds) and another fave, Sydney Sprague, if you need some mild to moderate headbanging. There’s also my show pick of the week which is back-to-back nights with The Rescues and Garrison Starr at the Hotel Cafe. Not exactly rock, but also not to be missed.
Monday: Wheelwright, Longwinded, and more at Club Tee Gee (8pm)
ALSO: BMI Acoustic Lounge FREE at the Hotel Cafe (6:45)
ALSO: Will Evans w/ Lucy Clearwater at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Kate Hudson at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
ALSO: Bruvvy at Monty Bar (8pm)
ALSO: Gracie Abrams w/ Role Model at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)
Tuesday: When Chai Met Toast at the Paramount (7pm)
ALSO: Sleater-Kinney at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
ALSO: Polyphonic Spree at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
ALSO: Lindsey Stirling w/ Saint Motel at the Greek Theatre (7pm)
ALSO: Open Folk at the Hotel Cafe second stage (9pm)
ALSO: Not Another Showcase at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)
Weds: Ingrid Michaelson at the Sun Rose (6pm)
ALSO: Good Neighbours w/ Ber at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Upsahl at the El Rey (8pm)
ALSO: Spotlight Sessions 10 Year Anniversary Show at the Hotel Cafe second stage (7pm)
ALSO: Home Again Home Again at the Hotel Cafe (9:30)
ALSO: Nada Surf at Amoeba Records (5pm)
ALSO: Girl Wilde at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Beck Pete at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
ALSO: Gracie Abrams w/ Role Model at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
ALSO: Linkin Park w/ Grandson at the Forum (7:30)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)
Thursday: The Rescues w/ Garrison Starr at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Kongregation. at the Hotel Café second stage (6:30)
ALSO: Theo Katzman at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Creature Canyon at the Venice West (8pm)
ALSO: Ballroom Thieves at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
ALSO: Grey Dugan w/ swimm at El Cid (6pm)
ALSO: John Vincent III at the Fonda Theater (9pm)
ALSO: Ray LaMontagne & Gregory Alan Isakov w/ Erin Rae at the YouTube Theater (7pm)
ALSO: Gracie Abrams w/ Role Model at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
ALSO: Wallows at the Forum (7:30)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Bar Lubitsch (7pm)
Friday: The Rescues w/ Garrison Starr at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Super American w/ Sydney Sprague and Summerbruise at Genghis Cohen (7pm)
ALSO: Soul Coughing at the Bellwether (9pm)
ALSO: Sophie Grey w/ Nico Tortorella at the Mint (7:15)
Saturday: Danielle Bradbery at the Hotel Cafe (8pm)
ALSO: Stephen Dawes w/ David Alexander at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Bruuvy at the Hotel Cafe second stage (10pm)
ALSO: Ordinary Elephant at McCabe’s (8pm)
ALSO: Glass Animals at the Forum (7:45)
ALSO: Green Day at SoFi Stadium (5:30)
Sunday: Hippo Campus at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Eleven Green at the Hotel Cafe (10pm)
ALSO: Ben Folds at the Wiltern (7pm)
ALSO: Bush w/ Bones UK at the Greek Theatre (6pm)
ALSO: Pink w/ Sheryl Crow at Dodger Stadium (6:30)
To Keep in Mind:
September 17th: Boy & Bear at the Troubadour
September 19th: Friday Pilots Club at the Echo
September 22nd: Kelsy Karter & The Heroines at the Roxy (7pm)
September 24th: Caroline Rose at the Venice West (8pm)
September 25th: Caroline Rose at the Venice West (8pm)
September 25th: The Sheepdogs at Lodge Room (8pm)
September 25th: Pillow Queens at the Troubadour
September 26th: Perfume Genius at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (8pm)
September 25th: Tokyo Police Club w/ Born Ruffians at the Regent Theater (8pm)
September 26th: Tokyo Police Club w/ Born Ruffians at the Regent Theater (8pm)
September 26th: renforshort at the Echo
September 26th: Perfume Genius at Hollywood Forever (8pm)
September 27th: Perfume Genius at Hollywood Forever (8pm)
September 28th: Nicky Youre at the Roxy (8pm)
September 29th: Joywave at the Regent Theater (8pm)
September 30th: Nikka Costa at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
October 1st: Glen Hansard at the Wiltern
October 2nd: Carbon Leaf at the Peppermint Club
October 2nd: Allen Stone at the Bellwether (8pm)
October 3rd: The National Parks at Largo (8pm)
October 4th: Field Guide at the Venice West (8pm)
October 5th Novo Amor at the Bellwether (8:30)
October 5th: Tom Walker at the Troubadour
October 5th: Alice Phoebe Lou at the Moroccan Lounge (9pm)
October 5th: Catfish and the Bottlemen at Hollywood Palladium
October 6th: Dashboard Confessional at Hollywood Palladium
October 6th: Bonny Light Horseman at the Ford (7:30)
October 6th: Emarosa at the El Rey (8pm)
October 7th: Griff at the Wiltern
October 7th: Joe P at the Roxy (7pm)
October 7th: Catfish and the Bottlemen at Belasco
October 8th: Rival Songs & Clutch at the Wiltern
October 9th: Lawrence at the Wiltern
October 9th: JP Cooper at the Belasco
October 9th: The Warning at the Bellwether (8pm)
October 9th: Lawrence at the Wiltern
October 9th: Badflower at the Echoplex
October 10th: Badflower at the Echoplex
October 10th: David Ramirez at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
October 10th: The Fray at the Bellwether (8pm)
October 10th: Stephen Kellogg at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
October 11th: Something Corporate at Hollywood Palladium
October 11th: Wild Rivers at the Fonda (9pm)
October 11th: Soul Asylum at the Regent Theater (8pm)
October 12th: Wilderado at the Regent Theater (8pm)
October 12th: Bright Eyes at the Bellwether (8pm)
October 13th: Calum Scott at the Wiltern
October 13th: Carsie Blanton at Saint Be
October 13th: Young the Giant at the Troubadour
October 14th: Young the Giant at the Troubadour
October 14th: Jake Bugg at the Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
October 16th: New Found Glory at the Wiltern
October 16th: JJ Wilde at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
October 16th: Misterwives at the Bellwether (7:30)
October 16th: Alfie Templeman at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
October 16th: The Black Angels at Lodge Room (8pm)
October 17th: Bishop Briggs at the Troubadour
October 17th: The Black Angels at Lodge Room (8pm)
October 17th: Griffin House at the Venice West (8pm)
October 18th: Stars at the Fonda (9pm)
October 18th: Valley at the Wiltern
October 18th: The Black Angels at the Lodge Room (9pm)
October 18th: The Airborne Toxic Event at the Ford (8pm)
October 19th: The Airborne Toxic Event at the Wiltern
October 20th: Jet at the Troubadour
October 21st: Jet at the Troubadour
October 21st: The Rare Occasions w/ Bel at Lodge Room (8pm)
October 21st: Robert DeLong x Atlas Genius at the Echoplex
October 23rd: Nada Surf at the Troubadour
October 24th: Over the Rhine at the Troubadour
October 24th: Rachel Yamagata at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
October 25th: Rachel Yamagata at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
October 25th: Alec Benjamin at Hollywood Palladium
October 25th: Michigander at the Troubadour
October 25th: Loveless w/ Beauty School Dropout at the Belasco (6:30)
October 27th: iDKHOW at the Wiltern
October 29th: Jess Glynn at the Wiltern
October 30th: Nothing But Thieves at Hollywood Palladium
October 30th: Forest Blakk at the Troubadour
November 1st: Shawn Colvin & KT Tunstall at the Troubadour
November 1st: Aimee Mann at the United Theater on Broadway (8pm)
November 1st: Inhaler at Hollywood Palladium
November 1st: Dehd at the Belasco
November 2nd: Kate Nash at Teragram Ballroom (6pm)
November 6th: Carol Ades at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
November 7th: Wild Child + Susto at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
November 8th; The Record Company at the Troubadour
November 8th: Tyrone Wells at the Venice West (8pm)
November 9th: Tori Kelly at the Wiltern
November 9th: Enter Shikari w/ You Me at Six at the Belasco
November 10th: Hanson at the Belasco
November 11th: Hanson at the Belasco
November 11th: lovelytheband & Mod Sun at the Wiltern
November 12th: Sting at the Wiltern
November 12th: Allison Russell at the Belasco
November 13th: Sting at the Wiltern
November 13th: Manchester Orchestra at Hollywood Palladium
November 14th: Nico Vega at the Troubadour
November 14th: Rainbow Kitten Surprise at Hollywood Palladium
November 15th: Rainbow Kitten Surprise at Hollywood Palladium
November 15th: Sting at the Wiltern
November 15th: JD Mcpherson at the El Rey (9pm)
November 16th: Sting at the Wiltern
November 16th: The Wldlfe at the Roxy (8pm)
November 20th: Vincent Lima w/ Chance Emerson at the Troubadour
November 20th: Jordan Mackampa at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
November 20th: Lucero at the Regent Theater
November 21st: Marc Broussard at Lodge Room (7:30)
December 2nd: The Dandy Warhols at the Moroccan Lounge (7:30)
December 3rd: The Dandy Warhols at the Moroccan Lounge (7:30)
December 3rd: Better Than Ezra at the El Rey (8pm)
December 4th: The Dandy Warhols at the Moroccan Lounge (7:30)
December 4th: TV on the Radio at the El Rey (8pm)
December 5th: TV on the Radio at the El Rey (8pm)
December 6th: Shovels & Rope at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
December 7th: TV on the Radio at the El Rey (9pm)
December 11th: Tall Heights at the Troubadour
December 12th: The Barr Brothers at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
December 13th: The Matches at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
December 15th: Sixpence None the Richer at the Troubadour
December 19th: Ride at the Fonda (9pm)
January 28th: Travis at the Wiltern
February 4th: Lo Moon at the Roxy (7pm)
May 2nd: Dean Lewis at Bellwether (8pm)
~ Kristen