The only thing better than seeing one of your favorite bands up close in a club-sized venue is being able to do it all over again the next day. Two nights of Badflower/Missio in a row was a balm for the soul in these troubled times.
If you’re also seeking a musical respite, next week I’ll draw your attention to the Aussie harmonies of Folk Bitch Trio, special Troubadour nights with Young the Giant, Bishop Briggs and Jet, Canadian rockers Hotel Mira, and more…
Monday: Young the Giant at the Troubadour
ALSO: Cassandra Jenkins at Zebulon (8pm)
ALSO: Jake Bugg at the Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
ALSO: Royel Otis at the Bellwether (8pm)
ALSO: Ry X at the Orpheum (8pm)
ALSO: PJ Harvey at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)
Tuesday: Folk Bitch Trio at Genghis Cohen (8pm)
ALSO: Jensen McRae and Friends at El Cid (7pm)
ALSO: Fletcher at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
ALSO: Bob Vylan at the Roxy (8pm)
ALSO: Royel Otis at the Bellwether (8pm)
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: Misterwives at the Bellwether (7:30)
ALSO: 10 Years at the Roxy (8pm)
ALSO: Kendall Jane Meade and Eli Wulfmeier at the Hotel Cafe second stage (7pm)
ALSO: maryjo and Taylor Jules at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: The Heavy Heavy w/ Dylan LeBlanc at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: The Mastersons and Friends at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
ALSO: The Black Angels at Lodge Room (8pm)
ALSO: Alfie Templeman at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
ALSO: New Found Glory at the Wiltern (6:30)
ALSO: Royel Otis at Hollywood Palladium (7:30)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)
Thursday: Bishop Briggs at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Helene Relief for WNC at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Pete Yorn at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
ALSO: Griffin House at the Venice West (8pm)
ALSO: Sasha Alex Sloan at the Roxy (8pm)
ALSO: The Black Angels at Lodge Room (8pm)
ALSO: Life is a Carnival – A Musical Celebration of Robbie Robertson at the Forum (7pm)
ALSO: Lola Young at the Bellwether (8pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Bar Lubitsch (7pm)
ALSO: Not Another Showcase at Winston House (7pm)
Friday: Valley at the Wiltern (7pm)
ALSO: Ken Yates at Genghis Cohen (8pm)
ALSO: Sir Woman at the Mint (7:45)
ALSO: Jutes at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
ALSO: Stars at the Fonda (9pm)
ALSO: Sondre Lerche at Barnsdall Gallery Theatre (7pm)
ALSO: The Black Angels at the Lodge Room (9pm)
ALSO: New Hope Club at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
ALSO: Sunny Day Real Estate at the Belasco (7pm)
ALSO: The Airborne Toxic Event at the Ford (8pm)
ALSO: Brittany Howard & Michael Kiwanuka at the Greek Theatre (7pm)
ALSO: Conan Gray w/ Maisie Peters at the Forum (7:30)
Saturday: Barbarians of California at the Troubadour (6:30)
ALSO: Stand Atlantic with Vana & Foxcult at the Echoplex (7pm)
ALSO: Ashley Kutcher at Genghis Cohen (7pm)
ALSO: Katie Pruitt at Pico Union Project (8pm)
ALSO: The Airborne Toxic Event at the Wiltern (7pm)
ALSO: Sunny Day Real Estate at the Belasco (7pm)
ALSO: Joni Mitchell & The Joni Jam at the Hollywood Bowl (7pm)
Sunday: Hotel Mira at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
ALSO: Jet at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Reeve Carney preforms The Rocky Horror Show at Bourbon Room (8pm)
ALSO: Tow’rs at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Brett Dennen at the Venice West (8pm)
ALSO: Night Talks at Lodge Room (8pm)
ALSO: Joni Mitchell & The Joni Jam at the Hollywood Bowl (6:30)
To Keep in Mind:
October 21st: Jet at the Troubadour
October 21st: Vampire Weekend at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
October 21st: The Rare Occasions w/ Bel at Lodge Room (8pm)
October 21st: Robert DeLong x Atlas Genius at the Echoplex
October 22nd: Shawn Mendes at the Ford (8:30)
October 22nd: Imagine Dragons at the Hollywood Bowl (7pm)
October 23rd: Imagine Dragons at the Hollywood Bowl (7pm)
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 26th: Imagine Dragons at the Hollywood Bowl (7pm)
October 27th: Imagine Dragons at the Hollywood Bowl (7pm)
October 27th: iDKHOW at the Wiltern
October 27th: Hey Violet at Largo (8pm)
October 27th: Hawthorne Heights at the Troubadour
October 28th: The Crane Wives w/ Rett Madison at the Fonda (7:30)
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: Dehd at the Belasco
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: Cleopatrick at the Echoplex
November 6th: Carol Ades w/ Sabrina Song 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 9th: Dice at the Roxy (8pm)
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: Black Lips at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
November 12th: Allison Russell at the Belasco
November 13th: Sting at the Wiltern
November 13th: Shawn Hook at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
November 13th: Manchester Orchestra at Hollywood Palladium
November 14th: Nico Vega at the Troubadour
November 14th: Georgia Maq at Permanent Records Roadhouse
November 14th: Rainbow Kitten Surprise at Hollywood Palladium
November 15th: Rainbow Kitten Surprise at Hollywood Palladium
November 15th: Sting at the Wiltern
November 15th: Z Berg & Friends at Barnsdall Gallery Theatre
November 15th: JD Mcpherson at the El Rey (9pm)
November 16th: Sting at the Wiltern
November 16th: The Wldlfe at the Roxy (8pm)
November 17th: Vertical Horizon at the Troubadour
November 17th: New Constellations at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
November 19th: Windser w/ Maddy Davis at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
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)
November 21st: The Wrecks at the Roxy (7pm)
November 21st: Tommy Lefroy at Genghis Cohen (7pm)
November 22nd: Hailey Knox at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
November 23rd: Hailey Knox at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
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: Dawes & Friends at the Bellwether (8pm)
December 7th: TV on the Radio at the El Rey (9pm)
December 9th: Echosmith at the Roxy (7pm)
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 13th: Wolves of Glendale at the El Rey (9pm)
December 15th: Sixpence None the Richer at the Troubadour
December 19th: Ride at the Fonda (9pm)
December 19th: David Archuleta at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
December 20th: David Archuleta at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
January 24th: Ani Difranco at the Bellwether (8pm)
January 28th: Travis at the Wiltern
January 30th: Kelsey Karter & The Heroines at the Roxy (7pm)
February 4th: Lo Moon at the Roxy (7pm)
February 6th: Vaccines at the Wiltern
February 12th: Wunderhorse at the Troubadour
February 12th: Cursive at the Regent Theater (8pm)
February 20th: Hippo Campus at the Wiltern
February 22nd: Almost Monday at the Echoplex
March 6th: Nature TV at Permanent Records Roadhouse
March 7th: Nature TV at Permanent Records Roadhouse
March 7th: Nature TV at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
March 14th: Saint Motel at the Wiltern
March 15th: Tors at the Troubadour
March 22nd: Los Angeles Folk Festival at the Bellwether (5:30)
March 23rd: Los Angeles Folk Festival at the Bellwether (5:30)
March 25th: Snow Patrol at the Wiltern
March 26th: Snow Patrol at the Wiltern
March 27th: The Rubens at the Echo
April 1st: Role Model at the Wiltern
April 2nd: Role Model at the Wiltern
May 2nd: Dean Lewis at Bellwether (8pm)
May 31st: The Wrecks at the Wiltern
July 18th: The Driver Era at Hollywood Palladium
~ Kristen