On my recent trip to Tokyo, I enjoyed sampling the diverse music scene, but there was one band I was particularly excited to see that the (somewhat frustrating) rules of Japanese ticket-buying prevented me from getting access to. I am putting a bit of a Band-Aid on that wound tonight as said band, Holding Absence, are opening for The Plot in You at the Fonda.

Between this show, SXSW prep, and some promising events on the horizon (including Winona Fighter and The Vices), the mood is one of excitement for this week.

Monday: Katie Tupper at the Echo (7pm)
ALSO: Colin Hay at Largo (8pm)
ALSO: Lucy Dacus at Secret Location
ALSO: Monday Monday at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)

Tuesday: Winona Fighter at the Echo (7pm)
ALSO: Beeson at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Indio Downey, Pistols At Dawn, Moon Fever, King Falcon at the Viper Room (7pm)
ALSO: Womack Benefit f. Juliette and the Licks, Aeges, and more at the Regent Theater (7pm)
ALSO: Songwriters in the Round hosted by Nikhil Korula at the Hotel Cafe second stage (7pm)
ALSO: Lucas Flood presents “Not Another Showcase” at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)
ALSO: Open Folk at the Hotel Cafe second stage (9pm)

Weds: JP Saxe at the Hotel Cafe (8pm)
ALSO: Good Kid at the Moroccan Lounge (7pm)
ALSO: Fantastic Negrito at the Venice West (8pm)
ALSO: Spectre Jones at Permanent Records Roadhouse (6pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)
ALSO: Writers Round LA FREE at Ivanhoe’s (7pm)

Thursday: The Vices at El Cid (6pm)
ALSO: Vonda Shepard at the Venice West (8pm)
ALSO: Carla Werner, Coby Brown, Aliza Have with The Lockyer Boys at the Hotel Cafe second stage (7,8,9)
ALSO: Slimdan at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Jagged Baptist Club, Petrov the Hero, The Pretty Flowers at Redwood Bar (8:30)
ALSO: Fantastic Negrito FREE at Amoeba (5pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Bar Lubitsch (7pm)

Friday: Chad Smith & Friends LA Fire Benefit at Aviator (8pm)
ALSO: Rita Wilson at the Hotel Cafe (8pm)
ALSO: Rock for LA f. Bruvvy at the Virgil (7pm)
ALSO: Helmet at the Regent Theater (7pm)
ALSO: Arizona at the Wiltern (6:30)
ALSO: Lankum at the Belasco (7pm)
ALSO: Phantogram at Hollywood Palladium (7pm)

Saturday: The Record Company at The Glass House (7pm)
ALSO: Michigan Rattlers at the Peppermint Club (8pm)
ALSO: Kevin Earnest at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Mini Trees & Abby Holliday at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Mercury Rev at Zebulon (6pm)
ALSO: Last Dinosaurs at the Bellwether (8pm)

Sunday: The Eagle Rock Gospel Singers (7pm)
ALSO: Mason Jennings at the Venice West (8pm)
ALSO: Max McNown at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Lauren Mayberry at the Belasco (7pm)

To Keep in Mind:    
March 3^rd: Greg Holden and Friends at the Hotel Cafe
March 4^th: Jojo at the Wiltern
March 5^th: Ben Barnes at the Wiltern
March 6^th: Nature TV at Permanent Records Roadhouse
March 6^th: Morgan Saint at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
March 6^th: Milck at the Hotel Cafe
March 7^th: Sydney Sprague at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
March 7^th: Rare Americans w/ Hotel Mira and Shauna Dean Cokeland at the Roxy (7pm)
March 7^th: Nature TV at Permanent Records Roadhouse
March 7^th: Nature TV at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
March 7^th: Priscilla Ahn at the Hotel Cafe
March 7^th: TLB at the Hotel Cafe
March 8^th: Max at the Troubadour
March 8^th: The Barbarians of California at the Echo
March 9^th: Max at the Troubadour
March 10^th: Max at the Troubadour
March 11^th: Only the Poets at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
March 13^th: Bishop Briggs at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
March 13^th: Jukebox the Ghost at Largo (8pm)
March 13^th: The Velveteers at the Echo
March 13^th: Sydney Quiseng at the Hotel Cafe
March 14^th: Jukebox the Ghost at Largo (8pm)
March 14^th: Saint Motel at the Wiltern
March 14^th: Jason Isbell at Walt Disney Concert Hall
March 14^th: Anberlin at the Novo (8pm)
March 14^th: High Fade at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
March 14^th: Borns at the El Rey (8pm)
March 15^th: Borns at the El Rey (8pm)
March 15^th: Tors at the Troubadour
March 15^th: Jukebox the Ghost at Largo (8pm)
March 17^th: Sarah Klang at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
March 18^th: Victoria Canal at the Troubadour
March 19^th: Charli Adams at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
March 19^th: Goody Grace at the Troubadour
March 20^th: Will Swinton at Peppermint Club (7pm)
March 20^th: Mumford & Sons at the Palladium
March 20^th: Borderline at Permanent Records Roadhouse
March 21^st: Michael Marcagi w/ Ashley Kutcher  at the Fonda (8pm)
March 21^st: Boo Seeka at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
March 21^st: The Wood Brothers at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
March 21^st: Pokey Lafarge at Lodge Room (8pm)
March 21^st: Dorothy at the El Rey (8pm)
March 22^nd: Corook at the Roxy (7pm)
March 22^nd: Los Angeles Folk Festival at the Bellwether (5:30)
March 23^rd: Los Angeles Folk Festival at the Bellwether (5:30)
March 25^th: Snow Patrol at the Wiltern
March 25^th: Rachel Platten at the El Rey (8pm)
March 26^th: Snow Patrol at the Wiltern
March 26^th: Lime Cordiale at the El Rey (8pm)
March 26^th: Barns Courtney at the Venice West (8pm)
March 27^th: The Rubens at the Echo
March 27^th: Carter Vail at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
March 28^th: Papa Roach & Rise Against at the Forum
March 29^th: K.Flay at the Belasco
March 29^th: PVRIS at the Novo (8pm)
March 29^th: Garden State: The 20^th Anniversary Concert at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
March 29^th: Franz Ferdinand at the Wiltern
March 30^th: Old 97’s at Teragram Ballroom
March 31^st: Shakey Graves at the Bellwether (8pm)
April 1^st: Role Model at the Wiltern
April 1^st: Billy Raffoul at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
April 2^nd: Role Model at the Wiltern
April 3^rd: Weathers at the El Rey
April 3^rd: Unlike Pluto at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
April 5^th: Stephen Day at the Troubadour
April 5^th: Wildermiss at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
April 5^th: Annie DiRusso at Teragram Ballroom (6pm)
April 6^th: Alice Phoebe Lou at Lodge Room (8pm)
April 7^th: Alice Phoebe Lou at Lodge Room (8pm)
April 7^th: Greg Holden at the Hotel Café
April 7^th: The Unlikely Candidates at the Echo
April 8^th: Stereophonics at the Wiltern
April 8^th: Dir En Grey at the Belasco
April 8^th: Alice Phoebe Lou at Lodge Room (8pm)
April 9^th: Dir En Grey at the Belasco
April 12^th: The Avett Brothers at the Greek Theatre (7pm)
April 13^th: Matthew Logan Vasquez at Gold-Diggers (8pm)
April 13^th: Jon Foreman at the Troubadour
April 13^th: Laura Jane Grace & The Mississippi Medicals at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
April 15^th: Lola Young w/ Bob Vylan at the Fonda (7:30)
April 17^th: Medium Build at the El Rey (8pm)
April 22^nd: Melissa Ferrick at the Venice West (8pm)
April 23^rd: Larkin Poe at the Fonda (8pm)
April 28^th: Knox at the El Rey (8pm)
May 1^st: Josh Radnor at the Troubadour
May 2^nd: Dean Lewis at Bellwether (8pm)
May 2^nd: Half Alive at Hollywood Palladium
May 7^th: Gigi Perez at the Fonda Theatre (7:30)
May 8^th: Rett Madison + John-Robert at the Echo
May 8^th: The Used at the Wiltern
May 8^th: Sleigh Bells at the Fonda Theatre (8pm)
May 8^th: The Weather Station at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
May 9^th: Circa Waves & Friday Pilots Club at the El Rey (8pm)
May 10^th: The Used at the Wiltern
May 10^th: Awolnation at the Belasco
May 10^th: Orla Gartland at the Fonda (8pm)
May 10^th: Gungor at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
May 11^th: The Used at the Wiltern
May 12^th: Jack White at Hollywood Palladium
May 13^th: Jack White at Hollywood Palladium
May 13^th: Babyjake at the Echo
May 14^th: James Bay at the Bellwether (8pm)
May 14^th: Nightly at the Fonda (8pm)
May 14^th: Jacob Banks at the Belasco
May 15^th: The Menzingers at the Belasco
May 15^th: White Denim at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
May 16^th: OK Go at the Bellwether (8pm)
May 17^th: OK Go at the Bellwether (8pm)
May 17^th: Magnolia Park at the Echoplex
May 20^th: Allison Russell at the Belasco
May 21^st: Daisy the Great at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
May 22^nd: Matt Hansen at the Fonda Theatre (8pm)
May 28^th: Jensen McRae at the El Rey (8pm)
May 28^th: The War and Treaty at the Troubadour
May 30^th: Deathbyromy at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
May 31^st: The Wrecks at the Wiltern
June 1^st: James Arthur at Hollywood Palladium
June 2^nd: Rachel Chinouriri at the Fonda (7pm)
June 3^rd: Rachel Chinouriri at the Fonda (7pm)
June 5^th: Mallrat at the Echoplex
June 12^th: Livingston at the Fonda Theatre (7pm)
June 13^th: West 22^nd at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
June 13^th: The Blue Stones at the Regent Theater (8pm)
June 18^th: Band of Skulls at the Troubadour
June 21^st: Samantha Crain at Gold-Diggers
June 21^st: Trousdale at the El Rey (9pm)
June 18^th: Band of Skulls at the Troubadour
June 19^th: Lola Kirke at the Troubadour
July 18^th: The Driver Era at Hollywood Palladium
July 23^rd: Ben Kweller at the Troubadour
September 4^th: Young the Giant at the Troubadour
September 5^th: Young the Giant at the Troubadour
September 10^th: Steven Wilson at the Wiltern
October 11^th: Jack’s Mannequin at the Wiltern
November 15^th: Smallpools at the Echoplex

~ Kristen