I danced and sang amidst some great crowds last week. I was particularly impressed with the crowd for Chicago’s Friday Pilots Club. The show gave me a great excuse to revisit one of my top 2024 albums, Nowhere, and really acknowledge how far the band has come since the first time I saw them in the same space back in 2019.
Next week we have another opportunity to see new band love, Blame My Youth, Kids in America return to the Hotel Cafe, and Windser hosts a record release event.
Monday: Kyle Rising w/ Luke Spiller at Madame Siam (9pm)
ALSO: Jack White at Hollywood Palladium (7pm)
ALSO: Maejoy presents All The Feels at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)
Tuesday: Blame My Youth at the Venice West (8pm)
ALSO: Kevin Garrett at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
ALSO: Jack West at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)
ALSO: Babyjake at the Echo (7pm)
ALSO: Jack White at Hollywood Palladium (7pm)
ALSO: Disturbed w/ Daughtry and Nothing More at the Forum (6:30)
ALSO: Lila Forde (May residency) at Healing Force of the Universe (8pm)
ALSO: Hardcastle (May residency) at Good Times at Davey Wayne’s
ALSO: Paint it Rock FREE at Harvard & Stone (8pm)
ALSO: Soft Spot Songwriters Night at Desert 5 Spot
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: James Bay at the Bellwether (8pm)
ALSO: Nightly at the Fonda (8pm)
ALSO: Jacob Banks at the Belasco
ALSO: Halsey w/ Evanescence and The Warning at the Hollywood Bowl (7pm)
ALSO: Watkins Family Hour at Largo (7pm)
ALSO: Rocknite.la at FREE at Goldfish (8pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)
ALSO: Writers Round LA FREE at Ivanhoe’s (7pm)
Thursday: Kids in America w/ Bruvvy at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Harvey Brittain, Dylan Dunlap and Friends at the Hotel Cafe second stage (7,9)
ALSO: Jake Wesley Rogers at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (7pm)
ALSO: Turnstile at Ukrainian Cultural Center (7pm)
ALSO: White Denim at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
ALSO: The Menzingers at the Belasco (6:30)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Bar Lubitsch (7pm)
Friday: Windser at Permanent Records (6pm)
ALSO: Mating Ritual + Shana Sarett at the Goldfish (8pm)
ALSO: Kat Hamilton residency w/ Chloe Wiecz at the Hotel Cafe second stage (7pm)
ALSO: Dirty Mondays Presents at The Three Clubs (7pm)
ALSO: Phoneboy at the Roxy (7pm)
ALSO: Nothing, Nowhere at the Echoplex (7pm)
ALSO: OK Go at the Bellwether (8pm)
ALSO: They Might Be Giants at the Orpheum (8pm)
ALSO: Outlaw Music Festival at Hollywood Bowl (5pm)
Saturday: Magnolia Park w/ Hot Milk and more at the Echoplex (7pm)
ALSO: Victor Wooten at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: OK Go at the Bellwether (8pm)
ALSO: They Might Be Giants at the Orpheum (8pm)
ALSO: Cruel World at Brookside Golf Course Pasadena (noon)
Sunday: Grace VanderWaal at the Roxy (7pm)
ALSO: Brendan Abernathy at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
To Keep in Mind:
May 20th: Allison Russell at the Belasco
May 20th: Adam Melchor at the Troubadour
May 20th: Lights at the Roxy (7pm)
May 21st: Sam Ryder at the Troubadour
May 21st: Evan Bartels at the Hotel Cafe
May 21st: Daisy the Great at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
May 22nd: Matt Hansen at the Fonda Theatre (8pm)
May 22nd: Kate Hudson at the Roxy (7pm)
May 22nd: Hembree at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
May 23rd: The Fray at the Wiltern
May 24th: The Fray at the Wiltern
May 24th: House of Protection at the Roxy (8pm)
May 24th: Kills Birds at the Echo
May 25th: Lissie at the Venice West (8pm)
May 27th: Amelia Moore at the Echo
May 28th: Jensen McRae at the El Rey (8pm)
May 29th: Jensen McRae at the El Rey (8pm)
May 28th: The War and Treaty at the Troubadour
May 29th: Wild Party w/ Arms Akimbo at the Echo
May 30th: Deathbyromy at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
May 30th: Andy Clockwise at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
May 31st: The Wrecks at the Wiltern
June 1st: James Arthur at Hollywood Palladium
June 2nd: Rachel Chinouriri at the Fonda (7pm)
June 3rd: Rachel Chinouriri at the Fonda (7pm)
June 5th: Mallrat at the Echoplex
June 5th: Finn Wolfhard at the Lodge Room (8pm)
June 6th: Finn Wolfhard at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (7pm)
June 6th: Sunflower Bean at Lodge Room (8pm)
June 12th: Livingston at the Fonda Theatre (7pm)
June 13th: West 22nd at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
June 13th: The Blue Stones at the Regent Theater (8pm)
June 14th: Weathers at the El Rey (8pm)
June 14th: Tash Sultana w/ Lime Cordiale at the Shrine (8pm)
June 18th: Band of Skulls at the Troubadour
June 21st: Samantha Crain at Gold-Diggers
June 21st: Trousdale at the El Rey (9pm)
June 18th: Band of Skulls at the Troubadour
June 19th: Lola Kirke at the Troubadour
June 19th: Eve 6 at the Regent Theater (8pm)
June 21st: Trousdale at the El Rey (9pm)
June 24th: Tommy Newport at Gold-Diggers
June 26th: Cobi at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
June 27th: Louden Swain at the Troubadour
June 28th: Young Gun Silver Fox at the Troubadour
July 9th: Low Cut Connie w/ Annabel Lee at the Troubadour
July 9th: Yeah Yeah Yeahs at LA Orpheum
July 10th: Yeah Yeah Yeahs at LA Orpheum
July 11th: Yeah Yeah Yeahs at LA Orpheum
July 11th: gavn! at the Troubadour
July 18th: The Driver Era at Hollywood Palladium
July 19th: Kelcey Ayer at Permanent Records
July 23rd: Ben Kweller at the Troubadour
July 24th: Folk Bitch Trio at Permanent Records
August 2nd: Maren Morris at the Wiltern
August 7th: Wunderhorse at the Fonda Theatre (8pm)
August 19th: My Morning Jacket at Hollywood Palladium
August 21st: Charlotte Lawrence at the Roxy (7pm)
August 23rd: Charlie Cunningham at Barnsdall Gallery Theatre
August 23rd: Yungblud at Hollywood Palladium
August 23rd: The Fray at the Wiltern
August 24th: The Fray at the Wiltern
September 1st: Billie Marten at the El Rey (8pm)
September 4th: Everclear at the Regent Theater (7:30)
September 4th: Young the Giant at the Troubadour
September 5th: Young the Giant at the Troubadour
September 8th: CMAT at the Fonda (8pm)
September 10th: Steven Wilson at the Wiltern
September 11th: Billie Marten at the El Rey (8pm)
September 12th: Arcy Drive at the Troubadour
September 13th: English Teacher at the Roxy (7pm)
September 19th: Samia at the Fonda (7:30)
September 19th: Nature TV at Zebulon
September 20th: Nature TV at Zebulon
September 23rd: The Raveonettes at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
September 25th: The Hives at Hollywood Palladium
September 26th: Chevelle at Hollywood Palladium
September 26th: Mae and The Spill Canvas at the Roxy (7pm)
September 30th: Spacey Jane at the Fonda
October 1st: Amble at the El Rey (8pm)
October 1st: Spacey Jane at the Fonda
October 2nd: Gavin James at the Troubadour
October 2nd: Maruja at the El Rey (8pm)
October 3rd: Dice at the Echo
October 10th: Penny & Sparrow at the Regent Theater (8pm)
October 11th: Jack’s Mannequin at the Wiltern
October 11th: Flyte at the Lodge Room
October 22nd: Aidan bissett at the Fonda
October 23rd: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club at the Wiltern
November 2nd: Tors at the Troubadour
November 11th: Casey Lowery at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
November 13th: Brent Cobb at the Troubadour
November 12th: The Darkness at the Wiltern
November 15th: Smallpools at the Echoplex
~ Kristen