Last week, I managed a near complete week with each night feeling very different from the one before.  This was largely due to the tone of the audience. From the casual intensity of the CMAT crowd and the fight-ready drunks at Max McNown to the kind swayers at Billie Martin and artsy headbangers at Rocknite LA, it was made very clear that, while not all music fans are the same, the same type seem to find each other via their taste in music.

Let’s see what kind of crowds we can commune with this week. Top picks for me include Wheelwright, Carolina Liar, and the return of Jay Nash to the Hotel Cafe.

Monday: Monday Monday at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)

Tuesday: Wheelwright at the Mint (7pm)
ALSO: Cardinals at Zebulon (8pm)
ALSO: Yana at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Soft Spot Songwriters Night at Desert 5 Spot
ALSO: Paint It Rock FREE at Harvard & Stone (8pm)
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: Jay Nash at the Hotel Cafe (7:30)
ALSO: J & The Causeways, Faultlines at the Mint (7:30)
ALSO: North Mississippi Allstars at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Coheed and Cambria, Taking Back Sunday at the Greek Theatre (6:30)
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: Yana at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Finneas & Ashe at Hollywood Forever (6:30)
ALSO: Nine Inch Nails at the Forum (7:30)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Bar Lubitsch (7pm)

Friday: Carolina Liar at the Hotel Cafe (9:30)
ALSO: Josie Edwards at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Nature TV at Zebulon (7pm)
ALSO: Samia at the Fonda (7:30)
ALSO: Aly & AJ at the Ford (8pm)
ALSO: The Swell Season at the Greek Theatre (7:30)
ALSO: Nine Inch Nails at the Forum (7:30)

Saturday: Nature TV at Zebulon (7pm)
ALSO: Birdtalker at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Aly & AJ at the Ford (8pm)
ALSO: Matthew McConaughey w/ John Mayer at the Saban Theatre (7pm)
ALSO: WAM Block Party f. Rose’s Pawn Shop and more at Westchester (noon)

Sunday: Rozy at Harvard & Stone (7pm)
ALSO: Darren Kiely w/ Ryan McMullan at the Troubadour (7pm)

To Keep in Mind:     
September 22^nd: Coheed and Cambria at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
September 23^rd: The Raveonettes at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
September 23^rd: Martin Luke Brown at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
September 24^th: Band of Horses & Iron and Wine at the Wiltern
September 24^th: Allan Rayman at the Echoplex
September 24^th: Neon Trees at the Bellwether
September 25^th: The Hives at Hollywood Palladium
September 25^th: Jonnyswim at the Fonda
September 26^th: Chevelle at Hollywood Palladium
September 26^th: Mae and The Spill Canvas at the Roxy (7pm)
September 26^th: Margo Price at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
September 27^th: The Lone Bellow at the Troubadour
September 27^th: James at the Bellwether (7pm)
September 28^th: David Duchovny at the Regent Theater (8pm)
September 28^th: Marvelous 3 at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
September 29^th: Marvelous 3 at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
September 29^th: Japanese Breakfast at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
September 30^th: I’m With Her at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
September 30^th: Spacey Jane at the Fonda
September 30^th: The Criticals at the Echo
October 1^st: Amble at the El Rey (8pm)
October 1^st: Carbon Leaf at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
October 1^st: Spacey Jane at the Fonda
October 2^nd: I’m With Her at the Ford (8pm)
October 2^nd: Gavin James at the Troubadour
October 2^nd: Maruja at the El Rey (8pm)
October 2^nd: Matt Maeson w/ Joe P at the Wiltern
October 3^rd: Good Charlotte at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
October 3^rd: The Struts at the Wiltern
October 3^rd: Sweet Talk Radio at the Hotel Cafe
October 3^rd: Dice at the Echo
October 3^rd: Watchhouse at the Ford (8pm)
October 4^th: Perfume Genius at the Ford (8pm)
October 4^th: Stephen Kellogg and Jon McLaughlin at the Hotel Cafe
October 6^th: The Dandy Warhols at the Bellwether (8pm)
October 7^th: Jasmine.4.t. at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (8pm)
October 7^th: Max Gomez & Shannon McNally at the Venice West
October 8^th: Tyler Hilton & Kate Voegele at the Venice West (8pm)
October 8^th: Radio Free Alice at El Cid
October 8^th: Lucy Dacus at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
October 10^th: Andy Clockwise at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
October 10^th: Penny & Sparrow at the Regent Theater (8pm)
October 10^th: The Format w/ Phantom Planet at Hollywood Forever (6pm)
October 11^th: Jack’s Mannequin at the Wiltern
October 11^th: Dermot Kennedy at LA Orpheum (8pm)
October 11^th: Flyte at the Lodge Room
October 11^th: Jackie Greene at the Venice West (8pm)
October 13^th: Wolf Alice at the Wiltern
October 13^th: Haim at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
October 13^th: Kingfishr at the Troubadour
October 14^th: The Click Five at the Troubadour
October 14^th: David Cook at the Venice West (8pm)
October 14^th: School Night at Zebulon
October 16^th: Elbow at the Wiltern
October 16^th: Fly By Midnight at the Echoplex
October 16^th: The Rocket Summer at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
October 16^th: Little Hurricane at the Venice West (8pm)
October 17^th: Bad Suns w/ Joe P at the Belasco Theater
October 18^th: Borns at the Novo (8pm)
October 19^th: Lila Forde at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
October 21^st: Gigi Perez at the Wiltern
October 22^nd: Aidan bissett at the Fonda
October 22^nd: All Time Low at YouTube Theater (6pm)
October 22^nd: The Wombats w/ Only the Poets & Red Rum Club at the Novo (8pm)
October 23^rd: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club at the Wiltern
October 23^rd: Griffin House at the Venice West (8pm)
October 23^rd: The Band Camino at the Hollywood Palladium
October 24^th: The Starting Line w/ Finch and stateside at the Novo (8pm)
October 24^th: Talib Kweli at the Venice West (8pm)
October 25^th: The Revivalists at the Novo (8:30)
October 25^th: Bo Staloch at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
October 25^th: Stereolab at the Bellwether (8pm)
October 26^th: Stereolab at the Bellwether (8pm)
October 26^th: Voila at the Troubadour
October 30^th: The Rescues at the Hotel Cafe
October 30^th: The Bones of JR Jones at the Venice West (8pm)
October 31^st: The Bones of JR Jones at the Venice West (8pm)
November 2^nd: Tors w/ Ber at the Troubadour
November 3^rd: Laundry Day at the El Rey (8pm)
November 4^th: School Night at Zebulon
November 5^th: Garbage at Hollywood Palladium
November 5^th: Laundry Day at the El Rey (8pm)
November 6^th: G Flip w/ Beth McCarthy at the Fonda (8pm)
November 6^th: Rachel Yamagata at Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (7pm)
November 10^th: Lifehouse at the El Rey (8:30)
November 10^th: Barbarians of California at the Roxy (7pm)
November 11^th: Casey Lowery at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
November 11^th: Lifehouse at the El Rey (8:30)
November 11^th: Chris Pierce & Garrison Starr at the Troubadour
November 12^th: Brendan Abernathy at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
November 12^th: The Darkness at the Wiltern
November 12^th: Good Neighbours w/ Nicky Youre at the El Rey (8pm)
November 13^th: Brent Cobb at the Troubadour
November 13^th: Jesse McCartney at Hollywood Palladium (7pm)
November 13^th: Waylon Wyatt at the El Rey (8pm)
November 14^th: Waylon Wyatt at the El Rey (8pm)
November 15^th: Midnight Til Morning at the El Rey (two shows, 5pm, 8:15)
November 19^th: Grandson at the Bellwether (8pm)
November 19^th: Chris Lanzon at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
November 15^th: Smallpools at the Echoplex
November 15^th: Adam Melchor at the Fonda
November 15^th: Midnight Til Morning at the El Rey (5pm, 8pm)
November 17^th: Cam at the El Rey (8pm)
November 18^th: School Night at Zebulon
November 19^th: Grandson at the Bellwether (8pm)
November 20^th: Jessie J at the United Theatre on Broadway (8pm)
November 21^st: Laura Stevenson at Scribble
November 22^nd: Thrice at the Novo (7:30)
November 22^nd: Taylor Acorn at the Echoplex
November 22^nd: Your Smith at the Troubadour
November 25^th: Damiano David at the Wiltern
November 29^th: Jens Lekman at Lodge Room (8pm)
December 1^st: Vincent Lima at the Troubadour
December 3^rd: Jutes at the El Rey (8pm)
December 5^th: Anna of the North at the Roxy (7pm)
December 5^th: Chaparelle at the Troubadour
December 6^th: Chaparelle at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (7pm)
December 6^th: The Aces at the Bellwether (8pm)
December 6^th: Lola Young at the Palladium
December 7^th: Lola Young at the Palladium
December 7^th: Ken Yates w/ Emily Kinney at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
December 10^th: Couch w/ Night Talks at the Fonda (1pm)
December 13^th: The Haunt w/ Himalayas at the Echo
December 18^th: The Academy Is at the Belasco (7pm)
December 19^th: The Academy Is at the Belasco (7pm)
January 14^th: Dean Lewis at the Bellwether (7:30)
January 16^th: gavn! at the Troubadour
January 20^th: Jacob Banks at the Troubadour
January 27^th: Nothing More at the Belasco
January 28^th: Madison Cunningham at the Bellwether
February 26^th: AHI at the Troubadour
February 26^th: Somebody’s Child at the Echo
February 27^th: Bob Schneider
March 6^th: The Strumbellas at the Regent (8pm)
March 10^th: dodie at the Wiltern (7pm)
April 12^th: Dar Williams at the Troubadour

~ Kristen