New albums from Biffy Clyro and Matt Maeson are plumping up my playlists as we are on the precipice of my second favorite month of the year, Rocktober! There are plenty of opportunities to get in the festive mood next week. At the top of my list is the last minute addition of Dear Boy to the Neon Trees bill which almost makes up for their cancelled headline show celebrating their forthcoming album, Celebrator (out next month!).
The rest of my picks:
Monday: Coheed and Cambria at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
ALSO: Monday Monday at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)
Tuesday: Martin Luke Brown at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Coheed and Cambria at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
ALSO: Soft Play w/ Kennyhoopla at the Roxy (7pm)
ALSO: Reverend Horton Heat at Zebulon (8pm)
ALSO: Citizen Soldier at the Echoplex (6pm)
ALSO: The Raveonettes at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
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: Neon Trees w/ Dear Boy at the Bellwether (7pm)
ALSO: Allan Rayman at the Echoplex (7pm)
ALSO: Britton Buchanan and Kelly Kidd with Special Guests at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Kaleb Cohen at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Band of Horses & Iron and Wine at the Wiltern
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: The Lonely Together at the Hotel Cafe (8pm)
ALSO: Dirty Monday Presents: The Cavs at the Viper Room (7pm)
ALSO: Jonnyswim at the Fonda (7:30)
ALSO: Runner at the Lodge Room (8pm)
ALSO: The Hives at Hollywood Palladium (7pm)
ALSO: LCD Soundsystem, PULP at Hollywood Bowl (7:30)
ALSO: Billy Idol at the Forum (7:30)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Bar Lubitsch (7pm)
Friday: Margo Price at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
ALSO: Cobi at Saint Rocke (7pm)
ALSO: Daisy the Great at El Cid (6pm)
ALSO: Mae and The Spill Canvas at the Roxy (7pm)
ALSO: Dirty Mondays Presents: Bonnie Parker, Kiss Bang at Harvard & Stone (7pm)
ALSO: SG Goodman at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Rainbow Kitten Surprise at the Echoplex (7pm)
ALSO: The Hold Steady at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
ALSO: The Waterboys at the Bellwether (7pm)
ALSO: Chevelle w/ Asking Alexandria and Dead Poet Society at Hollywood Palladium (6pm)
ALSO: LCD Soundsystem, PULP at Hollywood Bowl (7:30)
Saturday: The Lone Bellow at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Sorry Ghost & Lavalove at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: The Kaleidoscope Kid at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: The Hold Steady at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
ALSO: James at the Bellwether (7pm)
Sunday: The Hold Steady at the Moroccan Lounge (6pm)
ALSO: Joan Osborne at the Venice West (8pm)
ALSO: Dylan Chambers, Jonathan Plevyak at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
ALSO: Lucinda Williams at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: David Duchovny at the Regent Theater (8pm)
ALSO: Marvelous 3 at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
ALSO: The Head and the Heart at the Greek Theatre (7pm)
ALSO: John Legend at Hollywood Bowl (7:30)
To Keep in Mind:
September 29th: Marvelous 3 at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
September 29th: Japanese Breakfast at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
September 30th: I’m With Her at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
September 30th: Spacey Jane at the Fonda
September 30th: The Criticals at the Echo
October 1st: Amble at the El Rey (8pm)
October 1st: Carbon Leaf at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
October 1st: Spacey Jane at the Fonda
October 2nd: I’m With Her at the Ford (8pm)
October 2nd: SZN4 at the Troubadour
October 2nd: Gavin James at the Troubadour
October 2nd: Maruja at the El Rey (8pm)
October 2nd: Matt Maeson w/ Joe P at the Wiltern
October 3rd: Good Charlotte at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
October 3rd: The Struts at the Wiltern
October 3rd: Sweet Talk Radio at the Hotel Cafe
October 3rd: Dice at the Echo
October 3rd: Watchhouse at the Ford (8pm)
October 4th: Perfume Genius at the Ford (8pm)
October 4th: Stephen Kellogg and Jon McLaughlin at the Hotel Cafe
October 6th: The Dandy Warhols at the Bellwether (8pm)
October 7th: Jasmine.4.t. at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (8pm)
October 7th: Max Gomez & Shannon McNally at the Venice West
October 8th: Tyler Hilton & Kate Voegele at the Venice West (8pm)
October 8th: Radio Free Alice at El Cid
October 8th: Lucy Dacus at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
October 10th: Andy Clockwise at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
October 10th: Penny & Sparrow at the Regent Theater (8pm)
October 10th: The Format w/ Phantom Planet at Hollywood Forever (6pm)
October 11th: Jack’s Mannequin at the Wiltern
October 11th: Dermot Kennedy at LA Orpheum (8pm)
October 11th: Flyte at the Lodge Room
October 11th: Jackie Greene at the Venice West (8pm)
October 13th: Wolf Alice at the Wiltern
October 13th: Haim at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
October 13th: Kingfishr at the Troubadour
October 14th: The Click Five at the Troubadour
October 14th: David Cook at the Venice West (8pm)
October 14th: School Night at Zebulon
October 16th: Elbow at the Wiltern
October 16th: Fly By Midnight at the Echoplex
October 16th: The Rocket Summer at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
October 16th: Little Hurricane at the Venice West (8pm)
October 17th: Bad Suns w/ Joe P at the Belasco Theater
October 18th: Borns at the Novo (8pm)
October 19th: Lila Forde at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
October 21st: Gigi Perez at the Wiltern
October 22nd: Aidan bissett at the Fonda
October 22nd: All Time Low at YouTube Theater (6pm)
October 22nd: The Wombats w/ Only the Poets & Red Rum Club at the Novo (8pm)
October 23rd: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club at the Wiltern
October 23rd: Griffin House at the Venice West (8pm)
October 23rd: The Band Camino at the Hollywood Palladium
October 24th: The Starting Line w/ Finch and stateside at the Novo (8pm)
October 24th: Talib Kweli at the Venice West (8pm)
October 24th: Bishop Briggs at Pico Union Project
October 25th: The Revivalists at the Novo (8:30)
October 25th: Bo Staloch at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
October 25th: Stereolab at the Bellwether (8pm)
October 26th: Stereolab at the Bellwether (8pm)
October 26th: Voila at the Troubadour
October 30th: The Rescues at the Hotel Cafe
October 30th: The Bones of JR Jones at the Venice West (8pm)
October 31st: The Bones of JR Jones at the Venice West (8pm)
November 2nd: Tors w/ Ber at the Troubadour
November 3rd: Laundry Day at the El Rey (8pm)
November 4th: School Night at Zebulon
November 5th: Garbage at Hollywood Palladium
November 5th: Laundry Day at the El Rey (8pm)
November 6th: G Flip w/ Beth McCarthy at the Fonda (8pm)
November 6th: Rachel Yamagata at Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (7pm)
November 10th: Lifehouse at the El Rey (8:30)
November 10th: Barbarians of California at the Roxy (7pm)
November 11th: Casey Lowery at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
November 11th: Lifehouse at the El Rey (8:30)
November 11th: Chris Pierce & Garrison Starr at the Troubadour
November 12th: Brendan Abernathy at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
November 12th: The Darkness at the Wiltern
November 12th: Good Neighbours w/ Nicky Youre at the El Rey (8pm)
November 13th: Brent Cobb at the Troubadour
November 13th: Jesse McCartney at Hollywood Palladium (7pm)
November 13th: Waylon Wyatt at the El Rey (8pm)
November 14th: Waylon Wyatt at the El Rey (8pm)
November 15th: Midnight Til Morning at the El Rey (two shows, 5pm, 8:15)
November 19th: Grandson at the Bellwether (8pm)
November 19th: Chris Lanzon at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
November 19th: Hot Mulligan at Hollywood Palladium
November 15th: Smallpools at the Echoplex
November 15th: Midnight Til Morning at the El Rey (5pm, 8pm)
November 17th: Cam at the El Rey (8pm)
November 18th: School Night at Zebulon
November 19th: Grandson at the Bellwether (8pm)
November 20th: Jessie J at the United Theatre on Broadway (8pm)
November 21st: Laura Stevenson at Scribble
November 22nd: Thrice at the Novo (7:30)
November 22nd: Taylor Acorn at the Echoplex
November 22nd: Your Smith at the Troubadour
November 22nd: Midlake at the Lodge Room (8pm)
November 24th: 3Quency w/ Soulidified at the Belasco
November 25th: Damiano David at the Wiltern
November 25th: Of Monsters and Men at Hollywood Palladium
November 29th: Jens Lekman at Lodge Room (8pm)
December 1st: Vincent Lima at the Troubadour
December 3rd: Jutes at the El Rey (8pm)
December 5th: Anna of the North at the Roxy (7pm)
December 5th: Chaparelle at the Troubadour
December 6th: Chaparelle at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (7pm)
December 6th: The Aces at the Bellwether (8pm)
December 6th: Lola Young at the Palladium
December 7th: Lola Young at the Palladium
December 7th: Ken Yates w/ Emily Kinney at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
December 10th: Couch w/ Night Talks at the Fonda (1pm)
December 13th: The Haunt w/ Himalayas at the Echo
December 18th: The Academy Is at the Belasco (7pm)
December 19th: The Academy Is at the Belasco (7pm)
January 14th: Dean Lewis at the Bellwether (7:30)
January 16th: gavn! at the Troubadour
January 20th: Jacob Banks at the Troubadour
January 27th: Nothing More at the Belasco
January 28th: Madison Cunningham at the Bellwether
February 26th: AHI at the Troubadour
February 26th: Somebody’s Child at the Echo
February 27th: Bob Schneider
March 3rd: Black Pistol Fire at the Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
March 6th: The Strumbellas at the Regent (8pm)
March 10th: dodie at the Wiltern (7pm)
April 12th: Dar Williams at the Troubadour
~ Kristen