I am heading to Texas this week for SXSW. The conference/festival is running on a different timeline this year (among other changes), so I’m feeling a bit unsettled, but I’m sure once I get there and feel the weird Austin ley line energy beneath my feet, it will be great.  

Back in LA we’ve got a week of special performances including Darren Hayes and Phantogram at the Troubadour and David Ryan Harris saying goodbye to the Hotel Cafe.

Here’s what I’d recommend:

Monday: The Fray at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
ALSO: Maejoy Presents: All the Feels at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Jonah Kagen at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)

Tuesday: dodie at the Wiltern (7pm)
ALSO: Jonah Kagen at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Soft Spot Songwriter’s Night FREE at Desert 5 Spot (7pm)
ALSO: Lucas Flood Presents: Not Another Showcase at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)

Weds: Phantogram at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Gooseberry at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
ALSO: The Technicolors at Lodge Room (7pm)
ALSO: rocknite.la FREE at the Goldfish (8pm)
ALSO: Writer’s Round FREE at Universal Bar & Grill (7pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)

Thursday: Dillan Witherow w/ Juliana Chachayed & Chris Wallace at the Hotel Cafe second stage (7pm)
ALSO: Morgan St. Jean at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Braden Bales and Ezra at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
ALSO: Good Terms at the Echo (6pm)
ALSO: Susanna Hoffs & Friends at Largo (7pm)
ALSO: Phantogram at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Margo Price w/ Ny Oh & Kendall Robbins at the Fonda (8pm)
ALSO: Umphrey’s McGee at the Regent Theater (8pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Bar Lubitsch (7pm)

Friday: Band of Skulls at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
ALSO: David Ryan Harris at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Ally Nicholas at El Cid (6pm)
ALSO: Phantogram at the Troubadour (7pm0

Saturday: Colony House at the Regent Theater (8pm)
ALSO: Ernie Halter at the Hotel Cafe second stage (9pm)
ALSO: David Ryan Harris at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Darren Hayes at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Alex Sampson w/ Maryjo & Rikki Lumi at the Roxy (7pm)
ALSO: Vicki Peterson + John Cowsill w/ Garrison Starr at McCabe’s (6:30)

Sunday: Darren Hayes at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: John Michael Howell at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Maria BC, Storefront Church at Zebulon (8pm)

To Keep in Mind:        
March 16^th: Beauty School Dropout at the Roxy (7pm)
March 16^th: Lola Young at the Orpheum (8pm)
March 18^th: Foy Vance at Amoeba (5pm)
March 19^th: The Barr Brothers at the Lodge Room (8pm)
March 19^th: Foy Vance at the Sun Rose (8pm)
March 19^th: Tin Angel at the Hotel Cafe
March 20^th: Taylor Hanson at the Hotel Cafe
March 20^th: The Barr Brothers at the Troubadour
March 21^st: Radium Dolls at Zebulon (7pm)
March 21^st: Charlotte Martin at the Hotel Cafe
March 22^nd: I See Stars at the El Rey (7pm)
March 25^th: Cailin Russo at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
March 26^th: Cailin Russo at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
March 26^th: Avery Cochrane at Permanent Records (6pm)
March 28^th: Louis XIV at the Lodge Room (8pm)
March 28^th: Leap at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
March 28^th: The Maine at the Novo (6:30)
March 29^th: Pretty Jane at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
March 29^th: Glen Hansard at Lodge Room (7pm)
March 29^th: Sammy Brue, Joe Kaplow at Permanent Records (6pm)
March 31^st: Des Rocs at the El Rey (7pm)
April 1^st: Winder at the Venice West (8pm)
April 3^rd: Winyah at the Echo
April 3^rd: The Record Company at the El Rey (7pm)
April 4^th: Alexander Stewart at Pacific Electric (8pm)
April 4^th: The Early November & Helloboodbye at the Echoplex
April 6^th: Borderline at the Echo
April 8^th: The Unlikely Candidates at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
April 9^th: Leslie Stevens at Permanent Records (9pm)
April 9^th: KT Tunstall at the Venice West (8pm)
April 10^th: Jon McLaughlin at the Trouabdour
April 12^th: Dar Williams at the Troubadour
April 14^th: Lykke Li at the Fonda (7pm)
April 15^th: Ber at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
April 15^th: Pleasure Pill & Native Sun at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
April 17^th: Kate Clover at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
April 18^th: The Summer Set at the El Rey (7pm)
April 20^th: Langhorne Slim at the Troubadour
April 20^th: Biffy Clyro at the Belasco (7pm)
April 21^st: Maya Hawke at the Troubadour
April 21^st: Flyte at Lodge Room (7pm)
April 22^nd: Flyte at Lodge Room (7pm)
April 22^nd: Maisie Peters at the Fonda (7:30)
April 24^th: Coach Party at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
April 24^th: Alice Phoebe Lou at the Wiltern
April 24^th: Griffin House at McCabe’s (8pm)
April 25^th: Lily Allen at the Orpheum
April 26^th: Lily Allen at the Orpheum
May 1^st: Bad Suns at the Venice West (8pm)
May 2^nd: Switchfoot at the Venice West (8pm)
May 2^nd: Claire Rosinkranz at the El Rey (7pm)
May 3^rd: Barns Courtney at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
May 7^th: Wolves of Glendale at the Troubadour
May 9^th: Mike Doughty at Sid the Cat Auditorium
May 12^th: Cardinals at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
May 12^th: Hayley Williams at the Wiltern
May 13^th: Hayley Williams at the Wiltern
May 13^th: Mika at LA Orpheum (8pm)
May 14^th: Indigo Girls at the Bellwether
May 14^th: Melrose Avenue at the Roxy (7pm)
May 15^th: Hayley Williams at the Wiltern
May 20^th: Red Rum Club at the Roxy (7pm)
May 21^st: Josiah and the Bonnevilles at the Fonda (7:30)
May 22^nd: Yungblud at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
May 24^th: Katelyn Tarver at the Echo
May 27^th: Ivy at the Teragram Ballroom
May 28^th: The Scratch at the Echo
May 28^th: Mae at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
May 29^th: Mae at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
May 29^th: The Last Dinner Party at the Orpheum (7:30)
May 31^st: Kelsy Karter and The Heroines at the Roxy (7pm)
May 31^st: Kylekelly at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
June 1^st: The Cab at the Fonda (6:30)
June 4^th: Daisy Grenade w/ Vienna Vienna at the Roxy (7pm)
June 27^th: Kaleo w/ Dawes at the Novo (8pm)
July 11^th: Wolfmother at the Wiltern
July 17^th: Low Cut Connie at the Troubadour
August 8^th: Ed Sheeran w/ Sigrid at Sofi Stadium
September 15^th: When Chai Met Toast at the Lodge Room (8pm)
October 3^rd: Paula Cole at the Bellwether
October 3^rd: Soda Blonde at the Echo
November 6^th: Foy Vance at the El Rey (7pm)
November 7^th: Foy Vance at the El Rey (7pm)
November 12^th: Lawrence at the Novo (7pm)
November 13^th: Lawrence at the Novo (7pm)
November 14^th: Lawrence at the Novo (7pm)

~ Kristen