I spent some time at NAMM this weekend. It was my first NAMM experience, so I wasn’t sure what to expect. I’ve concluded that NAMM is just a big networking event. I had a great time running into old friends and making new ones.  I also caught some exciting showcases, picked up some ear plugs to try, and saw many a snazzy guitar, drum, microphone, etc. It was all quite exhausting and my feet are ready to go sit at a desk all next week. Except, of course, for the evenings when we have some fun musical options. Most of my top picks are on Monday. Good luck deciding between Zane Carney at The Hotel Cafe, Vanaprasta’s last residency show with Dear Boy, Andrew Ripp at Bardot, and another excellent round of singer-songwriters at Room 5 for the Monday Monday event.

Here’s what else I’d recommend:

Monday: Zane Carney at The Hotel Cafe (9pm)
ALSO: Dear Boy and Vanaprasta FREE at Bootleg Bar (10pm)
ALSO: It’s a School Night FREE at Bardot featuring Andrew Ripp (9pm)
ALSO: Hunnypot Radio Live at The Mint (7pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday FREE at Room 5 featuring Charles MacDonald, Scott Mellis, Jesse Thomas, Joel Eckels, etc. (8:30)

 

Tuesday: Justin Hopkins, Vicci Martinez, Sonia Rao at WitZend (8:15, 9, 9:45)
ALSO: Shel at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: The Basement Sessions FREE at Hemingway’s featuring Patrick Droney (9pm)
ALSO: Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights at The Mint (10:30)
ALSO: The Lexingtons with The Blue Bird Bandits at Harvard & Stone (9pm)
ALSO: The Soft White Sixties and The Strypes at The Troubadour (8:30, 9:30)
ALSO: Tall Tales & Silver Lining at Los Globos (9pm)

 

Weds: Bootstraps, The Saint Johns, David & Devine, Jesse Macht, Fever,Fever at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: The Kin and Pink at The Honda Center in Anaheim (7:30)
ALSO: The Filthy Souls FREE at Hemingway’s (9pm)

 

Thursday: Percy & The Gunslingers at Harvard & Stone (9pm)
ALSO: The Memorials, 28 North at The Viper Room (9pm)

 

Friday: Ash at The Echo (8:30)
ALSO: Kyle Wyman Band and LA Hootenanny at American Legion Post 43 (8pm)
ALSO: Franky Perez & The Truth at The Viper Room (9pm)
ALSO: Badass Bands Blog Anniversary Show at The Silverlake Lounge featuring LA River Bend, Young Creatures, The Space Race, and The Sharp Medicine (8pm)
ALSO: The Absolute at The Hotel Cafe (10pm)
ALSO: Better Looking People With Superior Ideas at Five Star Bar (9pm)
ALSO: The Wood Brothers at The Troubadour (9pm)
ALSO: Robert DeLong at The El Rey (9pm)

 

Saturday: Parade of Lights FREE at Golden Dragon Parade & Chinese New Year Festival downtown at Central Plaza State (6pm)
ALSO: The Alarm Science at The Viper Room (8pm)
ALSO: Raquel Rodriguez at The Mint (10pm)

 

Sunday:

To Keep in Mind:
February 7^th: Citizen Cope at The Wiltern
February 8^th: Queen Caveat record release party
February 11^th: Band of Horses at Wilshire Ebell Theatre
February 11^th: Augustines at The Troubadour
February 11^th: Sir Sly at The El Rey
February 11^th: Meg Myers and Irontom at Bootleg Bar
February 11^th: Band of Horses at Wilshire Ebell Theatre
February 12^th: Greg Laswell at The Troubadour
February 12^th: Band Horses at The Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian
February 12^th: Chappo at Bootleg Bar
February 13^th: Brandon Boyd and Sons of the Sea at The Belasco Theater
February 14^th: Biffy Clyro at The El Rey
February 17^th: Duncan Sheik and Tony Lucca at The Hotel Cafe
February 18^th: Hudson Taylor at The Hotel Cafe
February 19^th: New Politics at The Troubadour
February 19^th and 20^th: Jon McLaughlin at The Hotel Cafe
February 21^st: We Were Promised Jetpacks at El Rey Theatre
February 22^nd: Charlotte Martin and Curtis Peoples at The Hotel Cafe
February 27^th: Kodaline at The El Rey
February 28^th: Scars on 45 at The Hotel Cafe
March 1^st: The Shakers and The Janks at The Viper Room
March 4^th: The Colourist at The Troubadour
March 5^th: The Ataris at The House of Blues
March 5^th: The Wild Feathers at The Troubadour
March 15^th: Lake Street Dive at The Troubadour
March 17^th: Turin Brakes at The Troubadour
March 18^th: Band of Skulls at The Belasco Theater
March 21^st: St. Vincent at The Wiltern
March 21^st: Bayside at The House of Blues
March 21^st: Wakey! Wakey! At The Bootleg Bar
March 27^th: Delta Rae at The Troubadour
March 28^th: The Kin at The Troubadour
April 4^th: The War on Drugs at The Troubadour
May 9^th: We Are Scientists at The Troubadour
May 17^th: Birdy at The Wiltern
June 5^th: OneRepublic and The Script at Hollywood Bowl
June 21^st: The Milk Carton Kids at Japan America Theatre

~ Kristen

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Last week I finally got to a show in 2014. Moon Taxi at The Troubadour. They made me dance. I am now excited about life again. I hope the fact that it took me 16 days to get to a show isn’t indicative of the year to come. Today I’m heading down to San Diego to see The Silent Comedy, Deadly Birds, and The Heavy Guilt at The Casbah, so that’s a good sign. A couple favorite bands at my favorite San Diego venue. I’m very thankful that Monday is a holiday.

As for the rest of the week, lots of great LA shows. Next Sunday is the last residency date for Austin’s SPEAK at Bootleg Bar. That would be my pick of the week, especially if you haven’t seen them this month already.

Here are the rest of my musical selections:

 

Monday: Vanaprasta with Maxim Ludwig FREE at The Bootleg Bar (9pm)
ALSO: The Janks, Olin and The Moon FREE at The Echo (9pm)
ALSO: Matt Sorum’s Darling Stilettos and Gilby Clarke at The Viper Room (9pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday FREE at Room 5 featuring Clare Means, Jesse Thomas, Joel Eckels and more (8pm)

 

Tuesday: My Name is You, The Roof Beam Carpenters, The Lexingtons at Harvard & Stone (9pm)
ALSO: Basement Sessions FREE at Hemingway’s featuring Patrick Droney and Family Wagon (9pm)
ALSO: Tall Tales & The Silver Lining at Los Globos (10pm)

 

Weds: Trent Dabbs at The Hotel Cafe (8pm)
ALSO: Badass Bands Blog at The Viper Room featuring Bones Buhroni, Ivory Deville, Inch Chua, No Small Children (8pm)
ALSO: Western Scene and Wet and Reckless at Harvard and Stone (9pm)

 

Thursday: Jimmy Gnecco with Robert Patrick & The Passengers at The Viper Room (8pm)
ALSO: Belmont Lights at The Troubadour (10pm)
ALSO: Rixton, Echosmith, Jake Miller, Tori Kelly, Fifth Harmony at House of Blues (7pm)
ALSO: The Neighbourhood at Club Nokia (7pm)
ALSO: Imagine Dragons at The Wiltern (7pm)

 

Friday: Jake Bugg at The Wiltern (8pm)

 

Saturday: The Record Company at The Hotel Cafe (10pm)
ALSO: Wires in the Walls at El Cid (11pm)
ALSO: The Lonely Wild at Bootleg Bar (11pm)

 

Sunday: SPEAK FREE at Bootleg Bar (10pm)

 

To Keep in Mind:
January 27^th: Dear Boy at Bootleg Bar
February 1^st: Saint Motel at The Satellite
February 7^th: Citizen Cope at The Wiltern
February 8^th: Queen Caveat record release party
February 11^th: Band of Horses at Wilshire Ebell Theatre
February 11^th: Augustines at The Troubadour
February 11^th: Sir Sly at The El Rey
February 11^th: Meg Myers and Irontom at Bootleg Bar
February 11^th: Band of Horses at Wilshire Ebell Theatre
February 12^th: Greg Laswell at The Troubadour
February 12^th: Band Horses at The Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian
February 12^th: Chappo at Bootleg Bar
February 13^th: Brandon Boyd and Sons of the Sea at The Belasco Theater
February 14^th: Biffy Clyro at The El Rey
February 19^th: New Politics at The Troubadour
February 20^th: Jon McLaughlin at The Hotel Cafe
February 21^st: We Were Promised Jetpacks at El Rey Theatre
February 22^nd: Charlotte Martin at The Hotel Cafe
February 27^th: Kodaline at The El Rey
March 1^st: The Shakers and The Janks at The Viper Room
March 4^th: The Colourist at The Troubadour
March 5^th: The Ataris at The House of Blues
March 5^th: The Wild Feathers at The Troubadour
March 15^th: Lake Street Dive at The Troubadour
March 17^th: Turin Brakes at The Troubadour
March 18^th: Band of Skulls at The Belasco Theater
March 21^st: St. Vincent at The Wiltern
March 21^st: Bayside at The House of Blues
March 21^st: Wakey! Wakey! At The Bootleg Bar
March 27^th: Delta Rae at The Troubadour
March 28^th: The Kin at The Troubadour
April 4^th: The War on Drugs at The Troubadour
May 9^th: We Are Scientists at The Troubadour
May 17^th: Birdy at The Wiltern
June 5^th: OneRepublic and The Script at Hollywood Bowl
June 21^st: The Milk Carton Kids at Japan America Theatre

~ Kristen

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Taking a bit of a break today. I’ve been watching the Nationals Figure Skating competition and now I’ve switched over to The Golden Globes. It’s nice to pull myself out of my own life and live vicariously through the triumphs and failures of others for a while. Now, I just want to go ice skating and watch movies…

More greatness in music form coming to LA this week. My show pick of the week goes to Nashville’s Moon Taxi who was a SXSW favorite and High Voltage On the Rise artist last year. If you want a fun night of music and dancing come to The Troubadour on Thursday.

Here are the rest of my picks:

 

Monday: Vanaprasta FREE at Bootleg Theater (11pm)
ALSO: It’s A School Night FREE at Bardot featuring Terraplane Sun and James Supercave (9pm)
ALSO: Hunnypot Radio Live FREE at The Mint (7pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday FREE at Room 5 (8pm)

 

Tuesday: Tyler Lyle, Dustbowl Revival, Jamestown Revival at The Hotel Cafe (7, 9, 10)
ALSO: Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights at The Mint (11pm)
ALSO: Omnifux and Tic Tic Boom! at The Satellite (10pm)
ALSO: Jenni Alpert, Andrew Young, Clare Means at WitZend (8pm)
ALSO: Tall Tales & Silver Lining at Los Globos (9pm)
ALSO: 3 Doors Down Acoustic at House of Blues (8pm)

 

Weds: John Newman at The El Rey (9pm)
ALSO: Joel Eckels and Jenny Own Youngs at Room 5 (9,10)
ALSO: Our Lady J at WitZend (9pm)
ALSO: Diamonds Under Fire at The Viper Room (9pm)
ALSO: Adam Bones at The Redwood Bar (10pm)

 

Thursday: Moon Taxi with Cillie Barnes and Fortress Social Club at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: The Peach Kings, Carina Round, Nightmare & The Cat at Bootleg Theatre (9pm)
ALSO: Jimmy Gnecco with Amie Miriello and Will Love at The Viper Room (9pm)
ALSO: Fire in the Hamptons at Amplyfi (9:45)
ALSO: Colin Meloy at Fonda Theatre (8:30)

 

Friday: Franky Perez & The Truth and The Filthy Souls at Swinghouse Studios (7:30)
ALSO: The Watkins Family Hour at Largo (8:30)
ALSO: Javier Dunn at The Hotel Cafe (8pm)
ALSO: The Cerny Brothers at The Mint (9pm)
ALSO: Pinback at The El Rey (9pm)

 

Saturday: Jesse Thomas at Room 5 (10pm)
ALSO: Austin Jenckes with Cody Beebe & The Crooks at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)

 

Sunday: SPEAK FREE at Bootleg Bar (9pm)

 

 

To Keep in Mind:
January 21^st: The Milk Carton Kids at Japan America Theatre
Janrary 23^rd: Imagine Dragons at The Wiltern
January 23^rd: Jimmy Gnecco at The Viper Room
January 23^rd: The Neighbourhood at Club Nokia
January 23^rd: Belmont Lights at The Troubadour
January 24^th: Jake Bugg at The Wiltern
January 26^th: Speak at Bootleg Bar
January 27^th: Dear Boy at Bootleg Bar
February 1^st: Saint Motel at The Satellite
February 7^th: Citizen Cope at The Wiltern
February 11^th: Band of Horses at Wilshire Ebell Theatre
February 11^th: Augustines at The Troubadour
February 11^th: Sir Sly at The El Rey
February 11^th: Meg Myers and Irontom at Bootleg Bar
February 11^th: Band of Horses at Wilshire Ebell Theatre
February 12^th: Greg Laswell at The Troubadour
February 12^th: Band Horses at The Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian
February 12^th: Chappo at Bootleg Bar
February 13^th: Brandon Boyd and Sons of the Sea at The Belasco Theater
February 14^th: Biffy Clyro at The El Rey
February 19^th: New Politics at The Troubadour
February 20^th: Jon McLaughlin at The Hotel Cafe
February 21^st: We Were Promised Jetpacks at El Rey Theatre
February 22^nd: Charlotte Martin at The Hotel Cafe
February 27^th: Kodaline at The El Rey
March 4^th: The Colourist at The Troubadour
March 5^th: The Ataris at The House of Blues
March 5^th: The Wild Feathers at The Troubadour
March 15^th: Lake Street Dive at The Troubadour
March 17^th: Turin Brakes at The Troubadour
March 18^th: Band of Skulls at The Belasco Theater
March 21^st: St. Vincent at The Wiltern
March 21^st: Bayside at The House of Blues
March 21^st: Wakey! Wakey! At The Bootleg Bar
March 27^th: Delta Rae at The Troubadour
April 4^th: The War on Drugs at The Troubadour
May 9^th: We Are Scientists at The Troubadour
June 5^th: OneRepublic and The Script at Hollywood Bowl

~ Kristen

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Desperately attempting to get more of my “to do” list accomplished before returning to the grind tomorrow. It’s been a bit of a mind-breaking week…  The good thing about getting back into my routine, is that the routine will hopefully include more going out and catching some music. We’ve got some exciting January residencies starting this week including Vanaprasta and SPEAK at Bootleg Bar and Patrick Droney at Hemingway’s.

 

Here are the rest of my musical selections:

 

Monday: Vanaprasta FREE at Bootleg Bar (11pm)
ALSO: Deluka FREE at The Satellite (10pm)

 

Tuesday: The Basement Sessions FREE at Hemingway’s featuring Patrick Droney with The Echo and The Sound (9pm)
ALSO: Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights at The Mint (10:30)
ALSO: Great White Buffalo at The Echo (9pm)
ALSO: Tall Tales & The Silver Linings with Ferraby Lion Heart and more (9pm)

Weds: Western Scene at Club Moscow at Boardner’s (10pm)…FREE until 10:30 with Flyer or RSVP
ALSO: Terra Naomi at Room 5 (9pm)
ALSO: Rosanne Cash at The Troubadour (8:30)

 

Thursday: Decorator at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: The Dirty Diamond and Viza at The Troubadour (9:45, 10:30)
ALSO: The Record Company at Bootleg Bar (10pm)

 

Friday: Michael Kiwanuka and Oak & Gorski at The Hotel Cafe (7, 11:30)
ALSO: Black Hi-Lighter at Silverlake Lounge (9:30)
ALSO: Golden State at The Viper Room (9pm)
ALSO: Youngblood Hawke at The Natural History Museum (5:30)

 

Saturday: My Name is You at The Hotel Cafe (11pm)
ALSO: Jon Foreman with The Summer Set at House of Blues (8pm)
ALSO: Linkin Park, The Offspring, Bad Religion at Club Nokia (8pm)

 

Sunday: Speak FREE at Bootleg Bar (10pm)

 

 

To Keep in Mind:
January 16^th: Moon Taxi at The Troubadour
January 16^th: Carina Round at Bootleg Bar
January 16^th: Nightmare & The Cat at Bootleg Theater
January 16^th and 23^rd: Jimmy Gnecco at The Viper Room
January 21^st: The Milk Carton Kids at Japan America Theatre
January 23^rd: The Neighbourhood at Club Nokia
January 24^th: Jake Bugg at The Wiltern
January 26^th: Speak at Bootleg Bar
January 27^th: Dear Boy at Bootleg Bar
February 1^st: Saint Motel at The Satellite
February 7^th: Citizen Cope at The Wiltern
February 11^th: Band of Horses at Wilshire Ebell Theatre
February 11^th: Augustines at The Troubadour
February 11^th: Sir Sly at The El Rey
February 11^th: Meg Myers at Bootleg Bar
February 11^th: Band of Horses at Wilshire Ebell Theatre
February 12^th: Greg Laswell at The Troubadour
February 12^th: Band Horses at The Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian
February 12^th: Chappo at Bootleg Bar
February 13^th: Brandon Boyd and Sons of the Sea at The Belasco Theater
February 14^th: Biffy Clyro at The El Rey
February 19^th: New Politics at The Troubadour
February 20^th: Jon McLaughlin at The Hotel Cafe
February 21^st: We Were Promised Jetpacks at El Rey Theatre
February 22^nd: Charlotte Martin at The Hotel Cafe
February 27^th: Kodaline at The El Rey
March 5^th: The Ataris at The House of Blues
March 18^th: Band of Skulls at The Belasco Theater
March 21^st: St. Vincent at The Wiltern
March 21^st: Bayside at The House of Blues
March 21^st: Wakey! Wakey! At The Bootleg Bar
March 27^th: Delta Rae at The Troubadour
April 4^th: The War on Drugs at The Troubadour
May 9^th: We Are Scientists at The Troubadour
June 5^th: OneRepublic and The Script at Hollywood Bowl

~ Kristen

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