Band Love Alert: I first saw Canadian band, Boniface, a couple years ago at SXSW. I was instantly captivated by this quiet, introspective presence whose songs would burst forth with an emotional intensity and swelling pop/rock melodies. I couldn’t look away! Two years later, Micah Visser (AKA Boniface) and their band is releasing a self-titled debut album THIS FRIDAY! I’ve been listening somewhat obsessively and last week had the fortuitous opportunity to attend an event showcasing artists from Manitoba and featuring Boniface!  The new music is a logical (and satisfying) expansion from what I heard two years ago, and the live show has an unexpected confidence that increases the palpable emotion as well as the odds of a spontaneous mid-show dance party.  If you need an advanced listen, check out recent single “Oh My God”, or my favorite song off the album, “Wake Me Back Up” and on Friday, give yourself a Valentine’s Day treat and listen to Boniface.

Leading up to Friday, we have a few other shows celebrating new releases including JP Saxe at The Echo and The Lone Bellow’s two nights at The Troubadour. For Valentine’s Day we have two evenings at The Peppermint Club with Evan + Zane celebrating both the lovers (Friday) and anti-lovers (Saturday).

As for the rest of the week:

 

Monday: It’s a School Night f. Fly By Midnight, Annabel Lee, Alex McArtor at Bardot (7:30)
ALSO: Cartalk residency FREE at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: Jordy at Moroccan Lounge (8pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at The Hotel Cafe (8pm)

 

Tuesday: Nightly w/ The WLDFE, Sawyer at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: JP Saxe w/ Vincint at The Echo (8pm)
ALSO: Lola Marsh at Resident DTLA (8pm)
ALSO: Kree Harrison w/ Gabriel Kelley at The Hotel Cafe (9:30)
ALSO: The Glorious Sons at The El Rey (7:30)
ALSO: Writer’s Block LA at The Hotel Cafe second stage (9pm)

 

Weds: The Lone Bellow w/ Bellsaint at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: Stonefield at Zebulon (8pm)
ALSO: WFNM f. Thom Sawyer, Jake Hays, Roy Juno, Jackson Breit at Madame Siam (7:15)

 

Thursday: The Habits, Trapdoor Social, Fyohna, Emily Brimlow at Bar Lubitsch (7pm)
ALSO: The Lone Bellow w/ Laura Jean Anderson at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: Ninet Tayeb at Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
ALSO: Madison Malone and Friends at The Hotel Cafe (8pm)
ALSO: Casey Abrams and Friends at The Hotel Cafe second stage (10pm)
ALSO: Walk Off the Earth at Palace Theatre (7:30)
ALSO: Ben Lee & Ione Skye at Largo (8:30)

 

Friday: Evan + Zane at The Peppermint Club (7pm)
ALSO: Nikka Costa & Strings at Largo (8pm)
ALSO: Johnnyswim at The El Rey (8pm)
ALSO: Mayer Hawthorne at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: Dashboard Confessional at The Wiltern (6:30)

 

Saturday: Evan + Zane at The Peppermint Club (7pm)
ALSO: Chris Pierce and Shane Alexander at Genghis Cohen (9pm)
ALSO: The Heavy at The El Rey (9pm)
ALSO: Gallant at The Roxy (8:30)
ALSO: Miniature Tigers at Bootleg Theater (8:30)

 

Sunday: Gallant at The Roxy (8pm)

 

To Keep in Mind:

February 18^th: Lime Cordiale at The Fonda Theatre
February 21^st: Meg & Dia at The Wiltern
February 24^th: Harrison Storm at The Troubadour
February 25^th: WILSN at Moroccan Lounge
February 26^th: Tall Heights at Moroccan Lounge
February 27^th: Patrick Droney at The Troubadour
February 27^th/28^th: Guster at Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever
February 28^th: Colony House at Teragram Ballroom
February 28^th: The Amazons at The El Rey
February 28^th: Have Mercy at The Roxy
February 29^th: Thrice at The Novo
February 29^th: Dustbowl Revival, Jared & The Mill at The Troubadour
March 4^th: Christopher Paul Stelling at Moroccan Lounge
March 4^th: Jamestown Revival at The Fonda Theatre
March 5^th: Echosmith, Weathers at The Fonda Theatre
March 5^th: Stone Foxes at Saint Rocke
March 5^th: Birds of Chicago at Regent Theater
March 7^th: The Unlikely Candidates at Moroccan Lounge
March 7^th: Saint Motel at The Fonda Theatre
March 8^th: Saint Motel at The Fonda Theatre
March 10^th: Keane at Dolby Theatre
March 12^th: Frenship at the Regent Theater
March 12^th: Frances Quinlan at Pico Union Project
March 12^th: Patrick Sweany at Bootleg Theater
March 12^th/13^th: Delta Spirit at Teragram Ballroom.
March 14^th: Third Eye Blind at The Wiltern
March 14^th: Frenship at Regent Theater
March 18^th: The Sherlocks at Moroccan Lounge
March 18^th: Mrs. Henry at The Hi Hat
March 21^st: Curtis Peoples at The Hotel Café
March 25^th: Irontom at The Roxy
March 25^th-28^th: The Tallest Man on Earth at The Troubadour
March 28^th: Larkin Poe at The Fonda Theatre
March 31^st: Rueben and the Dark at Moroccan Lounge
April 2^nd: The Districts at Teragram Ballroom
April 2^nd/3^rd: Nathaniel Rateliff at The Theatre at Ace Hotel.
April 3^rd: Allen Stone at the Fonda Theatre
April 16^th: Mighty Oaks at Moroccan Lounge
April 18^th: Tyler Hilton at The Hotel Cafe
April 19^th: Josh Kelley at The Hotel Café
April 21^st: The Coronas at the Troubadour
April 22^nd: The Darkness at The Novo
April 30^th: Arms Akimbo, Mike Mains & The Branches at The Lodge Room
May 1^st: Beachlife Music Festival at Redondo Beach
May 4^th: The Wrecks, The Driver Era at Fonda Theatre
May 5^th: The Wrecks at Fonda Theatre
May 7^th: The 1975 at The Forum
May 13^th: John K. Samson at The Troubadour
May 14^th: Ivan & Alyosha at Bootleg Theater
May 18^th: Lewis Capaldi at The Forum
May 22^nd: Of Monsters and Men, Gordi at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
June 9^th: Alanis Morissette at Hollywood Bowl
June 10^th: Chvrches at Hollywood Bowl
June 10^th: LP at the Greek Theatre
June 11^th: Harrison Storm at The Hotel Cafe
June 12^th: Toad the Wet Sprocket at Greek Theatre
June 19^th: AWOLNATION, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness at Greek Theatre
June 22^nd: Bayside at The Wiltern
July 18^th: Badflower, Incubus at FivePoint Amphitheater
September 5^th: Lifehouse at The Greek Theatre
November 17^th: Passenger at Immanuel Presbyterian Church

~ Kristen

 

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T-1 week until The Oscars and I realized that I had seen none of the Best Picture nominees. I did my best to remedy that this weekend and now I’m down to three (considering that I will not watch 1917). Favorite so far is Jojo Rabbit, but I also enjoyed Once Upon a Time in Hollywood more than anticipated. I would say that a week gives me plenty of time to watch three movies, but it’s also a packed music week and you know what will win out there.  As for top picks we’ve got Dermot Kennedy, Mondo Cozmo, The Rescues and a few opportunities to get sneak peaks at SXSW picks Ryan McMullan, Almost Monday and Begonia.

The full list:

Monday: It’s a School Night f. Little Hurt, Almost Monday, The Dumes at Bardot (7:30)
ALSO: The Ferocious Few FREE at Harvard & Stone (9pm)
ALSO: Cartalk residency FREE at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: David Ryan Harris at The Hotel Cafe (8pm)
ALSO: The New Pornographers at The Fonda Theatre (9pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at The Hotel Cafe (8pm)

 

Tuesday: Dermot Kennedy w/ SYML at The Wiltern (7pm)
ALSO: Ryan McMullan at Moroccan Lounge (7pm)
ALSO: David Ryan Harris at The Hotel Cafe (8pm)
ALSO: Lady Blackbird w/ Parker Ainsworth FREE at Gold-Diggers (8pm)
ALSO: Writer’s Block LA at The Hotel Cafe second stage (9pm)

 

Weds: Dermot Kennedy w/ SYML at The Wiltern (7pm)
ALSO: Jenny O, Murry Hammond, Van William at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: Alexander 23 at Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Pinegrove at the Roxy (9pm)
ALSO: Radical Face at The Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: WFNM f. Prinze George, Savannah Outen at Madame Siam (7:15)

 

Thursday: Mondo Cozmo w/ Poppy Jean Crawford, Andy Clockwise at The Hi Hat (8pm)
ALSO: The Shadowboxers, Distant Cousins, The Rescues (7, 8, 9)
ALSO: Casey Abrams and Friends at The Hotel Cafe second stage (10pm)
ALSO: Ben Ottewell & Ian Ball at Bootleg Theater (8:30)
ALSO: Radical Face at The Troubadour (7pm)

 

Friday: The Rescues at The Hotel Cafe (9pm)
ALSO: Motor Sales and friends at Bootleg Theater (8:30)
ALSO: Crobot, Aeges at The Viper Room (8pm)
ALSO: Andrew Duhon at The Love Song Bar (7pm)
ALSO: Silversun Pickups at The Wiltern (7pm)

 

Saturday: Zen Thomas at The Hotel Cafe (9:30)
ALSO: Joe Marson at The Hotel Cafe second stage (9pm)
ALSO: Silver Landings: Mandy Moore residency at Bootleg Bar (8pm)
ALSO: Alexander 23 at Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Begonia at The Hi Hat (8pm)
ALSO: Breathe Carolina at The Roxy (9pm)
ALSO: A Tribute to Ray Charles at Teragram Ballroom (9pm)

 

Sunday: Sinead O’Connor at The El Rey (8pm)
ALSO: Hawk Percival & Friends FREE at Harvard & Stone (9pm)

 

To Keep in Mind:

February 11^th: Nightly at The Troubadour
February 13^th: Ninet Tayeb at Moroccan Lounge
February 14^th/15^th: Zane Carney at The Peppermint Club
February 18^th: Lime Cordiale at The Fonda Theatre
February 21^st: Meg & Dia at The Wiltern
February 24^th: Harrison Storm at The Troubadour
February 25^th: WILSN at Moroccan Lounge
February 26^th: Tall Heights at Moroccan Lounge
February 27^th: Patrick Droney at The Troubadour
February 27^th/28^th: Guster at Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever
February 28^th: Colony House at Teragram Ballroom
February 28^th: The Amazons at The El Rey
February 28^th: Have Mercy at The Roxy
February 29^th: Thrice at The Novo
February 29^th: Dustbowl Revival, Jared & The Mill at The Troubadour
March 4^th: Christopher Paul Stelling at Moroccan Lounge
March 4^th: Jamestown Revival at The Fonda Theatre
March 5^th: Echosmith, Weathers at The Fonda Theatre
March 5^th: Stone Foxes at Saint Rocke
March 5^th: Birds of Chicago at Regent Theater
March 7^th: The Unlikely Candidates at Moroccan Lounge
March 7^th: Saint Motel at The Fonda Theatre
March 8^th: Saint Motel at The Fonda Theatre
March 10^th: Keane at Dolby Theatre
March 12^th: Frenship at the Regent Theater
March 12^th: Frances Quinlan at Pico Union Project
March 12^th: Patrick Sweany at Bootleg Theater
March 12^th/13^th: Delta Spirit at Teragram Ballroom.
March 14^th: Third Eye Blind at The Wiltern
March 14^th: Frenship at Regent Theater
March 18^th: The Sherlocks at Moroccan Lounge
March 21^st: Curtis Peoples at The Hotel Café
March 25^th: Irontom at The Roxy
March 25^th-28^th: The Tallest Man on Earth at The Troubadour
March 28^th: Larkin Poe at The Fonda Theatre
March 31^st: Rueben and the Dark at Moroccan Lounge
April 2^nd: The Districts at Teragram Ballroom
April 2^nd/3^rd: Nathaniel Rateliff at The Theatre at Ace Hotel.
April 3^rd: Allen Stone at the Fonda Theatre
April 16^th: Mighty Oaks at Moroccan Lounge
April 19^th: Josh Kelley at The Hotel Café
April 21^st: The Coronas at the Troubadour
April 22^nd: The Darkness at The Novo
May 1^st: Beachlife Music Festival at Redondo Beach
May 5^th: The Wrecks at Fonda Theatre
May 7^th: The 1975 at The Forum
May 13^th: John K. Samson at The Troubadour
May 14^th: Ivan & Alyosha at Bootleg Theater
May 18^th: Lewis Capaldi at The Forum
May 22^nd: Of Monsters and Men, Gordi at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
June 9^th: Alanis Morissette at Hollywood Bowl
June 10^th: Chvrches at Hollywood Bowl
June 10^th: LP at the Greek Theatre
June 12^th: Toad the Wet Sprocket at Greek Theatre
June 19^th: AWOLNATION, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness at Greek Theatre
June 22^nd: Bayside at The Wiltern
November 17^th: Passenger at Immanuel Presbyterian Church

~ Kristen

 

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Goodness, this year is flying by! I’ve already lost track of my show count, am knees deep in SXSW artists and am currently on my second travel adventure of 2020, a quick trip to the Vegas area for a baby shower (a statement that has given me some fun looks). I’m on this adventure road-trip style to break in my new car. Hopefully all goes well.

Next week, I’m absolutely thrilled to have a ticket to see writer/actor/comedian Josh Thomas workshop his new stand-up show, Whoopsie Daisy. You may know Josh from his new show on Freeform, Everything’s Gonna Be Okay (which is fantastic!), but I know him best from one of my very favorite television shows, Please Like Me! Josh’s run of sets in LA is sold out, but I know someone looking to sell their ticket for Friday Feb. 7^th if anyone is interested.

Meanwhile, musically-speaking we’ve got the following on the docket:

 

Monday: WASI residency FREE at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: Figs Vision residency FREE at The Echo (8pm)
ALSO: Kate Clover residency FREE at Bootleg Bar (8:30)
ALSO: Maesa Pullman FREE at The Love Song Bar (9pm)
ALSO: It’s a School Night f. Plastic Picnic, Flor de Toloache, Cuffed Up, Yashua at Bardot (7:30)
ALSO: Will Reagan at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday w/ The Hootenanny Band at The Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)

 

Tuesday: WFNM f. Talk Time, Matthew Chaim at Madame Siam (7pm)
ALSO: Gold Star FREE at Zebulon (8pm)
ALSO: Forty Feet Tall at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: What the Sound Presents: Georgi Kay, Oriah, Nadia Vaeh at Resident (8pm)
ALSO: Hotel Ten Eyes residency FREE at The Love Song Bar (9pm)
ALSO: Grammys Salute to Prince f. Beck, Gary Clark Jr, Foo Fighters, Alicia Keys, St. Vincent, and more at Los Angeles Convention Center (7:30)
ALSO: Writer’s Block LA at The Hotel Cafe second stage (7pm)

 

Weds: Cardioid and Misty Boyce FREE at Gold-Diggers (9pm)
ALSO: Precious Kid, The Sometimes Island at The Satellite (8:30)
ALSO: What The Sound Presents: John Vincent III, Skullcrusher, Tiffany Stringer at Resident (8pm)
ALSO: Shakey Graves at the Lodge Room (8pm)

 

Thursday: The Dales Hotel at Sayers Club (9pm)
ALSO: Shakey Graves at The Lodge Room (8pm)
ALSO: Casey Abrams and Friends at The Hotel Cafe second stage (10pm)
ALSO: Wolf Parade at The Regent Theater (8pm)
ALSO: The Brilliance w/ Brother James at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Nicole Kiki Jaffe at The Hi Hat (8pm)
ALSO: Reggie Watts & Karen at Teragram Ballroom (9pm)

 

Friday: Shall Town Friday Nights f. Ryan Hahn and the Believers, Wyman and the Wolves FREE at Lucky Strike Live (8pm)
ALSO: Shakey Graves at The Lodge Room (8pm)
ALSO: Rouxx, Sleeptalk at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: The Brilliance w/ Brother James at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Winter Dance, Elijah Ocean & The Countrysiders, Brian Whelan & The Rockin’ Roaches at The Echoplex (8:30)
ALSO: Bad Rabbits at The Echo (8:30)
ALSO: She Wants Revenge at The Roxy (9pm)
ALSO: The Marcus King Band at The Fonda Theatre (8pm)
ALSO: Ron Pope at Teragram Ballroom (9pm)

 

Saturday: Silver Landings: A Weekly Residency w/ Mandy Moore and Friends at Bootleg Bar (8pm)
ALSO: Black Crystal Wolf Kids at The Hi Hat (8pm)
ALSO: The Lil Smokies, Brent Cowles at The Lodge Room (7:30)
ALSO: She Wants Revenge at The Roxy (9pm)
ALSO: King Princess at The Wiltern (7pm)

 

Sunday: Bushfire Relief Benefit f. Ben Lee at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)

 

 

 

To Keep in Mind:

February 1^st: Brent Cowles at Lodge Room
February 4^th/5^th: Dermot Kennedy, SYML at The Wiltern
February 5^th: Pinegrove at The Roxy
February 6^th: Mondo Cozmo at The Hi Hat
February 6^th/7^th: The Rescues at The Hotel Café
February 7^th: Crobot, Aeges at The Viper Room
February 8^th: Nick Waterhouse at Teragram Ballroom
February 11^th: Nightly at The Troubadour
February 13^th: Ninet Tayeb at Moroccan Lounge
February 14^th/15^th: Zane Carney at The Peppermint Club
February 18^th: Lime Cordiale at The Fonda Theatre
February 21^st: Meg & Dia at The Wiltern
February 24^th: Harrison Storm at The Troubadour
February 25^th: WILSN at Moroccan Lounge
February 26^th: Tall Heights at Moroccan Lounge
February 27^th: Patrick Droney at The Troubadour
February 27^th/28^th: Guster at Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever
February 28^th: Colony House at Teragram Ballroom
February 28^th: The Amazons at The El Rey
February 28^th: Have Mercy at The Roxy
February 29^th: Thrice at The Novo
February 29^th: Dustbowl Revival, Jared & The Mill at The Troubadour
March 4^th: Christopher Paul Stelling at Moroccan Lounge
March 4^th: Jamestown Revival at The Fonda Theatre
March 5^th: Echosmith, Weathers at The Fonda Theatre
March 5^th: Stone Foxes at Saint Rocke
March 5^th: Birds of Chicago at Regent Theater
March 7^th: The Unlikely Candidates at Moroccan Lounge
March 7^th: Saint Motel at The Fonda Theatre
March 8^th: Saint Motel at The Fonda Theatre
March 10^th: Keane at Dolby Theatre
March 12^th: Frenship at the Regent Theater
March 12^th: Frances Quinlan at Pico Union Project
March 12^th: Patrick Sweany at Bootleg Theater
March 12^th/13^th: Delta Spirit at Teragram Ballroom.
March 14^th: Third Eye Blind at The Wiltern
March 14^th: Frenship at Regent Theater
March 21^st: Curtis Peoples at The Hotel Café
March 25^th: Irontom at The Roxy
March 25^th-28^th: The Tallest Man on Earth at The Troubadour
March 28^th: Larkin Poe at The Fonda Theatre
March 31^st: Rueben and the Dark at Moroccan Lounge
April 2^nd: The Districts at Teragram Ballroom
April 2^nd/3^rd: Nathaniel Rateliff at The Theatre at Ace Hotel.
April 3^rd: Allen Stone at the Fonda Theatre.
April 16^th: Mighty Oaks at Moroccan Lounge
April 19^th: Josh Kelley at The Hotel Cafe
April 22^nd: The Darkness at The Novo
May 1^st: Beachlife Music Festival at Redondo Beach
May 5^th: The Wrecks at Fonda Theatre
May 7^th: The 1975 at The Forum
May 13^th: John K. Samson at The Troubadour
May 14^th: Ivan & Alyosha at Bootleg Theater
May 18^th: Lewis Capaldi at The Forum
May 22^nd: Of Monsters and Men, Gordi at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
June 9^th: Alanis Morissette at Hollywood Bowl
June 10^th: Chvrches at Hollywood Bowl
June 10^th: LP at the Greek Theatre
June 12^th: Toad the Wet Sprocket at Greek Theatre
June 19^th: AWOLNATION, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness at Greek Theatre

~ Kristen

 

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The exciting news is that people are gathering at my place tomorrow to celebrate the long weekend by attempting to make our own boba! I picked up some pumpkin juice from Hogsmeade today thinking boba + pumpkin juice is going to make a great pairing.

Speaking of obsessions, I have been listening on repeat to the Hadestown soundtrack since getting back from New York City where I saw the production on Broadway. As grand fortune would have it, next week the woman behind the music of Hadestown, Anais Mitchell, is in Los Angeles with her folk trio, Bonny Light Horseman (playing Lodge Room Tuesday night). If you want to take it a step further into my Hadestown obsession, the Hayden Triples, who sang as The Fates in the original 2010 recording (along with Anais Mitchell) are also in town for a record release Friday Night. What fantastic timing!

As for the rest of the week:

 

Monday: It’s a School Night f. Low Island, Tribe Friday, Jackie Castro at Bardot (8pm)
ALSO: Anna Ash + Mara Connor FREE at Gold-Diggers (8pm)
ALSO: Kate Clover residency FREE at Bootleg Bar (8:30)
ALSO: WASI residency FREE at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: Figs Vision residency FREE at The Echo (8pm)
ALSO: Maesa Pullman, Rumer Willis FREE at The Love Song Bar (9pm)
ALSO: Nada Surf at The Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Coldplay at Hollywood Palladium (6:30)
ALSO: Monday Monday at The Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)
ALSO: Hunnypot FREE at The Mint (7pm)

 

Tuesday: Bones UK FREE at Amoeba (5pm)
ALSO: Larkin Poe at The Grammy Museum (7:30)
ALSO: Bonny Light Horseman at Lodge Room (8:30)
ALSO: Kevin Garrett w/ Jenniah Bell at The Hotel Cafe (8pm)
ALSO: Hotel Ten Eyes residency FREE at The Love Song Bar (9pm)
ALSO: Coldplay at Hollywood Palladium (7:30)

 

Weds: Cardioid residency f. The Still Tide (8pm)
ALSO: WFNM f. Saygrace, Alt Bloom at Madame Siam (7:15)
ALSO: Gritty in Pink presents Shiragirl, No Small Children at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: Railroad Earth, Marty O’Reilly & The Old Soul Orchestra at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
ALSO: Brittany Howard at Hollywood Palladium (7:30)

 

Thursday: Maverick Sabre w/ Reece at The Echo (8:30)
ALSO: Casey Abrams and Friends at The Hotel Cafe second stage (10pm)
ALSO: Nicole Kiki Jaffee FREE at The Hi Hat (8pm)
ALSO: Annabel Jones w/ special guests FREE at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
ALSO: The Used at The Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Agnes Obel at The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (7pm)
ALSO: Homeward Bound: A Benefit for the Homeless Community f. Jason Mraz, Ingrid Michaelson at The Wiltern (6:30)
ALSO: Brandi Carlile at Hollywood Palladium (7:30)

 

Friday: Theo Katzman w/ Rett Madison at The Fonda Theatre (9pm)
ALSO:  Gouri and Aksha, Johnny Gates, Leroy Sanchez, Asa Ey & Friends at The Hotel Cafe (7, 8, 9:30, 10:30)
ALSO: The Haden Triples record release at Zebulon (8pm)
ALSO: Death By Stereo, Tsunami Bomb at The Viper Room (8pm)
ALSO: Agnes Obel at The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (7pm)
ALSO: Big Head Todd and The Monsters at The El Rey (8pm)
ALSO: Motion City Soundtrack at The Novo (8pm)
ALSO: Michael Kiwanuka at The Theatre at Ace Hotel (8pm)
ALSO: King Princess at The Wiltern (7pm)

 

Saturday: Silver Landings: A weekly residency w/ Mandy Moore and Friends at Bootleg Bar (8pm)
ALSO: Americanafest: The Songs of Willie Nelson at The Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: James Vincent McMorrow at Lodge Room (8pm)
ALSO: King Princess at The Wiltern (7pm)

 

Sunday: Cursive, Cloud Nothings at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)

 

 

To Keep in Mind:

January 28^th: Aeges at The Viper Room
January 31^st: Sleeptalk at The Troubadour
February 1^st: Brent Cowles at Lodge Room
February 4^th/5^th: Dermot Kennedy, SYML at The Wiltern
February 5^th: Pinegrove at The Roxy
February 6^th: Mondo Cozmo at The Hi Hat
February 6^th/7^th: The Rescues at The Hotel Café
February 7^th: Crobot, Aeges at The Viper Room
February 11^th: Nightly at The Troubadour
February 13^th: Ninet Tayeb at Moroccan Lounge
February 14^th/15^th: Zane Carney at The Peppermint Club
February 18^th: Lime Cordiale at The Fonda Theatre
February 21^st: Meg & Dia at The Wiltern
February 24^th: Harrison Storm at The Troubadour
February 26^th: Tall Heights at Moroccan Lounge
February 27^th: Patrick Droney at The Troubadour
February 27^th/28^th: Guster at Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever
February 28^th: Colony House at Teragram Ballroom
February 28^th: The Amazons at The El Rey
February 28^th: Have Mercy at The Roxy
February 29^th: Thrice at The Novo
March 4^th: Christopher Paul Stelling at Moroccan Lounge
March 4^th: Jamestown Revival at The Fonda Theatre
March 5^th: Echosmith, Weathers at The Fonda Theatre
March 5^th: Stone Foxes at Saint Rocke
March 5^th: Birds of Chicago at Regent Theater

March 7^th: The Unlikely Candidates at Moroccan Lounge
March 7^th: Saint Motel at The Fonda Theatre
March 8^th: Saint Motel at The Fonda Theatre
March 10^th: Keane at Dolby Theatre
March 12^th: Frenship at the Regent Theater
March 12^th: Frances Quinlan at Pico Union Project
March 12^th: Patrick Sweany at Bootleg Theater
March 12^th/13^th: Delta Spirit at Teragram Ballroom.
March 14^th: Third Eye Blind at The Wiltern
March 14^th: Frenship at Regent Theater
March 21^st: Curtis Peoples at The Hotel Café
March 25^th: Irontom at The Roxy
March 25^th-28^th: The Tallest Man on Earth at The Troubadour
March 28^th: Larkin Poe at The Fonda Theatre
March 31^st: Rueben and the Dark at Moroccan Lounge
April 2^nd: The Districts at Teragram Ballroom
April 2^nd/3^rd: Nathaniel Rateliff at The Theatre at Ace Hotel.
April 3^rd: Allen Stone at the Fonda Theatre.
April 16^th: Mighty Oaks at Moroccan Lounge
April 19^th: Josh Kelley at The Hotel Cafe
April 22^nd: The Darkness at The Novo
May 1^st: Beachlife Music Festival at Redondo Beach
May 5^th: The Wrecks at Fonda Theatre
May 18^th: Lewis Capaldi at The Forum
June 9^th: Alanis Morissette at Hollywood Bowl
June 10^th: Chvrches at Hollywood Bowl
June 19^th: AWOLNATION, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness at Greek Theatre

~ Kristen

 

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I returned this afternoon from a successful, music/friends/boba-filled few days in New York City. Best discoveries were a love of Flushing, Queens (land of bubble tea and Chinese food) and new ways to get discount Broadway tickets (Jagged Little Pill standing seat for the win!).  Other highlights include my first Broadway play (Grand Horizons), New York style pizza, a museum all about dogs and, the impetus for the trip, seeing Hadestown live on Broadway! Anais Mitchell has written captivating songs to relay the Greek myth of Odysseus and Eurydice with a New Orleans flair. Bonus for some amazing vocalists including one of my fave rockers, Reeve Carney, who plays Odysseus. If you’re in NYC, check it out!

Meanwhile, this week in the LA area, the entire industry moves to Anaheim for 4 day of NAMM (the National Association of Music Merchants).  If you’re down there, be sure to check out some of the showcases both inside and outside of the convention center.

For those of us not going, here’s another plan for the week:

 

Monday: It’s a School Night f. Bonavega, Balto, Misty Mtn (8pm)
ALSO: WASI residency FREE at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: Kate Clover residency FREE at Bootleg Bar (9pm)
ALSO: Figs Vision FREE at The Echo (8:30)
ALSO: Maesa Pullman FREE at The Love Song Bar (9pm)
ALSO: Benefit For Musiambia f. We Are The West at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday f. Joel Eckels, Terra Naomi, Dylan Chambers at The Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)

 

Tuesday: Odetta Hartman, Lucy Arnell, Lisel at Resident (8pm)
ALSO: Hotel Ten Eyes residency FREE at The Love Song Bar (9pm)
ALSO: Daniel Lanois, Rocco Deluca FREE at Zebulon (10pm)
ALSO: Leif Vollebekk at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: Writer’s Block LA at The Hotel Cafe second stage (9pm)

 

Weds: Steven Dayvid McKellar w/ Stevie Kin at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: 18^th and Addison, Forever Starts Today at Harvard & Stone (9pm)
ALSO: Cardioid residency f. Mynabirds FREE at Gold-Diggers (8pm)
ALSO: WFNM f. Payson Lewis, Rainne at Madame Siam (7:15)
ALSO: Your Smith at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: Stella Donnelly at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
ALSO: Miya Folick at The Echo (7pm)
ALSO: Kaki King at Bootleg Theater (8pm)
ALSO: Potty Mouth, Broken Baby at The Satellite (9pm)

 

Thursday: Australian Brushfire Fundraiser f. Jordie Lane & Clare Reynolds & Friends at The Hotel Cafe (10:30)
ALSO: Upsahl at The Peppermint Club (7:30)
ALSO: Wayland at The Viper Room (8pm)
ALSO: 7Horse at The Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: The Watkins Family Hour at Largo (8:30)

 

Friday: Andy Shauf (acoustic) and album playback FREE at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
ALSO: The Dales at The Troubadour (8pm)

 

Saturday: Silver Landings: A Weekly Residency w/ Mandy Moore and Friends at Bootleg Bar (8pm)…tickets only available at the door.
ALSO: Neon Trees w/ Meg Myers FREE at The Forum Parking Lot (3pm)
ALSO: In Rotation: Women Who Rock w/ Cindy Alexander, Gina Sicilia, Chelsea Williams, Amy Wilcox at The Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)
ALSO: Bands in a Barber Shop f. The Two Tens at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: Romance & Rebellion at The Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: iHeartRadio ALTer EGO at The Forum (7:30)

Sunday: Somme at Bootleg Bar (8pm)
ALSO: Nada Surf at The Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Elbow at The Wiltern (7pm)

 

To Keep in Mind:

January 21^st: Anais Mitchell at Lodge Room
January 21^st: Larkin Poe at The Grammy Museum
January 23^rd: Maverick Sabre at The Echo
January 24^th: Theo Katzman at The Fonda Theatre
January 28^th: Aeges at The Viper Room
January 31^st: Sleeptalk at The Troubadour
February 4^th/5^th: Dermot Kennedy, SYML at The Wiltern
February 5^th: Pinegrove at The Roxy
February 6^th: Mondo Cozmo at The Hi Hat
February 6^th/7^th: The Rescues at The Hotel Café
February 7^th: Crobot, Aeges at The Viper Room
February 11^th: Nightly at The Troubadour
February 14^th/15^th: Zane Carney at The Peppermint Club
February 21^st: Meg & Dia at The Wiltern
February 24^th: Harrison Storm at The Troubadour
February 26^th: Tall Heights at Moroccan Lounge
February 27^th: Patrick Droney at The Troubadour
February 27^th/28^th: Guster at Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever
February 28^th: Colony House at Teragram Ballroom
February 28^th: The Amazons at The El Rey
February 28^th: Have Mercy at The Roxy
February 29^th: Thrice at The Novo
March 4^th: Christopher Paul Stelling at Moroccan Lounge
March 4^th: Jamestown Revival at The Fonda Theatre
March 5^th: Echosmith, Weathers at The Fonda Theatre
March 5^th: Stone Foxes at Saint Rocke
March 5^th: Birds of Chicago at Regent Theater
March 7^th: Saint Motel at The Fonda Theatre
March 8^th: Saint Motel at The Fonda Theatre
March 10^th: Keane at Dolby Theatre
March 12^th: Frenship at the Regent Theater
March 12^th: Patrick Sweany at Bootleg Theater
March 12^th/13^th: Delta Spirit at Teragram Ballroom.
March 14^th: Third Eye Blind at The Wiltern
March 14^th: Frenship at Regent Theater
March 21^st: Curtis Peoples at The Hotel Café
March 25^th: Irontom at The Roxy
March 25^th-28^th: The Tallest Man on Earth at The Troubadour
March 28^th: Larkin Poe at The Fonda Theatre
April 2^nd: The Districts at Teragram Ballroom
April 2^nd/3^rd: Nathaniel Rateliff at The Theatre at Ace Hotel.
Apri. 3^rd: Allen Stone at the Fonda Theatre.
April 16^th: Mighty Oaks at Moroccan Lounge
May 18^th: Lewis Capaldi at The Forum
June 9^th: Alanis Morissette at Hollywood Bowl
June 10^th: Chvrches at Hollywood Bowl
June 19^th: AWOLNATION, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness at Greek Theatre

~ Kristen

 

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Today, I had the unexpected pleasure of visiting both Hogwarts and The Good Place!  My favorite part of this trip to Universal Studios (my first since living in LA) was definitely the butterbeer, but I found the entire experience of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter to be magically immersive.  I even got my wand, which I’m going to put to good use this week casting some spells to make life a little easier.  Things are going to be crazy at work. Plus, we have some truly exciting shows to help kick the new year in the right direction.  KidEyes at The Echo and Jesse and Friends at The Hotel Cafe would be my top picks, but I’ll be out of town for half the week, heading to New York City to see some music over there.

But if you’re in LA, here’s what I’d suggest:

 

Monday: Kate Clover residency FREE at Bootleg Bar (8:30)
ALSO: WASI residency FREE at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: Bedouine at The Hi Hat (8pm)
ALSO: Hunnypot Live FREE at The Mint (7pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at The Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)

 

Tuesday: Satellite Nights f. My Double, My Brother, Sofia Wolfson FREE at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: Lovely World at The Viper Room (7:30)
ALSO: DAVIS, Writer’s Block LA at The Hotel Cafe second stage (7,9)

 

Weds: KidEyes FREE at The Echo (8:30)
ALSO: Satellite Nights f. The Only Ocean FREE at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: WFNM f. Cara Hart, Simon XO FREE at Madame Siam (7pm)

 

Thursday: IDER w/ Allday at The Moroccan Lounge (8pm)
ALSO: Satellite Nights f. The Haunts FREE at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: Oddnesse FREE at Gold-Diggers (8pm)
ALSO: Wake Child at Bootleg Bar (8:30)
ALSO: Jesse Malin w/ Chuck Prophet and Diane and The Gentlemen at The Hotel Cafe (8pm)

 

Friday: The Jacks, Livingmore at Boardner’s (8:30)
ALSO: Satellite Nights f. Magic Bronson FREE at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: Otherwise at The Viper Room (8pm)
ALSO: Dar Williams at McCabes (8pm)
ALSO: Rex Orange County at Shrine Auditorium (8pm)

 

Saturday: Jesse and Friends at The Hotel Cafe (6pm)
ALSO: Gates of the West f. Butch Walker, Jakob Dylan, Duff McKagan, Wayne Kramer at The Roxy (8pm)
ALSO: Kid Giant, Little Dume at The Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Derek Day, Paper Jackets, The Lovepools FREE at Lucky Strike Hollywood (8pm)
ALSO: Dar Williams at McCabe’s (8pm)
ALSO: Rex Orange County at Shrine Auditorium (8pm)
ALSO: Mandolin Orange at The Theatre at Ace Hotel (8:30)

 

Sunday: Justin Townes Earle w/ Jonny Two Bags at Saint Rocke (8pm)

 

To Keep in Mind:

January 16^th: Watkins Family Hour at Largo
January 18^th: The Lumineers at the Forum
January 21^st: Anais Mitchell at Lodge Room
January 23^rd: Maverick Sabre at The Echo
January 24^th: Theo Katzman at The Fonda Theatre
January 28^th: Aeges at The Viper Room
January 31^st: Sleeptalk at The Troubadour
February 4^th/5^th: Dermot Kennedy at The Wiltern
February 5^th: Pinegrove at The Roxy
February 6^th: Mondo Cozmo at The Hi Hat
February 6^th/7^th: The Rescues at The Hotel Café
February 7^th: Crobot at The Viper Room
February 11^th: Nightly at The Troubadour
February 21^st: Meg & Dia at The Wiltern
February 24^th: Harrison Storm at The Troubadour
February 26^th: Tall Heights at Moroccan Lounge
February 27^th: Patrick Droney at The Troubadour
February 27^th/28^th: Guster at Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever
February 28^th: Colony House at Teragram Ballroom
February 28^th: The Amazons at The El Rey
February 28^th: Have Mercy at The Roxy
February 29^th: Thrice at The Novo
March 4^th: Christopher Paul Stelling at Moroccan Lounge
March 4^th: Jamestown Revival at The Fonda Theatre
March 5^th: Echosmith, Weathers at The Fonda Theatre
March 5^th: Stone Foxes at Saint Rocke
March 5^th: Birds of Chicago at Regent Theater
March 7^th: Saint Motel at The Fonda Theatre
March 8^th: Saint Motel at The Fonda Theatre
March 10^th: Keane at Dolby Theatre
March 12^th: Frenship at the Regent Theater
March 12^th/13^th: Delta Spirit at Teragram Ballroom.
March 14^th: Third Eye Blind at The Wiltern
March 14^th: Frenship at Regent Theater
March 21^st: Curtis Peoples at The Hotel Café
March 25^th: Irontom at The Roxy
March 25^th-28^th: The Tallest Man on Earth at The Troubadour
March 28^th: Larkin Poe at The Fonda Theatre
April 2^nd: The Districts at Teragram Ballroom
April 2^nd/3^rd: Nathaniel Rateliff at The Theatre at Ace Hotel.
Apri. 3^rd: Allen Stone at the Fonda Theatre.
April 16^th: Mighty Oaks at Moroccan Lounge
May 18^th: Lewis Capaldi at The Forum
June 9^th: Alanis Morissette at Hollywood Bowl
June 19^th: AWOLNATION, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness at Greek Theatre

~ Kristen

 

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