This weekend was WonderCon! Highlights included meeting Patrick Rothfuss, chatting with Kevin Eastman and the cast of Final Space, and spending time with friends.  Two days of con crazy seemed trivial compared to my week in Austin, but my lack of sleep persists.  Although I remain hopeful that one day I will get to sleep again, I am fairly confident next week will not hold that day.  Between SXSW discoveries like Pale Waves and Morgan Saint and the very exciting return of The Hunna, we’ve got some fun times, a reservation for the front row at The Troubadour, and a truckload of tea in store…

Need some music? Let’s do this!

 

Monday: Pale Waves at The Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: It’s a School Night f. Foxtrax, Lime Cordiale (8pm)
ALSO: Stella Donnelly at Moroccan Lounge (7:30)
ALSO: Allie Crow Buckley residency w/ Jonathan Rice FREE at Bootleg Bar (8:30)
ALSO: The New Pacific FREE at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: The Vim Dicta FREE at Harvard & Stone (8pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at The Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)

 

Tuesday: MONA at Moroccan Lounge (7:30)
ALSO: The Jacks at The Peppermint Club (8pm)
ALSO: Jake Bugg w/ Nina Nesbitt at The Theatre at Ace Hotel (8pm)
ALSO: High Up + Whispertown, Cillie Barnes at Bootleg Bar (8:30)
ALSO: The Deltaz and guests FREE at The Cinema Bar (8pm)

 

Weds: James Bay at The Belasco Theatre (6pm)
ALSO: Ella Vos, Freya Ridings at The Troubadour (7:30)
ALSO: Young Creatures residency w/ Dream Phases, Livingmore at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: RVG at Bootleg Bar (8:30)

 

Thursday: Calan Mai, The Contenders and friends at The Hotel Cafe second stage (6, 9)
ALSO: Lauren Ruth Ward, Josiah and the Bonnevilles at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: Rocco Deluca FREE at Zebulon (9pm)
ALSO: Sam Morrow at The Peppermint Club (8pm)
ALSO: The Darkness at The Fonda Theatre (9pm)

 

Friday: Missio w/ Morgan Saint at The Troubadour (7:30)
ALSO: The Technicolors at The Hi Hat (8pm)
ALSO: The Oh Hellos at The El Rey (9pm)

 

Saturday: The Hunna w/ Coasts and courtship. at The Troubadour (6:30)
ALSO: Kolars, Escondido at Moroccan Lounge (8pm)
ALSO: Freya Ridings w/ JP Saxe at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Fiona Grey at Regent (8pm)

 

Sunday: Songwriter Sundays FREE at The Fox and Hounds (9pm)

 

To Keep in Mind:
April 4^th: Weathers at The Troubadour
April 5^th: Kongos at The Peppermint Club
April 7^th: Coffee Shop Arena Rock at The Hotel Café
April 8^th: The Rescues at The Hotel Cafe
April 8^th: Lincoln Durham at Moroccan Lounge
April 9^th, 10^th: Joshua Radin at The Troubadour
April 11^th: St. Vincent at Orpheum Theatre
April 13^th-15^th: Coachella weekend 1
April 16^th: Sigrid at The El Rey
April 19^th: The War on Drugs at Fox Theater Pomona
April 19^th: Beta Play at The Satellite
April 20^th-22^nd: Coachella weekend
April 21^st: Judy Collins at The Dolby Theatre
April 23^rd: Holy Wars at The Echo
April 25^th: Lily Allen at El Rey Theatre
April 25^th: Snow Patrol at The Fonda Theatre
April 26^th: Tyler Hilton at The Troubadour
April 30^th: Mainland at Moroccan Lounge
April 30^th: The Shadowboxers at The Peppermint Club
May 2^nd: Van William at Teragram Ballroom
May 3^rd: Wild Child at Teragram Ballroom
May 4^th: Matt Maeson at The Fonda Theatre
May 5^th: Coffee Shop Arena Rock at The Hotel Cafe
May 11^th: Frenship at The El Rey
May 12^th: The Score at The Fonda
May 13^th: George Ezra at The Wiltern
May 15^th: Franz Ferdinand at The Wiltern
May 15^th: Red Wanting Blue at Peppermint Club
May 15^th: U2 at The Forum
May 15^th: Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness at Ford Theatres
May 16^th: Judy Collins at The Rose
May 18^th: Tony Lucca at The Hotel Cafe
May 18^th: Larkin Poe at Teragram Ballroom
May 20^th: Gang of Youths at Moroccan Lounge
May 23^rd: The Brevet at The Bootleg
May 24^th: Michael Blume at Teragram Ballroom
May 27^th: The Americans at Moroccan Lounge
May 30^th: Grace Mitchell at The Roxy
May 31^st: Liz Phair at Masonic Lodge
May 31^st: The Struts at The Roxy
May 31^st: James Taylor at Hollywood Bowl
June 1^st: James Taylor at Hollywood Bowl
June 2^nd: Coffee Shop Arena Rock at The Hotel Cafe
June 2^nd: Lord Huron at The Greek Theatre
June 3^rd: Ray LaMontagne at The Greek Theatre
June 6^th: Lewis Capaldi at The Troubadour
June 7^th: Barns Courtney at The Wiltern
June 16^th: Frank Turner at Hollywood Palladium
June 23^rd/24^th: Arroyo Seco Weekend
June 26^th: Middle Kids at Lodge Room
June 30^th: Night Riots at The El Rey
July 18^th: Paramore at The Forum
July 19^th: Thirty Seconds to Mars at The Forum
July 21^st: Imagine Dragons at The Forum
July 22^nd: Imagine Dragons at The Forum
August 15^th: Nathaniel Rateliff at The Greek Theatre
August 17^th: Brandi Carlile at The Greek Theatre
August 18^th: Ed Sheeran at The Rose Bowl
September 10^th: Dave Matthews Band at Hollywood Bowl
September 28^th: Beck at Hollywood Bowl
October 7^th: James Bay at The Greek Theatre
November 29^th: The Tallest Man on Earth at Cathedral Sanctuary
January 22^nd: Elton John at Staples Center
January 23^rd: Elton John at Staples Center

~ Kristen

 

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Well, another glorious SXSW has come and gone.  I’ve got so many stories swirling around my head, but functioning on 2 hours of sleep, so we’ll just stick to a brief top 6 highlights:

1 – Anything Morgxn related

2 – Falling in love with new artists like Jade Bird, Bad Pony, Sam Fender, and Morgan Saint

3 – The Aussie BBQ and Southwest Invasion (the best parties)

4 – Eating my weight in cheese (seriously, there was a queso-off and then the world’s largest cheese board)

5 – rocking out with SUR

6 – Having Frank Turner call me to the stage to wish me a happy birthday and then seeing the audience, so incredibly happy, sing along with such love and glee to my song request.

Let’s see if I can ride this wave of excitement all the way into WonderCon next weekend!  What’s going to help is Thursday night when SXSW faves, SUR, play The Peppermint Club. I’d highly recommend that one!

Here’s what else I’d be contemplating:

 

Monday: It’s a School Night at Bardot f. Hatchie, Flyte (8pm)
ALSO: Wolf Alice, The Big Pink at Club Mayan (8pm)
ALSO: The Blank Tapes residency w/ Avid Dancer FREE at The Echo (8:30)
ALSO: Allie Crow Buckley residency FREE at Bootleg Bar (8:30)
ALSO: Superorganism at The Echoplex (8:30)
ALSO: Hunnypot live FREE at The Mint (7pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at The Hotel Cafe (8pm)

 

Tuesday: AJR, Ocean Park Standoff at The Belasco Theatre (6:30)
ALSO: RIVVRS at Resident (8pm)
ALSO: Bloodboy, Wilding, and more at The Hi Hat (7pm)
ALSO: Liza Anne, Valley Queen at The Echo (8:30)
ALSO: Natalie Prass, Jackie Cohen at Moroccan Lounge (7pm)
ALSO: Milk & Bone, Dizzy at Bootleg Bar (8:30)
ALSO: Jack White at Club Mayan (7pm)
ALSO: The Deltaz and guests FREE at The Cinema Bar (8pm)

 

Weds: Phillip Phillips w/ Ballroom Thieves at The Fonda (9pm)
ALSO: nothing, nowhere at Chain Reaction Anaheim (8pm)
ALSO: Joey McIntyre at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: The Cerny Brothers at The Hotel Cafe second stage (9pm)
ALSO: The Naked and Famous at Moroccan Lounge (8pm)
ALSO: Public Access T.V. w/ The Soft White Sixties at The Echo (8:30)
ALSO: Young Creatures residency FREE at The Satellite (9pm)

 

Thursday: SUR at The Peppermint Club (8pm)
ALSO: Radnor & Lee at The Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)
ALSO: Lola Marsh, Swimm (acoustic) at Resident (8pm)
ALSO: Loren North & MacKenzie Bourg at The Hotel Cafe (8pm)
ALSO: SonReal at Moroccan Lounge (8pm)
ALSO: Lucy Dacus at Teragram Ballroom (9pm)
ALSO: Thirdstory at The Belasco Theatre (7pm)

 

Friday: Dermot Kennedy at El Rey Theatre (9pm)
ALSO: M. Rivers at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: Beth Ditto at The Fonda Theatre (9pm)
ALSO: Jessica Childress w/ Nico Franc & Joe Marson at The Hotel Cafe (8pm)
ALSO: Mary Gauthier w/ Max Gomez at McCabe’s (two shows, 8 & 10pm)
ALSO: Moon Hooch w/ The Accidentals at Teragram Ballroom (9pm)
ALSO: The Dollyrots, The Two Tens at The Hi Hat (8pm)
ALSO: PPL MVR at The Peppermint Club (7:30)

 

Saturday: Naked and Famous at Moroccan Lounge (8pm)
ALSO: Rhett Miller at Saint Rocke (9pm)
ALSO: Umphrey’s McGee at The Wiltern (7pm)
ALSO: Kid Bloom at The Hi Hat (8pm)

 

Sunday: Brendan Hines at Bootleg Bar (8:30)
ALSO: Songwriter Sundays FREE at The Fox and Hounds (9pm)

 

 

To Keep in Mind:
March 28^th: James Bay at The Belasco
March 29^th: The Darkness at The Fonda
March 29^th: Jay Nash at The Hotel Cafe
March 30^th: Declan McKenna at Constellation Room
March 31^st: The Hunna at The Troubadour
April 4^th: Weathers at The Troubadour
April 7^th: Coffee Shop Arena Rock at The Hotel Café
April 8^th: The Rescues at The Hotel Cafe
April 8^th: Lincoln Durham at Moroccan Lounge
April 9^th, 10^th: Joshua Radin at The Troubadour
April 11^th: St. Vincent at Orpheum Theatre
April 13^th-15^th: Coachella weekend 1
April 16^th: Sigrid at The El Rey
April 19^th: The War on Drugs at Fox Theater Pomona
April 19^th: Beta Play at The Satellite
April 20^th-22^nd: Coachella weekend
April 21^st: Judy Collins at The Dolby Theatre
April 25^th: Lily Allen at El Rey Theatre
April 26^th: Tyler Hilton at The Troubadour
April 30^th: Mainland at Moroccan Lounge
April 30^th: The Shadowboxers at The Peppermint Club
May 2^nd: Van William at Teragram Ballroom
May 3^rd: Wild Child at Teragram Ballroom
May 4^th: Matt Maeson at The Fonda Theatre
May 5^th: Coffee Shop Arena Rock at The Hotel Cafe
May 11^th: Frenship at The El Rey
May 12^th: The Score at The Fonda
May 13^th: George Ezra at The Wiltern
May 15^th: Franz Ferdinand at The Wiltern
May 15^th: Red Wanting Blue at Peppermint Club
May 15^th: U2 at The Forum
May 15^th: Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness at Ford Theatres
May 16^th: Judy Collins at The Rose
May 18^th: Tony Lucca at The Hotel Cafe
May 18^th: Larkin Poe at Teragram Ballroom
May 20^th: Gang of Youths at Moroccan Lounge
May 23^rd: The Brevet at The Bootleg
May 24^th: Michael Blume at Teragram Ballroom
May 31^st: James Taylor at Hollywood Bowl
June 1^st: James Taylor at Hollywood Bowl
June 2^nd: Coffee Shop Arena Rock at The Hotel Cafe
June 2^nd: Lord Huron at The Greek Theatre
June 3^rd: Ray LaMontagne at The Greek Theatre
June 6^th: Lewis Capaldi at The Troubadour
June 7^th: Barns Courtney at The Wiltern
June 16^th: Frank Turner at Hollywood Palladium
June 23^rd/24^th: Arroyo Seco Weekend
June 26^th: Middle Kids at Lodge Room
June 30^th: Night Riots at The El Rey
July 18^th: Paramore at The Forum
July 19^th: Thirty Seconds to Mars at The Forum
July 21^st: Imagine Dragons at The Forum
July 22^nd: Imagine Dragons at The Forum
August 15^th: Nathaniel Rateliff at The Greek Theatre
August 17^th: Brandi Carlile at The Greek Theatre
August 18^th: Ed Sheeran at The Rose Bowl
September 10^th: Dave Matthews Band at Hollywood Bowl
September 28^th: Beck at Hollywood Bowl
October 7^th: James Bay at The Greek Theatre
November 29^th: The Tallest Man on Earth at Cathedral Sanctuary
January 22^nd: Elton John at Staples Center
January 23^rd: Elton John at Staples Center

~ Kristen

 

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It’s beginning to feel a lot like South By….evvvverywhere I go!  From last night’s dance with The Wrecks and Dreamers to this morning’s random free drink at The Coffee Bean, I might as well already be in Austin for my favorite time of the year, SXSW Music Week!  My actual trip begins tomorrow.  Per usual, I’ve listened to all the artists, compiled a 20+ page schedule of events, and packed a suitcase full of comfortable walking shoes.  Top artists to see include faves like Frank Turner, SUR, and morgxn, but I’m also looking forward to checking out a ton of new (to me) artists like Sam Fender, Bad Pony, half*alive, and Jade Bird. We shall see which new artist or band meets (or dare I say exceeds) “the Graham Bar”, so named for Lukas Graham the year that band blew everyone else out of the water.

If you’re in LA and also want to discover some great new music, go check out Findlay or Bobi Andonov playing Monday night. And if you just want to see some favorites do NOT miss the AWOLNATION, Nothing But Thieves, Irontom extravaganza coming to The Wiltern for two nights!

 

Monday: Findlay at Moroccan Lounge (7:30)
ALSO: It’s a School Night at Bardot f. Bobi Andonov, Sons of an Illustrious Father (8pm)
ALSO: The Blank Tapes residency FREE at The Echoplex (8:30)
ALSO: Love and a .38 FREE at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: Gogol Bordello at The Fonda Theatre (9pm)
ALSO: Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds at The Orpheum Theatre (8pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at The Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)

 

Tuesday: Rachael Yamagata at Moroccan Lounge (8pm)
ALSO: The Deltaz + guests FREE at The Cinema Bar (8pm)
ALSO: Gaz Coombes at The Echo (8pm)
ALSO: The Dead South at The Echoplex (8pm)
ALSO: Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds at The Orpheum Theatre (8pm)

 

Weds: Young Creatures residency f. The Crazy Brave FREE at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: Rachael Yamagata at Moroccan Lounge (8pm)
ALSO: Moby at The Echo (8:30)
ALSO: Komox at The Sayers Club (10pm)
ALSO: Lorde at The Staples Center (7pm)

 

Thursday: AWOLNATION, Nothing But Thieves, Irontom at The Wiltern (7pm)
ALSO: Andy Grammer w/ James TW at The Belasco Theater (7pm)
ALSO: Moby at The Echo (8:30)
ALSO: Charli XCX at The El Rey (9pm)

 

Friday: AWOLNATION, Nothing But Thieves, Irontom at The Wiltern (7pm)
ALSO: The Mowgli’s, Mainland at the Moroccan Lounge (8pm)
ALSO: Taylor John Williams at The Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)
ALSO: The Eagle Rock Gospel Singers at Bootleg Bar (8:30)
ALSO: The Psychedelic Furs at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: Moby at The Echo (8:30)
ALSO: Coin w/ The Aces at The Fonda Theatre (9pm)
ALSO: Gaby Moreno at The El Rey (8pm)

 

Saturday: Van Morrison Night at The Hotel Cafe f. Schuyler Fisk, Cary Brothers, Joe Purdy and more (9:30)
ALSO: Donovan Frankenreiter at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: Rhye at The Orpheum Theatre (9pm)
ALSO: We Came as Romans at The El Rey (6:45)

 

Sunday: Cindy Alexander at Saint Rocke (6:30)
ALSO: Songwriter Sundays FREE at The Fox and Hounds (9pm)

 

To Keep in Mind:
March 20^th: AJR at The Belasco Theatre
March 20^th: RIVVRS at Resident
March 21^st: Phillip Phillips at The Fonda Theater
March 21^st: The Naked and Famous at Moroccan Lounge
March 23^rd: Dermot Kennedy at The El Rey
March 28^th: James Bay at The Belasco
March 29^th: The Darkness at The Fonda
March 29^th: Jay Nash at The Hotel Cafe
March 30^th: Declan McKenna at Constellation Room
March 31^st: The Hunna at The Troubadour
April 4^th: Weathers at The Troubadour
April 7^th: Coffee Shop Arena Rock at The Hotel Cafe
April 8^th: Lincoln Durham at Moroccan Lounge
April 9^th, 10^th: Joshua Radin at The Troubadour
April 11^th: St. Vincent at Orpheum Theatre
April 13^th-15^th: Coachella weekend 1
April 16^th: Sigrid at The El Rey
April 19^th: The War on Drugs at Fox Theater Pomona
April 19^th: Beta Play at The Satellite
April 20^th-22^nd: Coachella weekend
April 21^st: Judy Collins at The Dolby Theatre
April 26^th: Tyler Hilton at The Troubadour
May 2^nd: Van William at Teragram Ballroom
May 3^rd: Wild Child at Teragram Ballroom
May 4^th: Matt Maeson at The Fonda Theatre
May 5^th: Coffee Shop Arena Rock at The Hotel Cafe
May 11^th: Frenship at The El Rey
May 12^th: The Score at The Fonda
May 13^th: George Ezra at The Wiltern
May 15^th: Franz Ferdinand at The Wiltern
May 15^th: Red Wanting Blue at Peppermint Club
May 15^th: U2 at The Forum
May 15^th: Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness at Ford Theatres
May 16^th: Judy Collins at The Rose
May 18^th: Tony Lucca at The Hotel Cafe
May 18^th: Larkin Poe at Teragram Ballroom
May 20^th: Gang of Youths at Moroccan Lounge
May 23^rd: The Brevet at The Bootleg
May 31^st: James Taylor at Hollywood Bowl
June 1^st: James Taylor at Hollywood Bowl
June 2^nd: Coffee Shop Arena Rock at The Hotel Cafe
June 2^nd: Lord Huron at The Greek Theatre
June 3^rd: Ray LaMontagne at The Greek Theatre
June 7^th: Barns Courtney at The Wiltern
June 16^th: Frank Turner at Hollywood Palladium
June 23^rd/24^th: Arroyo Seco Weekend
June 26^th: Middle Kids at Lodge Room
June 30^th: Night Riots at The El Rey
July 19^th: Thirty Seconds to Mars at The Forum
July 21^st: Imagine Dragons at The Forum
July 22^nd: Imagine Dragons at The Forum
August 15^th: Nathaniel Rateliff at The Greek Theatre
August 17^th: Brandi Carlile at The Greek Theatre
August 18^th: Ed Sheeran at The Rose Bowl
September 10^th: Dave Matthews Band at Hollywood Bowl
September 28^th: Beck at Hollywood Bowl
October 7^th: James Bay at The Greek Theatre
January 22^nd: Elton John at Staples Center
January 23^rd: Elton John at Staples Center

~ Kristen

 

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Had a bit of an adventure Friday night when, driving to First Fridays at The Natural History Museum, I got a flat tire.  It was raining, rush hour, and most auto shops were closing, but I was surprisingly calm as I called for the tow, figured out where I could go to get it fixed that night, and somehow, miraculously made it to the Natural History Museum in time for the main event, Mondo Cozmo.  I’m not sure if it was because of the car troubles or the fact that I hadn’t been to a show all week or the beautiful friends that I ran into at the event or maybe the buffalos the band was playing in front of, but the night turned into one of the most uplifting and transformative Mondo Cozmo experiences (and they are all quite good so this is saying something).

I know I’m not supposed to be going to many shows next week either, but with so many faves (Dear Boy, Dreamers/The Wrecks, Hudson Taylor, A Silent Film, HAWAI) and a plethora of highly anticipated acts (The Academic, Charlie Cunningham, Mt. Joy, Billy Raffoul) coming through, we’ll see how much I can hold to that. Either way, I anticipate a sleep-light week.

Here’s what else I’d suggest:

 

Monday: It’s a School Night at Bardot f. Dear Boy, Flora Cash (7:30)
ALSO: SYML at Moroccan Lounge (7:30)
ALSO: The Blank Tapes residency FREE at The Echo (8:30)
ALSO: Jordan Davis at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: Lucius at Largo (8pm)
ALSO: K.D. Lang at The Theatre at Ace Hotel (8:30)
ALSO: Hunnypot Live FREE at The Mint (7pm)

 

Tuesday: The Academic, Hamish Anderson at Resident (7pm)
ALSO: Lucy Rose, Charlie Cunningham at The Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: The Rubens at Bootleg Bar (8:30)
ALSO: The Classic Crime at Union Nightclub (6:30)
ALSO Johnny Gates & The Habits, Katelyn Tarver at The Peppermint Club (7pm)
ALSO: The Deltaz + guests FREE at The Cinema Bar (8pm)
ALSO: Ian Moore at The Hotel Cafe (10pm)
ALSO: Jessie Jo Stark FREE at Harvard & Stone (10pm)
ALSO: Jordan Rakei at The El Rey (8:30)

 

Weds: States & Capitals, Bellsaint at The Study (8pm)
ALSO: Joey McIntyre at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Young Creatures residency f. LA River Bend, The Two Tens FREE at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: Albert Hammond Jr. at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: Talib Kweli at The Regent Theater (8pm)
ALSO: The Suffers at The Echo (8:30)
ALSO: Billie Eilish at The El Rey (8:30)

 

Thursday: Run River North, HAWAI at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: Mt. Joy, Korey Dane at Moroccan Lounge (8pm)
ALSO: Glen Hansard at Largo (8:30)
ALSO: Sun Lux, Gordi at The Regent Theater (9pm)
ALSO: Ninet Tayeb, Little Empire at The Peppermint Club (7:30)
ALSO: Holly Miranda FREE at Zebulon (9pm)
ALSO: Spindrift, Restavrant, Low Volts at Resident (8pm)
ALSO: Lord Huron, Lo Moon at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
ALSO: Stone Temple Pilots at The Rose (8pm)

 

Friday: Billie Eilish at The El Rey (9pm)
ALSO: The Naked and Famous at Largo (8pm)
ALSO: Walk Off the Earth at The Belasco Theater (7pm)

 

Saturday: New Politics, Dreamers, The Wrecks at The Belasco Theater (6:30)
ALSO: Gabrielle Aplin, Hudson Taylor at The Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Robert Stevenson (A Silent Film) at Moroccan Lounge (7pm)
ALSO: Albert & His Dreamboats FREE at The Love Song (9pm)
ALSO: Dustbowl Revival at The El Rey (8:15)
ALSO: Livingmore, Down and Outlaws at The Viper Room (8pm)
ALSO: Glen Hansard at Walt Disney Concert Hall (8pm)

 

Sunday: ZZ Ward w/ Black Pistol Fire, Billy Raffoul at The Fonda Theatre (8pm)
ALSO: Talisco at Union Nightclub (8pm)
ALSO: Glen Hansard at Walt Disney Concert Hall (7:30)
ALSO: Songwriter Sundays FREE at The Fox and Hounds (9pm)

 

To Keep in Mind:
March 13^th: Rachel Yamagata at Moroccan Lounge
March 15^th: Andy Grammer at The Belasco Theatre
March 15^th,16^th: AWOLNATION, Nothing But Thieves at The Wiltern
March 16^th: The Mowgli’s at Moroccan Lounge
March 20^th: AJR at The Belasco Theatre
March 20^th: RIVVRS at Resident
March 21^st: Phillip Phillips at The Fonda Theater
March 21^st: The Naked and Famous at Moroccan Lounge
March 23^rd: Dermot Kennedy at The El Rey
March 29^th: The Darkness at The Fonda
March 29^th: Jay Nash at The Hotel Café
March 30^th: Declan McKenna at Constellation Room
March 31^st: The Hunna at The Troubadour
April 7^th: Coffee Shop Arena Rock at The Hotel Cafe
April 8^th: Lincoln Durham at Moroccan Lounge
April 9^th, 10^th: Joshua Radin at The Troubadour
April 11^th: St. Vincent at Orpheum Theatre
April 13^th-15^th: Coachella weekend 1
April 16^th: Sigrid at The El Rey
April 19^th: The War on Drugs at Fox Theater Pomona
April 20^th-22^nd: Coachella weekend 2
April 26^th: Tyler Hilton at The Troubadour
May 4^th: Matt Maeson at The Fonda Theatre
May 5^th: Coffee Shop Arena Rock at The Hotel Café
May 11^th: Frenship at The El Rey
May 12^th: The Score at The Fonda
May 13^th: George Ezra at The Wiltern
May 15^th: Franz Ferdinand at The Wiltern
May 15^th: Red Wanting Blue at Peppermint Club
May 15^th: U2 at The Forum
May 15^th: Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness at Ford Theatres
May 16^th: Judy Collins at The Rose
May 18^th: Tony Lucca at The Hotel Café
May 31^st: James Taylor at Hollywood Bowl
June 1^st: James Taylor at Hollywood Bowl
June 2^nd: Coffee Shop Arena Rock at The Hotel Café
June 2^nd: Lord Huron at The Greek Theatre
June 7^th: Barns Courtney at The Wiltern
June 16^th: Frank Turner at Hollywood Palladium
June 23^rd/24^th: Arroyo Seco Weekend
June 26^th: Middle Kids at Lodge Room
June 30^th: Night Riots at The El Rey
July 19^th: Thirty Seconds to Mars at The Forum
July 21^st: Imagine Dragons at The Forum
July 22^nd: Imagine Dragons at The Forum
August 15^th: Nathaniel Rateliff at The Greek Theatre
August 17^th: Brandi Carlile at The Greek Theatre
August 18^th: Ed Sheeran at The Rose Bowl
September 10^th: Dave Matthews Band at Hollywood Bowl
September 28^th: Beck at Hollywood Bowl
January 22^nd: Elton John at Staples Center
January 23^rd: Elton John at Staples Center

One of my greatest, self-ascribed purposes in life is to introduce my people to my bands (hello reason for this calendar!).  Second to that, I also quite enjoy introducing my friends to one another.  Last night, in the unlikeliest location of Silver Spring, Maryland, worlds collided as college friends and grad school friends came together to enjoy an amazing night of music featuring my LA loves, Irontom who are currently on tour with Nothing But Thieves and AWOLNATION.  ‘Twas one for the books!

And while I would much rather continue on the road following that tour to their next location, I am, instead, on a plane heading back to Los Angeles.  Fortunately, there are plenty of shows in LA this week and while my personal show schedule is going to be slightly usurped by SXSW prep,  I’ll need to make it out at least a time or two…eyeing First Friday at The National History Museum featuring Mondo Cozmo!

 

Monday: It’s a School Night at Bardot f. Caught a Ghost (8pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at The Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)

 

Tuesday: Lo Moon FREE at Amoeba (6pm)
ALSO: Mike Posner at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)

 

Weds: Langhorne Slim at Largo (8pm)
ALSO: Robert Francis & Tamir at The Peppermint Club (7pm)
ALSO: Busty & The Bass at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: Midnight Divide FREE at Harvard & Stone (10pm)
ALSO: Real Estate at The Theatre at Ace Hotel (9pm)
ALSO: RJ Bloke and friends Songwriters Round FREE at The Cinema Bar (9pm)

 

Thursday: Anderson East at The El Rey (9pm)
ALSO: Theo Katzman at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: Nick Jordan FREE at Dirty Laundry (10pm)
ALSO: Monogem at The Peppermint Club (8pm)
ALSO: Margo Price at The Fonda Theatre (9pm)
ALSO: Nothing More at The Regent Theater (7pm)
ALSO: Mat Kearney, Andrew Belle at The Wiltern (7pm)

 

Friday: Mondo Cozmo at The Natural History Museum (5pm)
ALSO: Jackie Venson at The Hotel Cafe second stage (7pm)
ALSO: They Might Be Giants at The Regent Theater (9pm)
ALSO: Robert Plant & the Sensational Space Shifters at The Orpheum (8:30)

 

Saturday: Project Resilience w/ The Dales, Hamish Anderson and more, Coffee Shop Arena Rock at The Hotel Cafe (6:30, 10pm)
ALSO: flor w/ Handome Ghost at The Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: The Active Set, The Crazy Brave FREE at Casey’s Irish Pub
ALSO: Christian Lopez at The Peppermint Club (8pm)
ALSO: Distant Cousins at The Hotel Cafe second stage (9:30)
ALSO: Sharon Van Etten at Moroccan Lounge (7:15)

 

Sunday: The Lone Bellow at The Fonda Theatre (8pm)
ALSO:  Leeann Skoda, Brian Whelan FREE at The Love Song (9pm)
ALSO: Bones Muhroni/Fell Runner at Bootleg Bar (8pm)
ALSO: Clara-Nova, The Mynabirds at Moroccan Lounge (7:30)
ALSO: Songwriter Sundays FREE at The Fox and Hounds (9pm)

 

To Keep in Mind:
March 5^th: Dear Boy at Bardot
March 6^th: The Rubens at Bootleg Theater
March 6^th: The Academic at Resident
March 8^th: Gordi at The Regent Theater
March 10^th: Hudson Taylor at The Troubadour
March 10^th: A Silent Film at Moroccan Lounge
March 10^th: New Politics, The Wrecks at The Belasco Theatre
March 10^th/11^th Glen Hansard at Walt Disney Concert Hall
March 13^th: Rachel Yamagata at Moroccan Lounge
March 15^th: Andy Grammer at The Belasco Theatre
March 15^th,16^th: AWOLNATION, Nothing But Thieves at The Wiltern
March 16^th: The Mowgli’s at Moroccan Lounge
March 20^th: AJR at The Belasco Theatre
March 21^st: Phillip Phillips at The Fonda Theater
March 21^st: The Naked and Famous at Moroccan Lounge
March 23^rd: Dermot Kennedy at The El Rey
March 29^th: The Darkness at The Fonda
March 29^th: Jay Nash at The Hotel Cafe
March 31^st: The Hunna at The Troubadour
April 7^th: Coffee Shop Arena Rock at The Hotel Cafe
April 8^th: Lincoln Durham at Moroccan Lounge
April 9^th, 10^th: Joshua Radin at The Troubadour
April 13^th-15^th: Coachella weekend 1
April 20^th-22^nd: Coachella weekend 2
May 4^th: Matt Maeson at The Fonda Theatre
May 5^th: Coffee Shop Arena Rock at The Hotel Café
May 11^th: Frenship at The El Rey
May 12^th: The Score at The Fonda
May 13^th: George Ezra at The Wiltern
May 15^th: Franz Ferdinand at The Wiltern
May 15^th: Red Wanting Blue at Peppermint Club
May 15^th: U2 at The Forum
May 15^th: Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness at Ford Theatres
May 18^th: Tony Lucca at The Hotel Café
May 31^st: James Taylor at Hollywood Bowl
June 1^st: James Taylor at Hollywood Bowl
June 2^nd: Coffee Shop Arena Rock at The Hotel Café
June 2^nd: Lord Huron at The Greek Theatre
June 7^th: Barns Courtney at The Wiltern
June 16^th: Frank Turner at Hollywood Palladium
June 26^th: Middle Kids at Lodge Room
July 19^th: Thirty Seconds to Mars at The Forum
August 15^th: Nathaniel Rateliff at The Greek Theatre
August 18^th: Ed Sheeran at The Rose Bowl
January 22^nd: Elton John at Staples Center
January 23^rd: Elton John at Staples Center

 

~ Kristen

 

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In a few short hours, I’ll be hitting the road to see the first of at least two (if not three) doses of the AWOLNATION, Nothing But Thieves, Irontom tour…I am taking full advantage of this holiday weekend and have flown eastward to catch up with friends and partake in another grand music adventure.  Excitement has been high due to the impending escapades as well as the unexpected musical release of The Wrecks, Panic Vertigo, EP.  SO, while doing some intense driving I’ll be able to listen to some rockin’ new tunes. Woo hoo! Vacation!

If I were in LA next week, I’d also have some tasty music options including a can’t miss charity event at The Hotel Cafe Monday night, Amy Shark Tuesday, and east coast friends, Everything Turned to Color on Saturday.  Please go enjoy for me.

 

Monday: ALS Charity Event at The Hotel Cafe f. Bishop Briggs, Madi Diaz, Sir Sly, Dan Wilson, Wrabel and more (6pm)
ALSO:  It’s a School Night at Bardot f. Kitten (8pm)
ALSO: Pacific Radio at Silverlake Lounge (8pm)
ALSO: Hunnypot Radio Live FREE at The Mint (7pm)

 

Tuesday: Amy Shark w/ MILCK at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: Reverend Tall Tree’s Blues Opera at Molly Malone’s (8pm)
ALSO: Ha Ha Tonka at Resident (8pm)
ALSO: Neonheart at The Peppermint Club (8:30)

 

Weds: Theory of a Deadman at Belasco Theater (7pm)
ALSO: Joey McIntyre at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Jessica Childress at The Hotel Cafe second stage (9:30)
ALSO: Bahamas at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
ALSO Tune-Yards at The El Rey (9pm)
ALSO: RJ Bloke & Friends Songwriters Round FREE at The Cinema Bar (9pm)

 

Thursday: X Ambassadors at The Belasco (7pm)
ALSO No Small Children at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: Ron Pope w/ The National Parks at The Fonda Theatre (8pm)
ALSO: Ivory Deville FREE at Lucky Strike Hollywood (8:30)
ALSO: Holly Miranda at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Tune-Yards at The El Rey (9pm)

 

Friday: Freddy & Francine at The Hotel Cafe second stage (9pm)
ALSO: The Wood Brothers at The Fonda Theatre (8:30)
ALSO: Basia Bulat at Bootleg Bar (8:30)
ALSO: Viza at The Troubadour (8pm)

 

Saturday: Everything Turned to Color at The Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)
ALSO: Betty Who at The Wiltern (7pm)
ALSO: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club at The Fonda Theatre (9pm)
ALSO: Arms Akimbo at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: Skinny Lister w/ Wil Varley at The Echo (5:30)
ALSO: San Fermin at The Echoplex (8:30)
ALSO: Colin Hay at Largo (8:30)
ALSO: Good Old War w/ Justin Nozuka at Teragram Ballroom (9pm)

 

Sunday: Songwriter Sundays FREE at The Fox and Hounds (9pm)

 

To Keep in Mind:
February 28^th: Langhorne Slim at Largo
March 2^nd: Mondo Cozmo at The Natural History Museum
March 3^rd: flor at The Troubadour
March 3^rd: Coffee Shop Arena Rock at The Hotel Café
March 5^th: Dear Boy at Bardot
March 6^th: The Rubens at Bootleg Theater
March 6^th: The Academic at Resident
March 8^th: Gordi at The Regent Theater
March 10^th: Hudson Taylor at The Troubadour
March 10^th: A Silent Film at Moroccan Lounge
March 10^th: New Politics, The Wrecks at The Belasco Theatre
March 10^th/11^th Glen Hansard at Walt Disney Concert Hall
March 13^th: Rachel Yamagata at Moroccan Lounge
March 15^th: Andy Grammer at The Belasco Theatre
March 15^th,16^th: AWOLNATION, Nothing But Thieves at The Wiltern
March 16^th: The Mowgli’s at Moroccan Lounge
March 20^th: AJR at The Belasco Theatre
March 21^st: Phillip Phillips at The Fonda Theater
March 21^st: The Naked and Famous at Moroccan Lounge
March 23^rd: Dermot Kennedy at The El Rey
March 29^th: The Darkness at The Fonda
March 29^th: Jay Nash at The Hotel Cafe
March 31^st: The Hunna at The Troubadour
April 7^th: Coffee Shop Arena Rock at The Hotel Cafe
April 8^th: Lincoln Durham at Moroccan Lounge
April 9^th, 10^th: Joshua Radin at The Troubadour
April 13^th-15^th: Coachella weekend 1
April 20^th-22^nd: Coachella weekend 2
May 4^th: Matt Maeson at The Fonda Theatre
May 5^th: Coffee Shop Arena Rock at The Hotel Café
May 11^th: Frenship at The El Rey
May 12^th: The Score at The Fonda
May 13^th: George Ezra at The Wiltern
May 15^th: Franz Ferdinand at The Wiltern
May 15^th: Red Wanting Blue at Peppermint Club
May 15^th: U2 at The Forum
May 15^th: Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness at Ford Theatres
May 18^th: Tony Lucca at The Hotel Café
May 31^st: James Taylor at Hollywood Bowl
June 1^st: James Taylor at Hollywood Bowl
June 2^nd: Coffee Shop Arena Rock at The Hotel Café
June 2^nd: Lord Huron at The Greek Theatre
June 7^th: Barns Courtney at The Wiltern
June 16^th: Frank Turner at Hollywood Palladium
June 26^th: Middle Kids at Lodge Room
July 19^th: Thirty Seconds to Mars at The Forum
August 15^th: Nathaniel Rateliff at The Greek Theatre
August 18^th: Ed Sheeran at The Rose Bowl
January 22^nd: Elton John at Staples Center
January 23^rd: Elton John at Staples Center

 

~ Kristen

 

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The winter Olympics are here! I missed the opening ceremonies but have been catching up this weekend on my curling, and figuring skating, and ice hockey (Oh my!).  Last week, I was in a very consistent routine of frustrating day following by amazing music night (seriously, music saves).  This week, I’ll have to choose between Olympics vs. shows which will be tough, except for Thursday night when I will be at the Hotel Cafe for what I guarantee will be a magical evening of music.

Here’s what else I’m contemplating:

 

Monday: It’s a School Night at Bardot f. Cloves (8pm)
ALSO: Livingmore FREE at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: Dua Lipa at The Hollywood Palladium (8pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at The Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)

 

Tuesday: Reverend Tall Tree’s Blues Opera at Molly Malone’s (8pm)
ALSO: Mike Posner at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Teleskopes w/ Will Love, War Tapes FREE at Harvard & Stone (9pm)
ALSO: Johnnyswim at The Orpheum (8:30)
ALSO: Joywave at The Roxy (8pm)

 

Weds: Zane Carney at Black Rabbit Rose (9pm)
ALSO: Vista Kicks at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: The Frights at The Fonda Theatre (9pm)
ALSO: Kimbra at The Theatre at Ace Hotel (8pm)
ALSO: RJ Bloke & Friends Songwriters Round FREE at The Cinema Bar (9pm)

 

Thursday: Liminal, O’neil Hudson, Evan Rachel Wood & Zane Carney & Friends, The Sweetheart Deal at The Hotel Cafe (7, 8, 9:30, 10:30)
ALSO: Fran Healy at Largo (8:30)
ALSO: Dorothy at The Fonda Theatre (9pm)
ALSO: Beth Hart at The Theatre at Ace Hotel (9pm)

 

Friday: Jeffery Gaines w/ Chris Pierce at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: R Finn at Bootleg Bar (8:30)
ALSO: Raquel Rodriguez at The Mint (9pm)

 

Saturday: Kate Voegele & Tyler Hilton at Saint Rocke (8pm)
ALSO: Jimmy Gnecco at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Dustbowl Revival w/ Leslie Stevens, Joel Taylor at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: Chuck Ragan at Pico Union Project (9pm)
ALSO: Dan Auerbach & The Easy Eye at The Wiltern (7pm)
ALSO: Queens of the Stone Age, Royal Blood at The Forum (7pm)

 

Sunday: Songwriter Sundays FREE at The Fox and Hounds (9pm)
ALSO: The Station Breaks w/ Gil McKinney at The Hotel Cafe (8pm)

 

To Keep in Mind:
February 22^nd: X Ambassadors at The Belasco Theater
February 22^nd: The National Parks at The Fonda
February 24^th: Betty Who at The Wiltern
February 24^th: Everything Turned to Color at The Hotel Cafe
February 28^th: Langhorne Slim at Largo
March 2^nd: Mondo Cozmo at The Natural History Museum
March 3^rd: flor at The Troubadour
March 3^rd: Coffee Shop Arena Rock at The Hotel Café
March 5^th: Dear Boy at Bardot
March 6^th: The Rubens at Bootleg Theater
March 6^th: The Academic at Resident
March 8^th: Gordi at The Regent Theater
March 10^th: Hudson Taylor at The Troubadour
March 10^th: A Silent Film at Moroccan Lounge
March 10^th: New Politics, The Wrecks at The Belasco Theatre
March 10^th/11^th Glen Hansard at Walt Disney Concert Hall
March 13^th: Rachel Yamagata at Moroccan Lounge
March 15^th: Andy Grammer at The Belasco Theatre
March 15^th,16^th: AWOLNATION, Nothing But Thieves at The Wiltern
March 16^th: The Mowgli’s at Moroccan Lounge
March 20^th: AJR at The Belasco Theatre
March 21^st: Phillip Phillips at The Fonda Theater
March 21^st: The Naked and Famous at Moroccan Lounge
March 23^rd: Dermot Kennedy at The El Rey
March 29^th: The Darkness at The Fonda
March 29^th: Jay Nash at The Hotel Cafe
March 31^st: The Hunna at The Troubadour
April 7^th: Coffee Shop Arena Rock at The Hotel Cafe
April 8^th: Lincoln Durham at Moroccan Lounge
April 9^th, 10^th: Joshua Radin at The Troubadour
April 13^th-15^th: Coachella weekend 1
April 20^th-22^nd: Coachella weekend 2
May 4^th: Matt Maeson at The Fonda Theatre
May 5^th: Coffee Shop Arena Rock at The Hotel Café
May 11^th: Frenship at The El Rey
May 12^th: The Score at The Fonda
May 13^th: George Ezra at The Wiltern
May 15^th: Franz Ferdinand at The Wiltern
May 15^th: Red Wanting Blue at Peppermint Club
May 15^th: U2 at The Forum
May 15^th: Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness at Ford Theatres
May 18^th: Tony Lucca at The Hotel Café
May 31^st: James Taylor at Hollywood Bowl
June 1^st: James Taylor at Hollywood Bowl
June 2^nd: Coffee Shop Arena Rock at The Hotel Café
June 2^nd: Lord Huron at The Greek Theatre
June 7^th: Barns Courtney at The Wiltern
June 16^th: Frank Turner at Hollywood Palladium
June 26^th: Middle Kids at Lodge Room
July 19^th: Thirty Seconds to Mars at The Forum
August 15^th: Nathaniel Rateliff at The Greek Theatre
August 18^th: Ed Sheeran at The Rose Bowl
January 22^nd: Elton John at Staples Center
January 23^rd: Elton John at Staples Center

 

~ Kristen

 

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