Nothing cures the SXSW hangover like a full week’s worth of shows and it has been a busy one headlined by New Zealand’s Borderline who hosted back-to-back dance parties Thursday night at Permanent Records and Andy’s.

Next week continues the good times with Canada’s daysormay, an intimate acoustic Barns Courtney and I will be seeing a bucket list band, Snow Patrol, for the first time!

Monday: daysormay at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)
ALSO: Trisha Yearwood at the Troubadour (7:30)
ALSO: Monday Monday at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)

Tuesday: Snow Patrol at the Wiltern (7pm)
ALSO: Braden Bales at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Rachel Platten w/ Ben Abraham at the El Rey (8pm)
ALSO: Lucas Flood presents “Not Another Showcase” at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)
ALSO: Open Folk at the Hotel Cafe second stage (9pm)
ALSO: Soft Spot Songwriter Night FREE at Desert 5 Spot (7pm)

Weds: Barns Courtney at the Venice West (8pm)
ALSO: Becky Krill w/ Adrienne Mack-Davis and Friends at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)
ALSO: Joe DeVito at Permanent Records Roadhouse (6pm)
ALSO: Evening Elephants at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Lime Cordiale at the El Rey (8pm)
ALSO: Snow Patrol at the Wiltern (7pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)
ALSO: Writers Round LA FREE at Ivanhoe’s (7pm)

Thursday: The Rubens at the Echo (7pm)
ALSO: Goody Grace at the Hotel Cafe (9:30)
ALSO: A Night with Glow Music Group at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Johnny Manchild & The Poor Bastards w/ Volores and Killola at the Roxy (7pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Bar Lubitsch (7pm)

Friday: Hardcastle, Maudlin Strangers and more at 3 of Clubs (7pm)
ALSO: Cassia w/ Box Dreams at the Echo (7pm)
ALSO: Milahroy at the Hotel Cafe (9:30)
ALSO:  Jesse Welles at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Tamino at the Belasco (7pm)
ALSO: Papa Roach & Rise Against at the Forum (7pm)

Saturday: K.Flay at the Belasco (7pm)
ALSO: La Roux at the Moroccan Lounge (8pm)
ALSO: Sawyer Hill w/ Sweet Spine at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: PVRIS at the Novo (8pm)
ALSO: Franz Ferdinand at the Wiltern (7pm)
ALSO: Garden State: The 20^th Anniversary Concert at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
ALSO: Billboard Women in Music at YouTube Theater (7pm)

Sunday: Raye Zaragoza at the Hotel Cafe second stage (7pm)
ALSO: Old 97’s at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
ALSO: Wand at Zebulon (8pm)

To Keep in Mind:    
March 31^st: Shakey Graves at the Bellwether (8pm)
April 1^st: Role Model at the Wiltern
April 1^st: Billy Raffoul at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
April 2^nd: Role Model at the Wiltern
April 3^rd: Weathers at the El Rey
April 3^rd: Mark Hoppus at Largo (8pm)
April 3^rd: Unlike Pluto at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
April 3^rd: Twin Shadow at Barnsdall Gallery Theatre
April 4^th: Twin Shadow at Barnsdall Gallery Theatre
April 4^th: Geographer at Lodge Room (8:30)
April 5^th: Grace Cummings at Gold Diggers
April 5^th: Arlie at Permanent Records Roadhouse
April 5^th: Stephen Day at the Troubadour
April 5^th: Wildermiss at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
April 5^th: Annie DiRusso at Teragram Ballroom (6pm)
April 5^th: Judy Collins at the Grammy Museum (7pm)
April 6^th: Alice Phoebe Lou at Lodge Room (8pm)
April 7^th: Alice Phoebe Lou at Lodge Room (8pm)
April 7^th: Greg Holden at the Hotel Café
April 7^th: The Unlikely Candidates at the Echo
April 8^th: Stereophonics at the Wiltern
April 8^th: Dir En Grey at the Belasco
April 8^th: Alice Phoebe Lou at Lodge Room (8pm)
April 9^th: Dir En Grey at the Belasco
April 9^th: almost Monday at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
April 12^th: The Avett Brothers at the Greek Theatre (7pm)
April 13^th: Matthew Logan Vasquez at Gold-Diggers (8pm)
April 13^th: Jon Foreman at the Troubadour
April 13^th: BBMAK at the Hotel Cafe
April 13^th: Laura Jane Grace & The Mississippi Medicals at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
April 15^th: Lola Young w/ Bob Vylan at the Fonda (7:30)
April 16^th: Ider at the Echo
April 17^th: Medium Build at the El Rey (8pm)
April 22^nd: Melissa Ferrick at the Venice West (8pm)
April 23^rd: Larkin Poe at the Fonda (8pm)
April 26^th: Maudlin Strangers at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
April 28^th: Knox at the El Rey (8pm)
April 30^th: Alix Page at the Troubadour
April 30^th: Phantom Planet at the Venice West (8pm)
April 30^th: Nikka Costa at the Roxy (7pm)
May 1^st: Josh Radnor at the Troubadour
May 2^nd: Dean Lewis at Bellwether (8pm)
May 2^nd: Half Alive at Hollywood Palladium
May 4^th: Lily Meola at the Venice West (8pm)
May 7^th: Gigi Perez at the Fonda Theatre (7:30)
May 8^th: Rett Madison + John-Robert at the Echo
May 8^th: The Used at the Wiltern
May 8^th: Sleigh Bells at the Fonda Theatre (8pm)
May 8^th: The Weather Station at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
May 9^th: Circa Waves & Friday Pilots Club at the El Rey (8pm)
May 9^th: Chloe Moriondo at the Echoplex
May 10^th: The Used at the Wiltern
May 10^th: Awolnation at the Belasco
May 10^th: Orla Gartland at the Fonda (8pm)
May 10^th: Gungor at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
May 11^th: The Used at the Wiltern
May 12^th: Jack White at Hollywood Palladium
May 13^th: Jack White at Hollywood Palladium
May 13^th: Babyjake at the Echo
May 14^th: James Bay at the Bellwether (8pm)
May 14^th: Nightly at the Fonda (8pm)
May 14^th: Jacob Banks at the Belasco
May 15^th: The Menzingers at the Belasco
May 15^th: White Denim at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
May 16^th: OK Go at the Bellwether (8pm)
May 17^th: OK Go at the Bellwether (8pm)
May 17^th: Magnolia Park at the Echoplex
May 18^th: Grace VanderWaal at the Roxy (7pm)
May 20^th: Allison Russell at the Belasco
May 20^th: Adam Melchor at the Troubadour
May 20^th: Lights at the Roxy (7pm)
May 21^st: Sam Ryder at the Troubadour
May 21^st: Daisy the Great at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
May 22^nd: Matt Hansen at the Fonda Theatre (8pm)
May 22^nd: Hembree at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
May 23^rd: The Fray at the Wiltern
May 24^th: The Fray at the Wiltern
May 24^th: House of Protection at the Roxy (8pm)
May 25^th: Lissie at the Venice West (8pm)
May 28^th: Jensen McRae at the El Rey (8pm)
May 29^th: Jensen McRae at the El Rey (8pm)
May 28^th: The War and Treaty at the Troubadour
May 29^th: Wild Party w/ Arms Akimbo at the Echo
May 30^th: Deathbyromy at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
May 31^st: The Wrecks at the Wiltern
June 1^st: James Arthur at Hollywood Palladium
June 2^nd: Rachel Chinouriri at the Fonda (7pm)
June 3^rd: Rachel Chinouriri at the Fonda (7pm)
June 5^th: Mallrat at the Echoplex
June 5^th: Finn Wolfhard at the Lodge Room (8pm)
June 6^th: Finn Wolfhard at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (7pm)
June 6^th: Sunflower Bean at Lodge Room (8pm)
June 12^th: Livingston at the Fonda Theatre (7pm)
June 13^th: West 22^nd at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
June 13^th: The Blue Stones at the Regent Theater (8pm)
June 14^th: Weathers at the El Rey (8pm)
June 18^th: Band of Skulls at the Troubadour
June 21^st: Samantha Crain at Gold-Diggers
June 21^st: Trousdale at the El Rey (9pm)
June 18^th: Band of Skulls at the Troubadour
June 19^th: Lola Kirke at the Troubadour
June 26^th: Cobi at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
June 28^th: Young Gun Silver Fox at the Troubadour
July 9^th: Low Cut Connie at the Troubadour
July 18^th: The Driver Era at Hollywood Palladium
July 23^rd: Ben Kweller at the Troubadour
August 23^rd: Charlie Cunningham at Barnsdall Gallery Theatre
September 1^st: Billie Marten at the El Rey (8pm)
September 4^th: Young the Giant at the Troubadour
September 5^th: Young the Giant at the Troubadour
September 10^th: Steven Wilson at the Wiltern
September 19^th: Nature TV at Zebulon
September 20^th: Nature TV at Zebulon
October 11^th: Jack’s Mannequin at the Wiltern
November 15^th: Smallpools at the Echoplex

~ Kristen

Women’s History Month is getting off to a very solid start musically. Friday night alone we’ve got Sydney Sprague, Priscilla Ahn, Verite, Stella Birdie, and Gillian Welch all gracing LA stages.  Plus, any week that begins with Heart, must be a good one, right?

As for the rest:  

Monday: Greg Holden and Friends at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Suki Waterhouse at the Roxy (7pm)
ALSO: Heart at cryptoarena.com (8pm)
ALSO: BMI Acoustic Lounge FREE at the Hotel Cafe second stage (6:45)
ALSO: Monday Monday at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)

Tuesday: Blame My Youth at Genghis Cohen (7pm)
ALSO: Dirty Monday Presents f. The Broken View at the Viper Room (7pm)
ALSO: Maybellene Ryder, Zoe Lloyd at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
ALSO: Suki Waterhouse at the Roxy (7pm)
ALSO: Jojo at the Wiltern (7pm)
ALSO: Lucas Flood presents “Not Another Showcase” at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)
ALSO: Open Folk at the Hotel Cafe second stage (9pm)

Weds: The Backfires at the Echo (7pm)
ALSO: Rachel Sumner & Traveling Light w/ Carolyn Kendrick at the Hotel Cafe second stage (7pm)
ALSO: Jack Harris at El Cid (6pm)
ALSO: Suki Waterhouse at the Roxy (7pm)
ALSO: Alexsucks at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Ben Barnes at the Wiltern (7pm)
ALSO: Finneas at Hollywood Palladium (7pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)
ALSO: Writers Round LA FREE at Ivanhoe’s (7pm)

Thursday: Kelsy Karter & The Heroines at the Roxy (7pm)
ALSO: Charlie Hickey at Scribble (8pm)
ALSO: Morgan Saint at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Milck at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Annie O’Malley, REL at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8,10)
ALSO: ZZ Ward at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
ALSO: Jenny Owen Youngs at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
ALSO: Maruja at Lodge Room (8pm)
ALSO: Evan Horner at the El Rey (8pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Bar Lubitsch (7pm)

Friday: Sydney Sprague at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Priscilla Ahn, Steve Carlson at the Hotel Cafe (7,10)
ALSO: Verite at the Natural History Museum (5pm)
ALSO: TLB at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)
ALSO: Stella Birdie at Scribble (8pm)
ALSO: Rare Americans w/ Hotel Mira and Shauna Dean Cokeland at the Roxy (7pm)
ALSO: The Mother Hips w/ Johnny Irion & Chris Stills at Zebulon (7pm)
ALSO: Gillian Welch & David Rawlings at the Wiltern (6:30)
ALSO: Flipturn at the Novo (8pm)

Saturday: The Barbarians of California at the Echo (7pm)
ALSO: 3^rd Annual Intl Women’s Day Celebration at the Hotel Cafe (6:30)
ALSO: Lake at 2220 Arts + Archives (8pm)
ALSO: Max at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Freak Slug at Lodge Room (8:30)
ALSO: Rebecca Black at the El Rey (9pm)

Sunday: Max at the Troubadour (7pm)

To Keep in Mind:    
March 10^th: Max at the Troubadour
March 11^th: Only the Poets at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
March 13^th: Bishop Briggs at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
March 13^th: Jukebox the Ghost at Largo (8pm)
March 13^th: The Velveteers at the Echo
March 13^th: Sydney Quiseng at the Hotel Cafe
March 14^th: Jukebox the Ghost at Largo (8pm)
March 14^th: Saint Motel at the Wiltern
March 14^th: Jason Isbell at Walt Disney Concert Hall
March 14^th: Anberlin at the Novo (8pm)
March 14^th: High Fade at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
March 14^th: Borns at the El Rey (8pm)
March 15^th: Borns at the El Rey (8pm)
March 15^th: Tors at the Troubadour
March 15^th: Jukebox the Ghost at Largo (8pm)
March 17^th: Sarah Klang at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
March 18^th: Victoria Canal at the Troubadour
March 19^th: Charli Adams at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
March 19^th: Goody Grace at the Troubadour
March 20^th: Will Swinton at Peppermint Club (7pm)
March 20^th: Mumford & Sons at the Palladium
March 20^th: Borderline at Permanent Records Roadhouse
March 21^st: Michael Marcagi w/ Ashley Kutcher  at the Fonda (8pm)
March 21^st: Boo Seeka at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
March 21^st: The Wood Brothers at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
March 21^st: Pokey Lafarge at Lodge Room (8pm)
March 21^st: Dorothy at the El Rey (8pm)
March 22^nd: Corook at the Roxy (7pm)
March 22^nd: Los Angeles Folk Festival at the Bellwether (5:30)
March 23^rd: Los Angeles Folk Festival at the Bellwether (5:30)
March 24^th: Trisha Yearwood at the Troubadour
March 25^th: Snow Patrol at the Wiltern
March 25^th: Rachel Platten at the El Rey (8pm)
March 26^th: Snow Patrol at the Wiltern
March 26^th: Lime Cordiale at the El Rey (8pm)
March 26^th: Barns Courtney at the Venice West (8pm)
March 27^th: The Rubens at the Echo
March 27^th: Carter Vail at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
March 28^th: Papa Roach & Rise Against at the Forum
March 29^th: K.Flay at the Belasco
March 29^th: PVRIS at the Novo (8pm)
March 29^th: Sawyer Hill at the Troubadour
March 29^th: Garden State: The 20^th Anniversary Concert at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
March 29^th: Franz Ferdinand at the Wiltern
March 30^th: Old 97’s at Teragram Ballroom
March 31^st: Shakey Graves at the Bellwether (8pm)
April 1^st: Role Model at the Wiltern
April 1^st: Billy Raffoul at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
April 2^nd: Role Model at the Wiltern
April 3^rd: Weathers at the El Rey
April 3^rd: Unlike Pluto at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
April 5^th: Stephen Day at the Troubadour
April 5^th: Wildermiss at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
April 5^th: Annie DiRusso at Teragram Ballroom (6pm)
April 6^th: Alice Phoebe Lou at Lodge Room (8pm)
April 7^th: Alice Phoebe Lou at Lodge Room (8pm)
April 7^th: Greg Holden at the Hotel Café
April 7^th: The Unlikely Candidates at the Echo
April 8^th: Stereophonics at the Wiltern
April 8^th: Dir En Grey at the Belasco
April 8^th: Alice Phoebe Lou at Lodge Room (8pm)
April 9^th: Dir En Grey at the Belasco
April 12^th: The Avett Brothers at the Greek Theatre (7pm)
April 13^th: Matthew Logan Vasquez at Gold-Diggers (8pm)
April 13^th: Jon Foreman at the Troubadour
April 13^th: Laura Jane Grace & The Mississippi Medicals at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
April 15^th: Lola Young w/ Bob Vylan at the Fonda (7:30)
April 17^th: Medium Build at the El Rey (8pm)
April 22^nd: Melissa Ferrick at the Venice West (8pm)
April 23^rd: Larkin Poe at the Fonda (8pm)
April 28^th: Knox at the El Rey (8pm)
April 30^th: Alix Page at the Troubadour
May 1^st: Josh Radnor at the Troubadour
May 2^nd: Dean Lewis at Bellwether (8pm)
May 2^nd: Marc Scibilia at the Troubadour
May 2^nd: Half Alive at Hollywood Palladium
May 7^th: Gigi Perez at the Fonda Theatre (7:30)
May 8^th: Rett Madison + John-Robert at the Echo
May 8^th: The Used at the Wiltern
May 8^th: Sleigh Bells at the Fonda Theatre (8pm)
May 8^th: The Weather Station at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
May 9^th: Circa Waves & Friday Pilots Club at the El Rey (8pm)
May 10^th: The Used at the Wiltern
May 10^th: Awolnation at the Belasco
May 10^th: Orla Gartland at the Fonda (8pm)
May 10^th: Gungor at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
May 11^th: The Used at the Wiltern
May 12^th: Jack White at Hollywood Palladium
May 13^th: Jack White at Hollywood Palladium
May 13^th: Babyjake at the Echo
May 14^th: James Bay at the Bellwether (8pm)
May 14^th: Nightly at the Fonda (8pm)
May 14^th: Jacob Banks at the Belasco
May 15^th: The Menzingers at the Belasco
May 15^th: White Denim at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
May 16^th: OK Go at the Bellwether (8pm)
May 17^th: OK Go at the Bellwether (8pm)
May 17^th: Magnolia Park at the Echoplex
May 20^th: Allison Russell at the Belasco
May 20^th: Adam Melchor at the Troubadour
May 21^st: Sam Ryder at the Troubadour
May 21^st: Daisy the Great at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
May 22^nd: Matt Hansen at the Fonda Theatre (8pm)
May 28^th: Jensen McRae at the El Rey (8pm)
May 28^th: The War and Treaty at the Troubadour
May 30^th: Deathbyromy at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
May 31^st: The Wrecks at the Wiltern
June 1^st: James Arthur at Hollywood Palladium
June 2^nd: Rachel Chinouriri at the Fonda (7pm)
June 3^rd: Rachel Chinouriri at the Fonda (7pm)
June 5^th: Mallrat at the Echoplex
June 12^th: Livingston at the Fonda Theatre (7pm)
June 13^th: West 22^nd at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
June 13^th: The Blue Stones at the Regent Theater (8pm)
June 18^th: Band of Skulls at the Troubadour
June 21^st: Samantha Crain at Gold-Diggers
June 21^st: Trousdale at the El Rey (9pm)
June 18^th: Band of Skulls at the Troubadour
June 19^th: Lola Kirke at the Troubadour
June 28^th: Young Gun Silver Fox at the Troubadour
July 18^th: The Driver Era at Hollywood Palladium
July 23^rd: Ben Kweller at the Troubadour
September 4^th: Young the Giant at the Troubadour
September 5^th: Young the Giant at the Troubadour
September 10^th: Steven Wilson at the Wiltern
October 11^th: Jack’s Mannequin at the Wiltern
November 15^th: Smallpools at the Echoplex

~ Kristen

The last two weeks have felt like one step forward, two (sometimes quite large) steps back. We do, however, have SXSW on the horizon and I haven’t been this excited about the music list in a few years! A couple of those artists (Lila Forde, Somebody Someone) are in LA this week along with already known faves SYML, Almost Monday, and Holding Absence.

Monday: Lila Forde, Rachel Mazer at Healing Force of the Universe (8pm)
ALSO: Sleeping at Last at the El Rey (8pm)
ALSO: Tristan at El Cid (7pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)

Tuesday: United For Los Angeles: Fire Relief Fundraiser f. Andrew Bird, Trousdale, Zella Day, and many more at Lodge Room (7pm)
ALSO: Ole 60 at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Morgan Wade w/ Amy Ray Band at the El Rey (8pm)
ALSO: Lucas Flood presents “Not Another Showcase” at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)
ALSO: Open Folk at the Hotel Cafe second stage (9pm)

Weds: SYML & Friends: A Benefit Show Supporting Best Friends Animal Society at No Vacancy (8pm)
ALSO: Somebody Someone at the Hotel Cafe second stage (7pm)
ALSO: Mackenzy Mackay at El Cid (8pm)
ALSO: Spectre Jones at Permanent Records Roadhouse (6pm)
ALSO: Video Age at Zebulon (8pm)
ALSO: Benjamin Ingrosso at the Echoplex (8pm)
ALSO: Sleeping at Last at the El Rey (8pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)
ALSO: Writers Round LA FREE at Ivanhoe’s (7pm)

Thursday: Grizfolk w/ Creature Canyon at the Echo (7pm)
ALSO: Martin Kerr at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)
ALSO: Dirty Mondays Presents; Derek Day at the Viper Room (7pm)
ALSO: Good Looks at Permanent Records Roadhouse (6pm)
ALSO: Jack Kays w/ Games We Play at the El Rey (8pm)
ALSO: Benjamin Clementine at the Regent Theater (8pm)
ALSO: Hippo Campus at the Wiltern (7pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Bar Lubitsch (7pm)

Friday: Martin Kerr, Canaan Cox at the Hotel Cafe seconds stage (8,9:30)  
ALSO: Sam Outlaw at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
ALSO: Wallice at the Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
ALSO: Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats w/ Waxahatchee, Iron and Wine at the Forum (7pm)

Saturday: Almost Monday at the Echoplex (7pm)
ALSO: Zack Keim w/ Widows Gold at the Hotel Cafe second stage (7pm)
ALSO: Rachel Grae at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Tiffany Day at the El Rey (8pm)
ALSO: Hazlett at Teragram Ballroom (6pm)
ALSO: Regina Spektor at the Belasco (7pm)

Sunday: The Plot in You w/ Holding Absence at the Fonda (6:30)
ALSO: Ella Vos and the Rosebuds at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)
ALSO: The Buttertones ‘Los Angeles Forever’ Benefit Show for the LA Wildfires at The Paramount (7pm)
ALSO: Regina Spektor at the Belasco (7pm)

To Keep in Mind:    
February 25^th: Winona Fighter at the Echo
February 27^th: The Vices at El Cid (6pm)
February 27^th: Vonda Shepard at the Venice West (8pm)
February 28^th: Arizona at the Wiltern
March 1^st: Michigan Rattlers at the Peppermint Club (8pm)
March 2^nd: Lauren Mayberry at the Belasco
March 3^rd: Greg Holden and Friends at the Hotel Cafe
March 4^th: Jojo at the Wiltern
March 5^th: Ben Barnes at the Wiltern
March 6^th: Nature TV at Permanent Records Roadhouse
March 6^th: Morgan Saint at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
March 6^th: Milck at the Hotel Cafe
March 7^th: Sydney Sprague at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
March 7^th: Rare Americans w/ Hotel Mira and Shauna Dean Cokeland at the Roxy (7pm)
March 7^th: Nature TV at Permanent Records Roadhouse
March 7^th: Nature TV at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
March 7^th: Priscilla Ahn at the Hotel Cafe
March 7^th: TLB at the Hotel Cafe
March 8^th: Max at the Troubadour
March 8^th: The Barbarians of California at the Echo
March 9^th: Max at the Troubadour
March 10^th: Max at the Troubadour
March 11^th: Only the Poets at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
March 13^th: Bishop Briggs at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
March 13^th: Jukebox the Ghost at Largo (8pm)
March 13^th: The Velveteers at the Echo
March 13^th: Sydney Quiseng at the Hotel Cafe
March 14^th: Jukebox the Ghost at Largo (8pm)
March 14^th: Saint Motel at the Wiltern
March 14^th: Jason Isbell at Walt Disney Concert Hall
March 14^th: Anberlin at the Novo (8pm)
March 14^th: High Fade at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
March 14^th: Borns at the El Rey (8pm)
March 15^th: Borns at the El Rey (8pm)
March 15^th: Tors at the Troubadour
March 15^th: Jukebox the Ghost at Largo (8pm)
March 17^th: Sarah Klang at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
March 18^th: Victoria Canal at the Troubadour
March 19^th: Charli Adams at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
March 19^th: Goody Grace at the Troubadour
March 20^th: Will Swinton at Peppermint Club (7pm)
March 20^th: Mumford & Sons at the Palladium
March 20^th: Borderline at Permanent Records Roadhouse
March 21^st: Michael Marcagi w/ Ashley Kutcher  at the Fonda (8pm)
March 21^st: Boo Seeka at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
March 21^st: The Wood Brothers at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
March 21^st: Pokey Lafarge at Lodge Room (8pm)
March 21^st: Dorothy at the El Rey (8pm)
March 22^nd: Corook at the Roxy (7pm)
March 22^nd: Los Angeles Folk Festival at the Bellwether (5:30)
March 23^rd: Los Angeles Folk Festival at the Bellwether (5:30)
March 25^th: Snow Patrol at the Wiltern
March 25^th: Rachel Platten at the El Rey (8pm)
March 26^th: Snow Patrol at the Wiltern
March 26^th: Lime Cordiale at the El Rey (8pm)
March 26^th: Barns Courtney at the Venice West (8pm)
March 27^th: The Rubens at the Echo
March 27^th: Carter Vail at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
March 28^th: Papa Roach & Rise Against at the Forum
March 29^th: K.Flay at the Belasco
March 29^th: PVRIS at the Novo (8pm)
March 29^th: Garden State: The 20^th Anniversary Concert at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
March 29^th: Franz Ferdinand at the Wiltern
March 30^th: Old 97’s at Teragram Ballroom
March 31^st: Shakey Graves at the Bellwether (8pm)
April 1^st: Role Model at the Wiltern
April 1^st: Billy Raffoul at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
April 2^nd: Role Model at the Wiltern
April 3^rd: Weathers at the El Rey
April 3^rd: Unlike Pluto at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
April 5^th: Stephen Day at the Troubadour
April 5^th: Wildermiss at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
April 5^th: Annie DiRusso at Teragram Ballroom (6pm)
April 6^th: Alice Phoebe Lou at Lodge Room (8pm)
April 7^th: Alice Phoebe Lou at Lodge Room (8pm)
April 7^th: Greg Holden at the Hotel Café
April 7^th: The Unlikely Candidates at the Echo
April 8^th: Stereophonics at the Wiltern
April 8^th: Dir En Grey at the Belasco
April 8^th: Alice Phoebe Lou at Lodge Room (8pm)
April 9^th: Dir En Grey at the Belasco
April 12^th: The Avett Brothers at the Greek Theatre (7pm)
April 13^th: Matthew Logan Vasquez at Gold-Diggers (8pm)
April 13^th: Jon Foreman at the Troubadour
April 13^th: Laura Jane Grace & The Mississippi Medicals at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
April 15^th: Lola Young w/ Bob Vylan at the Fonda (7:30)
April 17^th: Medium Build at the El Rey (8pm)
April 22^nd: Melissa Ferrick at the Venice West (8pm)
April 23^rd: Larkin Poe at the Fonda (8pm)
April 28^th: Knox at the El Rey (8pm)
May 1^st: Josh Radnor at the Troubadour
May 2^nd: Dean Lewis at Bellwether (8pm)
May 2^nd: Half Alive at Hollywood Palladium
May 7^th: Gigi Perez at the Fonda Theatre (7:30)
May 8^th: Rett Madison + John-Robert at the Echo
May 8^th: The Used at the Wiltern
May 8^th: Sleigh Bells at the Fonda Theatre (8pm)
May 8^th: The Weather Station at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
May 9^th: Circa Waves & Friday Pilots Club at the El Rey (8pm)
May 10^th: The Used at the Wiltern
May 10^th: Awolnation at the Belasco
May 10^th: Orla Gartland at the Fonda (8pm)
May 11^th: The Used at the Wiltern
May 12^th: Jack White at Hollywood Palladium
May 13^th: Jack White at Hollywood Palladium
May 13^th: Babyjake at the Echo
May 14^th: James Bay at the Bellwether (8pm)
May 14^th: Nightly at the Fonda (8pm)
May 14^th: Jacob Banks at the Belasco
May 15^th: The Menzingers at the Belasco
May 15^th: White Denim at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
May 16^th: OK Go at the Bellwether (8pm)
May 17^th: OK Go at the Bellwether (8pm)
May 17^th: Magnolia Park at the Echoplex
May 20^th: Allison Russell at the Belasco
May 21^st: Daisy the Great at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
May 22^nd: Matt Hansen at the Fonda Theatre (8pm)
May 28^th: The War and Treaty at the Troubadour
May 30^th: Deathbyromy at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
May 31^st: The Wrecks at the Wiltern
June 1^st: James Arthur at Hollywood Palladium
June 2^nd: Rachel Chinouriri at the Fonda (7pm)
June 3^rd: Rachel Chinouriri at the Fonda (7pm)
June 12^th: Livingston at the Fonda Theatre (7pm)
June 13^th: West 22^nd at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
June 13^th: The Blue Stones at the Regent Theater (8pm)
June 18^th: Band of Skulls at the Troubadour
June 21^st: Samantha Crain at Gold-Diggers
June 21^st: Trousdale at the El Rey (9pm)
June 18^th: Band of Skulls at the Troubadour
June 19^th: Lola Kirke at the Troubadour
July 18^th: The Driver Era at Hollywood Palladium
July 23^rd: Ben Kweller at the Troubadour
September 4^th: Young the Giant at the Troubadour
September 5^th: Young the Giant at the Troubadour
September 10^th: Steven Wilson at the Wiltern
October 11^th: Jack’s Mannequin at the Wiltern
November 15^th: Smallpools at the Echoplex

~ Kristen

Today, I’m taking advantage of the sudden traffic clearing mid-afternoon to go hiking. I am behind in my walking and thus my audiobook queue and music listening. My pump me up for the week hiking playlist is heavy on the rock featuring buzzy Brits, Wunderhorse and Austin’s finest, Missio, both playing the Troubadour next week. I also included a heavy dose of Blame My Youth who is very high on my list of bands I need to see and will be closing out the week at Permanent Records Roadhouse.

As for the rest:

Monday: Hamilton Leithauser at Largo (8pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)

Tuesday: Soft Spot f. Emily Kinney FREE at Desert Five Spot (7pm)
ALSO: Coby Brown at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)
ALSO: Hamilton Leithauser at Largo (8pm)
ALSO: Lucas Flood presents “Not Another Showcase” at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)
ALSO: Open Folk at the Hotel Cafe second stage (9pm)

Weds: Wunderhorse at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Liz Longley w/ Max Gomez at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Spectre Jones at Permanent Records Roadhouse (6pm)
ALSO: Hamilton Leithauser at Largo (8pm)
ALSO: Cursive at the Regent Theater (8pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)
ALSO: Writers Round LA FREE at Ivanhoe’s (7pm)

Thursday: Missio at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Lorelei Marcell & La Rhonza at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Ratthew at the Hotel Cafe second stage (9pm)
ALSO: The Dead Tongues at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
ALSO: Bartees Strange at the Paramount (7pm)
ALSO: Reverend Horton Heat at the Regent Theater (8pm)
ALSO: MJ Lenderman & The Wind at the Fonda (9pm)
ALSO: Blink-182 at Hollywood Palladium (7pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Bar Lubitsch (7pm)

Friday: Nikka Costa and Strings at Largo (8pm)
ALSO: Tei Shi at the Sun Rose (8pm)
ALSO: John C. Reilly at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (two shows; 6:30, 9pm)
ALSO: Sun Room at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: King Woman at the El Rey (8pm)
ALSO: MJ Lenderman & The Wind at the Fonda (9pm)
ALSO: David Gray w/ Sierra Spirit at the Orpheum (8pm)

Saturday: Guster at LA Orpheum Theatre (8:30)
ALSO: Bird Streets, Abby Posner w/ Jenner Fox & Jeremy Elliot and Susan Rakov at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8,9)
ALSO: Forty Feet Tall at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
ALSO: Tei Shi at the Sun Rose (8pm)
ALSO: Sun Room at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: LA Fire Relief Show f. Ty Segall at the Lodge Room (7pm)
ALSO: Subculture Heart Destroyers Fest f. Hellogoodbye, The Ready Set and more at Catch One (9pm)

Sunday: Blame My Youth at Permanent Records Roadhouse (9pm)
ALSO: Myles Kennedy w/ Tim Montana and Sons of Silver at the El Rey (7pm)
ALSO: My Slutty Valentine Fest 2025 at the Echoplex (4pm)

To Keep in Mind:    
February 17^th: Sleeping at Last at the El Rey (8pm)
February 19^th: Sleeping at Last at the El Rey (8pm)
February 20^th: Hippo Campus at the Wiltern
February 20^th: Grizfolk at the Echo
February 20^th: Barnes Courtney at the Venice West (8pm)
February 21^st: Wallice at the Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
February 21^st: Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats at the Forum
February 22^nd: Almost Monday at the Echoplex
February 22^nd: Regina Spektor at the Belasco
February 23^rd: Regina Spektor at the Belasco
February 23^rd: The Plot in You w/ Holding Absence at the Fonda (6:30)
February 27^th: The Vices at El Cid (6pm)
February 27^th: Vonda Shepard at the Venice West (8pm)
February 28^th: Arizona at the Wiltern
March 1^st: Michigan Rattlers at the Peppermint Club (8pm)
March 2^nd: Lauren Mayberry at the Belasco
March 3^rd: Greg Holden and Friends at the Hotel Cafe
March 4^th: Jojo at the Wiltern
March 5^th: Ben Barnes at the Wiltern
March 6^th: Nature TV at Permanent Records Roadhouse
March 6^th: Morgan Saint at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
March 6^th: Milck at the Hotel Cafe
March 7^th: Sydney Sprague at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
March 7^th: Rare Americans w/ Hotel Mira and Shauna Dean Cokeland at the Roxy (7pm)
March 7^th: Nature TV at Permanent Records Roadhouse
March 7^th: Nature TV at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
March 8^th: Max at the Troubadour
March 8^th: The Barbarians of California at the Echo
March 9^th: Max at the Troubadour
March 10^th: Max at the Troubadour
March 11^th: Only the Poets at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
March 13^th: Bishop Briggs at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
March 13^th: Jukebox the Ghost at Largo (8pm)
March 13^th: The Velveteers at the Echo
March 14^th: Jukebox the Ghost at Largo (8pm)
March 14^th: Saint Motel at the Wiltern
March 14^th: Jason Isbell at Walt Disney Concert Hall
March 14^th: Anberlin at the Novo (8pm)
March 14^th: High Fade at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
March 15^th: Tors at the Troubadour
March 15^th: Jukebox the Ghost at Largo (8pm)
March 17^th: Sarah Klang at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
March 18^th: Victoria Canal at the Troubadour
March 19^th: Charli Adams at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
March 19^th: Goody Grace at the Troubadour
March 20^th: Will Swinton at Peppermint Club (7pm)
March 20^th: Mumford & Sons at the Palladium
March 21^st: Michael Marcagi w/ Ashley Kutcher  at the Fonda (8pm)
March 21^st: The Wood Brothers at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
March 21^st: Pokey Lafarge at Lodge Room (8pm)
March 21^st: Dorothy at the El Rey (8pm)
March 22^nd: Corook at the Roxy (7pm)
March 22^nd: Los Angeles Folk Festival at the Bellwether (5:30)
March 23^rd: Los Angeles Folk Festival at the Bellwether (5:30)
March 25^th: Snow Patrol at the Wiltern
March 25^th: Rachel Platten at the El Rey (8pm)
March 26^th: Snow Patrol at the Wiltern
March 26^th: Lime Cordiale at the El Rey (8pm)
March 26^th: Barns Courtney at the Venice West (8pm)
March 27^th: The Rubens at the Echo
March 27^th: Carter Vail at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
March 28^th: Papa Roach & Rise Against at the Forum
March 29^th: K.Flay at the Belasco
March 29^th: PVRIS at the Novo (8pm)
March 29^th: Garden State: The 20^th Anniversary Concert at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
March 29^th: Franz Ferdinand at the Wiltern
March 30^th: Old 97’s at Teragram Ballroom
March 31^st: Shakey Graves at the Bellwether (8pm)
April 1^st: Role Model at the Wiltern
April 1^st: Billy Raffoul at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
April 2^nd: Role Model at the Wiltern
April 3^rd: Weathers at the El Rey
April 3^rd: Unlike Pluto at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
April 5^th: Stephen Day at the Troubadour
April 5^th: Wildermiss at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
April 5^th: Annie DiRusso at Teragram Ballroom (6pm)
April 6^th: Alice Phoebe Lou at Lodge Room (8pm)
April 7^th: Alice Phoebe Lou at Lodge Room (8pm)
April 7^th: Greg Holden at the Hotel Cafe
April 8^th: Stereophonics at the Wiltern
April 8^th: Dir En Grey at the Belasco
April 8^th: Alice Phoebe Lou at Lodge Room (8pm)
April 9^th: Dir En Grey at the Belasco
April 12^th: The Avett Brothers at the Greek Theatre (7pm)
April 13^th: Matthew Logan Vasquez at Gold-Diggers (8pm)
April 13^th: Jon Foreman at the Troubadour
April 13^th: Laura Jane Grace & The Mississippi Medicals at Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
April 22^nd: Melissa Ferrick at the Venice West (8pm)
April 23^rd: Larkin Poe at the Fonda (8pm)
April 28^th: Knox at the El Rey (8pm)
May 1^st: Josh Radnor at the Troubadour
May 2^nd: Dean Lewis at Bellwether (8pm)
May 2^nd: Half Alive at Hollywood Palladium
May 7^th: Gigi Perez at the Fonda Theatre (7:30)
May 8^th: The Used at the Wiltern
May 8^th: Sleigh Bells at the Fonda Theatre (8pm)
May 8^th: The Weather Station at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
May 9^th: Circa Waves & Friday Pilots Club at the El Rey (8pm)
May 10^th: The Used at the Wiltern
May 10^th: Awolnation at the Belasco
May 10^th: Orla Gartland at the Fonda (8pm)
May 11^th: The Used at the Wiltern
May 12^th: Jack White at Hollywood Palladium
May 13^th: Jack White at Hollywood Palladium
May 13^th: Babyjake at the Echo
May 14^th: James Bay at the Bellwether (8pm)
May 14^th: Nightly at the Fonda (8pm)
May 14^th: Jacob Banks at the Belasco
May 15^th: The Menzingers at the Belasco
May 16^th: OK Go at the Bellwether (8pm)
May 17^th: OK Go at the Bellwether (8pm)
May 17^th: Magnolia Park at the Echoplex
May 20^th: Allison Russell at the Belasco
May 21^st: Daisy the Great at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
May 22^nd: Matt Hansen at the Fonda Theatre (8pm)
May 28^th: The War and Treaty at the Troubadour
May 31^st: The Wrecks at the Wiltern
June 2^nd: Rachel Chinouriri at the Fonda (7pm)
June 12^th: Livingston at the Fonda Theatre (7pm)
June 13^th: West 22^nd at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
June 13^th: The Blue Stones at the Regent Theater (8pm)
June 18^th: Band of Skulls at the Troubadour
June 21^st: Samantha Crain at Gold-Diggers
June 21^st: Trousdale at the El Rey (9pm)
June 18^th: Band of Skulls at the Troubadour
June 19^th: Lola Kirke at the Troubadour
July 18^th: The Driver Era at Hollywood Palladium
July 23^rd: Ben Kweller at the Troubadour
September 4^th: Young the Giant at the Troubadour
September 5^th: Young the Giant at the Troubadour
September 10^th: Steven Wilson at the Wiltern
October 11^th: Jack’s Mannequin at the Wiltern

~ Kristen