I’m still rocking from the album release party Saturday night with Annabel Lee. Check out her new album, Mother’s Hammer and be transported. Last week was a full slate of shows and the March madness continues next week with some special shows from Colbie Caillat, Andy Clockwise, and Dorothy as well as a chance to see one of my new favorites from Ireland, modernlove.

Here’s my full list with plenty of excellent musical offerings:

Monday: Colbie Caillat at the Hotel Cafe (two shows; 7, 9:30)
ALSO: Veers at Madame Siam (10pm)
ALSO: It’s a School Night f. Alexa Villa, Forrest Nolan, Nicole Han, Suriel Hess at Bardot (7pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)
ALSO: Hunnypot Live FREE at the Mint (7pm)

Tuesday: Annika Bennett at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Uncut Gems Showcase at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)
ALSO: Show Up! f. Olivia Kaplan & Lady Apple Tree FREE at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
ALSO: Gunnar w/ Stereo Jane and Emi Grace at Venice West (7pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)
ALSO: Writer’s Block at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)

Weds: Andy Clockwise at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
ALSO: Demob Happy at the Hotel Cafe (10pm)
ALSO: Matt Corby at the Masonic Lodge (8pm)
ALSO: waveform* at El Cid (6pm)
ALSO: Anna of the North at the El Rey (8pm)
ALSO: Gracie Abrams at the Fonda (8:30)

Thursday: Gracie Abrams at the Fonda (8:30)
ALSO: Vanessa Carlton at the Roxy Theatre (8:30)
ALSO: Amanda Brown w/ LACES at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Robert Jon & The Wreck at the Viper Room (7pm)
ALSO: Nicky Youre at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Chest Fever at the Mint (8:30)
ALSO: Matt Corby at the Masonic Lodge (8pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Bar Lubitsch (7pm)
ALSO: Writer’s Block at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)

Friday: modernlove at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
ALSO: Colony House at the Belasco (8pm)
ALSO: Dorothy at the Troubadour (7:30)
ALSO: Witt Lowry at the Roxy (9pm)
ALSO: Mike Schiavo w/ Own Danoff, Ryan Nealon w/ Deza & Julia Gartha at the Hotel Cafe (7,9)
ALSO: Theo Kandel w/ Ashlynn Malia, Wyatt Pike, Savannah Sgro at the Mint (8pm)
ALSO: Mason Jennings at the Venice West (8pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)

Saturday: Michigander w/ Bel at the Echo (8pm)
ALSO: Charlie Hickey w/ Kristiane, The Milk Carton Kids at Pico Union Project (8pm)
ALSO: Nick Waterhouse at Genghis Cohen (7pm)
ALSO: Rayland Baxter at the Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: Claire Rosinkranz at the El Rey (8pm)
ALSO: Betty Who at the Novo (8pm)
ALSO: Unknown Mortal Orchestra at Hollywood Palladium (7pm)
ALSO Reba McEntire at the Hollywood Bowl (6:30)
ALSO: Saturdays at Seven at Venice (7pm)

Sunday: Mod Sun w/ Stand Atlantic at the Fonda Theatre (7:30)
ALSO: Claire Rosinkranz at the El Rey (8pm)
ALSO: Rocco DeLuca FREE at Zebulon (8pm)

To Keep in Mind:  
April 4^th: Bendigo Fletcher at the Echo
April 4^th: Medium Build at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
April 5^th: Inhaler at the Wiltern
April 6^th: Inhaler at the Wiltern
April 6^th: Yam Haus at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
April 6^th: Self Esteem at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
April 6^th: Dragonette at the Roxy (9pm)
April 6^th: Muse w/ Evanescence, Highly Suspect at Crypto.com Arena (6:30)
April 7^th: Wldlfe at the Moroccan Lounge
April 7^th: The Ataris at the Wiltern
April 8^th: Theo Katzman at the Wiltern
April 8^th: Matthew Logan Vasquez at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
April 11^th: Maddie Zahm w/ Corook at the Troubadour
April 12^th: The Scarlet Opera at the Echoplex
April 14^th: They Might Be Giants at the Wiltern
April 14^th: John Mayer at the Forum
April 15^th: Darren Hayes at the Wiltern
April 15^th: The Brother Brothers at Genghis Cohen
April 19^th: Christine and the Queens at the Fonda (9pm)
April 20^th: Will Joseph Cook at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
April 21^st: Easy Life at the El Rey (8pm)
April 26^th: The Backseat Lovers at Hollywood Palladium
April 26^th: Noahfinnce at the Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
April 28^th: Little Dume at the Venice West (8pm)
April 29^th: The Academic at the Troubadour
April 29^th: Joseph at the Belasco
April 30^th: Fly By Midnight at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
April 30^th: Kris Allen at the Venice West (8pm)
May 3^rd: Lewis Capaldi at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
May 3^rd: Shaed at the Venice West (8pm)
May 3^rd: Enter Shikari at the Echoplex
May 4^th: Field Guide at the Lodge Room (8:30)
May 5^th Caroline Rose at the Fonda (9pm)
May 5^th: Band of Horses at the Venice West (8pm)
May 5^th: Dawes at Theatre at Ace Hotel (8pm)
May 5^th: Tamino at Lodge Room (8:30)
May 5^th: The National Parks at the Troubadour
May 6^th: Alix Page at the Moroccan Lounge
May 7^th: Tow’rs at Gold-Diggers
May 8^th: Crowded House at the Wiltern
May 9^th: Crowded House at the Wiltern
May 9^th: David Ryan Harris at the Venice West (8pm)
May 11^th: Placebo at the Greek Theatre (7:30)
May 12^th: Dermot Kennedy at YouTube Theater
May 16^th: First Aid Kit at the Hollywood Palladium
May 16^th: Wilder Woods w/ Ida Mae at the Roxy (7:30)
May 17^th: Nation of Language at the Fonda (9pm)
May 17^th: The Heavy at the Troubadour
May 17^th: Dylan at the Morocan Lounge
May 17^th: Arkells at the Echoplex
May 18^th: Valley at the Regent Theater (7pm)
May 19^th: Valley at the Regent Theater (7pm)
May 19^th: Overcoats at Largo (8:30)
May 19^th: half alive at the Wiltern
May 20^th: Alex Lahey at Zebulon
May 22^nd: Matchbox Twenty w/ the Wallflowers at the Hollywood Bowl (7:30)
May 23^rd: Meg Myers at the Regent Theater (6:30)
May 24^th: Hayley Warner at Resident (7:30)
May 26^th: Transviolet at the Echo
May 28^th: Shania Twain at the Hollywood Bowl (7pm)
June 1^st: Matilda Mann at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
June 7^th: Lovelytheband at the Novo (7:30)
June 8^th: Annie DiRusso at the Troubadour
June 10^th: KT Tunstall at the Trouabdour
June 13^th: Amy Shark at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
June 13^th: Waterparks w/ Hunny at the Fonda (8pm)
June 14^th: Waterparks at the Fonda (8pm)
June 18^th: Dreamers & Robert DeLong at the Troubadour
June 21^st: Thrice at the Wiltern
June 22^nd: Thrice at the Wiltern
June 22^nd: The Dirty Nil at the Troubadour
June 23^rd: Parker Milsap at the Troubadour
June 27^th: Grandson & K. Flay at the Wiltern
July 19^th: Paramore at the Forum
July 20^th: Paramore at the Forum
August 4^th: Lime Cordiale at the Fonda (9pm)
August 7^th: Beck & Phoenix at the Forum
August 8^th: JVKE at the Wiltern
August 16^th: Ben Folds at the Wiltern
August 18^th: SYML at the Belasco
August 27^th: The Swell Season at LA Orpheum (7:30)
August 29^th: The Swell Season at Hollywood Forever (6pm)
August 31^st: Sam Smith at the Forum
September 1^st: Sam Smith at the Forum
September 8^th: Aly & AJ at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
September 29^th: Arctic Monkeys at the Forum
September 30^th: Arctic Monkeys at the Forum
October 1^st: Arctic Monkeys at the Forum
October 7^th: Nothing But Thieves at the Wiltern
October 15^th: Joe Pug at the Venice West (8pm)
October 24^th: Half Moon Run at the El Rey (8pm)
October 25^th: The Teskey Brothers at the Wiltern
November 3^rd: Declan McKenna at the Novo (8pm)
December 4^th: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band at the Forum
December 6^th: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band at the Forum

~ Kristen

I am back in LA and despite not getting much sleep over the last week, I am en route to the Fonda to rock out with Badflower! My SXSW 2023 list of top sets include Circa Waves, Bailen, and Andrew McMahon, all playing LA next week along with several other stand outs from my week in Austin (milk, The Scratch, Annabel Lee).

Here are the rest of my top show picks:

Monday: It’s a School Night at Bardot (7pm)
ALSO: alt-J w/ Girli at the Wiltern (7pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)

Tuesday: Circa Waves w/ the Ramona Flowers at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: milk. At the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Ailbhe Reddy at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Scout Gillett w/ Ben Grey at Genghis Cohen (7pm)
ALSO: Bailen at the Echo (7pm)
ALSO: Algiers at the Knitting Factory (8pm)
ALSO: Nessa Barrett at the Fonda (8:30)
ALSO: alt-J w/ Girli at the Wiltern (7pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)
ALSO: Writer’s Block at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Writer’s Block at the Hotel Cafe second stage (9pm)

Weds: The Scratch at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: The Tallest Man on Earth at Masonic Lodge (7pm)
ALSO: Sorcha Richardson at Peppermint Club (7pm)
ALSO: Nessa Barrett at the Fonda (8:30)
ALSO: Fleet Foxes at the Belasco (7pm)
ALSO: alt-J w/ Girli at the Wiltern (7pm)

Thursday: Arcy Drive at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: The Tallest Man on Earth at Masonic Lodge (7pm)
ALSO: Maria Taylor w/ Sally Dworsky and Mike Bloom at the Hotel Cafe second stage (7pm)
ALSO: The Golden Dregs at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
ALSO: wilt, Ari Rivera, Maisyn at El Cid (7pm)
ALSO: Morgan Wade at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Bar Lubitsch (7pm)
ALSO: Writer’s Block at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)

Friday: Paolo Nutini at the Belasco (7pm)
ALSO: Victoria Canal and friends at the Sun Room (8pm)
ALSO: Andrew McMahon at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
ALSO: Sara Jean Kelley at the Hotel Cafe second stage (7pm)
ALSO: The Mother Hips at the Lodge Room (9pm)
ALSO: Delta Rae at the Troubadour (7pm)

Saturday: Anabel Lee w/ Sydney Sprague at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Scary Pockets w/ David Ryan Harris at the Fonda (9pm)
ALSO: Nessa Barrett at Hollywood Palladium (7pm)
ALSO: Jeff Goldblum and The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra at LA Orpheum (8pm)

Sunday: Hamish Anderson at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Cindy Alexander at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)
ALSO: Theory of a Deadman at the Wiltern (6pm)
ALSO: The War & Treaty at the Troubadour (7pm)

To Keep in Mind:  
March 28^th: Annika Bennett at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
March 29^th: Andy Clockwise at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
March 29^th: Matt Corby at the Masonic Lodge (8pm)
March 29^th: Gracie Abrams at the Fonda (8:30)
March 30^th: Gracie Abrams at the Fonda (8:30)
March 30^th: Matt Corby at the Masonic Lodge (8pm)
March 30^th: Nicky Youre at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
March 30^th: Vanessa Carlton at the Roxy Theatre (8:30)
March 31^st: Colony House at the Belasco
March 31^st: modernlove at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
March 31^st: Dorothy at the Troubadour
April 1^st: Michigander at the Echo (8pm)
April 1^st: Betty Who at the Novo (8pm)
April 1^st: Charlie Hickey at Pico Union Project
April 2^nd: Mod Sun w/ Stand Atlantic at the Fonda Theatre (7:30)
April 4^th: Bendigo Fletcher at the Echo
April 4^th: Medium Build at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
April 5^th: Inhaler at the Wiltern
April 6^th: Inhaler at the Wiltern
April 6^th: Yam Haus at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
April 6^th: Self Esteem at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
April 6^th: Muse w/ Evanescence, Highly Suspect at Crypto.com Arena (6:30)
April 7^th: Wldlfe at the Moroccan Lounge
April 7^th: The Ataris at the Wiltern
April 8^th: Theo Katzman at the Wiltern
April 8^th: Matthew Logan Vasquez at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
April 11^th: Maddie Zahm w/ Corook at the Troubadour
April 12^th: The Scarlet Opera at the Echoplex
April 14^th: They Might Be Giants at the Wiltern
April 14^th: John Mayer at the Forum
April 15^th: Darren Hayes at the Wiltern
April 15^th: The Brother Brothers at Genghis Cohen
April 19^th: Christine and the Queens at the Fonda (9pm)
April 20^th: Will Joseph Cook at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
April 21^st: Easy Life at the El Rey (8pm)
April 26^th: The Backseat Lovers at Hollywood Palladium
April 26^th: Noahfinnce at the Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
April 28^th: Little Dume at the Venice West (8pm)
April 29^th: The Academic at the Troubadour
April 29^th: Joseph at the Belasco
April 30^th: Fly By Midnight at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
April 30^th: Kris Allen at the Venice West (8pm)
May 3^rd: Lewis Capaldi at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
May 3^rd: Shaed at the Venice West (8pm)
May 3^rd: Enter Shikari at the Echoplex
May 4^th: Field Guide at the Lodge Room (8:30)
May 5^th Caroline Rose at the Fonda (9pm)
May 5^th: Band of Horses at the Venice West (8pm)
May 5^th: Dawes at Theatre at Ace Hotel (8pm)
May 5^th: Tamino at Lodge Room (8:30)
May 5^th: The National Parks at the Troubadour
May 6^th: Alix Page at the Moroccan Lounge
May 8^th: Crowded House at the Wiltern
May 9^th: Crowded House at the Wiltern
May 9^th: David Ryan Harris at the Venice West (8pm)
May 11^th: Placebo at the Greek Theatre (7:30)
May 12^th: Dermot Kennedy at YouTube Theater
May 16^th: First Aid Kit at the Hollywood Palladium
May 16^th: Wilder Woods w/ Ida Mae at the Roxy (7:30)
May 17^th: Nation of Language at the Fonda (9pm)
May 17^th: The Heavy at the Troubadour
May 17^th: Dylan at the Morocan Lounge
May 18^th: Valley at the Regent Theater (7pm)
May 19^th: Valley at the Regent Theater (7pm)
May 19^th: Overcoats at Largo (8:30)
May 19^th: half alive at the Wiltern
May 20^th: Alex Lahey at Zebulon
May 22^nd: Matchbox Twenty w/ the Wallflowers at the Hollywood Bowl (7:30)
May 23^rd: Meg Myers at the Regent Theater (6:30)
May 24^th: Hayley Warner at Resident (7:30)
May 26^th: Transviolet at the Echo
May 28^th: Shania Twain at the Hollywood Bowl (7pm)
June 7^th: Lovelytheband at the Novo (7:30)
June 8^th: Annie DiRusso at the Troubadour
June 13^th: Amy Shark at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
June 13^th: Waterparks w/ Hunny at the Fonda (8pm)
June 14^th: Waterparks at the Fonda (8pm)
June 21^st: Thrice at the Wiltern
June 22^nd: Thrice at the Wiltern
June 22^nd: The Dirty Nil at the Troubadour
June 23^rd: Parker Milsap at the Troubadour
June 27^th: Grandson & K. Flay at the Wiltern
July 19^th: Paramore at the Forum
July 20^th: Paramore at the Forum
August 4^th: Lime Cordiale at the Fonda (9pm)
August 7^th: Beck & Phoenix at the Forum
August 8^th: JVKE at the Wiltern
August 16^th: Ben Folds at the Wiltern
August 18^th: SYML at the Belasco
August 27^th: The Swell Season at LA Orpheum (7:30)
August 29^th: The Swell Season at Hollywood Forever (6pm)
August 31^st: Sam Smith at the Forum
September 1^st: Sam Smith at the Forum
September 8^th: Aly & AJ at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
September 29^th: Arctic Monkeys at the Forum
September 30^th: Arctic Monkeys at the Forum
October 1^st: Arctic Monkeys at the Forum
October 15^th: Joe Pug at the Venice West (8pm)
October 24^th: Half Moon Run at the El Rey (8pm)
October 25^th: The Teskey Brothers at the Wiltern
December 4^th: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band at the Forum
December 6^th: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band at the Forum

~ Kristen

I’m heading to Austin tomorrow for a week of music! If you’re in LA and would like to feel like you’re at SXSW with me, I have a few suggestions:

– Go see a band from another country (UK’s Girli or The Silver Lines)
– Sample a bunch of artists at a showcase (Monday Monday, WFNM, Writer’s Block) – bonus if you go to more than one showcase in a night!
– Attend a free show with up-and-coming local bands (Weds night at Harvard & Stone)
– Luck into tickets for a big artist in a small venue (Beck, Ellie Goulding, Weezer)

We can all meet up at the Badflower show Sunday night and compare notes…

Monday: Zealyn w/ Dylan Dunlap and Hardcastle at El Cid (8:30)
ALSO: Heather Maloney at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Thunderstorm Artis at the Hotel Cafe second stage (10pm)
ALSO: It’s a School Night at Bardot (7pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)
ALSO: Hunnypot Live FREE at the Mint (7pm)

Tuesday: Girli at the Echo (7pm)
ALSO: Thomas Day at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)
ALSO: Ellie Goulding at the Grammy Museum (8pm)
ALSO: Beck at the Lodge Room (8:30)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)
ALSO: Writer’s Block at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)

Weds: The Quija Boards, Holy Knives, Powder Pink and Sweet FREE at Harvard & Stone (9pm)
ALSO: Weezer at the Roxy (8pm)
ALSO: Chappell Roan at the Fonda Theatre (8pm)
ALSO: Open Folk at the Hotel Cafe (9:30)

Thursday: Verite at the El Rey (8:30)
ALSO: Now More Than Ever at the Echo (7pm)
ALSO: Jesse & Friends at the Hotel Cafe (8pm)
ALSO: Mike Viola and Everybody Else FREE at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
ALSO: The Silver Lines at the Paramount (8pm)
ALSO: Watkins Family Hour w/ The Milk Carton Kids and more at the Largo (8:30)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Bar Lubitsch (7pm)

Friday: Trousdale at the Echoplex (6pm)
ALSO: The Silver Lines at the Hotel Cafe second stage (9pm)
ALSO: Flogging Molly at Hollywood Palladium (6:30)

Saturday: Coffee Shop Arena Rock at the Hotel Cafe (9pm)
ALSO: Old 97’s at Teragram Ballroom (6pm)

Sunday: Badflower at the Fonda Theatre (7:30)
ALSO: Louden Swain at the Echo (7pm)
ALSO: Sharon Van Etten at the Troubadour (7pm)

To Keep in Mind:  
March 20^th: alt-J at the Wiltern
March 21^st: alt-J at the Wiltern
March 21^st: Circa Waves at the Troubadour
March 21^st: Nessa Barrett at the Fonda (8:30)
March 21^st: Algiers at the Knitting Factory (8pm)
March 21^st: milk. At the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
March 21^st: Scout Gillett w/ Ben Grey at Genghis Cohen (7pm)
March 22^nd: The Scratch at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
March 22^nd: Nessa Barrett at the Fonda (8:30)
March 22^nd: alt-J at the Wiltern
March 22^nd: Fleet Foxes at the Belasco
March 22^nd: Sorcha Richardson at Peppermint Club (7pm)
March 22^nd: The Tallest Man on Earth at Masonic Lodge (7pm)
March 23^rd: The Tallest Man on Earth at Masonic Lodge (7pm)
March 24^th: Paolo Nutini at the Belasco
March 24^th: Andrew McMahon at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
March 24^th: Victoria Canal and friends at the Sun Room (8pm)
March 25^th: Scary Pockets w/ David Ryan Harris at the Fonda (9pm)
March 25^th: Nessa Barrett at Hollywood Palladium
March 25^th: Anabel Lee w/ Sydney Sprague at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
March 26^th: Theory of a Deadman at the Wiltern
March 29^th: Andy Clockwise at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
March 29^th: Gracie Abrams at the Fonda (8:30)
March 30^th: Gracie Abrams at the Fonda (8:30)
March 30^th: Vanessa Carlton at the Roxy Theatre (8:30)
March 31^st: Colony House at the Belasco
March 31^st: modernlove at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
March 31^st: Dorothy at the Troubadour
April 1^st: Michigander at the Echo (8pm)
April 1^st: Betty Who at the Novo (8pm)
April 1^st: Charlie Hickey at Pico Union Project
April 2^nd: Mod Sun w/ Stand Atlantic at the Fonda Theatre (7:30)
April 4^th: Bendigo Fletcher at the Echo
April 4^th: Medium Build at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
April 5^th: Inhaler at the Wiltern
April 6^th: Inhaler at the Wiltern
April 6^th: Yam Haus at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
April 6^th: Self Esteem at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
April 6^th: Muse w/ Evanescence, Highly Suspect at Crypto.com Arena (6:30)
April 7^th: Wldlfe at the Moroccan Lounge
April 7^th: The Ataris at the Wiltern
April 8^th: Theo Katzman at the Wiltern
April 8^th: Matthew Logan Vasquez at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
April 11^th: Maddie Zahm w/ Corook at the Troubadour
April 12^th: The Scarlet Opera at the Echoplex
April 14^th: They Might Be Giants at the Wiltern
April 14^th: John Mayer at the Forum
April 15^th: Darren Hayes at the Wiltern
April 15^th: The Brother Brothers at Genghis Cohen
April 20^th: Will Joseph Cook at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
April 21^st: Easy Life at the El Rey (8pm)
April 26^th: The Backseat Lovers at Hollywood Palladium
April 26^th: Noahfinnce at the Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
April 28^th: Little Dume at the Venice West (8pm)
April 29^th: The Academic at the Troubadour
April 29^th: Joseph at the Belasco
April 30^th: Fly By Midnight at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
April 30^th: Kris Allen at the Venice West (8pm)
May 3^rd: Lewis Capaldi at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
May 3^rd: Shaed at the Venice West (8pm)
May 3^rd: Enter Shikari at the Echoplex
May 4^th: Field Guide at the Lodge Room (8:30)
May 5^th Caroline Rose at the Fonda (9pm)
May 5^th: Band of Horses at the Venice West (8pm)
May 5^th: Dawes at Theatre at Ace Hotel (8pm)
May 5^th: Tamino at Lodge Room (8:30)
May 5^th: The National Parks at the Troubadour
May 6^th: Alix Page at the Moroccan Lounge
May 8^th: Crowded House at the Wiltern
May 9^th: Crowded House at the Wiltern
May 9^th: David Ryan Harris at the Venice West (8pm)
May 11^th: Placebo at the Greek Theatre (7:30)
May 12^th: Dermot Kennedy at YouTube Theater
May 16^th: First Aid Kit at the Hollywood Palladium
May 16^th: Wilder Woods w/ Ida Mae at the Roxy (7:30)
May 17^th: Nation of Language at the Fonda (9pm)
May 17^th: The Heavy at the Troubadour
May 17^th: Dylan at the Morocan Lounge
May 18^th: Valley at the Regent Theater (7pm)
May 19^th: Valley at the Regent Theater (7pm)
May 19^th: Overcoats at Largo (8:30)
May 19^th: half alive at the Wiltern
May 20^th: Alex Lahey at Zebulon
May 22^nd: Matchbox Twenty w/ the Wallflowers at the Hollywood Bowl (7:30)
May 23^rd: Meg Myers at the Regent Theater (6:30)
May 24^th: Hayley Warner at Resident (7:30)
May 26^th: Transviolet at the Echo
May 28^th: Shania Twain at the Hollywood Bowl (7pm)
June 7^th: Lovelytheband at the Novo (7:30)
June 8^th: Annie DiRusso at the Troubadour
June 13^th: Waterparks w/ Hunny at the Fonda (8pm)
June 14^th: Waterparks at the Fonda (8pm)
June 21^st: Thrice at the Wiltern
June 22^nd: Thrice at the Wiltern
June 22^nd: The Dirty Nil at the Troubadour
June 23^rd: Parker Milsap at the Troubadour
June 27^th: Grandson & K. Flay at the Wiltern
July 19^th: Paramore at the Forum
July 20^th: Paramore at the Forum
August 7^th: Beck & Phoenix at the Forum
August 8^th: JVKE at the Wiltern
August 16^th: Ben Folds at the Wiltern
August 18^th: SYML at the Belasco
August 27^th: The Swell Season at LA Orpheum (7:30)
August 29^th: The Swell Season at Hollywood Forever (6pm)
August 31^st: Sam Smith at the Forum
September 1^st: Sam Smith at the Forum
September 8^th: Aly & AJ at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
September 29^th: Arctic Monkeys at the Forum
September 30^th: Arctic Monkeys at the Forum
October 1^st: Arctic Monkeys at the Forum
October 15^th: Joe Pug at the Venice West (8pm)
October 24^th: Half Moon Run at the El Rey (8pm)
October 25^th: The Teskey Brothers at the Wiltern
December 4^th: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band at the Forum
December 6^th: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band at the Forum

~ Kristen

The Hara, modernlove, and Somebody’s Child are just a few of my top picks for bands to see at SXSW 2023 which will begin next week! I’ll be listening to this playlist until I leave for Austin to try to determine which other artists to prioritize for the music week showcases.

Until then, we’ve got shows from the likes of Jake Wesley Rogers, JP Cooper, and The Coronas who are playing a special acoustic set at the Hotel Cafe Saturday night.

Monday: It’s a School Night at Bardot (7pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)
ALSO: Jordan Hart at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)

Tuesday: Regina Spektor at Walt Disney Concert Hall (8:30)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase f. Bodaciousthang FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)
ALSO: Writer’s Block at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Writer’s Block at the Hotel Cafe second stage (9pm)

Weds: American Authors w/ Billy Raffoul at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: 10 G Mgmt + Neon Owl Artist Showcase at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Ariel View residency FREE at Silverlake Lounge (7:30)
ALSO: Nathaniel Rateliff at Walt Disney Concert Hall (8pm)

Thursday: Alexander Stewart at the Echo (8pm)
ALSO: Bria at Zebulon (8pm)
ALSO: Kimbra at the Fonda (8pm)
ALSO: Jane’s Addiction at Hollywood Palladium (7pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Bar Lubitsch (7pm)
ALSO: Writer’s Block at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)

Friday: Jake Wesley Rogers at the Belasco (7pm)
ALSO: Claire Rosinkranz at the El Rey (8pm)
ALSO: Adam Melchor at the Fonda (9pm)
ALSO: Polartropica + Trishes + Alexis de la Rocha at the Paramount (8pm)
ALSO: Enumclaw at Zebulon (6:30)
ALSO: Abby Posner at the Hotel Cafe second stage (9pm)
ALSO: Ibeyi at the Regent Theater (7:30)
ALSO: Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks at SoFi Stadium (7pm)

Saturday: The Coronas at the Hotel Cafe second stage (7pm)
ALSO: JP Cooper at the Roxy (8pm)
ALSO: Magic Giant at the Venice West (8pm)
ALSO: Paper Idol FREE at Permanent Records (8pm)
ALSO: Claire Rosinkranz at the El Rey (8pm)
ALSO: Vance Joy at the YouTube Theater (8pm)
ALSO: Kevin Devine at the Echo (7pm)
ALSO: AFI at the Forum (6pm)

Sunday: JP Cooper at the Roxy (9pm)
ALSO: Forty Feet Tall + The Bots at the Moroccan Lounge (7:30)

To Keep in Mind:  
March 13^th: Zealyn w/ Dylan Dunlap and Hardcastle at El Cid (8:30)
March 14^th: Girli at the Echo
March 14^th: Ellie Goulding at the Grammy Museum (8pm)
March 15^th: Chappell Roan at the Fonda Theatre (8pm)
March 15^th: The Quija Boards, Holy Knives, Powder Pink and Sweet FREE at Harvard & Stone (9pm)
March 16^th: Verite at the El Rey (8:30)
March 16^th: Now More Than Ever at the Echo
March 16^th: Wilder Woods w/ Ida Mae at the Roxy (7:30)
March 17^th: Trousdale at the Echoplex
March 18^th: Old 97’s at Teragram Ballroom (6pm)
March 19^th: Louden Swain at the Echo
March 19^th: Badflower at the Fonda Theatre (7:30)
March 20^th: alt-J at the Wiltern
March 21^st: alt-J at the Wiltern
March 21^st: Circa Waves at the Troubadour
March 21^st: Nessa Barrett at the Fonda (8:30)
March 21^st: Algiers at the Knitting Factory (8pm)
March 21^st: milk. At the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
March 21^st: Scout Gillett w/ Ben Grey at Genghis Cohen (7pm)
March 22^nd: The Scratch at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
March 22^nd: Nessa Barrett at the Fonda (8:30)
March 22^nd: alt-J at the Wiltern
March 22^nd: Fleet Foxes at the Belasco
March 22^nd: Sorcha Richardson at Peppermint Club (7pm)
March 22^nd: The Tallest Man on Earth at Masonic Lodge (7pm)
March 23^rd: The Tallest Man on Earth at Masonic Lodge (7pm)
March 24^th: Paolo Nutini at the Belasco
March 24^th: Andrew McMahon at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
March 24^th: Victoria Canal and friends at the Sun Room (8pm)
March 25^th: Scary Pockets w/ David Ryan Harris at the Fonda (9pm)
March 25^th: Nessa Barrett at Hollywood Palladium
March 25^th: Anabel Lee w/ Sydney Sprague at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
March 26^th: Theory of a Deadman at the Wiltern
March 29^th: Andy Clockwise at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
March 29^th: Gracie Abrams at the Fonda (8:30)
March 30^th: Gracie Abrams at the Fonda (8:30)
March 30^th: Vanessa Carlton at the Roxy Theatre (8:30)
March 31^st: Colony House at the Belasco
March 31^st: modernlove at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
March 31^st: Dorothy at the Troubadour
April 1^st: Michigander at the Echo (8pm)
April 1^st: Betty Who at the Novo (8pm)
April 1^st: Charlie Hickey at Pico Union Project
April 2^nd: Mod Sun w/ Stand Atlantic at the Fonda Theatre (7:30)
April 4^th: Bendigo Fletcher at the Echo
April 4^th: Medium Build at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
April 5^th: Inhaler at the Wiltern
April 6^th: Inhaler at the Wiltern
April 6^th: Yam Haus at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
April 6^th: Self Esteem at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
April 6^th: Muse w/ Evanescence, Highly Suspect at Crypto.com Arena (6:30)
April 7^th: Wldlfe at the Moroccan Lounge
April 7^th: The Ataris at the Wiltern
April 8^th: Theo Katzman at the Wiltern
April 8^th: Matthew Logan Vasquez at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
April 11^th: Maddie Zahm w/ Corook at the Troubadour
April 14^th: They Might Be Giants at the Wiltern
April 14^th: John Mayer at the Forum
April 15^th: Darren Hayes at the Wiltern
April 15^th: The Brother Brothers at Genghis Cohen
April 20^th: Will Joseph Cook at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
April 21^st: Easy Life at the El Rey (8pm)
April 26^th: The Backseat Lovers at Hollywood Palladium
April 26^th: Noahfinnce at the Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
April 28^th: Little Dume at the Venice West (8pm)
April 29^th: The Academic at the Troubadour
April 29^th: Joseph at the Belasco
April 30^th: Fly By Midnight at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
April 30^th: Kris Allen at the Venice West (8pm)
May 3^rd: Lewis Capaldi at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
May 3^rd: Shaed at the Venice West (8pm)
May 3^rd: Enter Shikari at the Echoplex
May 4^th: Field Guide at the Lodge Room (8:30)
May 5^th Caroline Rose at the Fonda (9pm)
May 5^th: Band of Horses at the Venice West (8pm)
May 5^th: Dawes at Theatre at Ace Hotel (8pm)
May 5^th: Tamino at Lodge Room (8:30)
May 5^th: The National Parks at the Troubadour
May 6^th: Alix Page at the Moroccan Lounge
May 8^th: Crowded House at the Wiltern
May 9^th: Crowded House at the Wiltern
May 9^th: David Ryan Harris at the Venice West (8pm)
May 11^th: Placebo at the Greek Theatre (7:30)
May 12^th: Dermot Kennedy at YouTube Theater
May 16^th: First Aid Kit at the Hollywood Palladium
May 16^th: Wilder Woods w/ Ida Mae at the Roxy (7:30)
May 17^th: Nation of Language at the Fonda (9pm)
May 17^th: The Heavy at the Troubadour
May 17^th: Dylan at the Morocan Lounge
May 18^th: Valley at the Regent Theater (7pm)
May 19^th: Valley at the Regent Theater (7pm)
May 19^th: Overcoats at Largo (8:30)
May 19^th: half alive at the Wiltern
May 20^th: Alex Lahey at Zebulon
May 22^nd: Matchbox Twenty w/ the Wallflowers at the Hollywood Bowl (7:30)
May 23^rd: Meg Myers at the Regent Theater (6:30)
May 26^th: Transviolet at the Echo
May 28^th: Shania Twain at the Hollywood Bowl (7pm)
June 7^th: Lovelytheband at the Novo (7:30)
June 8^th: Annie DiRusso at the Troubadour
June 13^th: Waterparks w/ Hunny at the Fonda (8pm)
June 14^th: Waterparks at the Fonda (8pm)
June 21^st: Thrice at the Wiltern
June 22^nd: Thrice at the Wiltern
June 22^nd: The Dirty Nil at the Troubadour
June 23^rd: Parker Milsap at the Troubadour
June 27^th: Grandson & K. Flay at the Wiltern
July 19^th: Paramore at the Forum
July 20^th: Paramore at the Forum
August 7^th: Beck & Phoenix at the Forum
August 8^th: JVKE at the Wiltern
August 16^th: Ben Folds at the Wiltern
August 18^th: SYML at the Belasco
August 27^th: The Swell Season at LA Orpheum (7:30)
August 29^th: The Swell Season at Hollywood Forever (6pm)
August 31^st: Sam Smith at the Forum
September 1^st: Sam Smith at the Forum
September 8^th: Aly & AJ at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
September 29^th: Arctic Monkeys at the Forum
September 30^th: Arctic Monkeys at the Forum
October 1^st: Arctic Monkeys at the Forum
October 15^th: Joe Pug at the Venice West (8pm)
October 24^th: Half Moon Run at the El Rey (8pm)
October 25^th: The Teskey Brothers at the Wiltern
December 4^th: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band at the Forum
December 6^th: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band at the Forum

~ Kristen

Last week I found myself at the Oceanside Film Festival to see the debut screening of I Am Alright, a documentary about one of my favorite bands, The Silent Comedy.  The film highlights the impact that being in a rising touring band can have on one’s mental health. I walked away from the film wanting to check in with all my friends who are out there on the road or making records away from home. The doc is a work in progress and I look forward to seeing it again in its next iteration. Keep your eyes peeled as it makes the festival rounds this year.

After the screening the band played a few songs, but without one if its key members. This ended up being a theme of my week as I also saw members of Bones UK and Dead Sara perform in unique scenarios.

As this calendar comes out, I’m at the Hotel Cafe where I expect to be a few times this week. I am particularly keen on a couple Monday Monday events, a star-studded Hootenanny on Monday and an encore 10^th Anniversary celebration Friday night.

As for the rest:

Monday: Monday Monday presents the Hootenanny f. Sara and Sean Watkins, Dan Wilson at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)
ALSO: Hunnypot Live f. Fencer FREE at the Mint (7pm)

Tuesday: Gracie Abrams at Amoeba (4pm)
ALSO: Nashville Songwriters Showcase f. Sean Cunningham, Stevie Rae Stephens, and Kiernan McMullan, Dylan Dunn and Mae Mae at the Hotel Cafe second stage (7, 9:30)
ALSO: Sara Niemietz at Seven Grand (10pm)
ALSO: Sid the Cat Presents Show Up! F. Ella & Al Menne FREE at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)
ALSO: Writer’s Block at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)

Weds: Jackson Sage w/ Lizzy Cameron, Liminal & MarkJoseph at the Hotel Cafe (7,9)
ALSO: Ariel View Residency FREE at Silverlake Lounge (7:30)
ALSO: Maggie Rogers at Shrine Auditorium (8pm)

Thursday: Samia at the Fonda Theatre (8pm)
ALSO: Noah Vonne at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Martha Wainwright at Largo (8pm)
ALSO: Arlie at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Bar Lubitsch (7pm)
ALSO: Writer’s Block at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)

Friday: 10^th Anniversary Encore Celebration of Monday Monday at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Chiiild at the Roxy (9pm)
ALSO: Taleen Kali at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Erase Theory at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
ALSO: Krooked Kings at the Echo (7pm)

Saturday: The Spill Canvas w/ Arms Akimbo at the Echoplex (7pm)
ALSO: Artist Max Songwriter Showcase at the Hotel Cafe (6pm)
ALSO: Courtney Jean & Sarah Rogo at the Hotel Cafe second stage (7pm)
ALSO: Biig Pig at the Echo (7pm)
ALSO: Pokey Lafarge at Lodge Room (8pm)
ALSO: Storefront Church w/ Jackie Cohen at Zebulon (7pm)
ALSO: S.G. Goodman at the Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: Jawny w/ Wallice at the El Rey (9pm)

Sunday: Bonnie Raitt at the Grammy Museum (5:30)
ALSO: Mika Newton w/ Louis Knight at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Future Teens w/ Smidley, Same Side and Talker at the Roxy (7pm)

To Keep in Mind:  
March 8^th: American Authors w/ Billy Raffoul at the Troubadour
March 9^th: Kimbra at the Fonda (8pm)
March 9^th: Alexander Stewart at the Echo
March 9^th: Jane’s Addiction at Hollywood Palladium
March 10^th: Adam Melchor at the Fonda (9pm)
March 10^th: Jake Wesley Rogers at the Belasco
March 10^th: Ibeyi at the Regent Theater (7:30)
March 10^th: Claire Rosinkranz at the El Rey (8pm)
March 11^th: Claire Rosinkranz at the El Rey (8pm)
March 11^th: Vance Joy at the YouTube Theater (8pm)
March 11^th: JP Cooper at the Roxy (8pm)
March 12^th: JP Cooper at the Roxy (9pm)
March 14^th: Girli at the Echo
March 15^th: Chappell Roan at the Fonda Theatre (8pm)
March 16^th: Verite at the El Rey (8:30)
March 17^th: Trousdale at the Echoplex
March 18^th: Old 97’s at Teragram Ballroom (6pm)
March 19^th: Louden Swain at the Echo
March 19^th: Badflower at the Fonda Theatre (7:30)
March 20^th: alt-J at the Wiltern
March 21^st: alt-J at the Wiltern
March 21^st: Circa Waves at the Troubadour
March 21^st: Nessa Barrett at the Fonda (8:30)
March 21^st: Algiers at the Knitting Factory (8pm)
March 21^st: milk. At the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
March 21^st: Scout Gillett w/ Ben Grey at Genghis Cohen (7pm)
March 22^nd: The Scratch at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
March 22^nd: Nessa Barrett at the Fonda (8:30)
March 22^nd: alt-J at the Wiltern
March 22^nd: Fleet Foxes at the Belasco
March 22^nd: Sorcha Richardson at Peppermint Club (7pm)
March 22^nd: The Tallest Man on Earth at Masonic Lodge (7pm)
March 23^rd: The Tallest Man on Earth at Masonic Lodge (7pm)
March 24^th: Paolo Nutini at the Belasco
March 24^th: Andrew McMahon at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
March 25^th: Scary Pockets w/ David Ryan Harris at the Fonda (9pm)
March 25^th: Nessa Barrett at Hollywood Palladium
March 25^th: Anabel Lee w/ Sydney Sprague at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
March 26^th: Theory of a Deadman at the Wiltern
March 29^th: Gracie Abrams at the Fonda (8:30)
March 30^th: Gracie Abrams at the Fonda (8:30)
March 30^th: Vanessa Carlton at the Roxy Theatre (8:30)
March 31^st: Colony House at the Belasco
March 31^st: modernlove at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
April 1^st: Michigander at the Echo (8pm)
April 1^st: Betty Who at the Novo (8pm)
April 1^st: Charlie Hickey at Pico Union Project
April 2^nd: Mod Sun w/ Stand Atlantic at the Fonda Theatre (7:30)
April 4^th: Bendigo Fletcher at the Echo
April 4^th: Medium Build at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
April 5^th: Inhaler at the Wiltern
April 6^th: Inhaler at the Wiltern
April 6^th: Yam Haus at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
April 6^th: Self Esteem at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
April 6^th: Muse w/ Evanescence, Highly Suspect at Crypto.com Arena (6:30)
April 7^th: Wldlfe at the Moroccan Lounge
April 7^th: The Ataris at the Wiltern
April 8^th: Theo Katzman at the Wiltern
April 8^th: Matthew Logan Vasquez at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
April 11^th: Maddie Zahm w/ Corook at the Troubadour
April 14^th: They Might Be Giants at the Wiltern
April 14^th: John Mayer at the Forum
April 15^th: Darren Hayes at the Wiltern
April 15^th: The Brother Brothers at Genghis Cohen
April 20^th: Will Joseph Cook at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
April 21^st: Easy Life at the El Rey (8pm)
April 26^th: The Backseat Lovers at Hollywood Palladium
April 26^th: Noahfinnce at the Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
April 28^th: Little Dume at the Venice West (8pm)
April 29^th: The Academic at the Troubadour
April 29^th: Joseph at the Belasco
April 30^th: Fly By Midnight at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
April 30^th: Kris Allen at the Venice West (8pm)
May 3^rd: Lewis Capaldi at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
May 3^rd: Enter Shikari at the Echoplex
May 4^th: Field Guide at the Lodge Room (8:30)
May 5^th Caroline Rose at the Fonda (9pm)
May 5^th: Band of Horses at the Venice West (8pm)
May 5^th: Dawes at Theatre at Ace Hotel (8pm)
May 5^th: Tamino at Lodge Room (8:30)
May 5^th: The National Parks at the Troubadour
May 8^th: Crowded House at the Wiltern
May 9^th: Crowded House at the Wiltern
May 9^th: David Ryan Harris at the Venice West (8pm)
May 11^th: Placebo at the Greek Theatre (7:30)
May 12^th: Dermot Kennedy at YouTube Theater
May 16^th: First Aid Kit at the Hollywood Palladium
May 16^th: Wilder Woods w/ Ida Mae at the Roxy (7:30)
May 17^th: Nation of Language at the Fonda (9pm)
May 17^th: The Heavy at the Troubadour
May 18^th: Valley at the Regent Theater (7pm)
May 19^th: Valley at the Regent Theater (7pm)
May 19^th: half alive at the Wiltern
May 20^th: Alex Lahey at Zebulon
May 22^nd: Matchbox Twenty w/ the Wallflowers at the Hollywood Bowl (7:30)
May 23^rd: Meg Myers at the Regent Theater (6:30)
May 26^th: Transviolet at the Echo
May 28^th: Shania Twain at the Hollywood Bowl (7pm)
June 7^th: Lovelytheband at the Novo (7:30)
June 8^th: Annie DiRusso at the Troubadour
June 13^th: Waterparks w/ Hunny at the Fonda (8pm)
June 14^th: Waterparks at the Fonda (8pm)
June 22^nd: The Dirty Nil at the Troubadour
June 23^rd: Parker Milsap at the Troubadour
July 19^th: Paramore at the Forum
July 20^th: Paramore at the Forum
August 7^th: Beck & Phoenix at the Forum
August 18^th: SYML at the Belasco
August 27^th: The Swell Season at LA Orpheum (7:30)
August 31^st: Sam Smith at the Forum
September 1^st: Sam Smith at the Forum
September 8^th: Aly & AJ at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
September 29^th: Arctic Monkeys at the Forum
September 30^th: Arctic Monkeys at the Forum
October 1^st: Arctic Monkeys at the Forum
October 15^th: Joe Pug at the Venice West (8pm)
December 4^th: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band at the Forum
December 6^th: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band at the Forum

~ Kristen

I was dog sitting last week which was an absolute delight, but the pup did not approve of my concert schedule.  Every time I came home from a night out, I’d find my shoes hidden in different places around the house (thankfully there were always found intact).  I won’t have to worry about shoe bandits this week which features a few names I haven’t seen on the calendar in a minute (Tsunami Bomb, Jesca Hoop, Queen Kwong) as well as a solo Emily Armstrong (of Dead Sara) at the Hotel Cafe.

As for the rest:

Monday: It’s a School Night f. Devon Gabrilla, Trella, Ark Woods, Carter Vail at Bardot (7pm)
ALSO: Queen Kwong FREE at Harvard & Stone (8pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)
ALSO: Crook residency FREE at the Echo (7pm)

Tuesday: Charlie Cunningham at Gold-Diggers (8pm)
ALSO: Jesca Hoop at the Knitting Factory (8pm)
ALSO: Rozzi at the Grammy Museum (7:30)
ALSO: Mckenna Grace at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: White Reaper at the Fonda (8pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)
ALSO: Writer’s Block at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)

Weds: Open Folk at the Hotel Cafe (9:30)
ALSO: The Bots residency FREE at Silverlake Lounge (7:30)

Thursday: Manchester Orchestra at the Grammy Museum (7pm)
ALSO: Jon McLaughlin at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Bring Music Home event f. Carmen Vandenberg (Bones UK) FREE at the Last Bookstore (6pm)
ALSO: White Denim at the Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Bar Lubitsch (7pm)

Friday: Tsunami Bomb + Death By Stereo at the Knitting Factory (7pm)
ALSO: Miss Grit at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Rose’s Pawn Shop at the Hotel Cafe (10pm)
ALSO: Bowie’s Piano Man w/ Mike Garson & Luke Spiller (7:30)
ALSO: The Offspring at the Belasco (7pm)

Saturday: Eric Hutchinson at the Venice West (8pm)
ALSO: Chris Pierce at the Hotel Cafe (9pm)
ALSO: Julianna Joy at the Hotel Cafe second stage (9pm)
ALSO: Windows release show at Permanent Records Roadhouse (6pm)
ALSO: The Ragged Jubilee at Harvard & Stone (9pm)
ALSO: Ordinary Elephant at McCabe’s (8pm)
ALSO: Bowie’s Piano Man w/ Mike Garson & Luke Spiller (7:30)

Sunday: Emily Armstrong w/ Christian Dupree & Skyechristy at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)

To Keep in Mind:  
February 28^th: Gracie Abrams at Amoeba (4pm)
March 1^st: Maggie Rogers at Shrine Auditorium
March 2^nd: Samia at the Fonda Theatre (8pm)
March 3^rd: Chiiild at the Roxy (9pm)
March 4^th: The Spill Canvas w/ Arms Akimbo at the Echoplex
March 4^th: Pokey Lafarge at Lodge Room (8pm)
March 8^th: American Authors w/ Billy Raffoul at the Troubadour
March 9^th: Kimbra at the Fonda (8pm)
March 9^th: Alexander Stewart at the Echo
March 9^th: Jane’s Addiction at Hollywood Palladium
March 10^th: Adam Melchor at the Fonda (9pm)
March 10^th: Jake Wesley Rogers at the Belasco
March 10^th: Ibeyi at the Regent Theater (7:30)
March 10^th: Claire Rosinkranz at the El Rey (8pm)
March 11^th: Claire Rosinkranz at the El Rey (8pm)
March 11^th: Vance Joy at the YouTube Theater (8pm)
March 11^th: JP Cooper at the Roxy (8pm)
March 12^th: JP Cooper at the Roxy (9pm)
March 14^th: Girli at the Echo
March 15^th: Chappell Roan at the Fonda Theatre (8pm)
March 16^th: Verite at the El Rey (8:30)
March 17^th: Trousdale at the Echoplex
March 18^th: Old 97’s at Teragram Ballroom (6pm)
March 19^th: Louden Swain at the Echo
March 19^th: Badflower at the Fonda Theatre (7:30)
March 20^th: alt-J at the Wiltern
March 21^st: alt-J at the Wiltern
March 21^st: Circa Waves at the Troubadour
March 21^st: Nessa Barrett at the Fonda (8:30)
March 21^st: Algiers at the Knitting Factory (8pm)
March 21^st: milk. At the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
March 21^st: Scout Gillett w/ Ben Grey at Genghis Cohen (7pm)
March 22^nd: The Scratch at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
March 22^nd: Nessa Barrett at the Fonda (8:30)
March 22^nd: alt-J at the Wiltern
March 22^nd: Fleet Foxes at the Belasco
March 22^nd: Sorcha Richardson at Peppermint Club (7pm)
March 22^nd: The Tallest Man on Earth at Masonic Lodge (7pm)
March 23^rd: The Tallest Man on Earth at Masonic Lodge (7pm)
March 24^th: Paolo Nutini at the Belasco
March 25^th: Scary Pockets w/ David Ryan Harris at the Fonda (9pm)
March 25^th: Nessa Barrett at Hollywood Palladium
March 25^th: Anabel Lee w/ Sydney Sprague at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
March 26^th: Theory of a Deadman at the Wiltern
March 29^th: Gracie Abrams at the Fonda (8:30)
March 30^th: Gracie Abrams at the Fonda (8:30)
March 30^th: Vanessa Carlton at the Roxy Theatre (8:30)
March 31^st: Colony House at the Belasco
March 31^st: modernlove at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
April 1^st: Michigander at the Echo (8pm)
April 1^st: Betty Who at the Novo (8pm)
April 1^st: Charlie Hickey at Pico Union Project
April 2^nd: Mod Sun w/ Stand Atlantic at the Fonda Theatre (7:30)
April 4^th: Bendigo Fletcher at the Echo
April 4^th: Medium Build at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
April 5^th: Inhaler at the Wiltern
April 6^th: Inhaler at the Wiltern
April 6^th: Yam Haus at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
April 6^th: Self Esteem at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
April 6^th: Muse w/ Evanescence, Highly Suspect at Crypto.com Arena (6:30)
April 7^th: Wldlfe at the Moroccan Lounge
April 7^th: The Ataris at the Wiltern
April 8^th: Theo Katzman at the Wiltern
April 8^th: Matthew Logan Vasquez at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
April 11^th: Maddie Zahm w/ Corook at the Troubadour
April 14^th: They Might Be Giants at the Wiltern
April 14^th: John Mayer at the Forum
April 15^th: Darren Hayes at the Wiltern
April 15^th: The Brother Brothers at Genghis Cohen
April 20^th: Will Joseph Cook at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
April 21^st: Easy Life at the El Rey (8pm)
April 26^th: The Backseat Lovers at Hollywood Palladium
April 26^th: Noahfinnce at the Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
April 28^th: Little Dume at the Venice West (8pm)
April 29^th: The Academic at the Troubadour
April 29^th: Joseph at the Belasco
April 30^th: Fly By Midnight at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
April 30^th: Kris Allen at the Venice West (8pm)
May 3^rd: Lewis Capaldi at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
May 3^rd: Enter Shikari at the Echoplex
May 4^th: Field Guide at the Lodge Room (8:30)
May 5^th Caroline Rose at the Fonda (9pm)
May 5^th: Band of Horses at the Venice West (8pm)
May 5^th: Dawes at Theatre at Ace Hotel (8pm)
May 5^th: Tamino at Lodge Room (8:30)
May 5^th: The National Parks at the Troubadour
May 8^th: Crowded House at the Wiltern
May 9^th: Crowded House at the Wiltern
May 9^th: David Ryan Harris at the Venice West (8pm)
May 11^th: Placebo at the Greek Theatre (7:30)
May 12^th: Dermot Kennedy at YouTube Theater
May 16^th: First Aid Kit at the Hollywood Palladium
May 16^th: Wilder Woods w/ Ida Mae at the Roxy (7:30)
May 17^th: Nation of Language at the Fonda (9pm)
May 17^th: The Heavy at the Troubadour
May 18^th: Valley at the Regent Theater (7pm)
May 19^th: Valley at the Regent Theater (7pm)
May 19^th: half alive at the Wiltern
May 20^th: Alex Lahey at Zebulon
May 22^nd: Matchbox Twenty w/ the Wallflowers at the Hollywood Bowl (7:30)
May 23^rd: Meg Myers at the Regent Theater (6:30)
May 26^th: Transviolet at the Echo
May 28^th: Shania Twain at the Hollywood Bowl (7pm)
June 7^th: Lovelytheband at the Novo (7:30)
June 8^th: Annie DiRusso at the Troubadour
June 13^th: Waterparks w/ Hunny at the Fonda (8pm)
June 14^th: Waterparks at the Fonda (8pm)
June 22^nd: The Dirty Nil at the Troubadour
June 23^rd: Parker Milsap at the Troubadour
July 19^th: Paramore at the Forum
July 20^th: Paramore at the Forum
August 7^th: Beck & Phoenix at the Forum
August 18^th: SYML at the Belasco
August 27^th: The Swell Season at LA Orpheum (7:30)
August 31^st: Sam Smith at the Forum
September 1^st: Sam Smith at the Forum
September 8^th: Aly & AJ at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
September 29^th: Arctic Monkeys at the Forum
September 30^th: Arctic Monkeys at the Forum
October 1^st: Arctic Monkeys at the Forum
October 15^th: Joe Pug at the Venice West (8pm)
December 4^th: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band at the Forum
December 6^th: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band at the Forum

~ Kristen

We are at the one-month mark, counting down to SXSW 2023! I’ve listened to all of the announced artists, put together my playlist and now patiently await for the event announcements to roll in. One of my playlist picks, New Zealand’s Georgia Lines, has two LA shows next week playing for WFNM Monday night and Uncut Gems on Wednesday.

Next week also features an intimate Dean Lewis performance, the last hooray for Vista Kicks, an evening of heartbreak songs from Evan + Zane, and San Diego’s Almost Monday at the Troubadour.   

Monday: Monday Monday at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)
ALSO: Crook residency FREE at the Echo (7pm)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)

Tuesday: WFNM Showcase f. Georgia Lines, Van Scott, Emily Henry, Liam Jones, Heyboy FREE at Hotel Ziggy (7pm)
ALSO: The Gloomies FREE at the Knitting Factory (8pm)
ALSO: Karen Carpenter – An Evening of Tribute at Gold-Diggers (7pm)
ALSO: Writer’s Block at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)

Weds: Dean Lewis at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (7pm)
ALSO: Evan + Zane at the Bourbon Room (8pm)
ALSO: Uncut Gems at the Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)
ALSO: vaultboy at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Bonded Jacky EP Release Show at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: The Bots residency FREE at Silverlake Lounge (7:30)

Thursday: Jesse & Friends at the Hotel Cafe (8pm)
ALSO: Josh Radnor w/ Lucy Clearwater at the Hotel Cafe second stage (7pm)
ALSO: Carol Ades at the Sun Rose (7:30)
ALSO: King Mala at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: WFNM Showcase FREE at Bar Lubitsch (7pm)

Friday: Vista Kicks w/ SWIMM & Scout Larue Willis at the Fonda (9pm)
ALSO: Brynn Cartelli w/ Madison Malone at the Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Olive Klug w/ Wesley Preis at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: young friend at the Moroccan Lounge (9:30)
ALSO: Velvet Starlings at the Smell (8pm)
ALSO: Leroy from the North at the Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: The Lone Bellow w/ Tall Heights at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
ALSO: Bayside at the Belasco (7pm)

Saturday: Almost Monday at the Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: Elizabeth and the Catapult at the Hotel Cafe (8pm)
ALSO: The Charlatans & RIDE at the Wiltern (7pm)

Sunday: Jaimee Harris at McCabe’s (8pm)
ALSO: Katie Malco w/ Bridie Monds-Watson (Soak) at the Moroccan Lounge (6:30)
ALSO: Your Favorite Color at Adults Only (7pm)
ALSO: Songwriter Sundays x Your Neighbor’s Backyard showcase at the Hotel Cafe (8pm)
ALSO: Justin Hulsey at the Hotel Cafe second stage (7pm)
ALSO: Los Angeles Rock Collective showcase FREE at Lucky Strike Live (6pm)

To Keep in Mind:  
February 21^st: Charlie Cunningham at Gold-Diggers
February 21^st: Jesca Hoop at the Knitting Factory (8pm)
February 22^nd: SonReal at the Troubadour
February 23^rd: White Denim at the Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
February 23^rd: Manchester Orchestra at the Grammy Museum (7pm)
February 24^th: Tsunami Bomb + Death By Stereo at the Knitting Factory (7pm)
February 24^th: Charlie Hickey at Brick + Motar
February 25^th: Ordinary Elephant at McCabe’s (8pm)
March 1^st: Maggie Rogers at Shrine Auditorium
March 2^nd: Samia at the Fonda Theatre (8pm)
March 3^rd: Chiiild at the Roxy (9pm)
March 4^th: The Spill Canvas w/ Arms Akimbo at the Echoplex
March 4^th: Pokey Lafarge at Lodge Room (8pm)
March 8^th: American Authors w/ Billy Raffoul at the Troubadour
March 9^th: Kimbra at the Fonda (8pm)
March 9^th: Alexander Stewart at the Echo
March 9^th: Jane’s Addiction at Hollywood Palladium
March 10^th: Adam Melchor at the Fonda (9pm)
March 10^th: Jake Wesley Rogers at the Belasco
March 10^th: Ibeyi at the Regent Theater (7:30)
March 10^th: Claire Rosinkranz at the El Rey (8pm)
March 11^th: Claire Rosinkranz at the El Rey (8pm)
March 11^th: Vance Joy at the YouTube Theater (8pm)
March 11^th: JP Cooper at the Roxy (8pm)
March 12^th: JP Cooper at the Roxy (9pm)
March 14^th: Girli at the Echo
March 15^th: Chappell Roan at the Fonda Theatre (8pm)
March 16^th: Verite at the El Rey (8:30)
March 17^th: Trousdale at the Echoplex
March 18^th: Old 97’s at Teragram Ballroom (6pm)
March 19^th: Louden Swain at the Echo
March 19^th: Badflower at the Fonda Theatre (7:30)
March 20^th: alt-J at the Wiltern
March 21^st: alt-J at the Wiltern
March 21^st: Circa Waves at the Troubadour
March 21^st: Nessa Barrett at the Fonda (8:30)
March 21^st: Algiers at the Knitting Factory (8pm)
March 22^nd: Nessa Barrett at the Fonda (8:30)
March 22^nd: alt-J at the Wiltern
March 22^nd: Fleet Foxes at the Belasco
March 22^nd: Sorcha Richardson at Peppermint Club (7pm)
March 22^nd: The Tallest Man on Earth at Masonic Lodge (7pm)
March 23^rd: The Tallest Man on Earth at Masonic Lodge (7pm)
March 24^th: Paolo Nutini at the Belasco
March 25^th: Scary Pockets w/ David Ryan Harris at the Fonda (9pm)
March 25^th: Nessa Barrett at Hollywood Palladium
March 26^th: Theory of a Deadman at the Wiltern
March 29^th: Gracie Abrams at the Fonda (8:30)
March 30^th: Gracie Abrams at the Fonda (8:30)
March 30^th: Vanessa Carlton at the Roxy Theatre (8:30)
March 31^st: Colony House at the Belasco
April 1^st: Michigander at the Echo (8pm)
April 1^st: Betty Who at the Novo (8pm)
April 1^st: Charlie Hickey at Pico Union Project
April 2^nd: Mod Sun w/ Stand Atlantic at the Fonda Theatre (7:30)
April 4^th: Bendigo Fletcher at the Echo
April 5^th: Inhaler at the Wiltern
April 6^th: Inhaler at the Wiltern
April 6^th: Self Esteem at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
April 6^th: Muse w/ Evanescence, Highly Suspect at Crypto.com Arena (6:30)
April 7^th: Wldlfe at the Moroccan Lounge
April 7^th: The Ataris at the Wiltern
April 8^th: Theo Katzman at the Wiltern
April 11^th: Maddie Zahm w/ Corook at the Troubadour
April 14^th: They Might Be Giants at the Wiltern
April 14^th: John Mayer at the Forum
April 15^th: Darren Hayes at the Wiltern
April 15^th: The Brother Brothers at Genghis Cohen
April 21^st: Easy Life at the El Rey (8pm)
April 26^th: The Backseat Lovers at Hollywood Palladium
April 26^th: Noahfinnce at the Teragram Ballroom (7pm)
April 29^th: The Academic at the Troubadour
April 29^th: Joseph at the Belasco
April 30^th: Fly By Midnight at the Peppermint Club (7pm)
May 3^rd: Lewis Capaldi at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
May 3^rd: Enter Shikari at the Echoplex
May 4^th: Field Guide at the Lodge Room (8:30)
May 5^th Caroline Rose at the Fonda (9pm)
May 5^th: Dawes at Theatre at Ace Hotel (8pm)
May 5^th: Tamino at Lodge Room (8:30)
May 5^th: The National Parks at the Troubadour
May 8^th: Crowded House at the Wiltern
May 9^th: Crowded House at the Wiltern
May 11^th: Placebo at the Greek Theatre (7:30)
May 12^th: Dermot Kennedy at YouTube Theater
May 16^th: First Aid Kit at the Hollywood Palladium
May 17^th: Nation of Language at the Fonda (9pm)
May 17^th: The Heavy at the Troubadour
May 18^th: Valley at the Regent Theater (7pm)
May 19^th: Valley at the Regent Theater (7pm)
May 19^th: half alive at the Wiltern
May 20^th: Alex Lahey at Zebulon
May 22^nd: Matchbox Twenty w/ the Wallflowers at the Hollywood Bowl (7:30)
May 23^rd: Meg Myers at the Regent Theater (6:30)
May 26^th: Transviolet at the Echo
May 28^th: Shania Twain at the Hollywood Bowl (7pm)
June 7^th: Lovelytheband at the Novo (7:30)
June 8^th: Annie DiRusso at the Troubadour
June 13^th: Waterparks w/ Hunny at the Fonda (8pm)
June 14^th: Waterparks at the Fonda (8pm)
July 19^th: Paramore at the Forum
July 20^th: Paramore at the Forum
August 7^th: Beck & Phoenix at the Forum
August 27^th: The Swell Season at LA Orpheum (7:30)
August 31^st: Sam Smith at the Forum
September 1^st: Sam Smith at the Forum
September 8^th: Aly & AJ at the Greek Theatre (8pm)
September 29^th: Arctic Monkeys at the Forum
September 30^th: Arctic Monkeys at the Forum
October 1^st: Arctic Monkeys at the Forum
October 15^th: Joe Pug at the Venice West (8pm)

~ Kristen