Feeling a tad overwhelmed, so I’m just going to cut to the chase. We’ve got some pretty great show opportunities this week, starting with Monday night at The Troubadour featuring Zane Carney. I’m particularly excited as this marks a reunion for 3/4^th of one of my all-time favorite bands, Carney. I have a feeling this will be one for the books. For more info: https://www.facebook.com/events/1425604091077516/

Tuesday night, I recommend heading to Hollywood where you can catch the last residency date from SPURS at The Hotel Cafe then head to The Study (formally Hemingway’s), The Piano Bar, and/or Dirty Laundry…all hosting great music for the very reasonable price of free.

Here’s what else I’d suggest:

 

Monday: Zane Carney w/ The Neverending (f. Debby Ryan) and Taylor Locke at The Troubadour (6:30)
ALSO: It’s A School Night at Bardot f. Nothing But Thieves (8:30)
ALSO: Kevin Griffin (Better Than Ezra) at Largo (8pm)
ALSO: Dorothy w/ Dekades and Wake Up Lucid FREE at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at Room 5 (8pm)

 

Tuesday: SPURS w/ Adam Arcuragi, Jo Harris at The Hotel Cafe (9, 10)
ALSO: Dark Waves FREE at Dirty Laundry (11pm)
ALSO: The Filthy Souls FREE at The Study (10pm)
ALSO: Clockwise at The Echo (10pm)
ALSO: George Stanford FREE at The Piano Bar (10pm)
ALSO: Matt & Kim w/ Waters at The Fonda (9pm)
ALSO: John Reilly & Friends at Largo (8:30)

 

Weds: Milo Greene at The Echo (9pm)
ALSO: Bad Romantics at The Viper Room (9pm)
ALSO: Distant Cousins at The Hotel Cafe (9pm)
ALSO: The Shelters, Robert Francis at The Lyric Theatre (8pm)
ALSO: Matt & Kim w Waters at The Fonda (9pm)
ALSO: Susanna Hoffs & Friends at Largo (8:30)

 

Thursday: Kiven, Armors and more at The Lyric Theatre (8:30)
ALSO: 8MM at Dragonfly (8pm)
ALSO: Forebear FREE at Villains Tavern (9pm)
ALSO: The Moth & The Flame at The Troubadour (8:30)
ALSO: Honky Tonk Hacienda f. Alice Wallace, Shane Alexander & The Great Favorites and more at El Cid (7pm)
ALSO: Joseph Arthur at Saint Rocke (8pm)
ALSO: Sleater-Kinney at Hollywood Palladium (8pm)

 

Friday: Tony Lucca and Keaton Simons w/ Anna Rose and Casey Buckley at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Dark Waves at The Roxy (9pm)
ALSO: Taylor Locke Band at The Virgil (8pm)
ALSO: Hoobastank at Saint Rocke (9pm)
ALSO: Nightwish at The Greek Theatre (7:15)
ALSO: Sleater-Kinney at Hollywood Palladium (8pm)
ALSO: They Might Be Giants at The Regent Theater (8pm)

 

Saturday: OK Go at The Wiltern (8pm)
ALSO: The Decemberists at The Greek Theatre (7:30)
ALSO: No Small Children at El Cid (11pm)
ALSO: Dustbowl Revival w/ Jessica Childress at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: Ari Herstand, The Eckels Brothers at The Hotel Cafe (8,9)
ALSO: Manic Street Preachers w/ Dark Waves at The Fonda (9pm)

 

Sunday: Jenni Alpert at The Hotel Cafe (9pm)…record release show
ALSO: Tonight Alive at The Palladium (5pm)

 

To Keep in Mind:
May 5^th: Kodaline at The Wiltern
May 5^th: Ms Mr at Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever
May 6^th: Mika at Belasco Theatre
May 8^th: Jessie Baylin at The Troubadour
May 8^th: The Mowgli’s at The Regent Theatre
May 11^th/12^th: The Bird & The Bee at Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever
May 12^th/13^th: Dead Sara at The Troubadour
May 14^th: James Bay at The Fonda Theatre
May 15^th: Muse at The Mayan
May 16^th: Two Gallants at The Roxy
May 16^th: Lydia at The Troubadour
May 18^th: Bootstraps at The Troubadour
May 19^th: Prides at The Echo
May 19^th: Dead Sara at The Grammy Museum
May 20^th: Noel Gallagher and the High Flying Birds at The Orpheum
May 20^th: Shakey Graves at The Fonda
May 20^th: Rocco Deluca at The Troubadour
May 22^nd: Against Me! at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
May 28^th: Mae at The El Rey
May 29^th/30^th: The Bangles at The Troubadour
May 31^st: Kopecky at Saint Rocke
May 31^st/June1st: Jack Garratt at The Troubadour
June 1^st: Delta Spirit at Telegram Ballroom
June 2^nd: Mother Mother at The Troubadour
June 2^nd: The Script at The Wiltern
June 4^th: Dustin Kensrue at The Troubadour
June 5^th: Villagers at The Echo
June 6^th: Make Music Pasadena
June 11^th: Neon Trees at The Fonda Theater
June 11^th: Black English at The Echo
June 11^th: Jukebox the Ghost at The Greek Theatre
June 11^th: Ivan & Alyosha at The Roxy
June 15^th: Lenka at The Troubadour
June 16^th, 17^th, 19^th: Butch Walker at The Masonic Lodge
June 24^th/25^th: Ed Sheeran at Hollywood Bowl
June 30^th: The Griswolds at The Troubadour
July 12^th: NEEDTOBREATHE at Greek Theatre
August 1^st: AWOLNATION at Hollywood Palladium
August 5^th: First Aid Kit at Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian Church
August 14^th: George Ezra at The Wiltern
August 17^th: Lights at The Greek Theatre
August 17^th: Mumford and Sons at The Forum
September 16^th: Carbon Leaf at The Roxy
October 7^th: Ben Howard at The Greek Theatre
October 13^th: Hozier at Nokia Theatre LA Live
October 15^th: twenty one pilots w/ Echosmith at The Greek Theatre
October 16^th: The War on Drugs at The Greek Theatre

 

~ Kristen

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I hope everyone had a successful and music-filled Record Store Day this weekend. I celebrated with not one, or two, but three shows from one of my very favorite bands, The Silent Comedy. They played acoustic record store sets Friday night in LA and Saturday afternoon in San Diego. Then Saturday night, the band came back in full rocking form at The Irenic in San Diego. They celebrated the 5 year anniversary of their album, Common Faults, by playing the entire album from front to back. It was a unique and very special occasion.  I am very glad I could be there as the band may not be playing again for a while.

Now I’m going to finish my SD burrito before heading back to LA. I’m looking forward to many shows this week, especially Joe Firstman at The Hotel Cafe Thursday night.

Here’s my list:

 

Monday: Badflower FREE at the Satellite (10pm)
ALSO: Hunnypot Radio Live FREE at The Mint (7pm)
ALSO: Crobot at The Viper Room (10pm)
ALSO: It’s A School Night at Bardot f. Lunchmoney Lewis and Morgan Karr (8:30)

 

Tuesday: Dark Waves FREE at Dirty Laundry (11pm)
ALSO: Kevin Earnest, Thomas Nicholas Band at The Viper Room (8pm)
ALSO: The Cerny Brothers FREE at Harvard & Stone (10pm)
ALSO: George Stanford FREE at The Piano Bar (10pm)

 

Weds: Dylan Chambers, Haley Reinhart & Casey Abrams at Room 5 (10pm)
ALSO: Halo Circus at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Bad Romantics at The Viper Room (9pm)

 

Thursday: Humming House, Joe Firstman at The Hotel Cafe (9, 11)
ALSO: Jared & The Mill and The Young Wild at Bootleg HiFi (9pm)
ALSO: Lady Lamb w/ Rathborne at The Echo (9pm)
ALSO: Forebear FREE at Villains Tavern (two sets: 10, 11:15)
ALSO: The New Peter Gabrielz at The Viper Room (8pm)
ALSO: Matt Pond PA at The Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Drive-By Truckers at The Regent Theater (7:30)

 

Friday: Jim Bianco, David & Devine (9, 10)
ALSO: The Diamond Light, Oil Boom and special guests at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: Evol Walks at The Viper Room (8pm)
ALSO: Damien Rice w/ Marketa Irglova at The Greek Theatre (7:30)

 

Saturday: The Kaiser Chiefs at The Wiltern (7pm)
ALSO: Light Up The Blues at Pantages Theater f. Stephen Stills, Neil young, Shawn Colvin, Steve Earle, The White Buffalo, and Chris Stills (7:30)

 

Sunday: Grand Ole Echo w/ Ivory DeVille FREE at The Echo (3pm)

 

 

To Keep in Mind:
April 27^th: Zane Carney at The Troubadour
April 27^th: Maniac at The Echo
May 1^st: Tony Lucca at The Hotel Cafe
May 2^nd: The Decemberists at Greek Theatre
May 2^nd: OK Go at The Wiltern
May 3^rd: Tonight Alive at The Wiltern
May 5^th: Kodaline at The Wiltern
May 5^th: Ms Mr at Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever
May 8^th: Jessie Baylin at The Troubadour
May 8^th: The Mowgli’s at The Regent Theatre
May 11^th/12^th: The Bird & The Bee at Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever
May 14^th: James Bay at The Fonda Theatre
May 16^th: Two Gallants at The Roxy
May 16^th: Lydia at The Troubadour
May 19^th: Prides at The Echo
May 20^th: Noel Gallagher and the High Flying Birds at The Orpheum
May 20^th: Shakey Graves at The Fonda
May 20^th: Rocco Deluca at The Troubadour
May 22^nd: Against Me! at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
May 28^th: Mae at The El Rey
May 29^th/30^th: The Bangles at The Troubadour
May 31^st: Kopecky at Saint Rocke
May 31^st/June1st: Jack Garratt at The Troubadour
June 1^st: Delta Spirit at Telegram Ballroom
June 2^nd: Mother Mother at The Troubadour
June 2^nd: The Script at The Wiltern
June 4^th: Dustin Kensrue at The Troubadour
June 11^th: Neon Trees at The Fonda Theater
June 11^th: Black English at The Echo
June 11^th: Jukebox the Ghost at The Greek Theatre
June 11^th: Ivan & Alyosha at The Roxy
June 16^th, 17^th, 19^th: Butch Walker at The Masonic Lodge
June 24^th/25^th: Ed Sheeran at Hollywood Bowl
June 30^th: The Griswolds at The Troubadour
July 12^th: NEEDTOBREATHE at Greek Theatre
August 1^st: AWOLNATION at Hollywood Palladium
August 5^th: First Aid Kit at Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian Church
August 17^th: Lights at The Greek Theatre
September 16^th: Carbon Leaf at The Roxy
October 7^th: Ben Howard at The Greek Theatre
October 15^th: twenty one pilots w/ Echosmith at The Greek Theatre

 

~ Kristen

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While putting this week’s calendar together, I popped High Fidelity into the DVD player. I’d forgotten how much I enjoy that movie. Now I want to make all kinds of top five lists that will only hold for like 5 minutes. How about Top 5 Bands to see in LA this week. At this moment, my list would look like:

1 – The Silent Comedy

2 – The Milk Carton Kids

3 – Jakob Dylan

4 – Royal Blood

5 – Spurs (barely beating out Dark Waves but only because I haven’t seen Spurs before)

That was a toughie as there are so many great options this week. Here are the rest:

 

Monday: Lakes at The Hotel Cafe (10pm)
ALSO: Royal Blood at The Fonda (9pm)
ALSO: Plain White T’s w/ Jessarae and Genevieve at The Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: The Rebel Light, Dorothy FREE at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: Desaparecidos at The Roxy (8pm)
ALSO: Stone Temple Pilots at The House of Blues (7pm)
ALSO: It’s a School Night at Bardot f. James Hersey (8:30)
ALSO: Monday Monday at Room 5 f. Jesse Thomas, Michael Doman, Joel Eckels (8pm)

 

Tuesday: Spurs w/ Adam Arcuragi, Joel Eckels at The Hotel Cafe (8, 9)
ALSO: Dark Waves FREE at Dirty Laundry (10pm)
ALSO: Tall Tales and the Silver Lining at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: Brandon Flowers at The Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Neil and Liam Finn at Largo (8:30)

 

Weds: Dave Green (of The Filthy Souls) FREE at Dirty Laundry (10pm)
ALSO: Kaleo, Kingswood at The Hotel Cafe (8,9)
ALSO: Bad Romantics at The Viper Room (10pm)
ALSO: Brand New w/ Built to Spill and Desaparecidos at The Shrine Expo Hall (7:30)
ALSO: The Replacements at Hollywood Palladium (7pm)
ALSO: Sylvan Esso at The Regent Theater (8pm)
ALSO: Florence and the Machine at The Theatre at Ace Hotel (8pm)

 

Thursday: decoded at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: Lisa Loeb at Saint Rocke (8pm)
ALSO: Drive-By Truckers at The Regent Theater (7:30)
ALSO: The Replacements at Hollywood Palladium (7pm)
ALSO: Interpol w/ Perfume Genius at Shrine Expo Hall (8pm)

 

Friday: The Silent Comedy at The Record Parlour (9pm)
ALSO: Polaris Rose, The Roofbeam Carpenters at The Hotel Cafe (10, 12)
ALSO: We Are The West at The Escondite (9pm)

 

Saturday: The Milk Carton Kids at Largo (8:30)
ALSO: Jeff Campbell at The Hotel Cafe (10pm)
ALSO: Back Pocket Memory, Bad Wolf, and more at Amplyfi (7pm)
ALSO: Jakob Dylan at The Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Charles Bradley at The Roxy (9pm)

 

Sunday: Grand Ole Echo w/ Brian Whelan, All Spots to Black, etc. at The Echo (3pm)

 

 

To Keep in Mind:
April 23^rd: Joe Firstman at The Hotel Cafe
April 23^rd: Jared & The Mill at Bootleg HiFi
April 23^rd: Joe Firstman at The Hotel Cafe
April 24^th: Damien Rice at The Greek Theatre
April 25^th: The Kaiser Chiefs at The Wiltern
April 27^th: Zane Carney at The Troubadour
April 27^th: Maniac at The Echo
May 1^st: Tony Lucca at The Hotel Cafe
May 2^nd: The Decemberists at Greek Theatre
May 2^nd: OK Go at The Wiltern
May 3^rd: Tonight Alive at The Wiltern
May 5^th: Kodaline at The Wiltern
May 5^th: Ms Mr at Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever
May 8^th: Jessie Baylin at The Troubadour
May 8^th: The Mowgli’s at The Regent Theatre
May 11^th/12^th: The Bird & The Bee at Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever
May 14^th: James Bay at The Fonda Theatre
May 16^th: Two Gallants at The Roxy
May 16^th: Lydia at The Troubadour
May 19^th: Prides at The Echo
May 20^th: Noel Gallagher and the High Flying Birds at The Orpheum
May 20^th: Shakey Graves at The Fonda
May 20^th: Rocco Deluca at The Troubadour
May 22^nd: Against Me! at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
May 28^th: Mae at The El Rey
May 29^th/30^th: The Bangles at The Troubadour
May 31^st: Kopecky at Saint Rocke
May 31^st/June1st: Jack Garratt at The Troubadour
June 1^st: Delta Spirit at Telegram Ballroom
June 2^nd: Mother Mother at The Troubadour
June 2^nd: The Script at The Wiltern
June 4^th: Dustin Kensrue at The Troubadour
June 11^th: Neon Trees at The Fonda Theater
June 11^th: Black English at The Echo
June 11^th: Jukebox the Ghost at The Greek Theatre
June 11^th: Ivan & Alyosha at The Roxy
June 16^th, 17^th, 19^th: Butch Walker at The Masonic Lodge
June 24^th/25^th: Ed Sheeran at Hollywood Bowl
June 30^th: The Griswolds at The Troubadour
July 12^th: NEEDTOBREATHE at Greek Theatre
August 1^st: AWOLNATION at Hollywood Palladium
August 5^th: First Aid Kit at Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian Church
August 17^th: Lights at The Greek Theatre
September 16^th: Carbon Leaf at The Roxy
October 7^th: Ben Howard at The Greek Theatre
October 15^th: twenty one pilots w/ Echosmith at The Greek Theatre

 

~ Kristen

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I am finally home from a long but exciting weekend at WonderCon where I was working a small press booth for High Voltage. Highlights from the weekend include a sneak peak at Wayward Pines, The Orphan Black panel, my new boba-tastic t-shirt, meeting so many cool people, and having all sorts of fun with our High Voltage fill in the blank fandom buttons (mine said I was a fan of live music most of the weekend).  All I really want to do right now is go through all my WonderCon goodies, but it’s Sunday so I must spend some time preparing for the sadly cosplay-less week ahead.

Musically speaking, we’ve got some promising shows. I missed Elliott Brood at SXSW, so I’m hoping to catch them at The Satellite this week. Another can’t miss would be the Young Romans record release show Saturday night at The Hotel Cafe.

Here’s to a great week!

 

Monday: It’s a School Night at Bardot f. Francisco The Man (8:30)
ALSO: Jonny Polonsky at The Hotel Cafe (8pm)
ALSO: Ivory DeVille, Dorothy FREE at The Satellite (10pm)
ALSO: Evol Walks FREE at TRiP (10:30)
ALSO: Monday Monday at Room 5 (8pm)
ALSO: Hunnypot Radio Live FREE at The Mint (7pm)

 

Tuesday: Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness at The Roxy (8pm)
ALSO: Civil Twilight w/ Knox Hamilton at The Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Great Ceasar at The Satellite (10pm)
ALSO: Vans Warped Tour Kick Off at Club Nokia (7pm)

 

Weds: The Cordovas at Saint Rocke (8pm)
ALSO: The Watkins Family Hour w/ Fiona Apple and Sam Amldon at Largo (8:30)
ALSO: Sam Morrow at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: Picture Atlantic at The Mint (10:20)
ALSO: Golden State and The Wilding at The Viper Room (9pm)
ALSO: Jessie Ware at The Wiltern (7pm)
ALSO: Concert for Social Justic at The Fonda Theatre f. Jackson Browne, Melissa Etheridge, David Crosby & Graham Nash and more (7pm)

 

Thursday: Jesse Thomas at The Hotel Cafe (8pm)
ALSO: Forebear at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: The Dead Ships at Harvard & Stone
ALSO: Kimbra at The El Rey (8pm)
ALSO: Jenny Lewis at The Echoplex (8:30)
ALSO: Colin Hay at Largo (8:30)

 

Friday: Elliott Brood w/ Shelby Earl and The Eagle Rock Gospel Singers at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: We Are The West at The Hotel Cafe (11pm)
ALSO: Colin Hay at Largo (8:30)

 

Saturday: The Young Romans at The Hotel Cafe (9pm)…record release show!
ALSO: Genevieve, Afternoons, The Husth Sound  at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: Sam Morrow at WitZend (7:15)
ALSO: Wake Up Lucid at El Cid (11pm)
Sunday: War & Pierce at The Hotel Cafe (9pm)

 

To Keep in Mind:
April 13^th: Royal Blood at The Fonda
April 13^th: Plain White T’s at The Troubadour
April 13^th: Desaparecidos at The Roxy
April 14^th: Brandon Flowers at The Troubadour
April 15^th: Desaparecidos at The Shrine
April 15^th: Night Riots at The Troubadour
April 16^th: Mighty Oaks and Milky Chance at The Mayan Theatre
April 17^th: The Silent Comedy at The Record Parlour
April 18^th: Jakob Dylan at The Troubadour
April 23^rd: Joe Firstman at The Hotel Cafe
April 23^rd: Jared & The Mill at Bootleg HiFi
April 23^rd: Joe Firstman at The Hotel Cafe
April 24^th: Damien Rice at The Greek Theatre
April 25^th: The Kaiser Chiefs at The Wiltern
April 27^th: Zane Carney at The Troubadour
April 27^th: Maniac at The Echo
May 1^st: Tony Lucca at The Hotel Cafe
May 2^nd: The Decemberists at Greek Theatre
May 2^nd: OK Go at The Wiltern
May 3^rd: Tonight Alive at The Wiltern
May 5^th: Kodaline at The Wiltern
May 8^th: Jessie Baylin at The Troubadour
May 8^th: The Mowgli’s at The Regent Theatre
May 11^th/12^th: The Bird & The Bee at Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever
May 14^th: James Bay at The Fonda Theatre
May 16^th: Two Gallants at The Roxy
May 16^th: Lydia at The Troubadour
May 19^th: Prides at The Echo
May 20^th: Noel Gallagher and the High Flying Birds at The Orpheum
May 20^th: Shakey Graves at The Fonda
May 20^th: Rocco Deluca at The Troubadour
May 28^th: Mae at The El Rey
May 29^th/30^th: The Bangles at The Troubadour
May 31^st: Kopecky at Saint Rocke
May 31^st/June1st: Jack Garratt at The Troubadour
June 2^nd: The Script at The Wiltern
June 4^th: Dustin Kensrue at The Troubadour
June 11^th: Jukebox the Ghost at The Greek Theatre
June 11^th: Ivan & Alyosha at The Roxy
June 16^th, 17^th, 19^th: Butch Walker at The Masonic Lodge
June 24^th/25^th: Ed Sheeran at Hollywood Bowl
June 30^th: The Griswolds at The Troubadour
July 12^th: NEEDTOBREATHE at Greek Theatre
August 1^st: AWOLNATION at Hollywood Palladium
August 17^th: Lights at The Greek Theatre
September 16^th: Carbon Leaf at The Roxy
October 15^th: twenty one pilots w/ Echosmith at The Greek Theatre

 

~ Kristen

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I tried a new boba establishment today. I went all the way to Little Tokyo to get it, but the brown sugar milk tea was top notch!  It was almost worth the ridiculous drive home fighting all the beach traffic. I guess this is what happens when LA decides to be ridiculously warm in March…sigh. I’m looking forward to next week when the weather (hopefully) cools down a bit. Next weekend is WonderCon in Anaheim. If you’re planning on being there, come visit The High Voltage small press booth. There will be some fun fill in the blank buttons!

As for music, my show pick of the week is Thursday  night at The Hotel Cafe for the Tim Jones record release show. Tim is a member of Truth & Salvage Co., one of my beloved LA bands (before they up and moved to Nashville). The special guest list looks includes Cary Brothers, Scott Kinnebrew, and Leslie Stevens. It’s going to be a great night!

Here are the rest of my picks:

 

Monday: It’s a School Night at Bardot f. Scott Weiland & The Wildabouts
ALSO: Conway FREE at The Satellite (11pm)
ALSO: Brian Fest at The Fonda Theater (8:30)
ALSO: Monday Monday at Room 5 (8pm)

 

Tuesday: Dark Waves FREE at Dirty Laundry (10pm)
ALSO: Spurs w/ Adam Arcuragi, Great Ceasar at The Hotel Cafe (8, 9)
ALSO: The Two Tens at Los Globos (9pm)
ALSO: George Stanford FREE at The Piano Bar (10pm)

 

Weds: Bronze Radio Return w/ Swear and Shake at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: The Soft White Sixties at The Viper Room (8pm)
ALSO: Ibeyi at The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (9pm)

 

Thursday: Tim Jones w/ special guests at The Hotel Cafe…record release show (9pm)
ALSO: The Mondegreen’s at Silverlake Lounge
ALSO: Spin Cycle Music Series FREE at TRiP f. Gun Hill Royals (8pm)
ALSO: Guster at The Wiltern (7pm)
ALSO: Punch Brothers at The Fonda (9pm)
ALSO: Sam Jam w/ HAIM at The Troubadour (7pm)

 

Friday: Dear Boy and Kitten at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: The Cerny Brothers, The Roofbeam Carpenters at The Hotel Cafe (10,12)
ALSO: AMFMS, Western Scene at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: Nikka Costa at The Roxy (9pm)

 

Saturday: Ernie Halter at The Hotel Cafe (8pm)
ALSO: Tobias Jesso Jr. at The Echo (9pm)
ALSO: Puddle of Mudd at The El Rey (7:30)
ALSO: Ben Sollee and Yonder Mountain String Band at The House of Blues (8pm)

 

Sunday: Tobias Jesso Jr at Bootleg HiFi (8pm)

 

To Keep in Mind:
April 7^th: Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness at The Roxy
April 7^th: Civil Twilight at The Troubadour
April 9^th: Kimbra at The El Rey
April 13^th: Royal Blood at The Fonda
April 13^th: Plain White T’s at The Troubadour
April 13^th: Desaparecidos at The Roxy
April 14^th: Brandon Flowers at The Troubadour
April 15^th: Desaparecidos at The Shrine
April 15^th: Night Riots at The Troubadour
April 16^th: Mighty Oaks and Milky Chance at The Mayan Theatre
April 17^th: The Silent Comedy at The Record Parlour
April 18^th: Jakob Dylan at The Troubadour
April 23^rd: Joe Firstman at The Hotel Cafe
April 23^rd: Jared & The Mill at Bootleg HiFi
April 23^rd: Joe Firstman at The Hotel Cafe
April 24^th: Damien Rice at The Greek Theatre
April 25^th: The Kaiser Chiefs at The Wiltern
April 27^th: Zane Carney at The Troubadour
April 27^th: Maniac at The Echo
May 1^st: Tony Lucca at The Hotel Cafe
May 2^nd: The Decemberists at Greek Theatre
May 2^nd: OK Go at The Wiltern
May 3^rd: Tonight Alive at The Wiltern
May 5^th: Kodaline at The Wiltern
May 8^th: Jessie Baylin at The Troubadour
May 8^th: The Mowgli’s at The Regent Theatre
May 11^th/12^th: The Bird & The Bee at Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever
May 14^th: James Bay at The Fonda Theatre
May 16^th: Two Gallants at The Roxy
May 16^th: Lydia at The Troubadour
May 19^th: Prides at The Echo
May 20^th: Noel Gallagher and the High Flying Birds at The Orpheum
May 20^th: Shakey Graves at The Fonda
May 20^th: Rocco Deluca at The Troubadour
May 28^th: Mae at The El Rey
May 29^th/30^th: The Bangles at The Troubadour
May 31^st: Kopecky at Saint Rocke
May 31^st/June1st: Jack Garratt at The Troubadour
June 2^nd: The Script at The Wiltern
June 4^th: Dustin Kensrue at The Troubadour
June 11^th: Jukebox the Ghost at The Greek Theatre
June 11^th: Ivan & Alyosha at The Roxy
June 16^th, 17^th, 19^th: Butch Walker at The Masonic Lodge
June 24^th/25^th: Ed Sheeran at Hollywood Bowl
June 30^th: The Griswolds at The Troubadour
July 12^th: NEEDTOBREATHE at Greek Theatre
August 1^st: AWOLNATION at Hollywood Palladium
August 17^th: Lights at The Greek Theatre
September 16^th: Carbon Leaf at The Roxy
October 15^th: twenty one pilots w/ Echosmith at The Greek Theatre

 

~ Kristen

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I hope you’ve been checking out my SXSW recaps on both LMN and High Voltage. Austin, as usual, has given me everything I wanted and more during this most special week of the year (including an amazing birthday). I’m heading back to LA tomorrow with great sadness.

Next week, I’d highly recommend checking out Jack Garratt at The Hotel Cafe Thursday night. Also Thursday, I’ve been hearing great things about the Swedish band, Indevotion playing Amplyfi.

Here’s the rest of my suggestions:

 

Monday: Years & Years w/ Laura Welsh at The Avalon (8pm)
ALSO: Hunnypot Radio FREE at The Mint (7pm)
ALSO: Airbag One FREE at The Echo (9pm)
ALSO: Conway FREE at The Satellite (11pm)
ALSO: of Montreal at Largo (8:30)

 

Tuesday: Neulore and The Last Bison at The Mint (9pm)
ALSO: Greg Holden, Toby Lightman at The Hotel Cafe (7, 8)
ALSO: Oh Honey at The Roxy (8:30)
ALSO: Matthew E. White at The Echo (10pm)
ALSO: The Delta Riggs at The Satellite (10pm)
ALSO: Rubblebucket w/ SWIMM at The Echoplex (8pm)
ALSO: The Ting Tings at The Fonda (9pm)

 

Weds: Years & Years w/ Laura Welsh at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: Orla Gartland, Distant Cousins at The Hotel Cafe (8, 10)
ALSO: The Watkins Family Hour at Largo (8:30)

 

Thursday: Jack Garratt w/ Javier Dunn at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Indevotion at Amplyfi (8pm)
ALSO: River City Extension, The Wild Reeds, Air Traffic Controller at The Troubadour (8pm)

 

Friday: Jim Bianco, The New Peter Gabrielz at The Hotel Cafe (9, 10)
ALSO: Echosmith at The Fonda Theater (9pm)
ALSO: JEFF the Brotherhood at The Troubadour (8pm)

 

Saturday: Michael Bernard Fitzgerald at The Hotel Cafe (midnight)
ALSO: The Entrance Band, Twerps, Happyness at The Echo (9pm)

 

Sunday: The Brevet at The Hotel Cafe (8pm)
ALSO: Dana Fuchs at Saint Rocke (7pm)
ALSO: Hawthorne Heights at The Mint (8pm)

 

To Keep in Mind:
March 30^th: Brian Fest at The Fonda Theatre
April 2^nd: Guster at The Wiltern
April 2^nd: Punch Brothers at The Fonda
April 3^rd: Jason Walker at The Hotel Cafe
April 3^rd: Dear Boy at The Troubadour
April 4^th: Ben Sollee at The House of Blues
April 7^th: Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness at The Roxy
April 7^th: Civil Twilight at The Troubadour
April 13^th: Royal Blood at The Fonda
April 13^th: Desaparecidos at The Roxy
April 15^th: Desaparecidos at The Shrine
April 16^th: Mighty Oaks and Milky Chance at The Mayan Theatre
April 17^th: The Silent Comedy at The Record Parlour
April 23^rd: Joe Firstman at The Hotel Cafe
April 23^rd: Jared & The Mill at Bootleg HiFi
April 24^th: Damien Rice at The Greek Theatre
April 25^th: The Kaiser Chiefs at The Wiltern
April 27^th: Zane Carney at The Troubadour
May 1^st: Tony Lucca at The Hotel Cafe
May 2^nd: The Decemberists at Greek Theatre
May 2^nd: OK Go at The Wiltern
May 3^rd: Tonight Alive at The Wiltern
May 14^th: James Bay at The Fonda Theatre
May 16^th: Two Gallants at The Roxy
May 16^th: Lydia at The Troubadour
May 19^th: Prides at The Echo
May 20^th: Noel Gallagher and the High Flying Birds at The Orpheum
May 29^th/30^th: The Bangles at The Troubadour
June 11^th: Ivan & Alyosha at The Roxy
June 16^th: Butch Walker at The Masonic Lodge
June 24^th/25^th: Ed Sheeran at Hollywood Bowl
July 12^th: NEEDTOBREATHE at Greek Theatre
August 1^st: AWOLNATION at Hollywood Palladium
September 16^th: Carbon Leaf at The Roxy

 

~ Kristen

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Well, it’s off to SXSW I go! While I am in Austin, here’s what I got for you back in Los Angeles. If I were here I wouldn’t miss Joe Pug at The Echo Thursday night. I’m actually a bit miffed to be missing this show, especially after hearing Pug’s last album, Windfall. Someone please go to that show for me.

 

Monday: Ben Ottewell at The Hotel Cafe (8pm)
ALSO: Conway FREE at The Satellite (11pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at Room 5 f. Josiah Leming, The Zmed Brothers, Michael Doman, etc. (8pm)

 

Tuesday: Forebear at Bootleg HiFi (8pm)
ALSO: Flogging Molly at Hollywood Palladium (8pm)

 

Weds: We Are The West at The Mint (8:30)
ALSO: Decoded at The Viper Room (9pm)
ALSO: Susanna Hoffs & Friends at Largo (8:30)

 

Thursday: Joe Pug w/ Field Report at The Echo (8pm)
ALSO: David Ford at Bootleg HiFi (9pm)
ALSO: Aimee Mann and Ted Leo at Largo (8:30)

 

Friday: Lee Dewyze, Antigone Rising, State to State & The Midnight Pine at The Hotel Cafe (7, 9, 11)
ALSO: Aimee Mann and Ted Leo at Largo (8:30)
ALSO: Chris Pierce Trio at Harvelle’s (9pm)
ALSO: Beardyman at The Regent Theater (8pm)

 

Saturday: Act As If, The Absolute, The Janks at The Hotel Cafe (9, 10, 11)

 

Sunday: of Montreal at The Regent Theater (8pm)
ALSO: The Airborne Toxic Event at Tower Theatre (7pm)

 

 

To Keep in Mind:
March 24^th: Neulore at The Mint
March 24^th: The Ting Tings at The Fonda
March 24^th: Oh Honey at The Roxy
March 27^th: Echosmith at The Fonda Theatre
March 30^th: Brian Fest at The Fonda Theatre
April 2^nd: Guster at The Wiltern
April 2^nd: Punch Brothers at The Fonda
April 3^rd: Jason Walker at The Hotel Cafe
April 3^rd: Dear Boy at The Troubadour
April 4^th: Ben Sollee at The House of Blues
April 7^th: Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness at The Roxy
April 7^th: Civil Twilight at The Troubadour
April 13^th: Royal Blood at The Fonda
April 13^th: Desaparecidos at The Roxy
April 15^th: Desaparecidos at The Shrine
April 16^th: Mighty Oaks and Milky Chance at The Mayan Theatre
April 17^th: The Silent Comedy at The Record Parlour
April 23^rd: Joe Firstman at The Hotel Cafe
April 23^rd: Jared & The Mill at Bootleg HiFi
April 24^th: Damien Rice at The Greek Theatre
April 25^th: The Kaiser Chiefs at The Wiltern
April 27^th: Zane Carney at The Troubadour
May 1^st: Tony Lucca at The Hotel Cafe
May 2^nd: The Decemberists at Greek Theatre
May 2^nd: OK Go at The Wiltern
May 3^rd: Tonight Alive at The Wiltern
May 14^th: James Bay at The Fonda Theatre
May 16^th: Two Gallants at The Roxy
May 16^th: Lydia at The Troubadour
May 19^th: Prides at The Echo
May 20^th: Noel Gallagher and the High Flying Birds at The Orpheum
May 29^th/30^th: The Bangles at The Troubadour
June 11^th: Ivan & Alyosha at The Roxy
June 16^th: Butch Walker at The Masonic Lodge
June 24^th/25^th: Ed Sheeran at Hollywood Bowl
July 12^th: NEEDTOBREATHE at Greek Theatre
August 1^st: AWOLNATION at Hollywood Palladium
September 16^th: Carbon Leaf at The Roxy

 

~ Kristen

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