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Mid-way through a very full week of shows, I was at The Hotel Cafe to check out LA-based singer, Adam Friedman (one to watch!).  Afterwards, I wandered into the other room to see Sleeping Wolf (always a treat).  I commented to Amanda that after my Hotel Cafe experience I felt refreshed. She said she didn’t realize a band could be refreshing, but that is exactly how I felt. Is that weird?  Maybe it was just a particularly good week, but with each new musical act I sampled last week, I got more and more excited. It wasn’t until I finally took a night off that I had trouble sleeping and life started to feel overwhelming again.

Next week, similar to last, starts off with a Monday that has way too many bands I want to see playing on the same evening.  This trend continues throughout the week, but if there is one show above all that I’d recommend it would be the Hotel Cafe holiday show which is always one of my favorite events of the year.

Here’s what else I’d suggest looking into:

 

Monday: Badflower FREE at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: Mondo Cozmo at The Hotel Cafe (8pm)…free with RSVP
ALSO: The Shelters w/ Dear Boy at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: It’s a School Night at Bardot f. The National Parks, Morgxn, Incan Abraham (8:30)
ALSO: The Sunset Jam w/ Dig the Kid FREE at The Viper Room (9pm)
ALSO: Duniven’s Annual Holiday Hoopla at The Hi Hat (8pm)
ALSO: Glass Animals w/ Judah & The Lion at The El Rey (8:30)
ALSO: Fitz & The Tantrums w/ The Arkells at The Roxy (8pm)
ALSO: Carah Faye w/ Weathers at The Echoplex (8pm)
ALSO: Hunnypot Live FREE at The Mint (7pm)

 

Tuesday: Wild Child at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: Eagles of Death Metal at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
ALSO: The Sounds at The Belasco (6:30)
ALSO: Super Tuesday’s FREE at Butter’d Up (10pm)
ALSO: Sound Collective w/ Josh and Kira FREE at Saint Rocke (8pm)

 

Weds: Rooney at The El Rey (8:30)
ALSO: Royal Teeth w/ Kolars at The Hi Hat (8pm)
ALSO: Sara Watkins at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: The Afghan Whigs w/ Carina Round at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
ALSO: The Sounds at The Belasco (6:30)

 

Thursday: The Hotel Cafe Holiday Show at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: The Mowgli’s w/ Dreamers at Teragram Ballroom (8:30)
ALSO: Band of Merrymakers at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: The Dustbowl Revival at The Hi Hat (8pm)
ALSO: Heaps N Heaps at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: Metallica at The Fonda (9pm)

 

Friday: The Elizabeth Kill at Molly Malone’s (8:30)
ALSO: Marie Digby, Paul McDonald & Friends at The Hotel Cafe (8,11)
ALSO: Royal Machines at The Roxy (9pm)
ALSO: Michael Blume at Bootleg Theatre (8:30)
ALSO: The Dandy Warhols w/ Telegram & Warbly Jets at The Fonda (9pm)

 

Saturday: Arkivist at The Study (9pm)
ALSO: Ghost Lit Kingdom at The Mint (7:30)
ALSO: Royal Machines at The Roxy (9pm)
ALSO: James Supercave, SWIMM at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: Chris Robinson Brotherhood at The Fonda (9pm)
ALSO: Dennis Quaid and The Sharks at Saint Rocke (8pm)

 

Sunday: Maria Taylor, Matt Costa FREE at The Federal Bar (11am)
ALSO: We Rock With Standing Rock at The Fonda (8pm)
ALSO: Select Songwriter Sundays FREE at The Fox and Hounds (9pm)

 

 

 

To Keep in Mind:
January 11^th-14^th: Lord Huron at Teragram Ballroom
January 12^th: Dar Williams at The Troubadour
January 13^th: The White Buffalo at The Troubadour
January 17^th: Bear’s Den at The El Rey
January 18^th: DNCE at The Belasco Theatre
January 19h: Jack Savoretti at The Hotel Cafe
January 25^th: Joshua Radin at The Troubadour
January 26^th: Zane Carney at The El Rey
January 28^th: Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls at The Wiltern
January 28^th: SafetySuit at The Regent Theater
January 28^th: Dorothy at The Troubadour
Feb. 2^nd: Mike Doughty at The Troubadour
Feb. 2^nd: Tom Chaplin at The El Rey
Feb. 4^th: Leroy Sanchez at The Troubadour
Feb. 8^th: The Revivalists at The Fonda
Feb. 11^th: The Griswolds w/ Dreamers at Teragram Ballroom
Feb. 14^th: David Duchovny at The Roxy
Feb. 16^th: twenty one pilots, MUTEMATH at Honda Center
Feb. 27^th: Jens Lekamn at Teragram Ballroom
March 24^th: Yellowcard at The Novo by Microsoft
March 25^th: Colony House w/ Knox Hamilton at The Troubadour
April 5^th: Mayday Parade at The Regent Theater

 

~ Kristen

 

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Last week was a blur of music and French fries ending with a lovely birthday party at a park where there were cupcakes, live music, balloon animals, some coloring with markers…okay, the party was ostensibly for a 2 year old and the live music involved a few creative rounds of “Wheels on the Bus”, but I was given ginger beer which made me feel like the party was for me too!

Next week, The Shadowboxers are in town, the stream of holiday shows begin, and I’m having a very difficult time deciding on a game plan for Monday night.  Why do all the good free shows have to be on the same evening?!?

Anyway, here is what I am thinking for this week:

 

Monday: Kaleo at The Roxy (8pm)
ALSO: The Shakers FREE at Harvard & Stone (8:30)
ALSO: ExSage residency w/ Bones FREE at Bootleg Bar (8:30)
ALSO: It’s a School Night at Bardot f. Sundara Karma (8:30)
ALSO: Peppina at The Hotel Cafe (8pm)
ALSO: Andrew Bird at The Grammy Museum (8pm)
ALSO: The Sunset Jam FREE at The Viper Room (9pm)
ALSO: Johnny Gates, Monday Monday at The Hotel Cafe second stage (7,8)

 

Tuesday: The Shadowboxers at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: Spurs at Bootleg Theater (8:30)
ALSO: Miike Snow w/ Morgxn at The El Rey (8:30)
ALSO: The Pretty Reckless at The Mayan (6:30)
ALSO: CRX at Teragram Ballroom (9pm)
ALSO: Super Tuesday’s FREE at Butter’d Up (10pm)
ALSO: Sound Collective w/ Josh and Kira FREE at Saint Rocke (8pm)
ALSO: Emo Nite at The Echo + Echoplex f. Tyson Ritter & Nick Wheeler (All-American Rejects) and more (8:30)

 

Weds: Sleeping Wolf at The Hotel Cafe second stage (10pm)
ALSO: Polaris Rose at The Lexington (9:30)
ALSO: Adam Friedman w/ Will Champlin at The Hotel Cafe (8pm)
ALSO: Cold War Kids w/ The Shelters at The El Rey (8:30)
ALSO: The Lumineers at The Fonda (9:30)
ALSO: Venus and the Moon, Chris Stills at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: The Japanese House at The Echo (8:30)

 

Thursday: The Americans at The Hotel Cafe (9:30)
ALSO: Bones FREE at Harvard and Stone (10pm)
ALSO: flor, lostboycrow at Bootleg Theater (8:30)
ALSO: Reverend Tall Tree FREE at Mrs. Fish (10pm)
ALSO: Kidneythieves at The Viper Room (9pm)

 

Friday: David Ryan Harris & Gabe Dixon at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: The Soft White Sixties at Fais Do Do (10:30)
ALSO: The Beta Machine, 8MM at The Viper Room (8pm)
ALSO: Chris Pierce at Genghis Cohen (8:15)
ALSO: Benjamin Francis Leftwich at The Roxy (8:30)
ALSO: Sego at The Hi Hat (8pm)
ALSO: Jim James at The Orpheum Theatre (8:30)
ALSO: Conor Oberst at The Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian (7pm)

 

Saturday: Jackie Greene w/ The Cordovas at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: KT Tunstall FREE at One Colorado (7:30)
ALSO: Distant Cousins, Ninet at The Hotel Cafe (8,9)
ALSO: Sløtface at Bootleg Bar (8:30)
ALSO: Conor Oberst at The Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian (7pm)
ALSO: Anderson .paak & The Free Nationals at Hollywood Palladium (7pm)
ALSO: Riot Grill fest at The Regent Theater (6pm)
ALSO: KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas at The Forum (5pm)

 

Sunday: Maria Taylor w/ Ben Lee and Cillie Barnes at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: A Tribute to Linda Ronstadt f. Jackson Browne, Grace Potter, Dawes, Sara & Sean Watkins, and more (8pm)
ALSO: Select Songwriter Sundays FREE at The Fox and Hounds (8pm)
ALSO: KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas at The Forum (5pm)

 

 

To Keep in Mind:
December 12^th: The Shelters w/ Dear Boy at The Troubadour
December 12^th: Badflower at The Satellite
December 12^th: Glass Animals, Judah & The Lion at The El Rey
December 12^th: Fitz & The Tantrums, Arkells at The Roxy
December 12^th: Michael Kiwanuka at The Fonda
December 14^th: Sara Watkins at The Troubadour
December 14^th: Rooney at The El Rey
December 14^th: Royal Teeth at The Hi Hat
December 14^th: Carina Round at Teragram Ballroom
December 15^th: The Mowgli’s w/ Dreamers at Teragram Ballroom
December 15^th: Band of Merrymakers at The Troubadour
December 16^th/17^th: Royal Machines at The Roxy
January 11^th-14^th: Lord Huron at Teragram Ballroom
January 12^th: Dar Williams at The Troubadour
January 13^th: The White Buffalo at The Troubadour
January 17^th: Bear’s Den at The El Rey
January 18^th: DNCE at The Belasco Theatre
January 19h: Jack Savoretti at The Hotel Cafe
January 25^th: Joshua Radin at The Troubadour
January 26^th: Zane Carney at The El Rey
January 28^th: Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls at The Wiltern
January 28^th: SafetySuit at The Regent Theater
Feb. 2^nd: Mike Doughty at The Troubadour
Feb. 4^th: Leroy Sanchez at The Troubadour
Feb. 11^th: The Griswolds w/ Dreamers at Teragram Ballroom
Feb. 14^th: David Duchovny at The Roxy
Feb. 16^th: twenty one pilots, MUTEMATH at Honda Center
Feb. 27^th: Jens Lekamn at Teragram Ballroom
March 24^th: Yellowcard at The Novo by Microsoft
March 25^th: Colony House w/ Knox Hamilton at The Troubadour

 

~ Kristen

 

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Can we talk about those Gilmore Girls episodes?? If you’ve seen them, I’d love to hear your thoughts. I spent about an hour after watching “Fall” sitting in stunned silence trying to process the stunning array of emotions I enduring throughout the day…and those final words (?!?!).  By the time I emerged from the processing, I had sadly missed my window for going out to a show.  I did make a couple of good ones last week including what might be one of my favorite shows of the year, Lukas Graham at The Wiltern.

This is the last Monday in November so if you have yet to get to The Satellite to see King Washington, I wouldn’t miss this one!  Here are the rest of my musical options this week:

 

Monday: King Washington residency w/ Brothers Zmed FREE at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: It’s A School Night at Bardot f. Night Talks, Leon Else (8:30)
ALSO: Alina Bea residency FREE at Bootleg Bar (8:30)
ALSO: Aurora at The Fonda (8:15)
ALSO: The Sunset Jam FREE at The Viper Room (9pm)
ALSO: Hunnypot Live FREE at The Mint (7pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at The Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)

 

Tuesday: My Name is You at El Cid (9:30)
ALSO: Coby Brown, The Fair Wells at The Hotel Cafe second stage (9, 10)
ALSO: Dana Williams at The Hotel Cafe (8pm)
ALSO: Lo Moon at Bootleg Theater (8:30)
ALSO: Ramonda Hammer residency w/ The Knitts FREE at The Hi Hat (8pm)
ALSO: Sound Collective with Josh and Kira at Saint Rocke (8pm)
ALSO: Super Tuesday’s FREE at Butter’d Up (10pm)

 

Weds: Mondo Cozmo w/ Matt Maeson, Drew Taubenfield and Friends at The Hotel Cafe (7, 10)
ALSO: Javier Dunn at The Hotel Cafe second stage (10pm)
ALSO: Aeges, State to State at The Viper Room (8pm)
ALSO: Oliver Riot and Zeke Duhon at Resident (8pm)
ALSO: Two Door Cinema Club w/ Broods and Polica at Shrine Auditorium (8pm)
ALSO: An Acoustic Christmas with Over The Rhine at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: Dragonette at The Roxy (8:30)
ALSO: Daughter at The Wiltern (8pm)

 

Thursday: Charming Liars at The Viper Room (9pm)
ALSO: Pacific Radio FREE at Club Moscow (8pm)
ALSO: Lydia at The Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Alicia Witt at The Hotel Cafe second stage (7pm)
ALSO: James Vincent McMorrow at The Wiltern (7pm)
ALSO: Gary Clark Jr. at The Theatre at Ace Hotel (7:30)

 

Friday: Bobby Long w/ Dylan Melody, Dinosaur Parade, The Shadow Heist at The Hotel Cafe (7, 9, 11)
ALSO: Nightjacket at The Echo (9pm)
ALSO: Gill Landry at Bootleg Bar (8:30)
ALSO: Gary Clark Jr. at The Theatre at Ace Hotel (7:30)

 

Saturday: South Lake Holiday celebration in Pasadena f. Caught a Ghost, Leftover Cuties, Run River North (1pm)
ALSO: Jagged Little Pill Covers Night at The Hotel Cafe (9:30)
ALSO: Night Moves and Haley Bonar at Resident (8pm)

 

Sunday: The Shadowboxers at LA Hangar Studios (6:30)
ALSO: Jack Tempchin w/ Special Guests at The Hotel Cafe second stage (7pm)
ALSO: Songwriter Sundays FREE at The Fox and Hounds (8pm)

 

 

To Keep in Mind:
December 5^th: Kaleo at The Roxy
December 6^th: The Shadowboxers at The Troubadour
December 6^th: The Pretty Reckless at The Mayan
December 7^th: The Lumineers at The Fonda
December 7^th: Cold War Kids at The El Rey
December 8^th: The Americans at The Hotel Cafe
December 9^th/10^th: Conor Oberst at The Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian
December 10^th: Jackie Greene, The Cordovas at The Troubadour
December 12^th: The Shelters w/ Dear Boy at The Troubadour
December 12^th: Badflower at The Satellite
December 12^th: Glass Animals, Judah & The Lion at The El Rey
December 12^th: Fitz & The Tantrums, Arkells at The Roxy
December 12^th: Michael Kiwanuka at The Fonda
December 14^th: Sara Watkins at The Troubadour
December 14^th: Rooney at The El Rey
December 14^th: Royal Teeth at The Hi Hat
December 14^th: Carina Round at Teragram Ballroom
December 15^th: The Mowgli’s w/ Dreamers at Teragram Ballroom
December 15^th: Band of Merrymakers at The Troubadour
December 16^th/17^th: Royal Machines at The Roxy
January 12^th: Dar Williams at The Troubadour
January 17^th: Bear’s Den at The El Rey
January 18^th: DNCE at The Belasco Theatre
January 19h: Jack Savoretti at The Hotel Cafe
January 25^th: Joshua Radin at The Troubadour
January 26^th: Zane Carney at The El Rey
January 28^th: Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls at The Wiltern
January 28^th: SafetySuit at The Regent Theater
Feb. 2^nd: Mike Doughty at The Troubadour
Feb. 4^th: Leroy Sanchez at The Troubadour
Feb. 14^th: David Duchovny at The Roxy
Feb. 16^th: twenty one pilots, MUTEMATH at Honda Center
Feb. 27^th: Jens Lekamn at Teragram Ballroom
March 24^th: Yellowcard at The Novo by Microsoft

 

~ Kristen

 

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I’m getting in a little Harry Potter reading and watching this weekend (reading Goblet of Fire, watching Order of the Phoenix). Normally, I spend Thanksgiving weekend with Harry, but this year I’ll be in Stars Hollow with some Gilmore Girls.  Although there aren’t many musical opportunities on the holiday itself, a few local venues are participating in the Gobble Gobble Give Potluck party to feed the homeless. For more info: http://www.theecho.com/event/1386044-gobble-gobble-give-los-angeles/.

As for the rest of the week, I highly recommend getting to The Wiltern Monday night for Lukas Graham (my favorite SXSW discovery this year).

Also…

 

Monday: Lukas Graham at The Wiltern (7pm)
ALSO: King Washington residency FREE at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: It’s a School Night at Bardot f. Warbly Jets (8:30)
ALSO: Alina Bea residency FREE at Bootleg Bar (8:30)
ALSO: Gavin Games at The Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: The Pack AD w/ The Two Tens at The Roxy (8pm)
ALSO: The Sunset Jam FREE at The Viper Room (9pm)

 

Tuesday: Abbey Grange FREE at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: Ben Folds at Largo (8:30)
ALSO: Steel Panther at The Roxy (9pm)
ALSO: Super Tuesday FREE at Butter’d Up (10pm)
ALSO: Sound Collective w/ Josh and Kira FREE at Saint Rocke (8pm)

 

Weds: The Dose at The Study (8pm)
ALSO: The Deltaz FREE at Harvard & Stone (10pm)
ALSO: Vaud & the Villains w/ Kolars at The Troubadour (8pm)

 

Thursday: Happy Thanksgiving

 

Friday: The Brevet at The Mint (9:45)
ALSO: The Dose acoustic FREE at State Social House (The Attic) (8pm)
ALSO: Switchfoot w/ Relient K at Hollywood Palladium (6pm)
ALSO: Postmodern Jukebox at Microsoft Theater (8pm)

 

Saturday: Skinny Lister w/ Lincoln Durham at The Roxy (8:30)
ALSO: Play Like a Girl at The Echo f. Miya Folick (5:30)

 

Sunday: Angela McCluskey and Chris Stills FREE at Federal Bar (11am)
ALSO: Rocco Deluca at Saint Rocke (7pm)
ALSO: Aurora at The Fonda Theatre (8:15)
ALSO: Select Songwriter Sunday FREE at The Fox and Hounds (8pm)

 

To Keep in Mind:
November 28^th: Aurora at The Fonda
November 29^th: My Name is You at El Cid
November 30^th: Mondo Cozmo at The Hotel Cafe
December 1^st: James Vincent McMorrow at The Wiltern
December 1^st/2^nd: Gary Clark Jr at The Theatre at Ace Hotel
December 2^nd: Bobby Long at The Hotel Cafe
December 5^th: Kaleo at The Roxy
December 6^th: The Shadowboxers at The Troubadour
December 6^th: The Pretty Reckless at The Mayan
December 7^th: The Lumineers at The Fonda
December 7^th: Cold War Kids at The El Rey
December 8^th: The Americans at The Hotel Cafe
December 9^th/10^th: Conor Oberst at The Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian
December 10^th: Jackie Greene, The Cordovas at The Troubadour
December 12^th: The Shelters w/ Dear Boy at The Troubadour
December 12^th: Glass Animals, Judah & The Lion at The El Rey
December 12^th: Fitz & The Tantrums, Arkells at The Roxy
December 12^th: Michael Kiwanuka at The Fonda
December 14^th: Sara Watkins at The Troubadour
December 14^th: Rooney at The El Rey
December 14^th: Royal Teeth at The Hi Hat
December 15^th: The Mowgli’s w/ Dreamers at Teragram Ballroom
December 15^th: Band of Merrymakers at The Troubadour
December 16^th/17^th: Royal Machines at The Roxy
January 12^th: Dar Williams at The Troubadour
January 18^th: DNCE at The Belasco Theatre
January 19h: Jack Savoretti at The Hotel Cafe
January 25^th: Joshua Radin at The Troubadour
January 26^th: Zane Carney at The El Rey
January 28^th: Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls at The Wiltern
Feb. 2^nd: Mike Doughty at The Troubadour
Feb. 4^th: Leroy Sanchez at The Troubadour
Feb. 14^th: David Duchovny at The Roxy
Feb. 16^th: twenty one pilots, MUTEMATH at Honda Center

 

~ Kristen

 

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