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Last week was near perfect musically-speaking. I saw some great acts for the first time (Evvy, Hollis Brown), caught a few favorites (Joe Pug, Keaton Simons, The Milk Carton Kids), and was taken back about a decade when I discovered Colin Smith (Mr. North, Colin Smith) has a new rock band called Hundred Hounds. Oh, and I hopped in a van with Jamie N Commons et al and headed to San Francisco to see them play (again) at The Fillmore, experiencing an amazing little slice of tour life (complete with multiple vehicle breakdowns).  I’m currently watching Mrs. Doubtfire in honor of my brief time in SF.

I’m not sure that can be topped, but this week we’ve got Dear Boy opening for The Maccabees, Badflower at The Viper Room, and one of my very favorite events, The Culture Collide Music Festival. I have yet to listen to all of the bands, many of whom are international artists, but you can bet by next weekend, I’ll have my list of acts worth checking out.

There are the rest of my musical recommendations:

 

Monday: Midnight Faces, Kid Cadaver FREE at Bootleg Bar (8:30)
ALSO: The Silver Lake Chorus at The Hotel Cafe (9pm)
ALSO: The Magnettes FREE at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: An Evening with Scott Weiland at The Grammy Museum (8pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at Room 5 (8pm)
ALSO: Hunnypot Radio Live FREE at The Mint (7pm)

 

Tuesday: Civil Twilight w/ Knox Hamilton at The Roxy Theatre (8pm)
ALSO: Sweet Talk Radio at The Hotel Cafe (8pm)
ALSO: Madisen Ward and the Mama Bear w/ KaiL Baxley at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: Charli XCX & Bleachers at The Palladium (7pm)

 

Weds: The Maccabees w/ Dear Boy at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: Joe Firstman FREE at The Standard Hollywood (8pm)
ALSO: Ben Howard w/ Daughter at The Greek Theatre (7:30)
ALSO: The Alternate Routes at The Hotel Cafe (9pm)
ALSO: The Entrance Band at The Satellite (11pm)
ALSO: The Sheepdogs at The Roxy (8pm)

 

Thursday: Badflower w/ Joyous Wolf at The Viper Room (10pm)
ALSO: The Filthy Souls FREE at The Spare Room
ALSO: Korey Dane at The Lyric Theatre (9pm)
ALSO: Sun Drug at The Well (free w/ RSVP) (9pm)
ALSO: Leftover Cuties FREE at Mrs. Fish (10:30)
ALSO: Garbage at The Greek Theatre (7:30)
ALSO: The Fratellis at The Wiltern (7pm)
ALSO: Culture Collide Festival at Echo Park f. Caught a Ghost (6pm)

 

Friday: Sad Robot, 8MM at Complex LA Gendale (9pm)
ALSO: Alice Wallace, Josiah Bell, Dave Yaden at The Hotel Cafe (8,9,10)
ALSO: Raquel Rodriguez FREE at Mrs. Fish (5:45)
ALSO: The Wind and the Wave at The Mint (9pm)
ALSO: Culture Collide Festival at Echo Park f. Dark Waves, Ash, etc. (6pm)

 

Saturday: Jeff Campbell at The Hotel Cafe (10pm)
ALSO: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. at Teregram Ballroom (9pm)
ALSO: Tyrone Wells w/ Joe Brooks at The Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Ivory Deville FREE at The Lost Knight (10:15)
ALSO: Festival Supreme at Shrine Expo Hall & Grounds (2pm)
ALSO: Taste of South Lake FREE in Pasadena f. Freedom Fry, Run River North, The Bird and The Bee, etc. (11am)
ALSO: Culture Collide Festival at Echo Park (12pm)

 

Sunday:

 

 

To Keep in Mind:
October 13^th: Hozier at Nokia Theatre LA Live
October 13^th: Wolf Alice at The Fonda Theater
October 13^th: Franz Ferdinand at Hollywood Palladium
October 13^th: Dar Williams at Bootleg Theatre
October 15^th: twenty one pilots w/ Echosmith at The Greek Theatre
October 15^th: Delta Rae at The Roxy
October 16^th: The War on Drugs at The Greek Theatre
October 16^th: Griffin House at The Hotel Cafe
October 16^th/17^th: Father John Misty at The Wiltern
October 17^th: A Silent Film at The Troubadour
October 17^th: Foo Fighters at Honda Center
October 17^th: Florence and The Machine at Hollywood Bowl
October 17^th: New Politics, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness at Club Nokia
October 17^th: Chvrches at The Shrine Auditorium
October 19^th: Colony House at The Troubadour
October 19^th: Mute Math at Club Bahia
October 20^th: Mute Math at The Echo
October 21^st: Jon McLaughlin at The Hotel Café
October 22^nd: The Royal Concept and Parade of Lights at Club Bahia
October 22^nd: Frank Turner at The Mayan
October 24^th: Allen Stone at The Theatre at Ace Hotel
October 24^th: Sam Smith at Hollywood Bowl
October 27^th: Rachel Yamagata at Teragram Ballroom
October 28^th: Atlas Genius at The Wiltern
October 29^th: Saint Motel at The Greek Theater
October 29th: The Neighbourhood at Shrine Expo Hall
October 29^th: Matt Nathanson at The Troubadour
October 30^th: AWOLNATION, Meg Myers, Irontom at Fox Theater Pomona
October 30^th: Tobias Jesso Jr at The Fonda Theatre
November 1^st,2^nd: Hanson at The Fonda Theatre
November 3^rd: Gavin James at The Troubadour
November 6^th: A Great Big World at The Troubadour
November 7^th: Ryn Weaver at The Belasco Theatre
November 7^th: Dan Wilson at Ivar Theater
November 9^th: Glen Hansard at Walk Disney Concert Hall
November 11^th: Moon Taxi at The Troubadour
November 11^th: Ben Sollee at Teragram Ballroom
November 15^th: The Contenders at The Mint
November 17^th: Meg Myers at The El Rey
November 19^th: Jay Nash at The Hotel Cafe
November 20^th: We Were Promised Jetpacks at The Teregram Ballroom
November 28^th: Kaleo at The Troubadour
December 1^st: James Bay at Hollywood Palladium
December 11^th: K.Flay, Lights, The Mowgli’s at The Wiltern
December 14^th: The 1975 at Club Nokia
March 3^rd: Vance Joy w/ Elle King at The Shrine

~ Kristen

 

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The sun is going down and we’ll soon see what this blood moon business is all about. Last week had some highs (Circa Waves! The Arkells! The Shelters at Tarfest!) and  a few lows including two missed shows due to car issues and the incredibly unfortunate incident of being served a poorly made milkshake.

From Jamie N Commons and Catfish and the Bottlemen to The Milk Carton Kids with Joe Pug, there is no short of exciting shows this week. Here’s what I’ve uncovered:

 

 

Monday: It’s a School Night f. Evvy and Farao (8:30)
ALSO: Denny White, Sleeping Wolf at The Hotel Cafe (7:30, 9)
ALSO: Riothorse Royale FREE at The Satellite (11pm)
ALSO: Echo Park rEPRising FREE at The Echo/Echoplex f. Jim and Sam, James the Human, and more (6pm)
ALSO: Melanie Martinez w/ Handsome Ghost at The Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Brendan James w/ Jesse Thomas at The Lyric Theatre (8pm)
ALSO: Algiers at The Roxy (8pm)
ALSO: Silversun Pickups at The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (8pm)
ALSO: Imagine Dragons at The Palladium (7pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at Room 5 (8pm)

 

Tuesday: Catfish and the Bottlemen w/ Jamie N Commons at The Fonda (9pm)
ALSO: Evvy FREE at Dirty Laundry (10pm)
ALSO: The Maine at The Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: JT Woodruff at The Viper Room (10pm)
ALSO: Farao at The Echo (8pm)
ALSO: Silversun Pickups at The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (8pm)

 

Weds: Greg Holden, Jamie Lawson, Allison Pierce, Craig Strickland, Joe Firstman at The Hotel Cafe (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
ALSO: Jonathan Rice at Bootleg Bar (8:30)
ALSO: Years & Years at The Wiltern (7pm)
ALSO: Susanna Hoffs & Friends at Largo (8:30)
ALSO: Silversun Pickups at The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (8pm)

 

Thursday: Milk Carton Kids w/ Joe Pug at The Theatre at Ace Hotel (8pm)
ALSO: BORNS w/ Dark Waves at The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery (9pm)
ALSO: Leslie Stevens at The Echo (8pm)
ALSO: Tove Lo at The Wiltern (7pm)
Friday: The Watkins Family Hour at Largo (8:30)
ALSO: Tei Shi at The Roxy (9pm)

 

Saturday: Keaton Simons, Hollis Brown at The Hotel Cafe (8, 9)
ALSO: LA Bluegrass Situation at Greek Theatre f. Dawes, Punch Brothers, The Lone Bellow, and more (2pm)
ALSO: No Small Children, Jonny Polonsky at El Cid (11, 12)
ALSO: Holly Miranda w/ Gracie and Rachel at The Echo (6pm)
ALSO: Maria Taylor w/ Big Harp at Bootleg Bar (8:30)
ALSO: The National Parks at Open Space Theatre (8pm)
ALSO: Night Terrors of 1927 w/ Raw Fabrics and Machineheart at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: Idina Menzel at Hollywood Bowl (8pm)
ALSO: Randy Newman at Royce Hall (8pm)

 

Sunday: David Cook w/ Andrew Ripp at The Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: The Kendricks at Molly Malone’s (8pm)

 

 

To Keep in Mind:
October 6^th: Civil Twilight at The Roxy
October 7^th: Ben Howard at The Greek Theatre
October 8^th: Badflower at The Viper Room
October 9^th: Ash at The Echoplex
October 13^th: Hozier at Nokia Theatre LA Live
October 13^th: Wolf Alice at The Fonda Theater
October 13^th: Dar Williams at Bootleg Theatre
October 15^th: twenty one pilots w/ Echosmith at The Greek Theatre
October 15^th: Delta Rae at The Roxy
October 16^th: The War on Drugs at The Greek Theatre
October 16^th: Griffin House at The Hotel Cafe
October 16^th/17^th: Father John Misty at The Wiltern
October 17^th: A Silent Film at The Troubadour
October 17^th: Foo Fighters at Honda Center
October 17^th: Florence and The Machine at Hollywood Bowl
October 17^th: New Politics, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness at Club Nokia
October 17^th: Chvrches at The Shrine Auditorium
October 19^th: Colony House at The Troubadour
October 19^th: Mute Math at Club Bahia
October 20^th: Mute Math at The Echo
October 21^st: Jon McLaughlin at The Hotel Cafe
October 22^nd: Frank Turner at The Mayan
October 24^th: Allen Stone at The Theatre at Ace Hotel
October 27^th: Rachel Yamagata at Teragram Ballroom
October 28^th: Atlas Genius at The Wiltern
October 29^th: Saint Motel at The Greek Theater
October 29th: The Neighbourhood at Shrine Expo Hall
October 29^th: Matt Nathanson at The Troubadour
October 30^th: AWOLNATION, Meg Myers, Irontom at Fox Theater Pomona
October 30^th: Tobias Jesso Jr at The Fonda Theatre
November 1^st,2^nd: Hanson at The Fonda Theatre
November 9^th: Glen Hansard at Walk Disney Concert Hall
November 11^th: Moon Taxi at The Troubadour
November 11^th: Ben Sollee at Teragram Ballroom
November 17^th: Meg Myers at The El Rey
November 19^th: Jay Nash at The Hotel Cafe
November 20^th: We Were Promised Jetpacks at The Teregram Ballroom
November 28^th: Kaleo at The Troubadour
December 1^st: James Bay at Hollywood Palladium
December 14^th: The 1975 at Club Nokia
March 3^rd: Vance Joy w/ Elle King at The Shrine

~ Kristen

 

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Meg Myers’ debut full length album, Sorry, came out last week and I cannot stop listening. There were quite a few promising-sounding albums that dropped last week, but I have yet to get past this one. Actually, I’m kind of struggling to listen beyond the first two songs…

Speaking of powerful female singers, my show pick of the week (and it’s quite a full week) goes to Gin Wigmore who comes to The Troubadour on Thursday. The Troubadour plays host to a number of exciting acts this week…people must agree with me as most of the shows have sold out.

Next weekend, there are several festival options in the general LA area. Past precedent suggests heading over to The La Brea Tar Pits for Tarfest, a free music and art festival that features several up and coming musical acts. For more info: http://www.launchla.org/tarfest/

Here are the rest of my musical selections:

 

 

Monday: Oberhofer, Circa Waves, Bird Dog at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: It’s a School Night at Bardot f. The Arkells (8:30)
ALSO: Ghost Lit Kingdom, Garret Lee Robinson FREE at Lucky Strike Hollywood (9pm)
ALSO: AWOLNATION at The Grammy Museum (8pm)
ALSO: Foo Fighters w/ Gary Clark Jr. at The Forum (7pm)
ALSO: Riothorse Royale FREE at The Satellite (11pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at Room 5 (8pm)
ALSO: Hunnypot Radio Live FREE at The Mint (7pm)

 

Tuesday: Jacob + Fanny at The Hotel Cafe (9pm)
ALSO: John Isaac Watters, We Are The West, Alex Rhodes FREE at Hyperion Tavern (9pm)
ALSO: Joywave w/ Pheobe Bridgers at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: Pompeya FREE at Dirty Laundry (10pm)
ALSO: Foo Fighters at The Forum (7pm)

 

Weds: Joe Firstman at The Hotel Cafe (11pm)
ALSO: Gary Clark Jr. at Amoeba (6pm)
ALSO: Judd Apatow & Friends w/ Beck at The Largo (8:30)
ALSO: Brandi Carlile at The Grammy Museum (8pm)
ALSO: Oh Land at Teregram Ballroom (9pm)
ALSO: CocoRosie at Belasco Theater (9pm)

 

Thursday: Gin Wigmore w/ Patrick Park at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: Andy Davis, Joel Eckels/Jackie Does Joel at Room 5 (7, 10)
ALSO: The Lighthouse and The Whaler w/ Born Cages at Club Bahia (8:30)
ALSO: Leo Stannard at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)

 

Friday: The Absolute w/ Ainjel Emme, Ghost Lit Kingdom, The Zmed Brothers and more at The Hotel Cafe (9pm)
ALSO: Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds w/ The Shakers at The Roxy (8:30)
ALSO: Marc Broussard w/ Fairground Saints at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: The Lonely Wild w/ Moon Honey, Jim and Sam at The Echoplex (7pm)
ALSO: Mew at The Fonda Theatre (9pm)
ALSO: James Taylor at The Grammy Museum (8pm)

 

Saturday: Tarfest FREE at The La Brea Tar Pits f. The Shelters, Jessica Childress, etc. (1pm)
ALSO: Lobsterfest at Port of Los Angeles f. Kid Cadaver, Max and The Moon, Parade of Lights, Vanessa Silberman, Run River North and more (noon)
ALSO: Brandon Flowers at The Wiltern (7pm)
ALSO: He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister at Teregram Ballroom (9pm)

 

Sunday: Silversun Pickups at The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (8pm)
ALSO: Abbot Kinney Festival FREE at Venice f. Lacey Kay Cowden, Matt Ellis, National Anthem  (10am)
ALSO: Lobsterfest at Port of Los Angeles f. Fakers, Andy Clockwise, James Supercave, and more (noon)

 

 

 

To Keep in Mind:
September 28^th: Brendan James at The Lyric Theatre
September 29^th: Catfish and the Bottleman at The Fonda
September 29^th: The Maine at The Troubadour
October 1^st: BORNS and Dark Waves at Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
October 1^st: The Milk Carton Kids at The Theatre at Ace Hotel
October 6^th: Civil Twilight at The Roxy
October 7^th: Ben Howard at The Greek Theatre
October 8^th: Badflower at The Viper Room
October 9^th: Ash at The Echoplex
October 13^th: Hozier at Nokia Theatre LA Live
October 13^th: Wolf Alice at The Fonda Theater
October 13^th: Dar Williams at Bootleg Theatre
October 15^th: twenty one pilots w/ Echosmith at The Greek Theatre
October 15^th: Delta Rae at The Roxy
October 16^th: The War on Drugs at The Greek Theatre
October 16^th: Griffin House at The Hotel Cafe
October 16^th/17^th: Father John Misty at The Wiltern
October 17^th: A Silent Film at The Troubadour
October 17^th: Foo Fighters at Honda Center
October 17^th: Florence and The Machine at Hollywood Bowl
October 17^th: New Politics, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness at Club Nokia
October 17^th: Chvrches at The Shrine Auditorium
October 19^th: Colony House at The Troubadour
October 19^th: Mute Math at Club Bahia
October 20^th: Mute Math at The Echo
October 21^st: Jon McLaughlin at The Hotel Cafe
October 22^nd: Frank Turner at The Mayan
October 24^th: Allen Stone at The Theatre at Ace Hotel
October 27^th: Rachel Yamagata at Teragram Ballroom
October 28^th: Atlas Genius at The Wiltern
October 29^th: Saint Motel at The Greek Theater
October 29th: The Neighbourhood at Shrine Expo Hall
October 29^th: Matt Nathanson at The Troubadour
October 30^th: AWOLNATION, Meg Myers, Irontom at Fox Theater Pomona
October 30^th: Tobias Jesso Jr at The Fonda Theatre
November 1^st,2^nd: Hanson at The Fonda Theatre
November 9^th: Glen Hansard at Walk Disney Concert Hall
November 11^th: Moon Taxi at The Troubadour
November 11^th: Ben Sollee at Teragram Ballroom
November 17^th: Meg Myers at The El Rey
November 19^th: Jay Nash at The Hotel Cafe
November 20^th: We Were Promised Jetpacks at The Teregram Ballroom
November 28^th: Kaleo at The Troubadour
December 1^st: James Bay at Hollywood Palladium
December 14^th: The 1975 at Club Nokia
March 3^rd: Vance Joy w/ Elle King at The Shrine

~ Kristen

 

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