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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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In order to escape the brutal heat of last week, I escaped to the desert. I know that doesn’t make too much sense, but honestly the 100+ degrees of the desert is much more comfortable than the heat of my house in LA. Saturday was the Bite of Las Vegas festival where I got to see a number of great bands including NEEDTOBREATHE and Lifehouse (surprisingly, my first Lifehouse show). Today was a bit of an adventure through NV, AZ, and UT. I hiked a canyon, visited a ghost town, sampled bumbleberry pie, and witnessed a thunderstorm.  I always find this part of the country quite humbling.

Of course, whenever I step away from LA, I start aching to get back.  Where else can you see such great music every night of the week?  This week, I am most looking forward to Carbon Leaf playing The Mint Wednesday night.  These guys don’t get to LA that often, so don’t miss out.

Here’s what else I’ve got for you:

 

 

Monday: Echo Park rEPRising FREE at The Echo/The Echoplex f. The New Electric Sound, Charlie Overbey and The Broken Arrows (8pm)
ALSO: The Diamond Light FREE at Harvard & Stone (10pm)
ALSO: Riothorse Royale FREE at The Satellite (11pm)
ALSO: Lou Pine at The Troubadour (9:30)
ALSO: Genevieve at The Roxy (8:30)
ALSO: Danger Collective Records Residency f. The Fontaines, Owl Paws at The Bootleg Bar (8:30)
ALSO: Monday Monday at Room 5 f. Jesse Thomas, Caitlin Eadie, Clare Means, etc.  (8pm)

 

Tuesday: Donavon Frankenreiter at Saint Rocke (7:30)

 

Weds: Carbon Leaf w/ Roses and Cigarettes at The Mint (8pm)
ALSO: Dekades, Sad Robot at Silverlake Lounge (8pm)
ALSO: Polaris Rose FREE at Harvard & Stone (10pm)
ALSO: Signal City at The Troubadour (9pm)
ALSO Allison Pierce at The Hotel Cafe (9pm)
ALSO: Hollywood Vampires at The Roxy (9pm)
ALSO: Gaelic Storm at Teregram Ballroom (9pm)

 

Thursday: The Revivalists w/ Tumbleweed Wanderers at Teregram Ballroom (9pm)
ALSO: Blake Mills at The Palace Theater DTLA (8pm)
ALSO: Deluka, Gingger Shankar at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: The Who Songs for a Cure at Bardot f. Steven Roth, Lou Pine Band (7:30)
ALSO: Javier Dunn at The Hotel Cafe (10pm)
ALSO: Whispertown at Bootleg Bar (8:30)
ALSO: Hollywood Vampires at The Roxy (9pm)

 

Friday: Jaq Mackenzie, Matthew Jordan at Genghis Cohen (8:30, 9:30)
ALSO: Old 97’s at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: The White Buffalo at Saint Rocke (9pm)
ALSO: Ibeyi at The Mayan (8pm)
ALSO: Zeke Duhon w/ Kylie Rothfield, Chris Stills at The Hotel Cafe (7, 10)
ALSO: Winchester Rebels at the Viper Room (8pm)

 

Saturday: Brandi Carlile at The Wiltern (7pm)
ALSO: Steven Roth FREE at The Piano Bar (10:30)
ALSO: Raquel Rodriguez FREE at Mrs. Fish (5:45)
ALSO: Kristen Toedtman at Room 5 (9pm)
ALSO: Back Pocket Memory at TRiP (9pm)
ALSO: Judith Owen at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers w/ The Shelters at The Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: O.A.R. at Club Nokia (8pm)
ALSO: Bowling For Soup, The Dollyrots at The Roxy (8:30)
ALSO: Donavon Frankenreiter at Teregram Ballroom (9pm)

 

Sunday: Meiko w/ Zeke Duhon at Saint Rocke (7pm)
ALSO: Lillie Lemon at The Mint (9:30)
ALSO: Chris Cornell at Walt Disney Concert Hall (7pm)
ALSO: Colin Hay at The Broad Stage (7:30)
 

To Keep in Mind:
September 21^st: AWOLNATION at The Grammy Museum
September 23^rd: Brandi Carlile at The Grammy Museum
September 24^th: Gin Wigmore at The Troubadour
September 26^th: Brandon Flowers at The Wiltern
September 26^th: Lobester Fest
September 26^th: Tarfest at The La Brea Tar Pits
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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