Local Music Nation

Coming back to the land of the healthy, I spent a lovely weekend re-connecting with San Diego for San Diego Music Thing. It was a great time for discovering new music, seeing favorite bands, hanging with friends, eating tacos, and generally reminding myself of how great the San Diego music community can be.

Next weekend it’s LA’s turn to shine as the music lovers descend upon the Sunset Strip for the annual Sunset Strip Music Festival. For more info on the event: http://ssmf.com/. It’s going to be a good one!

There are quite a few exciting musical options next week. If I could live at one venue, it would probably be The Troubadour. From Monday with You Me at Six and Young Guns to Friday’s Kopecky Family Band, every night is a can’t miss!

 

Here’s what else I would recommend:

 

Monday: It’s a School Night at Bardot f. Black Taxi, Nick Mulvey, Mosco Rosco (8:30)
ALSO: Michael Bernard Fitzgerald at The Hotel Cafe (9pm)
ALSO: You Me at Six w/ Young Guns, Stars In Stereo, The Downtown Fiction at The Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Bones Muhroni and Drug Cabin FREE at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: Fenech-Soler FREE at The Echo (11pm)
ALSO: Linkin Park, Thirty Seconds to Mars, AFI at The Hollywood Bowl (6:30)
ALSO: Monday Monday at Room 5 f. David & Devine, Jesse Thomas, Clare Means, Joel Eckels, and more (8pm)

 

Tuesday: Sugar and The Hi-Lows, Andrew Belle at The Troubadour (8:30, 9:30)
ALSO: Jesse Thomas at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Tall Tales & The Silver Lining FREE at Harvard & Stone (10pm)
ALSO: Rise Against at The Wiltern (6:30)

 

Weds: Empires, Augustines at The Troubadour (8:30, 9:30)
ALSO: The Basement Sessions presents f. Mary Has A Gun,  decoded at The Viper Room (8pm)
ALSO: Hamish Anderson at Downstairs at Fifty Seven (9pm)
ALSO: Satellites at The Hotel Cafe (8pm)
ALSO: Sheppard at The Lyric Theatre (7:30)
ALSO: Beatles Tribute Night at Room 5 f. Jesse Thomas, David & Devine, Brother Sal, Holly Conlan, Kevin Earnest, Nina Storey, and more (8pm)
ALSO: Rise Against at The Wiltern (6:30)

 

Thursday: Irontom and Meg Myers at The Echo (9pm)
ALSO: Blake Mills at The El Rey (9pm)
ALSO: Sister Sparrow & The Dirty Birds and Chuck Ragan w/ Rusty Maples at The Hotel Cafe (8, 9:30)
ALSO: Marc Ford, Elijah Ford at The Viper Room (8pm)
ALSO: Cloud Cult at The Troubadour (8pm)…playing two sets, one acoustic and one electric

 

Friday: Kopecky Family Band at The Troubadour (9:30)
ALSO: The Dig, Fim, Cheers Elephant, Joey Siara at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: Chuck Ragan w/ Brian Marquis at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: The Filthy Souls, 8MM at The Viper Room (8pm)
ALSO: The Cerny Brothers at The Mint (10pm)
ALSO: Bell X1 at Largo (8pm)

 

Saturday: The Silent Comedy FREE at The Slidebar in Fullerton (8pm)
ALSO: Better Than Ezra with Scars on 45 at The House of Blues (8pm)
ALSO: Anais Mitchell at McCabe’s Guitar Shop (8pm)
ALSO: Beck at The Orpheum (8pm)
ALSO: SSMF f. Jane’s Addiction, Cold War Kids, Nightmare and The Cat, Beware of Darkness, Queen Caveat, and more!

 

Sunday: The Elizabeth Kill at The Other Door (8pm) Record release!
ALSO: Beck at The Orpheum (8pm)
ALSO: Trapt at The House of Blues (7pm)
ALSO: Andrew Bird at The Hollywood Bowl (7pm)
ALSO: Kimbra & Bootleg HiFi present Space Jam FREE at Bootleg HiFi (8pm)
ALSO: SSMF f. Empire of the Sun, Mayer Hawthorne, Tove Lo, Fenech-Soler, Signal City, and more!

 

To Keep in Mind:
September 25th: Allen Stone at The Mayan
September 25th: Rocco DeLuca & The Burden at The Troubadour
September 26th/27th: Newport Folk Presents Way Over Yonder at Santa Monica Pier
September 28th: The Gaslight Anthem at Hollywood Palladium
September 29th/30th: Sir Sly at The El Rey Theatre
September 30th: Sam Smith at Greek Theatre
October 2nd/3rd: The War on Drugs at Fonda Theatre
October 3rd: Ben Kweller at The Roxy
October 6th: Carbon Leaf at The Roxy
October 6th: Moon Taxi at House of Blues
October 6th: Boy & Bear at Fonda Theatre
October 6th/7th: Lorde at The Greek Theatre
October 8^th: Rags & Ribbons at Bootleg HiFi
October 8th: twenty one pilots at Hollywood Palladium
October 8th: Sondre Lerche at The Troubadour
October 9th: Wakey! Wakey! at The Roxy
October 9th: Anberlin at House of Blues
October 10th: The Pretty Reckless at The Wiltern
October 13^th: Gerard Way at The Troubadour
October 14^th: Gerard Way at Fonda Theatre
October 14^th: Catfish and the Bottlemen at The Echo
October 15th: Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness at The Fonda Theatre
October 16th-18th: Culture Collide Festival
October 16th: Hozier with James Bay at Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian
October 18th: Kodaline at The Fonda Theatre
October 21st: Dry the River at The Troubadour
October 21^st: Wildcat Wildcat at The El Rey
October 22nd: Lewis Watson at The Troubadour
October 22^nd: The All-American Rejects at The Hotel Cafe
October 23^rd: The Dunwells at The Hotel Cafe
October 24^th: Truth & Salvage Co. at The Hotel Cafe
October 27th: Rachael Yamagata at The Troubadour
October 27^th: Ben Howard at The El Rey
October 29^th: The All-American Rejects at The Hotel Cafe
October 29^th: The Wild Feathers and The Apache Relay at The El Rey
November 1st: New Politics at The Fonda Theatre
November 4^th: Penny and Sparrow at The Troubadour
November 5^th: The All-American Rejects at The Hotel Café
November 7^th: The Kin at Bootleg HiFi
November 10^th: Jamie Scott at The Troubadour
November 11^th: Lights at Fonda Theatre
November 12^th: The All-American Rejects at The Hotel Cafe
November 14th: Jay Nash at The Hotel Cafe
November 20th: Bastille at Shrine Expo Hall
November 21st/22nd: The Matches at The Troubadour
November 28th: Vance Joy at The Fonda Theatre
December 9^th: Augustana at The Fonda Theatre
December 10^th: Howie Day at Saint Rocke
December 13^th: Howie Day at The Hotel Cafe

 

~ Kristen

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It makes sense that once everything started to slow down, I would get sick. At least I got some life sustaining shows in last week. For those of you more inclined to be upright, here are the musical adventures I would suggest for you this week:

 

Monday: It’s a School Night at Bardot f. Maudlin Strangers, Charlotte OC (8:30)
ALSO: Hunnypot Radio Live FREE at The Mint (7pm)
ALSO: Songwriters in the Round at Room 5 f. Chris Pierce, Trevor Menear, Pauline Cerra, and Joel Eckels (9pm)

 

Tuesday: Charlotte OC and Melissa Polinar at The Hotel Cafe (8, 9)
ALSO: Barcelona with The Young Wild at the Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: George Stanford FREE at The Piano Bar (10pm)

 

Weds: Kyle Riabko, Chris Joyner, Capsolin at Room 5 (8, 9, 10)
ALSO: Dig the Kid at The Viper Room (8pm)
ALSO: The Basement Sessions FREE at Hemingways f. Hamish Anderson (9pm)

 

Thursday: John Flanagan FREE at State Social House (8pm)
ALSO: Mia Dyson at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Sabrosa Purr FREE at Harvard and Stone (9pm)

 

Friday: Otis Heat at Silverlake Lounge (10pm)
ALSO: Belmont Lights at House of Blues (7:30)
ALSO: Colony House at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: Katrina Parker at The Hotel Cafe (9pm)
ALSO: Keaton Simons and Katey Sagal and the Forest Rangers at The El Rey (8pm)
ALSO: Lobster Fest at Port O’ Call Village f. Beware of Darkness (7pm)

 

Saturday: Chinatown Moon Festival FREE downtown f. Crash Kings, SD3, and more (6pm)
ALSO: Black Hi-Lighter and The Active Set at El Cid (10pm)
ALSO: William Beckett at The Roxy (8pm)
ALSO: Passenger at The Wiltern (7pm)
ALSO: Black Taxi at Bootleg HiFi (9pm)
ALSO: Owen Pallett at The El Rey (9pm)
ALSO: Lobster Fest at Port O’ Call Village f. Queen Caveat, Irontom, Berlin featuring Terri Nunn (1pm)

 

Sunday: Tyrone Wells and Keaton Simons at Saint Rocke (7pm)
ALSO: The Avett Brothers with Dawes at Shrine Auditorium (7pm)
ALSO: Steve Poltz w/ special guests at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Kimbra and Bootleg HiFi Present Space Jam FREE at Bootleg HiFi (8pm)

 

To Keep in Mind:
September 15th: You Me at Six, Young Guns, Stars in Stereo at The Troubadour
September 18th: Meg Myers and Irontom at The Echo
September 18th: Blake Mills at The El Rey
September 19th: Kopecky Family Band at The Troubadour
September 20th: Better Than Ezra and Scars on 45 at The House of Blues
September 20th: Anais Mitchell at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
September 20th/21st: Sunset Strip Music Festival
September 20^th/21^st: Beck at The Orpheum
September 21st: The Elizabeth Kill at The Other Door
September 25th: Allen Stone at The Mayan
September 25th: Rocco DeLuca & The Burden at The Troubadour
September 26th/27th: Newport Folk Presents Way Over Yonder at Santa Monica Pier
September 28th: The Gaslight Anthem at Hollywood Palladium
September 29th/30th: Sir Sly at The El Rey Theatre
September 30th: Sam Smith at Greek Theatre
October 2nd/3rd: The War on Drugs at Fonda Theatre
October 3rd: Ben Kweller at The Roxy
October 6th: Carbon Leaf at The Roxy
October 6th: Moon Taxi at House of Blues
October 6th: Boy & Bear at Fonda Theatre
October 6th/7th: Lorde at The Greek Theatre
October 8^th: Rags & Ribbons at Bootleg HiFi
October 8th: twenty one pilots at Hollywood Palladium
October 8th: Sondre Lerche at The Troubadour
October 9th: Wakey! Wakey! at The Roxy
October 9th: Anberlin at House of Blues
October 10th: The Pretty Reckless at The Wiltern
October 13^th: Gerard Way at The Troubadour
October 14^th: Gerard Way at Fonda Theatre
October 15th: Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness at The Fonda Theatre
October 16th-18th: Culture Collide Festival
October 16th: Hozier with James Bay at Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian
October 18th: Kodaline at The Fonda Theatre
October 21st: Dry the River at The Troubadour
October 21^st: Wildcat Wildcat at The El Rey
October 22nd: Lewis Watson at The Troubadour
October 22^nd: The All-American Rejects at The Hotel Cafe
October 23^rd: The Dunwells at The Hotel Cafe
October 27th: Rachael Yamagata at The Troubadour
October 29^th: The All-American Rejects at The Hotel Cafe
October 29^th: The Wild Feathers and The Apache Relay at The El Rey
November 1st: New Politics at The Fonda Theatre
November 5^th: The All-American Rejects at The Hotel Cafe
November 11^th: Lights at Fonda Theatre
November 12^th: The All-American Rejects at The Hotel Cafe
November 14th: Jay Nash at The Hotel Cafe
November 20th: Bastille at Shrine Expo Hall
November 21st/22nd: The Matches at The Troubadour
November 28th: Vance Joy at The Fonda Theatre

 

~ Kristen

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The good news is that I finally have a (semi) working computer again! Now I have a new computer, a new phone, and a new place to live. All the new-ness is taking some adjustment and I’m not running as efficiently as I am accustomed to. I’ve let so many things just slip past and I apologize to anyone whose email, phone call, or text I’ve neglected. I’m sure I’ll be up and running at full speed soon enough. In the meantime, I’m doing my best to keep on top of all the noteworthy musical events. Next week we’ve got some good ones. I’m particularly excited about the return of 1/3 of Leogun to Los Angeles. This trio is one of my fave UK acts and seeing singer Tommy Smith at The Viper Room on Thursday is a can’t miss in my book!

Here are the rest of my picks. I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday weekend!

 

Monday: Jesse McCartney at The House of Blues (6:30)

 

Tuesday: Tall Tales & The Silver Lining w/ Scott Kinnebrew FREE at Harvard and Stone (9pm)
ALSO: Clockwise at The Townhouse in Venice (10pm)
ALSO: George Stanford FREE at The Piano Bar (10pm)
ALSO: Tuesday Tuesday at Room 5 f. Jenni Alpert, Jesse Thomas, David & Devine, Jackie Does Joel, Casey Abrams, Michael Doman, etc. (8pm)

 

Weds: LP at The Grammy Museum (8pm)
ALSO: Leslie Stevens at Bootleg HiFi (10:30)
ALSO: Fire in The Hamptons at The Satellite (9pm)

 

Thursday: Tommy Smith (Leogun), AEGES, Crobot at The Viper Room (8pm)
ALSO: Twilight Concert Series f. OK Go FREE at The Santa Monica Pier (7pm)
ALSO: Brian Wright at El Cid (9pm)
ALSO: Owenstone at The Spare Room at The Roosevelt Hotel (10:30)
ALSO: Mother Falcon w/ The Afternoons at The Echoplex (8pm)

 

Friday: The Record Company, Patrick Sweany, Ivory DeVille at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: Badass Bands Blog Presents at The Silverlake Lounge (8pm)
ALSO: Jonathan Tyler & Shooter Jennings at the Hotel Cafe (11pm)
ALSO: Kevin Earnest, Shane Alexander at Room 5 (8, 9)
ALSO: Viza at The Troubadour (11pm)
ALSO: The Rentals w/ We Are Scientists at The Fonda Theatre (9pm)
ALSO: Elvis Costello and Ben Folds at The Hollywood Bowl (8pm)

 

Saturday: Tyrone Wells w/ Broken Anchor at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Yuna FREE at California Plaza in DTLA (8pm)
ALSO: Signal City at Amplyfi (9:45)
ALSO: Howls, Sex Helicopter at Bootleg HiFi (10:05, 11)
ALSO: Elvis Costello and Ben Folds at The Hollywood Bowl (8pm)

 

Sunday: Shiny Toy Guns at The Echoplex  (8:30)
ALSO: Kimbra and Bootleg HiFi Presents Space Jam FREE at Bootleg HiFi (7:30)
ALSO: Pr0files, Jacqueline Epcar at The Hotel Cafe (7, 9)

 

To Keep in Mind:
September 13th: William Beckett at The Roxy
September 14th: The Avett Brothers at Shrine Auditorium
September 15th: You Me at Six, Young Guns, Stars in Stereo at The Troubadour
September 18th: Meg Myers and Irontom at The Echo
September 18th: Blake Mills at The El Rey
September 19th: Kopecky Family Band at The Troubadour
September 20th: Better Than Ezra and Scars on 45 at The House of Blues
September 20th: Anais Mitchell at McCabe?s Guitar Shop
September 20th/21st: Sunset Strip Music Festival
September 20^th/21^st: Beck at The Orpheum
September 21st: The Elizabeth Kill at The Other Door
September 25th: Allen Stone at The Mayan
September 25th: Rocco DeLuca & The Burden at The Troubadour
September 26th/27th: Newport Folk Presents Way Over Yonder at Santa Monica Pier
September 28th: The Gaslight Anthem at Hollywood Palladium
September 29th/30th: Sir Sly at The El Rey Theatre
September 30th: Sam Smith at Greek Theatre
October 2nd/3rd: The War on Drugs at Fonda Theatre
October 3rd: Ben Kweller at The Roxy
October 6th: Carbon Leaf at The Roxy
October 6th: Moon Taxi at House of Blues
October 6th: Boy & Bear at Fonda Theatre
October 6th/7th: Lorde at The Greek Theatre
October 8^th: Rags & Ribbons at Bootleg HiFi
October 8th: twenty one pilots at Hollywood Palladium
October 8th: Sondre Lerche at The Troubadour
October 9th: Wakey! Wakey! at The Roxy
October 9th: Anberlin at House of Blues
October 10th: The Pretty Reckless at The Wiltern
October 13^th: Gerard Way at The Troubadour
October 14^th: Gerard Way at Fonda Theatre
October 15th: Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness at The Fonda Theatre
October 16th-18th: Culture Collide Festival
October 16th: Hozier with James Bay at Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian
October 18th: Kodaline at The Fonda Theatre
October 21st: Dry the River at The Troubadour
October 21^st: Wildcat Wildcat at The El Rey
October 22nd: Lewis Watson at The Troubadour
October 22^nd: The All-American Rejects at The Hotel Cafe
October 23^rd: The Dunwells at The Hotel Cafe
October 27th: Rachael Yamagata at The Troubadour
October 29^th: The All-American Rejects at The Hotel Cafe
October 29^th: The Wild Feathers and The Apache Relay at The El Rey
November 1st: New Politics at The Fonda Theatre
November 5^th: The All-American Rejects at The Hotel Cafe
November 11^th: Lights at Fonda Theatre
November 12^th: The All-American Rejects at The Hotel Cafe
November 14th: Jay Nash at The Hotel Cafe
November 20th: Bastille at Shrine Expo Hall
November 21st/22nd: The Matches at The Troubadour
November 28th: Vance Joy at The Fonda Theatre

 

~ Kristen

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