Last Friday I actual took a day off *gasp* to head out to Pomona and go to Warped Tour. My full recap will be posted later this week, but it was a much needed (albeit overly hot) mini-vacation that left me musical re-charged and with an extreme craving for lemonade. Another musical highlight was my involvement with High Voltage Radio Hour where we chatted with our special guests from OK Go about their new video, time with the Muppets, and upcoming album. You can listen to that interview as well as our stellar musical selections here: http://iamhighvoltage.com/2014/06/22/good-writings-transpose-you/

This week is your last chance to see French Style Furs (Cold War Kids + Barcelona) for their June residency at The Satellite. Monday night also features the wonderfully cutesy/quirky/folky Carsie Blanton at The Hotel Cafe, Danish singer Nabiha playing with White Sea and Until The Ribbon Breaks at Bootleg, and a stellar line-up of singer-songwriters at Room 5 for Monday Monday. All those shows are free so good luck choosing there…

And here’s what I’ve got for the rest of the week:

 

Monday: Chasing Kings and French Style Furs FREE at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: Carsie Blanton at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Nabiha, White Sea, and Until The Ribbon Breaks FREE at Bootleg HFi (9, 10, 11)
ALSO: Zero 1 at The Dragonfly (10pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at Room 5 featuring Chi McClean, Jessie Payo, Jesse Thomas, Michael Doman, Ray Don, Joel Eckels, etc (8pm)

 

Tuesday: The Moth & The Flame at Bootleg HiFi (9:30)
ALSO: George Stanford FREE at The Piano Bar (10pm)

 

Weds: The New Electric Sound and Omniflux FREE at Hemingway’s (9pm)
ALSO: Badass Bands Blog Presents at Silverlake Lounge f. Anthony settecase, Fire The Animal, Cinderella MOTEL, and The Echo and The Sound (8pm)
ALSO: Mark Ballas, Dylan Chambers, Casey Abrams, and Haley Reinhart at Room 5 (8pm)
ALSO: Taylor Locke Band at The Satellite (10pm)
ALSO: Wild Party at Bootleg HiFi (8:30)
ALSO: A Celebration of Mike Viola at Largo f. Inara George, Mandy Moore, Susanna Hoffs, Dan Wilson, Andrew McMahon, and more (8:30)

 

Thursday: Jake Newton, The Absolute, The Roof Beam Carpenters, Knifeyhead at Silverlake Lounge (8pm)
ALSO: Scarlett Rabe at The WitZend (10pm)
ALSO: Early Winters with Chris Stills and Distant Cousin at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: Colin Hay at Largo (8:30)

 

Friday: Zookeeper’s Palace at SIlverlake Lounge (11pm)
ALSO: Radio Black at The Dragonfly (11:15)

 

Saturday: Gun Hill Royals at 5 Star Bar (10pm)
ALSO: Some Go Haunting, Fire in The Hamptons, Deluka at El Cid (10pm)
ALSO: Nina Storey at WitZend (9pm)
ALSO: Sharon Van Etten at The El Rey (9pm)
ALSO: The Watkins Family Hour at Largo (9pm)
ALSO: Sarah McLaughlin at Greek Theatre (8pm)

 

Sunday: Toy Bombs and Great White Buffalo FREE at The Virgil (9pm)
ALSO: Wildcat! Wildcat! at The Petersen Museum (2pm)
ALSO: The Haden Triplets and Xander Smith at Mimosa Music Series at The Federal Bar (11am)
ALSO: Devo at The Wiltern (7pm)

 

 

To Keep in Mind:
July 4^th: 98.7 Block Party at Grand Park LA f. Semi Precious Weapons
July 8^th: Peter Matthew Bauer at The Satellite
July 8^th/9^th: The Mowgli’s at The Troubadour
July 10^th: Prides at The Troubadour
July 17^th: The Silent Comedy at Harvard & Stone
July 19^th: Dead Sara and Tonic at Pershing Square
July 21^st: Twin Atlantic at The Troubadour
July 21^st: Nico Vega at The Roxy
July 22^nd: OK Go at The Troubadour
July 23^rd: OK Go at The Echo
July 23^rd: Nightmare & The Cat at The Roxy
July 24^th: The Neighbourhood at Greek Theatre
July 24^th: Wolfmother at House of Blues Sunset
July 31^st: Foxy Shazam at The El Rey
August 1^st: The Griswolds at The Echo
August 2^nd: Saint Motel at The Troubadour
August 2^nd: Red Wanting Blue at Bootleg Theater
August 5^th: Emerson Hart and Tony Lucca at The Hotel Cafe
August 10^th: Iron and Wine and Glen Hansard at Hollywood Bowl
August 13^th: Reignwolf at The Troubadour
August 17^th: Dan Wilson at The Federal Bar
August 23^rd-24^th: FYF
August 23^rd: Lake Street Dive at The Wiltern
August 23^rd: Rixton at The El Rey
August 25^th: Nine Inch Nails and Soundgarden at Hollywood Bowl
August 26^th: Youngblood Hawke at Greek Theatre
August 27^th: Ed Sheeran at Staples Center
September 14^th: The Avett Brothers at Shrine Auditorium
September 15^th: You Me at Six, Young Guns, Stars in Stereo at The Troubadour
September 19^th: Kopecky Fmaily Band at The Troubadour
September 20^th: Better Than Ezra and Scars on 45 at The House of Blues
September 28^th: The Gaslight Anthem at Hollywood Palladium
September 30^th: Sam Smith at Greek Theatre
October 2^nd/3^rd: The War on Drugs at Fonda Theatre
October 3^rd: Ben Kweller at The Roxy
October 6^th: Carbon Leaf at The Roxy
October 6^th: Boy & Bear at Fonda Theatre
October 6^th/7^th: Lorde at The Greek Theatre
October 8^th: twenty one pilots at Hollywood Palladium
October 8^th: Sondre Lerche at The Troubadour
October 9^th: Wakey! Wakey! at The Roxy
October 10^th: The Pretty Reckless at The Wiltern
October 16^th: Hozier with James Bay at Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian
October 18^th: Kodaline at The Fonda Theatre
October 27^th: Rachael Yamagata at The Troubadour
November 20^th: Bastille at Shrine Expo Hall
November 21^st/22^nd: The Matches at The Troubadour

~ Kristen

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Work was particularly headache-inducing this week, but life was balanced out nicely with some fabulous musical adventures. They included dinner with the High Voltage crew at Dani Shay’s, an intimate Charli XCX showcase, a drop by casa de Semi Precious Weapons, a classic evening on the Sunset Strip that included Irontom and a run-in with the singer of The Neighbourhood, and two trips to The Hotel Cafe to see new band loves for the first time (Penny & Sparrow and Levi Weaver). I suppose I have absolutely nothing to complain about!

 

Speaking of High Voltage, show pick of the week is our show Wednesday at Silverlake Lounge featuring the aforementioned (and uber talented) Dani Shay.  Warped Tour also comes through So-Cal this week. I hear my LA faves, Queen Caveat, are playing in Pomona and Ventura so I might have to find a way to go see that!

 

Here are the rest of my picks:

 

Monday: French Style Furs FREE at The Satellite (11pm)
ALSO: It’s a School Night at The Avalon f. U.S. Royalty and Alex & Sierra (8:30)
ALSO: Until The Ribbon Breaks FREE at Bootleg HiFi (10:30)
ALSO: Bernhoft at The Troubadour (9:30)
ALSO: Stars in Stereo, My Body Sings Electric at The Viper Room (8pm)
ALSO: Zero 1 at The Dragonfly (10pm)
ALSO: Ed Sheeran, Demi Levato, Colbie Cailat, Andy Grammer at The Hollywood Bowl (7:30)
ALSO: Hunnypot Radio Live featuring Cold Blood Club at The Mint (7pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at Room 5 f. Clare Means, Jesse Thomas, Michael Doman, Joel Eckels (8pm)

 

Tuesday: Crash Kings at Bootleg (10pm)
ALSO: Bad Suns at The Troubadour (10pm)
ALSO: Allison Iraheta & Halo Circus and Fyfe Dangerfield & Aristazabal Hawkes at The Hotel Cafe (8, 10)
ALSO: In the Valley Below at Brite Space LA (9pm)…need to RSVP http://www.eventbrite.com/e/eventbrite-la-x-la-canvas-present-in-the-valley-below-registration-11511036821?aff=eorg
ALSO: Amy LaVere at The Mint (10:15)
ALSO: Emily Wells at The Echo (10pm)
ALSO: The Mountain Goats at The Mayan (8pm)
ALSO: A tribute to Bob Dylan FREE at The Satellite f. Brian Whelan, The LA River Bend, and more (9pm)
ALSO: George Stanford FREE at The Piano Bar (10pm)

 

Weds: High Voltage Magazine Summer Issue Launch Party at Silverlake Lounge f. Dani Shay, Sabrina Antoinette, Sex Helicopter (8pm)
ALSO: Gun Hill Royals at Club Moscow (10pm)
ALSO: Sad Robot, Wild Roses at The Viper Room (9pm)
ALSO: Western Scene at The Roxy (8pm)
ALSO: Ivory Deville FREE at Harvard & Stone (10pm)
ALSO: Omniflux FREE at Hemingway’s (10pm)
ALSO: Gavin DeGraw and Matt Nathanson at The Greek Theatre (7pm)

 

Thursday: Scars on 45 with Broken Anchor, Maudlin Strangers, and Stop Motion Poetry at The Hotel Cafe (7, 9, 11)
ALSO: Owl John (Scott Hutchinson of Frightened Rabbit) with Withered Hand at The Echo (8:30)
ALSO: Words & Music by Dan Wilson at Largo (8:30)
ALSO: Fine FREE at The House of Blues (9pm)
ALSO: The Black and The White, Cold Blood Club at The Statellite (9pm)
ALSO: The North at The Mint (10pm)

 

Friday: Yann Tiersen with NO at Fonda Theatre (9pm)
ALSO: Warped Tour in Pomona (11am)

 

Saturday: The Milk Carton Kids with Tom Brosseau at Japan America Theater (7pm)
ALSO: Tournament of Hearts at Molly Malone’s (7:30)
ALSO: No Small Children at The Mint (9pm)
ALSO: Mosco Rosco and The Janks at Bootleg HiFi (10:30, 11:30)
ALSO: Kitten with Liz and Tapioca and the Flea at The El Rey (9pm)
ALSO: Kristin Chenoweth, The Go-Go’s & Pink Martini at The Hollywood Bowl (8pm)

 

Sunday: Grand Ole Echo FREE at The Echo f. Jonathan Tyler (3pm)
ALSO: 10,000 Maniacs FREE at Valley Cultural Center (6pm)
ALSO: Raquel Rodriguez FREE at Bootleg HiFi (9pm)
ALSO: mewithoutYou at The Troubadour (9:45)
ALSO: Janelle Monae at The Hollywood Bowl (7pm)
ALSO: Warped Tour in Ventura (11am)

 

 

 

To Keep in Mind:
June 23^rd: Nabiha at Bootleg HiFi
June 25^th: Wild Party at The Bootleg
June 26^th: Sean Watkins at Largo
July 4^th: 98.7 Block Party at Grand Park LA f. Semi Precious Weapons
July 8^th: Peter Matthew Bauer at The Satellite
July 8^th/9^th: The Mowgli’s at The Troubadour
July 10^th: Prides at The Troubadour
July 17^th: The Silent Comedy at Harvard & Stone
July 21^st: Twin Atlantic at The Troubadour
July 22^nd: OK Go at The Troubadour
July 23^rd: OK Go at The Echo
July 24^th: The Neighbourhood at Greek Theatre
July 31^st: Foxy Shazam at The El Rey
August 1^st: The Griswolds at The Echo
August 2^nd: Saint Motel at The Troubadour
August 2^nd: Red Wanting Blue at Bootleg Theater
August 5^th: Emerson Hart and Tony Lucca at The Hotel Cafe
August 10^th: Iron and Wine and Glen Hansard at Hollywood Bowl
August 13^th: Reignwolf at The Troubadour
August 17^th: Dan Wilson at The Federal Bar
August 23^rd-24^th: FYF
August 23^rd: Lake Street Dive at The Wiltern
August 23^rd: Rixton at The El Rey
August 25^th: Nine Inch Nails and Soundgarden at Hollywood Bowl
August 26^th: Youngblood Hawke at Greek Theatre
September 14^th: The Avett Brothers at Shrine Auditorium
September 15^th: You Me at Six, Young Guns, Stars in Stereo at The Troubadour
September 19^th: Kopecky Fmaily Band at The Troubadour
September 20^th: Better Than Ezra and Scars on 45 at The House of Blues
September 30^th: Sam Smith at Greek Theatre
October 2^nd/3^rd: The War on Drugs at Fonda Theatre
October 3^rd: Ben Kweller at The Roxy
October 6^th: Carbon Leaf at The Roxy
October 6^th: Boy & Bear at Fonda Theatre
October 6^th/7^th: Lorde at The Greek Theatre
October 8^th: twenty one pilots at Hollywood Palladium
October 8^th: Sondre Lerche at The Troubadour
October 9^th: Wakey! Wakey! at The Roxy
October 10^th: The Pretty Reckless at The Wiltern
October 16^th: Hozier with James Bay at Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian
October 18^th: Kodaline at The Fonda Theatre
October 27^th: Rachael Yamagata at The Troubadour
November 21^st/22^nd: The Matches at The Troubadour

~ Kristen

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