Amanda’s SD Concert Calendar 2/3-2/9

It’s a pretty grey morning here in San Diego. We had some rain last night during the wee hours and the looming grey clouds are still here. Their threat is minimal at this point in time and I can feel the sun trying to come out but I’d rather stay home and cuddle up today.

Of course, there some good stuff this week show wise. Thursday is Wendy Bailey’s farewell show. She’s moving out of state so be sure to go and say hello before she leaves us all. Tonight is Switchfoot at the Casbah. We also have Young the Giant on Sunday at Soma and Pat Benatar and Niel Giraldo are in town playing the Belly Up in Saturday and Pechanga on Friday. Let us not forget Citizen Cope at the Balboa Theatre on Saturday too. Lots to see and do!

 

Monday: Switchfoot @ Casbah at 9pm
AND: The Hounds Below @ Soda Bar at 9pm
AND: Into It. Over It. @ Che Cafe at 7pm

Tuesday: Mattson 2 @ El Dorado at 9pm
AND: Mother Falcon, Midnight Pine @ Soda Bar at 9pm
AND: Pepper @ Belly Up at 9pm- SOLD OUT

Wednesday: Mason James, Life Leone @ Lestats at 9pm
AND: Peggy Sue @ Soda Bar at 10pm
AND: Pepper @ Belly Up at 9pm- SOLD OUT

Thursday: Wendy Bailey @ The Merrow at 9pm
AND: Whiskey Myers @ Griffin at 9pm
AND: Myron & E. and The Heavy Guilt @ Seven Grand

Friday: Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo @ Pechanga Resort and Casino at 7pm

Saturday: Citizen Cope @ Balboa Theatre at 8pm
AND: An Evening with Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo @ Belly Up at 9pm- SOLD OUT
AND: Curt Owen, Jimmy Patton, Julia Davies @ Lestats @ 9pm
AND: The Darlings @ Soda Bar at 10pm

Sunday: Young the Giant @ Soma at 7:30pm
AND: Nancarrow @ Belly Up at 7pm

 

Keep in Mind:
February 10th- St. Lucia @  The Casbah
February 11th- Chappo @ Casbah
February 13th- Augustines @ Soda Bar
February 15th- Imagine Dragons, Naked and Famous, Nico Vega @ Valley View Casino Center
February 17th- New Politics @ House of Blues
February 20th- Sunset Sessions @ Belly Up
February 21st- Sunset Sessions @ Belly Up
February 22nd- Sunset Sessions @ Belly Up
February 25th- Kodaline, LP @ Casbah
February 27th- Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. @ Casbah
March 4th- The Wild Feathers, Jamestown Revival @ Belly Up
March 5th- Gary Numan, Big Black Delta @ Belly Up
March 6th- The Tragic Thrills @ Casbah
March 11th-16- SXSW
March 15th- We Are The In Crowd, William Beckett @ Soma
March 19th- St. Vincent @ House of Blues
March 22nd- Kings of Leon, Local Natives @ Sleep Train Amiptheatre
March 25th- Delta Rae @ Belly Up
March 27th- The Kin @ Soda Bar
March 28th- The Used, Taking Back Sunday @ House of Blues
April 14th- Cage the Elephant @ Belly Up
April 15th- Mogwai @ Belly Up
April 17th- Bombay Bicycle Club @ Belly Up
April 26th- Shakey Graves @ Soda Bar
April 27th- Trampled By Turtles @ Belly Up
April 28th- O.A.R. @ Belly Up
April 29th- O.A.R. @ Belly Up
May 9th- Cherry Poppin’ Daddies @ Syucan Casino
May 15th- Journey and Steve Miller Band @ Sleep Train Amphitheatre
June 2nd- One Republic, The Script @ Sleep Train Ampitheatre
June 2nd- Lady Gaga @ Viejas Arena
June 22nd- The Milk Carton Kids @ Belly Up
July 30th- Mötley Crüe
August 30th- Jack Johnson @ RIMAC Field

Kristen’s LA Concert Calendar: 2/3-2/9

While everyone else is watching some sporting event, my roommate and I are calling it a work day. Our choice of background noise, once again, is Veronica Mars. We need to refresh ourselves for the big movie…

It’s a new month so we have some new residencies, including The New Electric Sound Mondays at Silverlake Lounge and The Belle Brigade Tuesdays at The Echo. Show pick of the week is Queen Caveat’s EP release party on Saturday. This one is going to be an event. I hear there are vintage arcade games…be sure to RSVP in order to get the secret location.

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Monday: The New Electric Sound FREE at Silverlake Lounge (10pm)
ALSO: It’s a School Night FREE at Bardot featuring Moses Sumney (9pm)

 

Tuesday: The Belle Brigade FREE at The Echo (10pm)
ALSO: The Basement Sessions FREE at Hemingway’s featuring The Echo and The Sound (11pm)

 

Weds: Bootstraps, Miranda Lee Richards, Broken Arrow at The Hotel Cafe (7, 9, 10)
ALSO: Ivory Deville at House of Blues Foundation Room
ALSO: Tic Tic Boom!, Outside Animals at Silverlake Lounge (9pm)
ALSO: Adam Bones at Club Moscow at Boardner’s (9:30)
ALSO: Marc Broussard at Saint Rocke (10pm)

 

Thursday: David and Devine at Saint Rocke (9pm)
ALSO: Fortress Social Club at Harvard & Stone (11pm)

 

Friday: Max Collins and Western Scene at Los Globos (10pm)
ALSO: The Pack A.D. at The Satellite (10pm)
ALSO: Maxium Ludwig at El Cid (11pm)
ALSO: Citizen Cope at The Wiltern (8pm)

 

Saturday: Queen Caveat at location downtown for EP release…RSVP for more details http://manufactured_happiness.splashthat.com/
ALSO: Dawn McCoy, Terra Naomi at The Hotel Cafe (8, 10)
ALSO: Zookeeper’s Palace at The Mint (9:30)
ALSO: Black Hi-Lighter at El Cid (10pm)
ALSO: Jackson Price at Molly Malone’s (11:40)
ALSO: Mary Chapin Carpenter at Walk Disney Concert Hall (8pm)
ALSO: Ben Solee at The Luckman Fine Arts Complex (8pm)

 

Sunday: Hotel Cinema at The Satellite (10pm)

 

 

To Keep in Mind:
February 11th: Band of Horses at Wilshire Ebell Theatre
February 11th: Augustines at The Troubadour
February 11th: Sir Sly at The El Rey
February 11th: Meg Myers and Irontom at Bootleg Bar
February 11th: Band of Horses at Wilshire Ebell Theatre
February 12th: Greg Laswell at The Troubadour
February 12th: Band Horses at The Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian
February 12th: Chappo at Bootleg Bar
February 13th: Brandon Boyd and Sons of the Sea at The Belasco Theater
February 14th: Biffy Clyro at The El Rey
February 17th: Duncan Sheik and Tony Lucca at The Hotel Cafe
February 18th: Hudson Taylor at The Hotel Café
February 18th: Harper Blynn at Bootleg Bar
February 19th Jukebox the Ghost at The Echo
February 19th: New Politics at The Troubadour
February 19th and 20th: Jon McLaughlin at The Hotel Cafe
February 21st: We Were Promised Jetpacks at El Rey Theatre
February 21st: Langhorne Slim and Amos Lee at The Wiltern
February 22nd: Charlotte Martin and Curtis Peoples at The Hotel Cafe
February 27th: Kodaline at The El Rey
February 28th: Scars on 45 at The Hotel Café
February 28th: Kodaline at Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever
March 1st: The Shakers and The Janks at The Viper Room
March 2nd: John Flanagan at The Mint
March 4th: The Colourist at The Troubadour
March 5th: The Ataris at The House of Blues
March 5th: The Wild Feathers at The Troubadour
March 8th: NO at The Troubadour
March 15th: Lake Street Dive at The Troubadour
March 17th: Turin Brakes at The Troubadour
March 18th: Band of Skulls at The Belasco Theater
March 20th: Apache Relay at The Roxy
March 21st: St. Vincent at The Wiltern
March 21st: Bayside at The House of Blues
March 21st: Wakey! Wakey! At The Bootleg Bar
March 21st: Kings of Leon at The Forum
March 27th: Delta Rae at The Troubadour
March 27th: Tonight Alive at Hollywood Palladium
March 28th: The Kin at The Troubadour
March 31st: The Strypes at El Rey Theatre
April 4th: The War on Drugs at The Troubadour
April 18th: Rufus Wainwright at Orpheum Theatre
May 3rd: Manchester Orchestra at House of Blues
May 9th: We Are Scientists at The Troubadour
May 17th: Birdy at The Wiltern
May 19th: James Blunt at The Balasco Theater
May 23rd: Ben Sollee at Largo
May 24th: William Fitzsimmons at The Troubadour
June 5th: OneRepublic and The Script at Hollywood Bowl
June 21st: The Milk Carton Kids at Japan America Theatre

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The Bard Interviews: Dear Boy- Part II

Bet you folks thought I completely forgot about my sit down with Ben Grey of Dear Boy. Well, I hadn’t. Life just got in my way but it’s the still first month of the new year and time to come out roaring. Also, Dear Boy is playing their first show if 2014 tonight at the Bootleg Bar. In case you were snoozing, you can find the first part of my interview here. Without further chatter…

A: Do you have a specific approach [to your music videos] because they are definitely unique.

B: Well, we got lucky that we got to work with Bailey Wynn. Who I will just say is my sister. We finished the record in 2012 but we didn’t want to release it because, it’s been my experience and just as a listener [that] I feel like once I have the mp3, or if somebody gives me the mp3 too easily it looses value. And at that time we had never played a show, no one knew who we were and it just was like, I don’t want it out there yet because there’s no audience for it. So, I discovered a new facet of a band’s creativity, which is going to be that visual presence and so we released these teasers with my sister.  We had all this unused sound design we had all these ideas and we just want to start to make things and since there wasn’t a band there were no expectations and was like, well this is something I feel comfortable putting out and seeing how people respond to it. And so it started with a concept and from there it just sort of, I don’t know how to say … I don’t know. We knew what the aesthetic was and we knew what we were trying to go for and it was really easy. And having a collaborator like her, she’s so great that she would take small little ideas and turn it into these amazing things. I’m really thankful that we just had a chance to collaborate with her. It’s a big deal and I’m really proud of the videos.

A: Are there any special stories behind any of the songs? I know you have one that kind of pays tribute to Scarlet Grey. At least, that’s what it sounds like.

B: Yeah, actually. That’s interesting that you would pick up on that. The song “Green Eyes,” which is on the record, is kind of my… It was the first song written for this thing and it was just kind of a way of saying goodbye to all of that.  I think you’re probably referencing another song now that I think about it. But, that song is actually just kind of a “Bon Voyage” but in a really positive way because it was such a positive experience. I’m just kind of not the same person musically or really just at all.

B: So, I think you’re probably referencing a newer song that says my name. Am I right?

A: Probably. I don’t remember the lyrics offhand. I think it goes, “I’m still Grey but I’m not the same.”

B: Yeah. That’s it. That’s a newer one. That song is called “American Gloom” and it will be going on whatever it is this new record becomes. That’s a personal one. I’ll probably keep that a secret.

A: OK. That’s fine. I know your songs definitely take a different… I don’t want to say a different approach but they’re sonically different than what I’m used to from you. But I like them. I’m not saying they are bad or anything. They’re just different.

B: Cool.

A: So I’m just wondering, what inspires it?

B: It’s genuinely the music that I listen to. I mean really my favorite music, my favorite types of music; it’s early 90’s British pop music. You know, post punk and it’s really kind of traditionally how Americans, like I said before, romanticize British music. Obviously I have this propensity for British music. It’s the stuff that I’ve been listening to for 10 years. The problem is that I started Scarlet Grey when I was really young and I didn’t think that it was going to be… that we were going to make a go of it. And it’s just a bunch of friends and I and we just made this fun active rock music and then we started playing and people started coming and then it was. I was in a weird position because I love the songs and I did have this fondness for the whole thing but it was like the more we did it, the further I would get away from what I really wanted to be writing. And not that I don’t, you know have love for those songs or the friends that I’ve made or the fans that we made and all that but this is the first chance I’ve had to really do what I really really wanted to do.

A: Mmmmhmmmmm

B: I know I threw a lot of reallys into that.

A: That’s ok. You’re from The Valley.

B: I’m from The Valley. A lot of reallys and a lot of likes.

 

Amanda’s SD Concert Calendar 1/27-2/2

It’s been a crazy busy week full of fun for me and it looks like it’s not letting off till after Wednesday. A few of my adventures were music related including my first time at NAMM on Saturday. It was so fun to experience and a lot to take in but I got to stare at some pretty drums which made me very happy. I had no idea there was so much out there in the music world. It was quite impressive and somewhat overwhelming, all at the same time.

The fun doesn’t stop this week either with a trip up to LA to catch the first Dear Boy performance of 2014 and back up to Anaheim on Wednesday to see one of my bucket list artists, Pink. As for San Diego…

 

Monday: Hit Dog Hollar @ Casbah at 9pm

Tuesday: The Beautiful View, Midnight Pine @ Casbah at 9pm
AND: The Lonely Wild @ Soda Bar at 10pm

Wednesday: Robert DeLong @ Griffin at 8pm
AND: North Mississippi Allstars @ Belly Up at 8pm

Thursday: Mayer Hawthorne @ House of Blues at 8pm
AND: The Burning of Rome @ Casbah at 9pm
AND: Little Dove @ Bar Pink at 9pm
AND: The Wood Brothers, Amy Helm & The Handsome Strangers @ Belly Up at 8pm
AND: The Blasters, Nena Anderson & The Mules @ Soda Bar at 9:30pm

Friday: Rocket From the Crypt, Styletones @ Casbah at 9pm- SOLD OUT
AND: Frankie Rose @ Soda Bar at 11pm
AND: MXPX, Allister @ The Irenic at 7:30pm
AND: Josh Damigo, Breanda Xu, Tolan Shaw @ Lestats at 8:30pm

Saturday: Ash @ Casbah at 9pm
AND: Lukas Nelson and P.O.T.R., Aloha Radio @ Belly Up at 9pm
AND: Futurebirds @ Griffin at 9pm

Sunday: Yuck @ Casbah at 9pm

 

Keep in Mind:
February 3rd- Switchfoot @ Casbah
February 8th- Citizen Cope @ Balboa Theatre
February 8th- An Evening with Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo
February 9th- Young the Giant @ Soma
February 10th- St. Lucia @  The Casbah
February 11th- Chappo @ Casbah
February 13th- Augustines @ Soda Bar
February 15th- Imagine Dragons, Naked and Famous, Nico Vega @ Valley View Casino Center
February 17th- New Politics @ House of Blues
February 21st- Sunset Sessions @ Belly Up
February 22nd- Sunset Sessions @ Belly Up
February 25th- Kodaline, LP @ Casbah
February 27th- Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. @ Casbah
March 4th- The Wild Feathers, Jamestown Revival @ Belly Up
March 5th- Gary Numan, Big Black Delta @ Belly Up
March 6th- The Tragic Thrills @ Casbah
March 11th-16- SXSW
March 15th- We Are The In Crowd, William Beckett @ Soma
March 19th- St. Vincent @ House of Blues
March 22nd- Kings of Leon, Local Natives @ Sleep Train Amiptheatre
March 27th- The Kin @ Soda Bar
April 14th- Cage the Elephant @ Belly Up
April 17th- Bombay Bicycle Club @ Belly Up
April 26th- Shakey Graves @ Soda Bar
May 9th- Cherry Poppin’ Daddies @ Syucan Casino
May 15th- Journey and Steve Miller Band @ Sleep Train Amphitheatre
June 2nd- One Republic, The Script @ Sleep Train Ampitheatre
June 2nd- Lady Gaga @ Viejas Arena
June 22nd- The Milk Carton Kids @ Belly Up

Kristen’s LA Concert Calendar: 1/27-2/2

I spent some time at NAMM this weekend. It was my first NAMM experience, so I wasn’t sure what to expect. I’ve concluded that NAMM is just a big networking event. I had a great time running into old friends and making new ones.  I also caught some exciting showcases, picked up some ear plugs to try, and saw many a snazzy guitar, drum, microphone, etc. It was all quite exhausting and my feet are ready to go sit at a desk all next week. Except, of course, for the evenings when we have some fun musical options. Most of my top picks are on Monday. Good luck deciding between Zane Carney at The Hotel Cafe, Vanaprasta’s last residency show with Dear Boy, Andrew Ripp at Bardot, and another excellent round of singer-songwriters at Room 5 for the Monday Monday event.

Here’s what else I’d recommend:

Monday: Zane Carney at The Hotel Cafe (9pm)
ALSO: Dear Boy and Vanaprasta FREE at Bootleg Bar (10pm)
ALSO: It’s a School Night FREE at Bardot featuring Andrew Ripp (9pm)
ALSO: Hunnypot Radio Live at The Mint (7pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday FREE at Room 5 featuring Charles MacDonald, Scott Mellis, Jesse Thomas, Joel Eckels, etc. (8:30)

 

Tuesday: Justin Hopkins, Vicci Martinez, Sonia Rao at WitZend (8:15, 9, 9:45)
ALSO: Shel at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: The Basement Sessions FREE at Hemingway’s featuring Patrick Droney (9pm)
ALSO: Jonathan Tyler & The Northern Lights at The Mint (10:30)
ALSO: The Lexingtons with The Blue Bird Bandits at Harvard & Stone (9pm)
ALSO: The Soft White Sixties and The Strypes at The Troubadour (8:30, 9:30)
ALSO: Tall Tales & Silver Lining at Los Globos (9pm)

 

WedsBootstraps, The Saint Johns, David & Devine, Jesse Macht, Fever,Fever at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: The Kin and Pink at The Honda Center in Anaheim (7:30)
ALSO: The Filthy Souls FREE at Hemingway’s (9pm)

 

Thursday: Percy & The Gunslingers at Harvard & Stone (9pm)
ALSO: The Memorials, 28 North at The Viper Room (9pm)

 

Friday: Ash at The Echo (8:30)
ALSO: Kyle Wyman Band and LA Hootenanny at American Legion Post 43 (8pm)
ALSO: Franky Perez & The Truth at The Viper Room (9pm)
ALSO: Badass Bands Blog Anniversary Show at The Silverlake Lounge featuring LA River Bend, Young Creatures, The Space Race, and The Sharp Medicine (8pm)
ALSO: The Absolute at The Hotel Cafe (10pm)
ALSO: Better Looking People With Superior Ideas at Five Star Bar (9pm)
ALSO: The Wood Brothers at The Troubadour (9pm)
ALSO: Robert DeLong at The El Rey (9pm)

 

Saturday: Parade of Lights FREE at Golden Dragon Parade & Chinese New Year Festival downtown at Central Plaza State (6pm)
ALSO: The Alarm Science at The Viper Room (8pm)
ALSO: Raquel Rodriguez at The Mint (10pm)

 

Sunday:

To Keep in Mind:
February 7th: Citizen Cope at The Wiltern
February 8th: Queen Caveat record release party
February 11th: Band of Horses at Wilshire Ebell Theatre
February 11th: Augustines at The Troubadour
February 11th: Sir Sly at The El Rey
February 11th: Meg Myers and Irontom at Bootleg Bar
February 11th: Band of Horses at Wilshire Ebell Theatre
February 12th: Greg Laswell at The Troubadour
February 12th: Band Horses at The Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian
February 12th: Chappo at Bootleg Bar
February 13th: Brandon Boyd and Sons of the Sea at The Belasco Theater
February 14th: Biffy Clyro at The El Rey
February 17th: Duncan Sheik and Tony Lucca at The Hotel Cafe
February 18th: Hudson Taylor at The Hotel Cafe
February 19th: New Politics at The Troubadour
February 19th and 20th: Jon McLaughlin at The Hotel Cafe
February 21st: We Were Promised Jetpacks at El Rey Theatre
February 22nd: Charlotte Martin and Curtis Peoples at The Hotel Cafe
February 27th: Kodaline at The El Rey
February 28th: Scars on 45 at The Hotel Cafe
March 1st: The Shakers and The Janks at The Viper Room
March 4th: The Colourist at The Troubadour
March 5th: The Ataris at The House of Blues
March 5th: The Wild Feathers at The Troubadour
March 15th: Lake Street Dive at The Troubadour
March 17th: Turin Brakes at The Troubadour
March 18th: Band of Skulls at The Belasco Theater
March 21st: St. Vincent at The Wiltern
March 21st: Bayside at The House of Blues
March 21st: Wakey! Wakey! At The Bootleg Bar
March 27th: Delta Rae at The Troubadour
March 28th: The Kin at The Troubadour
April 4th: The War on Drugs at The Troubadour
May 9th: We Are Scientists at The Troubadour
May 17th: Birdy at The Wiltern
June 5th: OneRepublic and The Script at Hollywood Bowl
June 21st: The Milk Carton Kids at Japan America Theatre

~ Kristen

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Amanda’s SD Concert Calendar 1/20-1/26

Last night was a pretty epic night as far as shows and dancing goes. I have to say, for the second show of the year for me, it’s set the bar pretty high for the rest of 2014. That’s ok because we are going to do it all over again tonight. However, unlike most of my friends, I don’t have the day off of work so I must depart and get a jump start on my day!

 

Monday: The Silent Comedy, Family Wagon, Robert Jon and The Wreck @ Casbah at 9pm

Tuesday: 3 Doors Down (Acoustic) @ House of Blues at 8pm
AND: The Lonely Wild, Nena Anderson and The Mules @ Soda Bar at 9:30pm

Wednesday: Ummmmmmm.

Thursday: White Buffalo, Trouble in the Wind @ Belly Up at 9pm
AND: Kisses, Western Scene @ Soda Bar at 9pm

Friday: Ozomatli @ Belly Up at 9pm
AND: Max Bemis (of Say Anything) @ The Irenic at 7pm
AND: Brothers Weiss @ Whistlestop Bar at 8pm
AND: Flaggs @ Soda Bar at 9pm
AND: Silver Snakes, Griever @ Che Cafe at 7pm

Saturday: Of Montreal @ The Irenic at 7pm
AND: Ozomatli @ Belly Up at 9pm

Sunday: Old Man Markley, Lexington Field @ Casbah at 9pm
AND: Mutual Benefit @ Soda Bar at 10pm

 

Keep in Mind:
January 27th- Hit Dog Hollar @ Casbah
January 30th- Mayer Hawthorne @ House of Blues
January 30th- The Burning of Rome @ Casbah
February 2nd- Yuck @ Casbah
February 8th- Citizen Cope @ Balboa Theatre
February 8th- An Evening with Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo
February 9th- Young the Giant @ Soma
February 10th- St. Lucia @  The Casbah
February 11th- Chappo @ Casbah
February 13th- Augustines @ Soda Bar
February 15th- Imagine Dragons, Naked and Famous @ Valley View Casino Center
February 17th- New Politics @ House of Blues
February 21st- Sunset Sessions @ Belly Up
February 22nd- Sunset Sessions @ Belly Up
February 25th- Kodaline, LP @ Casbah
February 27th- Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. @ Casbah
March 4th- The Wild Feathers, Jamestown Revival @ Belly Up
March 5th- Gary Numan, Big Black Delta @ Belly Up
March 6th- The Tragic Thrills @ Casbah
March 11th-16- SXSW
March 15th- We Are The In Crowd, William Beckett @ Soma
March 19th- St. Vincent @ House of Blues
May 9th- Cherry Poppin’ Daddies @ Syucan Casino
May 15th- Journey and Steve Miller Band @ Sleep Train Amphitheatre
June 2nd- One Republic, The Script @ Sleep Train Ampitheatre
June 2nd- Lady Gaga @ Viejas Arena
June 22nd- The Milk Carton Kids @ Belly Up

Kristen’s LA Concert Calendar: 1/20-1/26

Last week I finally got to a show in 2014. Moon Taxi at The Troubadour. They made me dance. I am now excited about life again. I hope the fact that it took me 16 days to get to a show isn’t indicative of the year to come. Today I’m heading down to San Diego to see The Silent Comedy, Deadly Birds, and The Heavy Guilt at The Casbah, so that’s a good sign. A couple favorite bands at my favorite San Diego venue. I’m very thankful that Monday is a holiday.

As for the rest of the week, lots of great LA shows. Next Sunday is the last residency date for Austin’s SPEAK at Bootleg Bar. That would be my pick of the week, especially if you haven’t seen them this month already.

Here are the rest of my musical selections:

 

Monday: Vanaprasta with Maxim Ludwig FREE at The Bootleg Bar (9pm)
ALSO: The Janks, Olin and The Moon FREE at The Echo (9pm)
ALSO: Matt Sorum’s Darling Stilettos and Gilby Clarke at The Viper Room (9pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday FREE at Room 5 featuring Clare Means, Jesse Thomas, Joel Eckels and more (8pm)

 

Tuesday: My Name is You, The Roof Beam Carpenters, The Lexingtons at Harvard & Stone (9pm)
ALSO: Basement Sessions FREE at Hemingway’s featuring Patrick Droney and Family Wagon (9pm)
ALSO: Tall Tales & The Silver Lining at Los Globos (10pm)

 

Weds: Trent Dabbs at The Hotel Cafe (8pm)
ALSO: Badass Bands Blog at The Viper Room featuring Bones Buhroni, Ivory Deville, Inch Chua, No Small Children (8pm)
ALSO: Western Scene and Wet and Reckless at Harvard and Stone (9pm)

 

Thursday: Jimmy Gnecco with Robert Patrick & The Passengers at The Viper Room (8pm)
ALSO: Belmont Lights at The Troubadour (10pm)
ALSO: Rixton, Echosmith, Jake Miller, Tori Kelly, Fifth Harmony at House of Blues (7pm)
ALSO: The Neighbourhood at Club Nokia (7pm)
ALSO: Imagine Dragons at The Wiltern (7pm)

 

Friday: Jake Bugg at The Wiltern (8pm)

 

Saturday: The Record Company at The Hotel Cafe (10pm)
ALSO: Wires in the Walls at El Cid (11pm)
ALSO: The Lonely Wild at Bootleg Bar (11pm)

 

Sunday: SPEAK FREE at Bootleg Bar (10pm)

 

To Keep in Mind:
January 27th: Dear Boy at Bootleg Bar
February 1st: Saint Motel at The Satellite
February 7th: Citizen Cope at The Wiltern
February 8th: Queen Caveat record release party
February 11th: Band of Horses at Wilshire Ebell Theatre
February 11th: Augustines at The Troubadour
February 11th: Sir Sly at The El Rey
February 11th: Meg Myers and Irontom at Bootleg Bar
February 11th: Band of Horses at Wilshire Ebell Theatre
February 12th: Greg Laswell at The Troubadour
February 12th: Band Horses at The Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian
February 12th: Chappo at Bootleg Bar
February 13th: Brandon Boyd and Sons of the Sea at The Belasco Theater
February 14th: Biffy Clyro at The El Rey
February 19th: New Politics at The Troubadour
February 20th: Jon McLaughlin at The Hotel Cafe
February 21st: We Were Promised Jetpacks at El Rey Theatre
February 22nd: Charlotte Martin at The Hotel Cafe
February 27th: Kodaline at The El Rey
March 1st: The Shakers and The Janks at The Viper Room
March 4th: The Colourist at The Troubadour
March 5th: The Ataris at The House of Blues
March 5th: The Wild Feathers at The Troubadour
March 15th: Lake Street Dive at The Troubadour
March 17th: Turin Brakes at The Troubadour
March 18th: Band of Skulls at The Belasco Theater
March 21st: St. Vincent at The Wiltern
March 21st: Bayside at The House of Blues
March 21st: Wakey! Wakey! At The Bootleg Bar
March 27th: Delta Rae at The Troubadour
March 28th: The Kin at The Troubadour
April 4th: The War on Drugs at The Troubadour
May 9th: We Are Scientists at The Troubadour
May 17th: Birdy at The Wiltern
June 5th: OneRepublic and The Script at Hollywood Bowl
June 21st: The Milk Carton Kids at Japan America Theatre

~ Kristen

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