Amanda’s SD Concert Calendar 8/20-8/26

I’m still in bliss from my lovely weekend with lovely people. Last night was spent celebrating my birthday (a few days early) and I couldn’t have had a better time. I’m still riding on that high and trying to be productive. Trying and failing but I figured since I’m spending my real birthday at school and Disneyland, I should get this out instead of being an ass.

 

Monday: Rest!

Tuesday: Civil Twilight @ Belly Up @8 $12/$14
AND: Stephen Rey & The Sex Trash @ El Dorado @930

Wednesday: Tyson Motsenbocker @ Belly Up @8 $8

Thursday: Jesse LaMonaca @ Griffin @830 $8/$10
AND: Sundrop Electric and The Yawmen @ Soda Bar @830 $5
AND: Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers @ Humphrey’s @8

Friday: Cuckoo Chaos @ Casbah @9
AND: Low Volts @ Riviera Supper Club @9
AND: Gregory Page @ Lestats @830
AND: Rafter and Jamuel Saxon @ Soda Bar @9 $5
AND: Matt Embree @ The Irenic @7 $12/$14

Saturday: The Burning of Rome @ Soda Bar @9 $8

Sunday: Henry Wolfe @ Soda Bar @830 $10/$12

 

Keep in Mind:
August 28th- Oliver Trolley @ House of Blues
August 30th- Little Hurricane @ Belly Up
August 31st- M83 @ Soma
September 4th- Gotye @ Greek Theater
September 4th- Slash, Foxy Shazam @ House of Blues
September 6th- Blaqk Audio @ Casbah
September 7th- Dave Matthews Band @ Cricket
September 8th- The Heavy and The Brothers Grim @ Casbah
September 10th- Linkin Park and Incubus @ Cricket
September 14th- The Walkmen and Milo Greene @ House of Blues
September 22nd- Owl City @ House of Blues
September 24th- Amanda Palmer @ House of Blues
September 24th- Alanis Morissette
September 29th- The Lumineers @ House of Blues
September 30th- The Shins @ SDSU Open Air Theater
October 2nd- Ed Sheeran @ House of Blues
October 3rd- The Head and The Heart @ Spreckles Theater
October 3rd- Grouplove @ Humphreys
October 4th- The Black Keys @ Valley View Casino Center
October 4th- Florence + The Machine @ Cricket Wireless
October 5th- Kimbra @ House of Blues
October 5th- The Milk Carton Kids @ Anthology
October 6th- Dr. Dog @ 4th and B
October 9th- Imagine Dragons and AWOLNATION @ House of Blues
October 13th- Weezer @ Harrahs
October 14th- The Raveonettes @ Belly Up
October 16th- Bombay Bicycle Club @ House of Blues
October 17th- Allen Stone @ Belly Up
October 19th- The Script @ Humphreys
October 23rd- Crocodiles @ Casbah
October 24th- Matt and Kim @ House of Blues
October 26th- Two Door Cinema Club @ Soma
October 27th- Two Door Cinema Club
November 1st- NEEDTOBREATHE @ Humphreys
November 23rd- Mayday Parade and The Maine @ Soma
December 2nd- Yellowcard @ House of Blues

Kristen’s LA Concert Calendar: 8/20-8/26

Last week almost made me glad that I came back from vacation. From the phenomenal Birdy to new discovery SHEL to finally seeing The Dunwells to a private Dead Sara show to goth rock icon Peter Murphy to a hometown The Silent Comedy party, it was a busy week. The highlight had to be my impromptu run-in with the lead singer of Biffy Clyro, Simon Neil, outside The Roxy Monday night. I was shaky for days after and the slight persistent delirium really helped me through a difficult week back at the office.

Next week will have to be quite research-centric for me, but I am hoping to get out a time or two especially to see a couple former LA-based artists that have sadly left (Jay Nash and Truth & Salvage Co.).

Here are the rest of my picks:

Monday: It’s a School Night at Bardot featuring Lucy Schwartz and Everest FREE (with RSVP) at Bardot (8:30)
ALSO: The Union Line, NO and Wildcat! Wildcat! FREE with RSVP (http://www.theecho.com/calendar/) at The Echo (9pm)
ALSO: Ryan Darton, Holly Conlan, Ertel, Meg Myers, and Special Guests FREE at Bootleg Bar (8pm)
ALSO: Francisco the Man FREE at The Satellite (11pm)
ALSO: Monday in the Round at Room 5 featuring Lee Ellen Starks, Michael Doman, Clare Means, and Joel Eckels (9pm)

 

Tuesday: The Other Side of Morning and The Trews at The Viper Room (9,10)
ALSO: Everest FREE at Amoeba (7pm)
ALSO: Western Scene FREE at Origami Vinyl (7pm)
ALSO: Tori Rogg at Room 5 (8pm)
ALSO: Chris Price and Mike Viola at Bootleg Bar (7, 7:30)
ALSO: So & So at Bootleg Bar (10:30)…different show from the one above
ALSO: Maxim Ludwig at Silverlake Lounge (11pm)
ALSO: Polica at The Echoplex (8:30)
ALSO: Free Dominguez and Ours at The Roxy (7:30)
ALSO: Brandi Carlile at House of Blues Anaheim
ALSO: Casey Abrams at The Key Club (7pm)
ALSO: Beachwood’s Summer Piano Bar Sessions FREE at The Piano Bar (8pm)

 

Weds: Jay Nash and Garrison Starr at Room 5 (9pm)
ALSO: Act As If at On the Rox (10pm)
ALSO: David and Devine at The Hotel Cafe (8pm)
ALSO: Makepeace Brothers at WitZend (9pm)
ALSO: Jared Lee at The Viper Room (10pm)

 

Thursday: Erin McLaughlin, Jesse Thomas, The Rescues, and Mariah McManus at The Hotel Cafe (8pm)
ALSO: Frank + Derol, Morning Parade and Civil Twilight at The El Rey (7pm)
ALSO: Terra Naomi and Sonia Rao at WitZend (8,10)
ALSO: Stonefeather at Amplyfi (9:45)
ALSO: Jonny Polonsky and State to State at Bootleg Bar (9,10)
ALSO: Viza at The Troubadour (10:15)

 

Friday: Truth & Salvage Co. with Foster Timms at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: Mind the Gap at The Viper Room (9pm)
ALSO: Patrick Park, Jamestown Revival, and Robert Schwartzman at Bootleg Bar (9, 10, 11)
ALSO: Satellite at The Hotel Cafe (10pm)
ALSO: He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister FREE at California Plaza Downtown LA (noon)
ALSO: Jesse Malin and Alejandro Escovedo at The Mint (9:30, 10:30)
ALSO: Frank + Derol at The Central (8pm)

 

Saturday: No, Voxhaul Broadcast, Youngblood Hawke and more FREE at The Echo/The Echoplex/Taix for Echo Park Rising (11pm-late)…RSVP here http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/154637?utm_medium=bks
ALSO: Charlotte Martin and The Gallery at The Hotel Cafe (8, 11:30)
ALSO: Jessie Payo at WitZend (9pm)
ALSO: Hell or Highwater at The Viper Room (midnight)
ALSO: The Dollyrots and Go Betty Go at The Troubadour (10,11)

 

Sunday: VH1 Save the Music Benefit at The Hotel Cafe featuring Keaton Simons, Curtis Peoples, and more (8pm)

 

 

To Keep in Mind:
August 28th: High Voltage Party at Tripp
September 1st & 2nd: FYF at Downtown LA
September 4th: Gotye at The Greek Theatre
September 7th: The Silent Comedy at The El Rey
September 9th: The Ataris at The Roxy
September 14th: Teitur at The Hotel Cafe
September 14th: The Hives at The Wiltern
September 20th: Howie Day at The Hotel Cafe
September 22nd: Epicenter at Verizon Wireless Ampitheatre
September 22nd: Sondre Lerche at The Troubadour
October 1st: Ed Sheeran at The Wiltern
October 1st: Safety Suit at The Roxy
October 2nd: Garbage at The Hollywood Palladium
October 2nd: The Lumineers at The Fonda Theatre
October 4th: The Milk Carton Kids at The Largo
October 6th: Ben Howard at The Fonda Theatre
October 11th: Awolnation and Imagine Dragons at Club Nokia
October 16th: First Aid Kit at The Fonda Theatre
October 19th: Tony Lucca at The Roxy
October 19th: Frightened Rabbit at The Troubadour
October 19th: Allen Stone at The Music Box
October 20th: Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers at Saint Rocke
October 24th: The Darkness at Club Nokia
October 25th: Bayside at Club Nokia
November 2nd: NEEDTOBREATHE at Fox Theater Pomona
November 3rd: All American Rejects at The Wiltern
November 6th: Jens Lekman at Fonda Theatre
November 16th: Joshua Radin and A Fine Frenzy at The Wiltern
November 20th: The Postelles and Mayday Parade at House of Blues
November 20th: Rachel Yamagata at The El Rey

~ Kristen

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New Music Tuesday 8/14/12

Looking for new tunes? Here are my listening suggestions for albums coming out this week:

The Dirty Guv’nahs –   Somewhere Between These Southern Skies

One of my favorite discoveries from Bonnaroo this year was The Dirty Guv’nahs.  I’ve been loving the single, 3000 Miles, and from what I’ve heard so far, the rest of the album delivers more of that southern rock sound I enjoy. This album is a must on my list.

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Charlie Mars – Blackberry Rain

Listening to the first song off this album, I am captivated…

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The Classic Crime – Phoenix

When browsing through the new releases for this week, The Classic Crime, jumped out at me. I haven’t heard from this Seattle rock band in a couple years, but I’ve been a fan for a while and I can’t wait to hear what they have been up to. I’m skimming through the podcasts they have up on bandcamp and hearing much potential in the tantalizing tidbits of music.

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Yellowcard – Southern Air

This year there has been a bit of a resurgence of Yellowcard in my life. The band played a couple acoustic tunes at the Warped Tour kickoff party at Club Nokia and then I saw them again at Warped Tour where they played songs off Ocean Avenue and reminded me why I was in love with that album. Yellowcard still holds a place in my heart and I’m looking forward to hearing more of their signature brand of California punk-pop laced with electric violin (forever and always my favorite aspect of Yellowcard).

Here’s the lead-off track from Southern Air. I like it!

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Listen! Learn! Love!

 

~ Kristen

Amanda’s SD Concert Calendar 8/13-8/19

Well vacation is over and it’s back to normalcy. Well, as normal as things can get. Ha ha. My first night back I went out to see Saint Motel and what a treat that was! It was lovely to be back home and at a show again! Island life is nice but it’s hard when there’s no live music around. Anyways, this week is quite a treat! Tonight is the SDMA’s where San Diego’s local music is recognized and honored for their work. There are performances by The Howls, Dead Feather Moon, P.O.D., Mattson 2, Hyena, and Hills Like Elephants. Also, The Silent Comedy is having a hometown show this Saturday at Belly Up! It’s going to be a good week.

 

Monday: SDMA’s feat: The Howls, Dead Feather Moon, P.O.D., Mattson 2, Hyena, and Hills Like Elephants @ Humphrey’s @7 $30
AND: Franz Ferdinand @ House of Blues @730 $29.50-$52.50

Tuesday: Avi Buffalo @ Tin Can Alehouse @9 $10
AND: Sharon Van Etten and Tennis @ Belly Up @730 $16/$18
AND: Mattson 2 @ El Dorado @9
AND: Old Tiger and The Western Scene @ Casbah @9 $6

Wednesday: Fun @ SDSU Open Air Theater
AND: The Dunwells @ Birch Aquarium at Scripps
AND: The Darrows @ Casbah @9 $5

Thursday: Alabama Shakes @ House of Blues @8 $22.50-$40
AND: The Filthy Violets @ Ruby Room @830 $6
AND:

Friday: Y La Bamba, The Heavy Guilt, and Ivan and Alyosha @ Casbah @9 $10
AND: River City @ Riviera Supper Club

Saturday: The Silent Comedy, Stripes and Lines, and Family Wagon @ Belly Up @8 $18
AND: Ben Harper @ Del Mar Thoroughbred Club
AND: Hyena, Jamuel Saxon, and Hills Like Elephants @ Casbah @9 $8/$10
AND: Grand Tarantula @ Soda Bar @9 $7

Sunday: Mattson 2 @ Belly Up @8 $20

 

Keep in Mind:
August 21st- Civil Twilight @ Belly Up
August 22nd- Tyson Motsenbocker @ Belly Up
August 23rd- Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers
August 24th- Cuckoo Chaos @ Casbah
August 28th- Oliver Trolley @ House of Blues
August 30th- Little Hurricane @ Belly Up
August 31st- M83 @ Soma
September 4th- Gotye @ Greek Theater
September 4th- Slash, Foxy Shazam @ House of Blues
September 6th- Blaqk Audio @ Casbah
September 7th- Dave Matthews Band @ Cricket
September 8th- The Heavy and The Brothers Grim @ Casbah
September 10th- Linkin Park and Incubus @ Cricket
September 14th- The Walkmen and Milo Greene @ House of Blues
September 22nd- Owl City @ House of Blues
September 24th- Amanda Palmer @ House of Blues
September 24th- Alanis Morissette
September 29th- The Lumineers @ House of Blues
September 30th- The Shins @ SDSU Open Air Theater
October 2nd- Ed Sheeran @ House of Blues
October 3rd- The Head and The Heart @ Spreckles Theater
October 3rd- Grouplove @ Humphreys
October 4th- The Black Keys @ Valley View Casino Center
October 4th- Florence + The Machine @ Cricket Wireless
October 5th- Kimbra @ House of Blues
October 5th- The Milk Carton Kids @ Anthology
October 6th- Dr. Dog @ 4th and B
October 9th- Imagine Dragons and AWOLNATION @ House of Blues
October 13th- Weezer @ Harrahs
October 14th- The Raveonettes @ Belly Up
October 16th- Bombay Bicycle Club @ House of Blues
October 17th- Allen Stone @ Belly Up
October 19th- The Script @ Humphreys
October 23rd- Crocodiles @ Casbah
October 24th- Matt and Kim @ House of Blues
October 26th- Two Door Cinema Club @ Soma
October 27th- Two Door Cinema Club
November 1st- NEEDTOBREATHE @ Humphreys
November 23rd- Mayday Parade and The Maine @ Soma
December 2nd- Yellowcard @ House of Blues

 

Kristen’s LA Concert Calendar: 8/13-8/19

Vacation is over. The Olympics are over. All the work I didn’t get done because of vacation and The Olympics is piling up. I was in a pretty dismal state until I looked at my upcoming music calendar. So much to look forward to and keep me going! This week, I’m particularly excited about Birdy at The Roxy on Monday, The Dunwells at The Hotel Cafe Tuesday, and Danielia Cotton at Room 5 on Weds. LMN’s new Band Love, The Neighbourhood, also plays twice this week, Monday at The Echo and Tuesday at The Troubadour. Then, let us not forget that it is Sunset Strip Music Fest (SSMF) week! For the full schedule and line-ups there, check out the website (http://www.sunsetstripmusicfestival.com/).

 

There are a ton of great shows this week, so I hope you all can get out and hear some music! Here are my selections:

 

Monday: The Neighbourhood and Wildcat! Wildcat! FREE at The Echo (10pm)
ALSO: Birdy at The Roxy (7:30)
ALSO: 28 North, Franky Perez and the Truth, and Thomas Nicholas Band at The Viper Room (8pm)
ALSO: Francisco The Man FREE at The Satellite (11pm)
ALSO: Tony Lucca at the after show even for LAZR Trade Show at the Event Deck at LA Live (7pm)
ALSO: Jovanotti FREE at Amoeba Records (6pm)
ALSO: Elle King and Michael Kiwanuka at The Troubadour (8:30, 9:30)
ALSO: The Kills at Mayan Theater (8pm)
ALSO: Monday in the Round at Room 5 featuring Clarence Bucaro, Kristen Toedtman, Paulie Cerra and Joel Eckels (9pm)

 

 

Tuesday: The Dunwells with Shel and The Brendan Hines at The Hotel Cafe (8, 10)
ALSO: Chi McClean at Room 5 (8pm)
ALSO: The Neighbourhood at The Troubadour (9pm)
ALSO: Filter at The Roxy (9pm)
ALSO: The Kills at The Mayan Theatre (8pm)
ALSO: Michael Kiwanuka and Alabama Shakes at The Fonda Theatre (9pm)
ALSO: Beachwood’s Summer Piano Bar Sessions FREE at The Piano Bar (8pm)

Weds: Danielia Cotton at Room 5 (10pm)
ALSO: Ivan & Alyosha at The Echo (10pm)
ALSO: Run Run Run at The Viper Room (11pm)
ALSO: Monsters Calling Home and Honeyhoney at The Roxy (8pm)
ALSO: Makepeace Brothers at WitZend (9pm)
ALSO: Only Son and Kimya Dawson at the Smell (8pm)
ALSO: Michael Kiwanuka FREE at Amoeba Records (7pm)
 

Thursday: The Young Romans and Little Hurricane at The Hotel Cafe (7,8)
ALSO: Lady Sinatra at The Viper Room (11pm)
ALSO: Terra Naomi and Sonia Rao at WitZend (8,10)
ALSO: Peter Murphy at The Roxy (9pm)

 

 

Friday: George Stanford at WitZend (midnight)
ALSO: The Dahls at The Hotel Cafe (9pm)
ALSO: Kitten at The Troubadour (8:30)
ALSO: fun. at The Wiltern (7:30)

 

Saturday: Alexz Johnson with Julia Sinclair at The Hotel Cafe (9:15)
ALSO: Sunset Strip Music Festival (SSMF) at The Sunset Strip http://www.sunsetstripmusicfestival.com/
ALSO: fun. at The Wiltern (7:30)

 

Sunday: Belmont Lights FREE at Santa Monica Place (2pm)
ALSO: Buddy and Meiko at Saint Rocke (8pm)
ALSO: fun. At The Wiltern (7:30)

 

 

To Keep in Mind:
August 23rd: Civil Twilight and Morning Parade at The El Rey
August 24th: Truth & Salvage Co. at The Troubadour
August 25th: Charlotte Martin at The Hotel Cafe
August 28th: High Voltage Party at Tripp
September 1st & 2nd: FYF at Downtown LA
September 4th: Gotye at The Greek Theatre
September 7th: The Silent Comedy at The El Rey
September 9th: The Ataris at The Roxy
September 14th: Teitur at The Hotel Cafe
September 14th: The Hives at The Wiltern
September 22nd: Epicenter at Verizon Wireless Ampitheatre
September 22nd: Sondre Lerche at The Troubadour
October 1st: Ed Sheeran at The Wiltern
October 1st: Safety Suit at The Roxy
October 2nd: Garbage at The Hollywood Palladium
October 2nd: The Lumineers at The Fonda Theatre
October 4th: The Milk Carton Kids at The Largo
October 6th: Ben Howard at The Fonda Theatre
October 11th: Awolnation and Imagine Dragons at Club Nokia
October 16th: First Aid Kit at The Fonda Theatre
October 19th: Tony Lucca at The Roxy
October 19th: Frightened Rabbit at The Troubadour
October 19th: Allen Stone at The Music Box
October 20th: Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers at Saint Rocke
October 24th: The Darkness at Club Nokia
November 2nd: NEEDTOBREATHE at Fox Theater Pomona
November 6th: Jens Lekman at Fonda Theatre
November 20th: The Postelles and Mayday Parade at House of Blues
November 20th: Rachel Yamagata at The El Rey

~ Kristen

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Watch This: Queen Caveat, The Neighbourhood, Belmont Lights

Some new videos came across my path today (despite the fact that my path was primarily    taking me up the Napali coast via boat). I’m really excited about these videos and these bands, so I wanted to share…

Enjoy!

Queen Caveat – “Bullet” 

I still think this is my favorite song off Queen Caveat’s EP, Slap on the Wrist. Queen Caveat shows at The Viper Room are always epic and this video does a great job at capturing some of that magic.

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The Neighbourhood – “Female Robbery”

Ever since I heard this song a few weeks ago, I’ve been obsessed with The Neighbourhood. This video is awesome and certainly doesn’t help my little problem…

 

Belmont Lights– “Lights/Both of Us” (Ellie Goulding/Taylor Swift Cover)

Recent discovery, Belmont Lights, showcases their hometown of San Diego beautifully in this video they did for this cover song. I’m having a blast picking out all the San Diego locales… I’m really enjoying this band right now!

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Listen! Learn! Love!

 

~ Kristen

 

 

Amanda’s SD Concert Calendar 8/6-8/12

Aloha from the island of Kauai where I am currently spending some time. I’ll be honest, it’s been hard to be away from the local music and shows but there’s something nice about relaxing on a beach or hiking (although I am sore!). Thankfully I return in time to catch Saint Motel at the Casbah! There’s some other stuff this week I’m going to try not to think about…

 

Monday: Brian McKnight @ Anthology @730 $20-$74

Tuesday: Avi Buffalo @ Soda Bar @9 $10

Wednesday: Belmont Lights and Josiah Leming @ Lestats @8
AND: Jessica Hoop @ Anthology @7 $10-$18
AND: Jay Brannan and Chris Pureka @ Casbah @9 $14

Thursday: Woods @ Soda Bar @9 $10

Friday: Low Volts, The Beautiful View, and Jesse LaMonaca @ Griffin @830
AND: Langome Slim and the Law @ Casbah @9 $12/$14

Saturday: Saint Motel, Italian Japanese, and Kevin Martin @ Casbah @9 $10
AND: Andrew Bird @ Spreckles Theater
AND: Low Volts and Stephen Rey @ Griffin @9 $8
AND: Josh Damigo CD Relesae and Keaton Simons @ Lestats

Sunday: Rest up!

Keep in Mind:
August 13th- Franz Ferdinand @ House of Blues
August 14th- Avi Buffalo @ Tin Can Alehouse
August 15th- Fun @ SDSU Open Air Theater
August 15th- The Dunwells @ Birch Aquarium at Scripps
August 15th- Alabama Shakes @ Fox Theater
August 15th- The Dunwells @ Birch Aquarium @ Scripps
August 16th- Alabama Shakes @ House of Blues
August 18th- Ben Harper @ Del Mar Thoroughbred Club
August 18th- The Silent Comedy and Stripes and Lines @ Belly Up
August 18th- Ben Harper @ Del Mar Thoroughbred Club
August 21st- Civil Twilight @ Belly Up
August 22nd- Civil Twilight @ Belly Up
August 23rd- Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers
August 24th- Cuckoo Chaos @ Casbah
August 28th- Oliver Trolley @ House of Blues
August 30th- Little Hurricane @ Belly Up
August 31st- M83 @ Soma
September 4th- Gotye @ Greek Theater
September 4th- Slash, Foxy Shazam @ House of Blues
September 6th- Blaqk Audio @ Casbah
September 7th- Dave Matthews Band @ Cricket
September 8th- The Heavy and The Brothers Grim @ Casbah
September 10th- Linkin Park and Incubus @ Cricket
September 14th- The Walkmen and Milo Greene @ House of Blues
September 22nd- Owl City @ House of Blues
September 24th- Amanda Palmer @ House of Blues
September 29th- The Lumineers @ House of Blues
September 30th- The Shins @ SDSU Open Air Theater
October 2nd- Ed Sheeran @ House of Blues
October 3rd- The Head and The Heart @ Spreckles Theater
October 4th- The Black Keys @ Valley View Casino Center
October 4th- Florence + The Machine @ Cricket Wireless
October 5th- Kimbra @ House of Blues
October 5th- The Milk Carton Kids @ Anthology
October 6th- Dr. Dog @ 4th and B
October 9th- Imagine Dragons and AWOLNATION @ House of Blues
October 13th- Weezer @ Harrahs
October 14th- The Raveonettes @ Belly Up
October 16th- Bombay Bicycle Club @ House of Blues
October 17th- Allen Stone @ Belly Up
October 23rd- Crocodiles @ Casbah
October 24th- Matt and Kim @ House of Blues
October 27th- Two Door Cinema Club
December 2nd- Yellowcard @ House of Blues