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Amanda’s SD Concert Calendar 11/26-12/2

Posted on November 26, 2018 by Amanda

I hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving. I was thankful for no dishes but I’d be lying if I said I’m sad about a lack of leftovers. I don’t think I needed a week of leftover mashed potatoes but I’ve been on the pasta train lately, so what do I know really? In other news, Kristen and I just booked a last minute trip to New York to see The Cursed Child in December. It will be a quick trip but should be a fun one! I’ll finally get to pull out my winter things.

This week is super light in shows. I guess people are still sleeping off the turkey…

Monday:

Tuesday: The Division Men @ The Merrow at 8pm
AND: Pat Travers Band @ Belly Up at 8pm

Wednesday: STAL, Moon @ Soda Bar at 9:30pm
AND: Jake Shimabukuro @ Belly Up at 8pm
AND: Evan Diamond & The Library, Electric Elms @ The Merrow at 8pm
AND: The Corner @ Tin Roof at 8pm

Thursday: Julien Baker & Phoebe Bridgers @ Observatory North Park at 7:15pm
AND: Sean Rowe @ Casbah at 9pm
AND: Bret Michaels @ Belly Up at 8:30pm

Friday: Moon Honey @ Soda Bar at 9pm
AND: Lauren Leigh @ Tin Roof at 6pm

Saturday:

Sunday: Ben Pirani and the Means of Production, Jake Najor & The Moment of Truth

Keep in Mind:

December 9th- Not So Silent Night @ Del Mar Arena
December 10th- AFI @ Observatory North Park
December 14th- Wrex The Halls @ Valley View Casino Center
December 29th- Get Back Loretta @ Casbah
January 30th- The Silent Comedy, Mrs. Henry @ Casbah
February 16th- Panic! at the Disco @ Viejas Arena
February 17th- Kongos @ The Music Box
March 2nd- Saves the Day @ North Park Observatory
March 5th- Muse @ Valley View Casino Casino Center
March 5th- Metric & Zoé @ Cal Coast Credit Open Air Theatre
March 9th- You Me At Six @ Music Box
March 24th- Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness @ Hosue of Blues
April 6th- Taking Back Sunday @ North Park Observatory
April 7th- Taking Back Sunday @ North Park Observatory

Kristen’s LA Concert Calendar: 11/26-12/2

Posted on November 25, 2018 by Kristen

I have not been feeling the best this long holiday weekend so sadly, on the big food weekend, I mostly stuck to chicken soup and ramen. I did make it to a boba shop where I was introduced to berry-infused boba, so that was something special.

Lots to look forward to this week. It’s the last Monday of the Motor Sales residency, The Filthy Souls return to the stage at Madame Siam, and Coffee Shop Arena rock is back at The Hotel Cafe!

Here’s what I’m thinking:

Monday: Motor Sales residency FREE at Bootleg Theater (8:30)
ALSO: It’s a School Night at Bardot f. Monogem (8pm)
ALSO: Rocco Deluca and the Good Medicine Choir residency FREE at Zebulon (9pm)
ALSO: The Tracks residency FREE at The Echo (8:30)
ALSO: Flavia FREE at The Satellite (9pm)
ALSO: LANY at The Grammy Museum (7pm)
ALSO: David Archuleta at The Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Hunnypot Live FREE at The Mint (7pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at The Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)

Tuesday: The Filthy Souls FREE at Madame Siam (9pm)
ALSO: Run River North, Coby Brown, Cordovas at The Hotel Cafe second stage (7, 8, 9)
ALSO: Milk and Bone, UMI, Laura Jean Anderson at The Peppermint Club (6:30)

Weds: Liminal w/ Madison Malone at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Garrison Starr w/ Carly Paige at The Hotel Cafe second stage (7pm)
ALSO: Jameson Burt FREE at Harvard & Stone (10pm)
ALSO: Joshua & The Holy Rollers FREE at The Hi Hat (8pm)
ALSO: Lennon Stella w/ Kid Bloom at The Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: How to Dress Well at Lodge Room (8pm)

Thursday: SWIMM + Mating Ritual FREE at Bootleg Theater (8:30)
ALSO: Distant Cousins at The Mint (8pm)
ALSO: Alice Smith at The Hotel Cafe (9:30)
ALSO: Elvis Costello at The Wiltern (7pm)

Friday: Ingrid Michaelson at Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian (8pm)
ALSO: Birds of Chicago at McCabe’s (8pm)
ALSO: Julien Baker & Phoebe Bridgers w/ Lucy Dacus at The WIltern (6:30)
ALSO: Kimbra w/ Dawn at Japan America Theatre (8pm)
ALSO: Me First and the Gimme Gimmes at The Fonda Theatre (8:30)
ALSO: Perry Farell’s Kind Heaven Orchestra at Teragram Ballroom (9pm)

Saturday: Eve 6 at The Regent Theater (8pm)
ALSO: Clark Beckham, Coffee Shop Arena Rock w/ Cary Brothers, Keaton Simons, Candace Divine, Curtis Peoples, and more at The Hotel Cafe (9, 10)
ALSO: The Japanese House at Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (8pm)
ALSO: Old 97’s Holiday Extravaganza at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: Tash Sultana at Shrine Expo Hall (8pm)
ALSO: Music From Across the Pond f. Carnie & Wendy Wilson, Fran Healy and more (6:30)

Sunday: Mothica at The Roxy (8pm)

To Keep in Mind:

December 3^rd: Picture This at The Moroccan Lounge
December 4^th: Cordovas at The Hotel Café
December 5^th: Cordovas at Saint Rocke
December 6^th: Pale Waves at The Fonda
December 7^th: The Contenders at The Hotel Cafe
December 9^th: Hands Like Houses at Teragram Ballroom
December 10^th: Night Lights at Moroccan Lounge
December 10^th: Caught A Ghost at The Satellite
December 11^th: Tor Miller at Moroccan Lounge
December 11^th: Cordovas at The Hotel Cafe
December 13^th: Bernhoft at Teragram Ballroom
December 13^th: Freddy & Francine at The Lodge Room
December 14^th: Roosevelt at Teragram Ballroom
December 14^th: Pinegrove at The Troubadour
December 15^th: The Wrecks at The Troubadour
December 18^th: Dreamers at Constellation Room
December 27^th: Lydia at Teragram Ballroom
January 11^th: Warbly Jets at The Echo
January 16^th: Stone Foxes at Saint Rocke
January 16^th: Mother Mother at Moroccan Lounge
January 16^th: Foo Fighers at the Forum
Janurary 17^th: Dirty Sweet at Resident
January 18^th: The Districts at The Moroccan Lounge
January 19^th: Matthew Perryman Jones at The Hotel Café
January 19^th: Muse at The Forum
January 19^th: The Districts at The Moroccan Lounge
January 22^nd: Elton John at Staples Center
January 23^rd: Elton John at Staples Center
January 25^th: Thomas Dybdahl at The Troubadour
January 25^th: Static and Surrender at The Hotel Cafe
February 15^th: Kongos at The Teragram Ballroom
February 28^th: Lukas Graham at The Wiltern
March 1^st: Spirit Animal at Regent Theater
March 6^th: July Talk at Hollywood Palladium
March 9^th: LP at The Wiltern
March 11^th: You Me at Six, Dreamers at The Teragram Ballroom
March 19^th: Nina Nesbitt at The Roxy
March 22^nd: Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness w/ flor at The Orpheum Theatre
March 26^th: Matt Nathanson at The El Rey
March 26^th: Arkells at the Troubadour.
March 29^th: Stephen Kellogg at Bootleg Theater
April 5^th: Switchfoot, Colony House at The Wiltern
April 5^th: Wilderado at Teragram Ballroom
April 19^th: Pink at The Forum
May 7^th: Tom Odell at The El Rey
May 22^nd: Jared & The Mill at Moroccan Lounge

~ Kristen

Amanda’s SD Concert Calendar 11/19-11/25

Posted on November 19, 2018 by Amanda

I got back from a lovely trip yesterday. I spent a long weekend in Tuscon watching Crimes of Grindelwald with friends, catching up on some things, making and eating food, and all around lounging around in pjs and watching stuff on television. It was a much-needed recharge for me and I’m home and ready to get back in the swing of things. I’m happy to sleep in my own bed at home though…

This is the first year in my entire life that I will be having Thanksgiving at a restaurant instead of at home. I’m looking forward to this experience but I might miss having leftovers after turkey day. Shows this week are a little anemic due to the holiday, so take the time to spend it with your family and friends. Please eat too much and enjoy your holiday if you celebrate it.

Just a quick note, this calendar is not complete but will be updated soon. I might have spent too much time cuddling my dog before I started this and had to get to bed… Maybe…

Monday: Steady Holiday @ Casbah at 9pm

Tuesday: WYO, Ottopilot @ Belly Up at 8pm

Wednesday:

Thursday: Happy Thanksgiving!

Friday: The Schizophonics, The Loons @ Casbah at 9pm
AND: Johnny Tarr @ Park & Rec at 10pm

Saturday: Mrs. Henry @ The Casbah at 9pm
AND: The Color Monday @ Bar Pink at 8pm
AND: Cat Power @ Observatory North Park at 8pm
AND: Lady Dottie & The Diamonds @ Park & Rec at 10pm

Sunday: Steven Page Trio @ Belly Up at 8pm

Keep in Mind:

Kristen’s LA Concert Calendar: 11/19-11/25

Posted on November 18, 2018 by Kristen

I went on a little adventure last week. Friday, I found myself in Lawrence, Kansas. Why you ask? Well, it was a combination of things. Mostly a combination of me wanting to get away coinciding perfectly with an opportunity to see Badflower open for The Wrecks as part of The Wrecks’ big headlining tour. It was a lovely day! I had some BBQ, went to a couple museums, found a place that sold German gummies, talked with way too many strangers about basketball, and got to watch a little venue just off the main drag explode into a giant sing-along when The Wrecks broke into their first single, “Favorite Liar”. The whole experience reminded me why I love living in LA, why I love traveling for music, and why I love my bands.

Due to the holiday, next week seems on the quiet side. I am, however, fulfilling a high school fantasy Monday night at The Belasco seeing the only boy band that ever mattered to me, BBMak.

Here’s what else I’ve got:

Monday: Dermot Kennedy at The Fonda Theatre (9pm)
ALSO: BBMak at The Belasco (7pm)
ALSO: It’s a School Night f. Didirri, WILD (7:30)
ALSO: Motor Sales residency w/ Johanna Samuels, Goodnight, Texas FREE at Bootleg Theater (8:30)
ALSO: Rocco Deluca residencey FREE at Zebulon (9pm)
ALSO: The Tracks residency w/ Cheridomingo FREE at The Echoplex (8:30)
ALSO: Monday Monday f. Chris Pierce, Rett Madison, Chi McClean, Jesse Thomas at The Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)…special benefit for Woolsey Fire Victims

Tuesday: Laura Jean Anderson, Didirri, Cordovas, King Daniel at The Hotel Cafe second stage (7, 8, 9, 10)
ALSO: Matt Simons w/ Chris Ayer, Bird Streets at The Hotel Cafe (7,9)
ALSO: Pearl Charles at Bootleg Bar (8:30)
ALSO: Dan Croll at Moroccan Lounge (7pm)
ALSO: Ryan Bingham at Largo (8:30)
ALSO: Esperanza Spalding at The El Rey (8pm)

Weds: Derek Day w/ Jason Achilles FREE at Lucky Strike Live (9pm)
ALSO: Cat Power at The Theatre at Ace Hotel (8:30)
ALSO: Delta Sleep at The Hi Hat (8pm)
ALSO: Sleeplust FREE at Harvard & Stone (8pm)
ALSO: Fartbarf at Bootleg Bar (8:30)
ALSO: Good Charlotte at The Wiltern (6pm)

Thursday: Happy Thanksgiving!

Friday: Fiona Grey FREE at Stories Books and Cafe (7:30)

Saturday: Chase Atlantic at The El Rey (9pm)
ALSO: The Pretty Flowers FREE at Casey’s Irish Pub (9pm)

Sunday:

To Keep in Mind:

November 27^th: Cordovas at The Hotel Cafe
November 27^th: The Filthy Souls at Madame Siam
November 29^th: The Tallest Man on Earth at Cathedral Sanctuary
November 30^th: Birds of Chicago at McCabe’s
December 2^nd: Mothica at The Roxy
December 3^rd: Picture This at The Moroccan Lounge
December 4^th: Cordovas at The Hotel Café
December 5^th: Cordovas at Saint Rocke
December 6^th: Pale Waves at The Fonda
December 7^th: The Contenders at The Hotel Cafe
December 9^th: Hands Like Houses at Teragram Ballroom
December 10^th: Night Lights at Moroccan Lounge
December 10^th: Caught A Ghost at The Satellite
December 11^th: Tor Miller at Moroccan Lounge
December 11^th: Cordovas at The Hotel Cafe
December 13^th: Bernhoft at Teragram Ballroom
December 13^th: Freddy & Francine at The Lodge Room
December 14^th: Roosevelt at Teragram Ballroom
December 14^th: Pinegrove at The Troubadour
December 15^th: The Wrecks at The Troubadour
December 18^th: Dreamers at Constellation Room
December 27^th: Lydia at Teragram Ballroom
January 11^th: Warbly Jets at The Echo
January 16^th: Stone Foxes at Saint Rocke
January 16^th: Mother Mother at Moroccan Lounge
January 16^th: Foo Fighers at the Forum
January 18^th: The Districts at The Moroccan Lounge
January 19^th: Matthew Perryman Jones at The Hotel Café
January 19^th: Muse at The Forum
January 19^th: The Districts at The Moroccan Lounge
January 22^nd: Elton John at Staples Center
January 23^rd: Elton John at Staples Center
January 25^th: Thomas Dybdahl at The Troubadour
January 25^th: Static and Surrender at The Hotel Cafe
February 15^th: Kongos at The Teragram Ballroom
February 28^th: Lukas Graham at The Wiltern
March 1^st: Spirit Animal at Regent Theater
March 6^th: July Talk at Hollywood Palladium
March 9^th: LP at The Wiltern
March 11^th: You Me at Six, Dreamers at The Teragram Ballroom
March 19^th: Nina Nesbitt at The Roxy
March 22^nd: Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness w/ flor at The Orpheum Theatre
March 26^th: Matt Nathanson at The El Rey
March 26^th: Arkells at the Troubadour.
March 29^th: Stephen Kellogg at Bootleg Theater
April 5^th: Switchfoot, Colony House at The Wiltern
April 5^th: Wilderado at Teragram Ballroom
April 19^th: Pink at The Forum
May 7^th: Tom Odell at The El Rey
May 22^nd: Jared & The Mill at Moroccan Lounge

~ Kristen

Amanda’s SD Concert Calendar 11/12-11/18

Posted on November 12, 2018 by Amanda

It’s been another really long week for me. Fortunately, I have a bright spot on the horizon which includes a quick trip to visit friends and see “Crimes of Grindelwald” on opening night followed by just a weekend off. Hopefully, I can use the time to catch up on things that I’m behind on and eat some yummy food. Those are my major plans for the week. Here are some options for you…

Monday: Dermot Kennedy @ Music Box at 8pm
AND: David Crosby and Friends @ Balboa Theatre at 7:30pm
AND: Blitzen Trapper @ Belly Up at 8pm
AND: Jesse Dayton @ Soda Bar at 9:30pm
AND: Rex Orange County @ Observatory North Park at 8pm

Tuesday: John Craigie @ Belly Up at 8pm

Wednesday: Todd Rundgren @ Belly Up at 8pm
AND: Jonny Tarr Quintet @ Whistlestop Bar at 9pm
AND: The Corner @ Tin Roof at 8pm

Thursday: Kodaline @ House of Blues at 8pm
AND: Billy F Gibbons feat. Matt Sorum, Austin Hanks & Elwood Francis @ Belly Up at 8pm
AND: Shane Hall, Well Well Well @ Casbah at 9pm

Friday: Lee Coulter @ Lestats at 8pm
AND: Tokyo Police Club @ Casbah at 9pm
AND: Coriander @ Tin Roof at 9:30pm

Saturday: With Confidence, Broadside @ House of Blues Voodoo Room at 7pm
AND: Billie Eilish @ SDCCU Soundspace at 12pm
AND: P.O.D. @ Music Box at 9pm
AND: Gregory Page Album Release @ Lestats at 8pm
AND: Coriander @ Tin Roof at 10pm

Sunday: Sir Sly & Joywave @ Observatory North Park at 8pm
AND: Billie Eilish @ Soma at 7:30pm
AND: The Night Howls @ Pour House at 9pm
AND: Robin Henkel @ Lestats at 4:30pm

Keep in Mind:

November 29th- Julien Baker @ Observatory North Park
December 9th- Not So Silent Night @ Del Mar Arena
December 10th- AFI @ Observatory North Park
December 14th- Wrex The Halls @ Valley View Casino Center
February 16th- Panic! at the Disco @ Viejas Arena
February 17th- Kongos @ The Music Box
March 2nd- Saves the Day @ North Park Observatory
March 5th- Muse @ Valley View Casino Casino Center
March 5th- Metric & Zoé @ Cal Coast Credit Open Air Theatre
March 9th- You Me At Six @ Music Box
March 24th- Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness @ Hosue of Blues
April 6th- Taking Back Sunday @ North Park Observatory
April 7th- Taking Back Sunday @ North Park Observatory

Kristen’s LA Concert Calendar: 11/12-11/18

Posted on November 11, 2018 by Kristen

I’ve started reading this book I picked up at Comic Con called Space Opera. The premise, so far as I can tell, is that the survival of our planet rests on the results of a singing competition. Seems like we’re going to send a washed-up glam punk to represent the best of the best. Apparently other planets value performance and pizazz over pure vocal ability. I’m trying to imagine who I would submit as my choice in an intergalactic sing-off, but there are too many choices! I think I’d need a better sense of the judges…

Maybe we’ll find a contender in our shows next week. We’ve got lots of great options. The return of Sir Sly to Los Angeles tops my list, but I’d also highly recommend checking out the LA debut of G Flip Tuesday night at The Echo.

All my options:

Monday: Motor Sales residency FREE at Bootleg Theater (8:30)
ALSO: Rocco Deluca residency FREE at Zebulon (9pm)
ALSO: It’s a School Night at Bardot f. The Brevet (7:30)
ALSO: The Tracks residency FREE at The Echoplex (8:30)
ALSO: Superet FREE at Gold-Diggers (8pm)
ALSO: Elle King w/ The Cordovas at Belasco Theatre (7pm)
ALSO: Louis Prince at Moroccan Lounge (7:30)
ALSO: Gary Clark Jr. at The Fonda (8:30)
ALSO: Emily King at The El Rey (8pm)
ALSO: mewithoutYou at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
ALSO: Hunnypot Radio Live FREE at The Mint (7pm)
ALSO: Monday Monday at The Hotel Cafe second stage (8pm)

Tuesday: G Flip at The Echo (8:30)
ALSO: Jane Holiday, Violet Days FREE at Madame Siam (9pm)
ALSO: Gary Clark Jr. at The Fonda (8:30)
ALSO: The Years at The Satellite (8pm)
ALSO: Maddie Poppe at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Emily Kinney w/ Paul McDonald at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)

Weds: Holy Wars, Spelles FREE at Gold-Diggers (9pm)
ALSO: Jared & The Mill at Saint Rocke (8pm)
ALSO: Kodaline w/ Ocean Park Standoff at The Belasco Theatre (7pm)
ALSO: Milo Greene at Teragram Ballroom (8pm)
ALSO: Harry Hudson w/ JP Saxe at The El Rey (8:30)
ALSO: Gary Clark Jr. at The Fonda (8:30)
ALSO: Circa Survive at Hollywood Palladium (6:30)
ALSO: Ladies of the Canyon night FREE at The Standard Hollywood (7pm)

Thursday: Corey Harper, Baby Robot Media Showcase at The Hotel Cafe (7, 9:30)
ALSO: Vintage Trouble at The Troubadour (8pm)
ALSO: The Parlor Mob at Bootleg Bar (8:30)
ALSO: Jake Shears at The El Rey (9pm)
ALSO: Gary Clark Jr. at The Fonda (8:30)

Friday: The Dig at Moroccan Lounge (7:30)
ALSO: Fort Atlantic at The Hotel Cafe second stage (9pm)
ALSO: One11Twenty at The Pink House (8:30)
ALSO: Jake Shears at The El Rey (9pm)
ALSO: Tori Kelly at The Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian (8pm)

Saturday: Joywave & Sir Sly w/ Donna Missal at The Fonda (8pm)
ALSO: The Mowgli’s w/ Arms Akimbo at The Troubadour (7pm)
ALSO: Jared & The Mill at The Fifth at Grand Legacy at the Park (8pm)
ALSO: Chris Pierce and Friends at The Hotel Cafe (7pm)
ALSO: Hamish Anderson at The Moroccan Lounge (7:30)
ALSO: Creature Feature Festival at The Hi Hat (5:30)
ALSO: Tori Kelly at The Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian (8pm)

Sunday: AJR at Hollywood Palladium (6:30)
ALSO: Thrice at The Wiltern (6pm)
ALSO: Steady Holiday at Bootleg Bar (8pm)
ALSO: “Champagne Superanalysis” w/ Lena Dunham & Ben Lee at Largo (8pm)

To Keep in Mind:

November 19^th: Dermot Kennedy at Fonda Theatre
November 29^th: The Tallest Man on Earth at Cathedral Sanctuary
November 30^th: Birds of Chicago at McCabe’s
December 2^nd: Mothica at The Roxy
December 3^rd: Picture This at The Moroccan Lounge
December 5^th: The Cordovas at Saint Rocke
December 6^th: Pale Waves at The Fonda
December 7^th: The Contenders at The Hotel Cafe
December 9^th: Hands Like Houses at Teragram Ballroom
December 11^th: Tor Miller at Moroccan Lounge
December 13^th: Bernhoft at Teragram Ballroom
December 13^th: Freddy & Francine at The Lodge Room
December 14^th: Roosevelt at Teragram Ballroom
December 14^th: Pinegrove at The Troubadour
December 15^th: The Wrecks at The Troubadour
December 18^th: Dreamers at Constellation Room
December 27^th: Lydia at Teragram Ballroom
January 11^th: Warbly Jets at The Echo
January 16^th: Stone Foxes at Saint Rocke
January 16^th: Mother Mother at Moroccan Lounge
January 18^th: The Districts at The Moroccan Lounge
January 19^th: Matthew Perryman Jones at The Hotel Café
January 19^th: Muse at The Forum
January 19^th: The Districts at The Moroccan Lounge
January 22^nd: Elton John at Staples Center
January 23^rd: Elton John at Staples Center
January 25^th: Thomas Dybdahl at The Troubadour
February 15^th: Kongos at The Teragram Ballroom
February 28^th: Lukas Graham at The Wiltern
March 6^th: July Talk at Hollywood Palladium
March 9^th: LP at The Wiltern
March 11^th: You Me at Six, Dreamers at The Teragram Ballroom
March 19^th: Nina Nesbitt at The Roxy
March 22^nd: Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness w/ flor at The Orpheum Theatre
March 26^th: Matt Nathanson at The El Rey
March 29^th: Stephen Kellogg at Bootleg Theater
April 5^th: Switchfoot, Colony House at The Wiltern
April 19^th: Pink at The Forum
May 7^th: Tom Odell at The El Rey

~ Kristen