Live Music Options: 10/3/11 - 10/9/11

Once again, I'm embracing some serious dad rock.

Monday 10/3/11
[Pick of the Night] Emmylou Haris @ Largo ($60) - Can't think of her without thinking of Gram Parsons.
[Recommended] Dum Dum Girls / Crocodiles / Colleen Green @ Troubadour ($15)
[Recommended] Toro y Moi / Unknown Mortal Orchestra / Bass Drum of Death @ El Rey ($22)
[Recommended] Jane's Addiction @ John Anson Ford (Sold Out)
[Recommended] Peter Bjorn and John / Emperor X @ The Smell (Sold Out)
Youngblood Hawke / Polaris at Noon / Nightmare and the Cat / New Child @ The Satellite (Free) - Iglu and Hartly guys
Swahili Blonde / Crooked Cowboy & the Freshwater Indians / Raw Geronimo / Dreamtapes @ The Echo (Free)
Indians / Queen Kwong @ Silverlake Lounge (Free)
Little Red Darling / Mind the Gap @ Bootleg (Free)

Tuesday 10/4/11
[Pick of the Night] The Jayhawks / Piers Faccina @ Troubadour (Sold Out) - They've got a brand new album out.
[Recommended] Peter Bjorn and John / Big Search @ The Echo ($25)
[Recommended] Jane's Addiction @ John Anson Ford (Sold Out) - They were great back in the day.
Jolie Holland @ Bootleg ($18)
Beirut / Laetitia Sadier @ Greek Theatre ($30 - $40)
Dan Sartain / Two Tears / Des Roar @ The Satellite ($10)
Zola Jesus @ Amoeba (Free)
Locksley / Italian Japanese @ Bootleg Bar ($10)
Olentangy John / Leslie Stevens @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)
Misfits / Dickies @ House of Blues Sunset

Wednesday 10/5/11
[Pick of the Night] The Smashing Pumpkins / Fancy Space People / Light FM @ The Wiltern ($70) - I saw them a few times back in high school.
[Recommended] Peter Bjorn & John / Hanni El-Khatib @ El Rey ($25)
The Low Anthem / Sleepy Sun @ Troubadour ($15)
Blondie / Nico Vega @ Club Nokia ($40 - $65)
Furthur @ Greek Theatre
Downtown Union / Blackstrap Molasses / Sunken Ships / Dylan Trees @ The Satellite ($5)
Low End Theory: Mike Gao / DNABeats / Zen Death Squad @ Airliner ($10)
Gomez @ House of Blues Sunset

Thursday 10/6/11
[Pick of the Night] The Happy Hollows / Incan Abraham / The Soft Hands / One Trick Pony @ The Satellite ($8)
[Recommended] Glen Campbell  / Instant People @ Club Nokia ($46-$60) - This will be Glen's last tour
The Rapture / Poolside @ The Music Box
Kevin Devine and the Goddamn Band / An Horse / Dead Ships @ Troubadour ($15)
Liam Finn / Rainbow Arabia / Guineafowl / Handshakes @ The Echo ($20 for Culture Collide wristband)
The Morning After Girls / Buck 65 / Disco Boom @ Taix ($20 for Culture Collide wristband)
Ximena Sarinana / The Black Box Revelation / The Tender Box @ 1712 Sunset ($20 for Culure Collide)
Lindstrom / Cosmic Kids / Midnight Surfer @ 1815 Sunset ($20 for Cuture Collide)
Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue @ El Rey
Patrick Park @ Bootleg ($8)
Little Dragon @ Avalon
Furthur @ Greek Theatre
Sam Sparro @ Largo ($25)
Evidence @ Viper Room ($15)

Friday 10/7/11
[Pick of the Week] Merle Haggard / Kris Kristofferson @ Greek Theatre - These two guys are legendary songwriters. Haggard's still an amazing performer too.
[Recommended] Nick Lowe / JD McPherson @ Largo ($35)
[Recommended] Viva Voce / The Parson Red Heads / Last American Buffalo @ The Satellite ($10) - The Parson Red Heads have a new album.
Yacht / The Asteroids Galaxy Tour / The Morning After Girls / The Gift / Hands @ Echoplex ($20 for Culture Collide)
Avi Buffalo / The Postelles / He's My Brother, She's My Sister @ 1815 Sunset ($20 Culture Collide)
Jason Falkner / Suave As Hell / Spain @ 826LA ($20 Culture Collide)
Cymbals Eat Guitars / Hooray For Earth / LA Sera @ The Echo ($12)
You Say France and I Whistle / Black Box Revelation / Hypernova @ Taix ($20 Culture Collide)
Ximena Sarinana / Laura Jensen @ Echo Park Methodist Church ($20 Culture Collide)
Incubus / Young the Giant @ Hollywood Bowl
Little Dragon @ Avalon ($34)
The Rapture @ Glass House ($20)
Plain White T's @ El Rey
Circa Survive @ Fox Theater (Sold Out)
Star Slinger @ Troubadour ($12)
New Found Glory @ House of Blues Sunset

Saturday 10/8/11
[Pick of the Night] Nick Lowe / JD McPherson @ Largo ($35) - So it goes.
[Recommended] The Pains of Being Pure at Heart / Twin Sister @ El Rey ($20)
[Recommended] Megafaun / Hi Ho Silver Oh @ The Satellite ($12) - I keep hearing great things about their new material.
[Recommended] The Henry Clay People / TS & the Past Haunts / Little Hurricane / Incan Abraham @ 1712 Sunset ($20 Culture Collide)
Kyuss Lives! / The Sword / Chuck Dukowski Sextet @ Fox Theater
CSS / Young Liars @ Echoplex ($20 Culture Collide wristband)
Matt Pond PA / Rocky Vololato @ The Glass House ($15)
Incan Abraham / Handshakes / The Telecasters @ The Central ($10)
Harvey / Classix @ 1815 Sunset ($20 Culture Collide)
Isobel Campbell / You Say France and I Whistle @ 826LA ($20 Culture Collide)
The Elected / Carina Round @ Echo Park United Methodist ($20 Culture Collide)
Blink 182 / My Chemical Romance / Matt & Kim @ Hollywood Bowl
Tiesto / Diplo @ Home Depot Center in Carson
Keith Urban @ Staples Center
Men / Tearist @ The Smell ($5)
Chamberlin / Olin and the Moon / AB and the Sea @ Bootleg ($10)

Sunday 10/9/11
[Recommended] Culture Collide Block Party: CSS / Avi Buffalo / Clap Your Hands Say Yeah / MEN / Gang Gang Dance / Datarock / The Asteroids Galaxy Tour / Chad Vangaalen / Rainbow Arabia @ Reservoir Stret (Free w/ RSVP) - I'm not super into any of these bands, but it's free.
[Recommended] The Pains of Being Pure at Heart @ Detroit Bar ($15)
Big Troubles / Young Prisms / Kids on a Crime Spree @ The Echo ($10)
Robert Earl Keen @ House of Blues Sunset
Pepper @ Club Nokia

Live Music Options: 9/26/11 - 10/2/11

Hanni El Khatib Plays the Echo on Monday

Some good dad rock type shit and a good share of hipster rap, chillwave and other bullshit. 

Monday 9/26/11
[Pick of the Night] Hanni El Khatib / Kissing Cousins / Feeding People @ The Echo (Free)
Ben Folds / Charlie Winston / Chad Valley @ Bardot (Free w/ RSVP) 
Big Moves / Light FM / Cassorla / Monte Mar @ Bootleg (Free) 
Big Back Delta / Letting Up Despite Great Faults / Death Kit / Echoes de Lux @ The Satellite (Free)
Red Circle Underground @ Silverlake Lounge (Free)

Tuesday 9/27/11
[Pick of the Night] Emmylou Harris and Her Red Dirt Boys / Patty Griffin / Buddy Miller @ The Greek ($35 - $65)
[Recommended] Thurston Moore @ The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever  (Sold Out) - The new record's a little boring, but he's always good to watch.
Dum Dum Girls @ Amoeba (Free) - 7:00 PM 
Mark Eitzel / The Legendary Copper Bottom Band / Janitor @ Rotary Room ($8) - 4519 Santa Monica Blvd
Soft Pipes / Oh Darling / Adventure Gallery @ The Satellite($5)
Kings Go Forth / The Damselles @ The Echo ($12)
MC Chris @ Troubadour ($15)
Steve Earle and the Dukes @ House of Blues Sunset ($35) 
Duran Duran / Neon Trees @ Nokia Theatre ($60 - $150)
Lisa Hannigan @ El Rey ($17)
Sleeper Agent @ Bootleg ($10)
Jim Campilongo @ Bootleg ($8)

Wednesday 9/28/11
[Pick of the Night] Jens Lekman @ Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever (Sold Out) 
Dirt Dress / Owens Valley Dynamite / Babies on Acid / Seth Pettersen and the Undertown @ El Cid  
Neon Indian / Com Truise @ Bootleg (Sold Out) 
Nurses / Dominant Legs / Harlan @ The Echo ($10)
AM / Shawn Lee @ Troubadour ($12)
Justin Townes Earle with Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit @ Music Box ($20)
Rusty Anderson / Revoltaire @ The Satellite ($12)- Paul McCartney's guitarist.
Yellowman @ Echoplex ($15)
Low End Theory @ Airliner ($10)

Thursday 9/29/11
[Pick of the Night] Gillian Welch @ The Music Box ($30) - Good, old time shit
[Recommended] AA Bondy / Nik Freitas @ Bootleg ($14) - Good singer-songwriter
[Recommended] Jon Brion @ Largo ($25) - If you haven't seen him, you're not really taking advantage of the city.
[Recommended] Ravi Shankar @ Hollywood Bowl - Indian legend
[Recommended] Tinariwen @ Amoeba (Free) - 6:00 PM; free taste for Friday's show
[Recommended] Flash Bang Grenada / Foliero / Spaceghostpurrp / Jonti / Vex Ruffin @ Freak City ($10) - Another good lineup presented by Passion of the Weiss.
Fool's Gold / Tijuana Panthers @ Troubadour ($15)
Odd Future @ Hollywood Palladium ($42) - Swag
Jimmy Eat World: Bleed American @ The Wiltern 
Dan Mangan @  The Satellite
Braids / Pepper Rabbit / Painted Palms @ The Echo ($12)
Nouvelle Vague perform Dawn of Innocence @ El Rey ($30)
Stephen Brower and the Silent Majority @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)

Friday 9/30/11
[Pick of the Week] Tinariwen / TV on the Radio / Hindi Zahra / Globesonic @ El Rey ($30) 
[Recommended] Rebirth Brass Band / The Dustbowl Revival @ The Echoplex ($21)
[Recommended] Jon Brion @ Largo ($25)
Neon Indian / Com Truise @ Troubadour (Sold Out)
Active Child / Chad Valley / Jonti @ The Echo ($12)
Big Sir / Sea of Cortez @ Bootleg ($12)
Esperanza Spalding @ Orpheum 
Hugh Laurie @ The Mint ($15)

Saturday 10/1/11
[Pick of the Night] Eagle Rock Music Festival: Flying Lotus / Gaslamp Killer / Nosaj Thing / Nobody / Tokimonsta / Shadow Shadow Shade / Rooney / Blonde Summer / Gangi / Nocando / Health / Boom Bip / Kenan Bell / Allah Las @ Eagle Rock on Colorado Blvd ($5 suggested donation) - Fun lineup. Expect the Low End Theory stage to be packed like last year.
[Recommended]  Portugal. The Man / Alberta Cross @ Avalon ($27)   
[Recommended] Peter Bjorn and John / Release the Sunbird @ Troubadour (Sold Out)
Erasure @ Palladium 
Jolie Holland @ McCabe's ($18)
Southern Culture on the Skids @ Detroit Bar ($15)
The Peach Kings / Emily Greene @ Bootleg 
Etienne de Crecy @ El Rey ($25) 
Revolver @ The Satellite ($12)
Elbow / Devotchka @ The Greek ($30 - $40)
Infected Mushroom @ The Music Box ($15) 
Santana / George Lopez @ Hollywood Bowl ($36 - $272)
Dreams Come True @ The Wiltern
Manhattan Murder Mystery @ The Smell ($5)
Warren G @ Key Club

Sunday 10/2/11
[Pick of the Night] Dum Dum Girls / Crocodiles @ Detroit Bar ($13) 
Marnie Stern / Dunes / Wet & Reckless / Cinderella Motel @ Bootleg ($12) 
Kindest Lions / Violet Tremors / Jewels of the Nile @ The Echo ($8) 
Steve Poltz / Billy Harvey / Daniel Ahearn @ The Satellite ($8)
The Chapin Sisters @ McCabe's ($15)

Recent Live Music Announcements

The Music Box

4/20/11: Ellie Goulding (now)

5/13/11: The Kills / Cold Cave (Saturday at 10 AM)

6/15/11: Matt & Kim / Autobot from Flosstradamus / The Thermals (now)

Troubadour [Ticketfly]

5/23/11: James Blake (Saturday at 1:00 PM)

6/2/11: Dennis Coffey and Friends / Breakestra (Friday at 1:00 PM)

6/19/11: Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit / Maria Taylor (now)

The Glass House [Ticketfly]

4/1/11: Odd Future (now)

4/23/11: Daedelus / Tokimonsta / Shlohmo (now)

5/6/11: Corin Tucker (Friday at Noon)

The Satellite  [Ticketfly]

5/5/11: Corin Tucker (now)

Fox Theater Pomona

4/14/11: Duran Duran (Friday at 10 AM)

Nokia Theatre LA Live

4/19/11: Tina Fey – A Conversation with Steve Martin (Friday at 10 AM)

El Rey

4/19/11: Plan B (Friday at 10 AM)

4/21/11: Emmylou Harris (Saturday at 10 AM)

5/7/11: Ceu (Saturday at 10 AM)

5/14/11: Peter Bjorn and John / Bachelorette (Friday at 10 AM)

Gibson Amphitheater

4/29/11: Too $hort / Ja Rule / Xzibit / Digital Underground / Kurupt / Tha Alkaholiks (Saturday at 10 AM)

Staples

4/21/11: Lil Wayne / Nikki Minaj / Rick Ross / Travis Barker (Saturday at 10 AM)

Hollywood Palladium

4/18/11: Kid Cudi / Chip Tha Ripper (Friday at 10 AM)

6/3/11: Arctic Monkeys (Friday at 10 AM)

Hollywood Bowl

9/18/11: The National / Neko Case / Sharon Van Etten (series subscriptions now)

Natural History Museum

4/1/11: The Pinker Tones (now)

5/6/11: Cat’s Eyes (now)

The Echo [Ticketweb]

4/1/11: Sonny & the Sunsets / Sandwitches (now)

4/3/11: Die! Die! Die! (now)

6/3/11: Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. (Friday at 10 AM)

Echoplex[Ticketweb]

4/9/11: The Naked and Famous (now)

Bootleg [Ticketfly]

Mondays in April: Rumspringa (Free)

4/6/11: Princeton (now)

Silverlake Lounge

Mondays in May: Taylor Locke & the Roughs (Free)

Largo

4/7/11: Anna Waronker & Friends (now)

4/23/11: Garfunkel and Oates (now)

5/4/11: John Waters (now)

5/10/11: XXX Nite with Oriana Small aka Ashley Blue and Friends (now)

5/17/11: Fiery Furnaces (now)

5/28/11: Patton Oswalt (now)

Hotel Café

4/13/11: Patrick Stump (now)

4/15/11: Exene Cervenka & Kevin Seconds (now)

5/5/11: Frank Turner (now)

5/10/11: Pegi Young (now)

6/24/11: Holly Golightly & the Broke-Offs (now)

McCabe’s

4/9/11: Six Organs of Admittance

The Roxy

5/3/11 – 5/4/11: Dredg (Friday at 10 AM)

Bardot

3/14/11: We Are Scientists / Polock / Toddlerone / Nightchilde (RSVP now)

Club Nokia

5/6/11: MusiCares Benefit – Jane’s Addiction / Paramore / Ozomatli / Dave Gahan with Victor Indrizzo / Vince Jones / Martyn LeNoble (Friday at 10 AM)

Broad Stage

5/19/11: Herb Albert & Lani Hall (Friday at Noon)

Wishire Ebell Theater

6/13/11: Krishna Das (Saturday at 10AM)

Verizon Wireless

7/23/11: Journey / Foreigner / Night Ranger (Saturday at 10 AM)

The Forum

5/24/11: System of a Down / Gogol Bordello (Saturday at 10 AM)

Recent Concert Announcements

Caribou Play the Music Box

The Music Box
10/1/10: Neon Indian / Prefuse 73 / Miniature Tigers (now)
10/8/10: Caribou / Emeralds (now)
11/1/10: Deerhunter / Casino vs. Japan (now)
11/3/10: Ingrid Michaelson (presale Friday, password = EVERYBODY; Saturday at 10 AM)
11/18/10: Joshua Radin / Good Old War (presale Friday, password = JOSHUA; Saturday at 10 AM)

Bootleg
8/25/10: Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses (now)
9/29/10: Violent Soho (now)
10/15/10: Mike Doughty (now)
10/22/10: Jail Weddings (now)

El Rey Theatre
10/1/10: The Sword / Karma to Burn / Mount Carmel (presale now, password = WARP; Friday at 10 AM)
10/10/10: The Weepies (Saturday at 10 AM)
10/24/10: Triptykon (now)
11/24/10: Black Mountain / The Black Angels (Friday at 10 AM)

Club Nokia
9/23/10: All For the Hall - Taylor Swift / Emmylou Harris / Kris Kristofferson (presale now, password = HALL; Friday at 10 AM)

Nokia Theatre
9/18/10: KDay’s Fresh Fest – Ice Cube / DJ Quik / Tha Dogg Pound / Warren G (presale Friday, password = WESTCOAST; Saturday at 10 AM)

The Orpheum
9/28/10: Sara Bareilles / Greg Laswell / Javier Dunn (presale Thursday at 10 AM, password = KING; on sale Friday at 10 AM)

10/1/10 – 10/2/10: Yoko Ono – We Are Plastic Ono Band (Saturday at 9 AM)

Hollywood Palladium
8/6/10: Elton John & Leon Russell (Friday at 10 AM)
10/8/10: Kaskade (Thursday at 10 AM)

Gibson Amphitheatre
10/14/10: Alejandra Guzman (Friday at 1 PM)
10/27/10: Gorillaz (presale Thursday at 10 AM, password = RHINESTONEKROQ and/or flute; Friday at 10 AM)

The Wiltern
10/30/10: Trailer Park Boys (Friday at 10 AM)

Hollywood Bowl

10/15/10: LCD Soundsystem / Hot Chip / Sleigh Bells (presale now, password = LCD; on sale Friday at 10 AM)

Avalon
10/15/10: Motion City Soundtrack / Say Anything / Saves the Day (Friday at Noon)
11/6/10: Circa Survive / Dredg / Codeseven (Friday at 10 AM)

Troubadour
10/20/10: Envy (Friday at 1:00 PM)
11/4/10: Enter Shikari (Friday at 1:00 PM)
11/5/10: Senses Fail / Bayside (Thursday at Noon)

McCabe’s
11/19/10: Curt Smith (now)

Largo
8/31/10: David Spade & Friends (now)
9/27/10 – 9/28/10: Bettye LaVette with pianist Brian O’Rourke (now)
10/4/10: First Aid Kit / Ferraby Lionheart (now)

Recent LA Area Concert Announcements

Buzzcocks Are Coming To Club Nokia

El Rey
4/21/10: Gary Numan performs Pleasure Principal (Saturday at 10 AM)
4/27/10: Aqua Teen Hunger Force Live (now)
5/6/10: Wiz Khalifa / Fashawn / Jasmine Solano (now)
7/23/10: Delta Spirit / David Vandervelde / Romany Rye (Saturday at 10 AM)

The Fonda
5/19/10: Broken Bells / The Morning Benders (Saturday at 10 AM)
6/23/10: Josh Ritter / Carolina Chocolate Drops (Friday at 10 AM)

Club Nokia
5/21/10: The Dan Band (Friday at 10 AM)
6/5/10: Buzzcocks perform Another Music In a Different Kitchen and Love Bites (Friday at 10 AM)
6/25/10: Eddie Levert / Dennis Edwards / Johnny Gill (Friday at 10 AM)
7/30/10: Level 42 (Friday at 10 AM)

Largo
4/10/10: Ben Gibbard (call club)
5/13/10: David Mamet (call club)
5/18/10: Chuck Palahniuk (call club)

Bootleg
4/23/10: Glasser (now at in ticketing)
5/8/10: Warpaint / Priestbird (now at in ticketing)

Echoplex
4/8/10: Raekwon / Blu / UNI / Dom Kennedy / Diz Gibran / OverDoZ (now at TicketWeb)
4/14/10: The Ruby Sons / Toro Y Moi (now)

Troubadour
5/28/10: Landon Pigg (Thursday at 1:00 PM)

Verizon Wireless
7/10/10: Lilith Tour – Sarah McLachlan / Miranda Lambert / Jenni Rivera / Emmylou Harris / Brandi Carlile and more (Saturday at Noon)
8/31/10: Green Day / AFI (Saturday at 10 AM)

Theatre at Honda Center
6/4/10: Bamboozle Road Show – All Time Low / Good Charlotte / Boys Like Girls / Third Eye Blind / Shwazye (Saturday at Noon)

Wiltern
5/28/10: Nas / Damian Jr. Gong Marley (Friday at 10 AM)

Greek Theatre
5/14/10: Michael McDonald / Chaka Khan / Poncho Sanchez (Friday at 10 AM)

Gibson Amphitheatre
5/18/10: Styx / Foreigner / Kansas (Friday at 1:00 PM)
7/23/10 – 7/24/10: Alejandro Sanz (Friday at 1:00 PM)

The Glass House
4/14/10: Deerhunter (now)
5/8/10: Fucked Up / The Strange Boys / Abe Vigoda / The Like / Audacity / Graf Orlock (now)

Greek Theatre Announces Initial Lineup

The Greek Theatre has also announced its initial lineup. They don't have quite the deals the Bowl has, but they do have some good shows in the lineup. You can beat the rush by doing a Premiere Marquee Club membership with the purchase of as few as three concerts. I'm not going to list them all (go HERE for full lineup) but you might consider the following shows:

Neko Case / Jason Lytle on 6/12

Emmylou Harris / Shawn Colvin / Patty Griffin / Buddy Miller on 6/24

Andrew Bird on 7/10

Jackson Browne on 8/12

Heart / The Bangles on 10/17

Somebody at Nederlander is a huge fan of Yacht rock too. The Doobie Brothers, Michael McDonald and Loggins and Messina will all be making appearances (but unfortunately not on the same night).