Recent Live Music Announcments

The Music Box

4/23/11: Bassrush – Chase & Status (Saturday at 10 AM)

4/28/11: The Airborne Toxic Event (presale now, password = MIDNIGHT; Saturday at 10 AM)

5/22/11: Aloe Blacc (presale Friday at 10 AM, password = NEEDADOLLAR; Saturday at 10 AM)

5/24/11: Yeasayer / Smith Westerns / Hush Hush (presale Friday at 10 AM, password = AMBLING; Saturday at 10 AM)

6/24/11: Black Lips / Cerebral Ballzy (Saturday at 10 AM)

El Rey

4/5/11: Neil Finn / Matt Costa (Saturday at 10 AM)

4/20/11: Kara DioGuardi (presale Friday at 10 AM, password = IDOL; Saturday at 10 AM)

4/27/11: The Airborne Toxic Event (presale now, password = MIDNIGHT; Saturday at 10 AM)

5/10/11: Pinback (Saturday at 10 AM)

Troubadour

4/26/11: The Airborne Toxic Event (Friday at 1:00 PM)

6/6/11: Orange Goblin (now)

The Satellite [sold through Ticketfly]

3/3/11: Mavis Staples (now)

3/8/11: Andy Clockwise (now)

3/30/11: Air Sex Championships (now)

4/6/11: Rademacher (now)

4/14/11: Yuck (now)

4/22/11: Movits (now)

4/25/11: Airbone Toxic Event (Friday at Noon)

Nokia Theatre LA Live

4/15/11: Charlie Wilson / Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds (Friday at 10 AM)

5/13/11: Brian McKnight (Friday at 10 AM)

6/24/11: Men of Soul – Peabo Bryson / Howard Hewett / Freddie Jackson / Jeffrey Osbourne (Friday at 10 AM)

Echoplex [Ticketweb]

3/22/11: Soundtrack of Our Lives (now)

4/8/11: Naked and Famous (now)

5/1/11: Mudhoney (now)

5/21/11: Houses / The One AM Radio (now)

The Echo

4/29/11: Royal Bangs / Superhumanoids (now)

5/2/11: Battles (now)

6/1/11: Gruff Rhys (now)

Club Nokia

3/26/11: Seth MacFarlane Swingin’ in Concert / Sara Bareilles (presale Friday at 10 AM, password = MUSIC; Saturday at 10 AM)

4/3/11: Talib Kweli / David Banner / 9^th Wonder (presale Friday at 10 AM, password = RAINBOWS; Saturday at 10 AM)

4/20/11: The Original Alice Cooper Group / Duff McKagan’s Loaded / Sebastian Bach (now)

5/8/11: Ghostland Observatory (presale now, password = RONDO; Friday at 10 AM)

5/13/11: The Royal Family Ball / Soulive / Lettuce (presale now, password = ROYAL; Friday at 10 AM)

Citizens Business Bank Arena (Pomona)

6/24/11: Willie Nelson’s Country Throwdown Tour- Willie Nelson / Jamey Johnson / Randy Houser / Lee Brice / Brantley Gilbert / Craig Campbell / Lukas Nelson (presale now, password = YEEHAW; Friday at 10 AM)

Staples

9/3/11: Jenni Rivera (Saturday at 10 AM)

Hollywood Palladium

3/22/11: Girl Talk (now)

6/9/11: Adele [moved from The Wiltern] (Saturday at 10 AM)

Gibson Amphitheatre

6/12/11: Bruno Mars / Janelle Monae / Mayer Hawthorne & the Country (Saturday at 10 AM)

The Forum

5/20/11: Rammstein (Saturday at 10 AM)

The Wiltern

4/13/11: Queens of the Stone Age (now)

4/30/11: Hollywood Undead (Friday at 10 AM)

5/21/11: Adam Carolla (now)

Avalon

3/29/11: The Sounds (Friday at 10 AM)

Fox Theater Pomona

4/20/11: Kottonmouth Kings (presale Friday at 10 AM, password = LEGALIZE; Saturday at 10 AM)

Largo

4/28/11: Watkins Family Hour (now)

4/29/11: Punch Brothers (now)

4/30/11: Ed Helms Whiskey Sour Hour (now)

5/1/11: Steep Canyon Rangers with Steve Martin (now)

5/6/11: Grant Lee Buffalo (now)

Bootleg

3/29/11: Washington (now at Ticketfly)

4/3/11: Dan Bern (now)

4/16/11: Lake / Agesandages (now)

Grammy Museum

3/23/11: Raphael Saadiq (now)

3/25/11: Los Lonely Boys (now)

The Glass House

3/10/11: The Concretes (Friday at Noon)

5/7/11: Ghostland Observatory (Friday at Noon)

6/25/11: The Black Lips / Cerebral Ballzy (Friday at Noon)

Bardot (RSVP)

3/7/11: Pop Levi / Broken Records / Johnossi

3/14/11: Polock

3/21/11: Teddy Thompson

Detroit Bar

4/16/11: Yuck (now)

5/12/11: The Greenhornes (now)

6/23/11: Black Lips (now)

Live Music Options: 2/7/11 - 2/13/11

Smith Westerns - One of the Breakout Bands of 2011



Be on the lookout for secret shows this week. There are rumors of a few additional Foo Figthers shows this week as well as an Arcade Fire show. Plus it's Grammy week, so you know stuff will pop up...

Monday 2/7/11

[Pick of the Night] Jenny O / Everest / The Belle Brigade / Micky Adams @ Bootleg (Free) – Strong lineup for the kickoff of Jenny O’s residency.

[Recommended] Red Cortez / The Silent Comedy / David YaYa of Herman Dune / Rocco DeLuca @ The Satellite (Free) – Kicking off Red Cortez’s residency. Lots of good support.

[Recommended] Hanni El Khatib / Hot As Sun @ Bardot (Free w/ RSVP) – Great buzz for local garage rocker, Hanni EL Khatib.

[Recommended] Slang Chickens / Papa / Mini Mansions / Rachel Fannan @ The Echo (Free) – Slang Chickens kick off their residency.

[Recommended] Robotanists / Twilight Sleep / Lanterns / Death Kit @ Silverlake Lounge (Free) – Robotanists kick off their residency.

Gemini Syndrome @ Troubadour (Free)

Jenny Owens Young @ Hotel Café

Deaf / Black Elephant / The Health Club / Lost Lake / The Guppies @ 5 Star Bar ($5)

Religious Girls / Moon Pearl / Baby Birds Don’t Drink Milk / Dealer @ Pehrpsace ($5)

Phil Alvin @ Redwood

Mark Dresser Trio @ Redcat ($20)

Tuesday 2/8/11

[Pick of the Night] Joseph Arthur / Tom Freund @ Bootleg ($12) – Joseph Arthur’s playing Tuesdays at the Bootleg this month.  

[Recommended] The Sweet Hurt @ Hotel Café – Early set at 7:00 PM

Seasons / Hallmark / The Health Club / AV Club @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)

The Western States Motel / Pacific Hurt / The Mid Cities @ LaBrie’s (Free)

Wayne White: You’re Supposed to Act All Impressed @ Largo ($20) – One of the original designers and puppeteers on Pee Wee’s Playhouse

Times of Grace @ Troubadour ($15)

Cradle of Filth @ Club Nokia ($30)

Amanda Jo Williams / Infantree @ The Echo ($5)

Plain White T’s @ House of Blues Sunset

Swords of Fatima @ Redwood

Wednesday 2/9/11

[Pick of the Night] Ferraby Lionheart / Obi Best / Willoughby / Rob Kolar @ The Satellite ($8) – Nice singer/songwritery folk night.

Friendly Fires / Superhumanoids @ The Roxy ($20) – Good excuse to head to the Strip.

Gram Rabbit / Rachel Goodrich / Mad Planet @ Bordello ($10)

Mona / Vanaprasta / Polls @ The Echo ($10)

Tina Dico @ Troubadour ($15)

Sarah McLachlan / Butterfly Boucher @ Nokia Theatre LA Live ($40 - $70)

Meat Beat Manifesto / Not Breathing @ El Rey ($20)

The Apple Sisters @ Largo ($25)

Black Flamingo / Fake Your Own Death / Programmed For Pleasure / Ladycop @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)

Anna Nalick / Nina Storey @ Hotel Café

Low End Theory: DJ Muggs / Samiyam / Salva @ Airliner ($10)

One Trick Pony / Ladycop / Mad Gregs @ Pehrspace

Clive Davis @ Grammy Museum (Sold Out)

Will Cope / Tony Lunn / The Romany Rye @ The Mint ($10)

Thursday 2/10/11

[Pick of the Night] Shadow Shadow Shade / Le Switch / The Hundred Days / Chasing Kings @ The Satellite ($10) – Another good lineup for the Shadow Shadow Shade residency. Justin (Aquarium Drunkard) will be DJ’ing.

[Recommended] Voice of the Wetlands All-Stars featuring: Tab Benoit / Cyril Neville / Anders Osborne / New Orleans’ Big Chief Monk Boudreaux / Johnny Vidacovich / Waylon Thibodeaux @ The Mint ($30) – Good New Orleans music night.

Eli “Paperboy” Reed / Jared Lee @ Troubadour ($14) – Nu-soul night.  

Hands / Letting Up Despite Great Faults @ Echoplex

Kodo @ Walt Disney Concert Hall ($46 - $103)

Garfunkel and Oates @ Largo ($20)

Nick Oliveri / Tremelo @ Show Cave ($3)

Breakestra / Simple Citizens @ The Echo ($13)

Atomic Tom / Maniac @ Bootleg ($10)

Falling Still / Electric Soul Company @ Silverlake Lounge ($8)

Secret Sisters / Erin McLaughlin / Lelia Broussard @ Hotel Café

Ghestapo Khazi / Les Aus / Green Screen Door @ The Smell

Pool Honeys / Hello My Name Is Red / Cigarette Bums @ Lot 1 Café ($5)

Murder By Death @ Detroit Bar ($15)

Kendrick Lamar @ Key Club (Sold Out)

Friday 2/11/11

[Pick of the Night] Smith Westerns / Yuck / Therapies Son @ The Echo (Sold Out) – Best new music and a really strong album make for sold out show…

[Recommended] Fool’s Gold @ Skybar at the Mondrian (Free w/ RSVP)

[Recommended] Big Boi / Cee Lo / Ryan Leslie / Melanie Fiona @ Club Nokia ($42 - $75) – A couple of heavy hitters.

[Recommended] Nobunny / Cerebral Ballzy / Red Onions / Retox / Dream Date @ 6^th Street Warehouse ($10 RSVP required)  

[Recommended] Har Mar Superstar / Marijuana Deathsquads / Shannon and the Clams / Pope Anything @ The Satellite [f/ka/ Spaceland] ($8)

[Recommended] Mike Watt & His Secondmen / Drag the River / Jr Juggernaut / Stab City @ Redwood – Watt always puts on an intense show.

Murder By Death / The Builders and the Butchers @ Echoplex ($15)

ALO / Nathan Moore @ Troubadour ($20)

The Aquabats / Koo Koo Kanga Roo / Voodoo Glow Skulls @ The Music Box ($22)

Grupo Fantasma / Feufollet @ The Mint ($15)

The Pretty Reckless / Runner Runner / A Thousand Horses ($15)

Martha Wainwright sings Piaf @ Largo ($30)

Larry Hernandez @ Nokia Theatre LA Live ($25 - $150)

Killola / Bullet & Snowfox @ Bootleg ($10)

White Widow / Magick Orchids / Extra / HowardAmb @ The Smell ($5)

The Ditty Bops @ McCabe’s ($20)

Alkaholiks  @ Key Club ($20 - $60)

Alpine Decline / Warm Climate / Robedoor @ Pehrspace

Harlam & the Power / Johnny O’Donnell & Sacramento / Nick Oliveri @ Show Cave ($5)

Heatwave / Rose Royce / Blue Magic @ Gibson Amphitheatre

Saturday 2/12/11

[Pick of the Week] Apex Manor @ The Satellite ($8) – I’m digging the new record and excited to see the new band. If you were a fan of the Broken West, be sure to check these guys out.  

[Recommended] Smith Westerns @ Detroit Bar ($10) – If you couldn’t get into the Echo…

The Decemberists @ The Wiltern ($42 - $47) – Seems like only yesterday that I saw them at Spaceland.

Leslie and the Badgers / Andy Clockwise @ Hotel Café

Totimoshi / The Chuck Dukowski Sextet / Jerffertitti’s Nile @ The Smell ($5)

Dierks Bentley & Friends Up On the Range / Will Hoge @ Troubadour ($30)

Snoop Dogg / Pilot @ Fox Theater Pomona ($33 - $43)

Jarrod Gorbel / Atlantic Pacific @ The Echo ($12) – Early show at 6:00 PM

Jackie Greene / honeymoon @ El Rey ($17)

B.o.B. / Far East Movement / Donnis @ Club Nokia ($43 - $75)

Martha Wainwright sings Piaf @ Largo ($30)

Tribute to Teena Marie @ Nokia Theatre LA Live ($30 - $90)

Rocco DeLuca @ R Bar

Hellride ft. Mike Watt, Stephen Perkins and Peter Destefano @ Central S.A.P.C. ($12)

KRS-One @ The Roxy ($29)

Ana Tijoux / Nocando / DJ Money Mark (All Casstte Throwdown) / DJ Ethos @ Bootleg ($12)

Sara Lov @ Bootleg (Free) – Early show at 8:00 PM

The Dan Band / Joe Sib @ Grove of Anaheim

Stan Ridgway @ McCabe’s ($18)

The Michael Des Barres Band @ 3 of Clubs (Free)

Chelsea Wolfe / King Dude / The Present Moment @ Show Cave ($10)

The Gears / Deadbeats @ Redwood

Ozokids @ Grammy Museum (Free) – Early show at 11 AM

How I Wrote That Song: Cee-Lo & Seal @ Key Club ($15 - $20) – Early event at Noon

Heatwave / Rose Royce / Blue Magic @ Gibson Amphitheatre

Los Amigos Invisibles @ Conga Room ($30 - $55)

Sunday 2/13/11 [Good Luck to All the Grammy Nominees]

Ruben Hakhverdyan @ Orpheum ($40 - $100)

Part Time Punks – My Bloody Valentine Night @ The Echo ($5)

Rare Grooves / C.J. Boyd @ The Smell ($5)

Blok / Kiev @ Bardot (Free)

Luna Is Honey / The Hips / So Many Wizards @ Big Fish in Glendale (Free)

Recent Concert Announcements

Daniel Lanois & Brian Blade Play the Satellite on Saturday

The Satellite (f/k/a Spaceland)

1/22/11: Rocco DeLuca / Daniel Lanois and Brian Blade (now at Ticketfly)

3/1/11: Arbouretum / Endless Boogie (now)

The Echo

5/6/11: J. Mascis / Black Heart Procession (now at Ticketweb)

Empire Polo Club

4/15/11 – 4/17/11: Coachella (Friday at 10 AM)

Greek Theatre
4/23/11: Robert Plant and the Band of Joy (presale now, password = ANGEL; Saturday at 10 AM)

El Rey

4/8/11: The Dodos / Reading Rainbow (Saturday at 10 AM)

5/31/11: Bruce Cockburn / Jenny Scheinman (Saturday at 10 AM)

Gibson Amphitheatre

4/15/11: Janet Jackson (now)

6/20/11 & 6/22/11: Rush performing Moving Pictures and other classics (Monday at 10 AM)

The Wiltern

5/4/11: James Blunt (Friday at 10 AM)

The Music Box

3/4/11: Trey Anastasio (presale Friday at 10 AM, password = PHISHFOOD; Saturday at 10 AM)

6/10/11: Friendly Fires (presale now, password = KISSOFLIFE; Friday at 10 AM)

Club Nokia

2/12/11: B.o.B. / Far East Movement (presale Friday at 10 AM, password = MAGIC; Saturday at 10 AM)

Troubadour

4/10/11: Protest the Hero (Friday at 1:00 PM)

Hollywood Bowl

4/16/11: Rod Stewart & Stevie Nicks (Monday at 10 AM)

5/20/11: Kylie Minogue (Saturday at 10 AM)

The Glass House

4/21/11: fun. (Saturday at Noon)

Detroit Bar

2/12/11: Smith Westerns (now)

Recent Concert Announcments

Residents Local Natives Inhabitants Perform at the Disney Concert Hall in February

Walt Disney Concert Hall

2/26/11: Local Natives (Saturday at 10 AM)

Troubadour

3/10/11: The Dears (Friday at 1 PM)

3/11/11: Starfucker (Thursday at 1 PM)

3/22/11: Destroyer (now)

3/27/11: Gold Panda (Friday at 1 PM)

4/7/11: British Sea Power (now)

5/19/11 – 5/21/11: Citizen Cope (now)

The Satellite [f/k/a Spaceland]

2/15/11: Mother Mother (now at Ticketfly)

3/5/11: Diamond Rings (on sale 2/5/11 at Noon)

3/25/11: Sharon Van Etten (now at Ticketfly)

The Echo

2/6/11: The Soft Moon (now at Ticketweb)

2/11/11: Smith Westerns (now)

3/11/11: Mike Watt & the Missingmen (now)

3/13/11: Silk Flowers (now)

3/20/11: Fujiya and Miyagi (now)

Echoplex

2/11/11: Murder By Death (now at Ticketweb)

2/20/11: Beth Hart (now)

3/15/11: Death Set (now)

3/24/11: The Appleseed Cast (now)

4/19/11: The Go Team! (now)

The Bootleg

1/24/11: Cold War Kids / Grouplove (now at Inticketing)

Tuesdays in February: Joseph Arthur (now)

Detroit Bar

2/24/11: Yo La Tengo (now)

3/22/11: Toro Y Moi (now)

3/26/11: Sharon Van Etten (now)

Hotel Café

2/18/11: Carl Broemel (now)

2/25/11: The 88 (now)

3/10/11 – 3/11/11: The Mother Hips (now)

3/11/11, 3/18/11 & 3/25/11: The 88 (now)

Gibson Amphitheatre

2/4/11: Luis Miguel (Friday at 1 PM)

3/20/11: Selena Gomez / Jonas Brothers (Saturday at 10 AM)

4/14/11: Janet Jackson (Friday at 10 AM)

The Wiltern

3/29/11: Royksopp (Friday at 10 AM)

Avalon

5/14/11: Of Montreal (Friday at 10 AM)

El Rey Theatre

1/24/11: Wanda Jackson with The Third Man house band featuring Jack White on guitar (now)

2/11/11: The Pretty Reckless (now)

3/12/11: Jim Jones Revue (Saturday at 10 AM)

4/9/11: The Residents (presale Friday, password = TALKINGLIGHT; Saturday at 10 AM)

Nokia Theatre LA

2/12/11: Tribute to Teena Marie featuring Teena Marie band with the Mary Jane Girls, The Whispers and Keith Sweat (Friday at 10 AM)

Club Nokia

2/11/11: Big Boi & Cee Lo (presale Friday, password = BIGCEE; Saturday at 10 AM)

2/17/11: Jamie Foxx and Friends (Saturday at 10 AM)

2/25/11: Miranda Cosgrove / Greyson Chance (Friday at 10 AM)

3/11/11: Motorhead / Clutch / Valient Thorr (presale now, password = SPADES; Friday at 10 AM)

5/11/11: Coheed & Cambria (presale now, password = BLACKRAINBOW; Friday at 10 AM)

Fox Theatre Pomona

2/26/11: Stone Temple Pilots (presale now, password = PLUSH; Friday at 10 AM)

3/25/11: Asking Alexandria / Emmure (presale now, password = WILD; Friday at 10 AM)

4/8/11: Jeff Beck’s Rock and Roll Party with Imelda May and her band (presale now, password = PARTY; Friday at 10 AM)

4/13/11: Bright Eyes (presale Friday, password = EYES; Saturday at 10 AM)

Staples Center

3/13/11: Juanes (presale now, password = PARCE; Friday at 10 AM)

OC Fair & Event Center

3/4/11 – 3/6/11: Musink – Thrice / Circa Survive / The Used / Hot Water Music (presale Friday, password = TATTOO; Saturday at 10 AM)

The Music Box

3/12/11: DeVotcKa / El Mariachi Bronx (Saturday at 10 AM)

3/22/11: Raphael Saadiq / Quadron (presale Friday, password = STONEROLLIN; Saturday at 10 AM)

3/25/11: OMD / Oh Land (Saturday at 10 AM)

Pantages

4/12/11 – 4/17/11: Rain – Tribute to The Beatles (presale now, password = PRENC)