The L.A. Show Low Down

by Brad Roberts

 Lots of good shows this session: The Shins, Haunted Summer, St. Vincent, The Happy Hollows, Grizzly Bear, The Stevenson Ranch Dravidians, The Flaming Lips, Robyn Hitchcock and more.

Week of September 25 - October 1

Monday, September 25

Recommended:

Moons Of Mars, Avant Rivers, Yacht Punk @ Bootleg Bar

Ilegal Mescal Music Series w/ Sash The Bash, Cuesta Loeb, Low Volts @ Harvard & Stone

playing tonight:

• New Language, Madus, Rosechild,  Spare Parts For Broken Hearts @ The Satellite
• Jesse Jo Stark @ The Echo
• The Entire Universe, CG Roxanne & The Nightmares, Crush, Shannon Lay @ Zebulon
• "School Night!" w/ Sheare Single Release, The New Electric Sound, Flaural @ Bardot
• Transit Method, Magnuson, Old Blood, MAL @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers @ Hollywood Bowl
• Suicide Prevention Benefit w/ Welfair, Twin Seas, Amindi K. Fro$t, Zuli, Katzu Oso @ The Hi Hat
• Moons Of Mars, Avant Rivers, Yacht Punk @ Bootleg Bar
• Briana Marela, Maiah Manser @ Resident
• Elizabeth Cook, Boot On Stage presents Stephanie Quayle @ Hotel Café
• Monday Monday Hootenanny, Evan Diamond @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Judith Hill, Syncopated Ladies @ The Troubadour
• Ilegal Mescal Music Series w/ Sash The Bash, Cuesta Loeb, Low Volts @ Harvard & Stone
• Grouplove @ Moroccan Lounge
  

Tuesday, September 26

Recommended:

Planned Parenthood Benefit w/ POLARTROPICA, Throwaway, Cousin Liar @ The Hi Hat

The Bright Light Social Hour, SWIMM, Creature Canyon  @ The Satellite

Robyn Hitchcock @ The Grammy Museum

playing tonight:

• The Bright Light Social Hour, SWIMM, Creature Canyon  @ The Satellite
• Jail Weddings, Fake News, Scott Yoder @ The Echo
• Paramore, Best Coast @ The Greek
• Tuomo & Markus @ Hotel Café
• Jonah M "Alone Rewinding" Book & Album Release Show, Zak Schaffer, Otonana Trio @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Planned Parenthood Benefit w/ POLARTROPICA, Throwaway, Cousin Liar @ The Hi Hat
• Hooveriii, Rearranged Face, Healing Gems @ Zebulon
• Neon Trees, I Don't Know How But They Found Me @ The Troubadour
• Jaye Bartell, Magic Shop @ Bootleg Bar
• Gov't Mule @ The Wiltern
• City Of Union, Jr Sun, Chu Victoria, Witch Love @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Name The Band, Lily Waters, Cigarette Bums @ Harvard & Stone
• Tes Parks, Drinking Flowers, Lucas Fitzsimons @ Resident
• Bleachers, Tangerine @ The Fonda Theatre
• Robyn Hitchcock @ The Grammy Museum
• Josie and the Pussycts Record Release Party @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel
  

Wednesday, September 27

Recommended:

Grizzly Bear @ Moroccan Lounge

Spindrift, Bone Acre, Highlands, The Stevenson Ranch Davidians @ Resident

playing tonight:

• Ice Balloons, Sun Foot, POW! @ Zebulon
• Facial Record Release Party, Fever Creep, The Bomb, Flaural @ The Echo
• Grizzly Bear @ Moroccan Lounge
• Front 242, Severed Heads, Romy, Das Bunker The Regent Theatre
• "Desert Nights" w/ Chris Stills, O'Neill Hudson @ The Standard
• Midland, Desure @ The Troubadour
• The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, The Courtneys, The Prids @ Teragram Ballroom
• Minnow, Sisu @ The Hi Hat
• J Roddy Walston & The Business, Sleepwalkers @ The Roxy
• Hawai, Bel Heir @ The Peppermint Club
• Spindrift, Bone Acre, Highlands, The Stevenson Ranch Davidians @ Resident
• Joseph Arthur, Ray Goren @ Hotel Café
• SZLACHETKA w/ Dan Rodriquez & more, Kerri Watt @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Sam Amidon, Henry Wolfe @ Bootleg Bar
• Alison Moyet @ The Fonda Theatre
• Intisaar, Nuclear Child, The Perfect Pear, City Rabbits @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Chief White Lighning, Melted, Dirty Few @ Harvard & Stone

Thursday, September 28

Recommended:

 Pearl Charles, Cones, Raderson @ Bootleg Bar

playing tonight:

• Shilpa Ray Record Release Show, Honus Honus, Mask Off @ The Satellite
• Sad Girl, French Vanilla, Brutus VIII @ The Echo
• HEARTSREVOLUTION, Juiceboxx, Prissy Whip @ The Smell
• Picture Atlantic w/ The Planters Paisley, Creamer @ Hotel Café
• Brendan Hines, Trouble in the Wind, Sam Marine, Mike Mangione @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Middle Kids, King Shelter @ Teragram Ballroom
• J. Roddy Walston and the Business, Sleepwalkers @ Residen
• Public Service Broadcasting, Street Joy @ The Troubadour
• Interpol @ El Rey
• #RADDNightLive w/ Chris Pierce, Daisy, Freancisco Fernandez and The Ferocious Few @ The Hi Hat
• Pearl Charles, Cones, Raderson @ Bootleg Bar
• Jason Achilles Mezilis, To The Wolves, The Infinite Seas @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Kali Uchis, Phony Ppl @ The Fonda Theatre

Friday, September 29

Recommended:

Happy Hollows Record Release Show, Post Life, The Pretty Flowers, TraPs Ps @ The Satellite

The Shins, Foxygen @ The Greek

Lauren Ruth Ward Album Release Show, Laura Jean Anderson, Vava @ Bootleg Bar

playing tonight:

• Happy Hollows Record Release Show, Post Life, The Pretty Flowers, TraPs Ps @ The Satellite
• Christopher Owens @ The Echo
• Trapped Under Ice, GAG, Forced Order. Ingrown, Primitive Blast @ Echoplex
• Chelsea Wolfe @ Amoeba Music
• The Shins, Foxygen @ The Greek
• Ride @ The Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
• Andrew W.K., Prima Donna, Easy @ The Regent Theatre
• Daniel Norgren, William Tyler @ The Troubadour
• Jimmy Gnecco, Lemolo, Tree Machines Record Release Show @ Hotel Café
• Vincint, Bryan Sandlin EP Release Show, Austin Brown, Gabe Reali @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Television, Chris Stamey @ Teragram Ballroom
• Sextile, POW, Simon Doom @ Resident
• The Donkeys, Sonny And The Sunsets, Earth Girl Helen Brown @ The Hi Hat
• Lauren Ruth Ward Album Release Show, Laura Jean Anderson, Vava @ Bootleg Bar
• The Homobiles, Period Bomb, Trap Girl, The Tissues @ The Smell
• Surge Events presents... @ Silver Lake Lounge
• The Double, LA Takedown, Sun Araw @ Zebulon
• Moon Taxi, Too Many Zooz @ El Rey
• Kali Uchis, Phony Ppl @ The Fonda Theatre
• John Hammond @ McCabe's

Saturday, September 30

Recommended:

Haunted Summer Record Release Show, Bodies of Water, Livingmore, Avi Buffalo, w/ projections by Mad Alchemy Analog Liquid Light Show @ The Hi Hat

playing tonight:

• Dimber, Snatch Attack, Object As Subject @ The Echo
• Hot Water Music, Dead To Me, Racquet Club @ Echoplex
• Company of Thieves, DRÆMINGS, Psychic Love @ The Troubadour
• Interpol, Deerhunter, Battles @ Los Angeles State Historic Park
• Amos Lee @ Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian ChurchChelsea Wolfe, Youth Code @ The Regent Theatre
• Haunted Summer Record Release Show, Bodies of Water, Livingmore, Avi Buffalo, w/ projections by Mad Alchemy Analog Liquid Light Show @ The Hi Hat
• Black Joe Lewis, Lighnin' Malcolm, Vug Arakas @ Resident
• Television, Chris Stamey @ Teragram Ballroom
• Joey Harkum, Ian Abel, Jakob Berger & his hat @ Hotel Café
• Keith Harkin, Nick Shattuck, Brandon McCulloch presents JOe Con, East Of Angels @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Big Business, Andy The Doorbum, Tweak Bird @ Bootleg Bar
• Hellogoodbye, Chris Farren, Family of Geniuses @ El Rey

Sunday, October 1

Recommended:

Robyn Hitchcock & Yo La Tengo perform Black Snake Diamond Role @ The Regent Theatre

playing tonight:

• Robyn Hitchcock & Yo La Tengo perform Black Snake Diamond Role @ The Regent Theatre
• Imagine Dragons @ Hollywood Bowl
• Part Time Punks w/ @ The Echo
• Nosaj Thing, Jacques Greene @ Echoplex
• Four Year Strong, Seaway, Like Pacific, Grey Scale, Life Lessons @ Teragram Ballroom
• Sean Nicholas Savage, Dinner, Ablebody @ Bootleg Bar
• "Secret" Special Guest, Billy Changer, BOYO, Lily Waters @ The Hi HaT
• Keith Harkin @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Jon Langford's Four Lost Souls @ McCabe's

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Week of October 2 - 9

Monday, October 2

Recommended:

"School Night!" w/ Hamish Anderson, Torii Wolf Album Release Party, SWSH, Glover the Girl, Maillot, Best Ghost @ Bardot

playing tonight:

• NEONHEART, Hawk Percival Andy friends, Charly & Faust @ The Satellite
• "School Night!" w/ Hamish Anderson, Torii Wolf Album Release Party, SWSH, Glover the Girl, Maillot, Best Ghost @ Bardot
• Space Diaries, Nebulamigo @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Dark Rooms, PLEXXIGLASS, Esbie Fonte @ The Hi Hat
• Madeline Kennedy, NONA, Camila Webb @ Resident
• Monday Monday, Tenderfoot @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Judith Owen @ The Troubadour
• Ilegal Mescal Music Series @ Harvard & Stone

Tuesday, October 3

Recommended:

Geographer @ Moroccan Lounge

playing tonight:

• Brandon Wardell and friends @ The Satellite
• Krystle Warren, Jacob Snider @ Zebulon
• Bruno Romano & Friends @ Hotel Café
• Cosmos and Creatures, Upsahl, YVR @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Sheer Mag, Tenement, Futura @ The Hi Hat
• Geographer @ Moroccan Lounge
• Escondito, Yay Blynn, Clara-Nova @ The Troubadour
• Big Thief, Little Wings, Mega Bog @ Bootleg Bar
• Takenobu @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Chela @ Resident
• Misterwives, Smallpools., Vinyl Theatre @ The Fonda Theatre
  

Wednesday, October 4

Recommended:

Decorator, The Unending Thread, The Mosaics @ The Satellite

playing tonight:

• Decorator, The Unending Thread, The Mosaics @ The Satellite
• Sheer Mag, Tenement, Gun Outfit @ The Echo
• Jesse Harris, Johnathan Rice @ Zebulon
• "Desert Nights" w/ @ The Standard
• The Early November, The Movielife @ The Troubadour
• Tank and The Bangas, Sweet Crude @'Teragram Ballroom
• Knower featuring Rai Thistlethwayte, Jacob Mann & Sam Wilkes, Thumpasaurus @ The Hi Hat
• Kacy & Clayton, GospelbeacH @ Moroccan Lounge
• The Americans, George Adrian @ Hotel Café
• Dylan Gardner, Izzy Ray, Bianca Gissell, Lizzy Loeb @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• Elliott Brood, Izaak Opatz @ Bootleg Bar
• Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Anders Osborne, Lola Lennox @ The Fonda Theatre
• Deep State @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Robert Earl Keen @ El Rey

Thursday, October 5

Recommended:

The War on Drugs, Phoebe Bridgers @ The Greek

playing tonight:

• Robert Earl Keen @ El Rey
• Sierra and the Radicals @ The Satellite
• Metal Jazz Night w/ Burning Ghosts, Dan Weiss Group @ Zebulon
• Pinegrove, Florist, Lomelda @ Echoplex
• Colter Wall @ Hotel Café
• Boots On Stage presents Chharlie Rogers, Broken Halleluyah, Taylor Hungerford, Liz Hill, David Lorango @ Hotel Café Second Stage
• The War on Drugs, Phoebe Bridgers @ The Greek
• Hollie Cook @ Moroccan Lounge
• Walter Etc. Record Release, Toys That Kill, Mom Jeans @ The Hi Hat
• Campfire Caravan featuring The Brothers Comatose, Mipso & The Lil Smokies @ Bootleg Bar
• Jamestown Pagans, Jerika Hayes, ArthurAutumn, Aboleth @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Vance Joy, Amy Sharkm Chappell Roan @ The Fonda Theatre

Friday, October 6

Recommended:

Eagle Rock Festival Kickoff Party w/ Jimetta Rose, Swarvy, Apollo Bebop @ The Hi Hat

playing tonight:

• The Woggles @ The Echo
• The Mavericks @ The Regent Theatre
• Gabrielle Aplin @ The Troubadour
• Dylan Dunlap, Vincint, Rayvon Owen w/ special guests, Eleven Dollar Bills, Big Monsta @ Hotel Café
• The Cribs, PAWS @ Teragram Ballroom
• Arkells, Irontom @ The Roxy
• Robin Bacior, Kacey Johansing, Crdioid @ Resident
• Eagle Rock Festival Kickoff Party w/ Jimetta Rose, Swarvy, Apollo Bebop @ The Hi Hat
• Joon Moon @ Bootleg Bar
• French Vanilla, Janelane, Jody, LunchLady @ The Smell
• Surge Events presents... @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Saint Etienne, Shawn Lee @ The Fonda Theatre
• AJ Croce @ McCabe's

Saturday, October 7

Recommended:

Eagle Rock Festival 2017 @ Eagle Rock

The Flaming Lips, Mac DeMarco @ The Shrine

St. Vincent @ Paramount Pictures Studios

playing tonight:

• Eagle Rock Festival 2017 @ Eagle Rock
• Kings Of Leon @ Hollywood Bowl
• The Flaming Lips, Mac DeMarco @ The Shrine
• St. Vincent @ Paramount Pictures Studios
• Marc Broussard, Carsie Blanton, Peter Aristone @ The Troubadour
• Wax Children, Perfect Families, Crystales, Modern Time Machines @ The Hi Hat
• Dead Rider, Ether Feather, Qui @ Resident
• Obituary, Exodus, Power Trip, Dust Bolt @ Teragram Ballroom
• Robert Rothko, The Morning Yells, Garen w/ Carly Van Skaik @ Hotel Café
• Ratoys, BOYO, Justus Proffit @ Bootleg Bar
• Between The Buried and Me, The Contortionist, Polyphia & Toothgrinder @ El Rey
• Saccharine Trust, Terminal A, and more @ The Smell
• Griffin House @ McCabe's

Sunday, October 8

Recommended:

Pinegrove, Florist, Lomelda @ The Troubadour

playing tonight:

• Orange Mayfield, Black Adidas, Room 4 @ The Satellite
• Part Time Punks w/ @ The Echo
• Pinegrove, Florist, Lomelda @ The Troubadour
• Audra Isadora @ Silver Lake Lounge
• Patrick Sweany, Restavrant @ Bootleg Bar
• Presence ft, Hardcore Tina, Susan, Maricon, Object As Subject @ The Hi Hat
• Quiles and Cloud, Anna Tivel @ McCabe's