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Cool Concerts in L.A. 12/26/18 to 1/1/19

Wednesday 12/26
Seahaven at the Teragram Ballroom- Sold out 😦

Thursday 12/27
Surf Curse at 1720- $15-$22
Lunch Lady at Alex’s Bar- $5
Seahaven at the Glass House- $16-$20
X, Los Lobos, and The Blasters at the Observatory- $35
Erykah Badu at the Novo- Sold out 😦

Friday 12/28
Poolside at the Teragram Ballroom- $20
X, Los Lobos, and The Blasters at the Observatory- $35

Saturday 12/29
Mike Watt & the Secondmen (opening for Fartbarf) at Alex’s Bar- $10
Puddles Pity Party at the Fonda Theatre- $53
Hot Snakes at Martys on Newport- $26

Sunday 12/30
Laura Veirs at the Moroccan Lounge- $15-$18
ODESZA at the Novo- Sold out 😦

Monday 12/31
!!! at the Regent Theater- $22.50-$62.50
Throw Rag (opening for the Bomboras) at Alex’s Bar- $25-$30
Moon Honey at Harvard & Stone- TBA
The Crystal Method at Discovery Ventura- $30 and up
Ozomatli at Marty’s on Newport- $40 and up
Ariel Pink and Redd Kross at the Standard Hollywood- $35
DIIV at Highland Park Ebell- $29

Tuesday 1/1
Happy New Year!

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Cool Concerts in L.A. 12/19/18 to 12/25/18

Wednesday 12/19
Thom Yorke at the Orpheum Theatre- Sold out 😦
The Internet at the Hollywood Palladium- $50-$75
H.E.R. at the Novo- $39.50
Whispertown & Friends: Holiday Program at the Resident- Free!
Protomartyr and Preoccupations at the Regent Theater- $25
The Growlers at the House of Blues Anaheim- Sold out 😦
Thundercat at the Observatory- $35

Thursday 12/20
Thom Yorke at the Orpheum Theatre- Sold out 😦
Brian Wilson at the Fred Kavli Theatre- $81-$91
Lola Kirke at the Resident- $15
Redd Kross at Marty’s on Newport- $15

Friday 12/21
The Growlers at the Wiltern- $39.50-$49.50
Questlove at the Regent Theater- $25-$50
Jon Brion at the Largo at the Coronet- $30

Saturday 12/22
The Growlers at the Wiltern- $44.50
Cults at the Echo (8:30pm)- Sold out 😦
Cut Chemist at the Echo (10pm)- $10
El Vez at Alex’s Bar- $15
Thundercat at Ventura Theater- $25
The Vandals at the House of Blues Anaheim- $22

Sunday 12/23
Cults at the Echo- $20
É Arenas (of Chicano Batman) at the Moroccan Lounge- $10

Merry Christmas!
Monday 12/24- Christmas Eve
Tuesday 12/25- Christmas

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Cool Concerts in L.A. 12/12/18 to 12/18/18

Wednesday 12/12
Nine Inch Nails and the Jesus & Mary Chain at the Hollywood Palladium- Sold out 😦
NO WIN (opening for Facing New York) at the Hi Hat- $12-$15
The Soft Moon and Hide at Marty’s on Newport- $16

Thursday 12/13
A Tribute to Richard Swift with James Mercer, Cold War Kids, Lucius, Foxygen, Damien Jurado, Gardens & Villa, Mynabirds, and more at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever- Sold out 😦
Kinky at the Roxy- $25-$30
Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink (separately and as Azure Ray) at the Moroccan Lounge- $15
Colleen Green and James V at Harvard & Stone- Free!
Death Valley Girls at Alex’s Bar- $10

Friday 12/14
Nine Inch Nails and the Jesus & Mary Chain at the Hollywood Palladium- Sold out 😦
H.E.R. at the Novo- Sold out 😦
Tijuana Panthers and Gothic Tropic at the Roxy- $17
Middle Kids at the Echoplex- $15-$20
La Santa Cecilia at Marty’s on Newport- Sold out 😦

Saturday 12/15
Nine Inch Nails and the Jesus & Mary Chain at the Hollywood Palladium- Sold out 😦
Z Berg and Friends (Jackson Browne, Pearl Charles, and more) at Pico Union Project- $15
Aimee Mann and Ted Leo at the Largo at the Coronet- Sold out 😦
SadGirl at the Roxy- $15-$17
La Santa Cecilia at Marty’s on Newport- $25
The Internet at the Observatory- Sold out 😦

Sunday 12/16
Aimee Mann and Ted Leo at the Largo at the Coronet- $50
El Vez at Marty’s on Newport- $15

Monday 12/17
Moby (acoustic) at Bardot- $25 donation
-Royal Machines at El Rey 6pm ($35) and 9pm ($35)
The Buttertones and Pinky Pinky at the Roxy- $20
El Vez at the Bootleg- $12-$15

Tuesday 12/18
Father John Misty, Jenny Lewis, and more at the Theatre at Ace Hotel- $59-$100
The Outline at the Echo- $15
H.E.R. at the Observatory- $50
The Soft Moon and Hide at the Regent Theater- $17.50-$22
Nortec Collective at the Roxy- $20-$25

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Cool Concerts in L.A. 12/5/18 to 12/11/18

Wednesday 12/5
Beach Fossils and Wavves at the Belasco Theater- $30
Echo & the Bunnymen at the Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian- Sold out 😦

Thursday 12/6
She and Him at the Wiltern- $50.50-$70.50
Heart Bones (Har Mar Superstar and Sabrina Ellis, doing music of “Dirty Dancing”) at the Regent Theater- $17.50-$25
Drinks (Cate Le Bon & Tim Presley) and BEEF (Stella Mogzawa & Boom Bip) at the Pico Union Project- $15-$17
Rituals of Mine at the Resident- $12-$15
LP at Amoeba Hollywood- Free!
Kevin Morby at Gold Diggers- Free!

Friday 12/7
Nine Inch Nails and the Jesus & Mary Chain at the Hollywood Palladium- Sold out 😦
X, Los Lobos, and the Blasters at the Novo- $40
Neko Case at the Orpheum- $36-$41
She & Him at the Wiltern- $40.50-$90.50
Xiu Xiu (solo) and Tearist at El Cid- $15
Gaby Moreno at Largo at the Coronet- $30
The Aquabats at the House of Blues Anaheim- $28
Peter Bjorn and John at Marty’s on Newport- Sold out 😦
La Santa Cecilia at the Concert Lounge- $20
John Maus at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever- $25

Saturday 12/8
Nine Inch Nails and the Jesus & Mary Chain at the Hollywood Palladium- Sold out 😦
John Maus and Lunch Lady at the Regent Theater- Sold out 😦
Peter Bjorn and John and Taken By Trees at the Teragram Ballroom- $25
Minus the Bear at the Glass House- Sold out 😦
Daniel Lanois at Zebulon- Sold out 😦
La Santa Cecilia at the Concert Lounge- $20
Redd Kross at the Garage- $14

Sunday 12/9
Minus the Bear at the Fonda Theatre- Sold out 😦
Emma Ruth Rundle at the Echo- $13-$16
Daedelus at the Bootleg- $10
Sofia Bolt, Benjamin Booker, Anna St.Louis and Van Dyke Parks at Zebulon- $15

Monday 12/10
Beach Fossils and Wavves at the House of Blues Anaheim- $25
Minus the Bear at the Observatory- $30
Animal Collective at the Vista Theatre- Sold out 😦

Tuesday 12/11
Nine Inch Nails and the Jesus & Mary Chain at the Hollywood Palladium- $99.50
The Smashing Pumpkins at Jimmy Kimmel Live- Free with ticket!
A Very Post Punk Christmas with Band Aparte at the Continental Room- Free!
Rodrigo Amarante at the Teragram Ballroom- $16-$18
Kurt Vile & the Violators at the Wiltern- $30.50-$36
Feels at Gold Diggers- Free!
Hazel English at the Roxy- $16

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Cool Concerts in. L.A. 11/28/18 to 12/4/18

Wednesday 11/28
Elvis Costello & the Imposters at the House of Blues Anaheim- $95
How to Dress Well at the Lodge Room- $20
Imaad Wasif (opening for Ty Segall) at Zebulon- Sold out 😦
Richard Lloyd (of Television) at Amoeba- Free!
Cayucas at Saint Rocke- $18

Thursday 11/29
HEALTH at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever- Sold out 😦
Elvis Costello & the Imposters at the Wiltern- Sold out 😦
The Tallest Man on Earth at the Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian- $39.50
Alice Smith at the Hotel Café- $30
Giraffage & Ryan Hemsworth and Nite Jewel (DJ set) at the Regent- $20-$28

Friday 11/30
Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus at the Wiltern- $68
Ingrid Michaelson Trio at the Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian- $39.50-$55
Kimbra at the Japan America Theatre- $39.50
Linda Perhacs and DJ Natasha Khan at the Center for the Arts Eagle Rock- $15
Death Valley Girls at the Echo- $10-$12
Ladies of LCD Soundsystem (Nancy Whang and Gavin Rayna Russom) at 1720- $17-$20
Tycho and Nosaj Thing (DJ sets) at Exchange- $20-$90
She Wants Revenge at Marty’s on Newport- Sold out 😦
Pinky Pinky (opening for Spendtime Palace) at the Bootleg- $12
Neneh Cherry at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery- $30
Cayucas at the Constellation Room- $18
Giraffage & Ryan Hemsworth and Nite Jewel (DJ set) at the Observatory- $20
Springtime Carnivore at the Lodge Room- $12-$15

Saturday 12/1
Tycho (DJ set) at Exchange- $20-$90
Save Ferris at the House of Blues Anaheim- $25
She Wants Revenge at Marty’s on Newport- Sold out 😦
Old 97’s at the Troubadour- Sold out 😦
TT (of Warpaint) at the Lodge Room- $10

Sunday 12/2
Dynasty Handbag and Carrie Brownstein at Zebulon- $15

Monday 12/3
Juliana Barwick at Zebulon- Free!
NVDES at Bardot- Free with RSVP!
Old 97’s at Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace- $25

Tuesday 12/4
Echo & The Bunnymen at Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian Church- $184
Beach Fossils and Wavves at the Belasco- $25
Oberhofer at Gold Diggers- Free!

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Cool Concerts in L.A. 11/21/18 to 11/27/18

Wednesday 11/21
Cat Power at the Theatre at Ace Hotel- Sold out 😦

Thursday 11/22
Happy Thanksgiving!

Friday 11/23
Cat Power at the Observatory- $30
Gymshorts (early show) at the Echo- $8

Saturday 11/24
Jeffertitti Moon at Zebulon- Free!

Sunday 11/25
Rey Pila at the Echoplex- $12

Monday 11/26
Jorja Smith at the Wiltern- Sold out 😦
OFF! (opening for Municipal Waste) at the Observatory- $22
The Tracks (Monday Residency) at the Echo- Free!

Tuesday 11/27
Richard Lloyd (of Television) and No Win at the Bootleg- $10
AlunaGeorge at the Troubadour- Sold out 😦
Jorja Smith at the Wiltern- $34.50

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Cool Concerts in L.A. 11/14/18 to 11/20/18

Wednesday 11/14
Milo Greene at the Teragram Ballroom- $25
Gary Clark Jr. at the Fonda Theatre- Sold out 😦
Phosphorescent at the Observatory- $25

Thursday 11/15
Phosphorescent at the Belasco Theater- $25
Gary Clark Jr. at the Fonda Theatre- Sold out 😦
Jake Shears (of Scissor Sisters) at El Rey- $25
Helio Sequence at the Lodge Room- $18-$20
Twin Shadow (DJ set) and Local Natives (DJ set)- $10 donation for CA fire relief orgs

Friday 11/16
Jake Shears (of Scissor Sisters) at El Rey- $25
J Mascis at the Lodge Room- $30-$35
Papercuts at the Bootleg Theater- $10-$12
Mr Twin Sister at Zebulon- Sold out 😦
Thursday and Mellowdrone at the Echoplex- Sold out 😦
Andrew Bird and more at Largo at the Coronet- $50 (benefit for Planned Parenthood)
Mutual Benefit at the Constellation Room- $13

Saturday 11/17
A Perfect Circle at the Honda Center- $69-$89.50
Mr Twin Sister at Zebulon- Sold out 😦
Thrice and The Bronx at the House of Blues Anaheim- Sold out 😦

Sunday 11/18
Thrice and The Bronx at the Wiltern- $35
Yppah (opening for Blockhead) at the Teragram Ballroom- $20-$25
Beck at the Orpheum Theatre- $59 and up
DIIV at the Observatory- $20
-Thursday at Chain Reaction (12pm and 3pm)- Sold out

Monday 11/19
Johanna Samuels at the Bootleg- Free!

Tuesday 11/20
Pearl Charles at the Bootleg- $10-$12

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Cool Concerts in L.A. 11/7/18 to 11/13/18

Wednesday 11/7
A Birthday Celebration for Joni Mitchell with James Taylor, Brandi Carlile, Glen Hansard, Emmylou Harris, Norah Jones, Chaka Khan, Diana Krall, Kris Kristofferson, Los Lobos, Graham Nash, Seal and Rufus Wainwright at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion- Sold out 😦
Mitski at the Wiltern- Sold out 😦
Tokyo Police Club at the Moroccan Lounge- Sold out 😦
Dirty Projectors at Zebulon- Sold out 😦

Thursday 11/8
Mr. Little Jeans and Taken by Trees at the Lodge Room- $20-$22
Lawrence Rothman at the Pico Union Project- $15
Dirty Projectors at Zebulon- Sold out 😦
Daughters at the Echo- Sold out 😦
Of Montreal at the Fonda Theatre- $25
Tokyo Police Club at the Moroccan Lounge- Sold out 😦

Friday 11/9
Little Dragon at Amoeba Hollywood- Free!
Scorpio Scorpio (Alice Bag, Seth Bogart, Allison Wolfe) at La Cita- Free before 10PM, $5 after
Rufus Wainwright at the Orpheum Theatre- $45-$85
Young Fathers at the Fonda Theatre- $23
Guided By Voices at the Teragram Ballroom- Sold out 😦
Film School at Zebulon- $12-$15
Letters to Cleo at the Hi Hat- $25
TOKiMONSTA at the Regent Theater- Sold out 😦
Daughters at the Echo- Sold out 😦
Mountain Man at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever- Sold out 😦
Tokyo Police Club at the Constellation Room- Sold out 😦
Peach Kelli Pop opening for Vundabar at the Troubadour- $13-$15

Saturday 11/10
Cloak & Dagger Festival with She Wants Revenge, the Faint, HEALTH and more at the Los Angeles Theatre- $59 and up
Mountain Man at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever- $25
Tokyo Police Club at the Constellation Room- Sold out 😦
Sweet and Tender Hooligans at Alex’s Bar- Sold out 😦

Sunday 11/11
Khruangbin at the Wiltern- Sold out 😦
Ben Is Dead 30th Anniversary Celebration and Zinefest with Jawbreaker and more at Catch One- Sold out 😦
Black Lips and Iceage at Marty’s on Newport- $20
Cayucas at the Federal Bar (brunch show)- Free!

Monday 11/12
Gary Clark Jr. at the Fonda Theatre- Sold out 😦
Iceage and Black Lips at the Regent Theater- $20-$27

Tuesday 11/13
Gary Clark Jr. at the Fonda Theatre- Sold out 😦
Digitalism at El Rey- $25

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Cool Concerts in L.A. 10/31/18 to 11/6/18

Wednesday 10/31
Thee Oh Sees at the Teragram Ballroom- Sold out 😦
The Adicts at the Riverside Municipal Auditorium- $30
Morrissey at Ventura Theater- Sold out 😦
Moon Honey at Harvard and Stone- Free!

Thursday 11/1
Morrissey and Joan Jett & the Blackhearts at the Microsoft Theater- $49.50-$129.50
Mazzy Star at Ventura Theater- Sold out 😦
The Last Weekend Kickoff Rally with The Bird And The Bee with Dave Grohl, Karen O and Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Rufus Wainwright and Martha Wainwright, Chloe X Halle, Moby, and more at the Palace Theater- Free with RSVP!
Touché Amoré at Amoeba- Free!

Friday 11/2
The Damned at the Fonda Theatre- Sold out 😦
Cloud Nothings at the Teragram Ballroom- $20
Toro Y Moi at the Novo- Sold out 😦
Natalia Lafourcade at the Fox Theater Pomona- Sold out 😦
Kero Kero Bonito and Frankie Cosmos at the Regent- Sold out 😦
Jim James at the Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian- Sold out 😦
Matthew Dear at 1720- Free with RSVP 21+ or $20 Guaranteed entry
Lunch Lady at the Echo- $15

Saturday 11/3
Tropicália with Morrissey, Mazzy Star, Kali Uchis, Toro Y Moi, Natalia Lafourcade, Devendra Banhart, Broncho, Frankie Cosmos, and more at the Queen Mary Events Park- $150 and up
Big Adventure with Empire of the Sun, Phantogram, and more at the OC Fair & Event Center- $49.50 and up
FIDLAR at the Hollywood Palladium- $26.50
Erika Wennerstrom (of Heartless Bastards) opening for The Devil Makes Three at the Wiltern- $27.50
Colleen Green and more at the Hi Hat- $13-$15
Public Image Ltd at the Fonda Theatre- Sold out 😦

Sunday 11/4
Tropicália with Chicano Batman, BadBadNotGood, Ronnie Spector and the Ronettes, Allah-Las, Surf Curse, The Marias, Flor de Toloache and more at the Queen Mary Events Park- $150 and up
Big Adventure with Modest Mouse, Cold War Kids, and more at the OC Fair & Event Center- $49.50 and up
Death From Above at the Teragram Ballroom- $28.50
La Luz at the Echo- $14-$17
Frankie Cosmos and Kero Kero Bonito at the Regent- $22.50-$30
Dynasty Handbag at Zebulon- $15
Public Image LTD at the Observatory- $45
Entrance at the Bootleg- $10

Monday 11/5
It’s a School Night with Yukon Blonde at Bardot- Free with RSVP!
Jenny O. and more at the Bootleg- Free!
Daedelus at the Satellite- Free!

Tuesday 11/6
Joni Mitchell 75th Birthday Tribute with Glen Hansard, Emmylou Harris, Norah Jones, Chaka Khan, Diana Krall, Kris Kristofferson, Los Lobos, Graham Nash, Seal, and Rufus Wainwright at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion- Sold out 😦
Los Campesinos! at the Echoplex- $20
Death from Above at the Observatory- $27.50
Dirty Projectors at Zebulon- $35

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Cool Concerts in L.A. 10/24/18 to 10/30/18

Wednesday 10/24
H.E.R. on Jimmy Kimmel Live- Waitlist available
Papercuts at Amoeba Hollywood- Free!
Deap Vally at the Wayfarer- $15

Thursday 10/25
Nina Diaz at the Hotel Café- $10

Friday 10/26
Danny Elfman: the Nightmare Before Christmas at the Hollywood Bowl- $37.50 and up
Black Moth Super Rainbow at the Lodge Room- Sold out 😦
Cosmonauts and Entrance at Zebulon- $10
Jon Brion at Largo at the Coronet- $30

Saturday 10/27
Danny Elfman: the Nightmare Before Christmas at the Hollywood Bowl- $37.50 and up
KCRW Masquerade with White Denim, Cherry Glazerr, Santigold (DJ set), DāM-FunK (DJ set), Shannon Shaw, and more at the Los Angeles Theatre- $89.90
Mellowdrone at the Teragram Ballroom- $20
Christine & the Queens at the Wiltern- $47-$100.17
Seu Jorge at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex- $45-$65
Dia De Los Muertos with Hello Seahorse!, Mexican Institute of Sound, Y La Bamba and more at Hollywood Forever Cemetery- $25 and up
Black Moth Super Rainbow at the Lodge Room- $20-$22
All Hallows Eve with WhoMadeWho and more at the Belasco- $49 and up

Sunday 10/28
Danny Elfman: the Nightmare Before Christmas at the Hollywood Bowl- $37.50 and up
Y La Bamba at the Lodge Room- $12-$15
Busdriver at Zebulon- $12-$15
The Adicts at the House of Blues Anaheim- $25
Surf City Blitz with Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Social Distortion, and more- $59.50 and up

Monday 10/29
Halloween Covers Night with Nina Diaz and more at the Hi Hat- $8
Hello Seahorse! at the Roxy- $47.50
St. Vincent at the Palladium- $39.50
The Adicts at the Novo by Microsoft- $19.50-$29.50
Dangerbird Records Residency with Criminal Hygiene and NO WIN at the Echo- Free!

Tuesday 10/30
Deap Vally at the Echoplex- $13-$18
Wolfmother at the Observatory- $35