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Cool Shows in LA 12/9 – 12/15

Tuesday 12/9
Kan Wakan at the Troubadour ($14)
Andrew Bird at Largo (Sold out)

Wednesday 12/10
Mexico City Blondes at the Bootleg ($8-$10)
tUnE-YaRds at the Wiltern ($27-$40)

Thursday 12/11
Gaby Moreno and David Garza at Largo ($30)
Allah-Las at El Rey ($20)
The Icarus Line and Death Valley Girls at the Echoplex ($11-$13)

Friday 12/12
Conor Oberst at the Valley Performing Arts Center ($55-$125)
Jessica Hernandez and the Deltas at the Echo ($8-$10)
My Brightest Diamond at the Roxy ($16-$22)
Jeffertitti’s Nile and Adult Books at the Smell ($5)

Saturday 12/13
The Lonely Wild at the Bootleg ($10-$12)
The Abigail’s at the Smell ($5)

Sunday 12/14
The Dodos at Alex’s Bar ($13-$15)

Monday 12/15
Girlpool and So Many Wizards at the Echo (Free!)

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Cool Shows in LA 11/18 – 11/24

Tuesday 11/18
Real Estate at The Belasco ($17)
Jenny Lewis at the Echoplex (Sold out)

Wednesday 11/19
Mr. Little Jeans at the Troubadour (Sold out)

Thursday 11/20
Sky Ferreira and Cherry Glazerr at The Belasco ($37)
Future Islands at the Wiltern (Sold out)

Friday 11/21
Kurt Vile at First Unitarian Church (Sold out)
The Blood Brothers and Dunes at the Observatory ($25)
FKA Twigs at the Regent (Sold out)

Saturday 11/22
Emma Ruth Rundle at the Echo ($13-$15)
FKA Twigs at the Regent (Sold out)

Sunday 11/23
Roses at the Bootleg (Free!)
Phosphorescent at the Legendary Park Plaza ($17)
Dirt Dress at the Echo ($5-$8)
Nosaj Thing at the Smell ($5)

Monday 11/24
Minus the Bear at the Troubadour ($25)

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Cool Shows in LA 11/11 – 11/17

Tuesday 11/11
Death from Above 1979 present for screening of Life After Death from Above 1979 ($12)

Wednesday 11/12
Tame Impala at the Shrine ($44)
Blonde Redhead at the Fonda ($34)
First Aid Kit at the Wiltern ($27-$34)

Thursday 11/13
Death from Above 1979 at the Observatory ($30)
J Mascis at Alex’s Bar ($18)

Friday 11/14
Death from Above 1979 and White Mystery at the Regent (Sold Out)
J Mascis at the Echo (Sold Out)

Saturday 11/15
Busdriver and Sister Crayon at the Echo ($10)
Har Mar Superstar at El Rey ($18)

Sunday 11/16
Dum Dum Girls at the Well (Sold Out)
Roses at the Bootleg (Free!)
Brazilian Girls at the Roxy ($25-$30)

Monday 11/17
Deerhoof at the Troubadour ($19)

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Cool Shows in LA 10/7 – 10/13

Tuesday 10/7
King Khan and BBQ Show at El Rey ($18)

Wednesday 10/8
Shonen Knife and Death Valley Girls at the Bootleg ($12-$15)
Daedelus at Low End Theory ($10)
Kasabian at the Wiltern ($34-$42)
Sondre Lerche at the Troubadour ($20)

Thursday 10/9
Zola Jesus at El Rey ($26)
The Weeknd at the Hollywood Bowl ($41-$105)

Friday 10/10
Lily Allen at the Palladium ($48)
Twin Shadow and Lawrence Rothman at the Glasshouse ($15)

Saturday 10/11
Nite Jewel at Los Globos ($13-$15)

Sunday 10/12
Ex Hex at the Echo ($13-$15)

Monday 10/13
Moby at Largo at the Caronet ($75)

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Cool Shows in LA 9/30 – 10/6

Tuesday 9/30
La Luz and Death Valley Girls at the Echo ($8-$10)

Wednesday 10/1
The War on Drugs at the Glasshouse ($17-$20)

Thursday 10/2
Cut Chemist at the House of Blues Anaheim ($39-$74)
The War on Drugs at the Fonda Theatre (Sold Out)

Friday 10/3
Cut Chemist at the Hollywood Palladium ($43-$69)
The War on Drugs at the Fonda Theatre (Sold Out)
The Desert Stars Festival with Death Valley Girls and The Cold and Lovely at Pappy and Harriet’s ($45)
The Whigs at the Satellite ($12)
Bombay Bicycle Club at the Wiltern ($34)

Saturday 10/4
The Desert Stars Festival with The Dandy Warhols and The Shivas at Pappy and Harriet’s ($45)
Bombay Bicycle Club at the Glasshouse ($25)
Roses at the Echo ($10-$12)
Aaron Behrens and the Midnight Stroll at the Satellite ($15)
Beverly at the Smell ($5)

Sunday 10/5
Conor Oberst at the Greek Theatre ($43-$74)
Aaron Behrens and the Midnight Stroll at the Flyaway at the Glasshouse ($10-$12)

Monday 10/6
Belle and Sebastian at the Theatre at the Ace (Sold Out)

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Cool Shows in LA 9/23 – 9/29

Tuesday 9/23
Interpol at the Fox Theater Pomona ($33)
Lykke Li at the Palladium ($35)
Wife and Emma Ruth Rundle at Los Globos ($12-$14)

Wednesday 9/24
The Raveonettes at El Rey ($27)
Seasons at Los Globos ($5-$7)

Thursday 9/25
Randy from No Age at Harvard and Stone (Free!)
The Kooks at the Wiltern ($34-$47)
Puddles Pity Party at the Bootleg, 2 shows ($25)
Dunes at La Cita (Free!)

Friday 9/26
Way Over Yonder with Local Natives and Moses Sumney at the Santa Monica Pier ($38-$85)
Jeff the Brotherhood and Colleen Green at the Echo ($15-$17)

Saturday 9/27
Way Over Yonder with Heartless Bastards and Linda Perhacs at the Santa Monica Pier ($48-$105)
Thievery Corporation at the Greek Theatre ($53-$86)
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center ($62-$69)

Sunday 9/28
Pixies, Gogol Bordello, and Cat Power at the Hollywood Bowl ($18-$157)
Against Me! at the Palladium ($42)
George Fest at the Fonda Theatre (Sold Out)
Kimbra presents Space Jam at the Bootleg (Free!)

Monday 9/29
The Janks at the Wayfarer (Free!)
The Orwells at the Fonda Theatre ($20)

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Cool Shows in LA 9/16 – 9/22

Tuesday 9/16
Karen O at Amoeba (Free!)
Daedelus at Fifty Seven ($12)

Wednesday 9/17
Avi Buffalo at Amoeba (Free!)
Karen O at the Masonic Lodge (Sold Out)
Incan Abraham at the Sayers Club ($3-$12)
Buzzcocks at the Fonda Theatre ($25)

Thursday 9/18
Karen O at the Masonic Lodge (Sold Out)
Neutral Milk Hotel, The Breeders, and Daniel Johnston at the Hollywood Bowl ($26-$66)
Moving Units at the Observatory ($5)

Friday 9/19
Karen O at the Masonic Lodge (Sold Out)
HR of Bad Brains at the Whisky A Go Go ($15)
CHVRCHES at the Hollywood Palladium ($41)

Saturday 9/20
†††, Nightmare and the Cat, Cold War Kids, and Kitten at the Sunset Strip Music Festival ($50-$99)
X, Buzzcocks, Los Lobos, Wanda Jackson, and Robert Francis at the Observatory ($35)
Headwound City, Deap Vally, and Cherry Glazerr at Bedrocktoberfest ($5)
Outcast at the NOS Events Center ($65)
CHVRCHES at the Tower Theater ($42)
Beck at the Orpheum ($57-$89)
Joan Jett and the Blackhearts at the Honda Center ($47-$136)

Sunday 9/21
Beck at the Orpheum ($57-$89)
Andrew Bird and Devendra Banhart at the Hollywood Bowl ($23-$66)
Kimbra presents Space Jam at the Bootleg (Free!)
Headwound City at the Smell (Sold Out)

Monday 9/22
Interpol at the Fox Theater Pomona (Sold Out)
The Janks at the Wayfarer (Free!)

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Cool Shows in LA 9/9 – 9/15

Tuesday 9/9
The Entrance Band at the Satellite ($12)

Wednesday 9/10
Dunes at the Smell ($5)
So Many Wizards at HM157 ($10)

Thursday 9/11
Sex Stains at Los Globos ($10-$12)
Death Valley Girls at the Echoplex ($8-$10)

Friday 9/12
Yppah at King King ($17-$22)
GRMLN at the Smell ($5)
Dead Men Walking at Alex’s Bar ($14)

Saturday 9/13
Owen Pallett at El Rey ($20)
Kan Wakan at the Getty (Free!)
Dead Men Walking at the Troubadour (Sold Out)

Sunday 9/14
The Avett Brothers at the Shrine ($64)
Space Jam with Kimbra (Free!)
Best Coast at Fifty Seven ($75 with food)
Girl Gang Collective benefit show with La Sera, Death Valley Girls, Colleen Green, and Kate Nash at the Smell ($5)

Monday 9/15
The Janks at the Wayfarer (Free!)