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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. 10/24/18 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

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Cool Concerts in L.A. 10/10/18 to 10/16/18

Wednesday 10/10
Jarvis Cocker at the Regent Theater- Sold out 😦
Dream Wife at the Echo- $14
A Perfect Circle at the Grammy Museum- Sold out 😦
SadGirl at Marty’s on Newport- $10

Thursday 10/11
Andrew Bird & the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Walt Disney Concert Hall- $59 and up
Tom Morello at the Lodge Room- Sold out 😦
Beak> and A Place to Bury Strangers at the Echoplex- $16
Mothers at the Constellation Room- $12

Friday 10/12
Screaming Females and Double Scorpio (Alice Bag, Allison Wolfe, and Seth Bogart) at the Bootleg- $13
Desert Daze with Tame Impala, Warpaint, Jarvis Cocker, and more at Moreno Beach- $110 and up
Mothers at the Resident- $16
Mew at the Regent Theater- $22.50
Moby & the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Walt Disney Concert Hall- Sold out 😦
The Twilight Sad at Marty’s on Newport- $20
Strange 80’s II at the Fonda Theatre- $43
Tycho (DJ set) at MOXI- $49.50

Saturday 10/13
Desert Daze with Slowdive, Mercury Rev, Chelsea Wolfe, Beak>, A Place to Bury Strangers, Shannon and the Clams, Deap Vally, and more at Moreno Beach- $110 and up
Secret Project Festival with Bonobo (DJ set) and more at 1756 Naud St., DTLA ($89 and up)
The Dodos at the Moroccan Lounge- $18
Herbie Hancock & the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Walt Disney Concert Hall- $58 and up
Dream Wife at the Constellation Room- $13

Sunday 10/14
Desert Daze with My Bloody Valentine, Preoccupations, King Khan and the Shrines, Julia Holter, Death Valley Girls, and more at Moreno Beach- $110 and up
Festival of Disruption with Mercury Rev, TOKiMONSTA, Saint Motel and more at the Theatre at Ace Hotel- $65 and up
La Santa Cecilia at the Walt Disney Concert Hall- $55 and up
Tom Morello at the Lodge Room- Sold out 😦
The Cool Off with Tycho (DJ set) and more in downtown Santa Barbara- $30 and up

Monday 10/15
Marissa Nadler at the Moroccan Lounge- $13
Dangerbird Records Residency with Dev Ray and more at the Echoplex- Free!
Desert Daze Official After Party at Pappy & Harriet’s- Free!

Tuesday 10/16
Arctic Monkeys at the Hollywood Bowl- $29 and up
Spiritualized at the Orpheum Theatre- $39 and up
Soccer Mommy at the Teragram Ballroom- $16
The Growlers at the Glass House- Sold out 😦
Lykke Li at the Wiltern- $30 and up

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Cool Concerts in L.A. 10/3/18 to 10/9/18

Wednesday 10/3
Roky Erickson and Death Valley Girls at the Teragram Ballroom- $30
The B-52’s (with Boy George & Culture Club) at the Greek Theatre- $59.50 and up

Thursday 10/4
Interpol, the Kills and Sunflower Bean at the Hollywood Bowl- $36 and up
Johnny Marr at the Theatre at Ace Hotel- Sold out 😦
Chelsea Wolfe and Russian Circles at the Regent Theater- Sold out 😦
Roky Erickson and Death Valley Girls at Marty’s on Newport- $25

Friday 10/5
Ghostland Observatory at the Regent Theater- $27.50
Cal Jam with Billy Idol, Mexrrissey, and more at the Glen Helen Regional Park & Festival Grounds- $30
Courtney Barnett, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks and Waxahatchee at the Greek Theatre- $29.50-$49.50
Shonen Knife and Kim and the Created at the Bootleg Theatre- $13
Lily Allen at the Observatory- $35
MC50 and Starcrawler at the Ford Theatres- $35-$150

Saturday 10/6
Cal Jam with Foo Fighters, Iggy Pop, Garbage, Silversun Pickups, FEA, and more at the Glen Helen Regional Park & Festival Grounds- $49
Adult Swim Festival with Flying Lotus, Zola Jesus, Thundercat, Chad VanGaalen, Wavves, and more at ROW DTLA- $85 and up
Eagle Rock Music Festival with Cut Chemist and more at Colorado Blvd at Eagle Rock Blvd
Tennis and Matt Costa at the Troubadour- Sold out 😦
Gary Numan and Nightmare Air at the Fonda Theatre- $40
MC50 at the Observatory- $30

Sunday 10/7
Adult Swim Festival with Neko Case, Dan Deacon, Julianna Barwick, and more at ROW DTLA- $85 and up
Dynasty Handbag at Zebulon- $15
WAR STORIES: Tales of 70’s & 80’s Punk Mayhem Told By The Perpetrators Themselves at the Roxy- $40-$45

Monday 10/8
Lily Allen at the Fonda Theatre- $34.50-$39.50
Dangerbird Records Residency with NO WIN and more at the Echo- Free!

Tuesday 10/9
Shannon and the Clams at the Regent Theater- $20
The Twilight Sad at the Troubadour- $20