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Cool Shows in LA 10/21 – 10/27

Tuesday 10/21
Hanni El Khatib at the Del Monte Speakeasy ($3 with RSVP)
Banks at the Wiltern ($20)

Wednesday 10/22
TV on the Radio at the Fonda Theatre ($35.50)
Banks at the Wiltern ($27-$34)

Thursday 10/23
TV on the Radio at the Mayan ($35.50)
Tom Vek at the Echo ($10-$12)
La Femme at the Echoplex ($12-$14)
Kimbra at the Roxy (Sold out)
Jessie Ware at the Tower Theatre ($40)
The Melvins and Le Butcherettes at the Troubadour (Sold out)

Friday 10/24
Broken Bells and Austra at the Orpheum ($48-$58)
Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr at the Tower Theatre ($20-$22)

Saturday 10/25
Afternoons at Origami Vinyl (Free!)
Broken Bells and Austra at the Orpheum ($48-$58)
Tom Vek at KCRW’s Masquerade ($100)
Peaches and Eagles of Death Metal at Festival Supreme ($114-$175)
Chelsea Wolfe, Sweet and Tender Hooligans, and LA Witch at the Beach Goth Festival (Sold out)

Sunday 10/26
Phantogram and Deep Sea Diver at the Observatory ($35)

Monday 10/27
Tycho at the Glasshouse ($25)
Little Dragon at the Observatory (Sold out)

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Cool Shows in LA 10/14 – 10/20

Tuesday 10/14
Meiko at the Bootleg ($12-$15)

Wednesday 10/15
Fujiya and Miyagi at the Bootleg ($14)
The Horrors at the Mayan ($41)

Thursday 10/16
Of Montreal at the Mayan ($27)
Culture Collide in Echo Park ($30 for a 3-day pass)
Hozier at the Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian ($34)
Jenny Lewis at the Broad Stage ($21-$25)
Massive Attack at the Greek Theatre ($49-$75)
Polica at the Roxy ($23)

Friday 10/17
Afternoons at El Cid ($10)
Massive Attack and TV on the Radio at the Santa Barbara Bowl ($49-$71)
Culture Collide in Echo Park ($30 for a 3-day pass)
Polica at the Roxy ($23)
The New Pornographers at the Wiltern ($34-$47)

Saturday 10/18
Culture Collide in Echo Park ($30 for a 3-day pass)
Moon Block Party at the Pomona Fairplex ($51)
Julia Holter and Nite Jewel (solo) at the Edye ($30)

Sunday 10/19
Tulips at Acerogami ($10)
Screaming Females at Jewels Catch One ($12-$14)

Monday 10/20
Emma Ruth Rundle at the Observatory ($13)

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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 9/2 – 9/8

Tuesday 9/2
Bear in Heaven at the Echoplex ($14-$16)

Wednesday 9/3
Shiny Toy Guns at the Observatory ($20)

Thursday 9/4
Phantogram at the Fox Theater in Pomona (Sold Out)
OK Go and the Allah-Las at the Santa Monica Pier (Free!)
Dirt Dress at the Echo ($10-$12)
Afternoons at the Echoplex ($10-$12)

Friday 9/5
Giant Drag at the Steve Allen Theatre ($12)
Allah-Las at Amoeba (Free!)
Phantogram at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery (Sold Out)
Rodrigo Amarante, Nite Jewel, and Moses Sumney at the Theatre at Ace ($154-$404)

Saturday 9/6
She Keeps Bees and Shilpa Ray at the Satellite ($10)

Sunday 9/7
Space Jam Sundays at the Bootleg (Free!)
Jessica Hernandez and the Deltas at the Constellation Room ($8)
Shiny Toy Guns at the Echoplex ($21-$23)

Monday 9/8
Joel Jerome and Babies on Acid at Harvard and Stone (Free!)
The Janks at the Wayfarer (Free!)

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Cool Shows in LA 8/26 – 9/1

Tuesday 8/26
Mean Dream at the Satellite ($8)
Jacuzzi Boys at the Velvet Jones in Santa Barbara ($12)

Wednesday 8/27
Joel Jerome & Babies on Acid and Low Litas at the Echo ($8-$10)

Thursday 8/28
GRMLN at the Roxy ($20)

Friday 8/29
Roses and TÜLIPS at Pehrspace ($5)

Saturday 8/30
Metric at the Made in America Fest ($80-$115)

Sunday 8/31
OFF!, Jacuzzi Boys, and Cherry Glazerr at Los Globos ($30-$32)

Monday 9/1
KChung radio benefit at Los Globos ($10)

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Cool Shows in LA 8/19 – 8/25

Tuesday 8/19
The Henry Clay People at the Satellite (Free!)

Wednesday 8/20
Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings at the Hollywood Bowl ($11-$156)
Future Islands at the Grammy Museum (Sold out)
Future Islands at the Fonda Theatre (Sold out)
Roses at the Sayers Club ($3 with RSVP)

Thursday 8/21
The Naked and Famous at the Echoplex (Sold out)
Benjamin Booker at the Echo (Sold out)
Future Islands at the Fonda Theatre (Sold Out)
So Many Wizards at the Satellite ($8)
Blood Orange at the Theatre at Ace ($40-$52)
Nicole Atkins at the Steve Allen Theater (Free!)

Friday 8/22
The Cold and Lovely at the Bootleg ($8)
The Belle Brigade at FIG@7th (Free!)
Nine Inch Nails and Cold Cave at Irvine Meadows ($40-$117)
Joanna Gruesome, Dunes, and Michael Vidal at the Smell ($8)

Saturday 8/23
FYF Fest at LA Sports Arena (Sold out)
Nicole Atkins at Brookledge Follies (Free!)
Giant Drag at El Cid (Tickets sold at the door)
FYF Afterparty with Special Guests at Los Globos ($10)

Sunday 8/24
FYF Fest at LA Sports Arena (Sold out)
Fred Armisen, Steve Jones, Duff McKagan, and Rob Zombie at Hollywood Forever Cemetery ($20-$75)

Monday 8/25
Nine Inch Nails and Cold Cave at the Hollywood Bowl ($41-$143)
Joel Jerome, Babies on Acid, and Death Valley Grrrls at the Echo (Free with RSVP)
Little Dragon at Sonos Studio (RSVP only)

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Cool Shows in LA 8/12 – 8/18

Tuesday 8/12
FKA Twigs at El Rey (Sold Out)
Lykke Li at the Observatory ($35)
Michael Vidal at the Echo (Free!)

Wednesday 8/13
Le Butcherettes at the Roxy (Sold Out)

Thursday 8/14
Imelda May at El Rey ($22)
Foxygen at the Fonda Theatre ($20)
Death from Above 1979 at the Troubadour (Sold Out)

Friday 8/15
Echo Park Rising (Free!)
Black Kids at the Bootleg ($10)
The Antlers at Mark Sennet Studios (Free with RSVP)

Saturday 8/16
Echo Park Rising (Free!)
Michael Vidal at Pehrspace ($5)

Sunday 8/17
Echo Park Rising (Free!)
Nicole Atkins and Dan Wilson at the Federal Bar (Free!)
Mr. Scruff at the Mayan ($22)

Monday 8/18
The Janks at the Echo (Free with RSVP)