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Cool Shows in LA 12/10 – 12/16

Tuesday 12/10
L.A. Witch at the Bootleg ($10)
Childish Gambino at Jimmy Kimmel Live (Free with ticket)
The Head and the Heart and the Wiltern ($40)

Wednesday 12/11
Banks at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery (Sold Out)
Neon Indian (DJ Set) at the Echo ($8)

Thursday 12/12
The Janks at Harvard and Stone (Free!)
Lissie at the Observatory ($18)

Friday 12/13
The Weirdos at the Echoplex ($20)
GRMLN at the Smell ($5)
Lee Ranaldo and The Dust at the Echo ($13)
-Kanye West at the Honda Center ($49-$225)

Saturday 12/14
Deap Vally at the Bootleg ($12)
Bleached at the Glasshouse ($14)

Sunday 12/15
The Living Sisters and Echosmith at the Federal Bar (Free brunch time show!)
Dunes and Roses at the Smell ($5)
Catwalk at the Echo ($10)
Amanda Palmer at the Echoplex ($40)

Monday 12/16
VUM at the Echo (Free!)

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Cool Shows in LA 12/3 – 12/9

Tuesday 12/3
-Redd Kross, Mikal Cronin, and Cherry Glazerr at El Rey ($18)
-The Entrance Band at Harvard and Stone (Free!)

Wednesday 12/4
-Kid Sister at the Airliner ($10)
-Kaki King at the Masonic Lodge at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery ($25)

Thursday 12/5
-Waxahatchee at the Center for Arts, Eagle Rock ($13)
-Black Joe Lewis at El Rey ($18)
-X at Ventura Theater ($30)

Friday 12/6
-The Intelligence at Los Globos ($10)
-Foals at Ventura Theater ($25)
-Avi Buffalo at the Skirball Cultural Center ($15)

Saturday 12/7
-Gaby Moreno and David Garza at the Troubadour ($15)
-Almost Acoustic Christmas with Queens of the Stone Age at the Shrine Auditorium (Sold Out)

Sunday 12/8
-So So Glos at the Echo ($10)
-Almost Acoustic Christmas with Arcade Fire, Portugal. The Man, and Fitz and the Tantrums at the Shrine Auditorium (Sold Out)

Monday 12/9
-VUM at the Echo (Free!)
-Lissie at the Fonda Theatre ($22)
-Sarah Neufeld at the Hotel Cafe ($13)

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Cool Shows in LA 11/26 – 12/2

Tuesday 11/26
PAWS and Eastern Conference Champions at the Satellite ($10)
Alice Cooper at Segerstrom Hall ($49-$129)

Wednesday 11/27
Tall Tales and the Silver Lining at the Standard (Free)
Deltron 3030 at Ventura Theater ($22)
PAWS and Fever the Ghost at the Smell ($7)

Thursday 11/28
Happy Thanksgiving!

Friday 11/29
MNDR at Los Globos ($10-$15)
Chris Isaak at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza ($35-$75)
Moving Units at the Constellation Room ($15)

Saturday 11/30
Jon Hopkins at the Echoplex ($14-$15)
Chris Isaak at the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts ($55-$80)

Sunday 12/1
The Slits Nite with a live set of covers by members of Vivian Girls, LA Sera, Bratmobile, Rainbow Arabia, Pretty Girls Make Graves & Raw Geronimo at the Echo ($7)

Monday 12/2
Cat Power at El Rey (Sold Out)
VUM at the Echo (Free!)
Jesse Thomas at the Hotel Cafe ($13)

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Cool Shows in LA 11/19 – 11/25

Tuesday 11/19
-Lindi Ortega at the Mint ($12)
-Giant Drag at the Bootleg for Hi-Fi Typhoon Relief Benefit ($10-$100)
-Jessie Ware at the House of Blues on Sunset (Sold Out)
-Andrew W.K., Alice Glass (DJ Set), and Chuck Inglish at the Echoplex ($25)

Wednesday 11/20
-The Happy Hallows at the Bootleg ($10)
-Babies on Acid at Los Globos ($6)
-Polica at the Fonda Theatre ($20)
-Turbo Lightning at the Echo ($8)
-Autolux at the Constellation Room ($15)

Thursday 11/21
-Screaming Females at the Echoplex ($11)
-Andrew Bird at Campbell Hall, UCSB ($25-$40)
-Obits at the Echo ($12)
-Autolux at Soho in Santa Barbara ($15)

Friday 11/22
-Avi Buffalo and Mike Watt and the Missingmen at Casey’s (Free!)
-So Many Wizards and Roses at the Smell ($5)
-Cayucas at the Troubadour ($13)

Saturday 11/23
-Active Child with a string quartet and choir at El Rey ($17)
-Magic Wands at the Echo ($15)
-Kate Nash at the Fonda Theatre ($32)

Sunday 11/24
-Beck, Childish Gambino, and Jenny Lewis at the Walt Disney Concert Hall (Sold Out)
-Wanda Jackson at Ventura Theater ($20)

Monday 11/25
-Z Berg at the Echo (Free!)

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Cool Shows in LA 11/12 – 11/18

Tuesday 11/12
M.I.A. at the Belasco Theatre (Sold Out)
Minor Alps, Dan Wilson, & Freedom Fry at the Echoplex ($22)
Wednesday 11/13
Melt Banana at the Troubadour ($15)
-Quasi at the Echo ($16)
Tycho at the Observatory ($20)
Thursday 11/14
Thee Oh Sees at Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock (Sold Out)
-Cass McCombs at the Echo ($16)
Friday 11/15
-Thee Oh Sees at Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock ($16)
-Tera Melos and Sister Crayon at the Church on York ($10)
Saturday 11/16
-Chelsea Wolfe and Anna Calvi at Royce Hall ($29-$46)
-Toro Y Moi and Classixx at the Wiltern ($32-$40)
Sunday 11/17
-Wire at the Echoplex ($22)
Monday 11/18
Against Me! at the Troubadour (Sold Out)
-CHVRCHES at the Wiltern (Sold Out)

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Cool Shows in LA 11/5 – 11/11

Tuesday 11/5

-Cymbals Eat Guitars at the Satellite ($10)

*-Janelle Monaé at the House of Blues Anaheim (postponed)*

Wednesday 11/6

-Daedelus at Amoeba (Free!)

-Blitzen Trapper at the Troubadour ($20)

-Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. at the Wiltern ($27-$34)

Thursday 11/7

-Mazzy Star at the Wiltern (Sold Out)

-The Gaslamp Killer at the Mayan (Free with donation)

-Nine Inch Nails at the Jimmy Kimmel Show (Sold Out)

Friday 11/8

-Batwings Catwings and So Many Wizards at Casey’s (Free!)

-Nine Inch Nails and Explosions in the Sky at Staples Center ($63-$92)

-Zoé at Club Nokia ($42-$72)

-RAC and MNDR at the Trobadour (Sold Out)

-The Lonely Wild at the Echoplex ($12)

Saturday 11/9

-Zoé at the Fox Theater ($48-$64)

Sunday 11/10

-She Keeps Bees at the Satellite ($8)

-Of Montreal at the Echoplex ($19)

Monday 11/11

-Death Valley Girls at Pehrspace ($5)

-M.I.A. at the Belasco Theater ($48)

-Of Montreal at Largo at the Coronet (Sold Out)

-Bed at the Smell ($5)

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Cool Shows in LA 10/29 – 11/4

Tuesday 10/29

-Death at the Echoplex ($22)

-The Flaming Lips, Tame Impala, & White Denim at the Greek Theatre ($53-$63)

-CocoRosie at the Fonda Theatre (Sold Out)

-Arcade Fire at a Secret Location (win tix through music experiment)

Wednesday 10/30

-Magic Wands and Death Valley Girls at Harvard and Stone (Free!)

-White Denim at Amoeba (Free!)

-Tame Impala and White Denim at the Belasco Theater (Sold Out)

Thursday 10/31

-Arcade Fire at the Hollywood Palladium (Sold Out)

-Surf Curse and Roses at the Smell ($5)

Friday 11/1

-The Shondes and Go Betty Go at the Smell ($5)

-Deftones at the Greek Theatre ($53)

-Kanye West at the Honda Center ($49-$225)

The Flaming Lips and Tame Impala at the Santa Barbara Bowl ($48-$64)

Saturday 11/2

Janelle Monáe at Club Nokia ($38)

-Father John Misty (solo) at the Wiltern ($27-$34)

-Two Door Cinema Club at the Greek Theatre ($48)

-Johnny Marr at the Fonda Theatre ($37)

-Eagles of Death Metal at Rob Zombie’s Great American Nightmare (Sold Out)

Sunday 11/3

-Deep Cotton at the Bootleg Bar ($12)

-Johnny Marr at Hollywood Forever Cemetery (Sold Out)

Monday 11/4

-Desaparecidos at the Fonda Theatre ($42)

-Diego Garcia at the Troubadour ($15)

-Charli XCX and Kitten at El Rey ($22)

-Deerhoof at the Echoplex ($14)

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Cool Shows in LA 10/22 – 10/28

Tuesday 10/22

-Best Coast at Amoeba (Free!)

-Jenny Lewis at Largo (Sold Out)

-Au Revoir Simone at the Echoplex ($14)

-Real Estate at the Troubadour ($22)

Wednesday 10/23

-James Blake at Hollywood Forever Cemetery (Sold Out)

-Portugal.  The Man at Ventura Theater ($22)

Thursday 10/24

-María Del Pilar at the Bootleg ($10)

-Oh Land at the Troubadour ($18)

-The Sounds at the Belasco Theater (Sold Out)

Friday 10/25

-Hanni El Khatib at El Rey ($20)

-Woodkid at the Fonda Theatre ($23)

-Hercules and Love Affair at the Troubadour ($3)

Saturday 10/26

-Glasser & Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr DJ Set at the KCRW Masquerade ($100)

-Kanye West at Staples Center (Sold Out)

-Boy at the Fonda Theatre ($20)

Sunday 10/27

-Sky Ferreira at El Rey ($20)

Monday 10/28

-Kanye West at Staples Center ($118-$223)

-Bonobo at the Wiltern ($34)

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Cool Shows in LA 10/15 – 10/21

Tuesday 10/15

-Kitten at Origami Vinyl (Free!)

-The Dodos at El Rey ($18)

-Wavves and Jacuzzi Boys at the Echoplex (Sold Out)

Wednesday 10/16

-Gary Numan at Amoeba (Free!)

-Haim and IO Echo at the Fonda Theatre (Sold Out)

-Widowspeak at the Echo ($10)

Thursday 10/17

-Little Dragon at El Rey (Sold Out)

-Black Rebel Motorcycle Club at the Glass House in Pomona ($25)

-City and Colour at Club Nokia ($33-$38)

-Gary Numan at Hollywood Forever Cemetery (Sold Out)

-Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros Presents Big Top at LA State Historic Park ($60)

Friday 10/18

-Sleigh Bells at El Rey ($23)

-Jesca Hoop at the Hotel Cafe ($13)

-Ian Rubbish at the Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock ($10)

-Gary Numan at Hollywood Forever Cemetery (Sold Out)

-Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros Presents Big Top at LA State Historic Park ($60)

Saturday 10/19

-Aftergloam at the Smell ($5)

-Palma Violets at El Rey ($20)

-Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros Presents Big Top at LA State Historic Park (Sold Out)

Sunday 10/20

-Junip at the Troubadour ($25)

-GRMLN at the Bootleg Bar ($12)

-Jesse Thomas at the Hotel Cafe ($13)

-Crystal Stilts at the Echo ($10)

-Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros Presents Big Top at LA State Historic Park ($50-$60)

Monday 10/21

-Best Coast and Death Valley Girls at the Fonda Theatre ($20)

-Surfer Blood at El Rey ($20)

-Animal Collective and Dan Deacon at the Wiltern ($34)

-Jenny Lewis at Largo (Sold Out)

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Cool Shows in LA 10/8 – 10/14

Tuesday 10/8

-Gogol Bordello & Crystal Antlers at the Fonda Theatre ($41)

-Sallie Ford and the Sound Outside at the Satellite ($12)

-Daughter at the Wiltern ($20-$27)

Wednesday 10/9

-Juliette Commagere at the Hotel Cafe ($13)

-Gogol Bordello & Crystal Antlers at the Fonda Theatre ($41)

-An Evening with Steve Kilbey and Greg Dulli, Alain Johannes (Sold Out)

-The Avett Brothers at the Shrine ($53-$64)

Thursday 10/10

-White Lies at El Rey (Sold Out)

-Glasser at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery ($25)

-Stereophonics at the Fonda Theatre ($41)

-The Babies at the Satellite ($12)

-Culture Collide Festival with The Men & No Joy in Echo Park ($30 for 3-day pass)

Friday 10/11

-Electric Flower Group and Jeffertitti’s Nile at Casey’s (Free!)

-Culture Collide Festival with Bleached & Mystery Skulls in Echo Park ($30 for 3-day pass)

-KT Tunstall at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery (Sold Out)

Saturday 10/12

-Culture Collide Festival with King Khan and the Shrines, The Raveonettes, & Rhye in Echo Park ($30 for 3-day pass)

-Warpaint at El Rey ($25)

-KT Tunstall at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery (Sold Out)

Sunday 10/13

-The Coathangers at the Satellite ($15)

-Primal Scream & the Icarus Line at the Fonda Theatre ($30)

-Jeffertitti’s Nile at the Bootleg ($10)

Monday 10/14

-Haunted Summer at the Echo (Free!)

-The Preatures at the Satellite (Free!)