Trust at the Echoplex – Photo: Monique Hernandez
We don’t post every show that’s going on every night (in or around L.A.) we just post the goods according to our collective knowledge. We’re music elitists at heart but we try our best to keep an open palette of taste with an affinity towards underground, indie and local musicians and venues. Let us know if we missed something good.
♥ = Top Picks
Click on the venue links to buy tickets and for more info. Set times are added to the show list if and when we receive them and are subject to change.
MONDAY – SEPT. 10, 2012
- ♥ The Adicts, Brothers of Brazil, Igor Spectre, Knife Wielding Maniac, Symbol Six, The 40 Ouncers @ The Key Club
- ♥ (FREE) Big Sir, Softness, ESP, Blackbush @ The Echoplex
- ♥ (FREE) Kitten, Nova Albion, Hindu Pirates, Y Luv, Baron Von Luxxury @ Bootleg Bar
- ♥ (FREE) Lavender Diamond, Bart Davenport, Bouquet, Daymoon @ The Echo
- (FREE) Ben Taylor, Yael Mayer, Quiet Hounds, Beat Club @ Bardot
- (FREE) The Lonely Wild, Seasons, Son Ark, Special guests @ The Satellite
- (FREE) GHIANT | BLACKWATER JUKEBOX | SADIE & THE BLUE EYED DEVILS @ Los Globos
- (FREE) Social Studie 7pms @ Origami Vinyl
- Youth Code, Born of Ritual, Sneaky Snake @ Pehrspace
- Earthlings?, Electric Sister, Sons of Cydonia, Occult Wisdom @ Los Globos
- (FREE) Martin Sanchez @ Detroit Bar
- Motown On Mondays @ The Short Stop
- Metal Rejects w/ DJS Shannon Cornett [Blundertown], Leona Marrs [Pretty Girls Make Graves], Jessie Clavin [Bleached] & Suburbia screening @ Footsies
- Jon Wahl & The Amadans, Storey and the Tellers @ Redwood Bar
- Pawnshop Kings @ Constellation Room
- Jason Joseph & The Spectacular 10pm, Ben Sollee 9pm @ The Hotel Cafe
TUESDAY – SEPT. 11, 2012
- ♥ Swans with Xiu Xiu @ Fonda Theatre
- ♥ The Hives w/ Fidlar @ Griffith Observatory
- ♥ My Morning Jacket w/ Portugal. The Man @ Wiltern
- ♥ Trust, DZ Deathrays @ The Echo
- ♥ The Adicts, Brothers of Brazil, Throw the Goat, The P.I.N.S. @ The Key Club
- ♥ (FREE) DAHGA*BLOOM*CROOKED*COWBOY @ Yost Theatre
- ♥ The Cigarette Bums, Criminal Hygiene @ Bootleg Bar
- Angus Stone 9:30pm, Tumbleweed Wanders 8:30pm @ The Troubadour
- thatwasthen, Frankie Marathon @ The Satellite
- Dim Mak Tuesday w/ Oliver Twizt, Tony Fresch, Bones + more @ Dim Mak Studios
- Diamond Light, The Downtown Train, Leggy Peggy @ Harvard And Stone
- Michael Davis, Alaska Reid, Sweet Hurt @ Lot 1 Cafe
- The Stains, Los Creepers, Circle One @ Redwood Bar
- The Witch Was Right, Off With Her Head, Seizures @ Slidebar Cafe
- The Muddy Reds, Skyline Drive, Freshair, Lyon Crowns @ The Central SAPC
- Bravesoul 9pm, Wanderlust 8pm, Ben Wilkins 7pm @ The Hotel Cafe
WEDNESDAY – SEPT. 12, 2012
- ♥ My Morning Jacket w/ Iron & Wine @ Wiltern
- ♥ Blondie, Devo @ Greek Theatre
- ♥ The Walkmen with Milo Greene @ John Anson Ford Amphitheatre
- ♥ She Keeps Bees, In The Valley Below, Sadie & the Blue-Eyed Devils @ Bootleg Bar
- ♥ Pinback w/ Clownvis Presley @ Saint Rocke
- ♥ The Abyssinians, Mexico68 @ The Echoplex
- ♥ The Blank Tapes, The People’s Temple, The Withers @ The Satellite
- ♥ Las Cafeteras 7pm @ Amoeba Music
- ALT! – George Sarah and String Ensemble @ Los Globos
- The Beat Goes On*Funk & Soul* DJs Lance Rock [Yo Gabba Gabba] and Sheik Yerbouti @ Footsies
- Dave Matthews Band @ Hollywood Bowl
- George Benson and Chaka Khan @ L.A. County Fair
- The Darlings with Neo Geo, Prima Donna, The Knits @ The Roxy
- Peg Leg Love, Atomic Bride, Haunted Tiger, Wild Pink Horse @ Redwood Bar
- Complex Mag Happy Hour with Sapporo and DJ Sofie (Stones Throw) @ The Echo
- The Deepsea, Goes, NedyBullet and Snowfox, Cash Crop @ The Central SAPC
- Hannibal Buress @ Largo At The Coronet
- Wheeler Brothers 7pm, Keaton Simmons 9:30pm @ The Hotel Cafe
THURSDAY – SEPT. 13, 2012
- ♥ My Morning Jacket w/ Shabazz Palaces @ Wiltern
- ♥ The Vaccines 10pm, Deap Valley 9pm @ The Troubadour
- ♥ Silversun Pickups with School Of Seven Bells and Atlas Genius @ Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
- ♥ Pokey Lafarge and The South City Three, The Two Man Gentlemen Band, The Driftwood Singers @ The Echo
- ♥ Slum Village, Patience Price, Atilla, Muzik, Fourth Time, 3RDegree, Identity Crisis, Big Pooh @ The Key Club
- ♥ Hunx and his Punx, Shannon and the Clams, Business Cats @ The Glass House
- ♥ Los Straitjackets featuring Daddy-O Grande, Big Sandy and His Fly-rite Boys @ The Echoplex
- ♥ The Dustbowl Revival, The Defibulators, Homesick Elephant @ The Satellite
- ♥ NATURAL CHILD, AUDACITY, PEOPLE’S TEMPLE, FEEDING PEOPLE @ Alex’s Bar
- Brother Ali with Blank Tape Beloved and special guest Homeboy Sandman with DJ Sosa @ The Constellation Room
- Roach Gigz with Main Attraktionz, A-1, Babye, DJ Nima Fadavi @ The Roxy
- Robert Francis, Vinnie Ferra @ Bootleg Bar
- (FREE) He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister, ZDV @ Harvard And Stone
- (FREE) Suedehead @ Fingerprints
- War Drum, Shine So Hard, Loch & Key @ Lot 1 Cafe
- (FREE) Azelia Snail, NOW 7pm @ Origami Vinyl
- (FREE) Los Claxons @ Los Globos
- Cretin Hop @ Footsies
- Ben Taylor @ Largo At The Coronet
- Fartbarf, Wingard Manor, Mostly Sunny @ The Prospector
- The Abyssinians, The Lions and Reggae Motion @ Saint Rocke
- (FREE) The Jealous Sound, Day Trader, A House for Lions @ Slidebar Cafe
- Sleepy Dragon @ Del Monte Speakeasy
- The Chum, The Livingstons, Burlesque by Aurora Indica @ Redwood Bar
- (FREE) Justin Soileau CD Release Show! W/ Topher Daniels, Paul Layton, and Alison May @ Detroit Bar
- Korpiklaani with Moonsorrow & TYR @ The Observatory
- The Goods 8pm, Karl Kimmons 9pm, IAMEVE 10pm @ The Hotel Cafe
- L.A. is Burning… Vogue! @ Los Globos
- Poly Phase @ Los Globos
FRIDAY – SEPT. 14, 2012
- ♥ The Hives @ Wiltern
- ♥ Peter Murphy with The Dark @ Club Nokia
- ♥ Chelsea Wolfe, CRYPTS, Gothic Tropic @ The Echo
- ♥ Eternal Summers, DZ Deathrays, Bleeding Rainbows, Special Guest @ Bootleg Theater
- ♥ Fiona Apple, Blake Mills @ The Greek
- ♥ Port of L.A. Lobster Fest w/ Saint Motel, Races, Great Northern & more
- ♥ She Wants Revenge @ The Observatory
- ♥ Dunes, Naomi Punk, PROTECTME, Infinite Body @ Blue Star
- ♥ (FREE) Lianne La Havas 6pm @ Amoeba Music
- ♥ AVICII @ Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
- Brian Blade @ Largo
- Fell To Low, The Action Index, Char-Man (Ojai), Heavy Air @ The Smell
- Summer Darling 10th Anniversary Show! By Sunlight, Rainbow Jackson @ The Satellite
- AgesandAges, Steve Taylor Posse, Andy Clockwise, Big Tree @ The Central SAPC
- Los Amigos Invisibles 10:30pm, DJ Wisacre 9pm, DJ Jeremy Sole 8pm @ The Troubadour
- Mack 10 “live & Up Close” @ Weber’s Place
- The Do LaB presents The Polish Ambassador (ft. Liminus), Elfkowitz, Unlimited Gravity @ King King
- The Brian Setzer Orchestra @ The Hollywood Bowl
- Excision @ Avalon Hollywood
- Blaqk Audio with Hi Deaf @ The Roxy
- (FREE) People’s Temple 7pm @ Origami Vinyl
- Christian Martucci, The Tomorrow People, Adam Bones, Vince Frederick @ Redwood Bar
- (FREE) Thoramay, Maria Sweet, Molly Vamp, Evertheory @ Slidebar Cafe
- Song Preservation Society 10pm, Teiturw/ Kita Klane 7pm, The Good Hurt 12am @ The Hotel Cafe
SATURDAY – SEPT. 15, 2012
- ♥ Saturdays Off the 405 with Poolside (Live) @ The Getty Center
- ♥ Austra with Nightmare Fortress , Vice Device and Bennett Kogon (Origami Vinyl/KXLU) @ El Rey Theatre
- ♥ Pretty Lights with DJ Shadow, MartyParty and SuperVision @ Shrine Auditorium
- ♥ HUNX AND HIS PUNX, SHANNON AND THE CLAMS, THE SISTER RUBY BAND, HOT WINGS CONTEST, WET UNDIES CONTEST, CHER IMPERSONATOR TO HOST @ Los Globos
- ♥ Port of L.A. Lobster Fest w/ Dum Dum Girls, JJAMZ, NO
- ♥ Nosaj Thing, Free the Robots , Deejay Cocoe & Wendy City @ Detroit Bar
- ♥ The Walkmen @ The Observatory
- AVICII @ Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
- Joe Walsh, Pat Benatar, MC Hammer, Toto, Gin Blossoms, Missing Persons @ Verizon Wireless Aphitheatre
- Terraplane Sun, The Mowgli’s, The Silverlake Chorus @ The Satellite
- (FREE) Gambers Mark 2pm @ Slidebar Cafe
- (FREE) Mini Mansions, The Breakdowns, Former Humans @ Slidebar Cafe
- The Brian Setzer Orchestra @ The Hollywood Bowl
- Roxette @ Gibson Amphitheatre
- Luna Is Honey, Michael Nhat, Bastidas, Brannigan’s Law @ The Smell
- Y LuvY Luv, Parker Ainsworth, Odd Us, Act As If, Mind the Gap, Elevaters @ The Central SAPC
- DEADLY REIGN, DISSENTION, DOOMSDAY HOUR, MANIA, A NEW DAWN, AND DICK JERKY @ Alex’s Bar
- So Many Wizards @ Westwood Recreation Center
- Abandoned Pools with 8mm / Soundcannon / the Blank Faces / 2nd Wheel @ The Roxy
- Harper Blyn 10:30pm, Sonos 9pm @ The Hotel Cafe
- The Generators, Sidekick, The Trenches, Plexikill @ Redwood Bar
- Sydney Blue @ Avalon Hollywood
- Sock Puppet Sitcom Theater – Roseanne (1988) @ The Echo
- Bootie LA DJ Tripp vs. Faroff Video Battle @ The Echoplex
- The Seshen, Gavin Turek @ Bootleg Bar
- Metal Blade Revords 30th Anniversary Label ShowcaseSix Feet Under, Cattle Decapitation, Battlecross, Gypsyhawk, Pilgrim @ The Glass House
- Album Attack – Buzzcocks @ The Prospector
- Connected Fashion Festival @ DTLA
SUNDAY – SEPT. 16, 2012
- ♥ Little Feat with The Villains @ El Rey Theatre
- ♥ Eternal Summers @ The Constellation Room
- ♥ Sea Wolf w/ Torches @ The Federal Bar
- ♥ Mac Demarco [Captured Tracks] + Ringo Deathstarr + Catwalk [Captured Tracks], Ringo Deathstarr, Catwalk @ The Echo
- ♥ AVICII @ Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
- ♥ Port of L.A. Lobster Fest w/ The Blasters, Jail Weddings, Battleme & more
- ♥ Regal Degal, P R O T E C T M E A, White Hunter (SF), Burgers (SF), Bachsung @ The Smell
- Bacchanal Soundsystem @ Del Monte Speakeasy
- Casey Neill, Molly Bryant & John Spiker @ Bootleg Bar
- Chuck Inglish @ The Central SAPC
- The Brian Setzer Orchestra @ The Hollywood BowlThe Brian Setzer Orchestra @ The Hollywood Bowl
- Naked Aggression, Social Conflict, The Jawaz 3pm @ Redwood Bar
- Al Scorch @ Redwood Bar
- (FREE) Rose Funeral, Goliath, Nihilitus, The Modern Prometheus @ Slidebar Cafe
- Dim Mak Sundays w/ Yolanda Be Cool @ Drai’s (W Hollywood)
