Restavrant at Silver Lake Jubilee – Photo:  Wei Shi

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 – Jan. 9, 2012

  • ♥ (FREE) Seasons, Tenlons Fort, Judson, Kind Hearts and Coronets @ The Echo
  • ♥ (FREE) Chasing Kings 11pm, Twilight Sleep 10pm, Holy Water Buffalo 12am, The Young 9pm @ The Satellite
  • ♥ (FREE w/ RSVP) Van Hunt, Tycho, Jacuzzi Boys, DJ Rockwell @ Bardot
  • ♥ (FREE) Princeton 10:30pm, TV Girl 9:30pm, LANME 8:30pm @ Bootleg Bar
  • Vinnie Ferra 10pm, Brian Marquis 8pm, Meekos and Me 9m, The Remainers 11pm @ Silverlake Lounge
  • (FREE) The Devious Means, The Silent Comedy, Jameson @ Detroit Bar
  • Robert DeLong @ Los Globos
  • NASA Space Universe, Green Screen Door, 2 Kyles 1 Scott, Gorgon Zoloft @ Pehrspace
  • (FREE) Intronaut, A Holy Ghost Revival, Here Comes The Chaos, South Bronx Paradise @ Lot 1 Cafe
  • PK 9pm, Terraplane Sun 10pm, Yellow Red Sparks 8pm, Forest City Lovers 7pm, Little Lo 11pm @ Hotel Cafe

TUESDAY – Jan. 10, 2012

  • ♥ Fidlar, Death Hymn #9, The Young, Shoppers @ The Smell
  • ♥ (FREE) Infantree 9pm, Rocco DeLuca 10pm, Jason Simon (of Dead Meadow) 11pm @ The Satellite
  • ♥ The Carrions 10pm, Summer Lovebirds 9pm, Some Go Haunting 11pm @ Silverlake Lounge
  • ♥ Pisces feat Sarah Negahari of The Happy Hollows 10pm, Little Red Lung 9pm @ The Hotel Cafe
  • American Tomahawk 10:30pm, Rene Breton 9:30pm, Alex Aleco 8:30pm @ Bootleg Bar
  • (FREE) Touche 10:45pm, The Sweet Hurt 8:45pm, Martin Starr and Common Rotation 9:45pm, LA Font 12am @ The Central SAPC
  • (FREE) Cab 20 10pm, Sandy Pussy 11pm, Last American Buffalo 12am @ Harvard & Stone
  • Dead Sara 10pm, Little Hurricane 11pm, Last In Class 9pm The Feaver 8pm @ The Troubadour
  • Cheval, Canblaster, MYD, PANTERROS666, Sam Tiba @ The Echoplex
  • Beer & Bingo Tuesday w/ Olin & The Moon, Maxim Ludwig, Paulie Pesh, Flora & Fauna, Jeff Crosby @ The Echo
  • (FREE) Realization Orchestra 7pm @ Origami Vinyl
  • Kid is Qual w/ Bethpage Black and Thatwasthen @ Detroit Bar
  • PeaceTreaty, Brenmar & Bones @ Dim Mak Studios
  • Correatown, Imperial Mammoth, College Kids, Will Courtney @ Lot 1 Cafe
  • PROJECT NIGHTMARE, THREEWAY RICOCHET, DEADBEAT VULTURES @ Redwood Bar
  • Stanley Lucas Revolution, Sugar Cugar @ La Cave
  • TRS 80, SFV Acid @ KKBB Boardners

WEDNESDAY – Jan. 11, 2012

  • ♥ Idle Warship (ft. Talib Kweli & Res) @ Key Club
  • ♥ (FREE) Idle Warship 6pm @ Amoeba
  • ♥ Low End Theory: DAEDELUS, CHUCK INGLISH (Cool Kids), ALTER @ Airliner
  • ♥ (FREE) Duniven 11pm, Voxhaul Broadcast 10pm, NO 9pm, Risers 12am @ The Satellite
  • ♥ Archeology 11pm, Seth Pettersen & The Undertow 10pm, Emily Greene 9pm @ Bootleg Bar
  • Jack’s Mannequin @ The Viper Room
  • (FREE) Guy Blakeslee, Entrance Band, Earthlings @ Harvard & Stone
  • The Abigails, Mr. Elevator and the Brain Hotel, Tomorrow’s Tulips, Death Lens @ Lot 1 Cafe
  • Symphony 10pm, Black Lantern 9pm, Thy Squid 11pm @ Silverlake Lounge
  • (FREE before 10pm) Dub Club Meets Bluebeat Lounge @ The Echo/Echoplex
  • Teams, Franki Chan @ Los Globos
  • Jeremiah Red @ The Constellation Room
  • Jamestown Revival 10pm @ The Hotel Cafe
  • (FREE) CH 3, Hellbound Hayride, The Generators @ Slidebar Cafe
  • BLOOD BUDDIES, GREEN & WOOD, GLITTER WIZARD @ Redwood Bar

THURSDAY – Jan. 12, 2012

  • ♥ M83 10pm, Big Black Delta 9pm, DJ Izzi Willow 8pm @ Club Nokia
  • ♥ NOFX with Old Man Markley @ HOB Anaheim
  • ♥ The Tyde, Cosmonauts, Tomorrow’s Tulips, Salsa Chips @ Alex’s Bar
  • ♥ The Milk Carton Kids @ Largo
  • ♥ La Sera, Cold Showers, Deap Valley, Only You @ The Echo
  • (FREE) Robert Schwartzman (of Rooney) 11pm, Sleeping Bags 9pm @ The Satellite
  • MASXS 11pm, Heywood 10pm, Sanglorians 9pm, News Of The Fire 12am @ Bootleg Bar
  • Solar Powered People 10pm, Hexham Heads 11pm, Nacosta 9pm @ Silverlake Lounge
  • Fierce Creatures, Free Lions, mowglis @ Detroit Bar
  • (FREE) Nicole Kidman (Jon Barba) 7pm @ Origami Vinyl
  • Free Moral Agents, ELOS @ The Airliner
  • thatwasthen 10pm, Kid is Qual 11pm, Bikelock 9:15pm, Acidic 8:30 @ The Troubadour
  • The Sweet Repose, With Feekee & The Flux Capacitor @ The Constellation Room
  • Los Headaches (Mexico City), Los Cometas, The Gospels, Cochinas w/ DJs Paul E Wog & Vango @ Prospector
  • Jason Cruz of Strung Out @ Slidebar Cafe

FRIDAY – Jan. 13, 2012

  • ♥ Fela! @ The Troubadour
  • ♥ M83, Big Black Delta @ Club Nokia
  • ♥ NOFX with Lagwagon, Old Man Markley @ HOB Anaheim
  • ♥ Lord Huron @ Segerstrom Center for the Arts
  • ♥ Cold Cave, Nightchilde, Gibby, Zane @ Medusa Lounge
  • ♥ Rick Ross, Busta Rhymes, Y.G. and Eric B. @ Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE
  • ♥ Penguin Prison, Cassettes Won’t Listen, American Royalty @ The Echo
  • ♥ Ozma 11pm, Marvelous Toy 10pm, Socialistics 9pm @ Bootleg Bar
  • (FREE) The Abigails, Dirt Dress, Thee Rain Cats @ Alex’s Bar
  • The Janks @ Casey’s
  • Wounded Lion, Dreamdate, Bedfellows @ Pehrspace
  • Authority Zero & Voodoo Glow Skulls @ The Roxy
  • Peep & Destroy w/ Darwen’s Theory 10pm, Cliff ‘EM All (early Metallica Tribute) 11pm @ Cheetah’s Club
  • (FREE) Cinderella Motel 11pm, Coco Morier 10pm, Mad Planet 9pm, Roman Candle Wars 12am @ The Satellite
  • The Pork Torta, Monster Pussy, Mr. Free And The Satellite Freakout, The Kris Special @ The Smell
  • Curren$y and Dom Kennedy 8pm, doors 7pm @ Fox Theater
  • Swahili Blonde 11pm, Free Moral Agents 10pm, Raw Geronimo 9pm, Ross Sea Party 8pm @ The Central SAPC
  • (FREE) Los Cometas EE.UU. 7pm @ Origami Vinyl
  • MOTORCHRIST, SWEET JUSTICE, SHITELAND PONIES, THE BLACKBERBYS @ Redwood Bar
  • The Iron Maidens, Rock Soldiers, PsychicMafia, Tin Lizzie @ The Observatory
  • Con Briow 11pm, The Muddy Reds 10pm, Eric Lilavois 8pm, The Ventriloquists 9pm @ The Mint
  • Dub Zero Los Angeles Bass of SoundClash @ The Echoplex

SATURDAY – Jan. 14, 2012

  • ♥ NOFX with Lagwagon, Old Man Markley @ HOB Sunset
  • ♥ Bleached, Three Two Ones, Uzi Rash @ Detroit Bar
  • ♥ The Aggrolites, Perro Bravo, Slightly Stoopid @ Fox Theater Pomona
  • ♥ Gathering of the Beastial Legion @ The Echo/Echoplex
  • ♥ The Middle Class, The Audacity, & M.H.V. @ Alex’s Bar
  • ♥ Penguin Prison, Polaris At Noon, American Royalty @ The Constellation Room
  • The Knocks 11pm, DWNTWN 10pm, Das Tapes 9pm @ The Satellite
  • PULLEY, Dirty Filthy Mugs, Split Decision, Charm Machine@ Slidebar Cafe
  • The Do LaB presents The Polish Ambassador, Heyoka and ChrisB @ King King
  • Son Ark @ Casey’s
  • Brodinski, Gesaffelstein, Destructo @ Key Club
  • Exene Cervenka, Oogly Boogly, Paperplanes, Cowboy and Indian @ The Prospector
  • howardAmb, Rats, David Scott Stone, Low Leaf @ The Smell
  • (FREE) Funky Sole @ The Echo
  • Silent Frisco feat. Talking Heads vs LCD Soundsystem 10pm, Aaron Castle 12AM @ The Central SAPC
  • LA DRUGZ, WHITE NIGHT, BOATS @ Redwood Bar

SUNDAY – Jan. 15, 2012

  • ♥ Restavrant (Record Release) 11pm, The Dirt Daubers 10pm, The Two Man Gentlemen Band 9pm @ The Satellite
  • ♥ Evidence, Speech Impediments, Acid Reign @ Slidebar Cafe
  • ♥ Part Time Punks – The Slits Night w/ members of Vivian Girls, Rainbow Arabia, Tamaryn, Telepathe, White Magic & Raw Geronimo @ The Echo
  • Eleni Mandell 8pm, Aaron Embry 11pm, Daniel Ahearn 9pm, Last In Class 10pm @ Bootleg Bar
  • DUSTBOWL REVIVAL, THE WHISKER MEN, OLD NUMBER 7 @ Redwood Bar