What Cool Shows Are Going On This Week in L.A.? (Jan. 30

Fujiya & Miyagi at The Echo – 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 – Jan. 30, 2012

♥ (FREE) Nada Surf 6pm @ Amoeba Music Hollywood
♥ Restavrant, Mo-ods, Le Mutants, the King Cheetah @ Redwood Bar
♥ (FREE) Seasons, Robotanists, Little Red Lung, Paulie Pesh @ The Echo
♥ (FREE w/ RSVP) Secret Guest 10:30pm, Chet Faker 9:30pm, WPA 11:30pm, Beni (DJ Set) 12am @ Bardot
♥ (FREE) Chasing Kings 11pm, Shadow Shadow Shade 10pm, Francisco The Man 9pm, Eyes Lips Eyes 12am @ The Satellite
Future Ghost, Capital Cities, Terraplane Sun @ The Viper Room
(FREE) Princeton 10:30pm, NO 9:30pm, Rich Aucoin 8:30pm @ Bootleg Bar
(FREE) Vinnie Ferra 10pm, The Cold Volts 8pm, And And And 9pm, YoYa 11pm, Death Songs 12am @ Silverlake Lounge
Rituals 10pm, Random Patterns 9pm, The WiLd Eyes 8pm @ The Central SAPC
(FREE) The Devious Means, Midnight Hour, Moostache @ Detroit Bar
Melted Cassettes @ Pehrspace
(FREE) Robert DeLong @ Los Globos
(FREE) I Hate You Just Kidding @ Constellation Room
David Scott Stone (DJ) @ The Smell
(FREE) Metal Mondays w/ Blood Runs Black, Jhambi, Antogonist @ Slidebar Cafe
David Ryan Harris @ The Hotel Cafe
Sharon Renee @ The Mint

TUESDAY – Jan. 31, 2012

♥ ††† (Crosses) 9:50pm, Dawn Golden & Rosy Cross 8:50pm, Secret Empire 8pm, doors 7pm @ The Glass House
♥ Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. 10:30pm, NO 9:45pm, The One AM Radio 9pm @ The Echoplex
♥ Hopelessly Devoted, The Vamps, Deadbeat Vultures, Hellbound Trio @ Redwood Bar
♥ k.Flay 10:50pm, Fat Tony 9:50pm, Random Citizens 9pm @ The Echo
♥ (FREE) Touche 10pm, Monte Mar 11pm, Death Kit 9pm, Paradise 8pm, Janitor 12am @ The Central SAPC
Atomic Tom 11pm, The Dance Party 10pm, Polaris At Noon 9pm @ Bootleg Bar
Touche 10pm, Monte Mar 11pm, Death Kit 9pm, Paradise 8pm, Janitor 12am @ The Central SAPC
Side 8 9:30pm, Garland 8:30pm, Archer Black 10:30pm, Early Dolphin 11:30pm @ Silverlake Lounge
(FREE) Last American Buffalo 12am, Broken Numbers Band 11pm, Wildcat! Wildcat! 10pm @ Harvard and Stone
Jessie Baylin 10pm, The Watson Twins 9pm @ The Troubadour
The Downtown Train 11pm, Leggy Peggy 12am, Mr. Elevator & the Brain Hotel 10pm, Wild Betsy 9pm @ The Satellite
(FREE) Strangelove @ Slidebar Cafe
Le Mutant, Black Boots, House Sounds, Straight Dimes @ Lot 1 Cafe

WEDNESDAY – Feb. 1, 2012

♥ Fujiya & Miyagi, Evan Voytas, TV Girl @ The Echo
♥ TS And The Past Haunts 11:30pm, Kate Crash 10:30pm, Heywood 9:30pm @ Silverlake Lounge
♥ (FREE) WhiteKaps, Mr. Firley, Guns Don’t Argue, Unit F @ Slidebar Cafe
Act As If 11pm, L.A. Girlfriend 10pm, 2 Hearts for Chemicals 9pm @ The Satellite
Amy Kuney 10:30pm, Jesse Thomas 9:45pm, Stephen Wrabel 9pm @ Bootleg Bar
Guitars A Go Go @ Redwood Bar
(FREE before 10pm) Dub Club @ Echoplex

THURSDAY – Feb. 2, 2012

♥ Gotye, Hot As Sun @ El Rey Theatre
♥ M. Ward @ Hollywood Forever Cemetery
♥ Mute Math, Canon Blue @ Club Nokia
♥ The Features 11pm, Duniven 9pm @ Bootleg Bar
♥ Doomtree, 2Mex @ The Troubadour
♥ Black Bananas (formerly RTX), Pink Mountaintops, Cold Showers @ The Echo
The 4onthefloor 11pm, The Alternates 10pm, Son Ark 9pm @ The Satellite
The Jayhawks, Abigail Washburn, Kai Welch @ Avalon Hollywood
Ghost, Blood Ceremony, Ancient VVisdom @ The Roxy
Shapes Without Names, Black Lantern, The Blank Faces @ Detroit Bar
(FREE) Harriet (EP Release), Thee Rain Cats @ Harvard & Stone
Fritz Sender, So Many Wizards, Grimble Grumble, Vinyl Williams @ The Smell
News Of The Fire 10pm, Invisible Animals 9pm @ Silverlake Lounge
Angels and Airwaves, Le Blorr – 7pm @ The Glass House
August Burns Red @ House Of Blues Anaheim
The Golden Hour, Normandie Wilson, Sofa City Sweetheart @ Redwood Bar

FRIDAY – Feb. 3, 2012

♥ The Soft Moon, Light Asylum, Julia Holter @ Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
♥ Eleanor Friedberger (The Fiery Furnaces), Dominant Legs @ Troubadour
♥ Jarrod Gorbel (of The Honorary Title) (Solo Set), Madi Diaz @ Bootleg Bar
♥ Chuck Dukowski Sextet, Guy Blakeslee (of Entrance Band), Jeffertitti’s Nile @ The Smell
♥ Twin Sister, Ava Luna, Talkdemonic @ The Echo
Ethan Gold 11pm, I Am Eve 10pm, Cassorla 9pm @ The Satellite
Martin Sexton, Adam Gontier (Solo) @ El Rey Theatre
Emilie Autumn – 7pm @ The Glass House
Wet Power @ Pehrspace
Cold Blank @ Avalon Hollywood

SATURDAY – Feb. 4, 2012

♥ Mike Watt, Bario Tiger, Sassafras, Revolution’s Pride @ Redwood Bar
♥ Moe, Keller Williams @ Club Nokia
♥ Haim 11pm, Mini Mansions @ Bootleg Bar
♥ VHS or BETA @ The Roxy
♥ Emily Autumn @ El Rey Theatre
Dead Angle, Jeremy Jay, Sea Lions, Some Days @ The Smell
(FREE) Luther Russell, Pial Hossein 7pm @ Origami Vinyl
Felix Da Housecat @ Avalon Hollywood
The Mahler Project: Mahler 8 @ The Shrine Auditorium
August Burns Red @ House Of Blues Sunset Strip
Princess Pagolin @ Pehrspace
Steve Watts, Naive Melodies, Slips Into Space @ Troubadour
Bootlie LA @ Echoplex
(FREE) Funky Sole @ The Echo Post

SUNDAY – Feb. 5, 2012

♥ Dustin Kensrue 9:20pm, Chris Conley (Saves The Day) 8:50pm, Ace Enders 8:20pm, Anthony Raneri 7:5opm, Matt Pryor (The Get Up Kids) 7:20pm, Evan Weiss @ Troubadour
♥ $2 Shows presents A Festival to Benefit Xander Mozejewski – Vans Defrans 11:15pm, Harriet 10:30pm, Rimpau 9:45pm, The Peach Kings 9pm @ Bootleg Bar
♥ Indian Jewelry, Jewels Of The Nile @ The Echo
PROTECTME, Magick Orchids, Scape Native, In Tents @ The Smell
Pat Todd & The Rankoutsiders, Adam Bones, Crazy Squeeze, Black Widows @ Redwood Bar