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-June 25, 2012
- ♥ (FREE) ZZ Ward, DWNTWN, Icona Pop, Kodaline, Tanlines (DJ Set) @ Bardot
- ♥ In The Womb, Opponents, Celebrator, Vaginals @ Pehrspace
- ♥ (FREE) ESP, Adventure Time, Pharaohs, Drug Cabin @ The Echo
- ♥ (FREE) JJAMZ, The Orwells, Royal Teeth @ The Satellite
- ♥ Queen Extravaganza @ Club Nokia
- Graffiti 6 930pm, Yuna 835pm, Early Morning Rebel 8pm @ Troubadour
- (FREE) Blondfire 11pm , The Colourist 10pm, Kitten 9pm, Monokino 12am @ Bootleg Bar
- (FREE) Mansions On The Moon 1030pm,The New Limb 9pm @ Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club
- (FREE) Time and Energy, Plant Tribe, So Cal Tennis Pros @ Detroit Bar
- Cosmic Slop @ Alex’s Bar
- Frank Fairfield @ Redwood Bar
- Dirty Ed Tuesday w/The Manx, Lightnin’ Woodcock, Matthew Teardrop,Colin Ambulance,Kyle & Mike @ Redwood Bar
- (FREE)Jarrett Killens,The Tulips, The Spell, The Vespertines @ Constellation Room (The Observatory)
- Pentatonix @ On The Rox(The Roxy)
- (FREE) Stitched Up Heard,Cage9,The Dark,Tempting Fate,Drop Dead LA @ The Roxy
- (FREE) As Blood Runs Black,A.M. or Above,Lions Amongst Wolves,Allura,Defy The Mind @ Slidebar
- Lilli Lewis 8pm,Manisha Shahane 845pm,Nicki Bove 945pm, Tyler Smith 1045pm @ The Mint
- Awaken The Empire 11pm, ZERO 1 10pm,Diamond Baby 9pm @ The Viper Room
- Jason Joseph & The Spectacular 10pm,The Endangered 9pm,Sonnet 8pm,Jason Diaz 7pm @ Hotel Cafe
TUESDAY-June 26, 2012
- ♥ Scott Lucas & The Married Men 11pm , John Carpenter 10pm, El May 9pm @ Bootleg Bar
- ♥ (FREE) Infantree, Tumbleweed Wanderers,The Royalty @ The Satellite
- ♥ The Men, Destruction Unit, Tropical Popsicle @ The Smell
- (FREE)Yuna 7pm @ Amoeba Music- Hollywood
- (FREE)Warships 10pm, The Field Trip 11pm, La Mer 9pm, Piney Gar 8pm, LA Font (DJ Set) @ Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club
- D.I.M., Strip Steve, Destruction @ Dim Mak Studios
- Friends, Dreamers, Splash @ The Echo
- Beachwood Sparks Listening Party/Record Release @ Upstairs Bar(The Satellite)
- 2:54 10pm, Widowspeak 9pm @ Troubadour
- (FREE)Hot Victory @ Vacation Vinyl
- (FREE) Jeans Wilder 7pm @ Origami Vinyl
- (FREE)Hell or Highwater @ Constellation Room(The Observatory)
- Jhameel @ On The Rox(The Roxy)
- Lisa Marie Presley @ The Roxy
- Richard Blade DJ Set @ Slidebar
- EeKis,PALACE WALLS,CReePS,Vs COLOUR @ Lot 1 Cafe
- Jerrod Nieman 8pm @ The Mint
- Midnight Mirage 8pm,Boheme 9pm,The Human Revolution 10pm @ The Mint
- Sarah Donner 8pm,Max & The Moon 9pm,Geronimo Getty 10pm,Desert Noises 11pm,Flowerglass 7pm @ Hotel Cafe
WEDNESDAY-June 27, 2012
- ♥ K-Holes, Dante vs. Zombies, EFG @ hm157
- ♥ Hundred In The Hands, The One AM Radio @ The Echo
- ♥ Mystery Jets, The Little Ones @ The Satellite
- ♥ Jimmy Cliff 10pm, DJ Luke Top 8pm @ Troubadour
- (FREE w/RSVP) Soko @ Mondrian
- Jeremiah Jae, Azizi Gibson, Open Mike Eagle, B. Lewis @ The Airliner
- Sonos 8pm @ Bootleg Bar
- Assembled Head in Sunburst Sound 11pm , The Shrine 10pm , Bowery Beasts 9pm @ Bootleg Bar
- Bulletproof Tiger 11pm, The DA 9pm, Monokino 10pm @ Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club
- Dub Club Presents:Prince Allah,Romain VirgoPerfect Giddimani backed by iKronik Band From Jamaica @ Echoplex
- Ab-Soul @ Constellation Room(The Observatory)
- Overwork,TheFatRat,Gunslinger @ The Roxy
- Stanton Moore 9pm @ The Mint
- Burning Jet Black 12am, Almost Classy 11pm,Orions Belt 10pm,Darrin Stafford 9pm,LAAP 8pm @ The Viper Room
- Joshua Smith 7pm,Rozzi Crane 9pm,Melissa Polinar 8pm,Piney Gir 7pm,Moi Navarro 11pm @ Hotel Cafe
- Meat Loaf @ The Wiltern
THURSDAY-June 28,2012
- ♥ EL-P, Killer Mike, Mr. Muthaf*ckin’ eXquire, Despot @ Echoplex
- ♥ Justin Townes Earle, Tristen @ El Rey Theatre
- ♥ Death Hymn #9, Church of Sun, The Shrills, GBMC @ Alex’s Bar
- ♥ The Heavy 11pm , The Skins 10pm, Wake Up Lucid 9pm @ Bootleg Bar
- (FREE)The Watson Twins, Jesse Sykes @ Levitt Pavilion Pasadena
- Pictureplane, Soft Metals, White Car, Cold Cave (DJ Set by Wesley Eisold) @ Los Globos
- Religious Girls, Unstoppable Death Machines, Batwings Catwings, Stab City @ Pehrspace
- Grant Lee Buffalo, Tommy Santee Klaws @ The Echo
- School of Rock All-Stars @ The Echo
- Standing Hawthorn, Deccatree, Social Scuff @ Constellation Room( The Observatory)
- Lovers Drugs, The Active Set @ The Satellite
- Kady Z,Matt Shockley,Tommy & The High Pilots,Sara Skinner @ The Roxy
- Midnight Apache,Matt Mann & The Shine Runners,Bunny West,Thunder From Heaven @ The Roxy
- This Is Hell,The Greenery,Xerves @ Slidebar
- (FREE w/ RSVP)Dom Corleon EP Release w/ Gladiator @ Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club
- Joe Taylor 8pm,Gone Dada 850pm,Delta 945pm,Nathan Picard 1045pm @ The Mint
- Guardian Ghost 10pm and Special Guests @ The Viper Room
- Mariah McManus 10pm,Hailey & Michals w/ Molly Swank 8pm,Shady Maples 11pm,Scott James 7pm @ Hotel Cafe
FRIDAY-June 29,2012
- ♥ Russian Circles, Chelsea Wolfe, And So I Watch You From Afar, Deafheaven @ El Rey Theatre
- ♥ No Age, TEARIST, LA Fog @ Human Resources
- ♥ Flosstradamus, Jonwayne, Keltronix @ Los Globos
- ♥ Michael Franti & Spearhead @ Hollywood Park
- ♥ Lower Dens, No Joy, Alan Resnick @ Constellation Room( The Observatory)
- ♥ NO, Hands, Hott MT @ The Satellite
- ♥ Gardens and Villa 10pm, So Many Wizards 915pm , Finn Riggins 830pm @ Troubadour
- ♥ (FREE) The Beat Junkies: J.Rocc,Curse,Melo-D,Icy Ice,Mr. Choc, Babu 8pm @ Amoeba Music-Hollywood
- ♥ The Lonely Drunks Club Band 1230am,Sabrosa Purr 11pm,Kill The Complex 10pm,Golden State 9pm,DARKMATTER 8pm @ The Viper Room
- ♥ Keane,Mystery Jets @ Orpheum Theatre
- MXPX 20th Anniversary Show w/ Mest, Set Your Goals, Rufio @ House of Blues-Anaheim
- Brown and Blue, Run On Sunshine, Hug of War, Brodie Foster Hubbard @ The Smell
- Jail Weddings, Wild Pack of Canaries, Apparitions @ Alex’s Bar
- Bare Feet, The Young Rapscallions, Wise Club @ El Cid
- Jon Brion @ Largo
- (FREE)Amanda Jo Williams 7pm @ Origami Vinyl
- Jonathan Richman ft/ Tommy Larkins on Drums @ The Echo
- TRANNYSHACK LA@ Echoplex
- Frank Hershey & The Heartbeats,Adam Bones,Images,The Bellhaunts @ Redwood Bar
- Johnny Osbourne,Bushman,Spawnbreezie @ The Roxy
- Plan B: B-Boy Movie Night and Dance Party,Detours An Experimental Dance Collaboration(Film Screening) @ Bootleg Gallery
- Element w/ Vibez,MC Jaenice,Custom Made,Mondo, Scoobs @ Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club
- Arnold McCuller 1030pm @ The Mint
- Sophie B. Hawkins w/Sweet Talk Radio7pm,Sara Ault 930pm,Hunter Parrish 1030pm,Guardian Ghost 1130pm @ Hotel Cafe
- Summerland Tour 2012:Everclear,Sugar Ray, Gin Blossoms,Lit, Marcy Playground @ Greek Theatre
- Labyrinth Masquerade Ball XV @ Park Plaza Los Angeles
SATURDAY-June 30, 2012
- ♥ The Soft Pack 11pm, Abe Vigoda 10pm, Dunes 9pm, Blundertown DJs 8pm @ Bootleg Theater
- ♥ Mayer Hawthorne and the County, Foster The People @ Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal CityWalk
- ♥ (FREE)Fool’s Gold @ Levitt Pavilion Pasadena
- ♥ The Mountain Goats (Solo), Dustin Wong@ McCabes Guitar Shop
- ♥ (FREE) Lower Dens 3pm,Heavy Hawaii 7pm @ Origami Vinyl
- ♥ The Orwells @ Paul Revere Charter Middle School
- ♥ B-52’s, Squeeze @ The Greek Theatre
- ♥ Lower Dens 10pm, No Joy 930pm, Alan Resnick 83opm @ Troubadour
- ♥ (FREE) Dirty Filthy Mugs,Fiction Reform,Therapy,Goodbye To Sunlight @ Slidebar
- ♥ No-Doz 2o Year Reunion: Ron D Core,DJ DAN,R.A.W.,BARRY WEAVER,MELLINFUNK,FESTER,E-ZONE,DJ ROBIN,OSCAR DA GROUCH,MACHETE,CRS?,APX-1,SLYTEN,REMO, MORDRUM @ Fox Theater Pomona
- ♥ Beat Junkies @ Echoplex
- Baby Dee, Tim Cohen @ The Echo
- (FREE)GOODFOOT SOUL CLUB: DJ’s Dennis Owens,Scott Weaver,Thomas PM @ Alex’s Bar
- Fangs on Fur,Igor Spectre,Bloodpenny,Warm Soda @ Redwood Bar
- Standing Shadows,Bella Bezarria,Maudlin Strangers,Siines,Mae West,2 Bit Radio @ The Roxy
- Terraplane Sun, Family Wagon @ Constellation Room( The Observatory)
- Karmic @ The Satellite
- The Watkins Family @ Largo
- Jonathan Richman, Tommy Larkins @ Detroit Bar
- (FREE before 11pm)Funky Sole @ The Echo
- Unibot Presents:Attack of The Kup-Cake ft.Betawolf, DJ Sets By:HEYBRADWHATSUP,BENEDIKT @ Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club
- The Tiger Club 8pm,Drop Apollo 11pm,Theo Katzman & Joey Dosik 11pm @ The Mint
- Red Circle Underground 1220am,The Sugar 1130pm,Wooden Robot 1030pm,Cry Wolf 930pm,Truth & The Lies 830pm,D-Railed 730pm @ The Viper Room
- Mind The Gap 10pm,Buddy 9pm,Heaps n Heaps’ 11pm,Melody Walker 7pm @ Hotel Cafe
- MXPX 20th Anniversary Show w/ Mest, Set Your Goals, Rufio @ House of Blues-Sunset Strip
- My Ruin,All Hail The Yeti,Ana Kefr @ Whisky A Go Go
- ANTHOLOGY: A GOTH-INDUSTRIAL RETROSPECTIVE OF FASHION & MUSIC w/ MIKE STEWART,JASON FARBER, XIAN VOX @ The Monte Cristo
SUNDAY-July 1, 2012
- ♥ Ghostland Observatory @ Club Nokia
- ♥ Foster The People, Mayer Hawthorne and the County @ Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal CityWalk
- ♥ Ben Harper, Fitz and the Tantrums, Vieux Farka Toure @ Hollywood Bowl
- ♥ Laura Marling, Willy Mason @ John Anson Ford
- ♥ Dustin Wong, The Mountain Goats (Solo) @ McCabe’s Guitar Shop
- ♥ Part Time Punks Presents: Wax Idols, Dead Angle, Shark Toys @ The Echo
- Foster The People (DJ Set), Destructo, Oliver, Isom Innis @ Drai’s
- Brendan Hines 8pm, Math & Science 9pm, Ali Young 7pm @ Bootleg Bar
- (FREE)Grand Ole Echo: Jason Heath & The Greedy Souls,Craig Elkins,James Low and The Western Front,Sugar In The Gourd,Blue Dolphins @ The Echo
- Madi Diaz 930pm , Harper Blynn 830pm @ Troubadour
- Sons of Huns @ Redwood Bar
- Aer/OCD,Vokab Kompany @ The Roxy
- (FREE) Biker Movie Night: Quadrophenia(Soundtrack By The Who) @ The Satellite
- LARKspur 10pm,A History of Manners 8pm ,The Rift 9pm @ Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club
- (Cancers Enter Free) CANCER ZODIAC BALL: MALEDICTION SOCIETY @ The Monte Cristo
So excited to see Fitz & The Tantrums play with Ben Harper at the Hollywood Bowl this weekend (July 1st)! I’m working with the Bowl and this is the first of my favorite shows for the season. I saw Fitz play at the Natural History Museum and have been a giant fan ever since. Wanted to let everyone know that there are still tickets available. Should be a nice night for a picnic and a show under the stars! http://hbowl.com/BenHarperJuly1