Nobunny at the Casbah – Photo: Big Swig
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-August 13,2012
- ♥ Avi Buffalo @ Alex’s Bar
- ♥ (FREE w/RSVP) Diamond Rings, Helena, Only Son, Moostache, Maydoubt (DJ Set) @ Bardot
- ♥ (FREE w/RSVP) Meg Myers 11pm, Tribes 10pm, Army Navy 9pm, Steven Roth 12am @ Bootleg Bar
- (FREE) Decode Radio, Fox Fairy @ Detroit Bar
- ♥ The Kills, Black Bananas @ Mayan Theater
- Bachsung, Marshstepper, Protect Me, Stray Executioner @ Pehrspace
- ♥ Wildcat! Wildcat!, Hot Panda, The Neighbourhood, Pageants @ The Echo
- ♥ Grandaddy, Earlimart @ The Fonda Theatre
- ♥ Tennis @ Constellation Room( The Observatory)
- ♥ (FREE) Francisco The Man, The New Limb,Murdergras and The Childcats,Daniel Hart @ The Satellite
- ♥ Michael Kiwanuka 930pm, Elle King 830pm @ Troubadour
- ♥ (FREE) Jovanotti Live Webcast 6pm @ Amoebe Music-Hollywood
- The Jimmy Rodgers Experience @ Redwood Bar
- ♥ Cafe Tacuba @ The Observatory
- Birdy @ The Roxy
- (FREE) The Body & Braveyoung,Assembly of Light Choir @ Slidebar
- (FREE)Ray Argyle,Craig Elkins,Vegas Alexander,The Glimmer Stars @ Lot 1
- Diamond In The Rough-A Tribute To Neil Diamond’s “Hot August Nights” @ Echoplex
- (FREE) Hunnypot Radio Show ft. James Leach Sesac(DJ Set),Travis Raab & Epic Jam,Das Tapes,HUH @ Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club
- 28 North 8pm,Franky Perez & The Truth 9pm,Thomas Nicholas Band 10pm,Elvis Monroe 11pm,The Lonely Drunks Club 12am @ The Viper Room
- Uke Box Heroes 8pm,Alana Stone 845pm,Kristina Antuna 930pm,The Setups! 1015pm @ The Mint
- Jason Joseph & The Spectacular 10pm,Nikki Grier 9pm,Chyno 8pm,Tasha Taylor 7pm,Martin Harley 6pm @ Hotel Cafe
- ♥ Them Howling Bones w/ The Mo-Odds @ Harvard and Stone
TUESDAY-August 14,2012
- Kelly Paige 9pm, Rene Breton 8pm @ Bootleg Theater
- ♥ Divine Fits @ Bootleg Bar
- (FREE) Ross Sea Party, Kid Cadaver, Thurlow,The Temporary Thing @ Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club
- Le Blorr, Eyes Lips Eyes, Kut u Up @ Detroit Bar
- Paramore, Kitten, Life Down Here @ Fox Theater Pomona
- ♥ Dead Can Dance @ Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal CityWalk
- ♥ The Kills, Black Bananas @ Mayan Theater
- (FREE) So Many Wizards 7pm @ Origami Vinyl
- ♥ Antibalas , Very Be Careful,DJ Jeremy Sole @ Echoplex
- ♥ Alabama Shakes, Michael Kiwanuka @ The Fonda Theatre
- ♥ Franz Ferdinand, Bleached, Carnivores @ The Glass House
- ♥ Regina Spektor, Only Son @ The Greek Theatre
- (FREE) Deathday, WL, Bodhi, Industrial Park @ The Satellite
- ♥ Animal Kingdom 10pm, The Neighborhood 9pm @ Troubadour
- Them Jeans,Dan Oh,Thee Mike B, Fashen,DJ Metric,Bones @ Dim Mak Studios
- Dethtrip Forever,Ahkiyyini,Vision,Afterreptiles @ Redwood Bar
- Filter,Julien-K @ The Roxy
- KISS, MOTLEY CRUE, THE TREATMENT @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Irvine
- Whitey Morgan and The 78’s,Rainbow Jackson,Ben Reddell @ The Echo
- Robert Patrick 8pm,Delta Rose 9pm,Goldsboro 10pm,Mondo Generator 11pm,Christian Martucci @ The Viper Room
- Clarence Bucaro 830pm,Honey Island Swamp Band 930pm,Robert Walter 930pm @ The Mint
- The Dunwells w/ Shel 8pm,The Brendan Hines 10pm,Michael Starr 7pm @ Hotel Cafe
- (FREE) The Peach Kings w/ Leggy Peggy, Beach Party @ Harvard and Stone
WEDNESDAY-August 15,2012
- ♥ (FREE) Michael Kiwanuka Live Webcast 7pm @ Amoeba Music- Hollywood
- Mike Andrews, Lavender Diamond @ Bootleg Bar
- ♥ Alabama Shakes, Antibalas @ Fox Theater Pomona
- ♥ Ivan & Alyosha, Coby Brown, Eagle Rock Gospel Singers @ The Echo
- (FREE Before 10pm)Dub Club @ Echoplex
- Honeyhoney, Monsters Calling Home,Shana Halligan @ The Roxy
- ♥ The Futurebirds, Grandfather Child,The Steelwells @ The Satellite
- ♥ Kimya Dawson, Only Son (solo acoustic), Gina Young @ The Smell
- Champagne Champagne 10pm, The Knux 915pm,Emily’s Army 830pm @ Troubadour
- The Tin Stars ft. Lil’ Esther,RIP Carson @ Redwood Bar
- The Ariplane Boys @ The Roxy
- (FREE) Continental,Hoist The Colors,Stealth By Starlight @ Slidebar
- Joe Cocker,Huey Lewis and The News @ Greek Theatre
- Phish @ Long Beach Arena
- Eric Prydz,Audrey Napoleon,Mossberg Pump @ Yost Theatre
- Ruben Blades,Eddie Palmieri & His Orchestra @ Hollywood Bowl
- The Parade, The Path,The Goodnight,Amnesia Beach,Andrew Tester @ Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club
- Gina and The Eastern Block,Run Run Run 11pm,The Tender Box 10pm, Battle Tapes 9pm @ The Viper Room
- The Big Lil Baby Jesus Peasant Party w/ Erick Coomes(of Lettuce) @ The Mint
- Y La Bamba 9pm,The Sister Ruby Band 8pm,The Iron Rails 10pm,Indian Trading Furs & Jared Kolesar 11pm,Lael Neale @ Hotel Cafe
- Midian w/The Love Haters,, DJ Zach Rosenkrantz @ Harvard and Stone
THURSDAY-August 16,2012
- ♥ Spindrift, Gram Rabbit, Los Cometas EE.UU. @ Alex’s Bar
- Big Sir (feat. Lisa Papineau & Juan Alderete of Mars Volta) 11pm, Alpine Decline 10pm, In The Valley Below 9pm @ Bootleg Bar
- ♥ Shannon and the Clams, TRMRS, Lovely Bad Things @ Detroit Bar
- ♥ RACES, Living Things, Cold Showers, WL, Katy Goodman (DJ Set) @ Los Globos
- (FREE) Bell Gardens, The Donnies The Amys @ Pershing Square
- (FREE) Amadou and Mariam, Y La Bamba @ Santa Monica Pier
- Cold Specks, RT N 44’s @ The Echo
- Calvin Johnson, The Memories, The Shivas, Mom, Katie and the Lichen, Laura Leif & Amber Phelps @ Echoplex
- ♥ Nobunny, Summer Twins, Pangea, Death Hymn #9 @ The Glass House
- Pocket Rockets, The Vespertines, Colour and Discord @ The Prospector
- Peter Murphy, Ours @ The Roxy Sunset Strip Music Festival
- (FREE w/ Sunset Strip Music Festival Pass)DJ Kid Peace, Dance Hall Pimps,Cosmic Sucker Punch,Tommy Johnson @ On The Rox(The Roxy Sunset Strip Music Festival)
- ♥ The Entrance Band, ESP, UFO 2012 @ The Satellite
- Six Deadly Venoms @ Redwood Bar
- (FREE) Fortunate Youth @ Slidebar
- (FREE) Always Press Record,The Zermatts,Heart of Gold @ Lot 1
- Jack Russel’s Great White,Faster Pussycat,Bullet Boys @ Whisky A Go Go
- (FREE Before 11pm w/RSVP) Versus Thursdays @ Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club
- Lady Sinatra 11pm, Future Villains 12am,The Black Marquee 10pm,Gunpowder Secrets 9pm,Diamonds Under Fire 8pm @ The Viper Room
- Little Hurricane 8pm,Right The Stars 10pm,Birds and Batteries 9pm,The Young Romans 7pm,Graffiti Cathedral 11pm @ Hotel Cafe
- (FREE)The Dunwells @ Levitt Pavilion Pasadena
- (FREE)Bobby Matos @ Levitt Pavilion MacArthur Park
- Alexandra & The Starlight Band @ Harvard and Stone
- (FREE Before 9pm) When In Rome @ New Wave Bar
- AFEX-LARGE PRO(MAIN SOURCE) @ The Room(Hollywood)
FRIDAY-August 17,2012
- ♥ Shannon and the Clams, Summer Twins, The Abigails @ Alex’s Bar
- ♥ Be Good Tanyas,Leftover Cuties,Willie Watson @ Bootleg Bar
- (FREE)Ethan Lipton 12pm @ California Plaza
- ♥ Big Freedia, Hottub @ Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club
- ♥ RZA @ Key Club Sunset Strip Music Festival
- Quiet Riot @ Key Club Sunset Strip Music Festival
- (FREE) David Wax Museum @ Levitt Pavilion Pasadena
- (FREE)Quetzal Guerrero @ Levitt Pavillion MacArthur Park
- ♥ Nicky Da B, MNDR, Blok, Paul Devro @ Los Globos
- (FREE)Spaceships 7pm, Ugly Winner 6pm @ Origami Vinyl
- Three Mile Pilot, Dramady @ The Echo
- ♥ Braid, Owen, TS And The Past Haunts @ The Glass House
- ♥ The Heartless Bastards, Little Hurricane @ The Observatory
- Wake, Co.Fee, Juj, Sahy Uhns, Benedek, Dreams @ The Satellite
- Toys That Kill, Moses Campbell, Peter Pants, Sleeping Bags @ The Smell
- ♥ fun., Chiddy Bang @ The Wiltern
- Charli XCX 10pm, Kitten 830pm, IO Echo 915pm @ Troubadour
- Hank III @ House of Blues Sinset Strip
- (FREE) ROTATIONS: DJ Oldboy 8pm @ Amoeba Music-Hollywood
- The Mau Maus,The Muertones,The Tinglerz @ Redwood Bar
- ♥ X w/ Ray Manzarek (of The Doors),The Stripminers @ The Roxy Sunset Strip Music Festival
- (FREE w/ Sunset Strip Music Festival Pass)DJ Kid Peace, Misty Gonzalez,Lindsey Vendetta,Novi, Israel Heller @ On The Rox(The Roxy Sunset Strip Music Festival)
- (FREE) Word 9pm,The Kings English 10pm,Irontom 11pm,La Grange Course 12am @ O’ Briens Pub
- James Ingram, The Freddy Campbell Band @ Whisky A Go Go-Sunset Strip Music Festival
- Juanes, Thomas Wilkins @ Hollywood Bowl
- Robby Krieger and Rich Robinson @ The Viper Room
- Mickey Avalon 1130pm and Special Guests @ The Viper Room
- Jeffsetter 8pm,Dirty Rice 9pm,The Expanders 1030pm,The Lions 1145pm @ The Mint
- The Dahls 9pm,Ladies Gun Club 8pm,Jim Hanft w/ Samantha Yonack 10pm,Sweetwater & The Satisfaction 11pm,Science Fiction Theater 12am @ Hotel Cafe
- ♥ (FREE w/RSVP) Zola Jesus, Active Child @ MOCA
- H&S Band,Burlesque w/ DJ Mancini @ Harvard and Stone
- BodyHeat Label Wars 2.0: ZYX Records vs. Viewlexx @ Blipsy Barcade
- NOWHERE FAST (“The newest Morrissey & Smiths Tribute Band”) 1030pm @ NEW WAVE BAR
SATURDAY-August 18,2012
- Felix Da Housecat, Funkagenda @ Avalon Hollywood
- ♥ Nobunny, The Black Tibetans, Thee Cormans @ Alex’s Bar
- The Henry Clay People 11pm, Jail Weddings 10pm,Sanglorians 9pm @ Bootleg Bar
- Classixx, Cosmic Kids, Eli Escobar @ Detroit Bar
- ♥ Big Freedia, Hottub, Blok @ Footsie’s
- Monte Mar, Vinnie Ferra @ La Cienega Park
- ♥ Diego Garcia @ Largo
- (FREE)Fool’s Gold @ Levitt Pavilion Macarthur Park
- ♥ Bad Religion, De La Soul, Dead Sara, Black Label Society, Far East Movement,Marilyn Manson, The Offspring, Steve Aoki, , The Mowgli’s @ Sunset Strip Music Festival Street Fest
- The Return of Metalachi @ On The Rox(The Roxy)
- Shiner @ Echoplex
- (FREE Before 11pm)Funky Sole @ The Echo
- ♥ Ivan & Alyosha @ Constellation Room(The Observatory)
- Chiddy Bang @ The Observatory
- ♥ Das Racist, Wallpaper., Matt Skiba, Street Drum Corps, Burning of Rome, Caught a Ghost, Filligar, Love and a .38, The Stone Foxes, Knife Outline @ The Roxy Sunset Strip Music Festival
- ♥ Outernational, Las Cafeteras, Los Hollywood @ The Satellite
- ♥ So Many Wizards, Matthewdavid, Magick ((())) Orchids, Magical Mistakes @ The Smell
- ♥ fun., Charli XCX @ The Wiltern
- ♥ Braid 1015pm, Owen 915pm, TS And The Past Haunts 830pm @ Troubadour
- (FREE)Elektro-PR Presents: The 1st Annual Handmade Birthday Card Drive for LA’a Homeless Youth w/ DJ Skin_bot 930pm,Silent Individual 10:45pm,F The Spider 1145pm,Our Name Is Legion 1245am @ Blipsy Barcade
- Hot TV 1130pm,Le Cos 1045pm,Traps PS 10pm,Whirlynn Pop 915pm @ Pehrspace
- Shake Before Us,Dirty Eyes, Mike Watt & The Missing Men,Dowtown Devil Dogs @ Redwood Bar
- (FREE) Project 86,We Are The Arsenal,Via Verde @ Slidebar
- Wise Cub 8pm,Empire of One 9pm,King Washington 10pm,Armada 11pm @ Lot 1
- Juanes,Thomas Wilkins @ Hollywood Bowl
- Guitar Center Battle of The Blues: Dr. john,Joe Bonamassa @ Club Nokia
- Sugarpill Album Release Party w/ChrisB. & Grewvangle @ Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club
- WAX 1130pm,Dumbfounded 1030pm @ The Viper Room
- 1960’s Theme Costume Party @ The Mint
- Alexz Johnson w/ Julia Sinclair 915pm,Chelsea Williams 8pm,Misty Boyce 1130pm,Miss Lopez & The Wandering Few @ Hotel Cafe
- (FREE) Mark Clive de Lowe @ Levitt Pavilion Pasadena
- H&S Band, Burlesque w/ DJ Daisy O’Dell @ Harvard and Stone
SUNDAY-August 19,2012
- ♥ Obits, Slang Chickens, Pangea, Lovely Bad Things @ Alex’s Bar
- (FREE) Nite Jewel (DJ Set) 3pm @ Amoeba Music- Hollywood
- The Dough Rollers 10pm, Busy Living 9pm @ Bootleg Bar
- ♥ (FREE w RSVP) Nobunny, Night Beats, Shannon and the Clams @ Down and Out
- Flosstradamus @ Drai’s
- ♥ (FREE) Diego Garcia, David Garza @ Levitt Pavilion Pasadena
- ♥ Lee Fields & The Expressions, Boogaloo Assassins @ Echoplex
- ♥ Seapony, Trixie’s Big Red Motorbike, Sweater Girls @ The Echo
- (FREE) Grand Ole Echo w/ Dan Janisch,Jereimah and The Red Eyes,Drunken Prayer,Cap Gun Hold Ups @ The Echo
- Correatown, Pony Boy, Blac Jesus and The Experimentalists , Amy Rieckelman @ The Virgil
- ♥ fun., Fool’s Gold @ The Wiltern
- Prima Donna,The Phemenauts,The Knits, The Plexikill @ Redwood Bar
- Joy Kills Sorrow 8pm, The Well Pennies 7pm @ Bootleg Bar
- (FREE)James Supercave,Tartufi @ The Satellite
- Rhino Bucket, Age of Evil @ Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club
- The Laura Cheadle Band 730pm,Alex Arndt & The Sonic Universe 815pm,Hi Tech Hate 915pm,Fight The Machine 1015pm,The Dark 1115pm @ The Viper Room
- Faith Tucker 8pm,The Borrower’s Debt 845pm,Arnold Maur 930pm,The Spies 1030pm @ The Mint
- (FREE) The Aggrolites w/Common Sense Band @ Hermosa Beach
- (FREE) Annual Youth Talent Night @ Levitt Pavilion MacArthur Park
- Soda Pop Sundays @ Harvard and Stone
- The Royal Concept 10pm,Eastern Conference Champions 9pm @ Troubadour
- (FREE) Broken Anchor,All Spots To Black @ Space 15 Twenty
