Theophilus London at Club Nokia – 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-August 20,2012
- ♥ (FREE w/ RSVP) Everest, Sierra Noble, Lucy Schwartz, Midnight Magic (DJ Set) @ Bardot
- ♥ (FREE) Francisco The Man,LA Font,Yellow Red Sparks @ The Satellite
- ♥ (FREE) Wildcat! Wildcat!, Rio Bravo, NO, The Union Line @ The Echo
- (FREE) Meg Myers 11pm, Ertel 9pm,Holly Conlan 8pm,Ryan Darton @ Bootleg Bar
- (FREE) Decode Radio, Craig Williams, Datsyuk @ Detroit Bar
- Casy and Brian, Realization Orchestra, Redwound @ Pehrspace
- The Royal Concept @ Constellation Room(The Observatory )
- (FREE) Samothrace,Bereft,Destroy Judas,Doctorshopper @ Slidebar
- Blackwater Jukebox,Avolcano @ Redwood Bar
- (FREE) Evolve,Burlesque All Stars,Vera Mesmer,Krashkarma,Never Like The Movies @ The Roxy
- Cosmic Slop Residency @ Alex’s Bar
- Fearmia 8pm,David Haack Trio 845pm,Breach The Summit 945pm @ The Mint
- The Brian Rogers Band 1120pm,ChromoSphere 1030pm,Bliss Bomb 940pm,Mellow Collision 850pm,Barry Hinton Party 8pm @ The Viper Room
- Jason Joseph & The Spectacular 10pm,Noah Gundersen 8pm,Clark Graham 7pm,Midian 9pm @ Hotel Cafe
- R&D Bar-B-Q @ Harvard and Stone
- Carribition Monday w/ Artery Gunman,Rasta Gari,Trick Miller @ Blipsy Barcade
- (FREE) Stone Free: Classic Rock of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s w/ Dave Freeman @ Golden Gopher
TUESDAY-August 21,2012
- ♥ Polica, Supreme Cuts @ Echoplex
- ♥ Divine Fits @ The Hotel Cafe
- ♥ (FREE)A Tribute To The Clash: Joey and Andy(of The Henry Clay People),Brian Whelan ft. Mitch Marine and Scrote, Duniven,The TC4 feat. Matt Eckel, The Bixby Knolls @ The Satellite
- (FREE) Everest 7pm @ Amoeba Music- Hollywood
- Mike Viola 730pm, Chris Price 7pm @ Bootleg Bar
- So & So 1030pm, Scott Mellis 1115pm, Coyol 945pm @ Bootleg Bar
- (FREE)Ross Sea Party, Dylan Trees, The Breakups @ Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club
- (FREE)We Are / She Is, This Time With Feeling, Lucky & Wild @ Detroit Bar
- Casey Abrams @ Key Club
- (FREE)Western Scene 7pm @ Origami Vinyl
- Oneohtrix Point Never, James Ferraro @ The Echo
- Dethtrip Forever,Mothers of Gut,The Electric Starfish @ Redwood Bar
- Hank 3 @ The Observatory
- Ours, Free Dominguez of Kidneythieves,Aura, UpDownUp @ The Roxy
- Eli Escobar, John Roman, Samo Sound Boy, Cooper Saver, and Bones @ Dim Mak Studios
- Brynn Marie 730pm @ The Mint
- T Bird & The Breaks 9pm,Alan Evans Trio 10pm @ The Mint
- FATHER TIGER 12am,Bullet & Snowfox 11pm,The Trews 10pm,The Other Side Of The Morning 9pm,Vinyl Pinups 8pm @ The Viper Room
- Peach Kings Residency @ Harvard and Stone
- (FREE Before 10pm w/ RSVP) WARLOK: Darkwave,Industrial,Witch House, Synth w/ DJ XIAN @ La Fonda
- Original Nights of Barcadia w/ Randy J @ Blipsy Barcade
- (FREE) 80’s Night w/ Deejays Aaron Castle and Waldo @ Golden Gopher
- (FREE) Viernes 13 @ Slidebar
WEDNESDAY-August 22,2012
- ♥ Two Gallants, Slang Chickens @ El Cid
- ♥ Tashaki Miyaki, Residual Echoes, Pink Films, Night Control @ The Echo
- Mike Andrews, Snowblink @ Bootleg Bar
- Pinchers Backed by Echodelic Sound @ Echoplex
- Matt Embree (Rx Bandits), Vinnie Caruana @ Constellation Room( The Observatory)
- The Driftwood Singers, Dana Falconberry, Triple Chicken Foot @ The Satellite
- (FREE) Zak Morgan @ Levitt Pavilion Pasadena
- (FREE) Defiler,Lions Amongst Wolves,Love On The Lips of A Whore,Set Your Anchor @ Slidebar
- Ni Modo,One Tribe Nation @ Redwood Bar
- Pink Fuzzy Animals,Steel Toed Slippers,Jenni Alpert,Scott Taylor @ The Roxy
- KROQ Locals: Margate,Act As If,Luna Is Honey @ On The Rox( The Roxy)
- Ice Age @ Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club
- The Big Lil Baby Jesus Peasant Party ft. Erick Coomes of Lettuce 1030pm @ The Mint
- Bite The Buffalo 12am,Jared Lee 10pm,Danny Nucci 9pm,Electra 8pm @ The Viper Room
- Common Rotation & Dan Bern 10pm,David & Devine 8pm,Eliza Rickman 9pm @ Hotel Cafe
- Free Moral Agents & DJ Zach Rosenkrantz @ Harvard and Stone
- (FREE)SUPREME CUTS @ Maintain Skate Shop
THURSDAY-August 23,2012
- ♥ Anita Baker, Esperanza Spalding @ Hollywood Bowl
- ♥ The Stone Foxes, Little Hurricane, Old Scratch, Rusty Needles @ Detroit Bar
- ♥ Civil Twilight, Morning Parade, Frank and Derol @ El Rey Theatre
- ♥ The Entrance Band, Jeffertitti’s Nile, Chuck Dukowski Sextet @ The Satellite
- ♥ (FREE) FATLIP (of Pharcyde), IamOMNI,The Paranorml,SYNTAX VERNAC @ Slidebar
- (FREE) Viernes 13,La Resistencia,The Delirians @ Levitt Pavilion MacArthur Park
- (FREE) Sony Holland @ Levitt Pavilion Pasadena
- Images, The Do Its, Bee’s Knees, Blood Buddies @ Alex’s Bar
- State To State 10pm,Jonny Polonsky 9pm,Even Oceans 11pm @ Bootleg Bar
- The Protomen,Attack Decay @ The Roxy
- Dirty Too, Wardog,The Lucky Lonely @ On The Rox(The Roxy)
- (FREE Before 11pm w/RSVP)VERSUS Thursdays @ Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club
- Organic Persian Greek 8pm,Aloke Dutta 9pm @ The Mint
- The Vintage Tuesday 12am,The Cold Chills 11pm,Kingsley 10pm,Parlours 9pm @ The Viper Room
- Strictly Social with Joi,Jimetta Rose,Johnnie Heartbreak @ The Echo
- The Rescues w/ Jesse Thomas & Erin McLaughlin 8pm,Mariah McManus 1030pm @ Hotel Cafe
- Diamond Carter & King Washington @ Harvard and Stone
- (FREE Before 10pm)PERVERSION:Industrial, Goth, EBM,Darkwave, Synthpop @ Dim Mak Studios
FRIDAY-August 24,2012
- ♥ The Shrine, Dirty Ghosts, Zig Zags, Kicking Spit @ Alex’s Bar
- ♥ Slaughterhouse. Thurz, Kent Money @ El Rey Theatre
- ♥ (FREE w/RSVP) Cults, Lord Huron @ The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
- ♥ AM & Shawn Lee, The One AM Radio, Shanee Pink @ The Satellite
- ♥ (FREE) Beats, Rhymes and Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest 8pm @ Pershing Square
- Robert Schwartzman, Jamestown Revival 10pm, Patrick Park 9pm @ Bootleg Bar
- (FREE)He’s My Brother She’s My Sister 12pm @ California Plaza
- Gavin 9pm, Mr. Little Jeans (Live Set and DJ Set) 11pm, Frank and Derol 8pm @ Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club
- (FREE) Dime Runner 7pm @ Origami Vinyl
- Quote Unquote, Judgement Day, Silian Rail, Kim Free @ Pehrspace
- Julia Holter, Raw Geronimo (acoustic), Tes Elations @ The Echo
- Shlohmo, Salva, LOL Boys, Groundislava @ Echoplex
- Three Mile Pilot @ Constellation Room (The Observatory)
- (FREE) Masanga Maringa Ensemble @ Levitt Pavilion MacArthur Park
- (FREE)ROTATIONS:Rick Wren DJ Set 8pm @ Amoeba Music-Hollywood
- (FREE) Bei Ru @ Levitt Pavilion Pasadena
- Peter Pants, Wide Streets,Palm Reader,Maston @ The Smell
- Plague Vendor,Drug Cabin,Wild Pack of Canaries,Frnch Cnt @ lot 1
- Black Boots,Satans Cheerleaders,The Tee Pees,Misktick Krewe of Mysterium @ Redwood Bar
- Omar and The Stringpoppers,Hi Strung Ramblers,Alex Vargas,Delta Bombers,DJs Big Chuy, Reb Kennedy @ The Observatory
- Symphony,Vette,Stamps,Blue Flames @ The Roxy
- Jesse Malin 930pm,Alejandro Escovedo 1030pm @ The Mint
- I Will Never Be The Same 1130pm,Little Miss Nasty 11pm,Teleskopes 10pm,Mind The Gap 9pm @ The Viper Room
- Matt Embree of Rx Bandits & Vinnie Caruana of The Movielife 7pm, Satellite 10pm,Tumbleweed Wanderers 11pm,York 12am @ Hotel Cafe
- H&S Band amd Burlesque, DJ Dan Mancini @ Harvard and Stone
- BLACK UNICORN(LA’s Monthly Fantasy Fetish Ball) w/ Guest DJ TAMARA SKY @ Dragonfly
- AI “Independent” Tour in LA @ Club Nokia
- A Flock of Seagulls, Gene Loves Jezebel @ House of Blues Sunset Strip
- Diana Krall @ Hollywood Bowl
- Joysticks w/ Argumus Prime, DJ Dan Goldstein @ Blipsy Barcade
SATURDAY-August 25, 2012
- ♥ (FREE w/RSVP) Mad Decent Block Party: ZEDS DEAD, Theophilus London,Bonde do Role,Paper Diamond,Three Loco,Casey Veggies,Dawn Golden and Rosy Cross,Paul Devro, JIM-E STACK @ LA Center Studios
- ♥ A House For Lions, Future Ghost, Neverever, Amanda Jo Williams, The Abigails, Big Search, The Black Apples, Buyepongo, Crooked Cowboy, Cuckoo Chaos, Dante vs. Zombies, Dreamers, The Driftwood Singers, Feeding People, Fool’s Gold, Fort King, Foxygen, Gothic Tropic, Hands, Hott MT, Lavender Diamond, Line & Circle, Lonely Wild, The Far West, Kind Hearts and Coronets, NO, Noah and the Megafauna, Os Beaches @ The Echo Echo Park Rising
- ♥ Twin Shadow, Poolside, Mini Mansions @ The Glass HousePre-FYF Fest Show!
- ♥ LA Weekly Music Stage: The Blessings 6pm,Punk Rock Pillow Fight 645pm,Buyepongo 715pm,Punk Rock Pillow Fight 8pm,Stepehen Sowan 830pm,Punk Rock Pillow Fight 915pm,Random Ninjas 945pm,Punk Rock Pillow Fight 1030pm,The Record Company 11pm @ Chinatown Summer Nights
- ♥ Adolescents, The Gears, The Crowd, The Dead Set @ Alex’s Bar
- ♥ (FREE) War Widow @ Caseys Irish Pub
- Touche @ Marina Green Park
- IE, Horsemeat, Pure Shit, Wimp and Shrimp, Suzi Star @ Pehrspace
- The Milky Way, Free Moral Agents, Bobby Blunders, Virginina Slim @ The Prospector
- Torches, Incan Abraham, Body Parts @ The Satellite
- Mutations, Kill For Kicks, Bodysnatchers, LA Coyote @ The Smell
- (FREE) Yerak @ Levitt Pavilion MacArthur Park
- (FREE) Punta Cartel @ Levitt Pavilion Pasadena
- (FREE) MAL ADJUSTED @ Slidebar
- (FREE)The Withers, Betty White, Chiefs, Sunfighter +++ @ Lot 1
- The Sloths,Simon Stokes, The Blackerbys @ Redwood Bar
- Julien-K @ Constellation Room (The Observatory)
- Voodoo Glow Skulls,Buck-O-Nine @ The Observatory
- LIFTOFF,Honor Meets The Outlaw,Soul Exchange,Help The Doctor,The Black Moods,Good With Grenades @ The Roxy
- Silent Frisco :DEADMAU5 vs LED ZEPPELIN @ Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club
- Frank Stallone 8pm @ The Mint
- Orgone 10pm @ The Mint
- Hell or Highwater 12am,Beta Wolf 11pm,Brando’s Island 10pm,Harrp 9pm,Scissors For Lefty 8pm @ The Viper Room
- BOOTIE LA Echo Park Rising After-Party @ The Echoplex
- (FREE Before 11pm)Funky Sole @ The Echo
- Charlotte Martin w/ Jacqueline Caruso 7pm,Field Report 930pm,Sometimes We Sing Together 1030pm,The Gallery 1130pm @ Hotel Cafe
- H&S Band & Burlesque w/ DJ Daisy O’ Dell @ Harvard and Stone
- Amtrac 1230am,Futurewife 11pm,Tres Dubois 10pm,Behr 9pm @ La Cita
- H20 Music Festival: Wisin y Yandel,John Legend,Snoop Dog,Paulina Rubio,Gym Class Heroes,Intocable, Ozomatli,Paty Cantu,Alex Cuba,Romeo Testa,Santa Mamba,Friguey,Origen,Aleesha,Sol Anderson @ LA Historic Park
- Diana Krall @ Hollywood Bowl
- Skamania Presents: Pat Kelly @ Los Globos
- HELTER SKELTER: OLD SKOOL vs NEW SKOOL NIGHT @ Dragonfly
SUNDAY-August 26,2012
- ♥ Ana Tijoux @ Constellation Room( The Observatory)
- ♥ (FREE)Classic Soul N’ Funk ft. DJ Renato, DJ Frane,DJ Greg Belson @ Levitt Pavilion Pasadena
- The Blank Tapes 930pm, Brass Bed 830pm, Kicking Spit 1030pm,Mossbreaker 1130pm @ Bootleg Bar
- (FREE) Shlohmo: LOCAVORE 3pm @ Amoeba Music-Hollywood
- (FREE) Antics @ Levitt Pavilion MacArthur Park
- (FREE) Friguey @ Levitt Pavilion MacArthur Park
- (FREE)Brass Bed 7pm @ Origami Vinyl
- Whirr, Permanent Collection, Tennis System @ The Echo
- Wyatt Blair,Froth,Black Sea,L.A. Witch @ The Smell
- Jason and the Punknecks,Lightnin’s Woodcock,Brassknuckle Voodoo @ Redwood Bar
- The Vooduo,Bordertown Saints,The Black Tibetans,Hard Copy Rebels @ Alex’s Bar
- CUBENSIS A GRATEFUL DEAD TRIBUTE @ Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club
- Jimmy Lifton 8pm, The Funk Ark 930pm @ The Mint
- INK 12am,Electric Child 11pm,Chaos In Roswell 10pm,Loclan 9pm,Chasing Colors 8pm @ The Viper Room
- Neil Hamburger,Brendon,Walsh,J.P. Incorporated,Nick Flanagan @ The Satellite
- VH1 Save The Music Benefit w/ Keaton Simons, Curtis Peoples,Dee Dee Foster,A.Men,Chrissy Depauw @ Hotel Cafe
- Soda Pop Sundays @ Harvard and Stone
- Smooth Summer Jazz: Men Of Soul,Jeffrey Osborne,Peabo Bryson,Freddie Jackson,Peter White,Euge Grove @ Hollywood Bowl
