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 27,2012
- ♥ Vivian Girls, Kremlin Head (members of Mika Miko & No Age playing punk covers), Pangea, Haim @ The Smell
- ♥ (FREE) Francisco The Man, Hott MT, The Fling, Summer Twins @ The Satellite
- ♥ (FREE) Chester French, ESP, Snowblink, POP ETC (DJ Set) @ Bardot
- ♥ (FREE) Meg Myers 11pm, The Peach Kings 10pm, Max and the Moon 9pm, Diamonds Under Fire 12am @ Bootleg Bar
- ♥ Sex Wounds, Tremellow, AxRxM, Weed @ Pehrspace
- (FREE) Decode Radio, Fartbarf, Winona @ Detroit Bar
- (FREE) Weed, Babysitter 7pm @ Origami Vinyl
- (FREE) Wildcat! Wildcat!, DWNTWN, GOLD FIELDS, Frank and Derol @ The Echo
- The Very Best, Tokimonsta, Jonwayne, Weapons of Audio @ Echoplex
- (FREE) The Funerla Pyre, ACxDC, Aurora Black, Bloodscribe,Pencil Lead Syringe @ Slidebar
- The Yiffs, Spaceships @ Redwood Bar
- Camaron Ochs 730pm,The Show Ponies 830pm,Kyle McNeil & The Stumble 930pm,The Brixtones 1030pm @ The Mint
- Close To Home Present:”Audible Mainframe” Celebrates The Life of MC EXPOSITION (AKA VICTOR PONTES-MACEDO) w/ 7 Lions 11pm, Audible Mainfram 10pm, @ The Viper Room
- Cosmic Slop-LA Record Residency @ Alex’s Bar
- Hunnypot Radio Show ft. HPR,Fire in The Hamptons,Kot,finnaticz @ Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club
- R&D Bar-b-q, Jonzo West & Ryan Workman @ Harvard and Stone
- Jason Joseph & The Spectacular 10pm,Bleu 9pm,Air Traffic Controller 8pm, Jess Furman 7pm @ Hotel Cafe
TUESDAY – August 28,2012
- ♥ Divine Fits, Calvin Love @ Hollywood Forever Cemetery
- ♥ Why?, Adventure Time, DJ Sodapop, Serengeti @ Echoplex
- ♥ Ghostface Killah, Saigon @ The Observatory
- ♥ (FREE) Redd Kross 6pm @ Amoeba Music- Hollywood
- ♥ Spain, Mike Watt & The Missing Men @ Bootleg Bar
- Kristin Hersh @ Bootleg Theater
- Five Finger Death Punch, Killswitch Engage,Trivium,Pop Evil,Emmure,God Forbid @ Hollywood Palladium
- (FREE )Royal Albatross, My Double My Brother, The Natalie Memphis Project @ Detroit Bar
- Touche @ Los Globos
- Glowbird 9pm, Ralph Torrefranca & The Outlawed Sons 10pm, The Blvds 11pm, Eekis 12am @ Silverlake Lounge
- (FREE) Mad Planet, Ballerina Black, Tic Tic Boom @ The Satellite
- Jesse Rose,Prince Club,DJ Cassette, Bones @ Dim Mak Studios
- RUIN HOLLYWOOD W/ DJ XIAN & DJ BARON @ La Fonda
- (FREE) Elektro-PR & Lot 1 Presents: The Wingard Manor 10pm, OONA 11pm,The LBians 9pm @ Lot 1
- Dethtrip Forever,Them Howling Bones,The Ugly Kids @ Redwood Bar
- Jesus and The Rabbis 8pm @ The Mint
- Clay Hawkins 10pm @ The Mint
- Opus Orange 9pm,The Ross Sea Party 10pm,The Dead Ships 11pm @ Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club
- The Adventures of Pete & Pete Reunion @ Orpheum Theatre
- Kamasi Washington,Miles Mosley,Brandon Coleman @ The Echo
- Carmina Burana @ Hollywood Bowl
- Peach Kings @ Harvard and Stone
- Wakey!Wakey! 9pm,Tommy Walter of Abandoned Pools 8pm,Kita Kiane 7pm @ Hotel Cafe
- Original Nights of Barcadia w/ Randy J @ Blipsy Barcade
WEDNESDAY – August 29, 2012
- ♥ Ghostface Killah @ House of Blues Los Angeles
- ♥ Poolside, Pharaohs @ The Echo
- ♥ Herbie Hancock,Wayne Shorter Quartet,Zakir Hussain,Carlos Santana @ Hollywood Bowl
- ♥ The Drowning Men, Cheap Girls @ The Satellite
- ♥ Concrete Blonde, Menkena @ Troubadour
- ♥ Questlove, Scoop Deville, Cazal Organism, Colta @ The Airliner
- ♥ (FREE) ACEYALONE, Playdough, Poetik Prophets,Merlo,Revolutionary @ Slidebar
- Mike Andrews, Alam Khan & Salar Nader @ Bootleg Bar
- (FREE) Frank and Derol @ Library at the Redbury
- (FREE) DUB CLUB @ Echoplex
- Jounce, Gun Outfit @ The Smell
- Michael Van London,Ingenue,Wojcik @ Redwood Bar
- Joseph Vincent,Andrew Garcia,Nate Westerfeld,Kait Westen @ The Roxy
- Trick Pistol 11pm,Brian Burn 10pm,bbGun 9pm,Native Girl 8pm @ The Viper Room
- Jetpacks and Laser Guns 10pm, The Wingard Manor 9pm @ Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club
- Viernes 13,Casa De Calacas @ House of Blues Anaheim
- DJ Zach Rosenkrantz @ Harvard and Stone
- Hoots & Hellmouth 9pm,The Trishas 7pm,David & Devine 8pm,Dorian Wood 10pm, All My Pretty Ones 11pm @ Hotel Cafe
THURSDAY – August 30,2012
- ♥ Old 97’s, Those Darlins, Rhett Miller @ The Observatory
- ♥ The Entrance Band, The Tyde, The Abigails @ The Satellite
- ♥ (FREE) The Great Don Carlos @ Levitt Pavilion MacArthur Park
- ♥ Youngblood Hawke @ Constellation Room ( The Observatory)
- ♥ Chicano Batman, Boogaloo Assassins 930pm, DJ Anthony Valadez 9pm @ Bootleg Bar
- ♥ Pre FYF Party! Health,Tearist,Eli Glad @ The Echo
- COME TOGETHER: A Benefit Show For Steve Guzman w/ Jameson, The New Limb, Denny White, Carly Layne, The Ultimate Bearhug, Golden Afternoon, Ladymonster, Micah Brown, The Devious Means, Single Girl, Married Girl, Honeypie @ Detroit Bar
- The Record Company, Echoes De Luxe, Noel & The Carlones, Bullet & Snowfox @ Los Globos
- Saviours, Black Cobra, Behold! The Monolith, Secrets From The Sky @ Los Globos
- Images, L.A. Drugz,Knight Stalker,The Wild Ones @ Redwood Bar
- Rachel Assil,Timothy Bloom,Tha Boogie,DJ Warrior @ The Roxy
- Lotus Room 845pm, Blue Nyle 945pm,Big Joe Hurt 945pm @ The Mint
- Alexx Calise 1120pm,The Burn Riffs 1030pm,Pronghorn 930pm,The Deserters 850pm @ The Viper Room
- Devin, So Many Wizards, Moses Campbell,Brown and Blue, Merry Christmas @ Alex’s Bar
- VERSUS ft. RAIZ by GOTTADANCEDIRTY and DANCEISM @ Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club
- Armin Van Buuren, Jochen Miller @ Hollywood Palladium
- Ram Jam w/ Revoltaire @ Harvard and Stone
- Adam Arcuragi 9pm,Ferraby Lionheart 10pm,Tall Tales & The Silver 8pm,Fire Chief Charlie 7pm,Flying Sparks 11pm @ Hotel Cafe
FRIDAY – August 31,2012
- ♥ Desaparecidos (feat: Conor Oberst) 1015pm, Big Harp 9pm @ Troubadour
- ♥ The Album Leaf @ Constellation Room(The Observatory)
- Old 97’s, Those Darlins, Rhett Miller (solo) @ El Rey Theatre
- ♥ Jon Brion @ Largo
- ♥ (FREE) Buyepongo @ Levitt Pavilion MacArthur Park
- ♥ Niki & The Dove, Devin @ The Echo
- Riva Starr, Fred Falke, Viceroy @ Avalon Hollywood
- Trapdoor Social 9pm, Lostline 11pm, Billy Ray Cyrus @ Bootleg Bar
- Brown Bird, These United States, The Janks @ The Satellite
- This Bike Is A Pipebomb, Shellshag, Moses Campbell @ The Smell
- (FREE) ROTATIONS:Aaron Coyes (Peaking Lights) DJ Set 8pm @ Amoeba Music-Hollywood
- (FREE) Cheap Girls,The Drowning Men, Jr. Juggernaut @ Slildebar
- CH3 @ Redwood Bar
- Don Carlos @ The Observatory
- Turquoise Jeep Records,Creative Bunch,LPMD,Tay Walker @ The Roxy
- Trauma Romeo @ On The Rox
- Evil Beaver,Mungen Hoso,Bishop vs. Spy,Barrio Tiger, Brain Spoon @ On The Rox
- Paul Freeman 8pm,The Futures League 9pm,Dreamers Dose 10pm,Yel Air 11pm @ The Mint
- The Lonely Drunks Club Band 12am,Schwarzenator 11pm,Coma 10pm,Dead Day Revolution 9pm,Motordrone 8pm @ The Viper Room
- Long Beach Psyclone,Henchmen,Inazuma,Graveyard Drifters,Peabrains @ Alex’s Bar
- LA NUIT & C.R.E.A.M. Present: Kartell & Cherokee (France,Shiny Disco Club) w/ J99, Calcat @ Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club
- Trannyshack L.A. @ Echoplex
- Static-X,Davey Suicide, 9 Electric @ House of Blues Anaheim
- John Williams: Maestro of The Movies @ Hollywood Bowl
- Armin Van Buuren, Jochen Miller @ Hollywood Palladium
- H&S Band,Burlesque w/ DJ Dan Mancini @ Harvard and Stone
- Demin Family Band 11pm,Jesse Thomas 10pm,Lera Lynn 8pm,Paula Nelson Band @ Hotel Cafe
- This Is It: Dizzy G’Lepe,Argumus Prime,DJ Carlo @ Blipsy Barcade
- White Party ft. DJ Daniel Graves (Aesthetic Perfection) @ Das Bunker
SATURDAY – September 1, 2012
- ♥ FYF Fest: Refused, M83, James Blake, Sleigh Bells, Quicksand, Simian Mobile Disco, Hot Snakes, Warpaint, Black Mountain, The Growlers, Fucked Up, Chromatics, The Vaselines, Future Islands, Tanlines, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Chairlift, Tycho, Purity Ring, Cloud Nothings, Two Gallants, Redd Kross, AA Bondy, Dam-Funk, The Men, The Soft Pack, Moonface, DJ Harvey, Nite Jewel, John Maus, Fidlar, Sandro Perri, Doldrums, Suicide of Western Culture, Devin, White Arrows @ Los Angeles Historic State Park
- ♥ White Murder, Shirley Rolls,Los Cometas,Stalins of Sound @ Redwood Bar
- ♥ Old 97’s, Those Darlins, Rhett Miller (solo) @ El Rey Theatre
- Nerf Herder 11pm, Tsar 10pm, Dollyrots @ Bootleg Bar
- Raheem Cohen @ Edward Roybal Learning Center
- Micah Brown @ Constellation Room(The Observatory)
- Ollin, Aztlan Underground, Thee Commons,Fitter @ The Satellite
- (FREE Before 1030pm w/RSVP) MODE:M BLACK CELEBRATION Grand ReOpening W/ DJ XIAN @ 333 Live
- (FREE) The Iron Maidens @ Slidebar
- Frankenstein & Friends,The Bloodhounds,Triple Dog Dare,Douglas & The Furs,My Own Holiday @ Lot 1
- That Metal Bar 12am,Crowned By Fire 11pm,Last Chance Soldier 10pm @ The Viper Room
- Get Shifty @ Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club
- Bootie LA Anti-Back-To-School Party @ Echoplex
- (FREE Before 11pm) Funky Sole @ The Echo
- Static-X,Davey Suicide, 9 Electric, Gemini Syndrome @ House of Blues-Sunset Strip
- John Williams: Maestro of The Movies @ Hollywood Bowl
- Enanitos Verdes @ House of Blues Anaheim
- The Last Bison 11pm,Clare Means 8pm,Alicia Witt 9pm,Taylor Greenwood 10pm,The Honeycutters 12amAlaska Reid 7pm @ Hotel Cafe
- (FREE)Vagabond Opera @ Levitt Pavilion MacArthur Park
SUNDAY – September 2, 2012
- ♥ FYF Fest: Beirut, Yeasayer, Sleigh Bells, Despareceidos, American Nightmare / Give Up the Ghost, Dinosaur Jr., Against Me!, Turbonegro, Paul Banks, Twin Shadow, Cursive, Liars, Converge, HEALTH, Lightning Bolt, King Khan & The Shrines, Future Islands, Baroness, Gold Panda, Aesop Rock, Atlas Sound, Givers, Black Dice, The Field, Ceremony, Moonface, Father John Misty, Tiger & Woods, Wild Nothing, Nick Waterhouse, Allah-Las, Joyce Manor, White Fence, DJ Coco, Daughn Gibson, Papa, Kishi Bashi, The Faint @ Los Angeles Historic State Park
- ♥ Pacific Festival: Mayer Hawthorne, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Poolside, Fool’s Gold, Capital Cities, Mr. Little Jeans, Steed Lord, Tijuana Panthers, American Royalty, Wildcat! Wildcat!, Le Blorr, Snakebit Drifters, Indian Burn @ Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort & Marina
- (FREE) Pigeon John,Cookbook,Lightning Cloud, Ariano, Weirdos(DJ Set) @ Slidebar
- Electric Children,The The Hi Z’s @ Redwood Bar
- Abby Hankins @ Redwood Bar
- Brandy Loves Alexander,Owls, The Portraits @ The Mint
- Weapon-X 12am,Eden’s Onslaught 11pm,Viscera 10pm,Insentient 8pm @ The Viper Room
- Abbey Road-Beatles Tribute Band @ Alex’s Bar
- CUBENSIS: A Grateful Dead Tribute @ Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club
- Javier Dunn 10pm,All Spots To Black 9pm,Jake Newton 8pm @ Bootleg Bar
- (FREE) BIKER MOVIE NIGHT ft. Easy Rider @ The Satellite
- Part Time Punks Presents: Smiths Nite w/ Guest DJ Jose Maldonado @ Echoplex
- The Big Picture: Paramount’s 100th Anniversary @ Hollywood Bowl
- Enanitos Verdes @ House of Blues Anaheim
- (FREE) Silk Road @ Levitt Pavilion MacArthur Park
