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-October 8, 2012
- ♥ (FREE w/RSVP) Royal Teeth, Chrome Canyon, Touche, Sudden Weather Change (DJ Set) @ Bardot
- ♥ The Raveonettes, Melody’s Echo Chamber, E13 @ El Rey Theatre
- ♥ Florence and the Machine, The Weeknd, The Maccabees @ Hollywood Bowl
- ♥ The Black Keys, Tegan & Sara @ Honda Center
- ♥ (FREE) Superhumanoids, Mr. Little Jeans, Carousel @ The Echo
- ♥ (FREE w/RSVP) Robert DeLong, Tapioca and the Flea @ Echoplex
- ♥ METALACHI @ Los Globos
- Dry The River @ Constellation Room (The Observatory )
- Dirty Three 9pm, Stab City 8pm @ Bootleg Bar
- Xzibit @ The Observatory
- (FREE) Kera and the Lesbians 11pm, Kitchen Hips 10pm @ Bootleg Bar
- The Memorial Highway 1130pm, Fellow Bohemian 1030pm, Tall Tales and the Silver Lining 945pm, Rodman 9pm @ Detroit Bar
- (FREE) Last In Class, Sean Wheeler and Zander Schloss, Immanu El @ The Satellite
- Seasick Steve 10pm, Leslie Stevens 9pm@ Troubadour
- Antizocial , Normandie Blue @ Redwood Bar
- Immanu El 7pm @ Origami Vinyl
- Cosmic Slop-LA Record Residency @ Alex’s Bar
- New Beat Fund, Vim Furor, Dr. Awkward, Barbi Crash @ The Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club
- Josh Caruthers 730pm, Campbell Paget 815pm, Anahita Skye 915pm, Sarah Agajanian @ The Mint
- Utah 1120pm, The Hugeness 1030pm, Living In Question 945pm, Tracy Thomas & CIRCLESiGHT @ The Viper Room
- Moonsville Collective @ Harvard and Stone
- Jason Joseph & The Spectacular 10pm, Dune Rats 9pm, Regnwolf 8pm @ Hotel Cafe
TUESDAY-October 9, 2012
- ♥ The Balconies 9pm, Heroes and Heroines 1015pm, Future ghost 8pm @ Bootleg Bar
- ♥ Metric, Half Moon Run @ The Greek Theatre
- ♥ Grimes, Elite Gymnastics, Myths @ El Rey Theatre
- ♥ (FREE w/RSVP) The Maccabees @ Fingerprints
- ♥ DIIV, Violens, Cold Showers, Deathday @ Echoplex
- ♥ The Corin Tucker Band, Summer Twins, Branden Daniel & The Chics @ The Echo
- ♥ Michael Kiwanuka, Nathaniel Rateliff, Foy Vance @ John Anson Ford
- (FREE) Go West Young Man 9pm, Immanu El 1159pm, Dune Rats 8pm, Pony Boy 10pm, Warm Weather @ The Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club
- Dinosaur Jr., Shearwater @ The Observatory
- Tav Falco and the Unapproachable Panther Burns, Reignwolf, Gabriel Hart (of Jail Weddings / The Starvations) @ The Satellite
- JEFF The Brotherhood 10pm, Diarrhea Planet 915pm, Colleen Green 830pm @ Troubadour
- Fired, The Boners, Dirty Eyes, AKA @ Redwood Bar
- BUZZBANDS LA 2nd Tuesday: Troup, Paper Pilots, Mighty Forces @ Lot 1
- Mars Hills Music Party: Dustin Kensrue, The Modern Post, Citizens, Ghost Ship, Kings Kaleidoscope @ Constellation Room (The Observatory)
- The Wallflowers, Everest @ Fonda Theatre
- The Bad Plus 9pm @ The Mint
- Beach Party @ Harvard and Stone
- Wanting 930pm & 11pm, Lydia Loveless 9pm, Kasey Anderson & Starr Anna 7pm @ Hotel Cafe
- Less Than Jake, Flatfoot 56, Mad Caddies @ House of Blues-Anaheim
- Yelawolf, Rittz,Trouble Andrew, DJ Vajra @ House of Blues-Sunset Strip
- (Free) Original Nights of Barcadia w/ Randy J @ Blipsy Barcade
WEDNESDAY-October 10, 2012
- ♥ Circa Survive, Touche Amore, Balance and Composure, O’Brother @ Club Nokia
- ♥ Grimes, Elite Gymnastics, Myths @ El Rey Theatre
- ♥ AWOLNATION, Imagine Dragons @ The Observatory
- ♥ VUM, Kissing Cousins, Hepa-Titus @ The Echo
- ♥ Grizzly Bear, Lower Dens @ The Greek Theatre
- (FREE) Matt Bauer 7pm @ Origami Vinyl
- Saint Vitus, Weedeater, Sourvein @ Bootleg Bar
- A House For Lions 11pm, My Double, My Brother 9pm, Let’s Drive To Alaska 8pm @ The Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club
- (FREE Before 10pm) Dub Club @ Echoplex
- Tea Leaf Green, Howlin’ Rain @ Constellation Room (The Observatory)
- Leogun, Deadly Birds, Glasmus @ The Satellite
- Bad Books 940pm, The Drowning Men 840pm, Harrison Hudson 8pm @ Troubadour
- The Voodoo Organist, Wild Pink Horse, Sound Reasons @ Redwood Bar
- (FREE) Attika7 (ft. Evan Seinfeld of Biohazard), Intake[ca], Centox, Beneath The Buried @ Slidebar
- VibesquaD & Opiuo, heRobust @ The Roxy
- Steve Salisbury Cody Jones, Feral Vinca, Jay, The Haptones @ On The Roz (The Roxy)
- Dan Clark 8pm @ The Mint
- Black Crystal Wolf Kids 10pm, Becky Kramers Brother 1130pm, Geezer 9pm, Awesome City Limits 8pm @ The Viper Room
- DJ Zach Rosencranz @ Harvard and Stone
- Milow 9pm, The Young Romans 8pm, Bearcat 10pm, Ali Young Band 7pm @ Hotel Cafe
- Less Than Jake, Flatfoot 56, Mad Caddies @ House of Blues-Sunset Strip
- An Evening with Rufus Wainwright @ The Grammy Museum
- Madonna @ Staples Center
- Khaled Dajani 7pm, Marc B 8pm, Mikey Pauker & The JoyMachine @ WitZend
- Rucky Punch, and Ziggy King @ Good Hurt
THURSDAY-October 11, 2012
- ♥ Lovely Bad Things, Honey Badgers, The Withers, You Me & Us @ Alex’s Bar
- ♥ Girl Talk, Dev @ The Observatory
- ♥ AWOLNATION, Imagine Dragons, ZEALE @ Club Nokia
- ♥ Jason Bonham’s Led Zepellin’s Experience @ Greek Theatre
- ♥ OohlaLA Festival: Tomorrow’s World (JB Dunckel of Air/Lou Hayter), Housse de Racket, Citizens!, Lescop @ El Rey Theatre
- K. Flay, Michna @ The Echo
- Northern Youth 11pm, The Union Line 10pm, Jarrett Killen 9pm, Young Empress 12am @ Bootleg Bar
- Giant Giant Sand, Russ Tolman Band, Brian Lopez @ Echoplex
- (FREE) Patti Smith 6pm @ Amoeba Music- Hollywood
- Bettye LaVette 9pm @ Troubadour
- Patrolled By Radar, Psychedelic Cowboys, Son Ark @ Redwood Bar
- Sleeping With Sirens, Heartist, You Only Live Once @ The Roxy
- (FREE Before 11pm w/ RSVP) VERSUS Thursdays @ The Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club
- Corb Lund 930pm @ The Mint
- That Metal Bar 12am, Black Bell Karate 11pm, Cage 9 10pm, Sammus Theory 9pm, Marishi Ten 8pm @ The Viper Room
- Amanda Jo Williams & Falling Still @ Harvard and Stone
- Judson McKinney 10pm, Haley Michaels 8pm, The Blank Tapes 11pm, Nell Bryden 7pm, Lily ELise 9pm @ Hotel Cafe
- Madonna @ Staples Center
- Alfie Boe @ The Wiltern
- Steve Vai, Beverly McClellan @ City National Grove of Anaheim
- Bananarama, Bullet & Snowfox @ Hard Rock Cafe Hollywood
- Egyptian Lover @ New Wave Bar
- Stalker, German Army, Youth Code @ The Space
- An Evening of Vinyl w/ Suzanne Kraft, Young Adults, Yazner, @ Tommy’s Place
- DakarooKid & Jive Mother Mary @ The Rainbow Room
- The Charlies 10pm, Oliver 11pm @ Exchange LA
FRIDAY-October 12, 2012
- ♥ OohlaLA Festival:-M- @ El Rey Theatre
- ♥ The xx, 2:54, John Talabot @ Hollywood Palladium
- ♥ Jamie XX (DJ Set), John Talabot @ Lure
- ♥ Gossip, Magic Mouth @ The Fonda Theatre
- ♥ Strange Talk, Wildcat! Wildcat!, Hundred Waters @ The Echo
- ♥ Ezra Furman & The Harpoons, The Peach Kings, Krill @ The Satellite
- White Mystery, Crazy Band, Heller Keller, Palm Reader @ Pehrspace
- Busdriver 11PM, Nocando 10pm, Open Mike Eagle 9pm @ Bootleg Bar
- Amon Tobin (ISAM Live) @ The Greek Theatre
- Close To Modern, Brannigan’s Law, Bodysnatchers, Leaking Pigs @ The Smell
- Patti Smith @ The Wiltern
- (FREE) The Roxbury Park Boyz 8pm @ Amoeba Music-Hollywood
- Biblical Proof of UFO’s, Tiny Destroyer, King Cheetah, RT N’ The 44s @ Redwood Bar
- The World Record 7pm @ Origami Vinyl
- Dustin and The Explosions, STARSKATE, Mystery of Iniquity, Rot @ Lot 1
- (FREE) The Lonesome Ones, Reno Divorce, Red River Massacre, Seven Dirty Words @ Slidebar
- Danny Rogue, Skye Townsend, McAllister Drive, Soundcannon, To Humans, 200 West, Anchors Away, DJ MRTN @ The Roxy
- Black Party Politics, Whiskey and Cleaver @ On The Rox
- CANDY-O (Cars Tribute), INXS-IVE (INXS Tribute) @ Alex’s Bar
- Bajofondo @ UCLA Royce Hall
- I love The 90’s @ The Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club
- Steve Kimock ft. Bernie Worrell, Wally Ingram, and Andy Hess 9pm @ The Mint
- The Greg Gomes Band 1220am, Dirty Sanchez and The Fuckits 1130pm, Our Hospitality 1040pm, Uniform Standard 950pm, Billion Souls 9pm, Rockimera 815pm, Berry Levine Acoustic 8pm @ The Viper Room
- H&S Band & Burlesque, DJ Dan Mancini @ Harvard and Stone
- Bell X1 w/Duke Special 7pm, Goodnight, Texas 9pm, Oak & Gorski 10pm, Brandon McCulloch from Folk Riot 12am @ Hotel Cafe
- Steve Vai, Beverly McClellan @ Club Nokia
- Amon Tabin: ISAM Live @ Greek Theatre
- Aimee Mann, Field Report @ Wilshire Ebell Theatre
- Funtcase, High Rankin, Nerd Rage @ House of Blues-Sunset Strip
- 80’s Oktoberfest @ New Wave Bar
- DJ Ronan Harris of VNV Nation @ Das Bunker
SATURDAY-October 13, 2012
- ♥ Starfucker (DJ Set) 11pm, Steffi Graff 12am, Zac Waters 10pm, Mystery Skulls 9pm @ The Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club
- ♥ OohlaLA Festival: Nouvelle Vague (performing Dawn of Innocence) @ Club Nokia
- ♥ The xx @ Hollywood Forever Cemetery
- ♥ David Byrne, St. Vincent @ The Greek Theatre
- ♥ The Absolute 1130pm, Fine 1030pm, Plus 9pm @ El Cid
- ♥ OohlaLA Festival: Chocolate Genius, Caught a Ghost, Francois & The Atlas Mountains @ The Satellite
- ♥ Best Coast, Chelsea Wolfe @ The Observatory
- Jhameel 12am @ Bootleg Bar
- Dahga Bloom, Old Testament, Plant Tribe, Joy @ hm157
- Sean Hayes @ Constellation Room (The Observatory)
- Chuck Dukowski Sextet, Insects Vs. Robots, Douglas and The Furs @ The Smell
- Rumble King, Groovy Rednecks, The Defendants @ Redwood Bar
- Rexfest @ Fingerprints
- Fink 10pm, Simone White (solo) 9pm @ Bootleg Theater
- (FREE) Old Man Markley @ Slidebar
- (FREE) Highway, Karate In The Garage, The New Varsity @ Slidebar
- Meiko, Bobby Long, Anna Nelson, Patrick Park @ The Roxy
- Aklee, De Astro, Artson,Drop Jules, Joi Starr, DJ Kid Peace @ On The Rox
- Soul Finger DJ Night w/ DJ Rodi (from Good Foot) & Special Guest @ Alex’s Bar
- Year of The Dragon ft. Dirty Walt of Fishbone 915pm, Steel Toed Slippers 1030pm, Gryphon Labs 1145pm @ The Mint
- Unwritten Law 11pm, London Cries 10pm, Gunpowder Secrets 9pm, Chasing Claymores 8pm @ The Viper Room
- Bootie LA Request Night! @ Echoplex
- (FREE Before 11pm) Funky Sole @ The Echo
- H&S Band & Burlesque, DJ Daisy O’Dell @ Harvard and Stone
- Robby Krieger’s Jazz Kitchen 10pm, Special Guests @ Hotel Cafe
- The Eraserheads @ Hollywood Palladium
- Franklin’s Key @ Universal Bar and Grill
- Moz & Smiths tribute -Nowhere Fast- @ Hully Gully
SUNDAY-October 14, 2012
- ♥ Smashing Pumpkins @ Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal CityWalk
- ♥ Grave Babies, Ghost Wave, Regal Degal, The Golden Awesome @ The Echo
- ♥ (FREE) 2:54 5pm @ Amoeba Music-Hollywood
- ♥ Manhattan Murder Mystery, Fancy Space People, Seasons @ Troubadour
- ♥ Das Racist, Le1f, SAFE, Lakutis, Robert Raimon Roy @ The Roxy
- ♥ Big Business @ The Down and Out
- Los Duggans, Restavrant, Soda Gardocki @ Alex’s Bar
- SBTRKT, Kilo Kush, Syd tha Kyd @ Club Nokia
- Sun Airway, Pure Bathing Culture, Body Parts @ The Satellite
- Onuinu 11pm, Feeding People 10pm, Cayuccas 9pm @ Bootleg Bar
- Abbey Road (Beatles Tribute Band) @ Alex’s Bar
- Moral Crux, Dead Ones, Harry & The Hendersons @ Redwood Bar
- (FREE) Drag The River, Chris Shiflett @ Slidebar
- Saint Vitus @ The Observatory
- Irie Love, Finn The Groovah, Essel a.k.a Susie Liufau @ Constellation Room (The Observatory)
- CUBENSIS-A Grateful Dead Tribute @ The Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club
- Kelsey Bulkin 8pm,From Inside 950pm, Slow Motion Celebrity 1045pm @ The Mint
- Bad Apples 12am, Daphne’s Roots 11pm, Natural Heights 10pm, Derek Anthony Grey 9pm, Baker 8pm @ The Viper Room
- Soda Pop Sundays @ Harvard and Stone
- Behind Closed Doors a 2nd Class Caberet with Special Guests 730pm @ Hotel Cafe
