As band gear up for their annual pilgrimage to SXSW, Los Angeles is prime for up-and-coming acts that you should not miss. This week we have Wolf Alice, Title Fight, Gap Dream, Death Valley Girls, Young Rising Sons, Sex Stains, The Blank Tapes, The Two Tens and a lot more smaller bands taking the stage in big ways. On the mainstream tip we have Fiona Apple, Kongos, Walk The Moon and more big names coming you way. The best concerts happening in Los Angeles, Orange County and more neighboring cities are all here on Grimy Goods’ custom show list. Check them out below!
♥ = Best Shows
MONDAY – MARCH 9, 2015
- Lido, Joe KayThe Echo
- The Creation Factory, Levitation Room, Frankie and the Witch FingersConstellation Room
- Billy Joe Shaver, The Easy LeavesThe Troubadour
- (FREE) Down And Outlaws, Dream Vacation, Barrie Rose, MOONSilverlake Lounge
- The Tragic Thrills w/ GrovesThe Lyric Theatre
- (FREE) Tim Gray & The Delusions, His Eyes Have Fangs, DJ Huru AvengerThe Wayfarer
- (FREE) Conway, The Bulls (feat Anna Bulbrook of The Airborne Toxic Event), Kid Cadaver, Armors, plus Alexi Wasser (of IMBOYCRAZY)The Satellite
- John Acquaviva, Dean Paul, J.SandersSound Nightclub
- (FREE) Illegal Mezcal Music SeriesHarvard & Stone
- B Dolan, AdderRedwood Bar
- TygaThe Observatory
- (FREE) Young Rising Songs, Bebe Rexha, Clara-Nova, The New Peter GabrielzBardot
- Vimana, Anthony Pepi, Menage, Beatjackers, TD LindViper Room
- Jameson Burt; Dugas; Ruby ForceHotel Cafe
- Katelyn Tarver Bootleg HiFi
Peaking Lights
TUESDAY – MARCH 10, 2015
- The Pop Group, Peaking Lights, Sex Stains, DJ Michael Stock (Part Time Punks)The Echoplex
- San Cisco, Cam AveryThe Troubadour
- Retox, Whores., To the Point, Nomads;
Monster Smash TuesdaysLos Globos - Ménage, The Fames, Black Waat3r, KONGSilverlake Lounge
- Lido, KronikaThe Echo
- POP NIGHT with Roméo Testa, Haley Pharo, North of NineThe Satellite
- (FREE Before 9pm) Roots Reggae Tuesday w/ Guest Singer Pius “Higher Lion” OyebanjiThe Wayfarer
- Branches / The Show Ponies / Lakes Bootleg HiFi
- Holy Ghost Tent Revival; Kingwhistler; Paul RamptonHotel Cafe
- Supa Nova, One Hundred Proof, The Fail Safe Project, December in Red, Throw LogicViper Room
The Blank Tapes
WEDNESDAY – MARCH 11, 2015
- Howlin’ Rain, The Blank Tapes, The Shelters, Mild High ClubThe Echo
- Wild Ones, Smoke Season, Riothorse Royale Bahia
- Halsey, Young Rising Sons, Olivver the Kid, FlorThe Troubadour
- Comeback Kid, No Bragging Rights, The Greenery, Life For A LifeChain Reaction
- Mutilation Rites, Man After Man, Crowhurst, Ancestral AwakeningLos Globos
- Inanimate existence, WRVTH, IncryptionWhite Oak Music & Art
- The Crazy Brave, Nacosta, Mars and The Massacre, L A River BendSilverlake Lounge
- Feels, Adult Books, Winter, Psychomagic, The Electric MagpieThe Wayfarer
- Once Nina, Tonopah, Wolf Prize (Once Nina’s Record Release Show!)El Cid
- (FREE Before 10 pm) Dub Club, DJ Tom Chasteen, Boss HarmonyThe Echoplex
- Hobart W Fink, Egrets on Ergot, Flash Hits, NightjacketThe Satellite
- (FREE) Walk The MooniHeartRadio Theater LA
- Motionless In White w/ For Today, New Years Day and Ice Nine KillsThe Roxy
- The Floor ShowEl Rey Theatre
- Hey Rosetta! Bootleg HiFi
- Mat Kearney, Parachute, Judah & the LionWiltern
- Kevin Devine & the Goddamn Band, Field Mouse, DadsConstellation Room
- The Public Trust, The New Peter Gabrielz, Special Late Set by Syd Youth;
Yb Band, SariahViper Room - Angie Brown, KeramMolly Malones
- Motor SisterWhiskey A Go Go
The Two Tens
THURSDAY – MARCH 12, 2015
- Electric Six w/ Avan Lava and The Two TensThe Roxy
- Skunky Beaumont, Forensic Electric, Melting pot, The Lazy StalkersSilverlake Lounge
- (FREE Before 8 pm) Ladyheat, L.A. Girlfriend, Coyote, Osaka (DJ Set)Los Globos
- SNOCORE ft. Flyleaf, Adelitas Way, Framing Hanley, Fit For Rivals, Ryan White and Okapi RevivalThe Glass House
- Hurray For The Riff Raff, Adia Victoria, Alana AmramThe Troubadour
- Kevin Devine & The Goddamn Band, Dads, Field MouseThe Echo
- 2:54, Honeyblood, Golden DazeThe Echoplex
- The Twilight Sad, Port St. WillowThe Wayfarer
- The Velvet Teen, Slow Bird, AlyeskaThe Satellite
- Le Youth, Solidisco, Kedd Cook, Templeton, Kidb.Sound Nightclub
- Honky Tonk Hacienda: Cahalen Morrison & Country Hammer, Kay MarieEl Cid
- The Floor ShowEl Rey Theatre
- Walk the Moon, The GriswoldsHollywood Palladium
- Kongos, Sir Sly, Colony HouseRiverside Municipal Auditorium
- Rebel Souljahz, The Jimmy Weeks Project, LifeHouse of Blues Anaheim
- Halsey & Young Rising Sons w/ Olivver;
(Late Show) Prhyme (DJ Premier & Royce Da 5’9)Constellation Room - Flashback Heart Attack, Johnny California, Bad LunaViper Room
- Goldfish Bootleg HiFi
- Guantanamo Baywatch, Meat Market, Chastity BeltThe Smell
- In The Company of Serpents, Teeth, Barrows, Hessian Wolf Children, BoarchuckerComplex
- The Figs, Lightnin’ Woodcock, HoneychainRedwood Bar
- Alexz Johnson; Smithfield Bargain; Joseph; Jon RunionHotel Cafe
- RESPECT – Drum & Bass (Priority Entry), Bailey, Scooba, MC DinoDragonfly
- A Skylit Drive and The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Wolves At The Gate, For the WinChain Reaction
- Fallujah, Lorna Shore, Archspire, the Zenith PassageWhiskey A Go Go
- Bayside, Senses FailThe Observatory
Fiona Apple
FRIDAY – MARCH 13, 2015
- Fiona Apple & Jon BrionLargo Los Angeles
- PRhyme (DJ Premier & Royce Da 5’9), Adrian Younge’s Venice Dawn, Your Old Droog, and more!The Regent Theater
- Wild Ones, Pop NoirMaison
- New Found Glory, This Wild Life, TurnoverThe Glass House
- Lebowski Fest LA Movie Party: Kyle Gass Band & Screening of The Big LebowskiThe Glass House
- Comeback Kid, No Bragging Rights, The Greenery, Life For A LifeWhite Oak Music & Art
- MisterWives, Børns, Handsome GhostThe Troubadour
- Frnkiero And The Cellabration, The Homeless Gospel Choir, Modern ChemistryChain Reaction
- Electric Six w/ Avan Lava;
(Late Show) Sweater Beats w/ AthletixxConstellation Room - Burger & Onward Indian SXSW Caravan Tour 2015 with Gap Dream and many more!The Echoplex
- FRIDAY THE 13th 2 ROOM SPOOKTACULAR w/ Wand (The Echo), Burger Caravan (Echoplex), Death Valley Girls, and many more!The Echo
- Jarren Benton;
(FREE) Bass Lounge w/ CRS?, Hazen, and more!;
Shawn Chrystopher, APlus Certified Music;
(FREE) Good Listener & Cloud Life, Nicholas Ryan, and more!Los Globos - Naomi Punk & PC Worship, Wreck and Reference, So StressedJewels Catch One
- Mall Walk, Girl Tears, Corey And The Castaways, Shark ToysSilverlake Lounge
- The Expendables, Winter Blackout 2015, Fortunate Youth, KatastroThe Observatory
- The Record Company, Ivory DeVille, Miranda Lee RichardsThe Satellite
- Ceasefire, Nightmare Air, City City, Special Late Set By the RaskinsViper Room
- The CocanutsMolly Malones
- JoeskiThe Wayfarer
- Gripin, Twenty7El Cid
- Martin Sexton w/ Brothers McCannEl Rey Theatre
- Doomtree w/ Busdriver and TransitThe Roxy
- Kongos, Sir Sly, Colony HouseWiltern
- Walk the Moon, The GriswoldsHouse of Blues Anaheim
- Datsik, Etc! Etc!, Fox Stevenson, TruthRiverside Municipal Auditorium
- Rebelution, Gondwana, Jeremy LoopsHollywood Palladium
- TV Girl Bootleg HiFi
- The Shondes, Peach Kelli Pop, MASSENGER, SusanThe Smell
- D’Marc Cantu, Alland Byallo, Anenon, Open HeirComplex
- Johnny Madcap & The Distractions, Hands Like Bricks, Crime Rock, Turbulent Hearts, CompositeRedwood Bar
- Watch For Horses; Little Galaxies; The Lucky Lonely; Ewert & The Two Dragons; Hollow Wood; FrithHotel Cafe
- Hex HorizontalOrigami Vinyl
Title Fight
SATURDAY – MARCH 14, 2015
- Title Fight, Merchandise, Power TripThe Regent Theater
- Cam Meekins, BranVille;
Killer Pussy, Scorpion Vs. Tarantula, Problem With Dragons, and more!;
Hang Time, THEM Jeans, WeDidIt Djs, and more!Los Globos - FRNKIERO AND THE CELLABRATION, The Homeless Gospel Choir, Modern ChemistryThe Troubadour
- Doomtree, Bus Driver & Open Mike Eagle, TransitThe Glass House
- Kate Tempest, ShuraThe Echo
- (FREE until 10:30 pm) Dance Yourself CleanThe Satellite
- The Futures League, Hawai, Fellow BohemianThe Wayfarer
- Paradigm, Among The Bleak, CHANNELS, RVLS, Guidelines, Wounded SaintsLos Globos
- George MapleThe Lyric Theatre
- (FREE Before 10:30 pm) Funky SoleThe Echoplex
- Pillowtalk W/ Figgy and Patrick DylanMaison
- Yb, SariahWhiskey A Go Go
- The Dirty Knobs featuring Mike Campbell, Dream Club, Great White BuffaloViper Room
- Bleachers w/ Joywave & Night Terrors of 1927The Observatory
- Misterwives w/ BornsConstellation Room
- Val Broeksmit From Bikini Robot Army; Jarvis Brown BandMolly Malones
- Light FM, Professor Possessor, Sullen Ray (Light FM’s EP Release Show!)El Cid
- Shpongle w/ PhutureprimitiveFonda Theatre
- Secondhand Serenade, Ryan Cabrera, Nick Thomas, Wind In Sails, Runaway SaintsHouse of Blues Anaheim
- Bayside, Senses Fail, Man Overboard, SeawayHouse of Blues Sunset
- DoroCity National Grove of Anaheim
- Rebelution, Gondwana, Jeremy LoopsHollywood Palladium
- Blue Oyster Cult, Uriah HeepSaban Theatre
- Wolf Alice, Single MothersBootleg HiFi
- Dent May, Roses, Arjuna Genome, Ghost PornThe Smell
- Slaves Against The Machine, The Chimpz, EpokahComplex
- Blastoid, Sorry State, Since We Were Kids, Civil DisgustRedwood Bar
- The West; Gabe Rosenn; Chantal Kreviazuk; Keithian; Res & Myra Flynn; Tommy AlexanderHotel Cafe
- Beyond the Barricade Tour: Night 1 w/ Motionless in White, FOR TODAY, New Years Day, Ice Nine KillsChain Reaction
- EPICENTER .Southern California’s Rock Festival w/ Korn, Limp Bizkit, House of Pain, P.O.D., and many more!The Forum
SUNDAY – MARCH 15, 2015
- A Place To Bury Strangers, Creepoid, Tennis SystemThe Echoplex
- BambuThe Echo
- (FREE Before 7 pm) Jesse Saunders & Brett Wallace, HOLLY ADAMS, Mullie, Tamara KasaLos Globos
- Title Fight, Merchandise, Power TripThe Glass House
- Aer, Shwayze, FuturisticVentura Theater
- Cold Blue Water, Duane Betts & Brethren of the Coast, Perfect SexThe Troubadour
- MASS, Mesck, Crimes!, JVIZ, DJ Evo, MYNDZLos Globos
- Chali 2na & The Funk HuntersThe Roxy
- Ani DiFranco, Pearl and the BeardHouse of Blues Anaheim
- Shpongle, PhutureprimitiveCity National Grove of Anaheim
- Dugas, Valley QueenBootleg HiFi
- Dischordia, Hereticide, Darwen’s Theory, Godlike In RuinComplex
- (Early Show, 3 pm) Grit, Scotch Apostles, Sunday Morning Sinners;
(Late Show) Inazuma, Shima Shima Electric, The TrainwrecksRedwood Bar - Luz Mendoza w/ Kelly McFarling; Mike Sempert; Kaylee ColeHotel Cafe
- The Midnight Screening, The Shoplifters, Black Divas, Echo SparksAlex’s Bar
- The Bloody Beetroots (SBRC DJ Set)The Observatory
- Beyond the Barricade Tour: Night 2 w/ Motionless in White, FOR TODAY, and more!Chain Reaction
- A Skylit Drive, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Wolves At The GateWhiskey A Go Go
- Glamour Kills Spring Break ’15 feat. Set It Off & Against The Current, As It Is & RoamConstellation Room
- Flor, Shiny Plastic People, UbykViper Room
