This week’s best shows in Los Angeles are full of cool indie bands you have yet to discover, some you already know, and even a few mainstream pop performances. To name a few: King Hannah with Shannon Lay at Lodge Room, Rahill with Lionmilk at Zebulon, Allie X with Maiah Manser at The Bellwether, Gigi Perez at Fonda Theatre, chlothegod at Moroccan Lounge, Big Black Delta at Lodge Room, and a lot more. See what’s good and get your ticket to the show(s)!
* Shows in bold are super recommended.
5/5/25 Los Rock Angels, Las Chorizeras, DJ Edgar at Zebulon
5/5/25 Royel Otis at Troubadour
5/6/25 Puma Blue at Hollywood Forever
5/6/25 King Hannah, Shannon Lay at Lodge Room — Watch music video
5/6/25 Saya Gray at The Roxy
5/6/25 Rahill, Lionmilk at Zebulon — Watch music video
5/6/25 Flooding at El Cid
5/6/25 Royel Otis at Troubadour
5/6/25 Lila Forde at Healing Force of the Universe
5/7/25 Allie X, Maiah Manser at The Bellwether — Watch music video
5/7/25 Gigi Perez at Fonda Theatre — Watch music video
5/7/25 Basia Bulat at Hollywood Forever
5/7/25 Central Cee at Hollywood Palladium
5/7/25 Acid Tongue, Kilo Bravo, Great Spiders at Gold-Diggers
5/7/25 Wet, Julie Byrne at Lodge Room
5/7/25 Beyoncé at SoFi Stadium
5/7/25 American Football (Live in Los Angeles) Screening at Zebulon
5/7/25 Between the Buried and Me, Protest The Hero at The Belasco
5/7/25 NAO at The Novo
5/7/25 Martin Sexton at The Regent Theater
5/7/25 Saya Gray at The Roxy
5/7/25 Oneohtrix Point Never, Laraaji, Earth at The Wiltern
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5/8/25 Sleigh Bells, Sophie Hunter at Fonda Theatre
5/8/25 Pool Girl, Wet World, Sophia Roze at Gold-Diggers
5/8/25 MØ presents Plæygirl with Rhonda at El Cid
5/8/25 John Moods, Pink Dolphins feat. Owen Barrett, Galecstasy at Zebulon
5/8/25 chlothegod at Moroccan Lounge — Watch music video
5/8/25 girlpuppy at Moroccan Lounge
5/7/25 Big Black Delta, Double Wish at Lodge Room — Watch music video
5/8/25 The Weather Station at Teragram Ballroom
5/8/25 MIKE at The Belasco
5/8/25 Neal Francis, Color Green at The Bellwether
5/8/25 Yo La Tengo at The Novo
5/8/25 Korine at The Observatory
5/8/25 The Used at The Wiltern
5/9/25 Devendra Banhart (solo) with Kath Bloom at Hollywood Forever
5/9/25 The Slackers, Blanco Y Negro, Smoke & Mirrors Sound System at Alex’s Bar
5/9/25 duendita, St. Panther at 2220 Arts + Archives
5/9/25 Chloe Moriondo at Echoplex
5/9/25 Head Cut, Futura at Permanent Records Roadhouse
5/9/25 Max Richter at Walt Disney Concert Hall
5/9/25 Momma, Wishy at Fonda Theatre
5/9/25 Knuckle Puck at House Of Blues Anaheim
5/9/25 Friko, youbet at Lodge Room
5/9/25 Denzel Curry, Kenny Mason, 454, CLIP at Shrine Expo Hall
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5/9/25 L.S. Dunes, From Indian Lakes, Plague Vendor at The Belasco
5/9/25 Cold, September Mourning, University Drive at Troubadour
5/9/25 Sister Nancy at The Venice West
5/9/25 Max Richter, American Contemporary Music Ensemble at Walt Disney Concert Hall
5/9/25 Barrie at Moroccan Lounge (moved from Zebulon)
5/10/25 Just Like Heaven featuring Vampire Weekend, Rilo Kiley, Empire of the Sun, Bloc Party, TV On The Radio, The Drums, Courtney Barnett, Toro y Moi, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Grouplove, Perfume Genius, The Sounds, Panda Bear, Beach Fossils, Peter Bjorn and John, Hercules and Love Affair, Wild Nothing, Ra Ra Riot, Them Jeans, Chris Cruse, Slowdive, A Club Called Rhonda at Brookside at the Rose Bowl
5/10/25 Orla Gartland at Fonda Theatre
5/10/25 Spiritbox, Loathe, Dying Wish at Hollywood Palladium
5/10/25 Deerhoof, Muscle Beach, Lxs Cochinxs at Lodge Room
5/10/25 AWOLNATION at The Belasco
5/10/25 Kassie Krut, Xen Model, Harmony Index at The Echo
5/10/25 The Slackers at The Glass House
5/10/25 Bartees Strange Zebulon)
5/10/25 The Fall of Troy, Closure In Moscow, A Lot Like Birds, Moondough, Origami Button, Lobby Boxer, Wyatt at The Observatory
5/10/25 Deradoorian at 2220 Arts + Archives
5/10/25 The Used at The Wiltern
5/10/25 The Paranoyds, Bushfire, Pop Hysteria at Alex’s Bar
5/10/25 Phil Cook at Townhouse Venice
5/10/25 Ferg at The Novo
5/10/25 The Stitches, The Scunthorpe Yobs, Brazen Bull at Redwood Bar
5/10/25 Los Mirlos, Chicha Libre, Poco Pocho at Echoplex
5/11/25 Ziggy Alberts at El Rey Theatre
5/11/25 Ryan Sawyer, Matana Roberts and Tunde Adebimpe Trio at Zebulon (FREE)
5/11/25 Phil Cook at Gold-Diggers
5/11/25 Spiritbox, Loathe, Dying Wish at Hollywood Palladium
5/11/25 Warren Haynes at The Belasco
5/11/25 Fred Armisen at Permanent Records Roadhouse
5/11/25 The Used at The Wiltern
NEXT WEEK’S PREVIEW
5/12/25 Jack White at Hollywood Palladium
5/12/25 Chezile, Valley Boy at Echoplex
5/13/25 Future Islands at House Of Blues Anaheim (Orange County)
5/13/25 Model/Actriz, Dover Armitage at The Roxy
5/13/25 IDK, Braxton Cook & Tammer at El Rey Theatre
5/14/25 Dreamer Isioma at Echoplex
5/13/25 BIIG PIIG, King Isis at The Roxy
5/14/25 Jacob Banks at The Belasco
