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October 20: Tonight’s Best Show featuring Patti Smith, James Blake, Ghost and more

Tonight in Los Angeles and around, concerts are packed to the brim. This is what Rocktober is all about. Check it: Patti Smith at Teragram Ballroom, James Blake at Hollywood Palladium, Ms. Lauryn Hill at Greek Theatre, Ghost with Deafheaven at Wiltern, Tricky at El Rey, The Fain at the Mayan and so much more. […]

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Sandra B. Olinger
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October 7 — Tonight’s Best’s Shows: Peaches, Tycho, minibear and more

It’s Friday! Kick off the weekend with one of these dope shows! Peaches takes on the Wiltern tonight while Tycho brings his electronic sounds to the Fonda. The Head and The Heart perform at the Greek Theatre while Grouplove light up the Hollywood Palladium. On the underground/indie side of things, LA’s mini bear perform a […]

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Sandra B. Olinger
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October 6 — Tonight’s Best Shows: Miike Snow, S U R V I V E, Bomba Estereo and more

Miike Snow, S U R V I V E, Bomba Estereo, ZZ Top Head Tonight’s Best Shows   Tonight in Los Angeles we have Miike Snow coming to the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall. Sadly, Charles Bradley will no longer be joining Miike Snow for this show or any tour dates due to his recent […]

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Sandra B. Olinger
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55 Best Los Angeles Concerts This October featuring Miike Snow, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Beach Goth Festival And More

Rocktober is here and Los Angeles music fanatics can certainly raise a glass in cheers to that because this month is chock full of must-see live concerts. Rocktober boasts wickedly good double headers such as Young The Giant and Ra Ra Riot at the Greek Theatre, Black Rebel Motorcyle Club and Death From Above 1979 […]

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Emily Saex
Royal Canoe at The Hi Hat Los Angeles
Royal Canoe outgrow bar shows with their arena-ready sound at Hi Hat debut

About three songs into their set at the Hi Hat in Highland Park this past Friday, it became clear that Royal Canoe had graduated from playing small bars and clubs like the one they were currently in, and were pining for a venue that could hold their grandiose atmospherics. Surging forward on their washed out, […]

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Steven Ward
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This week’s best L.A. concerts: Tegan and Sara, Nao, The Heavy and more

The concert week in Los Angeles is looking good. From underground acts such as Natural Child, Nao and Bear’s Den to indie heavyweights Phantogram, Gary Clark Jr. and Conor Oberst; and arena performers Drake, Tegan and Sara and Thievery Corporation — you have a lot to choose from . Check out this week’s best concerts […]

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Brissa Sanchez
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This week’s best L.A. concerts featuring Music Tastes Goods, Black Sabbath, Sigur Ros and more

Gahdem! There’s a lot of amazing shows coming through this week in and around Los Angeles. Do not miss out on the inaugural Music Tastes Good festival featuring The Specials, Warpaint, Iron & Wine, De La Soul and a lot more. You can win tickets here! Also this week: Black Sabbath, Gallant, Hall & Oates with […]

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Brissa Sanchez
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Win Tickets to Lianne La Havas at Teragram Ballroom

English folk/soul songbird and multi-instrumentalist Lianne La Havas is a modern musical wonder and she’s currently on tour in support of her newest release Blood, which features enchanting tunes such as “Green & Gold” and “Fairytale.” If you weren’t able to snag tickets to her upcoming SOLD OUT performance at Teragram Ballroom on Saturday, September 24th, don’t […]

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Emily Saex
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This week’s best concerts: Chance The Rapper, Butch Walker, Xenia Rubinos and more

This week’s best concerts in Los Angeles are a plenty. With many shows already featured on our Best Underground Shows of the Month, as well as our Best Concerts of the Month previews, a few standout shows included but are not limited to: GUM at Bootleg Theater, Wilco at Ace, Petty Fest with a bunch […]

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Brissa Sanchez
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Ryan Bingham, Ty Segall and Barns Courtney top this week’s best Los Angeles concerts

Labor Day weekend may be over, but the shows don’t stop here in Los Angeles. This week we have Ryan Bingham at the Wiltern, Ty Segall at the Teragram (benefiting The Smell), Wayne Cramer of the MC5 & friends at the Ford Theatre, Holy Ghost! with !!! (chk chk chk) at The Regent, Main Fest […]

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Brissa Sanchez
48 Best Los Angeles Concerts This September Featuring Cold War Kids, Kraftwerk, Sigur Ros And More

September is going to rock! The Autumn season may be upon us but it’s still warm enough to enjoy live music under the night sky including shows such as Kraftwerk, Sigur Ros, and Hall & Oates with Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings at the Hollywood Bowl. You can also kick back, relax in the […]

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Sandra B. Olinger
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The Kills, The Go Gos and Mondo Drag top this week’s best Los Angeles concerts

With FYF past us, and Labor Day weekend ahead of us, we have ourselves a mellow show week. Needless to say, there’s plenty of live music for you to catch this week in Los Angeles and around. The Kills and Autolux take on both the Fox Theater and The Wiltern! Best Coast teams up with […]

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Brissa Sanchez
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FYF Fest, Belly, and Girl Band top this week’s Los Angeles show list

Yes, it’s FYF Fest week. While Angelenos and out-of-towners get excited for the annual L.A. music festival, let’s not forget the many great shows happening around the festival. This week in Los Angeles we have Broods at the Novo, Blood Orange at the Ace, Deftones at the Greek, Belly at Teragram Ballroom, Alexis Taylor (of Hot […]

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Brissa Sanchez
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Echo Park Rising, PJ Harvey, CRX and more top this week’s best Los Angeles shows

This week marks the return of the annual Echo Park Rising! The four-day festival is FREE and not to be missed. Also popping off this week is the Eagle Rock Music Festival! On the big name end of music we have PJ Harvey at the Shrine Expo, Adele at the Staples Center, Pat Benatar at […]

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Brissa Sanchez
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Win Tickets to Broods at The Novo

We’ve been following Broods since 2014 when they played The Observatory, and we were not surprised when they sold out the El Rey Theatre a few months after. Since the beginning, the brother-sister duo have captured quite a number of followers. With the positive response they received from their debut album, Evergreen, the follow up album Conscious […]

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Brissa Sanchez
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Radiohead, Alabama Shakes, Bryan Ferry and Berserk Town top this week’s show list

This week’s best concerts in Los Angeles have plenty of well-known big names and must-see underground acts. Monday night, Radiohead goes round two at The Shrine, Alabama Shakes light up the Greek Theater, while flume kicks off his Shrine run–Bryan Ferry takes on the Microsoft Theater, and Gregory Alan Isakov will be at the Fonda Theater. […]

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Brissa Sanchez