Screaming Females at Echoplex – Photo: Ivette Orenos
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-April 23, 2012
- ♥ Jeff Mangum, Andrew, Scott and Laura (members of Elf Power & The Gerbils) @ Orpheum Theatre
- ♥ (FREE w/RSVP) LP, Sweet Hearts, We Are Augustines, Brendan Canning (DJ Set) @ Bardot
- ♥ (FREE) So Many Wizards, Batwings Catwings, Moses Campbell, Body Parts @ The Echo
- ♥ Duniven, Shadow Shadow Shade, Ghiant, Rachel Goodrich , DJ Anthony Polcino @ The Satellite
- ♥ John Carpenter, Johnny O’Donnell, Ben Reddell @ Los Globos
- ♥ (FREE) Grace Woodroofe 10pm , Busy Living 9pm , Lucy Schwartz 8pm , Coyol 11pm @ Bootleg Bar
- (FREE) Let Em Riot!, Brenda Carsey, Laura Meyer, Ballerina Black @ Detroit Bar
- Baby Birds Don’t Drink Milk, Vehicle Blues, Kevin Greenspon @ Pehrspace
- (FREE) Michael Davis With Lions 1030pm , The Windsors 830pm , King Washington30pm @ Silverlake Lounge
- Cosmic Slop @ Alex’s Bar
- The Rockstars 1015pm , Parents 1215am, Sexy Water Spiders 1115pm, Torie Tyson 915pm, Brianspoon 815pm @ The Viper Room
- Anvue 730pm, Chyla 815pm,Sharon Renee 915pm, Regina Leonard 1015 pm @ The Mint
- Frank Fairfield @ Redwood Bar
- Midnight Mirage, Lucy Walsh, Katie Cole, Angels Landing, BG5, Chris Koon @ The Roxy
- (FREE) Enrot, MisterRogers, The Veil Between, Death Suits You @ Slidebar
- Noam Weinstein 8pm, Kevin Miso 9pm, Daniel Bess 7pm @ Hotel Cafe
TUESDAY-April 24, 2012
- ♥ Magic Wands 11pm, Blue Jungle 10pm, The Sister Ruby Band 12am, Antoine Debarge & The Hills 9pm, DJ’s Carlos Rossi & Travis Keller @ The Satellite
- ♥ (FREE) John Wayne Bro 10pm , Restarvant, RT N 44’s 8pm @ Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club
- ♥ Dim Mak 8th Annual Post Coachella Party w/ Secret Guests @ Dim Mak Studios
- ♥ The Milk Carton Kids 8pm, seating time 6pm @ Largo
- ♥ Eve 6 @ The Grammy Museum
- (FREE) Pageants, ESP @ The Echo
- Shirley Rolls 1030pm , Beach Day 945pm , C-Horse 9pm , DJ Paul E Wog, Feral Kizzy 1115pm @ Silverlake Lounge
- State To State, Palace Ballroom, Echoes De Luxe, Battles Tapes @ Bootleg Bar
- Hype Williams, Gatekeeper, James Ferraro, White Car, Slow Motion DJ’s @ Echoplex
- Our Lady Peace @ Troubadour
- Dirty Sanchez 12am, Elephant Seal 11pm , 4 Billion Souls 10pm , Whitley Heights 9pm, Aaron Durr 8pm@ The Viper Room
- Earth At Night 8pm, Civilian 850pm, ROB MICHAELS BAND 945pm , Troup 1035pm @ The Mint
- The Gypz, The Gears, RF7, Million Kids @ Redwood Bar
- FASCINATION-Human League Tribute @ Slidebar
- Johnnyswim 9pm, Sweet Talk Radio 8pm, Tawny Ellis 10pm @ Hotel Cafe
WEDNESDAY-April 25, 2012
- ♥ Ben Kweller, Sleeper Agent, The Dig @ El Rey Theatre
- ♥ Japanther, Boys Who Say No, Brannigan’s Law, 3 1/2 Bangs & Britches @ The Smell
- ♥ Strawberry Alarm Clock 11pm, La Fleur Fatale 10pm, Rumspringa 9pm @ The Satellite
- ♥ Chevelle, Dead Sara, New Medicine @ Club Nokia
- ♥ Caveman, Henry Wolfe, So Many Wizards @ The Echo
- Manda Mosher 9pm , Merle Jagger 10pm , Scott Bartenhagen 8pm, Ralph Torrefranca 11pm @ Bootleg Bar
- Hargo 9pm, Opus Orange 10pm @ Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club
- Twin Owl, Francisco The Man, Saint Sea Hat, Joey Siara @ Silverlake Lounge
- Beard-O-Bees, Natasha Kmeto, St. Andrew @ The Airliner
- (FREE before 10pm) Dub Club w/ Special Guest DJ Rakkas Crew @ Echoplex
- Mana @ Staples Center
- Brian Buckley Band 11pm , So & So 10pm , Nathan Ray 9pm , The Norwegian Fords 8pm @ The Viper Room
- Jane Carrey 8pm @ The Mint
- Kelly Paige w/ Special Guests 10pm @ The Mint
- Bible Belt Sinners, So Cal Rocket Dynamics @ Redwood Bar
- (FREE) Sort Swells, Miracle Parade, Blondfire, The Chevin @ The Roxy
- Enter Shikari, Letlive, At The Skylines @ The Roxy
- The 3rd OC ROCKS 4 Food: Orange Solution, Bristol To Memory, Kadens @ Detroit Bar
- Rozzi Crane 9pm, Clark Graham 7pm, Terra Naomi 8pm @ Hotel Cafe
THURSDAY-April 26, 2012
- ♥ Screaming Females, Audacity, Toys That Kill @ Center For The Arts, Eagle Rock
- ♥ Mastodon, Opeth, Ghost @ Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal CityWalk
- ♥ Vetiver, Big Search, Bouquet @ The Echo
- ♥ Japanther, Retox, Boys Who Say No, Mikki And The Mauses @ Alex’s Bar
- ♥ Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band @ Staples Center
- ♥ Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger of The Doors w/ Dave Brock @ House of Blues-Anaheim
- ♥ Black Flamingo, Spirit Vine, Raw Geronimo, The Dignitary Loss of Richard Roe, Exploding Flowers @ Echoplex
- ♥ April Smith & The Great Picture Show 10pm, Buddy 9pm, Whispertown 8pm, Model K 11pm, Shakey Graves 7pm @ Hotel Cafe
- The Healing Machine 1130pm , Brown and Blue 1030pm , Sanglorians 945pm @ Bootleg Bar
- Simone White 8pm @ Bootleg Bar
- Geisha Girls, The Savoys, Feral Kizzy, The Flytraps @ Detroit Bar
- Mergence, The Vitals, The Electra, Garland @ Silverlake Lounge
- Say Uhns 11pm, Wake 10pm, Lawrence Grey 12am, Newman Wolf 9pm , Dublab DJ’s Ale + Suzanne Kraft @ The Satellite
- Dunes, David Scott Stone, ParallaxScroll, PROTECTME, Stripper Pussy, Mutations @ The Smell
- The White Buffalo, Patrolled by Radar, Milow @ Troubadour
- Vintage Trouble, DJ Jeremy Sole @ El Rey Theatre
- (FREE Before 11pm w/RSVP) Gotta Dance Dirty + Danceism @ Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club
- Rita Ora 8pm @ The Viper Room
- Street Drum Corps 11pm @ The Viper Room
- Armada 8pm, Yulianna 855pm, HasKala 950pm, Tru and The Strays 1045pm @ The Mint
- Pool Honeys, Cochinas, Dethtrip Forever, The Shag Rats @ Redwood Bar
- Jason Hemmens, Jasmine Ash, Chris Lightfoot, Through The Valleys, Dree Peterson, Ryan Fitzgerald, Picture Me Broken @ The Roxy
- Tiger Month @ The Roxy
- (FREE) Gamblers Mark, Los Creepers @ Slidebar
FRIDAY-April 27, 2012
- ♥ Active Child 9:45pm, Balam Acab 8:45pm, Superhumanoids 8pm @ The Glass House
- ♥ Thom Yorke (DJ set), GonjaSufi, Nigel Godrich “Transmission LA: AV Club” @ Geffen Contemporary at MOCA downtown
- ♥ Esperanza Spalding 9, doors 8pm @ The Fonda Theatre
- ♥ Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band @ Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
- ♥ Fruit Bats 11:30pm, Gold Leaves 10:30pm, A House For Lions 9:30pm @ The Echo
- ♥ Matthewdavid 11:50pm, sodapop 11:10pm, Queen Leaf 1am, Great Dane 10:10pm @ Los Globos
- Channel 3, The Crowd, Simpletones, White Flag, Dick Jerky @ Alex’s Bar
- Bright Light Social Hour 11pm , Jonneine Zapata 9pm , The Violet Lights 10pm @ Bootleg Bar
- Jon Brion @ Largo
- Wise Club, Owls @ Pehrspace
- Girl in a Coma 11pm, Pinta Protest 10pm, Sara Radle 9pm @ Echoplex
- Joe Pug 11pm, Bailiff 10pm, Monsters Calling Home 9pm @ The Satellite
- Peter Pants, Kelsea Rae Little, Charlyne Yi And The Rangdang, Penny Dreadful @ The Smell
- Ingrid Michaelson, Harper Blynn @ The Wiltern
- Silent Frisco 9pm @ Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club
- Julien-K 11pm , Vera Mesmer 10pm , DECODE RADIO 9pm , MATRIARCH 8pm @ The Viper Room
- Snark Puppy 10pm, One Tribe Nation 9pm, Adam Katz 12am @ The Mint
- Prima Donna, Dirty Eyes, Adam Bones, The Blackerbys @ Redwood Bar
- Walter Trout, Brian Rogers Band, Kettleblack @ The Observatory
- Courtney Jenae, Infantree @ On The Rox( The Roxy)
- Phife Dawg 12am, Kid Pharaoh 11pm, @ The Roxy
- Kittie @ City National Grove of Anaheim
- Griffin House 8pm, Anna Nalick 930pm, Javier Dunn 1030pm, Hayley Sales 7pm, Diamond Carter 1130pm @ Hotel Cafe
SATURDAY-April 28, 2012
- ♥ Electric Flower Group 11pm , Sleepy Owl 12am, Last In Class 9pm, The Shrine 10pm @ Bootleg Bar
- ♥ Har Mar Superstar, JJAMZ, The Moor, Hindu Pirates @ Detroit Bar
- ♥ Girl in a Coma, Pinata Protest, Sara Radle @ Alex’s Bar
- Solo performances by colin stetson (bon iver), gregory rogove (devendra banhart), and sarah neufeld (arcade fire) @ Dilletantes
- Mothers of Gut 12am , Habits 1115pm, Old Monk 1030pm, Michael Rey and The Woebegone’s 945pm, Virginia Reed 9pm @ Pehrspace
- Bonfire Madigan, Evan Greer, Devin Hoff @ The Smell
- The Original Prince & MJ Party Soul Slam @ Echoplex
- (FREE Before 11pm) Funky Sole @ The Echo
- Stephan Jacobs w/ Freddy Todd & Goldrush @ Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club
- Thomas Nicholas Band 11pm , Jared Lee 10pm , 28 North 9pm , Dj Jamie Scrap(Upstairs) @ The Viper Room
- Robert DeLon 12am @ The Viper Room
- Los Pinguos w/ Matt Jennings 11pm @ The Mint
- Jonathan Hall’s Birthday w/ Backbiter, Mike Watt, Motorcycle Black Madonnas, The Freeks, Sonic Medusa @ Redwood Bar
- Stray Cat Lee Rocker, Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys @ The Observatory
- The Bolts, Young Beautiful in a Hurry, London Shover, Enjulliet @ The Roxy
- Jill Avilez, Lindsey’s Band, Katie McGhie, Steven Shane @ On The Rox (The Roxy)
- (FREE) The Flatliners, Heartsounds, Vultures United, Common War @ Slidebar
- Ice Cube, Cypress Hill, Mystikal, The Pharcyde, Masta Ace @ Gibson Amphiteatre at Universal CityWalk
- Ceasefire @ Troubadour
- Jesse Thomas 9pm, Nils Frahm 7pm, Ultimate Bearhug 10pm, Liz Wood 11pm, Davis Fetter 12am @ Hotel Cafe
SUNDAY-April 29, 2012
- ♥ Gothic Cholo, Walter Gross, Skrapez, Bitterent @ The Smell
- ♥ Tragedy, Nails, Skin Like Iron, Children Of God @ Echoplex
- ♥ (FREE) Grand Ole Echo @ The Echo
- Part Time Punks @ The Echo
- Sweet Hearts w/ Priscilla Ahn & Charlie Wadhams 10pm, The Parlour Suite 9pm @ Bootleg Bar
- Rosie Thomas w/ Ivan & Alyosha 7pm, Nikki Lynn Katt 9pm @ The Hotel Cafe
- Neil Hamburger, Nick Thune, Brody Stevens, Kenny “K-Strass” Strasser @ The Satellite
- Gigamesh @ Drai’s Hollywood
- George Sarah and String Quartet w/ David J and Gingger Shankar 5pm @ Amoeba Music-Hollywood
- Cubensis-AGrateful Dead Music Tribute @ Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club
- Peligro( D.H. From Dead Kennedy’s) 12am , Dedfuel 11pm , What Hands Are For 10pm , Opus Dai 9pm, Bullet Made Statues 8pm @ The Viper Room
- (FREE) Mario Cotto & Ben Block Present: Nostromo @ The Mint
- Angy Samoans, Crazy Squeeze, The Plexkill, Fallujah 71 @ Redwood Bar
- Black Boots, Inazuma, Popbottle Bombers, My Parade @ Redwood Bar
- Raya Yarbrough, North of Sunset, West of Vine @ The Roxy
