L.A. BURNING, WEST COAST CONCERT PICKS, APRIL 2ND TO 8TH

Alice Bag

Such a busy week of shows, once again, and I will personally go to the last Pussy Riot show, a tribute to Bon Scott of AC/DC and Alice Bag’s release party on Saturday:

On Monday April 2nd, Clean Bandit are at The Novo By Microsoft with Maggie Lindemann, Kim Richey is at The GRAMMY Museum, Pussy Riot are at the Echoplex with Bebe Huxley, Dorian Electra, I’m With Her with Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, & Aoife O’Donovan is happening at the Teragram Ballroom with Jonny Fritz, Ramonda Hammer start their residency at The Echo with Shunkan, LA Font, JR Slayer, Nathan Owen, Stonefield start theirs at the Bootleg Bar with the Mad Walls, Lido Pimienta is at the Moroccan Lounge with SWSH, The Unending Thread are at The Hi Hat with Gypsum, Fun Game, Xin Xin, Whiskey Myers are at The Troubadour with Jobe Fortner, It’s A School Night! has Twin Shadow, Bulow, Thomas Abban and EZI at Bardot, Litronix is at The Satellite with Ariana and the Rose, True Ghouls, Dent May are at Zebulon with Nedelle Torrisi, Jesses Kivel, and The Voidz are doing a (sold out) signing at Amoeba Music.

On Tuesday April 3rd, Dumbfounded are at the Fonda Theatre with Year of the Ox, G Yamazawa, Moose Blood are at The Regent Theater with Lydia, McCafferty, Ashley McBryde is at The Roxy, Yellow Days are at the Moroccan Lounge with Jon Bap, Sir Canyon are at the Bootleg Bar with Moonsville Collective, Ringo Stardust, Fell Runner are at The Hi Hat with Dark Rooms, Entertainment Law, The Palms are at The Troubadour with Blacktop Queen, Foxtrails, Twin Shadow are at Zebulon with special guests, Misty Boyce is at The Satellite with YAY BLYNN, Billie, The Everyday Visuals, LaunchLeft Live (Rain Joan of Arc Phoenix & Moon Unit Zappa) with Julian Casablancas (The Strokes & The Voidz), Jenny Lee (Warpaint), Buzzy Lee & Sarah Silverman is happening at Largo At The Coronet, and there is a Tribute To Bon Scott of AC/DC at Avalon Hollywood featuring Bill Burr, Marc Maron, Joey Diaz, Dean Delray and an all-star band.

On Wednesday April 4th, Matt And Kim are at the Hollywood Palladium, Marlon Williams is at the Teragram Ballroom with Tiny Ruins, Marc E. Bassy is at the El Rey Theatre with Rexx Life Raj & Gianni Taylor, Yellow Days are at the Moroccan Lounge with Jon Bap, Calamity The Kid are at the Bootleg Bar with Vokes, Dead Poet Society, Dales are at The Hi Hat with Mermaed, The Motels are at Amoeba Music, Mallrat are at The Lodge Room with L.I.F.T., Weathers are at The Troubadour with Smoke Season, GROVES, The Colour Coast have a residency at The Satellite with Ever So Android & Crow, The Residents are at The Regent Theater, Desert Nights has Sondre Lerche at The Standard, West Hollywood, and Amber Coffman is at Zebulon with Bouquet.

On Thursday April 5th, The Breeders are at the Fonda Theatre with Cherry Glazerr, Autograf are at the El Rey Theatre with Win and Woo & COFRESI, Story Of The Year are at theTeragram Ballroom, Basstracks are at The Roxy with S’natra, Crowder is at the Wiltern, TSOL are at The Viper Room with Killroy, Spider, Dead77, Ren Farren, FYOHNA, Dolly Spectra, Satellite Mode are all at the Satellite, Nina Diaz is at the Hi Hat with Prima Donna LP Release, Wild Moccasins, I Miss The Old Kanye are at the Moroccan Lounge featuring Darius Scott & India Shawn, Vera Sola is at the Bootleg bar with Hush Arbors, Low Cut Connie are at the Troubadour with Hamish Anderson, and Wallows are at Amoeba Music.

On Friday April 6th, The Breeders are at The Theatre At Ace Hotel with Post Pink, Digitalism are at the Echoplex with Pat Lok, it’s another First Fridays with Jamila Woods at the Natural History Museum and Chelsea Jade, The Schizophonics are at the Echo with The Magnificent, Veronica Bianqui, The CITIE, Brombones (EP Release), MGX are all at the Satellite, Andrea Gibson is at the Fonda Theatre with Chastity Brown, What So Not are at the Hollywood Palladium, Brian Fallon & The Howling Weather are at the El Rey Theatre with Ruston Kelly, Kevin Morby is at The Troubadour with Hand Habits, Protest The Hero are at The Roxy with Closure in Moscow and Thank You Scientist, TSOL are at The Viper Room with Decry, Downtown Brown, Fangs on Fur, Courtney Marie Andrews is at the Moroccan Lounge with Olivia Kaplan and Ryan Pollie, Nightmare Air / DRÆMINGS are at the Bootleg Bar with Metal Mother, Reverend Beat-Man & Nicole Izobel Garcia are at the Hi Hat.

On Saturday April 7th, The Aquabats! have two shows at the Fonda Theatre at 12:00pm, and The Aquabats! at 7:30 pm, Jaden Smith with Willow Smith are at The Novo By Microsoft, SoMo is at The Roxy with Caye and Kid Quill, Nils Frahm is at the Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian, Maluma is at The Forum, Cole Swindell is at The Greek Theatre, Kevin Morby is at The Troubadour with Hand Habits, Kweku Collins is at the Moroccan Lounge, Our Last Night are at the Teragram Ballroom with I The Mighty, Don Broco, Jule Vera, Chrome Sparks are at the Echoplex with Machinedrum, Ela Minus, Alice Bag Band has a record release party at the Echo with Fatty Cakes and the Puff Pastries, Trap Girl, Omara Portuondo, from the Buena Vista Social Club is at the Regent theater, Electric Six are at the Bootleg Bar with The Manx, Northern Faces, MELTED have a Record Release Party at the Hi Hat with Awakebutstillinbed, Decent Criminal, Pancho and the Wizards, Sumo Princess is at the Redwood Bar with Electrodomestico.

On Sunday April 8th, SadGirl are at the Teragram Ballroom with Peach Kelli Pop, Healing Gems, Bruiser Queen, Loma are at the Bootleg Bar with Jess Williamson, Lincoln Durham is at the Moroccan Lounge with the Ghost Wolves, Roots Roadhouse 2018 is happening at the Echo/Echoplex with Wanda Jackson, The Cactus Blossoms, Jesse Dayton, Whiskey Shivers, Scott H. Biram, JD WILKES WITH THE LEGENDARY SHACK SHAKERS UNPLUGGED, Gethen Jenkins, Austin McCutchen, Jaime Wyatt, Brian Whelan, Leslie Stevens, Mapache, Sammy Brue, Elijah Ocean, Albert & His Dreamboats, Sie Sie Benhoff, Dylan Earl, Blue Rose Rounders, Andrew Sheppard, Travis Labrel, Jeremy Horton (Square Dance Caller), Sausage Grinder, The Frogtown Serenaders, High Life Cajun Band, Have More Fun String Band, Mid-City Opry, Part Time Punks presents BOOTBLACKS + KANGA + AVALON at the Echo, Tom Freund is at the Hi Hat with Priscilla Ahn, and later, Aids LifeCycle Fundraiser ft. Beta Scholar are also at the Hi Hat with Opus Orange, Loud Forest.