This Week’s Shows: Dec. 14-20
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Upcoming Los Angeles concerts: Chvrches, Odesza, Secret Weapons. Rainbow Jackson, Figs Vision, Jack Ladder & the Dreamlanders, Vision, Halo Circus, Dance Gavin Dance, Nathaniel Rateliff, Tim Minchin, Chris Tomlin, Bravura, Kat Dahlia, the 1975, Thee Oh Sees, Graveyard, Jennylee, Cole Plante, Ghostface Killah, Dustin Kensrue, Dillon Francis, Kinky, Mereki, Dave Stewart, Gateway Drugs, the Dan Band, Muse, Art of Shock, Giraffage, Brian Setzer Orchestra, Chris Brown, Niykee Heaton, the Bronx, Mariachi El Bronx, StaG, Girlpool, Pity Sex, Fishbone, Pulley, Vince Staples, Miley Cyrus, Loudpvck, Okkervil River, Berlin, Moving Units, the Bots, Kill Paris, Barrio Tiger, Infected Mushroom, Slow Magic, the Blasters
Above: Long-running L.A. punk-rockers The Bronx — and their alter-ego Mariachi El Bronx — are doing “White Drugs Christmas” shows on back-to-back nights at the Teragram Ballroom. Very Be Careful and Pounded By the Surf open Friday’s Mariachi El Bronx show, while Retox and the Drips join the bill for Saturday’s Bronx outing.
Here’s a rundown of this week’s Los Angeles concerts:
Monday, Dec. 14
Odesza, GoldLink and Jai Wolf at the Shrine Expo Hall
Chvrches and Baio at the Fonda Theatre
Secret Weapons, Rose Quartz, Party Nails and Behold the Brave at Bardot
Figs Vision, Story of the Running Wolf and Tower at the Bootleg Theater
Louis Gaston, Anna Schulze, Joseph Eid, Jeremiah Webb, Twinly, Royce and El Joe of the River at the Silverlake Lounge
Future Tongue, Linosphere and Austin Antoine at the Lost Room
Jack Ladder & the Dreamlanders, United Ghosts, Channel and Pom Poms at the Echo
Vision, Joel Jerome, Howler and the Eleventh Frequency at the Echoplex
Rainbow Jackson, Fakers, Jubilo Drive and Opus Vitae at the Satellite
Open Mic at El Cid
Dirty Lingo, Rubberneck Lions and Thieves at Harvard & Stone
The Anti-Job, Tropical Nasty, Cameron Parkins, Diwon, Detail, Kosha Dillz and the Milky Way at the Mint
Halo Circus, Project N-Fidelikah, KC Porter’s Cruzanderos, Heliotrope, David Garza and Victory Mori at the Troubadour
Mushroomhead and 9electric at the Whisky a Go Go
Dance Gavin Dance, Dayshell and Slaves at the Roxy Theatre
Corey Gray at Genghis Cohen
Zac James, Fox Pleasure Equation, L’ariel, Frenship and Rough Church at the Viper Room
WYLDR, Little Wolves and Sleep State at the Wayfarer
Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band at the Catalina Club
Tuesday, Dec. 15
Nathaniel Rateliff and JR JR at the El Rey Theatre
Tim Minchin at the Theatre at Ace Hotel
Bravura, Dawn and Class Actress at the Troubadour
Kat Dahlia at the Roxy Theatre
KING and Joey Dosik at the Lyric Theatre
Max & the Moon, Satchmode and Kid Cadaver at the Echo
The Doubleclicks, Sammus and Lucia Fasano at Genghis Cohen
Levenberg and Moo the Band at Molly Malone’s
Cynthia Brando, the Velopheliacs, Highland Kites, SanguinDrake, Nic Nassuet and the Great Sadness at the Silverlake Lounge
Kinshire Way, SHPR, the New Octaves and the Blazing Rays of the Sun at Lot 1
Reggie Watts & Karen at El Cid
Chris Tomlin at the Orpheum Theatre
Fairground Saints, Valley Shrine, Doug Locke and Michigan Rattlers at the Hotel Café
Iris, Dabble & Children at Harvard & Stone
That 1 Guy at the Mint
Open Mic at Saint Rocke
Kitaka at the Wayfarer
Dustin Kensrue at the Constellation Room
Saul Williams, Rayzak Hassan and Philosophy at the Federal Underground
Randy Emata at the Federal Bar
Carly Robyn Green and Dave Damiani at the Catalina Club
Wednesday, Dec. 16
The 1975 and Swim Deep at Club Nokia
Thee Oh Sees, Fuzz and Wand at the Teragram Ballroom
Jennylee, Sister Crayon and Facial at the Echo
Graveyard and Earthless at the Fonda Theatre
Saxon Sound System, Tippa Irie and Mikey Boops at the Echoplex
Girl Tears, Roses and Crocodiles at the Smell
Higher Flux, Atomic Walrus, McNaughtys, Lunden Reign and the Routine at Los Globos
Future Lovers, Vincint and Leo James Conroy at the Hotel Café
Pacific Radio, Forebear and Behold at Harvard & Stone
Slow Motion Celebrity, Riddle the Sphinx, the New Millions and Lunar Rogue at Molly Malone’s
Nathan & Jessie, Amaya Rising and Julia Vorontsova at the Silverlake Lounge
Luke Redfield, the Long Fall, TJ Doyle, Nathan & Jessie and Maureen Russell at the Mint
Cole Plante at the Troubadour
Northlane and Volumes at the Whisky a Go Go
Flotsam & Jetsam and Holy Grail at the Roxy Theatre
Rickyxsan at Avalon Hollywood
Light As a Feather, Kinshire Way and Dream Vacation at the Down and Out Bar
The Curse at La Cita
Jesse Thomas, Terra Naomi, Joel Eckels and more at Room 5
Ghostface Killah and Haseeb at the Observatory
Dustin Kensrue at the Constellation Room
The Tourists, the Side Eyes and the Ugly Kids at the Continental Room
Craig Shoemaker All Stars at the Canyon
Tesla Boy and Rose Quartz at Club Bahia
Cheap Trick at the Fox Performing Arts Center
Sean Kanan at the Gaslamp
India Carney at the Federal Bar
The Blind Lemon Peel Blues All-Stars at the Catalina Club
Thursday, Dec. 17
Dillon Francis at the Shrine Expo Hall
Kinky at the Fonda Theatre
Thee Oh Sees, Fuzz and Wand at the Teragram Ballroom
A Very Merry Xmas R.E.A.D. Benefit Show, with Mereki, Miya Folick and Madi Diaz (and DJ sets by Holychild, LIZ, Taken By Trees and Liphemra) at the Satellite
Dave Stewart and Mahaut Mondino at the Troubadour
Gateway Drugs, Wallburds and Blue Eyed Lady at Harvard & Stone
Reason to Rebel, Beachwood Coyotes, Naked Walrus and the Sahns at the Silverlake Lounge
Wyatt Blair, Psychomagic, Trabants, Wild Wing and Rudy De Anda at the Lost Room
Shawn Wasabi, Hex Cougar, tdoyle and Omniboi at the Echo
JackLNDN, Now Way Back and Sam Hiller at Los Globos
Rick Shea, Powdercoat and Best of WTSC at El Cid
Andy Allo, Moses Stone, Mia Pfirrman, Alicia Witt and Ava Gold at the Hotel Café
Sarah Aili, Marujah and the Running Jumps at the Mint
Michale Graves at the Whisky a Go Go
The Dan Band at the Roxy Theatre
Eric Bellinger and Victoria Monet at the Viper Room
Christopher Lawrence, Dave Audé and more at Sound Nightclub
Very Fresh, Goldy and Nightgown at Resident
Uli & the Mexicn Standoff at La Cita
Raw Power Rangers, 3 Balls of Fire and Super Ultra Megatones at Cafe NELA
Art of Shock, Angel Flesh, Miscrancy and Mysticism at Complex
JQ & the Revue at the Redwood
Rick Shea and I See Hawks in L.A. at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Marc Ford & Elijah Ford and Yukon Gold at the Wayfarer
Poison Idea, the Gears, Love Canal and the Decline at Alex’s Bar
Bone Thugs N Harmony at the Observatory
Kat Dahlia at the Constellation Room
Datsik at the Yost Theater
Daniel Bonte at the House of Blues Anaheim
Judith Hill and Nilu at the Coach House
Machine Head at the Riverside Municipal Auditorium
Chris Tomlin at the Fox Performing Arts Center
Dave Koz at the San Manuel Indian Bingo & Casino
Wolvhammer, Atriarch and Hessian Wolf Children at the Garage
Olivia Mell at Molly Malone’s
George Kahn “Secrets” Quintet at the Catalina Club
Friday, Dec. 18
Dillon Francis at the Shrine Expo Hall
Muse and Phantogram at the Staples Center
Mariachi El Bronx, Very Be Careful and Pounded by the Surf at the Teragram Ballroom
Giraffage, Slow Maggic and Lindsay Lowend at the Fonda Theatre
Chris Brown at the Palladium
Niykee Heaton at the El Rey Theatre
Brian Setzer Orchestra at the Microsoft Theater
Girlpool, French Vanilla and Wizard Appreciate at the Echoplex
Pity Sex, Colleen Green and Eskimeaux at the Echo
Nia Andrews at Figat7th
Aharon Curtis, Jarvis Brown Band and Jayne & the Otherside at Molly Malone’s
112, Lyfe Jennings, Eric Bellinger and Marques Houston at Las Pulgas LA
J Fernandez and Wax Children at the Bootleg Theater
StaG, Tambourines and Little Bones at the Lost Knight
J*Davey, Beatnich and more at the Lyric Theatre
Kid at the Silverlake Lounge
The Second Howl, Dancing Tongues and Gentle Pony at the Lost Room
Jon Brion at the Largo
Mind Meld at the Smell
Code Orange, Bitter End, Take Offense, Malfunction and Criminal Instinct at Los Globos
Beeswax, Megan Neale and October’s Child at El Cid
Antonio Beliveau, King Washington, Devon Werkheiser, Maddie Ross, Teddy Thompson & Kelly Jones and Braeves at the Hotel Café
Insecure Alex, Lampwick, Nylon Waves, Underground City, Sound is Lovv and Richard Hui at the Mint
Asesino at the Whisky a Go Go
Fishbone and Daniel Bambaata Marley at the Roxy Theatre
Pulley, the Briggs, Implants, Tartar Control, SideKicK and the Maxies at the Viper Room
Gravity, Victor Niglio, Lumberjvck, Dirty Deeds and BabyQ at Avalon Hollywood
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs at Sound Nightclub
Tommy Trash, Shmitty and Sweet & Low at Exchange LA
Cellars at the Grand Star Jazz Club
Rachel Goodrich and Rough Church at Taix
Ford Madox Ford and Zander Schloss at the Redwood
Drew McDowall, Violet Poison, Lituus, JH1.FS3, Human Particle, Gila Man, Greh Holger and J.S. Aurelius at Complex
Rikk Agnew Band, Unit F, Culo, Repeat Offenders and Bourbon Saints at Cafe NELA
Everyone Is Dirty and LA Drones at the Ham and Eggs Tavern
WeAreTheBigBang at Mrs. Fish
Albert at Industry Jazz (6039 Washington Blvd., Culver City)
Sisters Ov The Blackmoon, Mursic, Rarebreed and Snakebite at Loaded Hollywood
Hedgehog Swing at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Patrick Reza at the Wayfarer
Cromwell, DOSE, The Anix, At The Helm and Dead Avenue at the Glass House
Sevenhalf, Tambat, Doozy, J. Furin and Chaucolate at the Yost Theater
Luis Coronel at the City National Grove of Anaheim
Vince Staples at the Observatory
Them Evils and Radioactive Chickenheads at the Constellation Room
Dilated Peoples at the House of Blues Anaheim
Gary Hoey, Points North and Imagine That at the Coach House
Saturday, Dec. 19
Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz at the Wiltern
Muse and Phantogram at the Staples Center
The Bronx, Retox and the Drips at the Teragram Ballroom
Dillon Francis at the Shrine Expo Hall
Loudpvck, Hoodboi and Team EZY at the El Rey Theatre
Okkervil River (solo) at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
4th Annual Merry Minstrel Musical Circus, with Mike Campbell, Jonathan Wilson and more, at the Troubadour
Berlin & the Motels at the Saban Theatre
Motor Sister and Serena Foster at Molly Malone’s
The Whispers at the Microsoft Theater
Joey Llanos and David DePino at the Palladium
Moving Units, Wasi and Billy Changer at the Roxy Theatre
The Bots, Buttertones and Thee Commons at the Echo
Kill Paris & Friends and Illenium at the Regent Theater
Mousy, Betty Petty, Devante Moses and Dean Risko at the Smell
Total Science, Voltage, Legion and Dave Owen at Los Globos
Barrio Tiger, the Automatic Knives and Electric Mind Machine at El Cid
Lady Scoutington at the Hotel Café
Laura Tate at the Mint (Early Show)
David Divad, May Devun, Ricky Berger and RMB at the Mint (Late Show)
Johnny Vatos at the Whisky a Go Go
Volto, Moth, Socionic and the Lost Poets at the Viper Room
Infected Mushroom (2 live sets) at Avalon Hollywood
EDX, Antonio Giacca and Harper at Sound Nightclub
Ruby Rose and Jordan V at Exchange LA
Slant, the North, Varna and Knowing Forever at Loaded Hollywood
Harry Shearer and Judith Owen at the Largo
Anuhea and Paula Fuga at Saint Rocke
Ikaika Beamer at Saint Rocke (Daytime Showcase)
Patrolled by Radar, Kat Myers & the Buzzards, Sam Marine and Gregg Garvey at the Lost Knight
El Conjunto Nueva Ola at La Cita
Genr8r at Mrs. Fish
Peg Leg Love, Girt and Taco Lemans at the Redwood
Battalion of Saints, Underground Alliance, Rhythmic Asylum, Inconsiderate Jerks and Aggression Equals Action at Cafe NELA
Krammpstein and Marilyn Krampson at Complex
Midnight North, the Higgs and Mount Baine at the Wayfarer
The Blasters, Big Sandy & His Fly Rite Boys and Gamblers Mark at Alex’s Bar
Slow Magic and Giraffage at the Observatory
No Parents, Wild Wing and Melted at the Constellation Room
The Vandals at the House of Blues Anaheim
Waka Flocka Flame at the Yost Theater
Dick Dale and the Usual Suspects at the Coach House
Rick Springfield at the Fox Performing Arts Center
Sunday, Dec. 20
Okkervil River (solo) at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Self Defense Family, Hesitation Wounds and Superunison at the Echo
Littlest Sister, Hex Horizontal, Symphonie and Terra Firma Dinosaur at the Smell
Bon Bon Vivant at the Hotel Café
Johnny Travis Jr at Harvard & Stone
Chauncey Bowers, the Stoic Club, Keith Garriott and Hillsvankill at the Mint
12th Planet, Justin Jay, Kastle, Killagraham, Kittens, Nymz, Posso and Team Supreme All-Stars at the Roxy Theatre
Jaime Hinckson, Aradia and Nettie Rose at the Viper Room
Benoit, Screams of Syrens, Chapters, Rise & Strike, Wolf Rage and Every Other Year at the Glass House
Lou Giovannetti at Saint Rocke
Doctors and Engineers, the Blank Minds, Brochure, Good Neighbor Band and Fish of Love at American Legion Post 46 (5309 Sepulveda Blvd. Culver City)
Mid Coitus at Alex’s Bar
Kottonmouth Kings, Marlon Asher, Chucky Chuck, Skunk Dub and the Late One at the Yost Theater
Baauer at the Observatory
The Ferns, JJ Smith & the Helm and Hey Stroker at the Coach House
Perla Batalla at the Scherr Forum Theatre
Retox, Detained and In Decline at the Moose
Through the Roots, Maoli and Bad Neighborz at the Federal Underground
Alvin Chea, Jessie Palter, Octavia Pace, Brandon Fields and Bob McChesney at the Catalina Club
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