This Week’s Shows: Dec. 2-8

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From left: Kills Birds (Photo by Josh Beavers); Drab Majesty (Photo by Roy Jurgens); Alex Cameron (Photo by Zane Roessell); Maria Taylor (Photo by Jessica Hanley)

Upcoming Los Angeles concerts: Pixies, Shannon Lay, King Leg, Corridor, Henry Hall, Zimmer, Motor Sales, Mat Kearney, Mmmonika, Franc Moody, the Pink Slips, King Diamond, Schoolboy Q, Snoop Dogg, Sheryl Crow, Mr. Carmack, Battles, Magic Giant, Boston Manor, Liily, Black Flag, Sasha Sloan, the Revolution, Angel Olsen, Dir En Grey, Alex Cameron, Daughters, Lisa Prank, Charlie Parr, Magic Sword, Moon Hooch, Xoller, the Hu, Gryffin, KIIS FM’s Jingle Ball, KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas, Alt 98.7’s Share the Love, Dreamers, Rapsody, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Drab Majesty, the Dickies, the Slackers, Holiday Fest, Marco Benevento, Kills Birds, Madison Cunningham, Joy Downer, Surfbort, Sonny & the Sunsets, Thrice, the Adolescents, the Wrecks, MANÁ, Illenium, Snoh Alegra, Maria Taylor, Yotto, Greyson Chance, Jerry Cantrell, High on Fire, Defeater, Louis Cole Big Band, Mike Krol, Frankie & the Witch Fingers, Fitness, From Indian Lakes, Distant Cousins, Shotty, Me First & the Gimme Gimmes, BOYO, Ours, Spindrift, Jason Lytle, Nothing, Myles Parrish, With Confidence, Eli Young Band

Los Angeles concerts for the week:

Monday, Dec. 2

Pixies and Kristin Hersh at the Troubadour
Shannon Lay and Anna St. Louis at Zebulon
Corridor, Sofia Bolt and Orchin at El Cid
King Leg, Ben Reddell Band and the Walks of Life (Sam Marine) at the Satellite
Phoebe Silva, Harry Katz & the Pistachios, Brenda Carsey and Greg in Good Company at the Hi Hat
JESSAME, John K, Nate Mercereau and Boy In Space at School Night at Bardot
Henry Hall and HighSchool Jacob at the Bootleg Theater
Zimmer at the Echo
Souly Had, 12AM and Foggieraw at the Roxy
Club Scum with Xina Xurner, Dicksucker, Jesua Bones, Dvvsk, Lady Forbidden and Bustié at the Echoplex
Kyle Lux at the Moroccan Lounge
VSP, Carter Ace, Battery and Sophie Seng at Resident
Alaina Castillo at the Love Song
Nathan Johnson and Rian Johnson at Amoeba (signing only)
Rachel Talbott, Bryan Lanning and Katie McGhie at the Hotel Café
BMI Showcase at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Lonely Chief, Ouijia, Buckets and Wandering Lakes at Harvard & Stone
The Mint Jam at the Mint
The Sunset Jam at the Viper Room
Sleepy Gonzalez, Delete Insert, It’s Butter and Charity Swim at the Continental Room
Nick Sabia at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Early Show)
Deb Ryder and Burton Zimmer at the Maui Sugar Mill Saloon
Open mic with Carol Ann (The Sunday Band) at Pappy & Harriet’s
*ASTN at the Moroccan Lounge was cancelled

Tuesday, Dec. 3

Pixies and Kristin Hersh at the Troubadour
Motor Sales, Buck Meek (of Big Thief), Clara-Nova, Pete Lalish (of Lucius), Sondre Lerche, Jonathan Ames and AO Gerber at Zebulon
Limp Bizkit at the Roxy
Mat Kearney and Eli Teplin at the Masonic Lodge and Hollywood Forever
K. Michelle at the Mayan Theater
Mmmonika, Junior Mesa and Van El at the Bootleg Theater
Franc Moody and Joe Hertz at the Echo
Chelsea Williams at the Love Song
Deb Never and Jean Dawson at the Moroccan Lounge (early 7 p.m. show)
Natalie Green, Postcard Boy and Twang Clark at the Moroccan Lounge (late show)
The Pink Slips, Vaguess and the Living Roomers at Resident
Weekly Musician’s Open Mike with Jay Edwards at Highland Park Bowl
Deep Waters, Alé, Sodaboxx and Masomenos at the Redwood Bar
Hunter Van Houten at the Silverlake Lounge
Red Light Lit (David Williams and Dan Thomas) with Kira Lynn Cain at Gold-Diggers
JT Harker, Josh Henderson, Rob Mayes and the Joy Reunion at the Hotel Café
Ninet and Tiphanie Doucet at the Hotel Café Second Stage
The Little Miss, Cassandra Violet and Alicia Blue at Harvard & Stone
Dragon Smoke at the Mint
Ana Gasteyer at Largo at the Coronet
Ultimate Jam Night at the Whisky a Go Go
Limp Bizkit at the Roxy
Intergalatix, Julian De Vizio, Jackie Foster and Tomboy at the Viper Room
History of L.A. Ska: Part 2 with Angelo Moore (Fishbone/Dr. Madd Vibe), Chris Murray (CMC/King Apparatus/Bluebeat Lounge), Darrin Pfeiffer (ex-Goldfinger), Kip Wirtzfeld (The Skeletones/The Debonaires), Tazy Phyllipz (The Ska Parade) and Junor Francis at the Grammy Museum
Movie Club, Fox Trails and Jessy Greene at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Wilfax at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Early Show)
Rae Khalil and Apollo Bebop at the Continental Room
King Diamond, Uncle Acid and Idle Hands at the City National Grove of Anaheim
Boston Manor, Microwave, Heart Attack Man and Selfish Things at Chain Reaction
Randy Emata at the Federal Bar
Chris Mann at the Catalina Club

Wednesday, Dec. 4

ScHoolboy Q and NAV at the Forum
Snoop Dogg, Warren G and RJMrLA at the Observatory
Chloe x Halle at the Fonda Theatre
Sheryl Crow at the Theatre at Ace Hotel
Battles and Palm at the Lodge Room
The Make-Up at Zebulon
Mat Kearney and Eli Teplin at the Masonic Lodge and Hollywood Forever
Magic Giant and the Federal Empire at the Troubadour
Mr. Carmack and Sabeerah at the El Rey Theatre
Nasaya, Hudi, Brandon Banks and Danny Dwyer at the Hi Hat
Odezenne at the Moroccan Lounge
WACKO, SkullCrack, the Manx and Graf Orlock at the Satellite
The Leers, Midnight Divide, the Oil Barons and Ninet Tayeb at Resident
Eric McFadden, Ruby James, Kate Vargas and Liv Mueller at the Silverlake Lounge
Tamtam and Leeanna at the Love Song
Discotelle, The Natural Supernatural and New Spell at Harvard & Stone
Desert Nights’ “Hommage à Joni,” with Sondre Lerche, Henry Wolfe, Scott Bartenhagen, Aging Actress and many more, at the Standard Hollywood
Carli Storms, Brendan Foery, Zoë Monet and Makena at the Study
Vendant Joshi, aMonarchy, We Are the Black Things and Matt Sampere at the Whisky a Go Go
Boston Manor, Microwave, Heart Attack Man and Selfish Things at the Roxy
The Sleeperz and Karen Campbell at 4th Street Vine
Las Chicas Tristes, Fake Jazz, Marcellina & the Monarchs and Sonoda at Alex’s Bar
No Duh (No Doubt tribute) at the Continental Room
Liily, Ultra Q and On Drugs at the Constellation Room
Gregory Michael at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Early Show)
Mitchell Tenpenny and Seaforth at the House of Blues Anaheim
Black Flag at Saint Rocke
Bob Sheppard at Mr. Musichead Gallery
*Anna Calvi at the Echo has been postponed to April 9

Thursday, Dec. 5

Snoop Dogg, Warren G, O.T. Genasis and RJMrLA at the Wiltern
Sasha Sloan and Winnetka Bowling League at the Fonda Theatre
The Revolution: Prince’s Former Band at the Theatre at Ace Hotel
Angel Olsen at the Palace Theatre
Dir En Grey at the Regent Theater
The Make-Up and Seth Bogart at Zebulon
Alex Cameron, Jack Ladder & the Dreamlanders and Emily Panic at the Troubadour
Daughters, Protomartyr and Show Me the Body at the Belasco Theater
Lisa Prank, Rose Melberg and Worriers at the Bootleg Theater
SAINt JHN and Kodie Shane at Echoplex
Magic Sword and Equip at the Echo
Charlie Parr, Sam Morrow and Mara Connor at the Satellite
Bonavega, Brasko and Mood Killer at the Hi Hat
The Tearaways feat. Clem Burke, Reflectors and Mogg at the Redwood Bar
Moon Hooch and Coco Columbia at the Moroccan Lounge
Love Nothing, Deep Fields, New Balance and Lindsay B at the House of Machines
Adult Bodies, Coyote Mustache, Jude Rose and Julian at Resident
CB Brand and Miranda Lee Richards at the Love Song
Banny Grove, Pregnant and Brendan Eder Ensemble at the Smell
Urban Escape, Arugula, Heavy Velvet and Indigo Skyship at the Silverlake Lounge
Ouija Mac, Gizmo and Death Plus at Catch One
Masvidal & Amy Correia, Rob Laufer and Julia Martins Miranda at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Dave Cavalier at the Sassafras Saloon
Xoller, FNTN, Dyllan and Romance & Rebellion at Madame Siam
YONY, Simon XO, Jasmine Crowe, PHIA Z, Danny Fitch and Keo at Adults Only Bar
Patrolled by Radar and Livingmore at Pappy & Harriet’s
Louis Futon, AOBeats and Paper Idol at 1720
Cherie Curie & Brie Darling, the Swansons and Kaz Bielinski at the Whisky a Go Go
The Score and Dead Poet Society at the Roxy
The Rhythm Coffin, Elvis Simmons and Kay Von Kola at the Viper Room
Rare Cents, Tetra Collective, Beach Freaks and Spacetime Television at the Garden Amp
K-FROG 95.1 Jingle Belles with Runaway June and Carolyn Jones at the Canyon Montclair
Glitter Wizard, Crimewave and more at Alex’s Bar
Shiro, Paladin Shield and Karenn Campbell at the Prospector
The Hu. and Crown Lands at the Observatory
From Indian Lakes, Queen of Jeans and Yummm at the Constellation Room
Selly at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Early Show)
Gryffin, the Knocks and BUNT at the House of Blues Anaheim
Crooked Teeth and the Home Team at Chain Reaction
Weapons of Mass Creation, Made By Crooks and Memory Den at the Wayfarer
Sad Flex at the Canyon Agoura Hills
John Thompson, High Grass, Carry On Band and Midnight Cloud at the Maui Sugar Mill Saloon
Bill Frisell and Julian Lage Duo at Royce Hall UCLA
Mike Stern, Jeff Lorber, Jimmy Haslip and Dave Weckl at the Catalina Club
*James Vincent McMorrow at the Lodge Room has been postponed to Jan. 25

Friday, Dec. 6

KIIS FM’s Jingle Ball with BTS, Billie Eilish, Sam Smith, Camila Cabello and more at the Forum
Dreamers, Arrested Youth and American Teeth at the El Rey Theatre
Fantasia, Robin Thicke and the Bonfyre at the Microsoft Theater
Rapsody and Macy Gray at the Fonda Theatre
Mary Chapin Carpenter and Shawn Colvin at the Fred Kavli Theatre
Drab Majesty at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever
Angel Olsen and Vagabon at the Palace Theatre
The Dickies and Cheap Tissue at the House of Machines
Black Mountain and Ryley Walker at Pappy & Harriet’s
Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains) at the Pico Union Project
The Slackers, Viernes 13, Soul Ska and Gabriela Penka at the Regent Theater
Marco Benevento and the Mattson 2 at the Teragram Ballroom
Kills Birds, Daisy and the Living Roomers at the Moroccan Lounge
Madison Cunningham, Johanna Samuels and Pet Dress at the Bootleg Theater
Surfbort, Dumb Fucks and Nice at the Lodge Room
Sonny & the Sunsets, the Gonks and the Flusters at the Hi Hat
Judge, Down to Nothing, Regional Justice Center and Section H8 at Zebulon
Emo Nite at the Echo + Echoplex
Bradley Palermo, Blind Mountain Holler and Derik Envy at the Love Song
Saint Heartbreak, Hoboglyphs and Earth is a Death Star at the Smell
Graveyard Bandits, Drug Front, Johnny Cheapo & Ded Frenz and Dante Hell Hounds at the Redwood Bar
Inanna, Vilda Ray and Citizen James at the Silverlake Lounge
Dragged Under at Los Globos
Isaac Delgado at Los Globos (Late Show)
MaRLo at Exchange
Joy Downer and Skokie Girls at Gold-Diggers
Erez & Sapphire at the Peppermint Club
ANNALIA, Anna Shoemaker and Brooke Williams at Adults Only Bar
The Vigils, Initial Mass, Nat Stephens and Lyell Likes Rock at the Study
Friends at the Falls, Chelsea Effect and Courtney Paige Nelson at the Hotel Café
Them Dames, Charlie & the Wild, the Greys, Storyboards, Devan Garcia and Jaq at the Hotel Café Second Stage
The Harvard House Band at Harvard & Stone
Nebulous Blue, Wide Hare, New Media and Hurricane Sugar at the Mint
Ayse, David Marcus, Chateaux, Idan Yohanan and Brooks Brown at Catch One
Kidnap at Sound Nightclub
Graves, Rickyxsan, Stuca and Knock2 at 1720
Alex Cameron, Jack Ladder & the Dreamlanders and Emily Panic at the Troubadour
Drowning Pool, Beyond Retaliation, Midnight Alibi, Dead is the New Black, VersusVerses, Eclipsica, Philogiston and Offensive at the Whisky a Go Go
Ryan Caraveo and Khary at the Roxy
Dan Wilson at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
The Adolescents, the Zeros and the Crowd at the Garden Amp
The Hu and Crown Lands at the Glass House
Blue Oyster Cult at the Canyon Montclair
The Wrecks at the Constellation Room
Steve Maggoria at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Early Show)
Thrice, Charity Swim and Low Speech at the House of Blues Anaheim
FYKE, Big Phony and Ashley Fabella at Chain Reaction
Black Flag at Saint Rocke
DAG, Damian Sage and Natalie Patton at Genghis Cohen
Helaine & the Hurricanes, Zeisteincroix and Vibe Candy at Molly Malones
A Flock of Seagulls at the Canyon Agoura Hills
Mike Stern, Jeff Lorber, Jimmy Haslip and Dave Weckl at the Catalina Club
The Los Angeles Philharmonic (Beethoven’s “Eroica”) at the Walt Disney Concert Hall
“Dawson City: Frozen Time Live!” (Alex Somers, composer), Wild Up and Tonality at the Theatre at Ace Hotel

Saturday, Dec. 7

KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas with Cage the Elephant, Beck, Jimmy Eat World, Young the Giant, Cold War Kids, the Head and the Heart, Catfish and the Bottlemen, DJ Jeremiah and the Afrobeat Nation and Angels & Airwaves at the Honda Center
Holiday Fest with Barns Courtney, Trapdoor Social and Brandon Jenner at South Lake Avenue (345 S. Lake) in Pasadena
MANÁ at the Forum
Illenium, Dabin and William Black at the Staples Center
Snoh Aalegra and Baby Rose at the Wiltern
Maria Taylor at the South Pasadena Masonic Lodge
Yotto, Cassian and Sohmi at the Fonda Theatre
Greyson Chance at the El Rey Theatre
Black Flag and the Linecutters at the Roxy
Jerry Cantrell (Alice in Chains) at the Pico Union Project
High On Fire, Power Trip, Devil Master and Creeping Death at the Regent Theater
Mount Eerie and Julie Doiron at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever
Disciple Takeover with Virtual Riot, Modestep, Barely Alive and more at the Hollywood Palladium
KOLARS and the Soft White Sixties at Pappy & Harriets
Defeater, Modern Life is War, Supercrush and Initiate at the Teragram Ballroom
Louis Cole Big Band and String Boys at the Lodge Room
Mike Krol Holiday Show with Night Shop, Jess Cornelius and Nate Fernald at the Bootleg Theater
Glades at the Echo
Frankie & the Witch Fingers, Kevin and Perfection at Zebulon
Fitness and Somme at the Hi Hat
Mean Heat, Ward, Letter Openers and Dirty Cakes at the House of Machines
From Indian Lakes, Queen of Jeans and Yummm at the Moroccan Lounge
Live Band Karaoke at the Moroccan Lounge (late show)
Daisy Chain, Lunch Lady, Silky & the Scopers and Dummy at the Factory
Melted Bodies, Those Whose Heads Explode, Those Darn Gnomes and Rocket 9 at the Smell
Jason Heath & the Greedy Souls and Tramp For the Lord at the Redwood Bar
The Unwoken, Crinoline and PalmTrio at the Silverlake Lounge (Early Show)
Fox Medicine, Cosmic Kitten and Dangerously Sleazy at the Silverlake Lounge
Delta 89 at the Silverlake Lounge (Late Show)
Eyedress at El Cid
Illenium at Exchange
C.Y. Fest with the Virus, Defiance, Cheap Sex and more at Catch One
Tiffany Madadian, Alexis Hana, Leo Varella and Jooby Truth at the Peppermint Club
Joel Woods and H’Atina at the Study
Tae & the Wave and Zac Clark at the Hotel Café
Warm Nights, Dylan Sherry, Christopher Lockett and Rebecca Pidgeon at the Hotel Café Second Stage
The Harvard House Band at Harvard & Stone
Distant Cousins at the Mint
Ron Blair, the Chris Torres Band, Open Sound and Spacenat at the Mint (Late Show)
Hunter Perrin & the Wild Cards at the Three Clubs
Shotty and Cody Jasper at Madame Siam
Super8, Tab, Haliene and Adina Butar at Avalon
She Past Away and Twin Tribes at 1720
The Rivera Family Tour at the Dolby Theatre
Lindsay Ell and Caleb Lee Hutchinson at the Troubadour
Jacob Winthrop Music Co., Ninefinger, Mercy Mode, Bomb Cyclone and Overdrive at the Whisky a Go Go
Kill Devil Hill, the Mendenhall Experiment, Midnight Alibi and To Us Below at the Viper Room
The Steel Wheels at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Judge, Down to Nothing, Berthold City and Crowd Control at the Garden Amp
Jonny Lang at the Rose
BOYO, Dustin Lovelis, Nik Freitas, Tino Drima and Emily Edrosa at Alex’s Bar
Aly & AJ and Armors at the Glass House
Me First & the Gimme Gimmes at the Observatory
Exhumed at the Constellation Room
Matt Galindo at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Early Show)
Swells OC, Spliff Vision, Mr. Hoover and Nexus at the Parish at House of Blues Anaheim
Crosscut Deluxe at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Late Show)
Nikki Hill at the Wayfarer
Behzod Abduraimov at the Soka Performing Arts Center
Blue Oyster Cult, Justin Abrams and Beyond Conception at the Coach House
Fast Times (80’s tribute) at the Canyon Montclair
A Flock of Seagulls at the Canyon Santa Clarita
The Beach Boys at the Fred Kavli Theatre
Mike Stern, Jeff Lorber, Jimmy Haslip and Dave Weckl at the Catalina Club
Ikes Creek, Mad Atoms and No Strings Attached at Molly Malones
Buchbinder Roth at Genghis Cohen
*Jack DeJohnette, Ravi Coltrane and Matthew Garrison at UCLA Royce Hall has been postponed

Sunday, Dec. 8

KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas with Mumford & Sons, Twenty One Pilots, the 1975, the Raconteurs, Of Monsters & Men and more at the Honda Center
Mongorama at the El Rey Theatre
Alt 98.7 FM’s Share the Love 2019 with Chvrches and Dominic Fike at the Wiltern
Ours, Chris Shinn and Black Angel at the Teragram Ballroom
Me First & the Gimme Gimmes, Glitter Wizard and Masked Intruder at the Fonda Theatre
Sir Woman and Dylan Meek at the Moroccan Lounge (early 7 p.m. show)
Spindrift, Federale and Roselit Bone at the Moroccan Lounge (late show)
Jason Lytle (Grandaddy acoustic) at the Lodge Room
Jim Morrison/Doors and John Lennon tribute with John Hurtado, Ra Lion and the Burning Doors at the Hi Hat
Dawne, Overself, All Systems Know and Heptagon at the Silverlake Lounge
Myles Parrish at the Echo
Nothing, Launder, No Swoon and Sprain at Part Time Punks at the Echoplex
Izaak Opatz at the Love Song
Café Molly at Zebulon
Rachael (Lake Street Dive) & Vilray and Akie Bermiss at the Pico Union Project
Hollow Da Don, Danny Myers, Geechi Gotti, Big T and more at Los Globos
Blood Wisdom, Beatnik Party and Calico Sky at the Redwood Bar
Doble Poder at La Cita
Shannon Magrane at the Hotel Café
Kayla Rae, Trinity Rose, Ada Pasternak and the Rubber Souls at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Jordan Jones, Exploding Flowers, Dixie and Kinky Fingers at Harvard & Stone
Eric Reed and Mary McGuinness at the Mint
Tonee Macara, Kenway Live and Playmaka at Catch One
Kix, the Hard Way and the Aviators at the Whisky a Go Go
With Confidence, Seaway, Between You & Me and Doll Skin at the Roxy
Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Ocean Rain (Echo & the Bunnymen tribute) at the Continental Room
Headless Palms, the Sleeping Sea King and Boom Years at Alex’s Bar
High On Fire at the Observatory
Eli Young Band, Niko Moon and Eli V at the House of Blues Anaheim
Ozzy tribute at the Garden Amp
Doug Starks at the Coach House
James Intveld and more at Molly Malones
Orange County Blues Society at Gallagher’s Pub HB
Beach Boys at the Cerritos Center
Goodnight Kiss at the Canyon Agoura Hills
The Sweet at the Canyon Santa Clarita
Jonny Lang at the Canyon Montclair
Mike Stern, Jeff Lorber, Jimmy Haslip and Dave Weckl at the Catalina Club
Los Angeles Children’s Chorus (Benjamin Britten) at the Walt Disney Concert Hall
The Los Angeles Philharmonic (Beethoven’s “Eroica”) at the Walt Disney Concert Hall (Daytime Show)
The Sunday Band with special guests at Pappy & Harriet’s