S.Lo on December 31st, 2021

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Upcoming: Mike Garson’s “A Bowie Celebration,” The Smell’s 24th Anniversary Celebration (three nights) & David Bowie 75th Birthday Tribute Night, T.S.O.L., HR (Bad Brains), Killarmy (Wu-Tang Clan), Jesse Malin, Giveon, El Ten Eleven, Neil Frances, Gospel BeacH, the California Honeydrops, Brainstory, Jessie J, Sego, Knower, Thumpasaurus, Brainstory, Jack Harlow, Walk the Moon, Boy Racer, Mason Jennings, Sam Morrow, R.A.P. Ferreira, Wallice, Inspired & the Sleep,  the Night Owl Collective, Warsaw Pact, Alicia Carpenter, Tequila Mockingbird, New Evil, Maladjusted, Velveteen, Phoebe Silva, Josie Cotton, Quinto Sol, Friends Don’t Die, Mike Doughty (Soul Coughing) / Ghost of Vroom

Happy New Year. We’re doing our best to keep up with cancellations and again adding a couple stream highlights for all opting to party at home. Please check event pages prior to commuting irl. Get tested, cheer loudly… into two masks, and please get vaccinated & boosted.

Updated LA County Public Health info here.

Streams series from L.A. and around the world:
Tim’s Twitter Listening Parties, Bandcamp Live, Mandolin, Veeps, Nugs TV, StageIt, NPR Music, NPR Live Sessions, KEXP Live, 88FIVE Live, 88.5FM Hear at Home, 88.5FM Latin AltRadio, School Night, B-Drop Los Angeles, Atwood Magazine, Culture Collide, Vans Channel 66, Questlove Supreme, Modular Manifestations, The Hotel Cafe, Redwood Bar, LA Phil Sound/Stage, The Grammy Museum, The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Jambase, Songkick, Country Music Hall of Fame, SummerFest NYC, Rough Trade (NYC), Audiotree Live, Amoeba Hollywood (SF), the Tweedy Show, La Blogotheque (and regular artists’ streams here)

Check out our Venues and Upcoming L.A. Concerts pages for more. 

Announced club holiday hiatuses (please buy their merch in support):

The Goldfish – through ?
Zebulon – through 1/3
Love Song Bar – through 1/4
Permanent Records Roadhouse – through 1/6
It’s a School Night – through 1/16
Writer’s Room Wednesdays at North End- through 1/19
The Mint – 1/1-1/5
Largo at the Coronet – 1/1 – 1/13

Los Angeles and Southern California area music concerts & streams for the week:

MONDAY, JANUARY 3

■ 12AM: Jesse Malin’s New Year’s 2021 Special (streaming through Jan. 4) on Rolling Live Studios.
■ 12PM: Walk the Moon on Amoeba’s “What’s In My Bag?” on Instagram.

*The Go-Go’s at the San Diego Civic Theatre is cancelled
*Van Dyke Parks’ Birthday Celebration with Cory Beers Cymbalom at Zebulon is postponed to January 25, 2022

Giveon at the Novo
Friends Don’t Die and Funds For Jimmy with Zeh Monstro & Esli Sugich (DJ sets) at Harvard & Stone
Velvateen, Keen and more at El Cid
Monday Monday with Mendeleyev, Phoebe Silva, Angela Parrish, Zev the Wolf, Tavia, Danny Fitch, Billy Galewood and Duvid Swirsky at the Hotel Cafe
Very Good Mondays at Gold-Diggers
Dave Yaden at Black Rabbit Rose
Fast Times at the Whisky A Go-Go
Community Art & Open Mic Night at TR!P
All-Star Jam Session Benefit with CC Thomas at Harvelle’s Santa Monica
The Freeks with Formula 400 at the Wayfarer

TUESDAY, JANUARY 4

■ 8PM: Weekly Musician’s Open Mic feat. Alicia Carpenter with host Brenda Carsey, Tori Leppert, Harry Katz, Phoebe Silva, Kid Lightning, Tim Aslin and Doctor Generous on YouTube.

*Sydney Jane, Elizabritz and more at Adults Only was postponed
*Yacobucci, CJ May, Marti and more at Madame Siam was postponed

Warsaw Pact, Strange Ways and Bloom at Little Joy
Groop (DJ set) at Zebulon In the Cafe
The Offbeat Mic at the Offbeat Bar
Tonina / Writer’s Block at the Hotel Cafe – Main Stage
Taylor Ashton & Hannah Read at the Hotel Cafe – Second Stage
EM The Master with EM and the Gems at Harvelle’s Santa Monica
Sinden and Hotfire at the Circle OC
Open Mic with Jerome Anderson at Maui Sugar Mill Saloon
The Grape Gratitude Jazz Jam with Hans Ottsen, Josh Turner and Tyler Hammond at the Grape – Ventura

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5

■ 7PM: Virtual Open Mic on the Guitar Merchant’s Zoom.

*Still Woozy with LoveLeo at the Novo is postponed to March 14, 2022
*”tick, tick… BOOM!” (film screening) with Q&A with Andrew Garfield at the Hammer Museum is cancelled
*No Swoon with Bootleg Orchestra, Kohinoorgasm and All Things Blue (DJ set) at the Silverlake Lounge is cancelled
*Queen George, Mykel, Brenzy and more at Kiss Kiss Bang Bang was postponed
*Writer’s Room Wednesdays at North End is cancelled

Polo & Pan at the Shrine
Neal Francis with Kendra Morris at the Teragram Ballroom
NELA Nights with Boney Knees, Brain Fragment and the Richard Ramirez Beatdown at the Offbeat Bar
Scenario with Frankie Jax No Mad, Illixie and Basico at the Love Song Bar
Taciturn, Jangus Kangus and Jor God of Gender at Oracle Tavern
Pomona Loud open mic feat. Hector Sicairos Trio and more, hosted by iL.Cruz at Dba256 Bar & Gallery
Inspired & the Sleep at Good Times at Davey Wayne’s
Simone Elisa, Zosia, Kendra Celise, Crown and Keana at Adults Only
The Rocha Collective at Black Rabbit Rose
Jazz Wednesdays at the Three Clubs
Live Band Karaoke at Harvelle’s
The Stardust Ramblers at TR!P
Open Mic with Whit at Pour House
Blue Wednesday Open Mic at the Garage Bar Ventura
Studio C at the Grape Ventura

THURSDAY, JANUARY 6

*Still Woozy with LoveLeo at the Novo is postponed to March 16, 2022
*Lucas/Heaven, Harriet Brown, Tolliver and DJ LMNOP at Zebulon is postponed to January 21, 2022
*Derek Monypeny, Sun Trio and Gong Gaada at Permanent Records Roadhouse is postponed

HR (Bad Brains), Osairis, Sagittarius A*, Fleef and Danielle Ann Cook at the Whiskey A Go-Go
The California Honeydrops at the Teragram Ballroom
C0ngruency, 2020VZN, Calimossa and Keni can fly at Resident
Gary Glass and Renata at Oracle Tavern
Macro, the Unknown, Dianthus and Atomik Kangaroo at Old Towne Pub
Helen Hudson at the Coffee Gallery Backstage
Live Band Karaoke with Casual Encounters at Copper Blues Brea
Ivo Dimchev at the Hotel Cafe – Main Stage (late show)
Writer’s Block at the Hotel Cafe – Second Stage (early show)
The Unlikely Candidates with the Criticals and Mom Rock at the Troudabour
Tyler Hammond Jazz Experience at Black Rabbit Rose
Cap’n Marble, Free Arlo, Zac Rose, Hannah Brier and Haiden at Bar Lubitsch
Abby Carey, Gidon, Rocky Kuner and Faydean at the Mint
Scrooge, Jurassic Witch and Salem’s Bend at Harvelle’s
Chad Bishop, Phoenyx & Phyre, Jessica Garrison and Ashanti Dykes at DiPiazza’s
Pop Club with Infinity Cutter, Serbia, Spring in Fialta and Breeding Doubt at La Santa
Widows Gold with Alex & the Walking Shame at the Wayfarer
Bethany Home, the Renters and Badger Springs at Pour House
Open Mic at the Guitar Merchant
Hans Ottsen, Karl Hunter, Mario Calire and Santino Tafarella at the Grape Ventura

FRIDAY, JANUARY 7

■ 6PM: Béla Fleck: My Bluegrass Heart from the Ryman on Mandolin.
■ 7:30PM: Maceo Parker (archive NYE stream with Dennis Chambers and Rodney “Skeet” Curtis of Parliament Funkadelic) on SFJazz.
■ 8PM: Street Symphony’s San Julian Consort on Zoom.

The Smell’s 24th Anniversary Celebration: Night I with Very Be Careful, Them, Rocket 9, After Zero and Voice on Tape with Jesspeleta and Higher Vibration Records (DJ sets) at the Smell
T.S.O.L. at the Observatory OC
Jack Harlow with the Homies at the Novo
El Ten Eleven with Sego at the Roxy
Mason Jennings with Sam Morrow at the Troubadour
Gospel BeacH, Uni Boys and Ben Tibballs Band at Permanent Records Roadhouse
R.A.P. Ferreira and the Ruby Yacht at 2220 Arts + Archives
Marinelli, Wallice and Friends at El Cid
Drowsy, Ellington Peet & Emelia Austin and Nekkid at the Silverlake Lounge
Decent Criminal, Raging Nathans, Two Tens and Villain Royale at the Redwood Bar
Old Blood, the Black Sound and Sunwick at Old Towne Pub (New Evil cancelled)
Maladjusted at the Mixx
Swan Montgomery (Led Zepagain) & Robert PlantNation (Robert Plant tribute) at the Coffee Gallery Backstage
Picolandia Inicia at the Pico Rivera Sports Arena
Tommy Castro & the Painkillers at the Canyon – Montclair
Cassie B Project at Copper Blues Brea
Odd Army, Minority, Cold Gawd and Paleshifter at Dba 256 Bar & Gallery
Mike Doughty (Soul Coughing) / Ghost of Vroom with Michael Wilbur and Christopher Wray at Harvard & Stone
Kevin Scoma & Friends / Gold Rush Roots Revival with Danny Myrick and Travis Howard feat. Garrison Starr at the Hotel Cafe – Second Stage (early & late shows)
Heart of Blonde (Blondie tribute) and Lady Sinclair at Boardner’s
Muszette, Taylor Sackson, Alyce, Amanda Cecilee and Eliana Rosen at the Mint
Bonfire (AC/DC tribute), Sea of Snakes, Rising Elijah, Lunarcode, Los Tripsters and Synth Fantastic and more at the Whiskey A Go-Go
Kirk Fletcher at Harvelle’s
Susana Ballesteros at TR!P
Blood Incantation, Ruin and Succumb at Catch One (Underground)
Julian Jeweil at Sound
Pretty Pink at Avalon (late show)
Ookay at Academy
Rothchild, Laced in Blue and the Redmoon Band at DiPiazza’s
Sega Genecide at the Wayfarer
Queen Nation (Queen tribute) at the Coach House
Tighten Ups, DJ Edub and Stone Senses at Pour House
Big Fun, Lazy Beam, the Grin, the Frequency of Bread and Band Called Kevin at Transplants Brewing
The Sean Riddle Duo at the Grape Ventura
The Simon & Garfunkel Story at the Dolby Theatre
Prokofiev and MTT at the Walt Disney Concert Hall

SATURDAY, JANUARY 8

■ 11AM: Maceo Parker (rebroadcast of archive NYE stream with Dennis Chambers and Rodney “Skeet” Curtis of Parliament Funkadelic) on SFJazz.
■ 6PM: Mike Garson’s “A Bowie Celebration” with Def Leppard, Noel Gallagher, Duran Duran’s Simon Le Bon and John Taylor, Evan Rachel Wood, Rob Thomas, Gary Oldman, Walk the Moon and more on Rolling Live Studios.

*Jesse Malin & Friends: A Benefit for Howie Pyro with with Butch Walker, Jakob Dylan, H2O, Suzi Gardner (L7), Danny Sage, Richard Bacchus (D Generation) and more at the Roxy is cancelled
*Bulletboys at the Observatory is cancelled
*Jack Shit at Nichols Canyon Music is postponed
*LGNS, Hold Fast, Gottlieb, Ravenous Wolves and Joi Lume at Programme Skate & Sound is postponed

The Smell’s 24th Anniversary Celebration: Night II & David Bowie 75th Birthday Tribute Night with Jessie Clavin (Bleached, Mika Miko), Poppy Jean Crawford, Drew Trapgirl, Jesse Korson, Miss Jupiter, William Deza (Rowdy P), Oxeye Daisy (Babelord), Riley Queer (Rinse & Repeat), Lou Anda (Voice On Tape), Marcos Vaca, Art Guzman (Very Be Careful) and more at the Smell
T.S.O.L. at the Regent Theater
Jack Harlow with the Homies at the Novo
HR (Bad Brains) with No Consent at Pappy & Harriet’s
Killarmy (Wu-Tang Clan) at Catch One (Underground)
Knower with Thumpasaurus at the Lodge Room (Duo Visual Show cancelled)
Brainstory and Reverberation Radio (DJ set) at Gold-Diggers
R.A.P. Ferreira and the Ruby Yacht at 2220 Arts + Archives
Maymind with Leech/Alexander Tebeleff at Zebulon
Spud Cannon with Strawberry Fuzz at the Moroccan Lounge
Sun Pin, Funds for Jimmy, Girlfriend on the Moon and Los Saints at Highland Park Bowl
The Night Owl Collective (2 sets) at Oracle Tavern
Diztort, Blazing Eye, Toner, Wise, Rolex, End Result, Madhouse and Firestarter at First Street Pool & Billiard
Sebastian Siegel at Wisdome LA
Dead Beat & the Wily Kahunas at Old Towne Pub
Warachando with DJ Warapo and more at the Mixx
J.D. Hall (Barry White tribute) at the Canyon – Montclair
Pulp Vixen at Copper Blues Brea
Properganda, Funerol, Rezzies, Hexengarten and Au Revoir Heart at Dba256 Bar & Gallery
Jessie J (acoustic) at the Hotel Cafe – Main Stage (late show)
Silver Cup with Beauty Queen & KAKI at the Hotel Cafe – Second Stage
Inky Scratches / Wild Giants, Blind Pony, Kingqueen and MJ Lavine at the Mint
Ayisa, Jaq, Jasmine Crowe, Kendall Parke, Dylan Brekke, Mik & Maxi and Fab the Duo at the Whiskey A Go-Go
Harry Jay, Troy Ogletree, Finn Matthews and Lila Forde at the Peppermint Club
Punk Rock Karaoke feat. members of Bad Religion, Pennywise, Circle Jerks, Goldfinger and the Dickies at Venice West
Alligator Beach at Harvelle’s
Faison (2 sets) at TR!P
$hy Glizzy, Chasethemoney, Commandr, RoseDriive, Pardyalone, Jackie Hollander, Styling With Ease, Furious George at Catch One (Disco + Loft)
Illyus & Barrientos at Sound
Dada Life, No Pants Party and Brandon Scott at Academy
Decent Criminal, Raging Nathans, Jason Paul and TKIA at the Sardine
The Spiders from Gnars with Weird Zen (DJs Polyester & Master Droog) at Alex’s Bar
Winter Wreck with Tofu Fan Club, Prysm, No Refunds, Aspen Wood, Blaze Francisco, Curvesight and Warm Honey at DiPiazza’s
Centre and Tremours with Bill Gazer (DJ set) at Vine LB
Bad Fish with Mic Dangerously and the Royal We at the House of Blues Anaheim (After the Millennials postponed)
Led Zepagain (Led Zeppelin tribute) at the Grove of Anaheim
The Unsung, Screams of Syrens, Upon the Water, Dreaming of a Day, Handle, Scarlet Siren and Blackcast at Chain Reaction (early show)
Kruk One with Yelohill at La Santa
22 & Good 4 U at the Constellation Room 
Death Cab for Karaoke at the Wayfarer
Justin Abrams / B Side at Mozambique
El Santo Golpe at Segerstrom Center for the Performing Arts
Queen Nation (Queen tribute) at the Coach House
Taryn Donath and Bowie Bday Bash with Rebel Star (David Bowie tribute) and Sister Ray (Velvet Underground tribute) at Pour House
Fooz Fighters (Foo Fighters tribute) with the John and Shelly Band at the Canyon – Santa Clarita
Kenzo Cregan, the Dirigibles, Blue Sun and Rock Octopus at Transplants Brewing
Tommy Castro & the Painkillers and Mr. T and the Blues Criminals at the Canyon – Agoura Hills
Buena Onda Band at the Garage Bar – Ventura
The Simon & Garfunkel Story at the Dolby Theatre (afternoon & evening shows)
Prokofiev and MTT at the Walt Disney Concert Hall

SUNDAY, JANUARY 9

■ 5PM: Hershey Felder: Mozart and Figaro (premiering live from Florence) on the Wallis’ website.

The Smell’s 24th Anniversary Celebration: Night III with the Locust, FM (members of Black Dice), MoonFuzz, Randy Randall (No Age) and Peter Kolovos with Argumus Prime and Jive Baby (DJ sets) at the Smell
Boyracer with Mick Trouble NYC, Artsick, Kids on a Crime Spree and Jeanines at the Echo (early show)
Steve Balderson with Pleasant Gehman, Iris Berry, Josie Cotton and more (book reading and signing for “Phone Sex”) at Stories
Torched Eyes, Mr. Max, Civilian and Rapid City at Little Joy
Patrolled By Radar, Nocona and Darlin’ Brando at Redwood Bar (also streamed)
Singer-Songwriter Night at the Silverlake Lounge
Haunt, Saber and Fortress at Resident
Tequila Mockingbird at Oracle Tavern (early show)
The Olympia Philharmonic Society at the Mission Playhouse
Jack Harlow with the Homies at the Fox Theater – Pomona
Daytime Moon, Olympus Mons, the Poppy Seeds and Reel Driver at Dba256 Bar & Gallery
Jessie J (acoustic) at the Hotel Cafe – Main Stage (late show)
Emilio Modeste’s Astrium at Mr. Musichead Gallery
Sunday Best Showcase at North End Hollywood (early show)
Efajemue and the Sam Hirsh Trio at the Mint
Rook, Rexi XO, Bad Gvy, FXNTI, Whysohated and 1k Watts at the Whiskey A Go-Go
The Toledo Show at Harvelle’s Santa Monica
Rogue and Arcadia Bay at TR!P
Monatik at Avalon
Quinto Sol and DJ Rome at DiPiazza’s
Hippie Sabotage with Daisy Guttridge at the Observatory OC
Mando & Friends / Massive McGregor at Mozambique (afternoon show)
Queen Nation (Queen tribute) at the Coach House
The House Arrest Band at the Oxnard Performing Arts & Convention Center (afternoon show)
The Simon & Garfunkel Story at the Dolby Theatre (afternoon and early evening shows)
Prokofiev and MTT at the Walt Disney Concert Hall (afternoon show)