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Best Shows This Week (July 17 - 23) in LA

Foals, HAIM, Paramore, Kool Keith, Braid, Jimmy Eat World, Wand, Moaning, The Garden, JPEGMAFIA, Andrew Bird, Etrain De L'air, Say Sue Me & more!

July 16, 2023

BEST SHOWS THIS WEEK (JULY 17 - 23) IN LA

MONDAY
South Korean indie surf popsters Say Sue Me plays The Echo with solid support from dreampopsters Mo Dotti.
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MONDAY- WEDNESDAY
HAIM play three shows at brand new DTLA music venue The Bellwether this week. Have you been yet???
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TUESDAY
Keanu Reeves' '90s-era grunge band Dogstar has reunited and are playing a live show this week. Warning: getting tickets might be ruff.
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TUESDAY
Melodic Oxford post __ math vets Foals play The Belasco (before opening for Paramore later in the week) and it would be a fool's folly to miss it.
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WEDNESDAY
Jimmy Eat World plays The Greek Theatre with Manchester Orchestra and Middle Kids. Can you still feel the butterflies???
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WEDNESDAY
Rap god Kool Keith is Black Elvis at Zebulon with support from solid LA post punks, VR Sex. Can't help falling in love with this one.
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FRIDAY
NYC hardcore legends Gorilla Biscuits play El Rey Theatre. Never got into them? Start today.
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FRIDAY
Andrew Bird plays The Bellwether and the final few tickets should fly.
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SATURDAY
Braid play their first LA show in over a decade and I'm getting emotional just thinking about it. Hope to see you there. I'll be the one near the front holding up a frame and canvas.
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SATURDAY
Saharahn rockers Etran De L'Aïr play a free show at The Getty as part of their 'Off The 405' summer concert series.
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SATURDAY
The Echo hosts Sour Sun Fest featuring a bunch of rising bands led by Moaning. See the lineup.
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SATURDAY
The Garden will be taking over The Observatory's festival grounds with friends JPEGMAFIA, The Adicts, Alice Glass and .45 Grave.
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SUNDAY
Psych heroes Wand play Lodge Room and it should be magic.
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PLUS MORE NOTABLE SHOWS THIS WEEK:
Tori Amos, Heartless Bastards, Claud (free), MisterWives, Wayword, La Santa Cecilia, Jupiter & Okwess, Cavetown, Field Medic, Billy Valentine (free), Donna Missal, Fred Armisen, Califone, The Pharcyde, Standards, Lydia Lunch, Cafe Tacvba, Agent Orange, Pardoner, Cuffed Up, and lots more...