10 Good Shows To See in LA This Month
Written by Patrick McNamara
It's not summer anymore but boo hoo who really gives a ____ because September almost always has a bunch of good shows going on and this is no time to be sad or wistful about the earth spinning away from the sun.
Let's take a good look at 10 of this month's best shows (I could've mentioned a BUNCH more good ones but I've got shows to list on my blob, man - for a full list, click this).
#1 Ty Segall - 9/10 - Teragram Ballroom
Ty Segall heads a big time benefit for The Smell. But it's not at The Smell. It's at Teragram.
Like Macy's sending peeps to Gimbels.
DO IT FOR TY. DO IT FOR THE SMELL.
One love, everybody.
One.
Love.
TY SEGALL with NO PARENTS, BEACH BUMS and PITY PARTY
TERAGRAM BALLROOM
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
#2 Wilco - 9/13 & 9/14 & 9/15 - The Theatre at Ace
You have three chances to get yer Dad Rock on this month at The Theatre* at Ace.
Make the most of it, dad... dad.... daddio.
*can all the Theaters I mean Theaters of the world just decide how they're going to spell it, please? All dudes named Philip and Phillip can do this too.
WILCO
THE THEATRE AT ACE
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
WILCO
THE THEATRE AT ACE
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
WILCO
THE THEATRE AT ACE
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15
#3 Death Grips - 9/14 - The Observatory
What could go wrong at this show?
RIYL: Trainwrecks
DEATH GRIPS
THE OBSERVATORY
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14
#4 CRX - 9/17 - Troubadour
Nick from The Strokes' brand new band.
Please don't wear your Strokes shirt to this show.
CRX with CLAUDE FONTAINE
TROUBADOUR
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
#5 Dinosaur Jr. - 9/21 & 9/22 & 9/23 - Teragram Ballroom
Three chances to see this legendary post ___ scuzz band. Don't sleep on getting tickets in advance, though, or you'll FEEL THE PAIN.
Unless you don't like Dinosuar Jr...
In that case, don't worry about it.
DINOSAUR JR with HERON OBLIVION
TERAGRAM BALLROOM
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
DINOSAUR JR with HERON OBLIVION
TERAGRAM BALLROOM
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
DINOSAUR JR with HERON OBLIVION
TERAGRAM BALLROOM
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
#6 Animal Collective - 9/21 - The Observatory
Saw Brian Wilson play "Pet Sounds" this summer and that young buck was totally ripping Animal Collective's early sound!
Best band ever, man.
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE with ERIC COPELAND (of BLACK DICE)
THE OBSERVATORY
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21
#7 Twin Shadow - 9/23 - Hollywood Forever
Twin Shadow plays Prince's classic "Purple Rain" album in full at Hollwood Forever cemetery and people are DYING to get in!
TWIN SHADOW (PERFORMING THE ENTIRE "PURPLE RAIN" ALBUM)
HOLLYWOOD FOREVER CEMETERY
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
#8 Desert Stars Fest - 9/23 & 9/24 - Pappy and Harriet's
The two-day Desert Stars Fest is back in Pioneertown and this year's lineup rules!
Trail of Dead...
Dino Jr....
Sebadoh....
And on and on and on the goodness goes.
DINOSAUR JR, TRAIL OF DEAD, SEBADOH, MOON DUO AND MORE
DESERT STARS FESTIVAL at PAPPY AND HARRIET'S
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 & SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
#9 Music Tastes Good - 9/23-9/25 - Downtown Long Beach
METZ is playing this three-day fest. That's all you need to know.
(But if you need to know more so is Iron & Wine and De La Soul and Warpaint and Melvins and Dr. Dog and Girlpool.)
But anyway, METZ!
IRON AND WINE, DE LA SOUL, METZ, WARPAINT, MELVINS, DR. DOG, GIRLPOOL AND MORE
MUSIC TASTES GOOD - DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25
#10 Sigur Ros - 9/24 - Hollywood Bowl
Nobody really knows what the afterlife will be like but it just might sound like a Sigur Ros song.
SIGUR ROS
HOLLYWOOD BOWL
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
FOR EVEN MORE GOOD SHOWS HAPPENING THIS SEPTEMBER, CLICK HERE.
