20 Good Shows To See in LA This Week
It's a GOOD week for shows. You heard it here fourth.
Written by Patrick McNamara
There are 1,000,000,000* good shows this week.
Here are 20 of them.
Hope this fantastic feature helps lead you towards the musical light.
*give or take a few hundred thousand million
20 Good Shows To See in LA This Week
July 17 - July 23 / 2017 A.D.
1. FYF Fest and FYF After Dark Shows at various venues this week.
It's that time again! It's FYF Fest!
FYF Fest = Fuck Yeah Fest Fest.
ATM Machine = Automatic Teller Machine Machine
Here's our big show listing guide to the festival (7/21 - 7/23 at Exposition Park) where you can see Frank Ocean * A Tribe Called Quest * Nine Inch Nails * Bjork * Iggy Pop * MGMT * Angel Olsen * King Krule * Ty Segall * lots more!
Please pay particular attention to all those crazy good FYF After Dark shows, which include Cap'n Jazz * Perfume Genius * Beach Fossils * Royal Headache
It's FYF Fest!
PIN Number = Personal Identification Number Number
2. Cymbals Eat Guitars play Bootleg Theater on Tuesday, July 18th.
Cymbals Eat Guitars are one of the best rock bands in the live game today.
You heard it here FOURTH.
3. DJ Shadow plays House of Blues on Tuesday, July 18th.
Guess who's coming?
It's…….It's….
DJ SHADOW.
B-b-b-back again.
Who is he?
JUST YO FAVORITE DJ SAVIOR.
4. Hazel English plays Bootleg Theater on Wednesday, July 19th.
This is one of my f avorite albums of the year so far.
Just thought you should know.
5. Gin Blossoms play a free show at The Grove on Wednesday, July 19th.
I just want you to know, dear Rockness reader, that anywhere you go I'll follow you down.
But not THAT far.
Just had to put that little disclaimer. I'm not gonna fall into a well for you or anything.
Anyway, this Gin Blossoms show is free. Do you know what rhymes with free?
Hey Jealousy.
This stuff writes itself.
6. Allah-Las play a free show at The Standard Hollywood.
Speaking of free shows, this show is free too.
Praise 2 Allah-Las!
BTW, have you check out our guide to free summer shows in LA?
Please do that at your earliest convenience (or at the very least before fall).
7. Sufjan Stevens & pals present Planetarium at Hollywood Forever on Thursday, July 20th.
Right now we are all on a giant round rock that's spinning in space.
And we're not falling off.
Hope "Subaru" Stevens and his buds can help make sense of it.
This show under the stars shall rule.
8. Zola Jesus plays a free show at MOCA Thursday, July 20th.
Free Zola Jesus show at MOCA!
For more good free summer shows like this one, again you really should look at The Rockness Guide to Free Summer Shows in LA.
9. Third Eye Blind play The Greek Theatre on Thursday, July 20th.
I guess this show makes the list even though there might be a little revisionist history with some of these '90s radio bands going on.
But Silversun Pickups is also playing this one. So that helps.
By the way, Semi-Charmed Life is funnest summer song about the addles of drug addiction everrrrrrrr!
10. Kool & the Gang play Hollywood Bowl on Friday, July 21st and Saturday, July 22nd.
Somebody should really think to play “Celebration" at their wedding reception.
Rounding Out The Top 20:
Perfume Genius at El Rey Theatre
The Marked Men at The Regent Theater
Mystery Science Theater 3000 Live! at The Theatre at Ace
