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20 Good Shows To See in LA This Week

That Lana Del Rey show tho.

July 23, 2017

Written by Patrick McNamara

There are a BUNCH of good shows in LA this week.

Here are twenty of them.

You WILL find whatever it is you're looking for.

So help me #blob.

20 Good Shows To See in LA This Week

July 24 - July 30 / 2017 A.D.

1. Lana Del Rey plays a show at Amoeba Music (Hollywood) on Wednesday, July 26th.

If you didn't get to Amoeba in time to get tickets to this one....

.....you're not getting into this one.

2. Post Animal play Bootleg Theater on Tuesday, July 25th.

Think grand pop meets dirty rock meets a bit o' that ol' psych synth soul.

Congratulations. You're now thinking about Post Animal.

Please note: Steve from Stranger Things is in this band.

RIYL: Steve from Stranger Things

3. Camp Cope play Acerogami on Tuesday, July 25th / Bootleg Theater on Wednesday, July 26th.

Camp Cope is a fantastic band from Melbourne, Australia.*

Call them emo. Call them pop. Call them punk. Call them rock. Call them great. Because that's what they are.

These are their first ever LA shows!

RIYL: Hop Along * Rainer Maria * Modern Baseball

4. Wolf Alice play The Echo on Wednesday, July 26th.

Wolf Alice is a good band.

5. No Age play The Smell on Thursday, July 27th.

$5 No Age show at The Smell!

Punk.

Rock.

(watch this video - it rules)

6. Surf Curse plays The Constellation Room on Friday, July 28th.

Surf Curse is a lo-fi garage pop band from Reno, Nevada but now based in Los Angeles.

Think jingle. Think jangle. Think haze. Think waves.

Think punk melodies you'll actually remember.

Here are some bands they might sound like ---> Surf City, Japandroids, Cherry Glazerr, Parquet Courts, Terry Malts, Royal Headache

RIYL: Good Bands

7. Steve Gunn plays a free show at the Getty on Saturday, July 29th.

Gunn is good.

#folk

#nope

#brooklyn

#violators

#matador

#drone

#zone

#steady

#stevie

#guitar

#gunn

#good

8. Rodrigo y Gabriela play a free show at Annenberg Space for Photography on Saturday, July 29th.

FREE SUMMER SHOW ALERT.

9. Baio (of Vampire Weekend) plays a free show at MacArthur Park on Saturday, July 29th.

Baio.

Ba-ay-ay-o.

Daylight come and he wan' go home

Bay, he say bay, he say bay, he say bay, he say bay, he say bay-ay-ay-o

Daylight come and he wan' go home

RIYL: either of the Chris's from Vampire Weekend

10. Metallica play the Rose Bowl on Saturday, July 29th.

Dreaming we'll get this Metallica.

But know we'll probably get this Metallica instead.

11. Devendra Banhart plays The Broad on Saturday, July 29th.

We'll let The Broad tell you about this good one. They're better at it.

"The second program in Summer Happenings at The Broad takes its title from the work of Takashi Murakami, who has long found inspiration in the collaged cultures that emerged in Japan at the end of the Tokugawa period of isolation. Strange Forest presents artists who work with those traditional and Western influences in real-time. The evening opens with Tokiko Ihara, who plays the Sho, a meditative traditional woodwind instrument. This contrasts with the blistering female drum and guitar duo Afrirampo and the solo artist Oorutaichi, known for his "drifting folklore music." Those Japan-based groups are joined by ex-DNA member Ikue Mori and Miho Hatori of Cibo Matto. The evening also features L.A. based Devendra Banhart, whose last album "Ape in the Pink Marble" was deeply inspired by Japanese culture, and onetime Ponytail member Dustin Wong in collaboration with Takako Minekawa."