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Best Shows This Week (September 16 - 22) in LA

Future Islands, Pulp, Toro y Moi, Les Savy Fav, Cass McCombs, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Peter Hook & The Light, Dengue Fever, Geese, The Babies, Mo Dotti, Kishi Bashi, Mass of The Fermenting Dregs, Destroy Boys, Two Door Cinema Club & more!

September 15, 2024

MONDAY
Stellar songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Kishi Bashi plays The Regent Theater. Rated PG for mild violins.
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TUESDAY
Hard-hitting Sacramento punks Destroy Boys play a *free show* at Amoeba. Worth paying for... even though you totally don't have to.
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TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY
Japan's Mass of The Fermenting Dregs (born: 2002) play two shows at The Vermont Hollywood on their first ever USA tour. RIYL: post ___punk/indie/pop!
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WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY & SATURDAY
Pulp play their first L.A. shows in 12 years at Hollywood Palladium and Hollywood Forever. Good news: some tickets are still available for us common people.
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WEDNESDAY
Future Islands play Shrine Auditorium on one of the final official days of summer. Seasons change, but our love for this band does not.
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WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY
The Babies (ft. Kevin Morby + Cassie Ramone of Vivian Girls) play their first L.A. shows in 11 years at Teragram Ballroom. Reunited, and it feels so good.
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FRIDAY
Take a gander over to El Rey Theatre and see rising Brooklyn rockers Geese.
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FRIDAY
Toro y Moi headlines Hollywood Forever. So chill.
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FRIDAY
Peter Hook (of Joy Division/New Order) & The Light play the Substance hits at Hollywood Palladium.
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FRIDAY & SATURDAY
NYC post __ art punk vets Les Savy Fav play two shows at Zebulon. Yes.
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SATURDAY
Stellar songwriter Cass McCombs plays Lodge Room and you should go.... and we should mind our own business.
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SUNDAY
Lush and dreamy L.A. band Mo Dotti play Non Plus Ultra with solid support from rising shoegazer, Kraus.
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OTHER NOTABLE SHOWS THIS WEEK:
Rodrigo y Gabriela, Two Door Cinema Club (win tickets), Dengue Fever, Cold Cave, Orville Peck, The Marias, Moses Sumney, Bleachers (win tickets), Mint Field, Mike Watt, Inner Wave, Sun Kil Moon, Glitterer, Semisoft, John Early, Mars Red Sky, Hozier, Brothertiger, Draag, Everclear (win tickets), Container, Flat Worms, The Templars (win tickets), Papercuts, Clown Sounds, Reyna Tropical, Sarah Kinsley, Uni Boys and lots more...