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Best Shows This Week (September 23 - 29) in LA

Air, Guided By Voices, Built To Spill, Mitski, Boris, Fontaines D.C., ANOHNI and The Johnsons, The Dare, Sharon Van Etten, Horse Jumper of Love, Acid Mothers Temple, Perfume Genius, Tokyo Police Club, Orville Peck, Johnny Marr & James, Charly Bliss, Quivers, Cornelius, billy woods & Kenny Segal, Faye Webster & more!

September 22, 2024

MONDAY
Completely catchy Melbourne jangle popsters Quivers play Permanent Records Roadhouse with solid support from Massage.
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TUESDAY - THURSDAY
Canadian indie popsters Tokyo Police Club play their final L.A. shows before calling quits. Good bands form, good bands break up. It's the nature of the experiment.
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WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY
Johnny Marr and James play two shows the Orpheum Theatre. Please, please, please let there, let there, let there still be tickets this time.
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WEDNESDAY
Acclaimed Atlanta songwriter Faye Webster headlines The Greek. I know you will make the right decision and go.
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WEDNESDAY
San Francisco's LSD and the Search for God play Teragram Ballroom. File Under: shoegazepsychdronedreampop goodness.
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THURSDAY
Built to Spill celebrates the 30th birthday of their classic 1994 album There's Nothing Wrong With Love by performing it in full at The Bellwether. Wanna go? You get the car, I'll get the night.
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THURSDAY & FRIDAY
Perfume Genius headlines Hollywood Forever. Leave feeling smarter and smelling sweeter for having attended.
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THURSDAY
Dublin post punks Fontaines D.C. play Hollywood Palladium with support from NYC's Been Stellar. Is this sick show too real for ya?
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FRIDAY & SATURDAY
ANOHNI and the Johnsons play Walt Disney Concert Hall. Gonna fly there. (I am a bird now.)
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FRIDAY
The Dare plays the El Rey. Electroclash never dies. Truth.
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SATURDAY
Mitski plays Hollywood Bowl with special guests Sharon Van Etten. It's sold-out so nobody is getting in without a ticket. Nobody, nobody, nobody. Nobody, nobody. Ooh, nobody, nobody, nobody.
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SATURDAY
The great Guided By Voices perform songs off their 450th studio album (number approximate) at The Bellwether.
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SATURDAY & SUNDAY
Masked cowboy crooner Orville Peck does a doubleheader at Hollywood Palladium.
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SUNDAY & MONDAY
Air performs their 1998 debut album Moon Safari in full at the Orpheum Theatre. This show is all I need.
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OTHER NOTABLE SHOWS THIS WEEK:
Ohana Fest, Boris, Acid Mothers Temple, Charly Bliss, Cornelius, billy woods & Kenny Segal, Kim Gordon, beabadoobee, Hoodoo Gurus, Black Pumas, Jungle (win tickets), Public Memory, Horse Jumper of Love (win tickets), Teethe, Sour Widows, Fake Fruit, Pillow Queens, Glass Beams, Illuminati Hotties, Empress Of, Nia Archives, His Name Is Alive, Marika Hackman, Vulfpeck, Anderson .Paak, Caroline Rose, June McDoom, Cryogeyser, Ginger Root, Kacey Musgraves, Foster The People, Paul Weller, Christian Lee Hutson, Mark Sultan, Billy Bragg (win tickets), Matt Pond PA, Sad Park, Hovvdy, Peter Cat Recording Co., Skirts and lots more...