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Best Shows This Week (December 2 - 8) in LA

TV On The Radio, Dinosaur Jr, Jonathan Richman, Pond, Being Dead, Joyce Manor, Emma Ruth Rundle, The Dandy Warhols, Thee Sacred Souls, ML Buch, Social Distortion, Ben Gibbard, Senses Fail, Dawes, Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn and more!

December 1, 2024

MONDAY & THURSDAY
Joyce Manor plays House of Blues Anaheim and Hollywood Palladium with some very special guests. Falling in love again with this band again.
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MONDAY - WEDNESDAY
The Dandy Warhols play Moroccan Lounge three times this week. Oh behave.
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TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY & FRIDAY
Breezy San Diego soul slingers Thee Sacred Souls play three shows at The Wiltern this week.
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TUESDAY & THURSDAY
Manchester England England glo-fi songwriter Freak Slug makes their L.A. live debut at Genghis Cohen and Gold-Diggers. Come for the on-point vocals and hazy melodies, stay for the dreamy musical misdirection.
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WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY & SATURDAY
TV On The Radio is BACK and ready to play their first L.A. shows in six years (!) at the El Rey.
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THURSDAY
Perth psychsters Pond have crossed several giant puddles to play L.A. this week.
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THURSDAY & FRIDAY
Dinosaur Jr plays a doubleheader at The Bellwether. Should be a real solid freak scene.
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THURSDAY & FRIDAY
Stellar post __ gothic songwriter Emma Ruth Rundle (see also: Red Sparowes) plays Zebulon.
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FRIDAY - SUNDAY
Eccentro pop pioneer Jonathan Richman plays three shows at Lodge Room. Yes.
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SATURDAY
Ben Gibbard of Death Cab/The Postal Service plays an intimate show at the Alex Theatre.
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SATURDAY
Austin post-psych-surf-psych-art-pop band Being Dead plays Gold-Diggers. Go and feel alive.
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SUNDAY
Danish experimental composer/producer/vocalist/guitarist ML Buch plays Echoplex. Be there.
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OTHER NOTABLE SHOWS THIS WEEK:
Dawn Richard & Spencer Zahn, Social Distortion, Dawes (win tickets), Reggie and the Full Effect, Xeno & Oaklander, Delicate Steve, Shovels and Rope (win tickets), Agriculture, Andrew McMahon, Kyle Gass Band, Adam Green, SWMRS, KRS-One, JB Dunckel (of Air), Tom Morello Electric, Miya Folick, Escape Artist Lovers, Chelsea Cutler, Paul Collins' Beat, Uni Boys, Mary Lattimore, The Bronx, Yukimi (of Little Dragon), Rogê (win tickets), The Bouncing Souls, Draag, Mo Dotti, Arto Lindsay, Al Olender, The Pineapple Thief (win tickets), chokecherry, Senses Fail, Saves The Day and lots more...