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Best Shows This Week (February 17 - 22) in LA

Gorillaz, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Cat Power, Mount Eerie, Christopher Owens, Sudan Archives, Special Interest, Michael Shannon & Jason Narducy, Mikal Cronin, Del Water Gap, Hannah Jadagu, Silversun Pickups, Ghost + more!

February 16, 2026

TUESDAY
Cat Power celebrates the 20th anniversary of The Greatest album by performing it in full at Orpheum Theatre. G.O.A.T.
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TUESDAY
Del Water Gap plays Wiltern with v. solid support from Hannah Jadagu. Let's get melodic.
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WEDNESDAY
L.A. rocker Mikal Cronin improvises on synths, saxes and stuff at Oblivion.
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THURSDAY
And Cronin's soaring creative collaborator, Ty Segall, does a DJ set at Sid The Cat Auditorium. FREE w. RSVP.
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THURSDAY
Michael Shannon (from Superman) and Jason Narducy (from Superchunk) perform R.E.M.'s Lifes Rich Pageant at The Bellwether, with some special guests.
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FRIDAY
Stellar artist/violinist Sudan Archives plays Fonda Theatre.
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FRIDAY
Sick NO industrial-disco band Special Interest play Lodge Room, with solid support from angular Long Beach punks Self Improvement.
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FRIDAY
Phil Elverum's Mount Eerie plays Sid The Cat Auditorium. Folk yeah.
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SATURDAY
Indie pop heroes The Pains of Being Pure at Heart play Echoplex. They put the ❤️ in 💔.
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SATURDAY
Stellar singer/songwriter Christopher Owens (ex-Girls) plays a solo show in South Pasadena if you feel like goin'.
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SUNDAY
Lodge Room hosts a big time benefit for non-profit music and arts space, Non Plus Ultra. Check out the lineup.
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SUNDAY & MONDAY
Gorillaz play Hollywood Palladium. Let's meet up beforehand on melancholy hill.
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OTHER NOTABLE SHOWS THIS WEEK:
Silversun Pickups, Ghost, Rhett Miller, Vinyl Williams, The Warlocks, Soft Palms, Sugar Pit, Dead Tooth, Primer, Lights, Softcult, Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage, Mariachi El Bronx, bbno$, Snow Strippers, Caravan 222, Romare, Lady Gaga, Taj Mahal, Fox Stevenson (win tickets), Kristiane (win tickets), Gottlieb (win tickets), Hudson Freeman, Puma Blue, Lizzo, Sedona, Dreyted, NORMANS, Gregory Uhlmann, Molly Horses and more!