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Best Shows This Week (April 20 - 26) in LA

Ichiko Aoba, Art Brut, Throwing Muses, Thee Sacred Souls, Failure, The Cribs, Purity Ring, Weird Nightmare, Everyone Asked About You, El Ten Eleven, The Belaire Lip Bombs, Maya Hawke, Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol, Flower Moon Festival, Lily Allen, Coach Party, Frankie and the Witch Fingers, Alice Phoebe Lou, Death Lens, Getdown Services and more!

April 19, 2026

MONDAY & TUESDAY
Maya Hawke plays Sid The Cat Auditorium and the Troubadour this week. Will we go to both? Stranger things have happened.
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TUESDAY
Alt rock vets Throwing Muses ft. Kristin Hersch (born: 1981) play Teragram Ballroom with solid support from Escape Artist Lovers ft. Rain Phoenix).
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TUESDAY
Edmonton electronic duo Purity Ring plays The Observatory. Should be a great one, eh?
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TUESDAY
Grunge-y L.A. post __ rockers Failure (born: 1990) play Zebulon and not attending this would be a total miss.
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WEDNESDAY
Greg Saunier (of Deerhoof) leads a solid situation at 2220 Arts + Archives.
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WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY
Thee Sacred Souls kicks off The Greek Theatre's sizzling 2026 season with two smooth shows.
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THURSDAY
El Ten Eleven play The Echo, the excellently melodic post rock duo's first L.A. show in 3+ years.
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THURSDAY
Austin party metal band Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol play Zebulon. Please get into their big dumb riffs immediately.
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THURSDAY & FRIDAY
"Formed a band! We formed a band!" UK post art rockers Art Brut play two at Lodge Room with solid support each night.
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THURSDAY & FRIDAY
Beloved UK brother band The Cribs play Echoplex and the Constellation Room. Don't stay at home.
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FRIDAY
Harmonious Melbourne indie/garage/popsters The Belair Lip Bombs (named for the '80s-era skateboard wheel) play Zebulon with solid support from jazzy post punks, dust.
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FRIDAY
Stellar Japanese folk singer/songwriter Ichiko Aoba plays Walt Disney Concert Hall. Please note: this is the #1 most popular show on OMR LA this week.
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SATURDAY
Weird Nightmare (ex-METZ) plays Gold-Diggers. Get into this fuzzy garage-pop goodness. Come for the grime, stay for the jangle.
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SATURDAY & SUNDAY
'90s era Little Rock emo/punk band Everyone Asked About You plays Lodge Room and everyone who's anyone is going.
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SUNDAY
Otherwise, we'll be at the Flower Moon Festival.
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OTHER NOTABLE SHOWS THIS WEEK:
Lily Allen, Getdown Services, Flaccid Mojo, Coach Party, Alice Phoebe Lou, Death Lens, Frankie and the Witch Fingers, (((O))), Beatrix, Free Throw, Cathedral Bells, Fake Fruit, First Day Back, Mrs. Magician, Cold Gawd, Sunday Mourners, The Blushes, Daniel Romano's Outfit, Uni Boys, The Blushes, Sunday Mourners, Unwed Sailor, Janelane, Mirah, Fab 5 Freddy, Glitterer, Langhorne Slim, Cheap Trick, Double XP, Sam Amidon, GENA, Bleed From Within (win tickets), Gothicumbia (win tickets), She Wants Revenge, Secret Attraction, Kelsey Lu, Patrick Watson, 2Slimey and more!