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Best Shows This Week (June 8 - 14) in LA

James Blake, The Church, Lip Critic, Toadies, The Messthetics, Hunx and His Punx, Ozomatli, Kathleen Hanna, Los Thuthanaka, Rush, Tigers Jaw, The Black Keys, Ringo Starr, Sun Kil Moon, Swamp Dogg + more!

June 7, 2026

MONDAY
Scranton indieemopunks Tigers Jaw play The Observatory OC with solidly melodic support from FL's Pool Kids and Philly's Bleary Eyed.
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TUESDAY, THURSDAY & SATURDAY
"A modern-day warrior mean, mean stride, today's Tom Sawyer, mean, mean pride."
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WEDNESDAY
Long-running Sydney rockers The Church (born: 1980) play the Fonda on planet earth under the Milky Way.
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WEDNESDAY
The Messthetics (ft. members of Fugazi) play Sid The Cat Auditorium with James Brandon Lewis. Best sax of your life.
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THURSDAY
Peso Pluma plays a *free* World Cup Pop-Up party at BMO Stadium.
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FRIDAY
James Blake headlines The Greek Theatre. Please note: this is the #1 most saved show on OMR LA this week.
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SATURDAY
Hunx and His Punx play a *free* show at The Getty. One of this week's recommend pix!
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SATURDAY
New NYC noise heroes Lip Critic play a loud and lovely one at Zebulon.
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SATURDAY
'90s era TX alts Toadies play The Belasco. Will make it to this show... so help me Jesus.
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SUNDAY
Acclaimed (accessibly) experimental duo Los Thuthanaka play the El Rey. Will leave you in a trance.
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OTHER NOTABLE SHOWS THIS WEEK:
Kathleen Hanna, Sun Kil Moon, Tiny Desk Contest, Ozomatli, Jungle Fire, Ringo Starr, Charm School, Bleood, Swamp Dogg, Rafiq Bhatia, CD Ghost, Primer, Searows, Thee Marloes (win tickets), Blue Note Jazz Festival, Middle Aged Dad Jam Band, The Black Keys, Ásgeir and more!