All Music events

Music: Soul/R&B
Diana Ross
Friday July 25 (8:30pm) @ Hollywood Bowl More times »
Former Supremes frontwoman and Motown legend Diana Ross stops by the Hollywood Bowl to revel in four decades of divadom. She joins LA Phil conductor... View details »
Diana Ross
Music: DJ
Mathew Jonson
Friday July 25 (9pm–2am) @ Cinespace in Hollywood
Technophiles rejoice as new-school darling Mathew Jonson performs with the support of inimitable dance-inducer Lee Foss at classy Hollywood catchall Cinespace, courtesy of Droog. Jonson's... View details »
Mathew Jonson
Music: Folk/Country
Wanda Jackson
Saturday July 26 (7pm) @ Knitting Factory in Hollywood
Some 50-plus years into her career, sharp-tongued boogie bunny Wanda Jackson remains the uncontested queen of rockabilly. Her sharp-throated warbles are the stuff of rock... View details »
Wanda Jackson
Music: Punk/Metal
Harvey Milk
Saturday July 26 (8pm) @ Relax Bar in Hollywood
Though Athens, Georgia, is best known for producing kooky college-rock bands (the B-52's, R.E.M., the Elephant 6 collective), Harvey Milk went against the grain, chasing... View details »
Harvey Milk
Music: Hip-Hop
Tha Alkaholiks
Saturday July 26 (8pm) @ Crash Mansion in Downtown
If you've been missing true West Coast hip-hop, get pumped: reformed '90s booze-hop pioneers the Alkaholiks bring Cali back like a mufu*ker. On the classic... View details »
Tha Alkaholiks
Music: Rock/Pop
Does It Offend You, Yeah?
Saturday July 26 (8pm) @ The Echo in Echo Park
Giveaway
Electro-rockers Does It Offend You, Yeah? drop dense, shrieking grooves, but they're not your standard, herky-jerky dance band: the UK-bred outfit is known for unruly... View details »
Does It Offend You, Yeah?
Music: Rock/Pop
Gnarls Barkley
Sunday July 27 (7pm) @ Hollywood Bowl
Ever since New York beatsmith Danger Mouse and Atlanta's gospel-crooning Cee-Lo got together, futuristic soul duo Gnarls Barkley have been one of the hottest tickets... View details »
Gnarls Barkley
Music: Rock/Pop
Howlin' Rain
Sunday July 27 (7pm) @ McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Monica
In Comets on Fire, Ethan Miller's guitar and voice are often caked in layers of echo and distortion, but, in his own band Howlin' Rain,... View details »
Howlin' Rain
Music: Rock/Pop
HEALTH
Monday July 28 (9pm) @ The Smell
Giveaway
Avant-primitive faves HEALTH celebrate a homecoming tonight. By now, the veteran Smellies know their excellent debut front-to-back. Their art-punk conceptualism and tricky rhythms flatter... View details »
HEALTH
Music: Rock/Pop
Team Gina
Monday July 28 (10pm) @ Club 740 in Downtown
No matter which team you bat for, Mustache Mondays welcomes all with an arms-wide-open policy. Tonight, Team Gina, Seattle's First Ladies of lesbian hip-hop, make... View details »
Team Gina
Music: Rock/Pop
Bloc Party
Tuesday July 29 (8pm) @ Mayan Theater
Sold Out!
Britain's flagship post-punk revivalists, Bloc Party, are in the midst of a makeover. The quartet's latest singles, "Flux" and "Mercury," have eschewed Silent Alarm's angular... View details »
Bloc Party
Music: Rock/Pop
Black Kids
Tuesday July 29 (8pm) @ El Rey
t's been a whirlwind year for Jacksonville's Black Kids: after lighting up the blogosphere on the strength of a four-song demo, the Kids found themselves... View details »
Black Kids
Music: Rock/Pop
The Watson Twins
Tuesday July 29 (8:30pm) @ The Echo in Echo Park
Though they've been together since 1998, the Watson Twins only really rose to prominence after Rilo Kiley's Jenny Lewis tapped the pair's pipes on her... View details »
The Watson Twins
Music: Rock/Pop
Future Islands
Tuesday July 29 @ The Smell
Equally steeped in irony and emotion, rising Wham City adoptees Future Islands toe the line between buoyant Dan Deacon-style blips and lounging indie-rock anthemry. Live,... View details »
Future Islands
Music: Rock/Pop
The Hold Steady
Wednesday July 30 (9pm) @ Avalon Hollywood
While the Hold Steady's 2006 release Boys and Girls in America inspired a lot of Springsteen comparisons, no one could deny the greatness of Craig... View details »
The Hold Steady
Music: Rock/Pop
Jay Reatard
Wednesday July 30 (9:30pm) @ The Echo in Echo Park
Jay Reatard might be the current king of Memphis garage punk, but he's a completist's nightmare — his overflowing discography makes Prince look like My... View details »
Jay Reatard
Music: Rock/Pop
Alejandro Escovedo
Thursday July 31 (8pm) @ The Troubadour in W Hollywood
After kicking off his career with San Francisco punks the Nuns, Alejandro Escovedo ushered in the alt-country movement with Austin bands Rank and File and... View details »
Alejandro Escovedo
Music: Hip-Hop
DJ Z-Trip
Friday Aug 1 (8pm) @ Echoplex in Echo Park
Mashups are sooo 2001. Now that every Serato-toting DJ has figured out how to drop T-Pain a cappellas on top of Steve Miller riffs, these... View details »
DJ Z-Trip
Music: Hip-Hop
Public Enemy
Friday Aug 1 (8pm) @ Crash Mansion in Downtown
Flavor of Love might make it hard to remember that Public Enemy legitimately frightened suburban moms 20 years ago. Chuck D and Flavor Flav have... View details »
Public Enemy
Music: Global
Imani Winds
Friday Aug 1 (8:30pm) @ The Ford Theater in Hollywood
For more than ten years, the Grammy-nominated Imani Winds have blended styles from Africa, Latin America, Europe, and the US to create a wholly unique... View details »
Imani Winds
Music: DJ
Peanut Butter Wolf vs LA
Friday Aug 1 @ Various locations More times »
Hip-hop is for nerds, or so seems to be the sentiment of LA's own Stones Throw records. You won't see the label's founder, Peanut Butter... View details »
Peanut Butter Wolf vs LA
Music: Rock/Pop
Thao & the Get Down Stay Down
Saturday Aug 2 (9pm) @ The Troubadour in W Hollywood
The recent success of Thao Nguyen's We Brave Bee Stings and All has ushered the young artist into SF's indie-rock pantheon. Aided by her genre-defying... View details »
Thao & the Get Down Stay Down
Music: Experimental
Nightlight Jesus
Saturday Aug 2 (10pm) @ Unknown Theater in Hollywood
LA-based spoken-word artist Rich Ferguson has been diligently chipping away at the wall between poetry and rock 'n roll with his volcanic, decibel-intensive material for... View details »
Nightlight Jesus
Music: Punk/Metal
Boris
Sunday Aug 3 (7pm) @ Echoplex in Echo Park
Boris rattle the brain harder than any flag-waving, metal-zone-stomping, B.C. Rich-tapping good ol' boys ever could. The Japanese doom lords are just heavy in a... View details »
Boris
Music: Global
UB40
Sunday Aug 3 (7pm) @ Hollywood Bowl
Despite forming in Birmingham, England, hundreds of miles from reggae's birthplace of Kingston, Jamaica, UB40 gained acceptance in the scene by the early '80s. The... View details »
UB40
Music: Folk/Country
Dolly Parton
Sunday Aug 3 (8pm) @ Greek Theatre
With Dolly Parton's musical 9 to 5 prepping for its debut in LA this September and the singer's latest album debuting at the highest chart... View details »
Dolly Parton
Music: Rock/Pop
NOMO
Sunday Aug 3 (9pm) @ Spaceland in Silver Lake
Ann Arbor-bred Afrobeat juggernauts NOMO garner indie cred from their longstanding affiliations with fellow Michiganders Saturday Looks Good to Me and His Name Is Alive.... View details »
NOMO
Music: Rock/Pop
Warpaint w/ Titus Andronicus
Monday Aug 4 (8:30pm) @ Spaceland in Silver Lake
Free
Say what you will about ambitious New Jersey quintet Titus Andronicus — they make a helluva racket. The band's recently released debut, The Airing of... View details »
Warpaint w/ Titus Andronicus
Music: DJ
VisionVersion
Tuesday Aug 5 (8pm) @ The Silent Movie Theatre in Hollywood
The musical wizards of Dublab are dazzling behind the turntables, and now they're getting behind the camera and inviting some creative friends to put on... View details »
VisionVersion
Music: Hip-Hop
Rock the Bells
Saturday Aug 9 (noon) @ Glen Helen Pavilion
Rock the Bells
Music: Jazz/Blues
Etta James
Wednesday Aug 13 (8pm) @ Hollywood Bowl
Etta James
Music: Rock/Pop
The Walkmen
Thursday Aug 21 (8pm) @ The Troubadour in W Hollywood
The Walkmen
Music
Donna Summer
Friday Aug 22 (8:30pm) @ Hollywood Bowl
Donna Summer
Music: Rock/Pop
Radiohead
Sunday Aug 24 (7pm) @ Hollywood Bowl More times »
Sold Out!
Radiohead's 1997 album OK Computer catapulted the band to iconic status; the Oxford boys' superhuman creativity, well-documented in the film Meeting People Is Easy, then... View details »
Radiohead
Music: Rock/Pop
Paul Weller
Tuesday Sep 2 (8pm) @ The Wiltern More times »
Paul Weller
Music: Global
Lee Scratch Perry
Saturday Sep 6 (8pm) @ El Rey
Lee Scratch Perry
Music: Punk/Metal
Nine Inch Nails
Saturday Sep 6 (8pm) @ The Forum in Inglewood
Nine Inch Nails
Music: Hip-Hop
Balkan Beat Box
Tuesday Sep 9 (8pm) @ El Rey
Mixing electronic grooves and hip-hop beats with elements of Eastern European and Gypsy music, Balkan Beat Box deliver a fresh take on traditional tunes. The... View details »
Balkan Beat Box
Music: Rock/Pop
Mogwai w/ Fuck Buttons
Tuesday Sep 9 (8pm) @ The Wiltern
Mogwai w/ Fuck Buttons
Music: Electronic
Ratatat
Tuesday Sep 9 (8pm) @ Music Box at the Fonda Theater in Hollywood More times »
After two studio albums and two bootleg hip-hop mixtapes, New York's Ratatat decamped to an old mansion in the Catskills to record their third full-length... View details »
Ratatat
Music: Rock/Pop
Built to Spill
Wednesday Sep 10 (8pm) @ The Troubadour in W Hollywood More times »
Sold Out!
Built to Spill
Music: Rock/Pop
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Wednesday Sep 17 (7:30pm) @ Hollywood Bowl
After 14 albums, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are still evolving and making great music. Each of their records is a foray into rock... View details »
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Music: Rock/Pop
Vampire Weekend
Wednesday Sep 17 (8pm) @ The Wiltern More times »
For those who avoid the typical channels of hype, the oddly named Vampire Weekend are the latest yelpy Brooklyn act to stir up the blogosphere... View details »
Vampire Weekend
Music: Rock/Pop
Beck
Saturday Sep 20 (7pm) @ Hollywood Bowl
Beck
Music: Electronic
Hot Chip
Sunday Sep 21 (8pm) @ The Wiltern More times »
Hot Chip
Music: Rock/Pop
Raconteurs
Monday Sep 22 (7:30pm) @ Greek Theatre
Raconteurs

The following events are ongoing.

Music: Jazz/Blues
Friday Night Jazz
Friday July 25 (6pm) @ Los Angeles County Museum of Art More times »
Free
On Fridays, the art jumps off the wall and into the ears of LACMA visitors with the museum's beloved outdoor summer-concert series. Showcasing some of... View details »
Friday Night Jazz
Music: Rock/Pop
Darker My Love
Friday July 25 (8:30pm) @ The Echo in Echo Park More times »
GiveawayFree
Darker My Love's overdriven soul isn't the most original thing in the world — imagine the Jesus & Mary Chain channeled by the Brian Jonestown... View details »
Darker My Love
Music: Folk/Country
Brunch Americana
Sunday July 27 (noon–4pm) @ Safari Sam's in Hollywood More times »
Free
If your ears are still ringing from last night's show (or from a few too many newfangled theme cocktails), attending Safari Sam's Brunch Americana is... View details »
Brunch Americana
Music: Rock/Pop
Princeton
Monday July 28 @ Silverlake Lounge More times »
Free
In spite of their ivy-oriented band name, chamber-pop trio Princeton are actually from here in LA. Adding to the geographical incongruency, Princeton's latest EP, Bloomsbury,... View details »
Princeton
Music: Jazz/Blues
Wine & Jazz Summer Concert Series
Tuesday July 29 (7–9pm) @ Hollywood & Highland Center in Hollywood More times »
Jazz venues are notorious for their high cover prices and drink minimums. Luckily, the Hollywood & Highland Center is teaming up with KJAZZ 88.1 FM... View details »
Wine & Jazz Summer Concert Series