All Music events

Music: Rock/Pop
Bigbang
Monday Sep 8 (8pm) @ The Troubadour
Norway's retro-rock trio Bigbang are currently taking up residence in Los Angeles, gearing up for a fall tour in support of their Big Star-esque 2008... View details »
Bigbang
Music: Electronic
Ratatat
Tuesday Sep 9 (8pm) @ Music Box at the Fonda Theater 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: 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
Glaswegian quintet Mogwai are on the cusp of releasing a new album, The Hawk Is Howling, and they haven't changed in their mastery of post-rock.... View details »
Mogwai w/ Fuck Buttons
Music: Classical
Symphony of a Thousand
Tuesday Sep 9 (8pm) @ Hollywood Bowl More times »
Austrian composer Gustav Mahler wrote orchestral works that are considered to be some of classical music's biggest blockbusters. One of the most popular is his... View details »
Symphony of a Thousand
Music: Rock/Pop
Émilie Simon
Tuesday Sep 9 (8:30pm) @ The Roxy Theatre
France's empress of electro-pop, Émilie Simon presides over the Sunset Strip's Roxy Theatre this evening, bringing with her the eclectic, intricate tracks her fans have... View details »
Émilie Simon
Music: Rock/Pop
Built to Spill
Wednesday Sep 10 (8pm) @ The Troubadour More times »
Sold Out!
Built to Spill
Music: Electronic
Irwin's Conspiracy
Wednesday Sep 10 (10pm–2am) @ Air Conditioned Supper Club, Venice
The Air Conditioned Lounge's new series Live Electronic kicks off with an epic lineup. Irwin's Conspiracy boast a powerful live show that combines the spontaneity... View details »
Irwin's Conspiracy
Music: Punk/Metal
Finntroll
Thursday Sep 11 (7pm) @ House of Blues Sunset Strip
While a jolly band of Finnish metalheads singing about trolls and beer may not be for everyone, neither are rainbows, puppies, and piles of gold.... View details »
Finntroll
Music: Rock/Pop
Theresa Andersson
Thursday Sep 11 (8pm) @ The Hotel Café
It seems like Swedish chanteuse Theresa Andersson's new disc, Hummingbird, Go!, is inspired by every type of sound there is. The New Orleans-based prodigy holed... View details »
Theresa Andersson
Music: Folk/Country
Tim Finn
Thursday Sep 11 (8pm) @ El Rey
When Tim Finn helped form the category-defying Split Enz at New Zealand's Auckland University in 1971, it's hard to imagine he had any sense of... View details »
Tim Finn
Music: Festival
Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven Campout
Thursday Sep 11 (9pm) @ Pappy and Harriet's Palace More times »
Camper Van Beethoven have long been one of America's most undervalued bands, known for "Take the Skinheads Bowling" and, tragically, not much else. At the... View details »
Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven Campout
Music: Festival
West Beach Music Fest
Friday Sep 12 (3pm) @ West Beach (Santa Barbara) More times »
Santa Barbara's West Beach undergoes a Coachella-by-the-sea makeover featuring four stages and at least ten DJs. The three-day get-together showcases the stylin' dub of Global... View details »
West Beach Music Fest
Music: Electronic
Tricky
Friday Sep 12 (8pm) @ Music Box at the Fonda Theater
Tricky has always sat awkwardly between his collaborators in Massive Attack and fellow trip-hop progenitors Portishead. His early records built an aesthetic around his harsh,... View details »
Tricky
Music: Rock/Pop
Brian Wilson
Friday Sep 12 (8:30pm) @ Hollywood Bowl More times »
With the long-awaited release of SMiLE in 2004, pop genius and Beach Boys mastermind Brian Wilson pulled off the impossible, rekindling his foundering solo career... View details »
Brian Wilson
Music: Folk/Country
Mirah and Spectratone International
Friday Sep 12 (9pm) @ The Troubadour
Leave it to bespectacled indie bookworm Mirah to add a subtle sensuality to the asexual world of entomology. On 2007's Share This Place, the C'mon... View details »
Mirah and Spectratone International
Music: Festival
Nocturnal Festival
Saturday Sep 13 (6pm–4am) @ NOS Center (San Bernardino)
A Southland staple for ravers, electronic-music fans, and the purely adventurous, Nocturnal Wonderland returns for its 14th year, this time as the Nocturnal Festival. While... View details »
Nocturnal Festival
Music: Hip-Hop
Aesop Rock
Saturday Sep 13 (8pm) @ The Troubadour More times »
Aesop Rock is one of Def Jux's most consistently brilliant voices, with a gritty, futuristic take on left-field hip-hop. His flow is supremely confident, and... View details »
Aesop Rock
Music: Electronic
The Juan Maclean
Saturday Sep 13 (8pm) @ El Rey
Shining, euphoric, and playful, the Juan Maclean's 2005 debut album, Less than Human, was one part Buddha-like spiritual bliss and one part Euro-inspired disco with... View details »
The Juan Maclean
Music: DJ
Charles Webster
Sunday Sep 14 (10pm–2am) @ Vanguard
Electronic-music innovator Charles Webster is man of many strengths: his house-music productions are trippy, poppy, and, yes, booty-bumpin' as all get out. A lover of... View details »
Charles Webster
Music: Rock/Pop
Oh Darling
Monday Sep 15 (8pm) @ The Hotel Café
Pioneers of the emerging Portland pop explosion, Oh Darling deliver an intoxicating blend of indie rock that's more inspired by Day of the Dead festivals... View details »
Oh Darling
Music: Rock/Pop
Death to Anders
Monday Sep 15 (8:30pm) @ The Echo More times »
Free
KROQ Locals Only and Performer Magazine present a monthlong residency for LA's own Death to Anders at the Echo every Monday night this month (fortuitously,... View details »
Death to Anders
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 @ Greek Theatre More times »
Raconteurs
Music: Rock/Pop
Dandy Warhols
Friday Oct 3 (8:30pm) @ The Wiltern
Dandy Warhols
Music: Rock/Pop
Tegan and Sara
Thursday Oct 16 (8pm) @ Music Box at the Fonda Theater More times »
These identical Canadian twins strike a balance by melding voices — one ethereal, one gutsy — with a musical diversity ranging from garage rock and... View details »
Tegan and Sara
Music: Festival
Monster Massive
Saturday Oct 25 (7pm–4am) @ LA Sports Arena
Monster Massive
Music: Rock/Pop
M83
Saturday Nov 29 (9pm) @ Music Box at the Fonda Theater
M83

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Music: Rock/Pop
Darker My Love
Monday Sep 8 (8:30pm) @ The Echo More times »
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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: Jazz/Blues
Friday Night Jazz
Friday Sep 12 (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