Alternative Music Venues

Dinosaur Jr. with Lou Barlow and the Missingmen

House of Blues Sunset - 8430 Sunset Blvd. - West Hollywood

Fronted by highly influential and controversial guitarist J Mascis (Nirvanas Kurt Cobain was a fan), early alt-rockers Dinosaur Jr. have had their...

Whisky A Go Go -

8901 Sunset Blvd. - West Hollywood

There are few rock clubs in the world as famous as the Whiskey. It's where seminal rock icons like the Doors and Van Halen got their start, has been...

John Anson Ford Amphitheatre -

2580 Cahuenga Blvd. East - Hollywood (Hollywood)

Most denizens of Los Angeles have spent an evening under the stars taking in music across the street at the Hollywood Bowl. The far more intimate...

Sub Rosa

On the Rox - 9009 W. Sunset Blvd. - West Hollywood

"We play cause we hear it in our heads. and once it's out we come alive."

Open Mic Night at El Cid

El Cid - 4212 W. Sunset Blvd. - Los Angeles (Silver Lake)

Bring it…c'mon! Bring it! "Oh, it's already been broughten."

Every 2nd Tuesday of the month 7:30 p.m.
Every 4th Tuesday of the month 7:30 p.m.

Kibitz Room (at Canter's) -

419 N. Fairfax Ave. - West Hollywood

Kitschy Jewish dive bar next door to Canter's

The Spazmatics

Canyon Club - 28912 Roadside Dr. - Agoura Hills

Power poppers play every Thursday at the Canyon Club

Thursdays : 9 p.m.

The Minus 5 with the Baseball Project and Steve Wynn

Ever wonder what the side members of R.E.M. do in their downtime? Heres your answer! The Minus 5 are a retro-tinged rock band led by Scott McCaughey,...

The Raveonettes

The Music Box at Henry Fonda Theater - 6126 Hollywood Blvd. - Los Angeles (Hollywood)

This Danish duo's got one foot in 60's garage pop and the other in fuzzed-out psych rock- and it works like a charm

November 13 : 8 p.m.