Live Music entertainment in Los Angeles
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Rhythm Club
Jump jivin' weekly swing club with DJs and live bands in a former Elk's Club near LAX.
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Roxy
Pining for the days when rock’n’roll sprang from passion, not primetime? Baby, Sunset Strip is calling your name. The 30-year stalwart - Roxy is here.
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McCabe's Guitar Shop
This mecca of musicianship sells guitars and other instruments, and the likes of Jackson Browne, Liz Phair and Michelle Shocked have performed live in the postage-stamp-sized back room.
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Harvelle’s
Follow the sexy red glow and jazz-infused beats to cozy Harvelle’s, way too cool for its 4th St, garage-adjacent digs. Sunday night’s Pure Unadulterated Soul is rumored to be unforgettable.
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Hotel Cafe
The 'it' place for handmade music sometimes features big-timers such as Suzanne Vega, but it's really more of a stepping stone for message-minded newbie balladeers. Get there early and enter from the alley.
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Troubadour
This legendary rock hall helped catapult the Eagles and Tom Waits to stardom and is still great for catching tomorrow's headliners. A beer-drinking crowd serious about its music keeps attitude to a minimum.
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Spaceland
Beck played some early gigs at what is still LA's best place for indie and alterna-sounds. When the ad says 'special guest,' you never know what level of star might show up for quick and dirty impromptu sessions.
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Cafe Boogaloo
This relaxed joint offers up a mixed musical bag that might include zydeco one night, blues the next, followed by American Roots. A welcome escape from the usual Hermosa Beach frat-pack madness, Boogaloo also serves wicked cocktails, two dozen microbrews and a Cajun menu.
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El Rey
This is one gorgeous venue, an old deco dance hall decked out in red velvet and chandeliers and flaunting an awesome sound system and excellent sightlines. Although it can hold 800 people, it feels quite small. Performance-wise, it's popular with indie bands plus one-off headliners like Lucinda Williams and Billy Bob Thornton.
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Viper Room
This hip Art Deco club used to be the Melody Room, frequented by gangster Bugsy Siegel, and retains the style of that era. Infamously, it was once owned by Johnny Depp and is the spot where River Phoenix overdosed on Halloween night, 1993. The door policy is tough and drinks are pricey, but once inside chances of spotting a celeb are pretty good.
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Little Radio Warehouse
Another Downtown underground club, this one even has its own internet radio station. It's still pretty improvised but you know they're onto something if bands like Sonic Youth stop by for on-the-QT concerts. Otherwise, it's the usual roster of hopeful garage rock bands. With cheap drinks and parties till sunrise, the place definitely feels more Berlin than LA.
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