The Beths And More Concerts Around Los Angeles This Week

BEVERLY HILLS, CA – There are a ton of great shows to catch this week in Los Angeles County, and we've gathered a list of live music from twenty of the county's top music venues for this week's round-up. From blues, to throwbacks, to indie rock, and electronic, there's something for everyone to see.

Patch caught up with Liz Stokes, lead singer and guitarist of New Zealand indie rock band The Beths. The four bandmates are longtime friends, first releasing an EP in 2016 called Warm Blood before their freshman album Future Me Hates Me was released in August. Catch The Beths perform at 9 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 28 at the Roxy Theatre.

Emily Holland: How would you describe your music in five words?
Liz Stokes: Guitar Guitar Bass Drums Feelings

EH: In making music, are you more inspired by interpersonal relationships or the environment you’re in?

LS: Interpersonal relationships I suppose. I write the most when my emotions are overwhelming, and what is happening with the people around me are much more likely to affect the way I am feeling.

EH: Do you have any guilty pleasures (music or otherwise)?

LS: My biggest non-productive time sink is Reddit, which I will always feel guilty about. Since social media kind of feels like work, Reddit is my mindless clicking and scrolling solution, which should allow me to check out and switch my brain off, but the guilt is so strong.

EH: How does your music fit into the rich history of New Zealand indie rock? (Any favorites?)

LS: New Zealand has great guitar bands, I am very passionate about this! I am not steeped in the canon of Flying Nun I'm afraid, though Jonathan is. My fave Nun band is Bressa Creeting Cake. I grew up on local guitar pop bands like Good Shirt and Elemeno P, who were New Zealand rock bands that got played on commercial radio. The current scene is very strong though, do check out bands like Tiny Ruins, Hans Pucket, Wax Chattles, Miss June, Kane Strang, Mermaidens, Polyester, Astro Children... the list is long and great and I'm not even scratching the surface.

EH: What’s it like being in a band with your friends? Do band-related issues ever trickle into other aspects of life?

LS: I have never wanted to make music alone, I love the feeling of making and playing music with other musicians and feeding off the energy of each other. It's why I play music. It's strange being a musician though, your social life is your work life and you all become so intertwined in each other's lives. Sometimes that is difficult.

The Beths perform Friday, Sept. 28 with Ariel View at 9 p.m. at the Roxy Theatre.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26

• HAPPY CASUALTIES: 9 p.m. at The Cinema Bar
• Florence + the Machine High As Hope Tour: 7 p.m. at the Hollywood Bowl
• INNA: 9 p.m. at the Fonda Theatre
• Dire Straits Legacy: 7 p.m. at the Wiltern
• VAYA FUTURO: 8:30 p.m. at the Bootleg Theater
• BROODS: 8 p.m. at the Roxy Theatre
• FIRST AID KIT with M. Ward & Julia Jacklin: 7:30 p.m. at the Greek Theatre
• HERCULES AND LOVE AFFAIR (LIVE): 9 p.m. at the El Rey Theatre
• The Early November & The Dangerous Summer: 7 p.m. at the Troubadour
• Moontower, Top Bunk, Blonde Diamond: 7:30 p.m. at the Moroccan Lounge

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27

• SEATBELT + HERE AT HOME: 9 p.m. at The Cinema Bar
• THE SOUND OF TOMORROW PRESENTED BY SOULECTION: 8:30 p.m. at the Fonda Theatre
• Astronautica: 6 p.m. at Amoeba Records Hollywood
• BEN HOWARD WITH WYE OAK: 8 p.m. at the Shrine Auditorium
• Michael Gira (Swans) Solo Acoustic Performance + Norman Westberg: 8:30 p.m. at the Regent Theater
• Dear Boy, Bloodboy, Harley Cortez: 8:30 p.m. at the Bootleg Theater
• LOVELYTHEBAND: 7:30 p.m. at the Roxy Theatre
• In Real Life, Jagmac, Spencer Sutherland: 8 p.m. at the Troubadour
• The Boxer Rebellion, Daise: 8 p.m. at the Teragram Ballroom
• Holychild, Jen Awad, Grant Owens (DJ Set): 7:30 p.m. at the Moroccan Lounge

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28

• DEL GUIDO: 9 p.m. at The Cinema Bar
• Beck • ST. VICIOUS a/k/a St. Vincent (DJ set): 8 p.m. at the Hollywood Bowl
• THE PRESETS with Blood Red Shoes & DJ Paul V.: 9 p.m. at the Fonda Theatre
• AMANDA MIGUEL Y DIEGO VERDAGUER: 7 p.m. at the Wiltern
• ROTATIONS: PHORK DJ SET: 8 p.m. at Amoeba Records Hollywood
• Soundsystem: Reggaeton, Dancehall & Tropical Tings Party: 9 p.m. at the Regent Theater
• RING OF RED: 6:30 p.m. at the Bootleg Theater
• Dear Boy, The Tracks, Ariel Beesley: 8:30 p.m. at the Bootleg Theater
• THE GLITCH MOB: 9 p.m. at the Hollywood Palladium
• THE BETHS with Ariel View: 9 p.m. at the Roxy Theatre
• JAKE OWEN with Rome from Sublime with Rome: 7:30 p.m. at the Greek Theatre
• HOUNDMOUTH WITH FAMILY OF THE YEAR: 8 p.m. at the El Rey Theatre
• Sunset Rollercoaster, Deep Fields, Calvin Love: 7:30 p.m. at the Troubadour
• Marc Broussard, The Dales: 8 p.m. at the Teragram Ballroom
• Raquel Rodriguez - EP Release Show!: 7:30 p.m. at the Moroccan Lounge

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29

• PATROLLED BY RADAR + CRESTON LINE + MATT SAYLES: 9 p.m. at The Cinema Bar
• DEVOTCHKA with Orkesta Mendoza: 8:30 p.m. at the Fonda Theatre
• THE FAB FAUX: 7 p.m. at the Wiltern
• Live Nation & Spaceland Present All Killa No Filla Live!: 3 p.m. at the Regent Theater
• RING OF RED: 6:30 p.m. at the Bootleg Theater
• The Range Of Light Wilderness / Luke Temple (Here We Go Magic): 8:30 p.m. at the Bootleg Theater
• SEVEN LIONS: THE JOURNEY 2 TOUR: 9 p.m. at the Hollywood Palladium
• JEDI MIND TRICKS with G-Mo Skee: 9 p.m. at the Roxy Theatre
• RINGO STARR and His All Starr Band: 8 p.m. at the Greek Theatre
• ORELSAN with Shirazee: 9 p.m. at the El Rey Theatre
• Natalie Prass, Stella Donnelly: 8 p.m. at the Troubadour
• MPG: 8 p.m. at the Teragram Ballroom
• pluko, SMLE, inverness, olmos: 7:30 p.m. at the Moroccan Lounge

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30

• DESI RAMONE: 9 p.m. at The Cinema Bar
• LA Phil 100 at the Bowl: 7 p.m. at the Hollywood Bowl
• LA PHIL 100 X CICLAVIA: CELEBRATE LA!: 9 p.m. at the Wiltern
• The Vaccines, Mourners: 8 p.m. at the Teragram Ballroom
• Bogart: 7:30 p.m. at the Moroccan Lounge

Photo by Amanda Cheng