Los Angeles live music, edited for tonight and the week ahead.
Venue guide
Best for loud rooms, punk energy, and informal discovery.
The Smell is in Downtown LA. It earns its place here when a specific bill cuts through the weekly noise. The current seven-day window has 5 shows listed, mostly around indie.
small flexible room · usually under 350 capacity · flexible art/performance setup
Featured Saturday, Post Present Medium 25 Year Anniversary Celebration, Night III… Abe Vigoda Callahan & Witscher (NYC) Debt Rag (Olympia, WA) The Intim is the Sat indie row at The Smell: guitars, songs, and a human-scale room.
Post Present Medium 25 Year Anniversary Celebration, Night III… Abe Vigoda Callahan & Witscher (NYC) Debt Rag (Olympia, WA) The Intima (Portland, OR gives The Smell a direct guitar-and-songs feel on Sat, stronger when the band sounds direct.
Read more → is a compact indie bill at The Smell. Hooks, friction, or voice make the small room matter.
Pillow Fight Palefire ( Denton, TX) Stomping Plastic turns The Smell into the song-band row on Tue, with enough bite for a smaller room.
Another guitar-and-songs Tue set at The Smell, with the room keeping things direct.