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Daily Email - Thursday - 8/21/2025

August 21, 2025

One of the most innovative forces in electronic music, Australian producer Odd Mob is bringing his genre-breaking, bass-rattling, globally-dominating madness to The Shrine this October. Enter to win a pair of tickets before this one disappears LEFT TO RIGHT!

JUST ANNOUNCED

  • From bedroom pop to Hollywood Bowl-headlining bangers, AJR is doing it big on Saturday, 10/4, with their biggest, boldest tour yet. Can we skip to the good part? Tickets are still available Somewhere in the Sky!*

  • Microplex: Peanut Gallery kicks off its first-ever show with a live roast of The Mummy at the Lyric Hyperion on Sunday, 8/31 with comics Matt Catanzano & Alyssa Sabo. SMS heckling encouraged. Free tickets? You bet.

  • Grit, groove, and “Come A Little Closer” in the flesh. Cage The Elephant is ripping through Melophobia at the El Rey on Friday, 9/5. Ready to scream “Cigarette Daydreams” with strangers? Tickets drop tomorrow at 10AM!

  • Baltimore-native-turned-LA’s new experimental R&B darling Dijon just dropped his album Baby, and you’ve gotta see it live at The Greek on Tuesday, 10/28.

  • Plus fresh announcements from Joey Bada$$, Belle & Sebastian, Story Of The Year & Senses Fail, and more!

HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUTSIDE LANDS 2025

Photo: Alive Coverage

Outside Lands 2025 was a fever dream we never wanted to wake up from. Three fog-drenched days in Golden Gate Park gave us Doechii’s high-octane hip-hop history lesson, MARINA’s disco goddess rebirth, Ludacris vs. Gracie Abrams emotional whiplash, and Anderson .Paak’s Bay Area love letter. From Bakar’s blissed-out haze to Tyler, The Creator’s brilliance, this year’s fest proved once again that Outside Lands doesn’t mess around.

THIS SATURDAY NIGHT

🎶 Grand Performances: Oro Sólido

Saturday, August 23 at California Plaza (6PM)

Merengue so good, it should come with a warning label. Oro Sólido closes out Grand Performances in DTLA with four hours of Dominican dance-floor dominance led by Raúl Acosta. Free with RSVP!

🎸 YUNGBLUD

Saturday, August 23 at the Hollywood Palladium (7PM)

A British whirlwind with 7M monthly listeners, YUNGBLUD's kicking off the Idols World Tour right here in Hollywood for a night of alt-rock chaos and pop-punk catharsis with Sawyer Hill leading the meltdown.

🍸 Pink Martini

Saturday, August 23 at The Greek (8PM) 

The “little orchestra” from Portland, Pink Martini celebrates 30 years of orchestral-jazz-pop led by China Forbes, their longtime vocalist known for singing in over two dozen languages. And it might be one of the last chances to see her on tour until 2027!

👏🏾 Clipse

Saturday, August 23 at The Novo (8PM)

“Grindin’” changed hip-hop forever. Now Clipse is back to burn it down again. Pusha T and Malice reunite in DTLA for the Let God Sort Em Out Tour. With Earthgang in tow and decades of heat in their catalog, this show is pure rap salvation.

🌈 Babe Rainbow

Saturday, August 23 at The Fonda Theatre (9PM)

Babe Rainbow is a macadamia‑farming, permaculture-loving psych group from Byron Bay who record albums in old banana farm warehouses. Their new LP channels cosmic forests and hammock vibes straight into your eardrums. Tickets are only like $30!

NEWS WITHOUT THE BS (BOT STUFF)

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Bomba Estéreo & Rawayana: ASTROPICAL

ASTROPICAL, the joint project from Latin alt icons Bomba Estéreo and Rawayana, co-headline KCRW Festival at the Hollywood Bowl on Sunday, 9/7 with YEИDRY and Macario Martínez for a night of pan-Latin joy and sonic fusion.*

LOCALS ONLY

  • Something broke that needs fixing? For everything besides your broken heart, bring it to Altadena Library on Saturday between 10AM-1PM to have it repaired for free!

  • Wanna shop? The Black Market Flea returns to the DTLA Arts District this Saturday from 11AM-7PM with stacked DJ sets and Black-owned vendors.

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May your Birkenstocks be sandy and your La Croix cold.