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Daily Email - Tuesday - 8/18/2026

August 18, 2026

HUGE thank you to the amazing DoLA-ers who’ve bought tickets to come check out the new monthly warehouse party I’m throwing this weekend, CATEGORY! If you don’t have plans Saturday night and want to come dance (and meet me IRL!), use promo code DOLA20 to save on tickets! 

It’s going to be a sweaty, fabulously good night, with a Precious Metals theme and Chris Cruse, Juliet Mendoza, and Soul Purpose spinning house & techno tunes until 4AM.

Of course, there are some giveaway tickets up for grabs, too!

Would love to meet more of the lovely humans who read these emails I write every day! Come say hi! Wear something fierce!

Now back to the good stuff…

JUST ANNOUNCED

  • Yeek’s strange little creative universe stretches from directing films to producing for Mac Miller. Next up: celebrating Zodiac with a release show at Lodge Room next Friday, 8/28. Win a pair of tickets!

  • Portugal. The Man went from Alaskan indie weirdos to GRAMMY-winning festival giants. Get tickets to see ‘em at The Observatory next Sunday, 8/30!*

  • Asleep at the Wheel have spent more than 50 years keeping Western swing alive and earned 9 GRAMMYs for it. Win tickets to their Riding High Tour at the Troubadour on Saturday, 9/5!

  • Buenos Aires’ Six Sex makes sweaty, filthy club music built for losing your dignity after dark. She takes over The Fonda on Tuesday, 9/22, and we’ve got free tickets to win!

  • Plus fresh announcements from Kaskade, Frankie Rose, Lainey Wilson, and more!

WEEKLY STAFF PICKS

Another Tuesday, another fresh batch of music! Once again, here’s what’s been in our headphones this week, plus a few of our team’s top concert recommendations. In this week’s edition: a Macklemore throwback, new Fontaines D.C., hazy breakup songs from Phoebe Bridgers, and local garage rockers The Scamp.

If you have a favorite artist or band that you can’t stop listening to (especially if they’re locally based in Southern California), please share them with us! We’re all ears!

COSM PRESENTS:

READY TO TAKE YOUR SUMMER ENTERTAINMENT TO THE NEXT LEVEL?

Head to Cosm in Inglewood, where movie night gets a serious upgrade. Their massive immersive dome puts you inside the action with screenings of classics like Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory, It, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, The Matrix, and more.

Whether you're dodging bullets with Neo, wandering the halls of Hogwarts, or chasing a Golden Ticket, grab your crew, escape the heat, and see your favorite films in a way you've never seen them before.*

FOR A QUICK ESCAPE

Azzecca via Spotify

💘 TUE 8/18 + WED 8/19 - PASSION PIT at The Bellwether (WIN TIX!)

🏔️ THU 8/20 - MT. JOY at The Greek

🎢 FRI 8/21 - OUT ON THE MOUNTAIN at Six Flags Magic Mountain (WIN TIX + FREE PARKING!)*

😵‍💫 FRI 8/21 - DRUNK THEATRE’S 200TH SHOW at Santa Monica Playhouse (BOGO TIX!)*

🎧 SAT 8/22 - AZZECCA at The Bridge ($30 TIX!)

LOCALS ONLY

WIN STUFF

🚨 COMING UP:

👀 IN THE FUTURE:

WIN TIX: Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra

He survived Jurassic Park, fought aliens, and somehow became a legitimately great jazz pianist along the way. See it for yourself at Blue Note LA next Tuesday & Wednesday, 8/25-26!*

WIN TIX: Dark Kinetic Ft. Dancing Plague, Sacred Skin, Ms. Boan & More

Dark wave, post punk, goth, synth – the 2nd annual Dark Kinetic mini fest casts a shadow over The Regent Theater next Friday, 8/28.*

Pour Tour: Summer Cocktails Around LA

Summer cocktails are a given. The real question is where. Read Weber Ranch’s Pour Tour guide to LA’s best summer vodka cocktails, then enter to win your own LA Pour Tour!*

Lord Huron

“A neon and moonlit journey across the years,” indie-folk band Lord Huron’s taking their 23 Nights at the Broken Bottle Tour to The Wiltern for three nights next January. Tickets are selling fast!*

See you Saturday!