Seven Nights LA

Los Angeles live music, edited for tonight and the week ahead.

Venue guide

The Smell

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 6 shows listed, mostly around indie.

small flexible room · usually under 350 capacity · flexible art/performance setup

  • NeighborhoodDowntown LA
  • Roomart space
  • Capacityusually under 350 capacity
  • Setupflexible art/performance setup
  • SettingMostly indoor room
  • Musicindie
  • Current shows6 this week

Start here

Hyper MindsNext few nightsIndie
Thu, Nov 12 · The Smell · Downtown LA
  • Flexible Art/Performance Setup

Hyper Minds is a guitar set built on volume, edges, and immediacy. The Smell is right when polish would miss the point.

Read more →Next few nightsIndie
Thu, Nov 12 · The Smell · Downtown LA
  • Flexible Art/Performance Setup

Read more → is the Thu indie row at The Smell: guitars, songs, and a human-scale room.

This week's listings

Read more →Later this weekIndie
Fri, Nov 13 · The Smell · Downtown LA
  • Flexible Art/Performance Setup

Another guitar-and-songs Fri set at The Smell, with the room keeping things direct.

Skidwizard Axid Hair4CurtisLater this weekIndie
Sat, Nov 14 · The Smell · Downtown LA
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  • Flexible Art/Performance Setup

Skidwizard Axid Hair4Curtis turns The Smell into the song-band row on Sat, with enough bite for a smaller room.

Read more →Later this weekIndie
Sat, Nov 14 · The Smell · Downtown LA
  • Flexible Art/Performance Setup

Another guitar-and-songs Sat set at The Smell, with the room keeping things direct.