'Music Is About Freedom': Concerts Around Monrovia, LA County

MONROVIA, 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 Kandace Springs, a singer from Nashville that transcends genres and refuses to be put into a box. Her new album Indigo combines the sounds of R&B, jazz and pop in a new, refreshing way. Catch her Monday night at the Troubadour in Los Angeles starting at 7 p.m.

Emily Holland: How would you describe your music in five words?

Kandace Springs: Soul, emotion, freedom, timeless, honest…

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

KS: The environment I’m in - my mood can be effected by the smallest things that happen in a moment. Those are the things that inspire my writing. Every day life…

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

KS: I’m obsessed with cars – muscle cars, vintage cars, you name it. I have five. I detail them, fix them and sell them – and best of all, I love to drive them. Taking my bad ass Jeep off-road is one of my favorite things to do when I come home for touring! I also love Chick-fil-A!

EH: I saw you’ve lived in NY, LA, and Nashville. How do the three cities compare in regards to writing (/generally getting the creative juices flowing) and performing live?

KS: They are all different, it’s so hard to say. In Nashville I tend to write more by myself, so the songs are more personal. In NY and LA I usually co write with my SRP team, Evan and Carl or other writer producers. So in those situations we write about things that are a combination of personal experiences and things that we feel like people can relate to. I enjoy both.

EH: Your album transcends genres. Why is it important, as an artist, not to get boxed into a certain label or genre for your unique sound?

KS: I have always been all over the map with my musical taste. Jazz, classical, soul/R&B. Nina Simone is one of my heroes and she refused to be put in a box. Music is about freedom to me.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 1

• Kandace Springs: 7 p.m. at the Troubadour
• HOT CLUB OF LOS ANGELES: 9 p.m. at the Cinema Bar
• Neighbor Lady, Lia: 8:30 p.m. at the Bootleg Theatre
• Allan Rayman: 7:30 p.m. at the Moroccan Lounge
• The Vaccines, Jesse Jo Stark: 8 p.m. at the Teragram Ballroom

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2

• THE DELTAZ: 9 p.m. at the Cinema Bar
• JAPANESE BREAKFAST with Ought: 9 p.m. at the Fonda Theatre
• IN DREAMS: ROY ORBISON: 7 p.m. at the Wiltern
• Glen Parks: 8:30 p.m. at the Bootleg Theatre
• Courtney Marie Andrews, Johanna Samuels, Anna Ash: 7:30 p.m. at the Moroccan Lounge
• Walker Hayes, Tenille Townes: 7 p.m. at the Troubadour
• AMY SHARK with Tyler Hilton: 8:30 at the El Rey Theatre

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3

• COREY DAWSON: 9 p.m. at the Cinema Bar
• PASSION: 7 p.m. at the Wiltern
• Straight Into a Storm Screening: 10 Years of Deer Tick: 8 p.m. at the Regent Theater
• Patrick Droney, Molly Kate Kestner: 7 p.m. at the Moroccan Lounge
• Roky Erickson, Death Valley Girls: 8 p.m. at the Teragram Ballroom
• BOY GEORGE & CULTURE CLUB: 7 p.m. at the Greek Theatre
• ALICE MERTON with Foreign Air: 8 p.m. at the Roxy Theatre

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4

• CARNIVAL OF SOUL: 9 p.m. at the Cinema Bar
• Interpol • The Kills • Sunflower Bean: 7 p.m. at the Hollywood Bowl
• CHIEF KEEF: 7 p.m. at the Wiltern
• Chelsea Wolfe, Russian Circles: 9 p.m. at the Regent Theater
• Parade Of Lights, Tillie, YOUNGER HUNGER: 8:30 p.m. at the Bootleg Theatre
• ALESSO: 9 p.m. at the Hollywood Palladium
• Yoke Lore, Bay Ledges, runnner: 7:30 p.m. at the Moroccan Lounge
• Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Kitchen Dwellers: 8:30 p.m. at the Teragram Ballroom
• Trampled by Turtles, Actual Wolf: 7 p.m. at the Troubadour
• LAWRENCE with Joe Hertler & The Rainbow Seekers and Jacob Jeffries: 8 p.m. at the El Rey Theatre

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5

• RICK SHEA + I SEE HAWKS IN LA: 9 p.m. at the Cinema Bar
• ALKALINE TRIO: 7 p.m. at the Wiltern
• ROTATIONS: DAUWD DJ SET: 8 p.m. at Amoeba Hollywood
• Ghostland Observatory NKRIOT: 9 p.m. at the Regent Theater
• Shonen Knife, Kim and The Created, Nani: 8:30 p.m. at the Bootleg Theatre
• ALESSO: 9 p.m. at the Hollywood Palladium
• The Flatliners, Decent Criminal, Gods Of Mount Olympus: 7:30 p.m. at the Moroccan Lounge
• Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Kitchen Dwellers: 8:30 p.m. at the Teragram Ballroom
• Glorietta: 8 p.m. at the Troubadour
• NICK LOWE'S QUALITY ROCK & ROLL REVUE STARRING LOS STRAITJACKETS: 9 p.m. at the El Rey Theatre
• COURTNEY BARNETT with Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks and Waxahatchee: 7:30 p.m. at the El Rey Theatre
• JOEY PURP with Kami: 8 p.m. at the Roxy Theatre

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6

• DEL GUIDO: 9 p.m. at the Cinema Bar
• GARY NUMAN with Nightmare Air: 9 p.m. at the Fonda Theatre
• Keith Urban & Kelsea Ballerini: 7:30 p.m. at the Staples Center
• LECRAE & ANDY MINEO - BETTER LATE THAN NEVER TOUR: 6:30 p.m. at the Wiltern
• Raskahuele CD Release: 7 p.m. at the Regent Theater
• Saint Sister, Motor Sales: 8:30 p.m. at the Bootleg Theatre
• ALESSO: 9 p.m. at the Hollywood Palladium
• The Weeks, H.A.R.D.: 7:30 p.m. at the Moroccan Lounge
• The Main Squeeze, Hamish Anderson: 8 p.m. at the Teragram Ballroom
• Tennis: SOLO IN STEREO Tour, Matt Costa: 8 p.m. at the Troubadour
• MEDASIN with Joey Pecoraro: 9 p.m. at the El Rey Theatre
• DROELOE with Fytch and Madnap: 9 p.m. at the Roxy Theatre

Photo courtesy of Jeff Forney