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Best Indie & Rock in October 2024

Clairo at Santa Barbara Bowl

Clairo

Young songstress Claire Cottrill, AKA Clairo, returns to the stage after the success of her highly-anticipated residencies with the Charm Tour 2024! In celebration of her new album of the same name, Clairo will be bringing singer-songwriter Alice Phoebe Lou on tour as support. With her lilting vocals, hazy guitars, dreamy soundscapes, and lyrics inflected with Gen Z's wry digital view of the world, Clairo is solidifying her status as one to watch. Don't miss your chance to see her live!

Cat Power at The Lobero

Cat Power

Indie icon Cat Power is hitting the road again on much anticipated new countrywide tour in support of her 2023 release: Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert. The solo songstress is known for her fusion of punk, jazz, folk, and blues styles and excellent, emotional guitar playing. 2018's 'Wanderer' was a highly regarded piece of work from the artist and featured a Lana Del Rey collaboration.

Joe Bonamassa at Granada Theatre

Joe Bonamassa

Joe Bonamassa is the guitarist's guitarist. A master of the blues, Bonamassa easily ranks alongside the more well known Clapton or Jeff Beck. Such was his prodigious talent that he supported B.B. King at the tender of age of twelve in 1989, and was christened by King as "one of a kind." Since then, he's played with anyone who is anyone and released a formidable catalogue of studio albums.

Aimee Mann at The Lobero

Aimee Mann

Queen of indie rock, Aimee Mann is heading out on a handful of selected dates in 2024 with Jonathan Coulton. Mann has had a successful solo career with several Grammy nominations, winning two, so don't miss your chance to catch this droll performer playing her new cuts, alongside fan favorites such as 'Save Me' and 'Charmer'.

Slightly Stoopid at Santa Barbara Bowl

Slightly Stoopid

Slightly Stoopid are now in their second decade of making music and are showing no sign of slowing down. This eclectic band continues to create an energizing sound that's been described as a "bath of positive energy". Slightly Stoopid has released nine studio albums and four live - with their latest studio album being Everyday Life, Everyday People.

Los Lobos at The Lobero

Los Lobos

Fusing good old fashioned rock and roll with brown-eyed soul, cumbia, boleros and norteno, Tex-Mex outfit Los Lobos (which translates to The Wolves) first gained commercial success and an international following when their cover of Ritchie Valens' La Bamba hit the top of the charts around the world in 1987. Experimenting with multiple genres over the decades, their wide-ranging sound has flourished in a variety of styles, from acoustic ballads to experimental rock. Whilst they may reinvent themselves constantly, their definitive fusion of Latin and American music remains at the creative core.