Hop to it before your tech-separation anxiety sets in.

1. Safari Sam’s (Hollywood) - Punk cabaret of sword swallowers, burlesque, spoken word, political seminars, brain-shattering live music. May or may not survive upcoming relocation.
2. The Echo (Echo Park) - Where Cold War Kids and their Silver Lake cousins grunge it up and wait to not be discovered.
3. Spaceland (Silver Lake) - The Monday residencies are the stuff of legend; the bands they launch are too.