Rock & Pop Listings

Sun.—Frequency with Celeste Prince, Sara Overall.

Mon.—Joshua Radin, Susie Suh, Kelly Dalton, Rosey, Dan Zweben.

Tues.—Rob Dickinson; Black Lab’s Paul Durham; also, Circe Link.

Wed.—The Steve Carlson Band, Gilly Leads, Erik Penny.

Thurs.—David Ryan Harris, Jesca Hoop, Greg Laswell.

HOUSE OF BLUES, 8430 Sunset Blvd., W. Hlywd. Full bar. Over 21 (unless noted). (323) 848-5100.

Fri.—Eighties reruns courtesy of Dramarama, The English Beat and, omigawd, Thomas Dolby, 7:30 p.m.; $25; over 18.

Sat.—The East Bay Ray–driven, Jello Biafra–free antics of Dead Kennedys; plus Metal Mike’s version of The Angry Samoans (ably supported with members of Backbiter); also, Angel City Outcasts, Bullet Treatment, Action 45, 7 p.m.; $22.50; all ages.

GO Sun.—The Chicago Blues Reunion with Barry Goldberg, Nick Gravenites, Harvey Mandel, Tracy Nelson, Sam Lay, Corkey Siegel; also, venerable singer-songwriter Tom Rush, 7 p.m.; $20; all ages. See Music Pick.

GO Tues.—Fear Factory, Strung Out, Fireball Ministry, Reignition go hog-thrash-metal wild (and raise funds for A Place Called Home), 6:30 p.m.; $20; all ages.

GO Wed.—Eighties college-geek-thrilling outfit Violent Femmes; the incendiary soul-punk of The BellRays, 7:30 p.m.; $25; all ages.

GO Thurs.—First of two nights with DJ Quik, 8 p.m.; $27; over 18.

THE JOINT, 8771 W. Pico Blvd., W.L.A. Pizza. Full bar. Over 21. (310) 275-2619.

Fri.—Noize Chain, Drinks With Alice, Regarding Jack, Lokomotiv, Ben Paltik, Fights Without Loss.

Sat.—Blackwelder, Jodah, She’s Your Sister, Rat Pak.

Sun.—Private event.

Every Mon.—Big Mondays with Waddy Wachtel, Rick Rosas, Phil Jones and frequent stellar drop-ins, 9:30 p.m.; $10.

Wed.—Hollyweird, a hard-rock ball with Happenin’ Harry, others.

KEY CLUB, 9039 Sunset Blvd., W. Hlywd. A deluxe two-level venue with California cuisine until 1 a.m. Dancing after shows Wed.-Sun. Full bar. Over 21 (unless noted). (310) 274-5800.

Fri.—Theatrical rockers Powder; plus, Amberside, Waiting for Wyatt, Off Vibe, For Elise, 7:30 p.m.; $15.

Sat.—Buckcherry, Cage 9, Incentive Red, Sunset Radio, 7 p.m.; $15.

Mon.—Hard-rock payasos Metal Skool; also The Chelsea Smiles, Healer, Evan Page, 8:30 p.m.; $12.

Tues.—Ruby offers no-cover sets from Never Heard of It, Program the Dead, One Republic, Army of Robots, Leftover, 8 p.m.

Wed.—Glamageddon, Peppermint Creeps, Scarlett Rose, Divine Violence, Alpha She Made, 6:30 p.m.; $10.

Thurs.—Strutter gets nutsy with Three Bad Jacks, Shaun Kama & the Kings of the Wild Frontier, Calavera, The Trainwreckers, The Cheatin’ Kind, Femme Fatale Cabaret; call for time and cover.

KING KING, 6555 Hollywood Blvd. Full bar. Over 21. (323) 960-9234.

Fri.—Compression with electro-house DJ Kevin Sounderson.

Sat.—Balance features DJs Kemal, Andy Caldwell.

Mon.—Indie mess-around with A’tris, Amanda Mosher, The Curtis Murphy Syndicate, 9 p.m.; $8.

Tues.—Descarga con Timba with Willie McNeil’s Sono-Lux, DJ Saoco (dance lessons available, 9-10 p.m.).

Wed.—Call for info.

GO Thurs.—Blues-rocking melee with Hollywood harmonica boss Pat French’s unstoppable Purple Gang, with special guests; also, Red Light Halo.

THE KNITTING FACTORY, 7021 Hollywood Blvd., Hlywd. Full bar. All ages. (323) 463-0204.

GO Fri.—Filter magazine presents the Swans’ Jarboe; also, Red Sparowes, House of Low Culture; MGR, featuring Isis’ Matt Gallagher, 8 p.m.; $10. In the bar: Montage Magical Mystery night; call for info. In the lounge: Church of the Eighth Day welcomes The Flying Club, Brilliant Red Lights, Streets to Nowhere, Saint Friday, Echoes De Luxe, 8 p.m.; $8.

Sat.—Wall-to-wall hip-hop courtesy of Ill Bill, DJ Eclipse, 2Mex & Life, Rexall, Konfident, Stamina, DJ Handprints, 8 p.m.; $17. In the bar: Thunderous, Cynical, Atomic, Immaculate Mess, Subdevice, Tripdavon, 8 p.m.; $10. In the lounge: plenty more hip-hop available at Mr. Cleen’s Old Man Winter album-release bash with Cleen, Symmetrical Garbage Cylinders, The Distorted Noise Syndrome, Ethnic Decent, Offwhite, Mestizo, Identical Opposites, 8 p.m.; $10.

Sun.—Punk rock fracas with Whiskey Rebels, Blue Collar Special, Bad Reaction, 7 p.m.; $10. In the bar: Fielding, Ester Drang, Crosstide, Twinstar, 7:30 p.m.; $8. In the lounge: City on Film, Kissing Tigers, 7:30 p.m.; $8.

GO Mon.—Freethinking oddball Gotham chorale East Village Opera Company, 7 p.m.; $15. See Hoopla. In the bar: Amity, Inverse, Anberdien, One Way Letter, 7 p.m.; $10. In the lounge: We Are Lions, Lakota, Jeff Caudill, Boxhead, 7:30 p.m.; $5.

Tues.—Call for info. In the lounge: Yock it up with For the Kids, 7:30 p.m.; Bluebeat Lounge with live ska TBA, 9 p.m.; both $5.

GO Wed.—Call for info. In the bar: Get over The Hump with Beat Junkies DJs J. Rocc, Melo D, also Peanut Butter Wolf, 8 p.m.; $5.

Thurs.—Spend an evening with acclaimed Australian guitarist Tommy Emmanuel, a leader in the post–Chet Atkins fingerstyle, New Agey–instro movement, 8 p.m.; $25. In the bar: Club Minus; call for info, 8 p.m.; $10. In the lounge: Victory Season, Minutes to Memories, Grandville, Polien, 8 p.m.; $7.

LARGO, 432 N. Fairfax Ave. All ages. (323) 852-1073.

Every Fri.—Get-around musician-producer Jon Brion.

Sat.—Aussie pop philosopher Colin Hay.

Mon.—Comedy night with The Paul F. Tompkins Show.

Tues.—Singer-songwriter Michael Penn; comic Patton Oswalt.