Rock & Pop Listings

Fri.—Whiskey Circus, South Pacific Band, The Nihil, The Jeff Lane Band.

Sat.—Fringe, Fire on the Radio, Dream Sequence, XE03.

Sun.—Dez Hope, Dan Tedesco, Lauren Mayhew, Steel, Last Page Thief.

Mon.—Tessatura, Awakened by Dreams, Delilah.

Tues.—Jeepster, Run On Fragment, Everybody Else.

Wed.—Twig, Sonar, others.

Thurs.—Bleed the Sky, Warhead, Old Fashioned Beat Down, Eden Is Burning.

ZEN, 2609 Hyperion Ave., Silver Lake. Long-established Japanese restaurant gone rock & roll features a full menu and sushi bar, and no less than three stages. Full bar. Cover varies. Over 21 (unless otherwise noted). (323) 665-2929.

Fri.—Red Loungewith indie/Latin-rock DJs.

Sat.—Bridges features hip-hop and reggae DJs.

Sun.—Tom Hamilton, Austin Williams, Fist Full of Nothing, Ashley Lennon Thomas. In the Red Room: The Old Ground, Carl & the Bushmills, Telephone & Telegraph; over 18; $5.

Mon.-Tues.—Call for info.

Wed.—The Jam Club’s open-mike night (sign up at 7 p.m.) has a set from Echoes Deluxe, 10 p.m.; over 18.

Thurs.—The Tattooed Millionaires, The Amplifiers, The White Demons, Grey Mourning. In the Red Room: Plastic Parachute, Emergency Rock Unit, Lemon Dropkick; over 18; $5.

Other Rock & Pop Events

GO The Fold presents offbeat guitar wizard Moris Tepper; the late Lowell’s daughter Inara George; also, “avant-pop & neo-lounge” from Tucson’s Marianne Dissard & Naïm Amor; at El Cid, 4212 Sunset Blvd., Silver Lake; Fri., Feb. 17; $10. (323) 668-0318. See Music Pick.

GO At Amoeba Music: hip-hoppers Aceyalone & RJD2, Fri., Feb. 17, 6 p.m.; Lil Rev’s ukulele shtick, Wed., Feb. 22, p.m.; NYC jazz-classical-warp pianist Uri Caine, Thurs., Feb. 23, 7 p.m.; 6400 Sunset Blvd., Hlywd. (323) 245-6400.

At The Pig ’n’ Whistle: Brett Martin, Weston Hudson, Daniel Miller, Landon Puff, Fri., Feb. 17; Jeremy Jones, Cey Jay, Zen Boogie, Sat., Feb. 18; 6714 Hollywood Blvd. (323) 463-0000.

At Room 5 Lounge: music TBA, Fri. & Tues., Feb. 17 & 21; Hayley Taylor, Bryan Master, Frankel, Petrocovich, Sat., Feb. 18; The Fallen Stars,Linda Geleris & Garrett Swayne, James Lee Stanley,Tony Lunn, Sun., Feb. 19; Jay Nash, Shane Alexander, Laura Jansen, Rob Giles, David Peters, Mon., Feb. 20; Red Letter Band, Caleb Kane, plus live comedy, Wed., Feb. 22; live comedy, Thurs., Feb. 23; on the Second Floor, 143 N. La Brea Ave., Hlywd. (323) 938-2504.

At Little Temple: Giant Panda, Lightheaded, Fri., Feb. 17; music TBA, Sat., Feb. 18; 4515 Santa Monica Blvd., Silver Lake. (323) 660-4540.

At Alex’s Bar: Swingin’ Utters, Hit by a Semi, The Politicians, Fri., Feb. 17, $15; music TBA, Sat., Feb. 18; Post Stardom Depression, The Golden Gods, Thurs., Feb. 23, $5; 2913 E. Anaheim St., Long Beach; over 21. (562) 434-8292.

At The Good Hurt: 6 Figures, Save Every Tear, Fifth One Down, Star Off Machine, Stereopast, Fri., Feb. 17; Corrupt Souls, Phear Origin, Circuit, Mesck, Sat., Feb. 18; 12249 Venice Blvd., Mar Vista; 21 & over. (310) 390-1076.

At The Riverbottom: CORE, Fri., Feb. 17; Hired Gunn, Joe Blues & the Backseat Drivers, Sat., Feb. 18; 4201 W. Olive Ave., Burbank. For info, call (818) 541-1522.

At Paladino’s: OU812, Mr. Scary, Rude Awakening, Fri., Feb. 17; Pump, Godz of Thunder, Rivet, Loose Change, Sat., Feb. 18; 6101 Reseda Blvd., Tarzana; music at 8 p.m. (818) 342-1563.

GO Do not fail to dig this thoroughly insane, won’t-see-’em-anywhere-else garage-rock brawl, with the first local show in two years by S.F.’s The Flakes (with the Bobbyteens’ Russell Quon); Missouri marauders Thee Fine Lines; The Hexxers, The Okmoniks; the juiced-up twist frenzy of Sir Dance A Lot (featuring the Phantom Surfers’ Mike Lucas); plus the incredibly strange South Bay Surfers; and silver-tongued sicko MC James Beck; at The Stagger Inn, 9108 Alondra Blvd, Bellflower; Sat., Feb. 18, 9 p.m.; $10. (562) 866-9311.

At The Vault 350: Delinquent Habits, Street Platoon, Global City, Self Scientific, Fri., Feb. 17, $18; Tha Alkoholiks, Romeo & DJ, Thurs., Feb. 23; 350 Pine Ave., Long Beach; music at 9 p.m. (562) 590-5566.

At Il Corral: Thee Dung Mummy has plenty of strangeness from Fuxedos, The Master Musicians of Hop Frog, Conure, Naomi, Callbox(an improv project with members of Radio Vago), The Twittering Machine, plus The Hashashin Sound System, Sat., Feb. 18, 8:30 p.m., $6; Browinghasm, Biz Art, Hologram Fang, others, Mon., Feb. 20; 664 N. Heliotrope Dr., Silver Lake. (323) 663-0137.

Patsy Grind, Sarah Green, others at Di Piazza’s Restaurant & Lounge, 5205 E. Pacific Coast Hwy., Long Beach; Sat., Feb. 18. (562) 498-2461.

At Boardner’s: Goth haven Bar Sinisterhas Miles Mosely, Marilyn, Sat., Feb. 18; Club London with music TBA, Sun., Feb. 19; 1652 N. Cherokee Ave., Hlywd. (323) 462-9621.

Joe Napolitano sets up at Sea Level Records, 1716 W. Sunset Blvd., Echo Park; Sun., Feb. 19, 3 p.m.; free; all ages. (213) 989-0146.

At fabled rock-star hang The Rainbow Bar & Grille: Jonathan Balas, Edwin Luis Martin, David Hallam, Randy Fowler, Tommy Mac, Sun., Feb. 19; open-mike night every Mon.; 9015 Sunset Blvd., W. Hlywd. (310) 278-4232.

Keary Jon Botley, Michelle Repajic let fly at The Sisters of Bubik, 34 S. Raymond Ave., Pasadena; Thurs., Feb. 23, 7:30-9 p.m. (626) 744-9220.

There’s live music at The Universal Bar & Grill, 4093 Lankershim Blvd., Universal City; every Fri.-Sat., 9 p.m. (818) 766-2114.

Say what? BeatlElvis Live, “featuring songs of good old days,” at Big China, 911 N. Broadway, dwntwn.; every Fri. & Mon., 7:30 p.m. (213) 617-6823.

At Maui Sugar Mill Saloon: Reed Walsh & Janis Massey, every Fri.; Bobbie Blue, every Wed.-Thurs.; 18389 Ventura Blvd., Tarzana; no cover, but two-drink min.; over 21. (818) 344-0034.

–Falling James & Jonny Whiteside