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Live through Botox: Courtney Love's new Hole at the Fonda

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The Echo

1822 W. Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90026

Category: Bars and Clubs

Region: Echo Park

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Roxy Theatre

9009 Sunset Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90069

Category: Bars and Clubs

Region: West Hollywood

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The Orpheum Theatre

842 S. Broadway
Los Angeles, CA 90014

Category: Music Venues

Region: Downtown

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Echo Curio

1519 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90026

Category: Art Galleries

Region: Echo Park

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The Troubadour

9081 Santa Monica Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90069

Category: Bars and Clubs

Region: West Hollywood

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Bootleg Theater

2200 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90057

Category: Bars and Clubs

Region: Out of Town

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The Viper Room

8852 W. Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90069

Category: Music Venues

Region: Out of Town

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EVERYBODY WAS IN THE FRENCH RESISTANCE ... NOW! AT THE ECHO
Everybody Was in the French Resistance ... Now! is the clumsily named side project of Art Brut frontman Eddie Argos, who's got a way of redeeming dodgy ideas with his smarty-pants verbal flair and his sheer determination to entertain. So it goes on Fixin' the Charts, Volume 1, which Argos made with his girlfriend, Dyan Valdes of local rockers the Blood Arm. Their concept? Crafting scrappy synth-rock responses to well-known pop songs that were doing just fine without them. ("Billie Jean," for instance, as well as Kanye West's "Gold Digger" and Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend.") According to NME, Art Brut guitarist Ian Catskilkin is playing with Argos and Valdes on the band's current North American tour, which kicks off here. Might requests for "Formed a Band" be honored? (Mikael Wood)

TRANZ-KUNT-INENTAL AT THE ROXY
In the tradition of Ziggy Stardust, Dr. Frank N. Furter, Hedwig and — dare we say it — Glambert, comes Tranz-kunt-inental, a band of L.A. drag-ster singers and punk-dude musicians out to prove that cock-rock swagger (tucked or untucked) and stage theatricality live on. Handpicked to open for Passion Pit during their sold-out Fonda gigs a few months ago, Tranz rose from the decade-old ashes of the '90s glam slam known as Club Makeup, the monthly dance orgy that saw all the best queens and session musicians in town rock out to classics on El Rey's stage. The Roxy's Nic Adler, lead guitarist Xander Smith (Run Run Run) and DJ Paul V are hoping this will be the kickoff of a regular midnight spectacle in the tradition of Rocky Horror, which Adler's dad, Lou, produced. This show also serves as a reunion of sorts for many in the former Makeup cover band (Charlie Paulson, Ari Shine, Paris, Monte Pittman and Noah Shain). Expect wild cross-dressing, loads of excess and a little hot-mess action too. Scheduled royalty include: the bodacious Momma and Mz. Alanna, the bootylicious Detox, Kelly Mantle (Mickey's nephew) and the sassy — if not exactly sweet — Candy Ass. We're shivering with antici ... pation. (Doors 11:30 p.m.) (Lina Lecaro)

HOLE AT THE HENRY FONDA THEATER
First things first: This isn't really Hole we're dealing with here. Sure, Courtney Love was always the sun around which this most fiery of rock bands revolved. But nearly as crucial as Love's songs and 'tude was Eric Erlandson's guitar, which on each of Hole's first three LPs provided la C-Lo with the sonic canvas required to put her act across: ugly garage-punk blurt (Pretty on the Inside), muscled-up radio rock (Live Through This) and West Coast glam-grunge (Celebrity Skin). Erlandson doesn't appear on Nobody's Daughter, the new Hole record, but his sound does, which tells you something about the value Love places in her old pal's playing; replacement Micko Larkin should probably be a little embarrassed about how baldly he rips his predecessor. As for Love's tunes, they're okay; most don't reproduce the brute force of lead single "Skinny Little Bitch." But none of this really matters: She will be onstage tonight, so you should go. (Mikael Wood)

NORAH JONES AT THE ORPHEUM
When Norah Jones released The Fall last November, I'll admit that some part of my positive reaction was attributable to the element of surprise: Here was the queen of spotless Starbucks soul going relatively grungy with a set of guitar-heavy art-folk tunes produced by the guy who did the last Kings of Leon record. Weird! Nearly six months later, though, The Fall still sounds great; beneath the rock-club textures and appealingly greasy organ licks are some of the handsomest, most believable songs Jones has written (or at least recorded) yet. That said, ol' Snorah may still induce snoozes onstage tonight — though the presence of both Joey Waronker and Smokey Hormel in her current live band bodes well. Word to all you NPR types: Reports from the road indicate that Jones has been covering Wilco's "Jesus, Etc." lately. (Mikael Wood)

Also playing Friday: BATTLEHOOCH, SLANG CHICKENS at the Echo Curio; HIGH ON FIRE at El Rey Theatre; BLACK PRAIRIE, THE LIVING SISTERS at Bootleg; RX BANDITS at the Glass House; KILLOLA at the Roxy; HIM at the Wiltern; JON BRION at Largo at the Coronet; KID SISTER at Avalon Hollywood; THE FUXEDOS at Spaceland.

SATURDAY/APRIL/24

STAGECOACH FESTIVAL AT EMPIRE POLO CLUB
Stagecoach, our greatest annual country-music blitzkrieg, seems to have finally achieved the ideal balance of god-awful contemporary stars and genuine, artistically significant originators. Saturday brings on Aussie groaner Keith Urban and the syrupy fizz of Sugarland, but also features the incomparable California titan Merle Haggard, whose just-released I Am What I Am (subtitle: I Do What I Do) demonstrates that the 73-year-old singer is as gloriously iconoclastic as ever. The presence of former Hank Sr. roommate Ray Price, whose career spans from the honky-tonk of "Crazy Arms" to the luxurious croon of "For the Good Times," is a guaranteed gasser. Bobby Bare, who knocked everyone on their ass (again) a few years back with that fabulous The Moon Was Blue album, gets a rare local date. Come the Sabbath, clockwork redneck Toby Keith and boot-scootin' blowhards Brooks & Dunn (that retirement is seriously overdue, dudes) preach the corporate gospel. Veteran Grand Ole Opry star Little Jimmy Dickens, prized for crucial numbers like "Slow Suicide" and "Salty Boogie," will not only provide a potent antidote — he'll demonstrate the true, fine art of hillbilly alchemy, spinning corn into gold with his showstoppingly morbid recitation of "Raggedy Ann." Quite fine. (Jonny Whiteside)