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DIE ANTWOORD at El Rey
By now you're probably aware that the much anticipated HARD L.A. festival curated around M.I.A. has been cancelled. HARD organizer Gary Richards (aka DJ Destructo), however, immediately rescheduled novelty South African hip-hoppers Die Antwoord for a showcase at El Rey. It sold out equally immediately, as the appetite for the YouTube sensations behind "Zef Side" and "Enter the Ninja" (aka "I'm a butterfly/I need your protection/Be my Samurai") seems unabated. (Gustavo Turner)

Also playing Saturday: MICHAEL TOMLINSON at Coach House; DESCARGA at El Cid; PEPE AGUILAR at Gibson Amphitheatre; GIPSY KINGS at the Greek Theatre; BUGS BUNNY AT THE SYMPHONY: LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC with GEORGE DAUGHERTY at Hollywood Bowl; LEERONE at the Hotel Café; BAD COMPANY at Pacific Amphitheatre; DEAD MEADOW at Spaceland; LET LIVE, WE BE THE ECHO, WITT, BADASS MAGIC at the Smell; THE WALDOS, THE STITCHES, D.REX at Redwood Bar & Grill; TEENAGE BOTTLEROCKET, BANNER PILOT at the Troubadour.

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SUNDAY/JULY/18

THE SWELL SEASON, SHE & HIM, THE BIRD AND THE BEE AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL
Fans of guy-girl pop duos are unlikely to experience better one-stop shopping this summer than at this nifty Hollywood Bowl triple bill, which continues KCRW's smartly programmed World Festival. You know the Swell Season from Once, the 2007 Irish street musical that (sort of) depicted the musical and romantic relationship between Frames front man Glen Hansard and Czech singer-pianist Markéta Irglová. Their latest studio disc, last year's Strict Joy, doesn't quite replicate the lightning-in-a-bottle charm of their Oncematerial, but its huge-hearted emotion should still have no problem filling the Bowl tonight. She & Him is Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward's '60s-styled retro act (see Music feature). And be sure to arrive in time for the Bird and the Bee, singer Inara George and keyboard whiz Greg Kurstin's thoroughly delightful L.A. electro-pop duo; earlier this year they released an affectionate covers album in honor of a top-shelf guy-guy duo: Hall & Oates. (Mikael Wood)

Also playing Sunday: JETSTREAM at the Canyon Club; MGMT, FRANCIS AND THE LIGHTS, HELIOS CREED at Fox Theater Pomona; GIPSY KINGS at the Greek Theatre; DECAPITATED, THE FACELESS, ALL SHALL PERISH, THE RED CHORD, VEIL OF MAYA, CEPHALIC CARNAGE, DECREPIT BIRTH, CARNIFEX, ANIMALS AS LEADERS, VITAL REMAINS at House of Blues; TOOL at Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE; DRINK UP BUTTERCUP, RABBITS RUNNING, OH MY STARS at Spaceland; CABO VERDE CRETCHEU at the Waterfront.

MONDAY/JULY/19

NEW PORNOGRAPHERS AT THE MUSIC BOX
New Porn chief A.C. Newman's got a knack and obvious love for the craft of pop songwriting — with a twist. His is the classic stuff of addictive melody and winsome harmony, for sure, but dig a bit and you'll find the surprising and strange harmonic shadings that make each tune sound different with every play. Newman's Vancouver band, occasionally featuring powerhouse singer Neko Case and Destroyer's Dan Bejar on multi-instruments (he co-writes much of the band's more instantly catchy material as well), contributes mightily to this deepened effect, where obliquely disquieting words and deftly arranged instrumental colors mingle as one supremely atmospheric, even cinematic grandeur. This is a new and very heavy kind of chamber pop, perhaps best experienced on Newman and Co.'s recent Together(Matador). (John Payne)

Also playing Monday: MISSISSIPPI MAN, BIG WHUP, BUDDY at the Echo; TOOL at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live; YELLOW RED SPARKS, THE FLING, SAM OUTLAW at the Silverlake Lounge; SUMMER DARLING, EASTERN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS, THE FRANKS, SEASPIN at Spaceland; UNKLE MONKEY at the Waterfront.

TUESDAY/JULY/20

LE BUTCHERETTES AT SPACELAND
Le Butcherettes are a weirdly fascinating jumble of contradictions. They sing in English, and their name sounds like fractured French, but the duo are actually based in Mexico City and got their start in Guadalajara. Normandi Heuxdaflo wears a mask and pounds out relentless beats while singer Teri Gender Bender dangles from the rafters, dives into the crowd, stuffs eggs into her mouth (because "eggs keep girls silent") and bloodies herself after dragging a pig's head around the stage. Sometimes, she even gets around to playing her guitar or pumping out her crudely compelling art-punk tunes on keyboards. For all of her messy theatrics, Gender Bender is an ambitious songwriter who attempts to marry feminist-punk theory and performance-art shock with Sylvia Plath's morbid acuity. While her confrontational, unsentimental lyrics aren't as disciplined and radically expressive as Plath's later poems, she's certainly got a lot more to say than other rock singers. Think of her as G.G. Allin with a conscience, or Courtney Love with a better voice and an actual point of view. (Falling James)

Also playing Tuesday: GRAND ARCHIVES, KAISER CARTEL at the Echo; ALL-MOZART: LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC with NICHOLAS McGEGAN, KATIA, MARIELLE LABÈQUE at the Hollywood Bowl; JAMES TAYLOR, CAROLE KING at the Honda Center; CHARLIE MARS at the Hotel Café; SILVERSTEIN, EMERY, I SET MY FRIENDS ON FIRE at House of Blues Sunset Strip; SPACEHOG at the Key Club; THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS, THE DODOS, IMAAD WASIF at the Music Box; JUSTIN BIEBER, SEAN KINGSTON at Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE; GRAM RABBIT at the Troubadour; THE RICHARD GLASER JAZZ BAND at the Waterfront.