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Also playing Sunday: DUDAMEL CONDUCTS MESSIAEN at Disney Hall; DUBQUAKE at the Echo.
MONDAY/OCTOBER/18
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Hollywood Bowl
2301 N. Highland Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90068
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Walt Disney Concert Hall
111 S. Grand Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90012
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House of Blues Sunset Strip
8430 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90069
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JASON DERULO AT HOUSE OF BLUES
If you listen to pop radio, you know Jason Derulo's songs: "In My Head," "Ridin' Solo," "What If" — and, of course, "Whatcha Say," the Imogen Heap–sampling jam he took to No. 1 last year. Yet despite the fact that he introduces most of his songs by singing his own name, you may not know that Derulo is the guy who performs them. Next to Taio Cruz (aka the "Dynamite" dude), he's the Top 40's most mysterious presence right now. Pop-phobic types love to talk about how Ke$ha and Katy Perry lack personalities — a demonstrably absurd claim, obviously — but Derulo genuinely does seem like an Auto-Tuned voice unattached to a flesh-and-blood person. Who is he? Where did he come from? Tonight's show should provide an interesting opportunity to find out. (Mikael Wood)
Also playing Monday: MUMFORD & SONS at the Palladium; FOALS, EBSEN & THE WITCH at El Rey; RADARS TO THE SKY, WAIT.THINK.FAST at Spaceland; BLOODY RED SHOES at the Bootleg Theater.
TUESDAY/OCTOBER/19
SCOUT NIBLETT AT THE ECHO
The English singer Scout Niblett stirs up an intriguing alt-rock sound even though she's backed only minimally with austere guitars and drums. Much of the magic in her music comes from noted Chicago producer Steve Albini, who imbues her songs with shadowy, suggestive adornments. On the title track of her new album, The Calcination of Scout Niblett (Drag City Records), she murmurs bluesy lyrics as grungy guitar chords slam down and bookend her declarations with contrasting heaviness. This combination of airiness and raw power is often quite mesmerizing, even if her tunes rarely pay off with sugary hooks and easy choruses. With Niblett, it's more about creating a mood, such as the older song "In the Sine Wave," where she coos dreamily over sparse Native American tribal tom-toms, which sound like a heartbeat pulse, as electronic wind sounds slither around her enchantingly. (Falling James)
SUPERCHUNK, THE VASELINESAT THE MUSIC BOX
Broken up over the fact that Pavement's seemingly endless reunion tour has finally wrapped? Console yourself, then, with this solid double bill pairing two recently revived college-rock greats. Superchunk's new Majesty Shredding, the North Carolina band's first album since 2001, reveals an undimmed knack for tuneful, high-energy pop-punk. If frontman Mac McCaughan has aged since the days of "Skip Steps 1 & 3" and "Driveway to Driveway," his still-boyish yelp doesn't betray it. Reports from the road indicate that McCaughan and his bandmates are still summoning the old vigor onstage, as well. The Vaselines' new one, Sex With an X, comes a full two decades after the Scottish indie-pop duo's last studio disc. But Eugene Kelley and Frances McKee (who are currently being backed by dudes from Belle & Sebastian and the 1990s) were excellent last year at El Rey. Expect plenty of lusty hilarity tonight. (Mikael Wood)
BANG ON A CAN at DISNEY HALL
The five programs in the 2010-11 season of L.A. Phil's new music series Green Umbrella focus on American music performed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group led by guest conductors. Launching a tantalizingly heavyweight season that includes the music of George Crumb, Korean composer Unsuk Chin, Thomas Ades and György Ligeti, tonight's opener stars the one and only Bang on a Can ensemble, presenting a bill called "The New Yorkers" that features works from its member composers Michael Gordon, Julia Wolfe and David Lang. The program includes Gordon's Weather 1; Wolfe's Dark Full Ride and Early the Summer; and Lang's "Heroin" from Songs for Lou Reed (accompanied by video by Doug Aitken) and Pierced. Each of these composers has been rightfully championed as a real innovator in contemporary music — most notably Lang, whose The Little Match Girl Passion (commissioned by Carnegie Hall for Paul Hillier's vocal ensemble Theater of Voices) was awarded the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for music. (John Payne)
Also playing Tuesday: MILKTOOTH at Silverlake Lounge; BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE at the Wiltern; DEER TICK, J. RODDY WALSTON, THE BUSINESS at El Rey; KAT ARTHUR, CARNAGE ASADA at the Redwood.
WEDNESDAY/OCTOBER/20
HUGH CORNWELL AT EL CID
Hugh Cornwell was the voice of the British punk-prog-pub band the Stranglers during their late-'70s heyday. Although the group continued with other singers after his departure in 1990, they were never really the same, especially because his rudely witty lyrics and Doors-style guitar licks were such a major component of their sound. Cornwell seemingly didn't look back for many years, collaborating with Captain Beefheart drummer Robert Williams and releasing solo albums that were markedly different from his work with the Stranglers. And yet he comes to terms with his past with a new double live CD, New Songs for King Kong, which pairs his recent solo album Hooverdam with versions of songs from the Stranglers' debut LP, Rattus Norvegicus IV. "It's a delightful nightmare," Cornwell croons, summarizing his lifelong "morbid fascination" for things that are both scary and funny. On this American tour, he's backed by Blondie drummer Clem Burke for a set of new oddities and old Stranglers rants. (Falling James)
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