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COMBICHRIST AT THE MUSIC BOX

Sunday the newly remodeled Music Box will be invaded by a bunch of filthy men and their even filthier music. Combichrist has been a favorite in the Industrial scene essentially since its inception in 2003. Like the sound track to a boot camp in hell, they serve up dizzying electronic foundations, pounding duel percussion and intensely violent lyrical themes. Your mom would definitely take this CD away if she found it (or if kids these days had any idea what a CD is). The Combis are back in America after traipsing around Europe's biggest venues with Rammstein, supposedly with a few new tricks up their sleeves since their last L.A. appearance (a surprise show at Das Bunker). Expect some new tracks as well from the September release, Making Monsters, and, of course, fan favorites like "This Shit Will Fuck You Up" and "Shut Up and Swallow." With Aesthetic Perfection, God Module and iVardenphere as support, the bill is stacked like Raquel Welch. (Diamond Bodine-Fischer)

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UCLA Royce Hall

340 Royce Drive
Westwood, CA 90024

Category: Music Venues

Region: West L.A.

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Also playing Sunday: FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE at El Rey; BEAR IN HEAVEN, LOWER DENS, SUN AIRWAY at the Troubadour; PVT at Spaceland.

MONDAY/NOVEMBER/8

BILL FRISELL'S BEAUTiFUL DREAMERS AT LARGO

Bill Frisell never seems to go too long without putting together some new project, and tonight the veteran jazz guitarist brings his latest outfit to Largo to showcase the recently released Beautiful Dreamers, his first effort for the Savoy Jazz label. Backed by drummer Rudy Royston and violist Eyvind Kang (possibly the only person alive who's worked with both the Decemberists and Sunn O)))), Frisell pairs rootsy originals like "Sweetie" and the spooky "Baby Cry" with covers of such wide-ranging gems as Stephen Foster's "Beautiful Dreamer" and "Goin' Out of My Head," the mid-'60s Little Anthony & the Imperials hit. There's also one lovely number, "Better Than a Machine," dedicated to the late Vic Chesnutt. Expect the same material — with some considerable departures — tonight. (Mikael Wood)

A PERFECT CIRCLE AT AVALON

Tool frontman Maynard James Keenan's sleekly art-rocking side project went on hiatus following the release of 2004's Emotive, but now A Perfect Circle is revving back to life with a West Coast tour that's scheduled to stop at Avalon for three nights. At each show the band — which currently includes Keenan, guitarists Billy Howerdel and James Iha, bassist Matt McJunkins and drummer Josh Freese — will perform one of its three studio discs in its entirety: first 2000's Mer de Noms, then 2003's Thirteenth Step, then Emotive, the last of which consisted of covers of politically minded tunes like John Lennon's "Imagine" and "What's Going On" by Marvin Gaye. (The album was released on Election Day.) Keenan recently told Rolling Stone that he and Howerdel are writing fresh material as well, so a sneak peek at some work in progress seems like a safe bet here. Also Tues. and Wed. (Mikael Wood)

Also playing Monday: BLACK APPLES at the Echo; FLORENCE AND THE MACHINE at El Rey; TAMAR KAPRELIAN at Hotel Cafe; STREET SWEEPER SOCIAL CLUB at the Roxy.

TUESDAY/NOVEMBER/9

SIMONE WHITE AT LARGO

While nostalgic 30-somethings know Damon Albarn as the (former?) frontman of Blur, and nü-ravers and children known him as the mastermind of those wacky Gorillaz, discerning record nerds (regardless of how they feel about Britpop and the postmodern Archies) owe him a huge debt of gratitude as the co-founder of Honest Jons Records, a fantastically eclectic label that showed him to be a man of both wealth and taste. (Rule of thumb: If it's on Honest Jons, get it — you'll like it.) Among all the excellent Moondog and international compilations, Honest Jons occasionally releases the odd contemporary album, including the last two by singer Simone White. White's voice is a delicate instrument, more traditional-sounding than Joanna Newsom's but with a similar ability to interpret lyrics with deceptive and revealing ease. The arrangements she favors on record are of the organic, earthy variety, like vintage Lanois (check out "Worm Was Wood" as a taster). She was supposed to play McCabe's a few months ago with Mia Doi Todd but had to cancel. We're glad she's back. With Sean Hayes. (Gustavo Turner)

Also playing Tuesday: A PERFECT CIRCLE at Avalon; NITZER EBB at the Echoplex; DELOREAN, LEMONADE, SUPERHUMANOIDS at the Troubadour; DAVID DONDERO, THE MOANERS, STAR ANNA & THE LAUGHING DOGS at Spaceland; LEOPOLD AND HIS FICTION at Silverlake Lounge; BLACK WIDOWS at the Redwood; BRANDON FLOWERS at Fox Theater Pomona; POLANSKI SHORT FILMS WITH LIVE SCORE BY SZAZA at Cinefamily at the Silent Theatre.

WEDNESDAY/NOVEMBER/10

PAPERCRANES AT BORDELLO

The '80s were a great time for people named Rain; if only Rain Phoenix could start a band with Rain Pryor and Rainn Wilson. While you're waiting for that particular epic supergroup, Phoenix's band Papercranes enters the second week of its Wednesday residency at Bordello. Formed in 2003 as a natural progression from her previous band, Aleka's Attic — founded with her late brother, River, who was lead singer — Papercranes' latest effort is a forthcoming nine-song Manimal record, Let's Make Babies in the Woods, an album infused with darkness unseen in most folk music making the rounds today. It's definitely a welcome departure from the singer-songwriterly twaddle of Papercranes' initial offerings; folk music was never meant to be a hammock knit with guitar strings. They're entering territories of doomed love and wearying loss — a direction that is at last substantive. In this, Papercranes finds its strength. Also performing: The Moor, the Child. (David Cotner)