The Coals
@ THREE OF CLUBS
Acid Mothers Temple: See Wednesday.
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A truly multidimensional artist, Jason Mandell is a songsmith, guitarist, singer and writer (sometimes for this very newspaper). When the Coles (later, for legal reasons, the Coals), his bountiful collaboration with singer-guitarist Sutter Zachman — and a great young hope of the local country/folk scene — parted ways 18 months back, Mandell packed the tunes he'd penned and built a fresh band around 'em. Though he's a New Yorker who's lived his adult life in and around L.A., Mandell's musical expressions are shudderingly personal in content yet oddly escapist in tone — whispers from forlorn Texas trails, desperate Mexican backroads and elusive, possibly mythical, paths to happiness. Quaint and untainted, the Coals are a rare and beautiful thing to behold. —Paul Rogers
Theophilus London
@ KEY CLUB
Nabbing New York's "Downtown Sweetheart," video director Va$htie, as the host for your mixtape is a sign you're one of the cool kids. The East Coast counterpart of L.A.'s own neo–new wave hip-hop scene, Theophilus London keeps running his fingers through genres, smearing all the colors together for a sound that references early Prince as easily as Morrissey — the first track on his latest EP, "Why Even Try," sounds like the Purple One layered with the Pretty in Pink soundtrack. Yet even as each of his four mixtapes (his full-length, major-label debut comes out this summer) has roots in the synth-driven dance-pop of the '80s, they all branch out and move hip-hop even further into the future. Like the title of his DâM-FunK remix says, "Accept the New." —Rebecca Haithcoat
The Entrance Band
@ THE SATELLITE
A fantastic idea for one of the Satellite's inaugural residencies: L.A.'s unique wild jammers the Entrance Band. Every Entrance Band show is a physical workout for the psyche. Go. [Check out our interview with force-of-nature bassist Paz Lenchantin at laweekly.com.] —Gustavo Turner
Also playing Thursday:
THE STRANGE BOYS, NATURAL CHILD, WHITE FENCE at Eagle Rock Center for the Arts; AARON ROCHE, CHRIS SCHLARB at Origami; ED KOWALCZYK at Hotel Café; EMANUELE ARCIULI at REDCAT; KURT MASUR, SARAH CHANG at Walt Disney Concert Hall; THE HOURS at Bootleg Theater; HA HA TONKA at Hotel Café; DUNES at the Smell; WYE OAK at the Echo; DRIFTWOOD SINGERS, OLENTANGY JOHN, TOMMY SANTEE KLAWS at Silverlake Lounge.