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Civet

@ THE ECHO

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The Forum

3900 W. Manchester Blvd.
Inglewood, CA 90305

Category: Music Venues

Region: Inglewood

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Staples Center

1111 S. Figueroa St.
Los Angeles, CA 90015

Category: Community Venues

Region: Out of Town

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Walt Disney Concert Hall

111 S. Grand Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Category: Music Venues

Region: Out of Town

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The Greek Theatre

2700 N. Vermont Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90027

Category: Community Venues

Region: Los Feliz

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El Rey Theatre

5515 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036

Category: Bars/Clubs

Region: Mid-Wilshire/ Hancock Park

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The Redwood Bar & Grill

316 W. Second St.
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Category: Bars/Clubs

Region: Downtown

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The punk rock hellions Civet have undergone several lineup changes since emerging from the LBC earlier this decade, but singer Liza Graves and guitarist Suzi Homewrecker continue to crank out loud, hard and fast rants on their latest album, Love & War. The one-time all-femme quartet are heavily inspired by the Runaways, and even with new drummer Christian Riersgard and bassist Jonny Grill, they tend to come off in a rough-and-rowdy fashion like riot-grrl icons L7 and Betty Blowtorch. Civet's simple lyrics aren't their strongest suit, but the rousing choruses of barn burners like "Son of a Bitch" and "Summer of Hate" tend to overshadow such shortcomings. An occasionally poppy tune like "All I Want" helps to brighten things further. —Falling James

Mägo de Oz

@ HOLLYWOOD PALLADIUM

Madrid's heavy metal scene isn't something you hear about often, and these DnD metallers may not be the most representative of it. But the appeal of hard-rocking longhairs Mägo de Oz isn't the nine-piece's ability to siphon modern strains of sludge into a palatable product — it's pure throwback to the days of dragons, druids and six-string drudgery. There's a reason the group's name translates (minus the umlaut) to "Wizard of Oz," and it probably has something to do with the fact that singer José Andrëa and his crew sound like Ronnie James Dio fronting a Riverdance troupe, but in Spanish (in a good way). The band have released a dozen records since forming in 1989, but they're best experienced live, where the full force of the Iberian-Gaelic-Anthraxian assault is brought to bear using an arsenal of instruments, from fiddle to accordion to flute. —Chris Martins

Buke & Gass

@ THE SATELLITE

A piquantly pointy-headed pop played on homemade hybrid instruments, spiced with loping African polyrhythms and other odd meters. B&G's happily lopsided "song" structures are custom-designed to encourage deep-in-thought chin-stroking even on the dance floor. —John Payne

Xzibit

@ KEY CLUB

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Also playing Saturday: JAMAICA at the Echoplex; BLAME SALLY at McCabe's; DAEDELUS, TOKIMONSTA at the Glass House (Pomona); GARFUNKEL AND OATES at Largo; CHRISTOPH BULL ORGAN RECITAL at Royce Hall; DUKES OF HAMBURG, THE OGRES, THE SWISS FAMILY SKIERS, THE HONDETTES at Mr. T's Bowl.

sun 4/24

Amon Amarth

@ HOUSE OF BLUES

A band named after a Lord of the Rings landmark (and in a fictional Tolkien tongue) had better deliver something pretty darn epic. Sho' nuff, Amon Amarth's down-tuned death metal is woven with grandiose mythical imagery, and their galloping double kick drums could be horses joining battle. These Swedes offer more musicality (and restraint) than many of their po-faced peers, keeping the tempos this side of blur-speed and including some juicy, downright melodic guitar adventures. Frontman Johan Hegg is no choirboy, but his ultra-earnest, guttural proclamations are actually intelligible (at least I caught something about "Vikings" and "runes"), and he sounds more like a coughdrop-ready cartoon character than a meth-fueled panty sniffer. –Paul Rogers

Nobunny's 10th Annual Easter Show

@ THE ECHO

Nobunny has been proudly wearing a bunny mask and making music for 10 years and now celebrates his first decade of life this Easter. Ten years of the Bunny means one night of the best punk and garage rock this city has to offer, so drink up and dive in. His classic LP Raw Romance has just been reissued — pink and purple limited-edition vinyl! Count on lots of messy, high-energy rock & roll songs about love and affection and close-to-naked people in bunny ears and whiskers. Also, Audacity, Clorox Girls, Wounded Lion, and King Tuff, for maximum partying potential. –Lainna Fader

Also playing Sunday: BRITPOP NITE at the Echo.

mon 4/25

The Head and the Heart

@ THE TROUBADOUR

The principal members of this fast-rising folk sextet originally met at a Seattle open mic, and that says a lot about the band's core sound: an intimate and gruff-throated Americana that places them in the ranks of Elvis Perkins and the Avett Brothers. Co-frontmen Josiah Johnson and Jon Russell sing lovelorn confessionals, talk of old ghosts and plead forgiveness for their "rough and rowdy ways." But there's a certain piano-sourced delicateness in their songs and also a jangling ebullience that brings to mind, in turn, Rufus Wainwright and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. —Chris Martins

Del the Funky Homosapien

@ KEY CLUB

Del has always stepped to the beat of his own (funky) drummer. He began his career as a member of cousin Ice Cube's crew, and produced a commercially successful solo album with Cube's help. But afterward, he cut ties with the seminal gangsta rapper and headed in precisely the opposite direction: He opens the video for "Wrong Place," a track from his 1993 sophomore album, shaking a bullet at the camera and saying, "I don't wanna have to clown these gangsta rappers, BUT it's about skills. You know it ain't right — let's not have these flyin' around." He has collaborated with the Hieroglyphics, Deltron 3030 and Gorillaz, and Del's star just keeps rising, but he remains staunchly independent, doin' what he wants. This show, the release party for his new triple CD, is (no, really) FREE. What's your excuse? —Rebecca Haithcoat