Music Picks: The Psychedelic Furs, Orgone, Raekwon, Beach Fossils, The Raveonettes

fri 4/29

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The Pipettes: See Wednesday

Xzibit: See Friday

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Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal CityWalk

100 Universal City Plaza
Universal City, CA 91608

Category: Attractions/Amusement Parks

Region: Out of Town

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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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Roxy Theatre

9009 Sunset Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90069

Category: Bars/Clubs

Region: West Hollywood

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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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Music Box Cocktail

13114 Downey Ave.
Paramount, CA 90723-2413

Category: Bars/Clubs

Region: Southeastern Cities

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@ THE ROXY

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KDAY'S Krush Groove

@ GIBSON AMPHITHEATRE

As Southern California's old-school rap authority for more than three decades, KDAY has a long tradition of transporting the hip-hop block party to the arena. Headlining is Oakland MC Too $hort, legendary for his lewd rhymes about pimping women, partying on Ecstasy and prolific pot-smoking. It speaks volumes that the cover of his 18th album, Still Blowin', features a spread-eagled model with smoke pouring from her lips. Tough-but-sentimental Queens rapper Ja Rule makes a rare appearance before he begins a two-year prison stint in June for gun possession. Also L.A.'s own gangsta revivalist [Ed.'s note: And legendary Yo Dawg meme subject] Xzibit, who's set to release his first album in five years. But the heart of the party will no doubt be Digital Underground, whose playful, funk-fueled songs owe as much to Slick Rick as they do to P-Funk. —Chris Martins

Curren$y

@ EL REY THEATRE

Patience is a virtue, as the eternally stoned, preternaturally chill Hot Spitta has demonstrated. Beginning his career as a teenager with Master P's No Limit and Lil Wayne's Cash Money Records, the New Orleans rapper eventually decided to fly solo. Producing a slew of sharp mixtapes and albums, and practically inventing a new language ("Pilot Speak" — a slippery blend of stoner and Southern), he's mustered the allegiance of a cult so dedicated, they've started tattooing themselves with his J.E.T.S. (Just Enjoy This Shit) slogan. He just bagged a major-label deal that's keeping him on the ground in his new Ferrari, but there's no pretense with Spitta. After performing as animatedly as the cartoons he loves, he's liable to hop down into the crowd to watch the rest of the show with you. Also Trademark, Young Roddy, Fiend, Corner Boy P. —Rebecca Haithcoat

Also playing Friday:

PATRICK CAMPBELL-LYONS (U.K. NIRVANA) at Stories; GESTAPO KHAZI, RAW GERONIMO at 5 Star Bar; PETER LEWIS, WILLIE ARON, BILL BENTLEY at Pig 'n Whistle; LES BLANKS, RACES at Satellite; VAN ZWEDEN CONDUCTS PROKOFIEV, BEETHOVEN at Walt Disney Concert Hall; GIN BLOSSOMS at Hollywood Park; BLOODSCRIBE at The Blvd.; BITO at Hotel Café; JESSICA LEA MAYFIELD at the Troubadour; SEAN ROWE, GABY MORENO, OLIN & THE MOON at Bootleg Theater; ROYAL BANGS, SUPERHUMANOIDS at the Echo.

sat 4/30

Tearist

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Album release show.

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Tindersticks/Claire Denis Films

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Raekwon

@ EL REY THEATRE

This vital Wu-Tang lifer hasn't enjoyed the same spotlit solo status as some of his fellow Staten Island stars, but he's always been a favorite among critics and Wu aficionados. Blessed with a smooth, quietly confident voice and a cool, workmanlike delivery, the Chef is ace at real-time storytelling, spinning gritty street narratives colored by dramatic detail and a flair for the fantastical. His latest album is Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang Clan, which lyrically plays out as a 17-part action film where death-dealing ninjas beef over urban turf with heartless, gun-toting gangsters. Live, all of Wu's disciples are known to play '90s fan favorites, so come ready to shout requests. —Chris Martins

Invasion del Corrido

@ GIBSON AMPHITHEATRE

It's really, really hard to find good information about this sure-to-be-massive event highlighting Northern Mexico's equivalent of gangsta country: extremely popular corrido (rhymed folk songs) acts who memorialize the violent turf wars of local gangs to rhythmic tunes. Bands include Voz de Mando, Calibre 50, Arley Perez, Regulo Caro, Los Mas Buscados, Tito Torbellino and La Odisea. Musica dura para gente aun mas dura. —Gustavo Turner

Trinket, Peachfuzz

@ REDWOOD BAR & GRILL

Trinket's songs are as cute and cuddly as the Chihuahua dogs the local group celebrates on "Happy Right This Second." While former 3 Hole Punch drummer Curt Anderson hammers down the tune's jangling stop-&-start riffs, Heather Stanfield coos endearingly, "This dog is so amazingly small/I'm not sure that technically it's a dog at all." The band might focus on life's similarly small pleasures, but they do it in a way that's utterly charming, as Stanfield gushes with effervescent melodies. Trinket were a beloved part of L.A.'s power-pop underground in the late '90s and perform an unexpected reunion show tonight. They're joined by fellow coed pop stalwarts Peachfuzz, who — as their name implies — have a harder and fuzzier sound that's balanced by peachy Cheap Trick–style hooks. —Falling James

Orgone

@ THE MINT

We love to see shows at the Mint, a laid-back barroom/dance-room venue with bartenders who happen to pour some of the stiffest drinks in town. And when they book a band like Orgone, L.A.'s steady suppliers of the funkiest jazz grooves — or the jazziest funk grooves, take your pick — that's just as good as their occasional salsa nights. Just make sure you get a designated driver, or call a cab, OK? —Gustavo Turner

The Psychedelic Furs

@ THE MUSIC BOX

When these Brits get the balance between their midpaced punk roots and later arena ambitions right, their enduring appeal makes total sense. Their stylistic stars perhaps never aligned better than on Talk Talk Talk, which is revisited in its entirety on this tour, followed by a separate, career-spanning set. The album, which spawned (in rerecorded form) their biggest stateside hit, "Pretty in Pink," brought together straight-faced grooves, detached guitars and set-'em-apart sax in bleak yet oddly buoyant ways. But it will always be Richard Butler's leathered larynx that puts food on these vets' table: an instinctively cynical, almost sarcastic sound that can make even potentially crass sentiments like "I Wanna Sleep With You" and "Into You Like a Train" transcend the literal and transmit whole heads-full of youthful anguish. —Paul Rogers