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The Echoplex

1154 Glendale Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90026

Category: Bars/Clubs

Region: Out of Town

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Roxy Theatre

9009 Sunset Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90069

Category: Bars/Clubs

Region: West Hollywood

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The Troubadour

9081 Santa Monica Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90069

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Region: West Hollywood

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Hollywood Bowl

2301 N. Highland Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90068

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@CLUB NOKIA

There's nothing about Musiq Soulchild's new studio disc that suggests he's in for the kind of mainstream breakthrough he's been looking for since the early '00s, when this Philadelphia-reared singer emerged as a member of neo-soul's second wave. But Musiqinthemagiq contains a wealth of riches for those predisposed to check it out. In "Befriends," Musiq layers his tightly harmonized vocals over a stripped-down R&B groove produced by Cee Lo collaborator Jack Splash, while the swinging "Lovecontract" would have fit right in on the latest from Raphael Saadiq. Expect Musiq to pair new cuts with fan-favorite oldies tonight. Opener Ryan Leslie first made a name for himself as a producer, but he makes his own records, too; a new one is due out July 4. —Mikael Wood

Catwalk, Cold Showers

@RVCA FAIRFAX SUMMER SESSIONS

Catwalk is the project of 19-year-old Nick Hessler, who's been recording garage-pop under that name after finding a four-track in his parents' garage on Christmas Day in 2005. Since then, he's documented his youth with a couple EPs for YAY! Records — now long out of print — and two singles for Captured Tracks, the Brooklyn-based imprint owned and operated by Blank Dogs' Mike Sniper. (A full-length on Captured Tracks is in the works, too.) The Oxnard native sings about love, loss and longing; he's dreamy like the Smiths but confident like Phil Spector and Alex Chilton, with reverb-wet vocals and guitar and a constantly evolving lineup. He'll be joined by Cold Showers, brooding post-punk from notable L.A. locals. —Lainna Fader

Also playing:

KEREN ANN at Luckman Fine Arts Complex; TERRA NAOMI at Hotel Café; THE SEDUCTION OF INGMAR BERGMAN with live performance by SPARKS at Ford Amphitheatre.

sun 6/26

Yellow Magic Orchestra, Cibo Matto and others

@HOLLYWOOD BOWL

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Sleep

@WILTERN

Legendary stoner-rock pioneers Sleep picked up the burning torch of doom, whose embers had been blown back to life by St. Vitus just a half-decade earlier, and somehow, through the era of hair metal, speed metal, grunge and techno, they managed to lead a mob of followers onward. Their hourlong Dopesmoker/Jerusalem is basically the La Planète Sauvage of heavy — insane, ambitious, completely absorbing and strangely kinda fun at parties! The band split in 1997, but All Tomorrow's Parties came calling in 2009 and woke them from their slumber. FYF Fest brings them back to L.A. once again to headline the Wiltern with Wino of St. Vitus' new band Premonition 13 and Athens noise-rock band Harvey Milk. —Lainna Fader

Also playing:

SARAH JAROSZ at McCabe's; PART TIME PUNKS FACTORY RECORDS NIGHT at Echo; NEIL HAMBURGER at Satellite.

mon 6/27

Dante vs. Zombies, The Crystelles, Black Flamingo

@ECHO

Their June residency this week brings former Starlite Desperation frontman Dante Adrian White's Dante vs. Zombies into brutal combat with the forces of sheer evil. Armed with nothing but their messy ghetto-pop debauchery resembling a gang hump 'twixt Bo Diddley, Joy Division and Michael Jackson, these esteemed onions include a swelling bag of players from Jail Weddings, the Like, Swahili Blonde and Detroit Cobras; they'll be flogging their new EP, Yes, I'm Stalking You, and a new single coming out next month. The Crystelles (Gitane Demone of Christian Death) dart into the fray along with Black Flamingo, Jean Paul from the Starvations, dark pagan metallisti Enochian Keys plus no doubt some top-secret highly special guests. —John Payne

Charlie Wadhams, Chapin Sisters, Henry Wolfe, Harper Simon

@BOOTLEG THEATER

As son of the infinitely talented Paul Simon, Harper Simon has big shoes to fill. Like fellow pop progeny James McCartney, he was a late bloomer, waiting till he was 37 to release his debut record (which features an acoustic rendition of the Buzzcocks' "Ever Fallen in Love?"!). He's taken his time to find his own sound, and now he headlines the Bootleg with some of L.A.'s top folk-pop talent. Henry Wolfe's ultracharming bluesy piano will make you want to fall in love, Charlie Wadhams' lilting vocals will melt your heart and the Chapin Sisters' lovely voices will lift you all the way up to heaven. —Lainna Fader

Also playing:

LE BUTCHERETTES, TERA MELOS, ADEBISI SHANK at Troubadour; DUNIVEN, WOOLEN at Silverlake Lounge.

tue 6/28

Simon Stokes

@REDWOOD BAR & GRILL

Simon Stokes is the last of the American hell-raisers — rowdy enough to hang out with bikers and yet free-spirited enough to party with the likes of Timothy Leary and the Seeds' Sky Saxon. A longtime underground-music legend from his days as a staff writer at Elektra Records in the 1960s and his controversial, ahead-of-its-time S&M-themed Black Whip Thrill Band in the early 1970s, Stokes has revitalized his career in recent years with such releases as Honky. On his new album, Simon Stokes & the Heathen Angels, he amiably growls his way through up-tempo roots rockers ("Infected"), morbid murder ballads ("Down for Death"), randy country duets ("Let's Do Wrong Tonight") and boozy blues-rockers ("The Boa Constrictor Ate My Wife Last Night"), backed by a hot band that includes fiddle maestro Brantley Kearns, drummer Todd Westover and bassist Bruce Duff. —Falling James