Richie Hawtin
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@MUSIC BOX
Minimalist techno-/electro-house digitician Richie Hawtin is a lot of things — a DJ, a producer, a record label owner and, not least, a big booster for his beloved Detroit's underground scene. That city's acclaimed innovators in electro/dance inspired the English-born, Canadian-raised Hawtin to take his own clean-lined and minimalist yet subtly detailed mixes into intriguing unknown worlds, where the sound seems to burst in crystals around supremely danceable beats and utterly amazing low-frequency muscle massage. Hawtin's big-beat body work gets internalized and cerebralized when he issues his thoughts as alter ego Plastikman, though tonight he'll be cranking the heat. So bring your body and your brain. —John Payne
Mean Jeans
@DARK HORSE
The Dark Horse — formerly Bordello — is finally open for shows again; in the last couple weeks, the schedule has been stacked with killer lineups. Headlining tonight are Portland punks Mean Jeans, who just last month graced the cover of L.A.'s best punk zine, Razorcake, with the band shredding in front of a meatball-spewing volcano and wading through globs of bright orange lava. These guys breathe new life into late-'70s to mid-'80s punk on their Are You Serious? LP for Dirtnap Records — you can hear the Ramones in about every other guitar lick — where they sing about drugs, partying or messes arising from too much drugs or too much partying. The Underground Railroad to Candyland, Clorox Girls and White Night support. —Lainna Fader
Hall & Oates ... and fireworks!
@HOLLYWOOD BOWL
Kick it old-school under the stars at the Bowl with the one and only Daryl Hall & John Oates, who'll join the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra for a night of mellow gold like "She's Gone," "Rich Girl," "Kiss on My List," "Private Eyes," "I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)," "Maneater" and "Out of Touch"! So many ... wait, how about "Sara Smile," "One on One" or the utterly righteous "Say It Isn't So"? Hall & Oates are like the ultimate guilty-pleasure kind of thing, except in hindsight one can clearly see that there's nothing to feel guilty about. The orchestra also will play a selection of old-tyme Americana gems to celebrate the USA's 235th birthday, and did we mention fireworks? Yes, there will be fireworks! Also Sun.-Mon., July 3-4. —John Payne
Also playing:
THE HOOTENANNY at Oak Canyon Ranch; SOUTHERN TORNADOES BENEFIT with SUE SCROFA, HI HO SILVER OH, COUNT FLEET, SAINT SEA HAT at Echo Country Outpost; BLONDE REDHEAD, LUYAS and BASS DRUM OF DEATH at El Rey.
sun 7/3
Catwalk, Sea Lions, Sweater Girls
@THE SMELL
Oxnard's in the house tonight, as Nick Hessler brings his jingle-jangly pop band Catwalk down south. A million miles away from the aggressive Nardcore of old punk bands like Ill Repute and Dr. Know, Catwalk have a tuneful dreaminess in songs like "One by Love." Fellow Ventura County visitors Sea Lions take a wispy, lo-fi pop approach on such cheeky originals as "I Wish I Was Lou Reed" and their alt-garage remake of the Bee Gees' "To Love Somebody." The local coven Sweater Girls wrap their fuzz-pop bonbons in a cottony gauze of reverb guitars and Jesus & Mary Chain haziness that's often quite beguiling. —Falling James
Mixed Message, Quarteto Nuevo
@CENTER FOR THE ARTS, EAGLE ROCK
The brave and bold Open Gate Theatre brings you another evening of far-reaching and relevant musical adventure. Mixed Message is founder Will Salmon's collaboration with pipa (Chinese lute) virtuoso Jie Ma, accordionist/composer Daniel Corral and dancer Heather Rhea Dawn. The excellent, eclectic Quarteto Nuevo — Christopher Garcia, percussion; Jacob Szekely, cello; Kenton Youngstrom, acoustic guitar; and Damon Zick on soprano saxophone and alto flute — perform original compositions and interpretations of music by such artists as Egberto Gismonti, John Bergamo, Milcho Leviev and Frank Zappa. Admission is a measly $10, students, seniors and past series performers half-price; plenty of free parking. More info: (626) 795-4989. —John Payne
Also playing:
BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY at House of Blues; JAIL WEDDINGS, SWAHILI BLONDE, GANGI at Alex's Bar; WHITE PANDA at the Glass House.
mon 7/4
Crystal Antlers
@THE ECHO
Long Beach's psychedelic Crystal Antlers have come a long way. Their label Touch and Go — one of the last big independents — went under just after releasing their first LP. The band's bad luck continued when all their gear was stolen. But then they regrouped with a retreat to Mexico for a recording session in a barn, returning with a self-released single. Just a few days ago, they released a video for "Summer Solstice," off their upcoming full-length Two-Way Mirror, produced by Ikey Owens of Free Moral Agents and the Mars Volta. Two-Way Mirror is due out July 12 via Recreation LTD. For the first night of their Monday Echo residency, Crystal Antlers bring with them Bleached, Bass Drum of Death and Fidlar. —Lainna Fader
Also playing:
RACES at the Bootleg; LA FONT at Silverlake Lounge.
tue 7/5
Jessica Catron
@HAMMER MUSEUM
Most people use their summertime to embrace a wet and humid kind of annihilation — not musician Jessica Catron. Usually seen around town with Jeremy Drake and Corey Fogel in the experimental powerhouse known as Missincinatti, for her latest project, "Disassembled String Ensemble," a string quartet will try to perform together while interspersed around the terraces of the museum. It's a new manifestation of the Hammer Museum's Public Engagement program, which strives toward a more interactive kind of art space in which the passive is passé and all aspects of the museum collide to create experiences instead of exhibitions. Her last piece, "Insect Ensemble," involved the same kind of remote hearing, in which a loose-knit ensemble roamed around the grounds and made bug noises with mouths and hands. Who says you can't just crash the action and bring a cello bow to play the staircase railing? No one, that's who. —David Cotner
