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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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Key Club

9039 Sunset Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90069

Category: Bars/Clubs

Region: West Hollywood

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The Glass House

200 W. Second St.
Pomona, CA 91766

Category: Bars/Clubs

Region: Out of Town

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The Troubadour

9081 Santa Monica Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90069

Category: Bars/Clubs

Region: West Hollywood

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@THE GLASS HOUSE (Pomona)

Hard-core Linkin Park fans may remember this local singer-songwriter from her cameo on "Where'd You Go," the moody 2006 single by Mike Shinoda's hip-hop project Fort Minor. In those days she went by Holly Brook, the name under which she released an equally moody full-length that pretty much sank without a trace. Over the past year or so, though, she's found much more success as Skylar Grey, writing and singing hooks on hits like Diddy-Dirty Money's "Coming Home" and "I Need a Doctor" by Dr. Dre; she also co-authored Eminem's "Love the Way You Lie" with producer Alex Da Kid, who helmed Grey's upcoming debut and will release it through his Interscope imprint later this year. She plays here ahead of her appearance next month at Lollapalooza. —Mikael Wood

Exmortus

@THE BLVD.

These Whittier widdlers transcend the congested and overly technical post-thrash metal scene by treating dexterity as a tool of songwriting and performance rather than a substitute for them. Though brutal and blur-fingered, they have a solid sense of craft reminiscent of the punkier side of the new wave of British heavy metal. And for all their hesher hairiness, spray-on jeans and pointy guitars, Exmortus summon a vitality and stylistic irreverence (dipping into black and death metal as they see fit) that could comfortably put them on metalcore bills. Four dedicated and capable young blokes sharing similar sonic and emotional goals can make a frightening force — all the more so when capped with the perpetually disgusted (yet remarkably intelligible) vomit vocals of the aptly named Conan. —Paul Rogers

Yuck, Unknown Mortal Orchestra

@TROUBADOUR

England's Yuck have faced no shortage of competition this year in their mission to re-create the sound of mid-'90s indie rock. But few of their peers have come up with tunes as catchy as those on Yuck's self-titled debut, which came out in February on Fat Possum (a home to several other '90s revivalists, not to mention Dinosaur Jr. themselves); the just-released single "Milkshake" is more melodic still, a shimmering approximation of Teenage Fanclub's jangle-fuzz classic Bandwagonesque. The band hits L.A. this weekend at the close of a North American tour that began at the Pitchfork Festival in Chicago. Openers (and label mates) Unknown Mortal Orchestra, from Portland, Ore., love fuzz, too, but no more than they dig dusty old rap beats. Also Sun. at the Satellite. —Mikael Wood

Audiotistic Festival

@NOS EVENTS CENTER (San Bernardino)

The open-air NOS Events Center in San Bernardino has hosted several daylong parties in recent years, but nothing compares to Insomniac's multigenre Audiotistic Festival, a massive, one-night affair megapacked with beats and bass so killer that you'll want to make the 60-mile trek out from L.A. This year's dance party talent includes Diplo, Crystal Castles, Major Lazer, Flux Pavilion, the Cool Kids, Lil B, Daedelus, Arrabmuzik and Thee Mike B, among others, spread across Treble Frequency, Bass Frequency, the Boombox and Speaker Temple stages. A more intimate affair than the stadium-sized Electric Daisy Carnival, Audiotistic Fest is the perfect way to keep the summertime party going with some musical madness. —Lainna Fader

Also playing:

KID ROCK, SHERYL CROW at Verizon Wireless; CELEBRITY SKIN ACOUSTIC at Moonlight Graham; THE GEARS, SYMBOL 6, RF7 at Blue Star; CYP2 with METRONOMY at Echoplex; DANTE VS ZOMBIES at Space 15 Twenty; PETER FRAMPTON at Greek Theatre; THOMAS DYBDAHL at Satellite; ZOE at Nokia Theatre.

sun 7/31

Calculator

@THE BLVD.

Further proof that At the Drive-In's unfinished business is still being rummaged through in basements and garages everywhere, local college kids Calculator offer an earnest and — for all their choreographed racket — oddly wholesome take on brainy posthardcore. Beats bustle, prone to sudden shifts of intent. Twinkly lost-transmission guitars beam in uninvited and indignant as puce-faced vocals rant on like some (unusually eloquent) street-corner spare-changer. True to their name, Calculator come on a little mathy, but they can swing and bob, too: For every doubled-over squawk or pogo-friendly passage there are detours of eyes-clenched, arpeggiated contemplation and nodding, knowing escape. This is civilized suburban screamo that you can take home for the holidays. —Paul Rogers

Also playing:

GRASS WIDOW at the Echo; RUTHANN FRIEDMAN at Echoplex.

mon 8/1

Active Child

@ECHO

Active Child is harpist Pat Grossi, a former choir singer who grew up listening to rap and now makes gorgeous synth-pop. Grand, soaring soundscapes with haunting synths and crisp drum-machine samples lay the groundwork for Grossi's exquisite angelic vocals, which recall Bon Iver's Justin Vernon and Antony of Antony and the Johnsons. Early last year he released a limited edition of cassettes on Mirror Universe Tape and then headed to SXSW, where he doubled the number of shows he's played under the Active Child moniker. Upon his return home to L.A., Filter put out his first EP, and his proper full-length debut, You Are All I See, will be out Aug. 23 via Vagrant. Tonight is the first night of Active Child's long-overdue Echo residency; he's joined by Therapies Son and Letting Up Despite Great Faults. —Lainna Fader

Belle Brigade

@GRAMMY MUSEUM