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Cal State Dominguez Hills

1000 E. Victoria St.
Carson, CA 90747

Category: Schools

Region: South Bay

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The Troubadour

9081 Santa Monica Blvd.
West Hollywood, CA 90069

Category: Bars/Clubs

Region: West Hollywood

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2200 Beverly Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90057

Category: Bars/Clubs

Region: Out of Town

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2700 N. Vermont Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90027

Category: Community Venues

Region: Los Feliz

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2301 N. Highland Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90068

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Region: Out of Town

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@CAL STATE DOMINGUEZ HILLS

First the bad news: Although they're playing Warped Tour's San Diego stop on Aug. 9, Paramore — America's best pop-punk band — are not slated to show their pretty little faces here, which is obviously some bullshit. (Hold out hope for the surprise appearance, something of a Warped tradition.) Among the blow-softeners confirmed to play: Black Veil Brides, over-the-top glam-metal dudes from Hollywood; electro-grind goofballs I Set My Friends on Fire; ska-core lifers Less Than Jake; and, perhaps most exciting, Against Me!, more fiery than ever after having been ditched by the major label that (almost) turned them into rock stars. You'll also get Yelawolf, the buzzy Alabama rapper recently signed to Eminem's Shady Records, and Gym Class Heroes, who looked awfully conflicted about appearing on The Voice a while back. 1000 E. Victoria St., Carson, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. —Mikael Wood

Big Audio Dynamite

@CLUB NOKIA

If you're still bitter about missing Big Audio Dynamite's April reunion gigs at the Roxy and Coachella (ahem), scowl no more — Mick Jones' genre-bending post-Clash project returns to the Southland in top form after months of touring. While the band has known several names and incarnations (Big Audio Dynamite II ... Big Audio ... we see what you did there, Mr. Jones), the reunited B.A.D. features the "classic" lineup that recorded from 1984 to 1990. But don't call it a comeback: The band revealed new songs while on tour in June, and Jones has even spoken of digging up unreleased material co-written with the late Joe Strummer. B.A.D.-ass. —Andrea Domanick

Vetiver

@TROUBADOUR

Andy Cabic and crew bring a laid-back soft-rock sound soaked deeply in wise shades of classic folk and '60s rock, softly dappled with the orange glow of the '60s West Coast and, mostly, a whole lotta Poco/Burrito Bros.–style country & roll. As heard on their new Sub Pop album, The Errant Charm, Vetiver are capable of very fine rocking straight-up — indeed, refried boogie, too — but Cabic's heart isn't in blowing us away. He'd rather daydream down by the river. Each Errant tune is a minor variation on another, which gives the album a wholeness that reveals sagely drawn streaks of hazy psychedelia and captivatingly harmonized pop. Glorious melodies to be filed under "Deceptively Pleasant." —John Payne

Also playing:

AN EVENING WITH ROB ZABRECKY at Steve Allen Theater; MAVIS STAPLES at Hollywood Bowl; JOYCE KWON GROUP at Blue Whale.

thu 8/11

J*DaVeY

@KEY CLUB

Producer Brook D'Leau and singer-songwriter Miss Jack Davey are L.A.'s most funkdified fusionists. They create music to make futuristic love to: Bass lines throb with Prince-worthy pulsations while Davey pants lyrics that would not be out of place in one of the Purple One's orgasmathons. But anticipate nothing, and expect anything — just as easily, D'Leau might dissolve a thick new-wave synth into a hand-clapping drum machine as Davey sings a sweet ode primed for a Molly Ringwald dance. Their loyal legion of fans, the J*DaVeY NaVeY, will turn out to see what unpredictable tricks the duo pull out of their very fashionable sleeves, but the jam-packed bill is worthy as well. Smokey-voiced singer Nikko Gray toys with torch songs, while the trio Pollyn shoot an Afro-poppy beat right into space. —Rebecca Haithcoat

Ana Tijoux

@MACARTHUR PARK

Chilean rapper Ana Tijoux pumps out her beat-heavy songs today at a free concert in the park. Much like her homeland, the singer has undergone many changes over the years. She was raised in France while her parents were exiled from Chile during the years that Augusto Pinochet was in power. When she relocated to Chile, she got wrapped up in Santiago's growing hip-hop scene and ended up fronting the popular, late-1990s group Makiza and collaborating with Mexican alt-pop diva Julieta Venegas. After leaving Makiza, Tijoux eventually went solo, releasing the album 1977 last year and crafting a form of rap that was personal and humanistic instead of vain and boastful. Although she used to rap in French, these days she primarily chants her lyrics in Spanish. —Falling James

Also playing:

CHRISTINA PERRI, HONEYHONEY, SARAH AULT at Troubadour; LA FONT, TERRAPLANE SUN at the Echo; NOAH LIT, MEGAFAUNA, MARCUS VERY ORDINARY at Pershing Square; PAJAMA CLUB (NEIL FINN) at the Roxy; DEX ROMWEBER DUO at the Whisky; NURIYA at Skirball; STARFUCKER at El Rey Theatre; NICK MANCINI GROUP at Blue Whale; THE BEAT IS LAW (PULP DOCUMENTARY) screening at Cinefamily.