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The Dogs
REDWOOD BAR & GRILL
Hasn't it been said that someday dogs will inherit the Earth? If so, perhaps the Dogs will finally have their day. It's not like the hard-punkin' trio are latecomers to the rock & roll party. They formed in Lansing, Mich., in 1969 and, after relocating to L.A. in the mid-'70s, instigated the early Hollywood punk scene with incendiary songs like "Younger Point of View" and "Slash Your Face." But the Dogs were just as much a Motor City hard-rock band in the tradition of their heroes, the Stooges and the MC5. Don't be surprised tonight if singer Loren Molinare, bassist Mary Kay and drummer Tony Matteucci do a tribute to MC5 bassist Michael Davis, who died last month. Otherwise, expect plenty of the old classics like "Fed Up" and "L.A. Times" alongside such typically cranked-up new tunes as "Punk Rock Holiday" and a cover of the Pagans' "Her Name Was Jane," from the Dogs' latest album, Hypersensitive. —Falling James
Stew & the Negro Problem
ROYCE HALL
The thing about Stew & the Negro Problem that rankles is how, again, this quintessentially (i.e., idiosyncratically) L.A. band had to go to bleedin' New York to get their big-time cred, once the initial buzz about 'em wore off in Tinseltown. But Stew's exodus to New York, with partner Heidi Rodewald, paid off, what with their play Passing Strange winning a Tony Award and Spike Lee filming it for Great Performances. They've now got a new batch of tunes out, called Making It, documenting the couple's giddy highs, ruminative lows and confusing in-betweens in their time spent together out in the real world. Interlaced with Stew's wicked lyrical ironies, the album's a strangely moving blend of moody bluesy bar-band stuff, breezing-banging rock & roll, quasi-jazzy meanderings and the duo's trademark artfully quirky orchestrations. Tonight they'll premiere a specially commissioned song-cycle about West Los Angeles titled "Westside of Your Mind." —John Payne
HOLLYWOOD PALLADIUM
Hot damn tamale. Looks like Axl Rose has finally come back down to Earth and is aiming to give us-what-spawned-'em a few up-close and personal shots (hopefully) of what are unquestionably some of the most kicking modern metal songs ever created. Although their last local show was generally panned as a slow-motion train wreck, this three-night "L.A. Takeover" roars into town on a tide of gushing reviews from a similar East Coast miniblitz, an unexpected assessment that's sure to raise the hopes of every headbanger from Bakersfield to Banning. With a set list that features GNR songs fans actually want to hear and an apparent viciously renewed vigor, the prospect of hearing some uncut, head-on hard rock — as opposed to the painfully sludgy Spinal Tap shtick the band has more often than not perpetrated around here — is downright dizzying (no pun intended). Also Sun. at the Wiltern and Mon. at House of Blues. —Jonny Whiteside
Also playing:
THE VELVET TEEN at Satellite; BELA FLECK & THE FLECKTONES at the Orpheum; NELLIE MCKAY at Catalina; SCOTT AMENDOLA TRIO at Blue Whale; VANAPRASTA at Bootleg Bar; JOE BAG ORGAN QUARTET at Vibrato.
sat 3/10
THE ROXY
Though this Inglewood MC has been releasing smart, stylish mixtapes since 2007, he has yet to headline his own show in Los Angeles. Of course, that might have something to do with his age: The mature-minded rapper is only 18. Though Veggies started out as a member of Odd Future (Tyler, the Creator appears on each of his releases), he amicably went his own way when the raucous crew's star began to rise, partly in order to focus on his studies. It paid off. Not only did the dude graduate with a 3.5 but he also maintained an identity of his own — a mix of streetwise practicality and scholarly poise that well suits his even-keeled delivery and makes him a peer to college-circuit VIPs like Mac Miller, Dom Kennedy and Kendrick Lamar, all of whom appear on his soul-spackled 2011 LP, Sleeping in Class. —Chris Martins
The Mynabirds, Big Harp
"Get your war paint on," the Mynabirds' Laura Burhenn declares on "Generals," the title track of her upcoming album. Based on the early evidence, the provocative, Omaha-based singer is moving away from the alt-pop introspection of previous albums, such as 2010's What We Lose in the Fire, We Gain in the Flood, toward a more purposefully confrontational and political persona. Of course, musicians brag about starting revolutions all the time — seldom do they actually get their hands dirty or do more than preach to their already converted fans. However, Burhenn (who got her start in the Washington, D.C., project Georgie James) has such a persuasively soulful delivery that it's not impossible to imagine her inspiring and rounding up her own army. The Mynabirds' Saddle Creek labelmates Big Harp say "Goodbye Crazy City" with stubbornly rural and rootsy folk-country rambles. —Falling James
Trey Anastasio and Los Angeles Philharmonic
WALT DISNEY CONCERT HALL
Trey Anastasio, the noodly-prone ax slinger for jam gods Phish, is a natural-born risk taker. One minute dude's unleashing feature film–length guitar expeditions, the next he's flying solo with a 1920s-style big band as his backup. So while it might seem a bit odd that he's performing with the L.A. Philharmonic for this one-off gig, it's not altogether shocking, especially considering the guitarist currently also is working alongside composer Amanda Green on the musical Hands on a Hard Body. This L.A. performance — for which Anastasio joins conductor Scott Dunn in leading orchestral adaptations of both Phish tunes and those from his solo catalog — promises to be equal parts quirky and mind-blowing, a sentiment hardly foreign to any and all of the guitarist's highly varied endeavors. —Dan Hyman
The named only Billy Childs did a bang'n job fill'n-in for Bobby West @ Double M Jazz Salon, Masters of the Ark led by Jesse Sharps. Aloe Blacc's side-personnel tenor saxophonist, Randal Fisher guest soloed. The young lion is from PAPA's den, a co-collaborator w/ Free Association @ The Rack, alternating Suns., & D'z Intern @ Dolores Petersen Presents: Showcase and Open Mic / Jam every Th nite "Companion Events @ HSB&G.
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