Kurt Vile, Santigold, Rusko

Also playing:

THE BEACH BOYS at Hollywood Bowl; CASS MCCOMBS BAND, THE ENTRANCE BAND at El Rey Theatre; MOGWAI at Music Box; PETER CASE at McCabe's; SUGARLAND, LAUREN ALAINA at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater.

Star & Dagger: See Saturday.

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sun 6/3

The Duke Spirit

THE ECHOPLEX

The Duke Spirit break off from their recent tour with Jane's Addiction long enough to headline their own show tonight at the Echoplex. It feels like it's been ages since the English quintet made a dramatic breakthrough on these shores with their second album, Neptune, whose shadowy tunes were given greater heft (and some considerable psychedelic mystery) after being recorded with Chris Goss out in Joshua Tree. Last year's follow-up CD, Bruiser, had its moments, but the band's most intriguing and memorable melodies — such as the underground hit "The Step & the Walk" — appeared earlier on Neptune. Liela Moss is still a captivating lead singer, contrasting her mates' heavier passages with her lithesome, winsome entreaties, and it will be interesting to see where The Duke Spirit go from here and if they can maintain their early momentum and promise. —Falling James

Also playing:

LANA DEL REY, ZEBRA KATZ at El Rey Theatre; VIOLENS, CATWALK at the Echo.

mon 6/4

Yo Gotti

KEY CLUB

This scrappy Memphis rapper — best known for his series of Cocaine Muzik mixtapes — didn't quite set the world on fire earlier this year with the release of Live From the Kitchen, his long-delayed studio debut for RCA. But Yo Gotti's been in the biz for too long to give up now, so tonight he hits town on what he's calling the Road to Riches Tour. If hit singles don't deliver the dough, he evidently figures, midsized club gigs might get the job done. Soft sales notwithstanding, Kitchen contains its fair share of taste treats, including the Lex Luger–produced "Second Chance" and "Go Girl," a weirdly tender posse cut with Big K.R.I.T., Big Sean and Wiz Khalifa. Bet that you'll hear (at least a few verses of) both here. —Mikael Wood

Emily Jane White

The MINT

Steeped in the deep woods around Santa Cruz and the wide-open fields of California's "up north," Emily Jane White sings slow and heartbreaking songs that echo Townes Van Zandt ("The Cliff," on her upcoming Ode to Sentience) but sound like they come from somewhere between the utter desolation of lost Teutonic bedroom folk singer Sibylle Baier and the sentimental complexity of Laura Veirs. Overseas, White packs 'em in — picture a smoky room full of sniffling Frenchmen, and yearn — but here in America you can still see her in intimate rooms like the Mint, where her voice slips and flows between her guitar, the stars and nothingness. For people who wonder if they still make 'em like they used to, because they do. —Chris Ziegler

Walk the Moon

TROUBADOUR

Smartly combining pop sensibilities with a postmodern spin on The Killers' waiflike appearance and Brandon Flowers' anguished howls, Walk the Moon are sure to bring the bounce tonight, touring behind their EP Anna Sun. Regularly upstaging bigger touring partners such as Young the Giant, it's about time the Cincinnati four-piece got its own headlining spot. As common as a dance quartet may be in these parts, Walk the Moon have an edge on most with the popularity of their single "Anna Sun," which lies heavily in the vein of Foster the People. Big on the synth sound and massive hooks, Walk the Moon are sure to incite a riotous dance party. —K.C. Libman

Also playing:

JJAMZ at the Satellite.

tue 6/5

Church of Misery

THE SATELLITE

Church of Misery are a metal band that couldn't care less about Satan. For almost 20 years, the depraved acts of living men have provided more than enough lyrical fodder for this Japanese quartet's brand of stoner doom. There is nothing thrash, death or –core about what Church of Misery do. They instead use riffs from the Sabbath playbook to provide the backdrop for their sordid tales inspired by notorious serial killers such as John Wayne Gacy and Albert Fish. Bassist Tatsu Mikami has been the only constant for the band's career, but the thunder of his rumble is strong support for psychedelic guitar solos, the razor-gargle vocals of Hideki Fukasawa and creepy samples from news reports and interviews with the inspirations behind their madness. If the Manson Family were around today, this would be the crazed soundtrack to their atrocities. —Jason Roche

LMFAO, Far East Movement

STAPLES CENTER

Call us crazy, but there's something supremely satisfying about giving yourself fully to the temptations of an adolescent, substance-free pop song. SkyBlu and RedFoo, the two afro-ed, self-proclaimed party rockers who call themselves LMFAO, know this to be true. Because they surely have to know their No. 1 smash hits, "Party Rock Anthem" and "Sexy and I Know It," are destined to the same glorious "remember-when-we-used-to-drink-to-that?" fate as, say, J-Kwon's "Tipsy." But that's the beauty of it all. It's the duo's goofball charm and lack of regard for outside perception that make them so damn lovable and fun to laugh alongside. —Dan Hyman