Jenny Lewis, Ab-Soul, Céu

Jenny Lewis

LARGO AT THE CORONET

PHOTO BY NEKO CASE

Kelly Hogan: See Wednesday.

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As Jenny Lewis' star continues to rise — with the cumulative momentum from her band, Rilo Kiley, her charmingly romantic side project Jenny & Johnny and her ongoing solo career — the onetime Valley girl needs to play increasingly large venues. So it's a wonderful thing that she's stopping by Largo for two nights on her short I Heart Cali tour. The former child actor easily could sell out a much larger theater, but her smart-ass sarcasm and heart-catching melodies will feel so much more intimate and personal in Largo's homey confines, where's she likely to be joined by any number of the venue's celebrity residents. Intriguingly, Lewis won't say much about what she has in store, but she promises, "The set list will run as deep as the bloodline of our special guests." Also Thurs. —Falling James

Glen Hansard, Kelly Hogan

WILTERN

Glen Hansard first came to attention with Irish pop-rock band The Frames (along with a role in the schlocky, guilty-pleasure rock film The Commitments), but his music took on much greater depth when he formed folk duo The Swell Season with the Czech pianist Markéta Irglová. Their real-life romance, which was echoed in the popular film Once, seemed to inspire Hansard to dig deeper than he had with The Frames, with his previously dozy and facile tunes evolving in a much more vulnerably compelling fashion. Give Hansard credit for sharing the stage tonight with another fascinating singer, Kelly Hogan, who's best known for singing powerfully soulful backup vocals behind Neko Case. Hogan flashes her infamous wit on the title of her new solo album, I Like to Keep Myself in Pain, but — all masochistic sarcasm aside — it's her languidly bewitching voice that carries her through such inviting ballads as "Dusty Groove" and "Daddy's Little Girl," where she's joined by the legendary keyboardist Booker T. Jones. —Falling James

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Céu, Curumin

EL REY THEATRE

Brazilian singer Céu dials down the digital tricknology on Caravana Sereia Bloom, her recent follow-up to 2009's exquisitely produced Vagarosa. It's a more raw, organic-sounding record rich with echoes of the late-'60s Tropicália movement, which gave us such lovable oddballs as Os Mutantes and Tom Zé; there's also stuff that sounds beamed in from whatever universe Devendra Banhart calls home. Should be interesting to see how the new textures manifest in Céu's live show — and if she's retrofitted her old tunes to match. São Paulo–based opener Curumin has a new one out as well, called Arrocha, his first since leaving Blackalicious's Quannum Projects label for Six Degrees. Trust us when we tell you it's no less funky for that. —Mikael Wood

Warped Tour

ORANGE COUNTY GREAT PARK

A nationwide youth calendar fixture for more than 15 years, Warped Tour retains a special resonance in Orange County, historic home of its primary components, skateboard culture and American punk rock. Over recent years, reflecting the changing tastes of its fresh-faced crowds, Warped has increasingly sprinkled metal-inspired acts amidst the almost event-synonymous peppy punk bands bouncing around on its multiple stages. Accordingly, this Irvine stop plonks the seasoned pop-punk of New Found Glory and Taking Back Sunday's earnest, melodic angst next to Pierce the Veil's gateway post-hardcore and the cruelly disciplined, full-bore metalcore of likely highlight Miss May I. But, with all due respect to Warped Tour's traveling horde of worthy artists, it's equally a daylong, parent-free chance to catch the eye of that aloof cutey from math class. —Paul Rogers

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