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Rihanna Staples Center : 7:30 p.m. April 8
The Barbadian pop rebel joins forces with musical cohorts Nicki Minaj, Wiz Khalifa, Illy Da King and A$AP Rocky for the Los Angeles stop of her Diamonds World Tour. Although recently panned by some critics and fans for a very public reunion with former abuser Chris Brown, she remains... More >>
Out of Town	Rock, R&B, Pop

Thao & the Get Down Stay Down, Sallie Ford & the Sound Outside The Troubadour : 8:00 p.m. April 8
Usually, when songwriters are as wickedly intelligent as Thao Nguyen, they tend to write morbidly gloomy and/or overly serious anthems of great meaning and purpose. That's not to say the Virginia native doesn't have her grand and heavy mood swings -- sometimes every few seconds in the same... More >>
West Hollywood	Rock

Megafauna, Dr. DeVito, The Face, Blue Blazer Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club : 8:00 p.m. April 10
Austin’s Megafauna make feral prog-punk with (of course) mega-intensity, the kind of thing that switches from heartbreak to mindmelt in the time it takes to touch toe to guitar pedal. Case in point: minute 2:44 on 2012 track “Love Project,” where guitarist and singer Dani Neff... More >>
Santa Monica	Rock, Indie Rock

Roger McEvoy Greenwalt Los Globos : 8:00 p.m. April 11
An institution-in-the-making in New York City and at Austin’s SXSW festival, Beatles Complete on Ukulele suggests that not only have the Fab Four’s best-known songs withstood the tests of time and bastardization, but that all of them can still emote almost regardless of delivery.... More >>
Silver Lake	Tribute, Rock, Classic Rock

Savages, No Bra The Echo : 8:30 p.m. April 11
The London band Savages belie their name and their new album title, Silence Yourself, with thoughtful, elliptical broadsides that demand that listeners question everything they know while teaching “ourselves new ways of positive manipulations.” Gemma Thompson’s momentous,... More >>
Echo Park	Rock, Post-Punk, Alternative

RAC, The Knocks Loyola Marymount University : 8:00 p.m. April 12
In a sonic culture where so many remixes are aggressively chopped and screwed versions of their former, nicer selves, the spunky reinterpretations of Remix Artist Collective are a breath of fresh air. That is to say that RAC's current members André Allen Anjos, Andrew Maury and Karl... More >>
Westchester/ LAX	Rock, DJ

The Untamed Youth, Thee Midniters, The Phantom Surfers, Haunted George, Rev. Beat-Man, Deke Dickerson's All-Star Frat Band, The Go Nuts, The Sloths, The Castle Kings, Kim Fowley, Mark & the Escorts, Thee Cormans, The Loons, The Shag Rats, Thee Tee Pees The Echo : 12:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. April 13
While NYC big-beat swamis Billy Miller and Miriam Linna’s Sandy-soaked Norton Records warehouse has enjoyed a variety of fundraising events in the last few months, this flat-out astonishing lineup is the most potent testimony yet to the power of Norton’s achievements and... More >>
Echo Park	Surf, Rock, Garage

Groundislava Bootleg Theater : 8:00 p.m. April 13
Groundislava is one of those guys who makes music like Tao Lin writes — minimal and atmospheric at the same time. You can focus on each little tiny part or just let yourself dissolve completely. Yes, his recent Katy Perry remix is a bit of a departure, but not as much as you’d... More >>
Out of Town	Rock

The Tamir Hendelman Trio Wilshire Ebell Theatre : 8:00 p.m. April 13
Since moving to Los Angeles from his native Israel at age 12, all this pianist has done is win a national Yamaha keyboard competition and tour Japan as a teenager, join the famed Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, have an album (Destinations, 2010) reach No. 1 on the jazz charts and become the... More >>
Mid-Wilshire/ Hancock Park	Jazz

Mudhoney, The Freeks The Echo : 8:00 p.m. April 14
Although Nirvana and Pearl Jam get most of the credit these days, it was really the mid-’80s Seattle band Green River that set the template for the heavy, sludgy, hard-rock sound that would later be called grunge. Green River singer Mark Arm and guitarist Steve Turner reconfigured... More >>
Echo Park	Rock

Merle Haggard Canyon Club : 9:00 p.m. April 14
Merle Haggard is the only native Californian ever inducted into Nashville’s most exclusive club, the Country Music Hall of Fame, but he sure as hell does not play Los Angeles anywhere near often enough. And that is a damn shame, because Haggard’s brilliant original compositions and... More >>
San Fernando Valley	Rock, Country

Ghost B.C. El Rey Theatre : 8:00 p.m. April 15
Opus Eponymous, the 2011 debut album from Sweden’s Ghost B.C., was a refreshing blast of ’70s-inspired melodic metal that threw back to the days when Blue Öyster Cult reigned supreme. Songs like “Stand by Him” and “Ritual” were delightfully catchy odes... More >>
Mid-Wilshire/ Hancock Park	Rock

Spiritualized Pappy & Harriet's Pioneertown Palace : 8:00 p.m. April 15
In the past when performers have been booked to appear at Coachella, they’ve been contractually prevented from playing other shows in the SoCal area during that time. Now, with the desert music festival spread out over two weekends, bands have increasingly been popping up at small clubs... More >>
San Bernardino County	Rock, Alternative

Foals El Rey Theatre : 8:00 p.m. April 16
Holy Fire, the third album from the Oxford, England-based outfit Foals, sees the art/dance, math/rock experimental dabbles of the group’s previous works take form. Under the tutelage of accomplished progressive producers Alan Moulder (Bloc Party, Nine Inch Nails, Smashing Pumpkins) and... More >>
Mid-Wilshire/ Hancock Park	Rock

King Khan The Troubadour : 8:00 p.m. April 16
Can I get a hallelujah? Because after far too long — their last LP together was in 2009 — the twin world-class rock & rollers Mark Sultan (aka BBQ) and King Khan are finally back together and doing an extended U.S. tour as the band that made us love them. (“Did they hate each... More >>
West Hollywood	Rock

Sparks Hollywood Forever Cemetery : 9:00 p.m. April 16
On their critically hailed “Two Hands One Mouth” tour, the, well, yes, legendary Sparks offer something so unusual, so artistically conceived and so wittily executed and fun that you’d be an utter fool to miss it. (We suspect you’re aware of that.) Mustachioed... More >>
Hollywood	Rock, Power Pop, Pop

The xx Fox Theater Pomona : 8:00 p.m. April 17
Though allegedly influenced by club music, any party-hearty echoes on The xx’s 2012 sophomore album, Coexist, are almost literally that. Even when Jamie Smith’s beats get bulbous (and the kick drum certainly is cranium-cracking in places), their humble place in the mix makes them... More >>
Out of Town	Rock, Alternative

Public Enemy House of Blues Sunset Strip : 8:00 p.m. April 17
Even if Public Enemy had never existed in the late 1980s and early ’90s, when the New York rappers released their most famous albums, they’d still have to be considered one of the most important hip-hop (and rock) groups of all time. How is that possible? While critics and fans seem... More >>
Out of Town	Rock

La Roux The Fonda Theatre : 9:00 p.m. April 18
Amid the cold-ass, high-style world of electro-pop, there’s something refreshingly real and warm about La Roux. When the English duo, singer Elly Jackson and co-writer/producer Ben Langmaid, debuted with their eponymous 2009 album, it was hailed for the supple, soulful athletics of... More >>
Out of Town	Rock

Chick Corea, Stanley Clarke Catalina Bar & Grill : 8:30 p.m. daily from April 9 until April 13; 7:30 p.m. April 14
Pianist-composer Chick Corea’s 59 Grammy nominations are the third most of any artist in the history of the awards, and his 20 wins tie him with guitarist Pat Metheny for the most by a jazz musician. Bassist Stanley Clarke has been with Corea off and on since Corea’s first award for... More >>
Out of Town	Jazz

Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival Empire Polo Club : 12:00 p.m. April 12; 12:00 p.m. April 19
Although it’s unlikely that the Rolling Stones and their sprawling entourage will descend on this sun-baked music festival for a surprise set, as was rumored earlier this year, there are still many intriguing storylines scattered among the scores of performers making the trek to Indio... More >>
Riverside County	Shoegaze, Rock, Reggae, Rap, Punk, Power Pop, Post-Punk, Indie Rock, Hip-Hop, Funk

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Cinderella The Music Center, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion : 7:30 p.m. April 13
"Non Piu Mesta" ("No Longer Sad") is a little aria in Rossini's comic opera La Cenerentola -- Cinderella, in inglese -- that's the bane and bounty of all coloraturas. Its difficulty is so legendary that only the brave should attempt it, and only the greatest mezzo sopranos will pull it off. If... More >>
Out of Town	Opera, Classical

Troy Walker, Big Mike & Blues Deluxe, Dan Dobb & Off the Record Viva Cantina : 7:00 p.m. April 8
Burbank	Rock

Bullet Made Statues, Bite the Buffalo The Viper Room : 7:30 p.m. April 8
Out of Town	Rock

Ryan Hobler Genghis Cohen Restaurant : 8:00 p.m. April 8
West Hollywood	Rock