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Black Pus, Foot Village, Street Buddy, Clipping The Smell : 9:00 p.m. May 20
Human octopus Brian Chippendale, aka Black Pus, is the drummer of noise-rock top dogs Lightning Bolt and Mindflayer, and he's collaborated with the likes of Björk, The Flaming Lips and even Lee "Scratch" Perry. On his solo record All My Relations, just out on Thrill Jockey, Chippendale... More >>
Downtown	Rock

The Black Angels The Mayan : 7:00 p.m. May 21
The Black Angels bring a different musical inspiration into focus on each album. For their latest, Indigo Meadow, that would primarily be The Doors, as "Always Maybe" with its shuddering keys and poetic strain and the crazed organs of "I Hear Colors (Chromaesthesia)" sound like The Black Angels... More >>
Downtown	Rock

Holy Ghost, Classixx The Troubadour : 8:00 p.m. May 20
It's been two years since the release of Holy Ghost!'s eponymous debut. Often hailed as LCD Soundsystem's heirs, the NYC-based duo's sound falls somewhere between Phoenix's precocious little brothers and MGMT's mischievous second cousins -- if those bands put out records in 1984. Keeping this... More >>
West Hollywood	Rock

Laura Marling Hollywood Forever Cemetery : 9:00 p.m. May 21
At 16, Laura Marling moved from her Southeast England home to London to join the nu-folk movement. Now 23, the young English folk star sings like she's had a lifetime of experience. Quiet and guarded, Marling doesn't actually fancy bringing up her age but seems comfortable with the woman she is... More >>
Hollywood	Rock

Youngblood Hawke The Avalon : 8:00 p.m. May 22
Youngblood Hawke has one of those inspiring stories about how we all gotta take some knocks on our way to the top, keep our chins up while we're getting there and maintain the faith that it's all gonna happen, and soon. That A for Attitude aids and abets the L.A. quintet's campaign for world... More >>
Hollywood	Rock

Tele Novella, Raw Geronimo, Las Brujas Bootleg Theater : 9:00 p.m. May 22
Let's check in on Laena Geronimo, so named probably because she wouldn't be scared for even a second if she had to parachute from an airplane 8 miles up. It's that kind of free-fall fearlessness she brings to Raw Geronimo, the L.A. band that makes loop-the-loop punk-pop songs bristling with... More >>
Out of Town	Rock

Turbonegro The Observatory : 8:00 p.m. May 23
In a shrill, flaccid world of candy-ass rock & roll wannabes, venerable Nordic sensations Turbonegro have always stood apart. With an abusively frantic drive, dirty, desperate tone and absurdly negligent lyrical content, the band has long since established itself as a legitimate pox in the... More >>
Out of Town	Rock

Farmer Dave Scher Del Monte Speakeasy : 9:00 p.m. May 23
Since it's the dude's birthday, let's use this spot to send Beachwood Sparks' Farmer Dave Scher some well wishes, and maybe some well whiskey, too. Besides his regular gig as sideman to the stars, Ol' F.D. is pretty much the animating spirit and wise --or was that wise-crackin'?-- elder of a... More >>
Out of Town	Rock

Boris, Deafheaven, Ides of Gemini The Echoplex : 8:00 p.m. May 24
Japanese experimental rockers Boris have spent their entire 15-year career making sure that their fans are unable to predict what will come next from the band. One album could consist of thrashing heavy rockers (2011's Heavy Rocks), the next could consist of dreamy, atmospheric, shoegaze-laden... More >>
Out of Town	Rock

Lupillo Rivera Nokia Theatre : 8:00 p.m. May 24
Talk about larger than life. Chicano singing star Lupillo Rivera, who rose from the absolutely nowheresville Long Beach barrio to conquer the highly charged realm of traditional Mexican corridos (managing it all with an admirable swagger and a set of powerhouse pipes), has survived both a... More >>
Downtown	Latin

The Detroit Cobras The Down & Out : 9:30 p.m. May 24
Not since The Rolling Stones got their start in the early '60s has a mere cover band made as big an impact as The Detroit Cobras have. Of course, the Stones eventually went on to write their own songs, but the Cobras have zealously stuck to reinterpreting both certified soul classics and R&B... More >>
Downtown	Soul, Rock, R&B, Garage

Subhumans, Total Chaos, Naked Aggression, Mundo Muerto The Vex Arts L.A. : 7:00 p.m. May 25
In the early days of punk rock, two different bands with the same name emerged. Making things more confusing, both groups were fiercely radical, with ultra-leftist politics and lyrics, and both were massively influential in the punk underground in their own strikingly different ways. The... More >>
East L.A.	Rock, Punk

Fleetwood Mac Hollywood Bowl : 8:00 p.m. May 25
Given their jam-packed treasure box of pop-rock smasheroos, it'd be hard for the reunited Fleetwood Mac to disappoint their legions of fans, now wouldn't it? The core unit of drummer-founder Mick Fleetwood, bassist John McVie, guitarist-singer Lindsay Buckingham and vocalist Stevie Nicks will... More >>
Out of Town	Rock, Classic Rock

Gilles Peterson, Jeremy Sole, Wiseacre 333 Live : 9:00 p.m. May 25
DJ and culture curator Gilles Peterson has what the pros call a "real sweet gig": Go strolling around the world, pry undiscovered and awesome records out of attics, dollar bins and possibly shipwrecks, then play them for audiences and stand back and smile at the fireworks as minds across the... More >>
Downtown	DJ, Dance

The Damned El Rey Theatre : 8:00 p.m. May 26
As their overly obscure Live Shepperton 1980 album ably demonstrates, The Damned were one of first-generation Brit punk's most compelling concert draws. Raucous and irreverent yet musically deft, they were capable of everything from confrontational, violence-inciting chants to meandering... More >>
Mid-Wilshire/ Hancock Park	Rock, Punk

Troy Walker, Big Mike & Blues Deluxx Viva Cantina : 8:00 p.m. May 27
Troy Walker is one of the Los Angeles music underworld's most gleefully infernal practitioners. This rafter-rattling, big-voiced, outrageous, gender-bending entertainer first flipped wigs along the Sunset Strip some 50 years ago, when his fans included Gregory Peck, Ethel Merman and Elvis... More >>
Burbank	Rock, Pop, Lounge, Blues

Mystery Skulls, Mars Argo, Gothic Tropic, Emika, DJ Jeremy Burke Bardot Hollywood : 9:00 p.m. May 27
Echo Park-based trio Gothic Tropic join Chris Douridas' distinguished School Night to showcase their quirky psych-pop. Currently recording the full-length follow-up to their 2011 Awesome Problems EP, the group's instinctive, down-to-earth mindset carries into their music, establishing a... More >>
Hollywood	Rock, DJ, Alternative

Lissie Hollywood Forever Cemetery : 9:00 p.m. May 28
When Elisabeth Corrin Maurus first came to attention with early releases Catching a Tiger and EP Why You Runnin', her folk-pop songs had a restlessly rootsy intimacy. Lissie's arrangements were relatively stripped down, moving from stark country folk to more overtly poppy settings. At her best,... More >>
Hollywood	Rock, Pop, Folk, Alternative

Inara George, Van Dyke Parks, The Brazil You Never Heard Largo at the Coronet : 8:00 p.m. May 29
Van Dyke Parks is the celebrated arranger-pianist best known for his collaborations with Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys, although he's also worked with everyone from Tim Buckley to Frank Zappa and has attempted to create his own hybrid of distinctively American pop and classical forms. Tonight... More >>
West Hollywood	Rock, Pop, Latin, Jazz

The Kids, The Stitches, Cyclops, Black Mambas Los Globos : 9:00 p.m. May 29
One of their best songs was "This Is Rock & Roll," but Belgium's Kids were as punk as it gets -- especially on their first two, relentless 1978 LPs, which matched The Damned's velocity with Ramones-style, punch-in-the-gut riffs. Ludo Mariman was more a flamethrower than a singer, and whether it... More >>
Silver Lake	Rock, Punk

John Talabot, Lemonade, DJ Mario Cotto The Echoplex : 8:00 p.m. May 30
Spanish producer John Talabot exists in a sort of DJ-world sweet spot, having earned the respect of critics and peers (ahem, James Murphy) and the admiration of dance-music audiophiles while maintaining a position as an innovator of the electro-world underground. An established scene hero in... More >>
Out of Town	Techno, Rock, Electro, DJ, Dance

The Presets The Avalon : 7:00 p.m. May 21; 7:00 p.m. May 23
Arguably the archetypal New Millennium electronic-music act, The Presets are a pair of rather nondescript, classically trained musicians/producers who capture the nocturnal mood of 1980s, New Order-ish synth pop using distinctly house- and trance-era tools. Last year's tricky third album,... More >>
Hollywood	Rock

Hempcon Los Angeles Convention Center : 3:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. May 24; 11:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. May 25; 11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. May 26
This year's HempCon features live actions by some of the controlled substance's most uncontrollable creative forces: EPMD, Cypress Hill's DJ Muggs, Cappadonna of Wu-Tang Clan and Redman, among many others. Lest you think this is one big, blacklight orgy of people flapping their arms like... More >>
Downtown	Rock, Rap, Hip-Hop, Festival, DJ

Christian Scott Quintet Blue Whale : 9:00 p.m. May 24; 9:00 p.m. May 25; 9:00 p.m. May 26
New Orleans–based trumpeter Christian Scott has been charting his own path since being "discovered" by major label Concord Jazz in 2005. Scott's bent trumpet is reminiscent of the late great Dizzy Gillespie's but is of his own custom design. Scott also has been one of the few young jazz... More >>
Chinatown/ Elysian Park	Jazz

Junip, On an On, Barbarossa The Troubadour : 8:00 p.m. May 29; 8:00 p.m. May 30
Jose Gonzalez's voice is more recognizable than the singer himself. With his group, Junip, the Swedish (by way of Argentina) troubadour's signature hollow tenor expands its folktronic reach. Bandmates Tobias Winterkorn's dark synthesizers and Elias Araya's understated percussion bring layers of... More >>
West Hollywood	Rock