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Quadron The Getty Center : 6:00 p.m. May 18
Robin Hannibal is leading a double life this year with full-length releases from both his projects, Rhye and Quadron. Hannibal's formidable production skills are put to their best use when they are paired with an exceptional voice, which Coco O., his partner in Quadron, certainly has. Calling... More >>
Out of Town	Rock

What Made Milwaukee Famous, Only You Central Social Aid & Pleasure Club : 8:00 p.m. May 19
Rachel Fannan of Only You has a voice like … well, she has a voice like a lot of different things, most of which can snap your heart in half on contact. She can breathe fire, she can break glass, she can make the lights in the room flicker and dim, and when the day comes that she's... More >>
Santa Monica	Rock, Alternative

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

Semi Precious Weapons, Cadaver Dogs, Queen Caveat, Bad Wolf, Lucid Dream Factory The Mint : 7:30 p.m. May 18
Perhaps still recovering from 14 months spent opening Lady Gaga's 2009-2011 "Monster Ball" world arena tour, and in the calm before the frenzy that will be their imminent third album cycle, Semi Precious Weapons strut back into clubland with this one-off at the 150-capacity Mint. Though fans... More >>
Out of Town	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

Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein, Bill Stewart Vitello's Italian Restaurant : 8:00 p.m. May 18; 8:00 p.m. May 19
As a kid, one of Larry Goldings' first influences was, interestingly, Billy Joel. On the way to becoming the next Piano Man, he discovered jazz and the organ, got the call for Maceo Parker, and became the favorite keyboardist of everyone from chanteuse Madeleine Peyroux to jazz guitarist John... More >>
Out of Town	Jazz

The L.A. Chamber Orchestra Alex Theatre : 8:00 p.m. May 18
For most of his life, Dmitri Shostakovich walked a nerve-jangling tightrope, trying to please his country's repressive communist regime while maintaining his artistic integrity. His Cello Concerto No. 1 (1959) was a success on both counts. Described by cello authority Lev S. Ginsburg as "an... More >>
Out of Town	Classical

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