Tonight in L.A.: Armin Van Buuren, Chuck Ragan, Old 97’s, We Are Scientists, Big Freedia, Twenty One Pilots, Trails & Ways, Survival Knife, Mt. Ossa

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Friday, finally:

‣ Dutch producer and trance music guru Armin Van Buuren brings his five-hour “ARMIN Only: Intense” show to the Forum.
Chuck Ragan & the Camaraderie headlines the Fonda, with the White Buffalo and Jonny Two Bags opening. Above, the video for “Something May Catch Fire.”
‣ Rhett Miller and Old 97’s play the El Rey Theatre behind their new album “Most Messed Up,” their 10th, and Nikki Lane, who just released her new album “All or Nothin’,” opens.
We Are Scientists visit the Troubadour behind their latest album “TV En Français,” with Scottish punkers PAWS supporting.
‣ Bounce time at the Echoplex, where Big Freedia and Hi Fashion lead the party.
‣ And Ohio duo Twenty One Pilots hit the Wiltern, supported by NONONO and Hunter Hunted.

Also:

Survival Knife and Steppe People at the Echo
Mt. Ossa, Wild Pack of Canaries, Aftergloam and Rexx at the Satellite
Trails & Ways, So Many Wizards and Cheers Elephant at the Bootleg
I Feel Electric, Fulkerson & Clarke, the Pitch, Andy Kim, the Woodlends, Articles, Frisk the Flowest, Clamber Standback and Mesmi at the Silverlake Lounge
Summer Twins, DEBT and the Big Nothing at the Smell
Ned Doheny at the Virgil
Dennis DeYoung at the City National Grove of Anaheim
The Bixby Knolls, Flybys, th High Curbs and more at the Mood Pad (125 S. Boyle Ave.)
The Absolute at the Lyric Theatre
Stonefeather, KULA, Komox Kids and the Hang at El Cid
Jesse Thomas and Frontier Ruckus at the Hotel Cafe
Parlee, Good Deeds, the Lillies, Aaron & Jane and Can of Worms at the Mint
Bad Things, Ugly and Scotty the Kid at the Viper Room
Love Darling! at the House of Blues Sunset Strip
The Dustbowl Revival at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Suzzy Roche and Lucy Wainwright Roche at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Kevin Sousa at Saint Rocke (Happy Hour)
Authority Zero, Torches for Triggers, Eken is Dead and Lose Control at Saint Rocke
Bridie Jones and Mark Knight and the Unsung Heroes at Trip
Toasted and Mechachief at the Old Towne Pub
DI, All Day, the Grim, the Yucks and Sorry State at Alex’s Bar
Black Prairie at the Constellation Room
Steel Pulse at the Observatory
Tab Benoit at the House of Blues Anaheim
Y&T, Siren and Points North at the Coach House