Anna Acosta on September 29th, 2014

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Incoming: Sam Smith, the Orwells, Sir Sly, Royal Blood Teleman, the Picturebooks, Beach Party, Clean Bandit, King Crimson, Wand, Cibo Matto, Martha Davis, Lenka, the Big & Rich, Trigger Hippy, the Felice Brothers, Clairy Browne & the Bangin’ Rockettes, Turbogeist, the War on Drugs, Cass McCombs, Wongchilde, Nick Waterhouse, Joel Jerome, Brother Ali, Ben Kweller, Rosanne Cash, Desert Stars Festival, the Dandy Warhols, Pinback, Baauer, Crosby Stills & Nash, the Whigs, K. Flay, Bombay Bicycle Club, Blitzen Trapper, Angelique Kidjo, Elton John, American Authors, Com Truise, Said the Whale, Tokimonsta, Eagle Rock Music Festival, Dntel, Living Colour, John Prine, Conor Oberst, CicLAvia Chinatown festival, Stromae, the Drums, Senses Fail, King of Leon, Glass Animals, New Found Glory

Above: The sweeping, Houmam-directed video for “Under the Pressure,” the second single from the War on Drugs’ acclaimed album “Lost in the Dream.” The Philadelphia sextet plays the Glass House in Pomona on Wednesday and the Fonda Theatre on Thursday and Friday.

Our staff picks of the week:

@KRBronson recommends: You’ll want to set aside some time Saturday for the Eagle Rock Music Festival, back with a strong lineup (Making a donation to the festival is a cool thing too), and Sunday’s free matinee show in Chinatown in conjunction with CicLAvia. In the big theaters, the Bombay Bicycle Club/Milo Greene show on Friday at the Wiltern looks very enticing. In the small rooms, there’s Joel Jerome’s album-release show on Thursday at the Lexington.

@Seraphina_L recommends: And just like that, we slide into Rocktober. With too many shows to really single out and highlight, let’s just say you can’t go wrong with anything all week. Here my top picks: The emotional yet sensational singer-songwriter Sam Smith does two shows at the Greek, one on Monday and the other on Tuesday (New Zealand brother-and-sister duo Broods opens both nights); fellow U.K. act Clean Bandit returns to L.A. and to a bigger venue – they headline the El Rey Theatre on Tuesday with Lizzo as support; the Felice Brothers take on a Wednesday at the Roxy; the War on Drugs and Cass McCombs team up together for both Thursday and Friday the Fonda, Bombay Bicycle Club stops by the Wiltern on Friday (with Milo Greene as support); and Slow Club plays the Echo with Roses as openers. This is just skimming off the top, folks.

After the jump, the week ahead:

Monday, Sept. 29

Sam Smith and Broods at the Greek Theatre
The Orwells and Skaters at the Fonda Theatre
Sir Sly, Wolf Gang and Secret Someones at the El Rey Theatre
Royal Blood and Meg Myers at the Troubadour
The Watkins Family Hour, Dan Wilson, Susanna Hoffs and James Fearnley at the Largo at the Coronet
Teleman, Walking On Cars, Battle Tapes and Clean Bandit (DJ set) at Bardot
The Picturebooks, A Million Billion Dying Suns and Mereki at the Bootleg HiFi
Fathers & Suns, Wages, Rainman and LA River Bend at the Silverlake Lounge
Fenech-Soler, Banta and Motopony at the Echo
Beach Party and Church of Sun at the Echoplex
Ryan Traster and Michelle Vidal and the Furt Traders at Harvard & Stone
Bones Muhroni, Ivory DeVille, Dragondeer and Waylayers at the Satellite
Blind Pony and the Downtown Train at Good Times at Davey Wayne’s
Open Mic at El Cid
James Maddock, Son of Jack and Good Graeff at the Hotel Café
Michael Cartwright, Peoplemover, the Humble Cat, Jason Charles Miller and Hannah Aldridge at the Mint
Sonata Arctica at the House of Blues Sunset Strip
Chris Mulkey N’ Deluxe at the HOB Voodoo Lounge
The Lucky Lonely, the Janks and King Washington at the Wayfarer
Heffron Drive at the House of Blues Anaheim
Joshua Redman Trio at the Catalina Bar & Grill

Tuesday, Sept. 30

Clean Bandit and Lizzo at the El Rey Theatre
Sam Smith and Broods at the Greek Theatre
King Crimson at the Orpheum Theatre
Cibo Matto, Nels Cline and Talk in Tongues at the Roxy Theatre
Martha Davis & the Motels and Parlee at the Mint
Teleman and White Dove at the Bootleg HiFi
Young Rising Sons, the New Electric Sound and Great White Buffalo at the Federal Bar
The Most Best, Seasons, Psychic Love and Los Angelics at the Silverlake Lounge
Wand, La Luz and Death Valley Girls at the Echo
Genevieve (Company of Thieves), Zac Clark and Le Swish at the Satellite
Tall Tales & the Silver Lining and the Blank Tapes at Harvard & Stone
Jail Weddings, Neo Globs and Terminal A at La Cita
Long Beach Caravan Trio at El Cid
Zach Heckendorf & Dragondeer, For the Kings and Doug Seegers at the Hotel Café
Distant Cousins at Room 5
Wallburds and Naive Thieves at Loaded Hollywood
Hari Kondabolu, Solomon Georgio and Elicia Sanchez at the Troubadour
The New Mastersounds at the House of Blues Sunset Strip
Audiozoux, Ella, Bryan Freeman, Stevie C. & D’Lannie at the HOB Foundation Room
Porcelain Hill, Terrill Williams, DUKE and NightOwl at the HOB Parish Room
Lenka and Sometimes We Sing Together at the Largo at the Coronet
George Stanford at the Piano Bar
Timothy Bloom and Caitlin Eadie at Pour Vous
La Luz Del Mundo, Kadhja Bonet and El-Haru Kuroi at the Del Monte Speakeasy
SoCal Reggae All Stars at the Wayfarer
Neon Trees at the Observatory
Island Apollo, Golden Afternoon, Animal Flag and Jesse Denaro at the Constellation Room
Sonata Arctica, Delain and Xandria at the City National Grove of Anaheim
Savor at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club
Palo at the Catalina Bar & Grill

Wednesday, Oct. 1

The Felice Brothers and Spirit Family Reunion at the Roxy Theatre
Clairy Browne & the Bangin’ Rockettes, Wild Roses and Deluka at the Troubadour
The Big & Rich at Club Nokia
Trigger Hippy at the El Rey Theatre
King Crimson at the Orpheum Theatre
Turbogeist, the Ten Thousand and Le Noire at the Bootleg HiFi
Savall Isona, Layne Putnam, Haley Pharo, Mysterious Everything and Le Mutant at the Silverlake Lounge
Slothrust, Gateway Drugs and Vision at the Satellite
Mia Maestro, Brotherun, Elizabeth & the Catapult, Michael Bernard Fitzgerald and Charles Ellsworth at the Hotel Café
Los 5, Shere Dov, Keta and Welcome Home at the Mint
Niki Bente & Todd McCool at the Hard Rock Hollywood
Steve Taylor & the Perfect Foil and Peter Furler Band at the Whisky a Go Go
Scattered Hamlet, Max Cady and Acid & Pearls at the Viper Room
Dragondeer, Le Marche, the Strands and Adam Leon at the HOB Foundation Room
Taylor Jamison, Sue Vee & the Tree and Claudia Santos at the HOB Voodoo Lounge
Egyptian Cotton at the Lash
The J Band, Lovely Sunny Day and Mark Sexton at Saint Rocke
The War on Drugs at the Glass House
Hank & Her Ponies and the Budrows at the Wayfarer
Young Rising Sons at the Constellation Room
Danny Kusz at the Catalina Bar & Grill

Thursday, Oct. 2

Nick Waterhouse [pictured] at the Mayan Theater
The War On Drugs and Cass McCombs at the Fonda Theatre
Wrongchilde, Taped3ck, Rad! and Devil McCoy at the Viper Room
Joel Jerome, So Many Wizards, Levitation Room and Winter at the Lexington
Caitlin Rose, Eleni Mandell and the Walcotts at the Bootleg HiFi
Brother Ali, Bambu and MaLLy at the Troubadour
Dan + Shay at the El Rey Theatre
Better Looking People With Superior Ideas, Curtsy, Nova and the Shape at the Silverlake Lounge
Tory Lanez at the Echo
GZA and Black Fantastic at the Echoplex
Old Testament, Pete Molinari, Tennis System, Gold Star and Haunted Summer at the Satellite
Upsilon Acrux, Brandon Seabrook and Solar Wimp at the Smell
Dave Gleason Trio and Trevor McSpadden at El Cid
Tina Dico at the Hotel Café (Early & Late Shows)
Melvin Seals & JGB, Nate & Craig (Cubensis) and Alain Zane at the Mint
Rob Burnell at the Hard Rock Hollywood
Hellion & Bitch at the Whisky a Go Go
Eluveitie at the House of Blues Sunset Strip
Cuscino at the HOB Foundation Room
Black Black Gold, xorzyzt, Metal Mother and Lauren Bousfield at Complex
Spaceships at the Melody Lounge
Ramonda Hammer and the Canyon Rays at NOMAD
ABC and Boys Don’t Cry at Saint Rocke
Booker T at Mozambique in Laguna Beach
Los Mysteriosos, Snake Oil Salesman and Dano Forte’s Juke Joint Freak Show at the Wayfarer
Nipsey Hussle at the Observatory
Ben Kweller and Holiday Mountain at the Constellation Room
Richmond Sluts, Crazy Squeeze, Black Mambas and Telephone Lovers at Alex’s Bar
Will Sparks, Joel Fletcher and Timmy Trumpet at the Yost Theater
Rosanne Cash at Royce Hall UCLA
Reel Big Fish at the Riverside Municipal Auditorium
Cecilia Noel (record release) at the Catalina Bar & Grill
Betty Bryant and Kathryn Bostic at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club

Friday, Oct. 3

Desert Stars Festival at Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace, with Little Barrie, He’s My Brother She’s My Sister, David J & The Gentleman Thieves, Alex Maas of The Black Angels, the Telescopes, Joel Gion & The Primary Colours, the Blank Tapes, Death Valley Girls, the Cold and Lovely, Attasalina, Heaven, Daydream Machine, Matt Ellis and Drinking Flowers
The War On Drugs and Cass McCombs at the Fonda Theatre
Pinback and Tera Melos at the El Rey Theatre
Baauer, Boys Noize and Spank Rock at Club Nokia
Kings of Leon and Kongos at the Hollywood Bowl
Bombay Bicycle Club, Milo Greene and Luxley at the Wiltern
Blitzen Trapper, Cassorla and Runaway Saints at the Troubadour
Crosby, Stills & Nash at the Greek Theatre
Ben Kweller, Holiday Mountain and Blue Blazer at the Roxy Theatre
The Whigs, Greylag and Green Gerry at the Satellite
K. Flay and Night Riots at the Echo
The Sound of Tomorrow, IAMNOBODI, Joe Kay, Andre Power and Andres at the Echoplex
Heiress to Atlas, Telepathe and Lincoln Jesser at Los Globos
The Electric Sons, Lena Fayre, Profiles, Alexa Melo, Memoir, the Zmed Brothers, the Jane Doe’s, EarthWake, Fritz Sender and the Tonewoods at the Bootleg HiFi
Ruthie Foster at the Lyric Theatre
Nicholas Krgovich, KATIEE, Anna Oxygen and Ornament at the Smell
Derde Verde, Dinosaur Feathers, Detangler and Jake Bellows at El Cid
Gigan, Pyrron and Artifical Brain at Complex
L.A. Downtown Dark Nights, featuring Holland & Clark, the Capgun Holdups, Marissa Gomez, the Ghosts of Echo Park and more at L.A. Live
Halo Circus, Shoshana Bean, Mike Bauer, Knox and MaryBeth Doran & Parlours at the Hotel Café
Mike Burke at the Hard Rock Hollywood
Orkestar Meze, Viza, Chameleon Conductor and Stryfe at the Viper Room
The Polish Ambassador at the House of Blues Sunset Strip
Sebastian, Alex Reid, Sylvia Sylvia, Mourning Flowers and Dylan Emmet at the HOB Voodoo Lounge
Malawi Mouse Boys and Eric McFadden at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Tom Brosseau, Aaon Embry, Rainman and Gail and the Gardeners at the Sanctuary in Santa Monica
Angry Donkey at Saint Rocke
Zacc West at Saint Rocke (Happy Hour)
American Authors, the Mowgli’s and Echosmith at the Observatory
Crowbar, Revocation, Havok, Fit For An Autopsy and Armed for Apocalypse at the Constellation Room
Platanito & La Chupitos at the City National Grove of Anaheim
Katchafire at the House of Blues Anaheim
ABC, Olio and Lucidiom at the Coach House
Angelique Kidjo and Red Baraat at the Valley Performing Arts Center
Donny Most at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club
Jason Lee Bruns Jazz Collective at the Catalina Bar & Grill

Saturday, Oct. 4

Elton John at the Staples Center
Eagle Rock Music Festival, with Aloe Blacc, Maya Jupiter, Quetzal, Mia Doi Todd, Taylor McFerrin, J. Rocc, Exile, SoSuperSam, Myron & E, Nedelle Torrisi, White Magic, Ethio Cali, Anna Oxygen, Angels of Aumsphere, Subsuelo, Cat 500, Triple Chicken Foot, Buyepongo, Palenke Soultribe, Viento Callejero, Wicklow Atwater and the Fallen Flame, Ivory DeVille, Gypsies & Judges, Campus Security and more, along Colorado Boulevard in Eagle Rock
Desert Stars Festival at Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace, with the Dandy Warhols, Ringo Deathstarr, Mark Gardener of Ride, the Shivas, Stripmall Architecture, Magic Castles, the Spyrals, Bixby Knolls, Jesika Von Rabbit of Gram Rabbit, No Silver Bird, Slow White, Miranda Lee Richards, LSD & The Search For God, Silent Pictures and more
Living Colour at the Roxy Theatre
Tokimonsta, Far East Movement and Dumbfoundead at the Spam N Eggs Festival at the Park Plaza Hotel
American Authors, the Mowgli’s and Echosmith at Club Nokia
Stromae at the Fonda Theatre
Com Truise at the El Rey Theatre
Blake Shelton at the Hollywood Bowl
Crosby, Stills & Nash at the Greek Theatre
Glass Animals and Rome Fortune at the Troubadour
New Found Glory and We Are the In Crowd at the House of Blues Sunset Strip
Said the Whale, Badflower and Irontom at the Bootleg HiFi
King Washington and the Ivories at Genghis Cohen
Chad Smith’s Bombastic Meatbats at the Gaslamp
ABC at the Canyon
LA Helix Collective at the Silverlake Lounge
Slow Club and Roses at the Echo
Aaron Behrens & the Midnight Stroll and Ranch Ghost at the Satellite
Crowbar, Armed For Apocalypse, Revocation, Havok and Fit For An Autopsy at Los Globos (Early Show)
Dntel, Teebs, Matthewdavid and Brogan Bentley at Los Globos
Beverly, Perfect Hair Forever, Hollows and Cool Runnings at the Smell
EZ Tiger, the Neptunas and No Small Children at El Cid
Animal Cloud, Approximation and more at the Virgil
Andy Frasco & the U.N., People Mover, Patrick Joseph (record release), the Hollow Threads and Karmic at the Hotel Café
Jacob Whitesides at the Mint (Daytime Show)
Strangers You Know, Poppy Winter and MeCharly at the Mint
Volto at the Mint (Late Show)
Finnegan Bell, Merleau, Michelle Repajic, Stephanie Kay and Brandon Moreno at the HOB Voodoo Lounge
B-Shel, Nutall Divas and Gravity Layne at the HOB Parish Room
Justin Currie at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Mira Costa at Saint Rocke
The Lonely Wild, Purples Mountains Majesties and the Moan at the Wayfarer
Finch, Maps & Atlases and Weatherbox at the Observatory
Reagan Youth, DFL, Decry and Stalag 13 at the Constellation Room (Daytime Show)
Retox, Doomsday Student and Hot Nerds at the Constellation Room
Lee Dewyze, Nick Sherwin and the Union Drifters at the Coach House
Jennifer Leitham Trio at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club
Grazyna Auguscik and Jagodzinski Trio at the Catalina Bar & Grill

Sunday, Oct. 5

Elton John at the Staples Center
John Prine and Conor Oberst at the Greek Theatre
CicLAvia Live Music Stage in Chinatown, featuring Boys School, Trapdoor Social, Go Betty Go, Wyatt Blair and PARIS (noon-5 p.m.)
Stromae at the Fonda Theatre
The Drums at the Mayan Theater
ABC at the Saban Theatre
Daniel Bambaata Marley and Air Life at the Bootleg HiFi
Mainland and Stranger at the Echo
Terry Malts and Literature at the Echo (Late Show)
Open Mic at the Satellite
Clipping, Decide Today/Divtech/Evolve, I.E., Signor Benedick the Moor and Gang Wizard at the Smell
Ezina LeBlanc, Jade Valerie, Indigo, Anne Schulze, Leena Culhane and Beth Katte at the Hotel Café
Shaky Feelin’, Anna & the Statis, Headswell, Mary Has a Gun and Marley Munroe at the Mint
Glass Animals and Rome Fortune at the Troubadour
Paloma Faith and Liam Bailey at the Roxy Theatre
Justin Currie and the Mastersons at the Largo at the Coronet
Courtney Campbell at McCabe’s Guitar Shop (Daytime Show)
Parker Millsap at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Senses Fail, No Bragging Rights and Knuckle Puck at the Observatory
Such a Mess at the House of Blues Anaheim
The Cypher Effect, Phora, Reverie, Self Provoked and Gavlyn at the Yost Theater
Carbon Leaf, Moon Police, Derek Thomas and Skyline Drive at the Coach House
Kings of Leon at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Irvine
Blake Shelton at the San Manuel Amphitheater
Tempo Ensemble at CSUN
Paquita la del Barrio at the Valley Performing Arts Center
Leslie Bee and Kevin Oneal Quartet at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club