Kevin Bronson on October 4th, 2014

0

An incredible Saturday ahead – stay cool, everybody:

‣ The Eagle Rock Music Festival takes over Colorado Boulevard for an afternoon/evening of music that includes Aloe Blacc, Maya Jupiter, Quetzal, Mia Doi Todd, Taylor McFerrin, J. Rocc, Exile, SoSuperSam, Myron & E, Nedelle Torrisi, White Magic and more. [Set times at the end of this post.]
‣ Day 2 of the Desert Stars Festival at Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace is headline by the Dandy Warhols, and there’s plenty more: 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 and more.
‣ Elton John does the first of two nights at Staples Center.
‣ Living Colour, celebrating the 25th anniversary of their Grammy-winning album “Vivid,” brings their “Synesthesia” tour to the Roxy Theatre.
‣ It’s a second helping of Crosby, Stills & Nash at the Greek Theatre.
‣ Brooklyn’s American Authors headline Club Nokia, with two L.A. bands on board for the night, the Mowgli’s and Echosmith.
‣ Com Truise plugs in at the El Rey Theatre.
‣ British duo Slow Club visits the Echo, supported by Roses.
‣ U.K. rockers Glass Animals wind up a month-long U.S. tour with a weekend at the Troubadour; tonight is the first of two sold-out shows with Rome Fortune supporting. Above, Glass Animals’ video for “Hazey.”
‣ And Dntel celebrates the release of his new album “Human Voice” with a show at Los Globos, supported by Teebs, Matthewdavid and Brogan Bentley.

Also:

New Found Glory and We Are the In Crowd at the House of Blues Sunset Strip
Tokimonsta, Far East Movement and Dumbfoundead at the Spam N Eggs Festival at the Park Plaza Hotel
Said the Whale, Badflower and Irontom at the Bootleg HiFi
Stromae at the Fonda Theatre
Blake Shelton at the Hollywood Bowl
King Washington and the Ivories at Genghis Cohen
ABC at the Canyon
LA Helix Collective at the Silverlake Lounge
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)
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