This Week’s Shows: May 2-8

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Bleached (Photo by Nicole Anne Robbins)
Bleached (Photo by Nicole Anne Robbins)

Upcoming Los Angeles concerts: Duran Duran, Tegan and Sara, Catfish & the Bottlemen, Tortoise, LANY, the Soft White Sixties, Gavin Turek, Kim & the Created, Monsieur Perine, Baby Alpaca, Act As If, Vs Colour, Rihanna, the Subways, Pete Yorn, the Gazette, Mr. Hudson, Zachary Kibbee, Genevieve Bellemare, Swerve, Head Wound City, Peter Murphy, Todd Rundgren, Steel Panther, Jadakiss, Kid Congo Powers, Mayer Hawthorne, Bleached, Explosions in the Sky, Lucius, Dungen, Peter Bjorn & John, Vinyl Williams, Julianna Barwick, Frankie, Emily Gold, Beach Slang, Blockhead, Plum, Anamanaguchi, X, Los Lobos, Rooney, Dream Theater, Escondido, Kaskade, Sunn O))), Blaqk Audio, Hippo Campus, Tom O’Dell, Sonny Boy Thorn, Brightener, the Singles, the Quiet Life, I See Hawks in LA, Megafauna, Manic Hispanic, Violent Femmes, Gryffin, Fear Factory, the Melvins, the Summer Set, Bobby Brown, Big Freedia, Givers, Jeramiah Red, JMSN, Magic Wands, Lacuna Coil, the Black Dahlia Murder

Above: L.A. trio Bleached do their first two hometown shows since the release of their new album “Welcome the Worms,” Wednesday at the Constellation Room and Thursday at the Teragram Ballroom.

The rundown of Los Angeles concerts for the week:

Monday, May 2

Duran Duran at the Belasco Theatre
Tegan and Sara at the Roxy Theatre
Catfish & the Bottlemen at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Tortoise at the Teragram Ballroom
LANY and Odessa at the Troubadour
The Soft White Sixties, Kolars, Sexy Jesus and Ellipses at the Satellite
Gavin Turek, Res, Alina Bea and Val Fleury at the Bootleg Theater
Kim & the Created and WuWu at the Echoplex
Rod Melancon, Geronimo Getty, Greg Felden and Jeremiah & the Red Eyes at the Silverlake Lounge
Monsieur Perine and Salt Petal at the Echo
Act As If, the Gromble and Denny White at Harvard & Stone
Baby Alpaca, Cannons, Beau and People vs. Larsen at Bardot
Vs Colour, Wet & Reckless and Facial at the Hi Hat
Lambert at the Hotel Café
Ella Fence, Pete Harper, Sarah Pigion, Lisa Ritchie, Frith, Alex Mackey, Joe Marson and Daniel Pimentel at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Aeges and Joyous Wolf at the Viper Room
Braves and Foxrax at Harvelle’s
Olivia Harris, Somos Uno, Kalen Lister, Iconique and Phil Gibbs at the Mint
Midnight Cities at Grandpa Johnsons
Rumproller Organ Trio at the Sassafras Saloon
Black Mambas and LZ Love at the Redwood
Jerry & the Rest at the Wayfarer
Jesca Hoop and Sam Beam at Fingerprints (7 p.m.)
Jackson Browne at the Lancaster Performing Arts Center
Ron King at the Catalina Club
Open Mic at El Cid

Tuesday, May 3

Rihanna at the Forum
Tegan and Sara at the Teragram Ballroom
The Subways and Pins at the Troubadour
Pete Yorn at the Roxy Theatre
Apocalyptica, 10 Years and Failure Anthem at the Fonda Theatre
The Gazette at the Wiltern
Mr. Hudson, Amy Kuney and Audra Mae at the Bootleg Theater
Joyeur, Sunset, Daisy Chain and Amber & the Alerts at the Silverlake Lounge
Zachary Kibbee, Great White Buffalo and Ivory DeVille at the Satellite
Cologne, Tennis System and Love Nothing at the Echo/Echoplex
Genevieve Bellemare, FoxTrax and Dylan Moon at the Hi Hat
Emily Gold, Crook and Sister Crowley at Harvard & Stone
Swerve and Vision at Resident
Spain at the Love Song
Reggie Watts & Karen and Pegasus Warning at El Cid
Jake Troth and Emile Welman at the Hotel Café
Rozzi Crane, Ellie Rose, Olivia Lane and Mori at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Caravela, Brave, Alien Dance Band and Talia Keys at the Mint
Head Wound City, In the Whale and Teenage Wrist at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Betty Petty at the Sassafras Saloon
Gonzo Phonic at the Redwood
Errol Bonnick at the Wayfarer
Baby Bash and MC Magic at the Observatory
Jackson Browne at the Fred Kavli Theatre

Wednesday, May 4

Rihanna at the Forum
Peter Murphy at the Regent Theater
Todd Rundgren at the Rose
Steel Panther and Eyes of One at the Fonda Theatre
Jadakiss and Nino Man at the El Rey Theatre
Javiera Mena at Resident
The Range and Rome Fortune at the Bootleg Theater
Flavia, Madeline Spooner and Bird Concerns at the Satellite
Kid Congo Powers & the Pink Monkey Birds, Mind Meld and Tramp for the Lord at the Echo
Jonny Two Bags, Badluck Bandits and The Smoking Flowers at the Hi Hat
Langosta Blanca at the Love Song
Funtcase, Dirtyphonics and Habstrakt at the Yost Theater
Prissy Whip, Select Sex and Fucked Forever at the Smell
D-Styles, Gaslamp Killer and Low End Theory at the Airliner
Adam Friedman, Reuben Hollebon and Pat McManus at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Johnny Gomez, Purest Fire, Sean Pawling, Tiffany Christopher and John Flanagan at the Mint
Jamie Lawson and Amy Vachal at the Troubadour
Thirdstory at the Roxy Theatre
Flaming Dingos, Senator and the Fame Riot at the Viper Room
Dirty Lingo, the Dirty Shakes and Kids Cul at Harvard & Stone
The Movement, Iya Terra, Spliff Vision and Alific at Saint Rocke
Filmspeed, Tigers in the Sky, James Allen Spirit and Raener at the Study
The Slightlys, Trickster Guru and Polaris Rose at the Reserve
Ford Madox Ford and more at the Redwood
The Big Gone at the Sassafras Saloon
Night Lights at No Vacancy
Steady 45s at Mrs. Fish
Quiet Life, the Bluffs, James and Ditt & Trout at the Wayfarer
Mayer Hawthorne and Gabriel Garzon Montano at the Observatory
Bleached and No Parents at the Constellation Room
Tone Bell at the Gaslamp
Zach Alwin & Duck Funk, Leather Tramp, the Black Noise, Paisley Shades, Bootleg Orchestra, Chad Martini and Hannah Moroz at the Federal Underground
Sophia Louise at Genghis Cohen
The New Strutters’ Swing Dance at the Auditorium
Frank Vardaros Jazz Orchestra at the Catalina Club

Thursday, May 5

Explosions in the Sky and Disappears at the Theatre at Ace Hotel
Lucius and Margaret Glaspy at the Fonda Theatre
Gin Wigmore and Matthew Santos at the El Rey Theatre
Bleached at the Teragram Ballroom
Dungen, Boogarins and EFD at the Echoplex
Peter Bjorn & John and Okay Kaya at the Echo
Julianna Barwick and Mas Ysa at the Highland Park Ebell Club (131 S. Avenue 57)
Beach Slang, Potty Mouth, Dyke Drama and California at the Troubadour
Blockhead and Eliot Lipp at Resident
Plum, Violet Mindfield, Brainstory and Children at the Bootleg Theater
Boolean Tombs at the Satellite
Frankie at the Lyric Theatre
Vinyl Williams, Street Joy and Emerson Star at the Hi Hat
Boogaloo Assassins, Quitapenas, Rude de Anda, the Delirians and Cutty Flam at the Regent Theater
Moneyposse at Los Globos
Surf Curse, Slow Hollows and Hana Vu at the Smell
AJ Hobbs and Jeremiah & the Red Eyes at El Cid
Shark Toys, Bokonon and more at Harvard & Stone
Davie and Titus Makin Jr. at the Hotel Café
Kathleen Grace & Sometimes We Sing Together, Larry John McNally and Timothy James at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Nigel Walsh, Bad Wednesday, the Luck and Brian’s Escape at the Mint
Ill Nino, Bobaflex and Terror Universal at the Whisky a Go Go
Of Limbo, Aeges, Them Evils and Joyous Wolf at the Viper Room
The Sextone at the Sassafras Saloon
Onry Ozzborn, Wool See, Graves 33 and more at Complex
2DLQTZ, Ultra Cat, Kid Kobra and Awsumo at Union
Obey City, M!NT and more at Union
Fiasco Sideshow, House of Rabbits and Bannerman’s Mission at the Redwood
QVLN at Mrs. Fish
Santoros, LA Diabla and Some Kind of Lizard at the Wayfarer
Blaqk Audio, Night Riots and Charming Liars at the Observatory
Sir Mix-A-Lot and the Ghetto Zoo at the Observatory (Late Show)
Manic Hispanic and Party Thieves at the Yost Theater
Eli Young Band at the House of Blues Anaheim
Crystal Bowersox at the Coach House
The Psycho Realm and Immortal Technique at the Fox Theater Pomona
Anamanaguchi and Lindsay Lowend at the Glass House
Dropdead, Magrudergrind and Yautja at the Moose
Jim Breuer at the Gaslamp
Ja Rule and Ashanti at the San Manuel Indian Bingo & Casino
Hola Policia at Molly Malone’s
Haig Gevorgian at Genghis Cohen
Todd Rundgren at the Canyon
Julia Kantor and Moulin Russe at the Catalina Club

Friday, May 6

X, Los Lobos and the Blasters at the Observatory
Explosions in the Sky and Disappears at the Theatre at Ace Hotel
Rooney at the Teragram Ballroom
Jackson Browne at Segerstrom Hall
Escondido, Paul Bergmann, Korey Dane and a Neil Young listening party at First Fridays at the Natural History Museum
Dream Theater at the Wiltern
Kaskade at the Hollywood Palladium
Sunn O))), Big Brave and Hissing at the Regent Theater
Blaqk Audio and Night Riots at the Troubadour
Hippo Campus and Riothorse Royale at the Echo
Kvelertak, Torche, Wild Throne and All Souls at the Fonda Theatre
The Slackers and Viernes 13 at the El Rey Theatre
Tom O’Dell at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Ben Harper at Amoeba
Jack Russell’s Great White at the Rose
Batwings Catwings, Battlehooch and Litronix at Resident
Sonny Boy Thorn, Troup and Bloodboy at the Bootleg Theater
Brightener, Disco Shrine and Goosehappen at Non Plus Ultra
The Singles, Stars At Night and Hammered Satin at the Hi Hat
The Lower Echelon, the Rouse, Turbulent Hearts, WeTheUNDERCLASS and the Pegs at the Silverlake Lounge
Quiet Life, the Fuzzy Crystals and Mike Quinn at the Satellite
Dropdead, Magrudergrind and Yautja at Los Globos
Julianna Barwick and Mas Ysa at the Velaslavasay Panorama
Blake Hazard at Old Style Guitars (510 N. Hoover, 8 p.m.)
Rosechild at Cheetah’s
Mr. Squeeze and Rough Church at Taix
I See Hawks in LA and Nocona at Cafe NELA
The Red Pears, DYGL, Alyeska and Keif Season at the Smell
Ricky Montgomery, Lauren Turk and Vanessa Wheeler at El Cid
The Proof, weareTheBigBang & Caleb Hawley, Race the Horizon and Harris Trucks at the Hotel Café
Daniel Martin Moore & Spurs, Laney Jones & the Spirits, Nick Shattuck and Sympathy & the Lion at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Megafauna, True Violet, Starch Monkey, the New Millions and Giant Robot University at the Mint
Reagan Browne at the Whisky a Go Go
Manic Hispanic and Johnny Madcap & the Distractions at the Roxy Theatre
The Stone Foxes at the Viper Room
Crystal Bowersox at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
The Curly Wolf, Lost Beach, Angel City Fiddle Squad and Big Bad Rooster at Saint Rocke
Laura Jean Anderson and Kyle Britton at Sounds on South Lake (455 S. Lake Ave., Pasadena, 5 p.m.)
Plum at the Sassafras Saloon
Crazy Squeeze and more at the Redwood
Michael Cartwright at Mrs. Fish
Camcorder, Fiction Non Fiction and Tapestry at the Ham and Eggs Tavern
Los Monjo, Generacion Suicida and Krossed at the Constellation Room
Chrome Sparks at the Constellation Room (Late Show)
Aryana Sayeed at the City National Grove of Anaheim
Apocalyptica at the House of Blues Anaheim
L.A. Guns at the Coach House
Jackson Browne at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts
The Temptations at the Canyon
Tom Morello, the Last Internationale, Son of Nun, Ryan Harvey and Karrem Samara at Genghis Cohen
The Downbeats, Soft Seven, Ballrooms of Mars and Panic in Eden at Molly Malone’s
Bill Charlap at the Catalina Club

Saturday, May 7

X, Los Lobos and the Blasters at the Novo
Violent Femmes and Jake Brebes at the Orpheum Theatre
Big Freedia at the Regent Theater
Gryffin and Elohim at the El Rey Theatre
Fear Factory, Soilwork, Omnikage and Spades & Blades at the Fonda Theatre
Dream Theater at the Wiltern
The Melvins, Napalm Death and Melt Banana at the Troubadour
The Summer Set, Handsome Ghost, Royal Teeth and Call Me Karizma at the Roxy Theatre
Bobby Brown at the Greek Theatre
Topanga Blues Festival, with Larry McCray, Curtis Salgado, the 44s and Carl Sonny Leyland, at the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum
Kaskade at the Los Angeles Convention Center
Givers and Anna Wise at the Bootleg Theater
The Brinks at the Hi Hat
LA SPLNTRD WOOD at the Silverlake Lounge
MUNA and the Black & the White at the Echo
A Wilhelm Scream, Implants and Heartsounds at Los Globos
Hex Horizontal, Naia Izumi and Cinder Cone at the Smell
Jessica Manalo at 3 Clubs
Skylar Funk & Tasso Smith, JoistaRR, Oliviero and Addison Scott at the Hotel Café
Gyasi Ross, Trevor Minear Trio, Los Kingdom and William Hawkins at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Fade Up Fade Out Bye Bye, Solitary Friends, Megan Michelle Bird, Ben Foerg & the Absurd and De La Torre Band at the Mint
The Stoic Club, Decimal, 210 to Lowell and Go at the Viper Room
Albert Lee and Jerry Donahue at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
The Controversy, Iconique and Bloodboy at the Lost Knight
Steve Cooke at Dirty Laundry
Los Monjos at the Redwood (3 p.m.)
Glam Skanks, Scorpion vs Tarantula and more at the Redwood
Haunted Garage, Gitane Demone Quartet, Abactive Ramex and Our Band Sucks at Cafe NELA
No Small Children at the Sassafras Saloon
No Violence Fest, with 8 Kalacas, Raskahuele, LA POBRESKA, Left Alone, Union 13 and more, at Union
Niki J. Crawford at Mrs. Fish
Zach + Bridget, Bjorn & the Sun and Austin McCutcheon at Copa Vida (70 S. Raymond Ave., Pasadena)
Jeramiah Red, Robert Jon & the Wreck and Big Monsta at the Wayfarer
Four Tet, Andy Stott and Ben UFO at Pappy & Harriet’s
Boris, Auma and Ides Of Gemini at the Glass House
Bob Wayne, the Curly Wolf and Black Rose Phantoms at Alex’s Bar
Spindrift, Magic Wands, Drinking Flowers and more at MADhaus (624 Pacific Ave., Long Beach)
Behemoth at the Observatory
JMSN at the Constellation Room
Dakhabrakha at the Yost Theater
Mariachi Vargas at the City National Grove of Anaheim
Gay Men’s Chorus of LA at the Schoenberg Hall
Christopher Cross at the Fred Kavli Theatre
David Morris at Genghis Cohen
L.A. Guns at the Canyon
Bill Charlap at the Catalina Club

Sunday, May 8

The Melvins, Napalm Death and Melt Banana at the Troubadour
Magic Wands and Drinking Flowers at the Glass House
Lacuna Coil at the Roxy Theatre
Violent Femmes at the Observatory
Fairbanks and the Lonesome Light, Ivory DeVille and Mount Baine at Grand Ole Echo at the Echo
The Black Dahlia Murder and more at Complex
LadyBea, Azul. Q and Rebels Uprising at Los Globos
JPEGMAFIA, Signor Benedick the Moor and Future Scum at the Smell
Meg Delacy at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Johnny Travis Jr. & the Delta Dawns at Harvard & Stone
Albert Lee and Jerry Donahue at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Crystales, Hair Perfect and Jody at the Ham and Eggs Tavern
Daniel Martin Moore and Spurs at the Wayfarer
Lower Back Tribal Tat, SpaceBath, Space Shuttle to Nicaragua and Feo Casanova at Alex’s Bar
Dropdead, Magrudergrind and Yautja at the Constellation Room (Daytime Show)
The Slackers at the Constellation Room
The Yen-J Show at the House of Blues Anaheim
Left Brain, Taco and Jasper Dolphin at the Yost Theater
Tommy Emmanuel at the Coach House
Rye Brothers, Keith Jacob and Ginger Merkin at Molly Malone’s
Barbara Morrison at the Catalina Club (Daytime Show)
Bill Charlap at the Catalina Club
Open Mic at the Silverlake Lounge