Kevin Bronson on May 6th, 2016

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Friday’s Los Angeles concerts:

► First Fridays at the Natural History Museum will feature an appearance by Neil Young — hosting a listening party for his new album “EARTH” — along with live sets from Escondido, Paul Bergmann and Korey Dane.
► An all-L.A., all-star lineup brings X, Los Lobos and the Blasters to the Observatory.
► Rooney [see “My Heart Beats 4 U”] celebrate the release of the new album “Washed Away” — the band’s first since 2010 — with a show at the Teragram Ballroom.
► Jackson Browne visits Orange County’s Segerstrom Hall.
► It’s a second night of Explosions in the Sky, along with Disappears, at the Theatre at Ace Hotel
► Long-running rockers Dream Theater play the Wiltern in support of their new album “The Astonishing.”
► A big weekend for Kaskade: The DJ/producer opened a pop-up shop at 410 N. Fairfax; he plays the  Hollywood Palladium tonight (an “intimate” show, he calls it) and gets ready to play the L.A. Convention Center on Saturday.
► Ambient metal dudes Sunn O))) hold forth at the Regent Theater, joined by Big Brave and Hissing.
► Sonny Boy Thorn rock the Bootleg Theater, supported by Troup and Bloodboy.
► Davey Havok brings his electronic duo Blaqk Audio to the Troubadour, with Night Riots supporting.
► And Minnesota indie-rockers Hippo Campus headline the Echo, supported by Riothorse Royale.

Also:

Julianna Barwick and Mas Ysa at the Velaslavasay Panorama
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
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
Batwings Catwings, Battlehooch and Litronix at Resident
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