Tonight in L.A.: Moving Units, the Used, Refused, Brett Dennen, Blonde Redhead, Levitation Room, the Mother Hips, Bird Concerns, U.S. Girls, Monika, Dream Machines, the Lemon Twigs
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Friday’s Los Angeles concerts:
► The Used celebrate 15 years with the first of two sold-out shows at the Novo. Each night will feature an album performance: Tonight, the band’s 2002 self-titled debut.
► Sweden’s Refused scorch some earth at the Fonda Theatre, abetted by the Coathangers and Plague Vendor.
► Moving Units rock the Teragram Ballroom behind their new album “Damage With Care,” with Billy Changer, Visions and Glass Spells opening.
► Brett Dennen holds forth at the El Rey Theatre in support of his latest album “Por Favor. Firekid opens.
► Levitation Room celebrate the release of their album “Ethos” with a show at the Center for the Arts Eagle Rock, with Brainstory supporting.
► Bird Concerns celebrate the release of their album “Til Morning Comes” with a show at the Hi Hat, supported by by the Electric West, Golden Daze and Audiomammal.
► Long-running Bay Area rockers the Mother Hips play a show at the Troubadour at which all fans will get a download of their new single “I Went In Hard.” US Elevator opens.
► And it’s the second of two nights with Blonde Redhead at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever.
Also:
Dream Machines, Decorations and Jackbenny at Resident
Monika and Kona at the Bootleg Theater
U.S. Girls, Fiver and Nick Malkin at the Satellite
Dillinger Four, Off With their Heads, Toys That Kill, Night Birds and Rough Kids at the Echoplex
Anti-Nowhere League, Repeat Offenders, Underground Alliance, Bad Ass, Fester Youth and Psycotic Scum at Los Globos
Upsilon Acrux, Ahleuchatistas at the Smell
Soul Scratch, Beat Mosaic and Amanda Imani at El Cid
The Lemon Twigs, Starcrawler and Dick Stusso at the Lyric Theatre
Royal Jelly Jive, Owen Danoff and We the Folk at the Hotel Café
The Singer & the Songwriter, Life of Riley, Keelan Donovan, Mariana Bell and John Statz at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Dena Rey, Alarm, Surface Streets, Color + Thunder and Trade Heroes at the Mint
Joe Lynn Turner at the Whisky a Go Go
Louis Futon at the Roxy Theatre
Inger Lorre of the Nymphs and the Hangmen at the Viper Room
Jon Brion at the Largo at the Coronet
Swarming Orchids at the Sassafras Saloon
Man Wray, Hellbat, the Probe and Gnarvana at Cafe NELA
The Deadly Vipers, the Vacant Shapes, the Only Ocean and Betty Petty at the Ham and Eggs Tavern
Michael Cartwright at Mrs. Fish
Cesar Saez at the Lost Knight
The Royal Sound, Lost Marauders and Lucky 22s at the Maui Sugar Mill
Clorox Girls, IMAGES and Surprise Vacation at the Redwood
The Wrong Windows at Taix
Badlands, Vajj and more at All-Star Lanes
Esplendor Geometrico, Dive, RedRedRed and Silent Servant at Union
Meli Malavasi at Sounds on South Lake (251 S. Lake Ave., Pasadena)
Jamael Dean Quartet at the Del Monte Speakeasy
The Spazmatics and Brightside at Saint Rocke
Satin Jackets at the Wayfarer
Deke Dickerson, Petunia & the Vipers and the Palominos at Alex’s Bar
Angelic Upstarts, Chron Gen, Defiance and the Generators at the Observatory
Big Black Delta at the Constellation Room
Lit at the House of Blues Anaheim
Fuel, Hipnostic and Children of the Cornbread at the Coach House
Ratt at the Rose
Saliva at the Canyon
Walk the Moon and MisterWives at the Santa Barbara Bowl
Guttermouth at the Moose
Vida, Little Empire and Kutsal at Molly Malone’s
Luann Olson & Randell Kirsch, Lavender Jay and Grace Gray at Genghis Cohen
Rachelle Ferrell at the Catalina Club
Hey Kevin, an event I was wondering about that I have not heard a peep about is the Eagle Rock Music Festival. It is usually in the fall, but they skipped fall 2015. Their website says it has been moved to the spring, but nothing has been mentioned since since. Is there going to be an Eagle Rock Music Festival, or have you heard anything about what is going on with that event? Thanks for your time.