Tonight in L.A.: Brian Jonestown Massacre, Head Wound City, Gothic Tropic, Transviolet, the Soft White Sixties, Drinking Flowers, VS Colour, Rod Melancon, True Ghouls, the Used, Millencolin

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Head Wound City (Photo by Eva Michon)
Head Wound City (Photo by Eva Michon)

► Hardcore supergroup Head Wound City, whose new album “A New Wave of Violence” came out two weeks ago, warm up for a tour with Savages by playing a date at Union, supported by BUSTIE and Girl Pusher.
Gothic Tropic celebrate the release of the new single “Stronger” with a show at Resident, joined by Ohioan and Water Slice.
► It’s the second of three nights with the Brian Jonestown Massacre at the Teragram Ballroom.
True Ghouls and Dead Dawn play Harvard & Stone.
► At It’s a School Night at Bardot, it’s Transviolet, along with Elderbrook and Solomon Grey.
► And a host of May residencies wind up a busy month: Drinking Flowers at the Echo (with Black Sea, Popheart and Band Aparte); the Soft White Sixties at the Satellite (with Yeses, Rachel Goodrich and Bizzy Kiddo); VS Colour at the Hi Hat (with QunQ, Western Scene and WRMS); and Rod Melancon at the Silverlake Lounge (with Dan Janisch, Ivory DeVille and Lee Briante of the Far West).

Also:

Topanga Days, with Calico the Band, Electra, Venice and more, at 1440 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd.
La Lenguas, Sadwich, Love Cop and Funeral Gold at the Ham and Eggs Tavern
Rumproller Organ Trio at the Sassafras Saloon
Duane Betts, Jimmy Vivino and more at the Maui Sugar Mill
Band of Horses (acoustic) at Fingerprints
Jerry & the Rest, Tyson Motsenbocker, Ethan Hulse and Hank & Her Ponies at the Wayfarer
The Used and the New Regime at the Observatory
Millencolin and Success at the Glass House
Jazz Reggae Festival at the Sunset Recreation Center UCLA