Tonight in L.A.: Tarfest, Music Tastes Good, Sigur Ros, Lush, Peter Hook & the Light, Alesso, the Heirs, BAM Festival, Lianne La Havas, Blondfire, MNDSGN, Mana, O.A.R., Le Youth

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Lush (Photo by Gabriel Green)
Lush (Photo by Gabriel Green)

Saturday’s Los Angeles concerts:

► Day 2 of the Music Tastes Good festival brings with the Specials, Iron & Wine, Squeeze, Dr. Dog, Warpaint, Deltron 3030, Melvins, Twins Peaks, METZ and more to in downtown Long Beach.
► The free, all-ages Tarfest kicks off at 3:30 p.m. at the La Brea Tar Pits Park, with live music from Dear Boy, Durand Jones & the Indications, Brit Manor and BRAEVES, along with Dublab DJ sets and much more.
► It’s Sigur Ros at the Hollywood Bowl.
► And seminal U.K. dream-pop band Lush does the first of two nights at the Fonda Theatre, supported by Tamaryn.

Also:

Peter Hook & the Light at the Wiltern
Blondfire, Lauren Ruth Ward, Emma Cole and Starcrawler at the Echo (5:30 p.m.)
Desert Stars Festival, with Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh, Asteroid No. 4, Magic Wands, Tennis System and more, at Pappy & Harriet’s
Atmosphere, Dilated Peoples and Aesop Rock at the Shrine LA Outdoors
Alesso at the Greek Theatre
The Heirs and Kaya Stewart at the El Rey Theatre
SOPHIE, JD Samson, Elysia Crampton, Julianna Barwick and more at Summer Happenings at the Broad
BAM (Beer. Art. Music.) Festival, with Alice Bag and Sex Stains, at the 18th Street Arts Center (1639 18th St., Santa Monica)
Duke Dumont at the Novo
O.A.R. at the Belasco Theater
Mana at the Forum
Lianne La Havas at the Teragram Ballroom
Missing Persons at the Rose
Beaty Heart and Beach Baby at Resident
MNDSGN, Ras G and Jamma-Dee at the Hi Hat
Zac Clark of Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness and Moonchild at the Bootleg Theater
The Barnhouse at the Silverlake Lounge
Smokepurpp, Lil Pump, Villain$, Gxdly J and King Karson at Los Globos
Casinos, Selector Dub Narcotic, Hartle Road and Away Team at the Smell
Zarah Mahler, Ghost Lit Kingdom and Willy Lamar at the Hotel Café
Melissa Nadel, Heather Braverman, Lauren Carter and Myra Flynn at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Richie Ramone, Pedal Strike and the Jade Amenity at the Lost Room
Lee Gallagher and the Hallelujah at the Lost Knight
Gericho, Sealy Troh, GClub and Lookin’ For Trouble at the Mint
Highly Suspect and Slothrust at the Troubadour
Le Youth, Pat Lok and Ghosts of Venice at the Roxy Theatre
Knights of Audio at the Viper Room
Element Band at Levitt Pavilion Pasadena
Bob Forrest at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Mickey Avalon, Kosha Dillz, Shlick Smit and Romy Ancona at Saint Rocke
The Sugar Daddies, Sandbox Bullies and Inhale at the Wayfarer
Boogaloo Assassins and Maliq “The Freq” Moore and the Fros at Alex’s Bar
La Tocada, Café Tacuba, Bunbury, Molotov and Natalia Fourcade at the Observatory
The Blasters, Kelly Bowlin Band and Kingtime at the Coach House
Octonauts at the Arlington Theatre (Early Kids Show)
Touche Amore, Hum and Balance & Composure at the Fox Theater Pomona
Ozzfest Meets Knotfest with Black Sabbath, Disturbed, Megadeth, Opeth and more at the San Manuel Amphitheater
Daniel Hunter Jones, Nancy Gardos and Phil Cody at Genghis Cohen
Luke Bryan at the Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre
Billy Currington at the Fairplex at Pomona
The Charisma, Child of War, Undeclared and the Wolfcat Deity at the Glass House
Erica Davis at CSUN
Al Stewart and Dave Nachmanoff at the Scherr Forum Theatre
Precious, Common War and Drago at Diego’s Rock-n-Roll Bar
Fucking Invincible and Deadbeat at the Garage
Tuff City Kids, DJ Qu and Tahl K at Fine Time
Matt Almodiel and Emmitt James at Molly Malone’s
The Nymphs, the Blackerbys and Turbulent Hearts at the Redwood Bar
Abactive Ramex, Tlatoani and M.O.B. at Cafe NELA
Luke Sweeney, Ancient River and Will Ivy at the Ham and Eggs Tavern
Silver Pup, Plush, Sleepy Valley and Colin King at the Maui Sugar Mill
Sizzla at the Savoy Entertainment Center
Air Supply at the City National Grove of Anaheim
Divine Vibrations of India, with Pundit Tarun Bhattacharya, Aishu Venkataraman and more, at the Ford Amphitheater