This Week’s Shows: March 27-April 2

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The Orwells (Photo by Kelly Puleo)
The Orwells (Photo by Kelly Puleo)

Upcoming Los Angeles concerts: DRILL Festival, Isaiah Rashad, Tashaki Miyaki, Eisley, Mainland, La Bouquet, Geordie Kieffer, HXLT, Kong, Sleigh Bells, Panic! At the Disco, Night Talks, Band of Heathens, Gringo Star, Jose James, MRKTS, the Pretty Flowers, Cutty Flam, Katatonia, Envy on the Coast, Robert Randolph, Battle Tapes, Hooveriii, New Language, Nothington, Dead Man Winter, Ruby Friedman Orchestra, the Old 97’s, the Orwells, the Airborne Toxic Event, Dwight Yoakam, Kane Strang, Bear Fight, Dia Frampton, Jupiter Winter, Strand of Oaks, Tinariwen, Crystal Fighters, WHY, the Game, Ariana Grande, Eric Church, Generationals, Methyl Ethel, the Dollyrots, Moose Blood, Allan Rayman, the Buttertones, Electric Six, Fu Manchu, Dawes, Nouvelle Vague, the Growlers, Chronixx, Passenger, Delicate Steve, Ganja White Night, LA Story, Red Baraat, Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears, Chris Shiflett, Anna Ash, Leslie Stevens & the Badgers, Nails

Above: Chicago-area quintet the Orwells, whose third album “Terrible Human Beings” came out last month, bring their unhinged live show to the Regent Theater on Thursday. It’s like spring break comes early. The Walters open. Tickets.

Los Angeles concerts for the week:

Monday, March 27

Isaiah Rashad at the El Rey Theatre
Tashaki Miyaki, Jesus Sons, L.A. Witch and Z Berg at Echoplex
Mainland, Half the Animal, Mt. Joy and Tom Walker at Bardot
Eisley, Civilian and Backwards Dancer at the Troubadour
La Bouquet, Groves and Dark Waves at the Bootleg Theater
Geordie Kieffer, Pom Poms, OH1ELEVEN and Ian Kieffer at the Satellite
HXLT, Hearts Revolution and JCK at the Hi Hat
Mitch Grainger and the Great Indoors at Harvard & Stone
Box the Oxford, Arms Akimbo and Sleep State at the Silverlake Lounge
KR, Kyle Dion, Chris Cartier, Samaria, Bcray & Ace and Double R & Rich Blood at the Echo
1 AMVRKA at Resident
Kong and Joseph Luca at the Hotel Café
Ryan Dilmore, Marcus Eaton, Hamish, Garrison Starr, Jonah Smith, Pete Harper, Theo Katzman, Izaak Optaz and Marlem at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Skumlove, Heaven Below, Society 1, the Mendenhall Experiment and Jesse SN at the Whisky a Go Go
The Sunset Jam at the Viper Room
Victoria Bailey, Jaime Wyatt and Gethen Jenkins at the Wayfarer
Colony House and Knox Hamilton at the Constellation Room
Souvenir Driver, Daydream Machine, Dead Coast and Spirit in the Room at the Continental Room
Ray Davis & the Regenerates and Kasey Anderson at Molly Malone’s
Duke Robillard and Cristina Vane at the Maui Sugar Mill
The Jazzaholics at the Escondite
Velvet Tom at Three Clubs
Rumproller Organ Trio at the Sassafras Saloon
Open Mic at the Federal Bar
Open Mic at the Lexington Bar

Tuesday, March 28

Sleigh Bells at the El Rey Theatre
Panic! At the Disco at the Forum
Night Talks, Vista Kicks, King Washington and Love Ghost at the Hi Hat
The Band of Heathens, Hearty Har and Jesse Wilson at the Bootleg Theater
Gringo Star, Dream Phases and Impossible Color at the Satellite
Jose James, Nate Smith, Corey King and Shoffy at the Echo
BIA, Antwon, Los Rakas and Cam & China at Echoplex
MRKTS, Wasi, Dear Kora, Name the Band and New American at the Troubadour
Oathbreaker, Khemmis and Jaye Jayle at the Roxy
The Pretty Flowers, Nectarines, The Bomb and Last Good Sleep at Resident
Derek Day and Bikes at the Silverlake Lounge
Spain at the Love Song
Steve Kazee, Rose Cousins, Caitlin Canty and LAE at the Hotel Café
Cutty Flam, Doctors & Engineers and Santoros at Harvard & Stone
Vin Ryan, Romi Cage, Georgi Kay and Henry Hall at the Mint
Sazerac Steppers Brass Band at the Sassafras Saloon
Space Yacht at Sound Nightclub
Peelander-Z at the Viper Room
Josh & Kira at Saint Rocke
Jah Mex & the West Coast Roots at the Wayfarer
Isaiah Rashad at the Observatory
Lie, Sashcloth & Axes, Band Aparte, Kitty Empire and Future Scum at the Continental Room
Reggii, Jonny West, Adjenai and Hannah Stone at Genghis Cohen
Sadie Rose at Bar Lubitsch
Billy Joseph at Molly Malone’s
Randy Emata at the Federal Bar
The Turkey Buzzards at the Escondite
Warbringer, Painkillier Kim and Whiskey Wilson at Complex
Jade Hendrix at Copper Blues
Deborah Silver at the Catalina Club

Wednesday, March 29

Katatonia, Caspian and Uncured at the El Rey Theatre
Envy on the Coast at the Teragram Ballroom
Robert Randolph & the Family Band and Raquel Rodriguez at the Roxy
Battle Tapes, Fitness, Beginners and Lean at Resident
Hooveriii, Goon, Joe Gorgeous and Red Channel at the Bootleg Theater
New Language, And We Are Them and Sand at the Satellite
Nothington, the Bombpops and Western Settings at the Hi Hat
Dead Man Winter and Ryan Montbleau at the Echo
Ruby Friedman Orchestra, Robbery Inc. and Freaks of the Sea at the Study
Dripkiss & Bebesol, Matt Loewy, Melody Reyne and Lucy Gucy at the Silverlake Lounge
Metaflow, Thesativadiiiva, Sample, Orc, VerBS and Earth Arrow at Los Globos
The Unending Thread, Coyote and Mr. Me at the Smell
Matthew Koma, Samson and CVBZ at the Hotel Café
Felice Garcia, DESURE, Leaving Austin, Scotty Mac Band and Melia Salas at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Souvenier Driver, Daydream Machine and the Charlottes at Harvard & Stone
Gayle Skidmore and Fernando Perdomo at the Standard Hollywood
Light Rail, Le Chateau, Zanya, Arsnk and Rachelle Pauli at the Mint
Freedom Fry at Good Times at Davey Wayne’s
Snowball II and Small Forward at the Lexington Bar
Low End Theory at the Airliner
Just Dave at the Maui Sugar Mill
The Old 97’s and Ha Ha Tonka at Saint Rocke
Half the Animal, Saint James and Felix at the Wayfarer
Big Wild, Phantoms and Ihf at the Observatory
Huey Mack at the Constellation Room
Eisley at the Parish at House of Blues Anaheim
Sleigh Bells at the House of Blues Anaheim
Raised on TV at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar
Fresh Play at the HOB Anaheim Lounge
Dog Party, Justus Proffit and Crow Baby at Acerogami
Mignon and Collapsing Scenery at the Continental Room
Name the Band at the Redwood Bar
Jeremiah & the Red Eyes at the Escondite
Changui Majadero and Homenaje at La Cita
Noothgrush and Nepenthes at Complex
Phase Five, Mo Mihalik and Aug Stone at Genghis Cohen
The Federal Affair at the Federal Bar
Kenny G at the City National Grove of Anaheim
Settle Down at the Catalina Club

Thursday, March 30

The Orwells and the Walters at the Regent Theater
DRILL Festival, with Bob Mould, Immersion and a special guest at the Echo
The Airborne Toxic Event at the El Rey Theatre
Old 97’s and Ha Ha Tonka at the Fonda Theatre
Dwight Yoakam, X and King Leg at the Hollywood Palladium
Kane Strang, Tracy Bryant and Emily Edrosa at the Bootleg Theater
Strand of Oaks and Heather McEntire at the Troubadour
Daydreams, Tomemitsu and Franky Flowers at Resident
Dia Frampton, London Thor and Brent Cowles at the Hotel Café
JP Cooper, Aaron Rickel and Mackenzie Green at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Jupiter Winter, MetronOhm and Crow Baby at Harvard & Stone
Moonlytz, Grizzly Derringer and Missions at the Silverlake Lounge
Bear Fight, Convey and Bebopalula at the Satellite
Jesika von Rabbit at the Monty Bar
Cozz, Basslove, Enimal, Debbie and Griff Queso at Los Globos
Dead Coast, the Red Pears and Scumboys at the Smell
Cake Face, Dead Air, Donkey Island Penitentiary and Youth On Soda at the Five Star Bar
GOH & ABE at the Escondite
Spencer Bonds, Jackson Hunter, Rickson Satiro and Underghods at Complex
Ghost of Paul Revere, Elijah Ocean and Shannon Brackett at the Mint
Slowkiss, Mythological Horses and Fabulous Miss Wendy at Café NELA
E-Nasty, Reeko, Kill Nigel, WIIM, 47 Liii, Local Blac, YNG Flight, RXDIO, CYD and JutsMusic at Union Nightclub
Tokyo Boi and Kali Jap at Union Nightclub – Noise Room
Mitch Grainger at the Hard Rock Café
TigerHeat at Avalon
Karriem Riggins at Couture
Zeke and Nashville Pussy at the Whisky a Go Go
Matt Mann & the Shine Runners and Fire & Rebel Souls at the Sugar Mill Saloon
Flower Punks at the Del Monte Speakeasy
The Barons, the Detroit Fire, Neonderthal and Laced in Blue at Alex’s Bar
Crystal Fighters and MacHineheart at the Observatory
KR at the Constellation Room
The Bighead & Gnealz Experience at the Constellation Room (Late Show)
Excision at the House of Blues Anaheim
Eric Turner Band at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar
Egrets on Ergot, Ghost Noise, Second Still and Echolust at Acerogami
Ariana Grande at the Honda Center
Noble Creatures, Cliff Beach, Jhey & the Whee and Gr3 at Molly Malone’s
Dead Meadow and Matt Hollywood & the Bad Feelings at the Garage
Tiffany at the Canyon
G Jones at the Yost Theater
The Shakedown at the Federal Underground
Drew & Ket at Genghis Cohen
Angelo Arce & the Cousins Band at Copper Blues
Canceled: Ladyhawke and Me Not You at the Roxy

Friday, March 31

Tinariwen and Dengue Fever at the Fonda Theatre
Crystal Fighters and MachineHeart at the El Rey Theatre
DRILL Festival, with Mikal Cronin, Wand, Laetitia Sadler, Fitted, Howardamb, Chasms, Noveller and Slows at the Echo & Echoplex
The Game at the Novo
Ariana Grande at the Forum
Eric Church at the Staples Center
Why, Open Mike Eagle and Rituals of Mine at the Regent Theater
Methyl Ethel, Vorhees and BOYO at the Bootleg Theater
Generationals at the Teragram Ballroom
Moose Blood, Trophy Eyes, Boston Manor and A Will Away at the Roxy
Allan Rayman and Mariachi Set at the Troubadour
The Dollyrots, the Two Tens, Go Betty Go and Honeychain at the Hi Hat
Bird Concerns, Brendan Eder Ensemble and CAmpus Security at the Center for the Arts Eagle Rock
Rough Church and the World record at Taix
George Anthony, Kylaido, Bridget Driscoll, Jessica Manalo, Shaped Like a Gun and Almost Awake at the Silverlake Lounge
K. Cero, Nick Pacoli, Scootie, Prvdnt and Mikerawk at Los Globos
Suga Free at Los Globos
Astronaut Samurais, Uniform, CFM and the Birth Defects at the Smell
Sexless at the Redwood Bar
Charlie Chan & the Drones at the Escondite
San Holo at Exchange
Tow’rs, Mike Stinson, Alma Lake and the Kenneth Brian Band at the Hotel Café
Rodney & John, John Bardy & Butch Norton and Mike Barone & Heath Warren at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Samuel Larsen, Xavier Tocsano, the Door Knockers, Forget Your Friends, Katie Ekin and Zachary Murdock at the Mint
Generation Suicida, Il Cadavers, Pedal Strike, Abjection and Katorga at Café Nela
Jetpack Jones, Cliff Savage, 3 For 3, Step Dad, See No Evil, Lanamaak, J Cannon, Fantom Freq, Rozco and Elleyet at Union Nightclub
Soul Shaker at Avalon
Fur Coat, Latmun and Lisbona Sisters at Sound Nightclub
Quintino at Create Nightclub
Make Out Monday at the Whisky a Go Go
Mickey Avalon at the Viper Room
Jon Brion at the Largo at the Coronet
Dave Baerwald at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Leftover Salmon at Saint Rocke
The Buttertones, Wild Wing, the Side Eyes and Tunnels at the Wayfarer
Fu Manchu, 16 and Yidhra at Alex’s Bar
Chronixx, Jah 9 and Max Glazer at the Observatory
Electric Six at the Constellation Room
Tha Liks at the Constellation Room (Late Show)
Reel Big Fish at the House of Blues Anaheim
The Dollybirds at the HOB Anaheim Lounge
Blues Oyster Cult and Gunboat Kings at the Coach House
Young Lovers, Sheer and Take Pictures at Acerogami
Katatonia, Caspian and Uncured at the Glass House
Nero at the Yost Theater
Squirrel Nut Zippers and California Feet Warmers at the City National Grove of Anaheim
The Caverns at Copper Blues
Suppose We Run, Phil Tallo, Norm Lankford and Amy Loftus at Molly Malone’s
Yonatan, Complicated Animals and Theselands at Genghis Cohen
Tiffany at the Rose
Desert Hearts Festival at Los Coyotes Indian Reservation

Saturday, April 1

DRILL Festival, with Wire, Julia Holter, Mild High Club, Once & Future band, the Pinkflag Guitar Orchestra and Youth Code at the Echo and Echoplex
Dawes at the Theatre at Ace Hotel
Nouvelle Vague and Liset Alea at the Regent Theater
The Growlers at the House of Blues Anaheim
I See Stars, Echos and Sullivan King at the El Rey Theatre
Chronixx, Jesse Royal and Max Glazer at the Fonda Theatre
Passenger at the Wiltern
Delicate Steve at the Teragram Ballroom
Electric Six, Residual Kids and Vowws at the Bootleg Theater
Franco De Vita at Dolby Theatre
Funktion at the Belasco Theater
Lincoln Durham at Resident
Nails, Toxic Holocaust, Final Conflict, Gatecreeper and Haarm at the Hi Hat
Nef the Pharoah, Chozen and HDthe1 at Los Globos (Early Show)
La Misa Negra at Los Globos
Evan Landes and Wayne Williams at Los Globos (Late Show)
Pity Party, Jurassic Shark and Junkie at the Smell
Houndtrack, Premes and Black Galifianakis at the Lost Room
Stephen Rey, the Creation Factory and the Schizophonics at the Redwood Bar
Kings Inn at the Escondite
The Dank Band and Spaghetti Cumbia at La Cita (Matinee Show)
Author & Punisher, Bruce Lamont, Sanford Parker and Fact Pattern at Complex
Nero at Exchange
Ronny W at the Hotel Café
Carly Van Skalk, Pi Jacobs, Salty Spittoons and Sam Morrow at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Caleb & the Henry’s, Pacific Radio, Travlr, the Trainwrecks and Whitebread at the Mint
Sloppy Jane, the Department of Descriptive Services, Hardcore Tina, Gianna Gianna, Hyperbody and Dynasty Handbag at HM157
Mark Sixma and Kristina Sky at Avalon
Thomas Gold and Audrey Napoleon at Create Nightclub
Raiz, Prototype, Cosmin TRG and Anthony Parasole at Lot 613
Devil Season, Bruce Beacom Band, Young Stress and Pen & Pad Project at the Troubadour
Ganja White Night and Boogie T at the Roxy
LA Story, Fallen Union, Chainflower and Slowkiss at the Viper Room
Symbol Six, the Focke Wolves and White Demons at the Sugar Mill Saloon
Tom Paxton and the DonJuans at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Tiffany, Steven McClintock and Kathryn Dean at Saint Rocke
Daniel Minaya, VNSSA and Carly Monsta at the Wayfarer
Zeke, Nashville Pussy and Sly-Fi at Alex’s Bar
The Shelters and the Dead Ships at the Slidebar
Gnash, Sweater Beats, Max Imad Royal and Wrenn at the Observatory
Lil Pump, Smokepurpp and Don Krez at the Observatory (Late Show)
Allan Rayman at the Constellation Room
Matt Costa and the Droppers at the Coach House
Blue Oyster Cult at the Libbey Bowl
Jones, Burning Manilow, Corey Landis, Sandra Piller and Jane Bach at Genghis Cohen
Jacob the Horse and the Best Revenge at Molly Malone’s
The Babys at the Canyon
Bangtan Boys at the Honda Center
Desert Hearts Festival at Los Coyotes Indian Reservation

Sunday, April 2

Red Baraat at the Teragram Ballroom
Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears and Dams of the West at the Troubadour
The Growlers at the House of Blues Anaheim
Chris Shiflett at Resident
Anna Ash, Rachel Mazer and Tim Carr at the Bootleg Theater
Leslie Stevens & the Badgers, Jamie Wyatt, the Bolos, Izaak Opatz and Leroy From the North at Grand Ole Echo at the Echo (4-10 p.m.)
Nails, Toxic Holocaust, Final Conflict, Gatecreeper, the Eulogy and Human Garbage at the Hi Hat
Lyra Flip and Sega at Los Globos
Ben Bostick at the Escondite
Doble Poder at La Cita
Rachel McGoye at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Jackie Gage and Paper Void at the Mint
Strangers on a Saturday Night at Three Clubs
Michale Graves at the Whisky a Go Go
Andy Mason at McCabe’s Guitar Shop (Matinee Kids’ Show)
Cindy Lee Berryhill at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Mickey Avalon, Raw Blake and Romy Ancona at Saint Rocke
Alina Baraz at the Observatory
Maggie Lindemann at the Constellation Room
John Lindahl at the Parish at the House of Blues Anaheim
Tiffany at the Coach House
Generacion Suicida at the Continental Room
Carnifex, Despised Icon, Fallujah, Rings of Saturn and Lorna Shore at the Glass House
Jimmer Podrasky and Skylar Gudasz at the Federal Bar
Art Garfunkel at the Fred Kavli Theatre
Keith Harkin at Molly Malone’s
Bangtan Boys at the Honda Center
Moonalice at the Canyon
S.T.A.R.S. at the Catalina Club
Desert Hearts Festival at Los Coyotes Indian Reservation