This Week’s Shows: April 17-23

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Mastodon (Photo by Jimmy Hubbard)
Mastodon (Photo by Jimmy Hubbard)

Upcoming Los Angeles concerts: Coachella, Tortoise, Car Seat Headrest, Banks & Steelz, Bonobo, Skepta, Irontom, KONA, Draemings, Black Atlass, Dream Club, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Coheed & Cambria, Shinedown, Mura Masa, Kaytranada, Hinds, Galantis, DJ Shadow, Bambaata, the Relationship, Blossoms, Homeshake, Downtown Boys, Veers, Island Apollo, Little Dragon, David Crosby, New Order, Glass Animals, Empire of the Sun, SURVIVE, the Avalanches, NAO, Polica, Holy Wars, Triptides, Jack Garratt, Emily King, Tacocat, NAV, Lil Wayne, Future Islands, Local Natives, Royksopp, Whitney, Moderat, Roisin Murphy, Mastodon, Snoop Dogg, Thee Commons, Spiral Stairs, POND, Swet Shop Boys, Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Sofi Tukker, Floating Points, Miguel Bose, Lil Wayne, John Mayer, State Champs, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy, Jay Som, Donell Jones, Daphni, Orgone, Honne, Pixies, Tommy Torres, Pepe Aguilar, Reverend Horton Heat, Prettiest Eyes, Howie Day, Anthrax, Guided By Voices, Current Joys, Soft Metals, Will Holland, Say Anything, Phantogram

Above: Heavy hitters Mastodon released their eighth album, “Emperor of Sand,” on March 31, and sales-wise it’s off to the best start of any album from the Atlanta quartet. They headline the Palladium on Thursday night, with Eagles of Death Metal Warming things up. Tickets.

Los Angeles concerts for the week:

Monday, April 17

Tortoise at the Teragram Ballroom
Car Seat Headrest and Preoccupations at the Regent
Banks & Steelz and Zipper Club at the El Rey Theatre
Bonobo and the Range at the Theatre at Ace Hotel
Skepta at the Fonda Theatre
Tall Juan, Los Blenders, Las Ligas Menores and Sheer at Resident
Dream Club, the Aces, Dark Rooms and Jenn Grant at Bardot
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard at the Roxy
KONA, Nicky Sparkles and Tolliver at the Bootleg Theater
Irontom, NONA, Soulfire Collective and Varsity Week at the Satellite
Draemings, Brass Box, Ever So Android, Dancing Tongues and Jesse Jo Stark at the Echo
Black Atlass and Overwerk at Echoplex
Coheed & Cambria and the Dear Hunter at the Observatory
Shinedown at the House of Blues Anaheim
Mura Masa and Kamaiyah at the Glass House
Kaytranada and Goldlink at the Fox Theater Pomona
James Price, Dirty Faction and Milhouse Palacios at the Silverlake Lounge
Bing & Ruth and Alex Izenberg at the Sanctuary at Pico-Union Project
Pope Paul & the Illegals at the Redwood Bar
Open Mic at the Lexington
The Jazzaholics at the Escondite
Night Demon and Thrust at Complex
Jamie McLean Band at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Main Man, Misc. Ailments and Jupiter Winter at Harvard & Stone
Rumproller Organ Trio at the Sassafras Saloon
Solomun and Sahar Z at Sound Nightclub
Ackland, Battery, Grace Fellows, NEWMAN, Primero Sueño and Shirasawa-22 at the Troubadour
The Sunset Jam at the Viper Room
Mercedes Moore, Big Jon Atkinson, Taryn Donath and Marty Dodson at the Sugar Mill Saloon
King Tree & the Earth Mothers, Tunnels and Indigo State at the Wayfarer
Morgan Mallory at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar
Ray Davis & the Regenerates and Down North at Molly Malone’s

Tuesday, April 18

Hinds, Twin Peaks and the Memories at the Regent
Mura Masa and Kamaiyah at the El Rey Theatre
Galantis and SNBRN at the Novo
DJ Shadow and Sam Gellaitry at the Fonda Theatre
Bambaata, Lorine Chia and Aldre Williams at Resident
The Relationship, Cotillon, Ablebody and the Planters at the Bootleg Theater
Lions & Poets, Jim Priest, Bipolarte and Bad Joy at the Silverlake Lounge
Blossoms, Arkells and Wilderado at the Echo
Little Dragon and GoldLink at the Observatory
Homeshake at Echoplex
Downtown Boys, Girl Pusher and Brutus VIII at the Smell
Mo Welch at the Virgil
Phil & Lu at the Escondite
TFDI at the Hotel Café
Sam Fischer and Caleb Hawley & the Strike at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Veers, Diamonds and Fire at Harvard & Stone
Island Apollo, Pop Noir, Avi Buffalo and WYO at the Parish at House of Blues Anaheim
The Longing, Robot Nature, Chasing Desolation and Ten Mile Tongue at the Mint
Sazerac Steppers Brass Band at the Sassafras Saloon
Space Yacht at Avalon
Busy P at the Roxy
Bassett, Dead White Day and Checkerneck at the Viper Room
Josh & Kira at Saint Rocke
Delhart “Massive” McGregor at the Wayfarer
Diego Money at the Constellation Room
El Haragan at the House of Blues Anaheim
David Crosby at the City National Grove of Anaheim
Tall Juan at the Continental Room
Bonobo and the Range at the Glass House
New Order and Polica at the Santa Barbara Bowl
Glass Animals and Jagwar Ma at the Fox Theater Pomona
Lola Lennox at Genghis Cohen
Billy Joseph at Molly Malone’s
Randy Emata at the Federal Affair
The Colburn Jazz Work at the Catalina Club

Wednesday, April 19

Empire of the Sun, Broods and Tobacco Rat at the Shrine Expo Hall
Polica at the Teragram Ballroom
SURVIVE, M Geddes Gengras and SSLEEPERHOLD at the El Rey Theatre
The Avalanches at the Fonda Theatre
Bastille and Frenship at the Novo
Emily King at the Troubadour
Jack Garratt at the Roxy
NAO and Brasstracks at the Mayan
David Crosby at the Wiltern
Insideinfo and Cyantific at the Belasco Theater
Holy Wars and the Crazy Brave at the Hi Hat
Califone, Tara Jane O’Neil and Rachel Blumberg at the Bootleg Theater
Slow Children, Jules Shear, All Systems Know and Tree Machines at the Silverlake Lounge
Horisont and the Dirty Streets at the Satellite
Triptides, the Creation Factory, Vinyl Williams and Superet at the Echo
Chotto Ghetto at the Redwood Bar
Ora Cogan, Little Wings, Vikesh Kapoor, Sam Burton, Distant Cousins, Gidon and Shane at the Hotel Café
Skin & Bones, Steps of Doe and Lasers Lasers at Harvard & Stone
Bailen, Joe Marson and Creature Canyon at the Mint
Sasha, Doc Martin, Sublevel and Lillia at Sound Nightclub
Butane at Couture
Shotshell Press, Zoviet and Midnight Track at the Viper Room
Nellie McKay at the Largo at the Coronet
Sonder at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever
Dave Bernal at the Sugar Mill Saloon
Pheonix Rising, JC Villafran, Bree & Ty and Melissa Brethauer at Saint Rocke
Closer Talker, Super Whatevr and Davis at the Wayfarer
Hinds and Twin Peaks at the Observatory
Tacocat and the Regrettes at the Constellation Room
Nav at the Observatory (Late Show)
Lil Wayne at the House of Blues Anaheim
Wyatt Blair & the Broken Hearts at the Continental Room
Future Islands and Car Seat Headrest at the Glass House
Local Natives and Tennis at the Fox Theater Pomona
Breaking Benjamin at the Riverside Municipal Auditorium
Buddhi De Mal, J Antonette and Fabienne Grisel at Genghis Cohen
Open Mic at the Lexington
Zach & Bridget at the Escondite
El Mariachi Manchester at La Cita
Flavia, Chambers, No Girlfriends and Paloma Rush at Molly Malone’s
Jonah Sirota at CSUN
The Federal Affair at the Federal Bar
Juan De Marcos & the Afro-Cuban All Stars at the Catalina Club

Thursday, April 20

Snoop Dogg at the Greek Theatre
Mastodon at the Hollywood Palladium
Röyksopp and Marcus Marr at the Novo
Whitney and Dent May at the El Rey Theatre
Moderat, Hypoxia and Robert Koch at the Mayan
Roisin Murphy and Honey Dijon at the Fonda Theatre
Thee Commons at the Teragram Ballroom
Spiral Stairs, the Henry Clay People and High Cameras at Resident
Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes and Culture Abuse at the Hi Hat
Henry Hall, Soft Deadlines, the Echo Bombs, the Place and Playing Tourist Forever at the Silverlake Lounge
POND and Ezra Furman at the Echo
Swet Shop Boys and Gavlyn at Echoplex
Tomppabeats, BSD.U, Birocratic, Weirddough, Nohidea, Gypsymamba and Quisque at Los Globos
Love Moon, Moxie Beat, Covetor and Piss Wand at the Redwood Bar
Gabe Rosenn at the Escondite
Troubadours at the Hotel Café
Everett Coast and King Daniel at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Joe Hertler & the Rainbow Seekers and the Mosaics at the Mint
Deadon & the Freedom Ledges at Three Clubs
Arley Washington, Spirit Hunter, Aztlan Underground, Danza Azteca Xipe Totec, Mandola and Doctors of the Earth at Café Nela
Origins and WHYFI at Union Nightclub – Jewel’s Room
Tara Ellis and Natasha Agrama at the Hard Rock Hollywood
Tale of Us and Red Axes at Sound Nightclub
SMSHNG HRTS, Sky Renee, Quest One, Captain Tuku and Tre Capital at the Troubadour
Oceano, Slaughter to Prevail, Aversions Crown, Spite and No Zodiac at the Whisky a Go Go
Little Dragon at the Roxy
Concrete Kiss at the Viper Room
Preservation Hall Jazz Band at the Largo at the Coronet
Skip Heller’s Hollywood Blues Destroyers at the Sugar Mill Saloon
The Wailers at Saint Rocke
Marc Ford & Neptune Blues Club and Jason Sinay at the Wayfarer
Joey Bada$$ and Lil Uzi Vert at the Observatory (Early Show)
State Champs, Against the Current, With Confidence and Don Broco at the Observatory
Sofi Tukker at the Constellation Room
Xavier Wulf, Idontknowjeffrey, Black Smurf, Ta$$ and Eddy Baker at the Observatory (Late Show)
Sean Wiggins and Lone Goat at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar
Doug Benson at the Coach House
Mitski, Springtime Carnivore and Steady Holiday at the Glass House
Chris Robinson Brotherhood at the Majestic Ventura Theater
Color You, the Walking Palms and Moon/Field at the Federal Bar
Furcast, King Kang and the Relevant Elephants at the Federal Underground
The Shakedown at the Federal Underground (Late Show)
Soul Shadows, Slow Children and Candio at Molly Malone’s
Legalizers at Oxnard Blues
Nothing to See Here and Jackie Venson at Genghis Cohen
Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers at the Canyon
Juan De Marcos & the Afro-Cuban All Stars at the Catalina Club

Friday, April 21

Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, with Radiohead, The xx, Travis Scott, Empire of the Sun, Father John Misty, Phantogram, Guided By Voice and more, at Empire Polo Club
Roisin Murphy and Honey Dijon at the Fonda Theatre
Floating Points and Sun Araw at the El Rey Theatre
Miguel Bose at the Greek Theatre
Lil Wayne at the Hollywood Palladium
State Champs, Against the Current, With Confidence and Don Broco at the Teragram Ballroom
John Mayer at the Forum
Jay Som, Kera & the Lesbians and Pinky Pinky at the Echo
Donell Jones, Dyson and Sydney Castillo at the Regent Theater
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy at the Rose
Juke Joint and Jackie Jackson & Her Royal Gents at Resident
Hot Flash Heat Wave, Franky Flowers and Hearty Har at the Hi Hat
Julie Byrne, Korey Dane and Avi Buffalo at the Bootleg Theater
Nicole Haley, Johnny Chief, Dia, Identity Crisis, Lou Era, Triune and Truly Talented at the Silverlake Lounge
PartTime Chiller and Bassfakira at Los Globos
Jared Stanson at the Redwood Bar
Sally & George at the Escondite
Bernardus at the Escondite (Late Show)
Ghost Bath, Astronoid, Imperialist and Zephyrplex at Complex
Netsky at Exchange
DenManTau, Close Talker and Superwhatevr at the Hotel Café
Miranda Glory, Shoshana & Aki, Jillian Speer, Taylor John Williams and Chris Youmans at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Chris Pureka and Modern Huge at the Mint (Early Show)
Niki J. Crawford, You Are Here and GrooveSession at the Mint (Late Show)
High Priestess, Aboleth, Rope Trick and Ultra Electric Mega Galactic at Café Nela
La Resistencia, Raskahuele, Beach Bums, the Paranoias, Dskarados and Gabriela Penka at Union Nightclub (Early Show)
Perpetual Dawn, Intersessions, Tropic of Cancer, Nite Jewel, Heliokonia, Habibiboi and more at Union Nightclub
Etc! Etc!, Meaux Green, Snavs and Jon Mon at Avalon
Maya Jane Coles and Droog at Sound Nightclub
Tydi and Alvin Risk at Create Nightclub
Daphni at Lot 613
Orgone and Monophonics at the Troubadour
Faster Pussycat at the Whisky a Go Go
Honne at the Roxy
Dough the Freshkid and Madchild at the Viper Room
Ford Madox Ford, the Sold! & Bones, the Brutalists and Chubbhouse Y Los Honeys at the Sugar Mill Saloon
Eric Andersen at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
The Wailers at Saint Rocke
Big Monsta, Professor Colombo, Gardeners Logic, Soft Deadlines and the Echo Bombs at the Wayfarer
New Found Glory and Trash Boat at the Observatory
Downtown Boys at the Constellation Room
Berlin at the House of Blues Anaheim
Taylor Bennett at the Parish at House of Blues Anaheim
The Dollybirds at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar
Jai Wolf, Chet Porter and Trace at the Glass House
Pixies and Public Access TV at the Fox Theater Pomona
Li Yugang at the Pasadena Civic
Dom Mar KZ, Fernando Perdomo and Ruti Celli at Genghis Cohen
Dirty Rice at Copper Blues
Richie Kotzen at the Canyon
Reece Lyons Band at Molly Malone’s
Juan De Marcos & the Afro-Cuban All Stars at the Catalina Club

Saturday, April 22

Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, with Lady Gaga, Bon Iver, Future, the Head and the Heart, Two Door Cinema Club, Local Natives, Mitski and more, at Empire Polo Club
Tommy Torres at the El Rey Theatre
Anthrax and Killswitch Engage at the Wiltern
Guided By Voices and Prism Tats at the Roxy
Krush Groove, Bone Thugs-N- Harmony, Ja Rule, Ashanti, Warren G, Luniz, MC Eiht, Kam, Hi-C and Suga Free at the Forum
Rob Bonfiglio, Cait Brennans, Fernando Perdomo, Chris Price and David Divad at Molly Malone’s
Maz Jobrani at the Saban Theatre
Shadmehr Aghili at the Dolby Theatre
Pepe Aguilar at the Greek Theatre
The Soulfire Collective at Resident
Prettiest Eyes, Pinky Pinky and Cigarette Bums at the Hi Hat
Justin Paul Sanders, Saint Baby James, Palace Depression and Rose Shawhan at the Silverlake Lounge
Free Salamander Exhibit, Major Entertainer, Umbra Vita and THIEF at the Echo
Reverend Horton Heat and Dale Watson at the Regent Theater
Clipping, JPEGMAFIA, They Hate Change, Lana Del Rabies and Miguel Mendez at the Smell
Fiz and Popdefect at the Redwood Bar
The Rocketz and Lil Sue & the Cowtippers at La Cita
Trap Them, Call of the Void, Plagues and Doesn’t Matter at Complex
Will Clarke and Walker & Royce at Exchange
Howie Day at the Hotel Café
Anthony Green at Apogee Studio
Courtney Hart and Emree at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Deb Ryder, Shari Puorto and Kelly Z at the Mint (Early Show)
Kingsborough, Pink Lotus and In Lieu Of at the Mint (Late Show)
Pedal Strike at Café Nela
Killahurtz, Total Science and Bryan Gee at Union Nightclub – Noise Room
The Warlocks, Creation Factory, Cosmonauts, Dead Meadow, Joel Jerome and Drinking Flowers at HM157
First State and JES at Avalon
The Martinez Brothers and Marques Wyatt at Sound Nightclub
Pierce Fulton and Young Bombs at Create Nightclub
SEB, Still Rebel, the Swansons and the Stoic Club at the Troubadour
BulletBoys and Pretty Boy Floyd at the Whisky a Go Go
Late Night Fights, Valora, SOC and Daniel Page Band at the Viper Room
Abby Girl & the Real Deal, Pope Paul & the Illegals and Electric Children at the Sugar Mill Saloon
Beausoleil at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Liz Gherna at Saint Rocke
Purple Mountains Majesties, Valley Queen and Ecstatic Union at the Wayfarer
Jetboy, Street Walkin’ Cheetahs, the Flamethrowers and Dr. Boogie at Alex’s Bar
New Found Glory and Slick Shoes at the Observatory
Half Past Two, Karate in the Garage, Codename: Rocky and Hooray for Our Side at the House of Blues Anaheim
Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers at the Coach House
Saturday’s Kids at Acerogami
Whitney at the Glass House
Glass Animals, Little Dragon and Jagwar Ma at the Santa Barbara Bowl
Berlin at the Libbey Bowl
Lila Downs at the Valley Performing Arts Center
Shawn Jones at Copper Blues
Richie Kotzen at the Rose
Juan De Marcos & the Afro-Cuban All Stars at the Catalina Club

Sunday, April 23

Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, with Kendrick Lamar, Justice, Lorde, New Order, Hans Zimmer and more, at Empire Polo Club
Say Anything, Bayside and Reggie & the Full Effect at the Observatory
Phantogram and MICHL at the Glass House
Current Joys, French Vanilla and Mo Dotti at the Hi Hat
Will Holland and Mario Galeano at the Echo
Soft Metals, Chasms and Houses of Heaven at Echoplex
Shark Toys and UV TV at the Redwood Bar
Ben Bostick at the Escondite
Doble Poder at La Cita
Stolar, Kris Angelis, TV Carpio, Jon Bryant and Color Me Home at the Hotel Café
Black Top Cookie, Miklo, Sunday at Noon, the Vandaliers and Lost in Atlantas at the Mint
Brochure, Titanic Titanic, Rough Church, Joe Baiza and Platonic at Café Nela
Cinderella’s Tom Keifer at the Whisky a Go Go
Viza, KillaKiah and Ayline at the Roxy
Peter Himmelman at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Justin Roberts at McCabe’s Guitar Shop (Matinee Kids’ Show)
Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers, the Knitts and Danny Hamilton at Saint Rocke
K.I.D. and CupcakKe at the Constellation Room
Pixies at the House of Blues Anaheim
Kismit at the HOB Anaheim Lounge
Michael Physick at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar
Richie Kotzen at the Coach House
Martian Cult at the Continental Room
Li Yugang at the Pasadena Civic
Cherry Poppin’ Daddies, the Hula Girls and Pope Paul & the Illegals at the Yost Theater
ECO at Genghis Cohen
Corey Feldman & the Angels at the Canyon
Open Mic at the Silverlake Lounge