This weekend in L.A.: Daniel Lanois’ Black Dub, Crocodiles, Against Me!, Deerhoof, Les Savy Fav
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[Blues shredder Jonny Lang turns 30 on Saturday. In other celebrations:]
Top picks for a frenzied Friday:
‣ Daniel Lanois’ Black Dub and Rocco DeLuca play tonight the El Rey Theatre.
‣ El Ten Eleven and Superhumanoids team up to rock the Central SAPC in Santa Monica
‣ Tonight in the final installment of the the Melvins’ January stand at the Satellite. Tonight they’ll do the album “Stoner Witch” in addition to a regular set.
‣ Free Energy headlines the Roxy, with the Postelles and Vanaprasta supporting.
‣ Crocodiles and Tamaryn rock Club Underground at the Echo.
‣ NYC art-punks Les Savy Fav return for a show at the Echoplex. That’s their video for “Let’s Get Out of Here,” above.
‣ And Peter Case hold’s forth at McCabe’s.
And the rest of the weekend:
‣ Against Me!, joined by Cheap Girls and Fences, rock the Music Box on Sunday.
‣ Deerhoof headlines Saturday at the Echoplex.
‣ Ian Hunter of Mott the Hoople visits the El Rey on Saturday.
‣ Peter Bjorn and John visit the Center for the Arts in Eagle Rock on Sunday.
Also tonight:
Social Distortion, Lucero and Chuck Ragan at the Palladium
The Get Up Kids at the Glass House in Pomona
Moe at the Music Box
Ying Yang Twins at the Key Club
Kid Sister at Avalon Hollywood
The Shrill at the Troubadour
Amos Lee at the House of Blues Anaheim
The Handsome Family and HoneyHoney at the Bootleg Theater
Juke Cartel and Chris Lind at the Hotel Cafe
The Harbingers at the Viper Room
Maxim Ludwig & the Santa Fe Seven at the Mint
Nico Vega at Saint Rocke
The Terrapin at Casey’s downtown
LA Font at Lot 1 Cafe
Professor Calculus at the Smell
Exene Cervenka at the Redwood Bar
Black Apples’ in-store at Origami
Also Saturday:
Ween at the Wiltern
Darwin Deez and Fol Chen at the Satellite
El Ten Eleven and Superhumanoids at the Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa
Social Distortion, Lucero and Chuck Ragan at the Palladium
The Handsome Family at McCabe’s
Charlotte Martin at the Bootleg Theater
Ghost Robot at the Viper Room
Ari Shine at LaBrie’s in Glendale
Tyler Hilton at the Hotel Cafe
Vains of Jenna at the Roxy
Whitman at the Smell
Cody the Band, George Glass, Vanaprasta and Manhattan Murder Mystery at Pehrspace
Lit at the House of Blues Anaheim
The Quarter After at Casey’s downtown
Lower Heaven at Origiami Vinyl (8 p.m.)
The Zeros at Alex’s Bar in Long Beach
Also Sunday:
Savage Republic and the Urinals at the Echo
The Finches at the Smell
Neil Hamburger at the Satellite
Adrian Legg at McCabbe’s
Somos Mysteriosos, Sylvia Juncosa, Electric Children, Lightnin Woodcock at Redwood Bar
Fences at Origami (6 pm.)
Space 15 Twenty Record Fair
the roxy bill is a good one tonight as The Postelles were really good at Spaceland some months back as was Free Energy when i saw them at the echo. another good show is saturday night at Saint Rocke as Leslie Stevens & The Badgers play an opening set. They do not play as often local as in the days of yore.