Kevin Bronson on May 4th, 2011

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‣ Singer-songwriter Cass McCombs, his new album “Wit’s End” out last month on Domino [preview], headlines the Troubadour, with Frank Fairfield and Residual Echoes supporting.
‣ Sixty-three-year-old “up-and-comer” Charles Bradley, the Daptone singer who is backed by the Menahan Street Band, brings his James Brown-indebted soul to the Echo. That’s his video for “The World (Is Going Up in Flames),” above. Some background.
‣ Old 97’s frontman Rhett Miller does a show at the Autry Museum, with L.A.’s Robert Francis resurfacing to open.
‣ And the Pipettes, now more of a disco-pop outfit than the girl group-leaning band they were at the beginning, headline the Satellite. Family of the Year and Hot as Sun open.

Also:

Chris Cornell at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre
James Blunt at the Wiltern
Dredg at the Roxy
Sid Griffin & the Coal Porters at Taix
The Donkeys, Social Studies and the Damn Sons at the Bootleg
Scars on 45 at the Hard Rock Hollywood
Fishtank Ensemble at the Mint
AMP Live at Low End Theory at the Airliner
Tony Lucca and Justin Hopkins at the Hotel Cafe
Firebug at Villains Tavern downtown
The Red River and Radiation City at the Silverlake Lounge
The Raveonettes and Tamaryn at the Glass House in Pomona
Bostich + Fussible’s free in-store at Amoeba
Buena Vibra Latin Quartet at the Viper Room
Stars at Night at 5 Stars Bar