Kevin Bronson on June 3rd, 2011

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Friday’s frenzy:

‣ First Fridays at the Natural History Museum winds up its 2011 season with an appearance by the soft-rock collective Gayngs. Dirty Beaches open.
‣ Arctic Monkeys (new album: “Suck It and See) and the Vaccines (new album: “What Did You Expect From the Vaccines?”) rock the Palladium. That’s the Vaccines’ video for “All in White,” above.
‣ Local indie-pop whizzes Grouplove headline the Satellite, with Ohioans Walk the Moon opening.
‣ The Archers of Loaf reunion was apparently a pretty big hit at Sasquatch; the ’90s stalwarts play the first of two night at the Troubadour with the Globes opening.
And pop tunesmiths the 88 kick off a June residency on what figures to be a big night at the Hotel Cafe – they are preceded by a performances by Jenny O & Holcombe Waller and Barcelona.

Also:

The Antlers at the El Rey Theatre
Flogging Molly at the Fox Theater in Pomona
X at the House of Blues Anaheim
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. (with Ema and Young Prisms) at the Echo
Isobel Campbell at the Belle and Sebastian Tribute Night at the Echoplex
Old Californio at the Mint
Future Dancing, the Lonely Wild, Handshakes and Sea of Cortez at the Bootleg Theater
John Grant and Sara Lov at Largo
Bootsy Collins at Club Nokia
Bedouin Soundclash at the Galaxy Concert Theatre in Santa Ana
Kidney Thieves and 8mm at the Roxy
Love and a .38 and Boy Hits Car at the Viper Room
The Diamond Light at the Central SAPC
Forts at the Smell
The Rejectz at the Key Club
Iration at Hollywood Park’s Friday concert series
Conquistador at 5 Star Bar
Up the coast: Cage the Elephant, Manchester Orchestra, Lykke Li, Peter Bjorn and John and Foster the People at the Santa Barbara Bowl