Kevin Bronson on June 18th, 2011

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Big weekend, big Saturday:

‣ Make Music Pasadena: brings a truckload of great bands to venues throughout and around downtown Pasadena. Among them: The Morning Benders, Ra Ra Riot, Saint Motel, Kisses, Best Coast, Hello Seahorse!, Seasons, Jenny O, the Lonely Wild, Rocky Dawuni, Zola Jesus, Tijuana Panthers, Carla Morrison and NewVillager.
‣ Dutch producer/DJ Sander Kleinenberg rocks the Avalon behind his new album “5K.” That’s the video for “T.I.O.N. (This Is Our Night),” above.
‣ Saturdays off the 405 resume at the Getty Center, with Cambodian psych-pop ensemble Dengue Fever leading the party.
‣ Dawes, joined by Brett Dennen, visits the Orpheum behind their new album “Nothing Is Wrong.”
‣ And U2 tees it up again at Anaheim Stadium.

Also:

Nico Stai and Oh Darling at the Satellite
Odd Future at the House of Blues
Baths, Mexicans with Guns ande Shlomo at the Echoplex
Matthew Sweet at McCabe’s
Run Run Run at the Viper Room
Pangea at the Echo
Watts Ensemble and Graham Reynolds & Golden Arm Trio at the Bootleg
Bushwalla at the Hotel Cafe
Outliar and Atomic Machines at the Roxy
The One AM Radio and Dreamtapes, doing free -instores at Origami Vinyl
Mariachi USA Festival at the Hollywood Bowl
Big Head Todd & the Monsters at Saint Rocke
Max Gomez at the Mint
Dirty Diamond at the Key Club
Nostalghia at Bar Sinister
Lagos Jump at Casey’s