Kevin Bronson on August 6th, 2011

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Saturday’s spread:

‣ HARD Summer goes off at L.A. State Historic Park downtown, featuring dubstep/house music sensation Skrillex, along with  Chromeo, Odd Future, Duck Sauce, Boys Noize, Ratatat, the Juan Maclean, James Murphy & Pat Mahoney, Digitalism and  Gaslamp Killer. That’s Skrillex’s video for “Rock n Roll (Will Take You to the Mountain),” above.
‣ The 2nd New L.A. Folk Fest takes over Zorthian Ranch in Altadena, offering some 30 artists including Amanda Jo Williams, Ana Caravelle, the Dustbowl Revival, Ferraby Lionheart, Frank Fairfield, Radical Face, Spindrift, the Stevenson Ranch Davidians, Stone Darling and Very Be Careful. [See our mixtape from earlier this week.]
‣ Morris Day & the Time headlines the Funk Fest at the Greek Theatre, where One Way with Al Hudson, Sugarfoot’s Ohio Players, Dazz Band and Mary Jane Girls round out the bill.
‣ High Places, whose third album “Original Colors” is due Oct. 11 on Thrill Jockey, visits the Bootleg Theater, with Sun Araw and Matthewdavid opening.
‣ And at the Satellite, it’s Radars to the Sky and the Lonely Wild.

Also:

MGMT and Surfer Blood at the U.S. Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach
Cypress Hill’s 20th anniversary show at the Troubadour
The Fling and Francisco the Man at the Detroit Bar
Katy Perry and Robyn at the Nokia Theatre
The Janks at the Hotel Cafe
The Michael Des Barres Band at the Viper Room
KMFDM at the Grove of Anaheim
Colbie Caillat at the House of Blues Anaheim
David Bromberg at McCabe’s
Todd Glass at the El Rey Theatre
Los Bunkeres at the Roxy
Moonalice and Susan James at the Mint
Thurlow and Vum at Lot 1 Cafe
Captain Ahab at the Smell
Touché’s free in-store at Origami Vinyl (7 p.m.)
The Black Watch at Backside Records in Burbank (7 p.m.)
Kazai Rex at SoundBite (1975 Riverside Dr.)