Kevin Bronson on July 20th, 2012

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For your steamy Friday:

‣ The legendary Smokey Robinson does the first of two nights at the Hollywood Bowl.
‣ Talib Kweli checks in at at the Roxy.
‣ Tiger Army frontman-turned-country singer Nick 13 does the first of two nights at the El Rey Theatre in support of his self-titled solo album. That’s the video for his single “Carry My Body Down,” above.
‣ Newbies Western Scene play their first L.A. show, holding forth at the Satellite with Great White Buffalo and Kenan Bell.
‣ And the heat will be on at California Plaza downtown, where Haim does a noon-hour installment of the free Grand Performances series. (At 8 tonight, there’s a tribute to Gil Scott-Heron at California Plaza.)

Also:

Duniven, Russian Red, Patrick Joseph and King Devil at the Bootleg Bar
La Sera and Magic Trick at the Echo
Alan Jackson at the Greek Theatre
The Record Company and the Peach Kings at El Cid
That Noise at Amplyfi
Cannibal Corpse, Between the Buried and Me, the Faceless, Periphery, Veil of Maya and Job for a Cowboy at the House of Blues Sunset Strip
Al Green at Morongo Casino
The Zeros, the Muffs and the Flytraps at the Troubadour
Guns N’ Roses Tribute at the Viper Room
Bachman & Turner and Foghat at the Pacific Amphitheatre
Fountains of Wayne, the Relationship, Brian Bell and Mike Viola at the House of Blues Anaheim
Yanni at the Nokia Theatre
Border Radio at Levitt Pavilion Pasadena
Willie Nelson at the Bright House Networks Amphitheatre in Bakersfield
Rolling Radio, the Romps, the New Law and Alysa Broke the Organ at On the Rox
The Entrance Band at Pappy & Harriet’ss Pioneertown Palace
Manhattan Murder Mystery, Voice On Tape, Mothers of Gut and Son of Cecil at the Smell
Barcelona, Sometimes We Sing Together, Robert Deeble, Danni Rosner and Brian Lopez at the Hotel Café
JGB and Huckle at the Mint
Noah Benardout at the Hard Rock Café Hollywood
Bo Burnham at the Largo
Dizzy Wright at the Key Club
Ice Age at the Central SAPC
The Motels, State of Grace and the Crosseyed Cats at Brixton South Bay
The Barry Zweig Trio at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Chatham County Line at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Howlin Rain, Boom Chick and Cab 20 at Saint Rocke
Turbulence and Emalkay at the Observatory
Billy Vera & the Beaters at the Coach House