Tonight in L.A.: Alt-J, the Album Leaf, GZA, Booker T. Jones, the Go-Go’s, Chinatown Moon Festival (Father Tiger, Tic Tic Boom), Northern Youth

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Happy Mid-Autumn Moon:

‣ Returning for another highly anticipated LA date, Britain’s Alt-J will have fans piling into the Bootleg Bar. Wildcat! Wildcat! and Cayucas also round out the bill for a solid night.
‣ In tour in support of their “Forward/Return” EP, the Album Leaf headlines the Satellite. [Check out “Descent.”] Drew Andrews supports.
‣ Hip-hop hero GZA (of the Wu-Tang Clan), Killer Mike, Sweet Valley and Bear Hands all hold down the fort at the El Rey Theatre.
‣ R&B/soul/blues multi-instrumentalist Booker T. Jones brings down the house at the Roxy Theater where Quinto Soul and Buyepongo will join the fun.
‣ The Hollywood Bowl presents another blast from the past as The Go-Go’s headline a night of New Wave. Also playing: the Psychedelic Furs, the Motels and Bow Wow Wow.
‣ The Central Plaza in Chinatown celebrates Mid-Autumn Moon Festival, and over at the live music stage there (curated by Buzz Bands LA), Father Tiger, Tic Tic Boom!, Max and the Moon, Little Red Lung and Young Empress all play throughout the evening. Grab some free mooncakes and join us. Set times here.
‣ And if you need some chill tunes to cool you down after baking in the sun all day, Northern Youth [check out “She’s in the Wild”] Coby Brown, Wisecub and the Trouble With Templeton all play the Hotel Café.

Also:

Milo Greene, Superhumanoids (DJ set) at Original Penguin LA
Little Owl at Origami Vinyl
Yellow Red Sparks, the Union Line, Nicole Vaughn, Claire & Andrew and Monroe at the House of Blues Anaheim
Spindrift, the Abigails, Ted Z & the Wranglers and Flying Sparks at the Detroit Bar
Surfer Blood and Hindu Pirates at the Observatory
The Dustbowl Revival, Eagle Rock Gospel Singers, the Far West and John Wayne Bro at the Mint
English Beat and Ease Up at Saint Rocke
Brian McKnight at the Fox Performing Arts Center
Emmett Skyy at the Room 5 Lounge
Train, Mat Kearney and Andy Grammer at the Nokia Theatre
Rise Against, the Gaslight Anthem and Hot Water Music at the Honda Center
Balam Acab, Wake , J99 and Matthewdavid at the Central SAPC
The Spyrals at Permanent Records
Avi Buffalo and Fatal Jamz at Time Warp Music in Venice
Andy Stott, Demdike Stare, Kangding Ray, Silent Servant, Vatican Shadow at Mount Analog
Colleen Green, Plateaus, Summer Twins and Wonder Wheel at the Smell
Andree Belle at the Virgil
The Janks at Casey’s
The Buzz Clifford Band at the Silverlake Lounge
Lily Meola (early show) at the Mint
Cardoza and the Picture & the Frame at Los Globos (early show)
The Untouchables at the Whisky
Ron Pope, Meghan Tonjes and Kapali Long at the Key Club
Strung Out at the House of Blues Hollywood
Jason Hemmens, Ceasefire, Melanie Taylor and Them Guns at the Viper Room
David Choi, Clara C and Jacob Luttrell at the Troubadour
Spawnbreezie, Zhen, Rian Basilio & the Roosters and Sensi at Brixton South Bay
Animals As Leaders, Set Your Goals, Big Chocolate, Hunter Moore and Jamies Elsewhere at the Seaport Marina Hotel
Val McCallum at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
The Stevie G. Band (early show) at Saint Rocke
Hatebreed, Whitechapel, All Shall Perish and Deez Nuts at the Fox Theater Pomona
Jimmie Vaughan and Harlis Sweetwater at the Coach House
At the Skylines, the Great Commission and To Each His Own at the Vault
Jason Aldean, Luke Bryan and Rachel Farley at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Irvine
Mac Miller, Travis Porter and YG at the Santa Barbara Bowl
Great White at Marquee 15
Angry Samoans at the Industry Theater

Photo by Jory Cordy