The Week Ahead: Nov. 5-Nov. 11

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Incoming: Leonard Cohen, Refused, Jens Lekman, A Place to Bury Strangers, Andrew W.K., Metz, Japandroids, Titus Andronicus, Cat Power, Delta Spirit, Smoking Popes, Barbra Streisand, Afghan Whigs, Minus the Bear, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Trail of Dead, Y La Bamba, Tilly & the Wall, Sea Wolf, Mumford & Sons, the Monkees, the Sea & Cake, Jack’s Mannequi, Chucho Valdes, Wolfgang Gartner

Above: Cat Power’s new album “Sun” is her first collection of original material since 2006. It’s very good. She visits the Palladium on Thursday.

Our staff picks of the week:

@KRBronson recommends: Refused’s final show of its reunion tour is tonight at the Fonda, and their L.A. sonic brethren the Bronx shed their mariachi outfits and return to their hardcore punk roots to open. Should be loud and fun.
@Seraphina_L recommends: Jens Lekman at the Fonda Theatre. Melodramatic but endearing Swedish singer-songwriter Jens Lekman returns to L.A. in support of his latest album “I Know What Love Isn’t” (out now on Secretly Canadian). Taken By Trees, the project of the Concretes’ former lead vocalist Victoria Bergsman, and L.A.’s own Big Search support.

After the jump, the week ahead:

Monday, Nov. 5

Leonard Cohen at the Nokia Theatre
Refused and the Bronx at the Fonda Theatre
LP and the Diamond Light at the Troubadour
The Record Company, Chris Shiflett & the Dead Peasants, Rachel Goodrich and Warships at the Satellite
In the Valley Below, Kiven, Cayucas and Sanglorians at the Bootleg Bar
Dark Dark Dark and Emily Wells at the Echoplex
The Abigails, Exploding Flowers, Tomorrow’s Tulips, Methdone and Kitty & the Daily Dose at the Echo
Drive He Said, Paige Stark, the Brixtones and Stephen Sowan at the Silverlake Lounge
Claire and the Reasons, Troup, Heloise and the Savoir Faire at It’s a School Night at Bardot
Aer, Yonas and David Dallas at the El Rey Theatre
Saul Williams, Jason Joseph & the Spectacular and Benny Marchant at the Hotel Café
Jennifer Chase, Foxy & the Sound and Jess Furman at the Mint
Hedwig & the Angry Inch at the Roxy Theatre
Che Zifandel, DHX, Szilva, Far*Out and Da at the Viper Room
Dance Gavin Dance, A Lot Like Birds, I the Mighty, the Orphan and the Poet at the House of Blues
Jon Anderson at the Grammy Museum
Princess Pangolin, Mighty Forces and the Royal Us at Lot 1 Cafe
Torn Humorist, Nicole Kidman and Shivering Window at Pehrspace
Jeffrey Lewis & the Junkyard and Emily Lacy at Echo Country Outpost
Future Fix at the Detroit Bar

Tuesday, Nov. 6

Jens Lekman, Taken By Trees and Big Search at the Fonda Theatre
A Place To Bury Strangers, Bleeding Rainbow and Matthewdavid at the Troubadour
Gavin Turek, Noa Dori, Orca Team and Oona at the Central SAPC
The Moth & Flame at the Bootleg Bar
Andrew W.K., Icona Pop, Diamond Rings, Cherie Lily and Aleister X at the Echoplex
The Vacant Lots, Lovely Bad Things and Cosmonauts at the Echo
Golden State, Magic Wands and Boots Electric at Harvard & Stone
The Vespers, Brent Puls and When the Broken Bow at the Hotel Café
The Janks, Gemeni, The Heavens and Earth at the Silverlake Lounge
Calvin Love at Origami Vinyl
Greg Barris, Yazan and the Reigning Monarchs at the Mint
Hedwig & the Angry Inch at the Roxy Theatre
Knight Stalker at the Viper Room
Miss May I, the Ghost Inside, Like Moths to Flames and the Amity Affliction at the House of Blues Hollywood
The Fine Lines, the Radiorelics and Grit at the Satellite
Kimbo Calico, Nacosta and Peg Leg Love at 3 Clubs
The Devious Means, Midnight Hour and PK at the Detroit Bar
Saul Williams at the Constellation Room
Mike Watt + the Missingmen at SLO Brew
Eric Church, Justin Moore and Kip Moore at the Rabobank Theater

Wednesday, Nov. 7

JJAMZ, Mini Mansions and Thrillionaire at the Troubadour
Metz, Vinyl Williams and Batwings Catwings at the Echo
Mr. Gnome, Little Red Lung and Eighteen Individual Eyes at the Bootleg Bar
He Met Her and AK at the Satellite
Joe Firstman, Bronze Radio Return, the Endangered and Brandon Coleman at the Hotel Café
Murzik and James Apollo & His Sweet Unknown at the Mint
Hedwig & the Angry Inch at the Roxy Theatre
Herculion, Rare Monk and Roshambo at the Silverlake Lounge
Jackyl, Scattered Hamlet and Beta Wolf at the Viper Room
Fire Chief Charlie, Sad Robot and the Nature at Plaza del Sol Performance Center at CSUN
My Satellite, Leda Atomica, Tremor Low and Ballerina Black at the Central SAPC
Alaska Reid at the Standard Hollywood
Oak & Gorski at Ground Zero at USC
The Dharma Bums and Franklin’s Key at the Down and Out Bar
Jonny Polonsky and Matt Mann at 3 Clubs
Globus at King King
Ben Sollee, Luke Reynolds and Mojo Stone at Saint Rocke
Miss May I, the Ghost Inside, Like Moths to Flames and the Amity Affliction at the House of Blues Anaheim
Tyrone Wells at SLO Brew

Thursday, Nov. 8

Japandroids and Bleached at the Fonda Theatre
Titus Andronicus, Ceremony and Henry Clay People at the El Rey Theatre
Cat Power and the Goat at the Hollywood Palladium
Delta Spirit, JEFF the Brotherhood and FIDLAR at the Wiltern
Dramarama at the Key Club
Smoking Popes, Luther and the Eagle Rock Gospel Singers at the Troubadour
Wayne Kramer at the Grammy Museum
Sweetwater & the Satisfaction, the Ten Thousand and Them Howling Bones at the Bootleg Bar
“Murder Ballads” with Black Hole Oscillators, Bloody Death Skull, Christian Lee, Hutson, Dirt Bird, Dorian Wood, Geronimo Getty, Gizzelle, Marlene Perez, Restavrant, Papercranes, RT n’ the 44s and VUM at the Echoplex
The Dead Ships, Future Ghost, Blonde Summer and Miner at the Echo
Carina Round, Rosi Golan and Chris Stills at the Satellite
Kate Earl, Graham Colton, Mikey Wax, Suzanna Choffel, Gin Wigmore and String Fellow Hawks at the Hotel Café
The Kin, Act As If and Song Preservation Society at the Roxy Theatre
Thomas Nicholas Band, the Railways and Access Royale at the Viper Room
The Allah-Las at Tommy’s at USC
Two Car Garage, PK and the Copyrights at the Mint
The Soul of John Black at Room 5
Alexandra at the Mayan Theater
Julien May and Shawn Berry at the Hard Rock Café
Gooding, Tulips, Heavy Petal at the Silverlake Lounge
First Circuit at the Redwood Bar
Eric Church, Justin Moore and Kip Moore at the Honda Center
Far East Movement, Sean Kingston and Baby Bash at the San Manuel Indian Bingo & Casino
Sun Foot and Farmer Dave & the Club Pacific Band at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Marc Broussard, Kelley James and Tony Ferrari at Saint Rocke
Classixx, RAC, Cosmic Kids, Jerome LOL and DEFF at the Detroit Bar
Sic Alps, Sleeping Bags, Blank Tapes, Orca Team and Snakkes at Alex’s Bar
McAuley-Schenker Group at the Canyon Club
Nick Waterhouse at the Constellation Room
White Buffalo at the Observatory
Gregg Wright, Naughty By Nature and Jalapeno Brothers at the House of Blues Anaheim
Little River Band, Rangel and Jim Summers & Friends at the Coach House

Friday, Nov. 9

Afghan Whigs and Van Hunt at the Fonda Theatre
Minus the Bear, Cursive and Girl In A Coma at Club Nokia
Brandi Carlile and Blitzen Trapper at the Orpheum Theatre
The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and Quasi at the El Rey Theatre
”¦ And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead and the Technicolors at the Echoplex
Iration, the Expendables and Cisco Adler at the Wiltern
America and Little River Band at the Fox Performing Arts Center
Barbra Streisand at the Hollywood Bowl
Grupo Fantasma and Chicha Libre at the Royce Hall UCLA
Vicente Fernandez at the Gibson Amphitheatre
Y La Bamba, Ramshackle, Seasons and Steve Taylor at the Central SAPC
Tom Brosseau, Dorian Wood and Correatown at the Sanctuary in Santa Monica
Benjamin Francis Leftwich and Jarrett Killen at the Bootleg Bar
American Royalty, Blacks& and Hindu Pirates at the Echo
The Woggles, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang and the Knitts at the Satellite
howardAmb, Dreamers, SheKhan, Sandy Yang, Emily Lacy and Wimp & Shrimp at the Smell
Title Fight and Whirr at Center for the Arts in Eagle Rock
Badwater, Sympathetic Frequencies, Echoes De Luxe and Buffalo Blackfoot at El Cid
Kris Orlowski, Alexandra & the Starlight Band, Ruthanne, Von Grey, Big Tree and Alto at the Hotel Café
The Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band, Wild Roses, Trapper Schoepp & the Shades and Restavrant at the Mint
Andy Hackbarth Band at the Hard Rock Café
Gilby Clarke at the Whisky
Tilly & the Wall, Icky Blossoms and Guy Blakeslee at the Troubadour
I Fight Dragons, Sky Fox, MC Lars and Attack Decay at the Roxy Theatre
Danielle Stori, London Shover, Anahita Skye and Siren Calls at On the Rox
The Dirty Knobs, So & So and Franky Perez & the Truth at the Viper Room
Warren G, True Mind, Ease and Illaborate Minds at the Key Club
Mount Kimbie, Grenier and Groundislava at ICON
Sic Alps at the
Special C, Urban Classics and Suspect Ed at Brixton South Bay
The Barry Zweig Trio at the Del Monte Speakeasy
The Health Club at Casey’s
Jonny & the Jones at Saint Rocke
Titus Andronicus, Ceremony and Metz at the Constellation Room
Rusko at the Observatory
Asia at the Canyon Club
The Monkees at the Arlington Theatre
ILL FX, Valora, Ceasefire, Sederra, Low Life Music and So Cal Trash at the House of Blues Anaheim
Michael Schenker Group, David Van Landing, Prowler, Pet Shark and the Outsane at the Coach House
Black Uhuru at SLO Brew

Saturday, Nov. 10

Afghan Whigs and Van Hunt at the Fonda Theatre
Sea Wolf [pictured] and Hey Marseilles at the El Rey Theatre
Mumford & Sons and Dawes at the Hollywood Bowl
Laurence Juber at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Sonar, Die Antwoord, Seth Troxler, Paul Kalkbrenner and Nic Fanciulli at the Shrine Expo Hall
Jim Brickman at Club Nokia
The Monkees at the Greek Theatre
Chucho Valdes at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex
Wolfgang Gartner, Proxy and Popeska at the Hollywood Palladium
Saint Motel, Leftover Cuties and Animal Games at Saint Rocke
Those Darlins, Pangea and Heavy Cream at the Troubadour
Warner Drive and Love & a .38 at the Roxy Theatre
Enslaved, White Hills, Scott Kelly, Earthless and Astra at the Roxy Theatre (early show)
52 Commercial Road, the Wingard Manor, Plus, the Routine and Mayfield at On the Rox
The Sea & Cake and Matt Friedberger at the Bootleg Theater
Spain, the Legendary Duo and Miracle Parade at the Echo
Sera Cahoone and the Parson Red Heads at the Satellite
Sean and Zander at the Tam O’ Shanter
Dirt Dress, Peter Pants, Surf Curse and the Aquadolls at the Smell
El Haru Kuroi at the Virgil
The Royalty, Infantree, Grand Tarantula and Bend Sinister at El Cid
Marc Broussard at the Hotel Café
Joe Moses, Antidote, D.Y.S. and Misrule at the Key Club
Michael Schenker and Robin McAuley at the Marquee 15
Modern Day Escape and Close to Home at the Vault
Girls Generation, Beast, 2NE1, CN Blue and 4minute at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Irvine
Chaparral and the Chris Gardner Band at SLO Brew
Princess at the Largo at the Coronet
Astronomar, Paul Devro, Derek Allen, Benzona and 2Deep at the Central SAPC
The Americans and Whirling Dervish at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Vise Virsa at Casey’s
Lovely Bad Things, the Vacant Lots and Cosmonauts at the Detroit Bar
Mike Watt & the Missing Men at Alex’s Bar
Tilly & the Wall at the Constellation Room
Travis Porter, Cali Made Posse and Adonte Fontane at the Observatory
Rod Piazza, This Side Up and Boxcar 7 at the Coach House

Sunday, Nov. 11

Jack’s Mannequin and Matt Thiesson at the El Rey Theatre
Barbra Streisand at the Hollywood Bowl
Marc Broussard at the Canyon
Vicente Fernandez at the Gibson Amphitheatre
Lydia Lunch, Retrovirus, Algis Kizys, Bob Bert and Weasel Walter at the Echo
Nucular Animals,Neonates, Magic Johnson and Sad Horse at the Smell
Child Bite, Hex Horizontal, Brother and Doses II at Pehrspace
Your Future Lovers, Andrea Gibson, Monte Mar and Two Bulls at the Hotel Café
Black Crystal Wolf Kids, the Sexies and Louden Swain at the Mint
Joe Brooks, Joseph Vincent, Mike Mains and the Branches at the Roxy Theatre
The Bad Bad Things, Nerf Herder, Killola and the Penfifteen Club at the Viper Room
The Dustbowl Revival at the Del Monte Speakeasy
The Digs and the Singles at the Down and Out Bar
Roberta Donnay at the Catalina Bar & Grill
Rod Piazza & the Mighty Flyers, Hound Dog Dave & the Mel-tones and Johnny Oskam at Saint Rocke
Sera Cahoone and the Parson Red Heads at the Constellation Room
Misfits at the Observatory
I Am Cassettes, Fake Figures, So far Left, I Omega and the Number One at the House of Blues Anaheim
Kevin Garcia at the House of Blues Anaheim
Asia and Union of Saints at the Coach House
Blackalicious and Mod Sun at SLO Brew

Photo of Sea Wolf, performing in July at the Skirball Center, by Angela Holtzen