Anna Acosta on January 21st, 2013

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Incoming: Lady Gaga, Robert DeLong, Jessie Ware, Quicksand, Ferraby Lionheart, Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown, Muse, the Airborne Toxic Event, Dada, Bad Religion, Pentatonix, Wayne Kramer, Pageants, Wovenhand, El Ten Eleven, Ken Stringfellow, Ben Folds Five, Al Stewart, Smokey Robinson

Above: Pentatonix, the Texas-bred a cappella group of Scott Hoying, Kirstie Maldonado, Mitch Grassi, Avi Kaplan and Kevin Olusola, made their hay on NBC’s “The Sing-Off,” if you like that sort of thing. Their cover of “Thrift Shop” by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis gives you all you need to know. They’re playing Thursday at the Fonda Theatre.

Our staff picks of the week:

@KRBronson recommends: Helping Dada celebrate 20 years. The alt-pop band of Michael Gurley, Joie Calio and Phil Leavitt are launching an anniversary tour to mark the release of their album “Puzzle” (remember “Dizz Knee Land”? – we do). Dada visits the Key Club on Wednesday and Saint Rocke on Thursday, each show featuring an opening set by 7Horse, the side project from Calio and Leavitt.

@Seraphina_L recommends: Cody Chestnutt at the Troubadour. Went to the Troubadour when Gary Clark Jr came in to town? Well, do it again for this guy. He’s been around a lot longer, and his combination of blues, Southern soul, rock, funk and soul will knock you off your feet. Chesnutt stops by in support of his sophomore album “Landing on a Hundred.”

After the jump, the week’s shows:

Monday, Jan. 21

Lady Gaga at the Staples Center
PAPA, J Thoven, Jenny O and Psychedelic Judaism at the Bootleg Bar
Feeding People, Wild Pack of Canaries, Mr. Elevator & the Brain Hotel and the Blank Tapes at the Echo
Lucky Dragons, Victoire and Wild Up at the Echoplex
Yellow Alex, Baron Von Luxxury, Yung Skeeter and Chilly at the Satellite
Robert DeLong, Sean Bones, Gemini Club, Best Friends at It’s a School Night at Bardot
Maximum Hedrum at Los Globos
The Internet, Mouth of the Serpent, Caleb Stone and Tremellow at pehrspace
Jason Joseph & the Spectacular, the Lone Bellow and the Borrower’s Debt at the Hotel Café
Vim Dicta & the Do-Its at Harvard & Stone
Robb Flynn at the Roxy Theatre
Teleskopes, Decode Radio, Battles Tapes, Sierra Swan and Diana at the Viper Room
Steel Panther at the House of Blues Hollywood
Wires, Grit and the Fine Lines at the Central SAPC
The Entrance Band and Fai Baba at the Del Monte Speakeasy
The Jimi Blaze Show at Saint Rocke
Big Monsta, Fellow Bohemian and Gardeners Logic at the Detroit Bar
Marc Cohn and Rebecca Pidgeon at the Coach House

Tuesday, Jan. 22

Jessie Ware at Amoeba Hollywood (in-store)
Quicksand and Title Fight at the Fonda Theatre
Caro Emerald at the El Rey Theatre
BenZei and Cashmere Cat at the Bootleg Bar
Smooth Hound Smith, the Burlington Family, the Borrower’s Debt and Byzantium at the Silverlake Lounge
MS MR, Night Terrors of 1927 and Camera2 at the Echo
Glossary, the Brixtones, Christian Lee Hutson and Tall Tales & the Silver Lining at the Satellite
Ferraby Lionheart and Eastern Conference Champions at Los Globos
Drew & Ellie Holcomb, the Young Romans, Lo-Fang and Scott Bartenhagen at the Hotel Café
Cotillon, Colleen Green and the Cosmonauts at Harvard & Stone
Fidlar, Pangea, Meat Market, Spaceships at The LA Fort
Joe Lovano’s US 5, Esperanza Spalding, James Weidmann, Otis Brown III and Francisco Mela at the Mint
Randy Rogers Band and Wade Bowen at the Troubadour
Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown, Franky Perez & the Truth, Jared James Nichols and Fly Johnson at the Viper Room
The Burning of Rome, Dirt Dress and Black Boots at the Central SAPC
Cat Power at the Observatory
PAPA and Wildcat! Wildcat! at the Constellation Room
Joey Heredias at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club
Randy Emata at the Federal Bar

Wednesday, Jan. 23

Muse and Band of Skulls at the Staples Center
The Airborne Toxic Event and White Arrows at the Mayan Theatre
Dada, Jerad Finck and 7Horse at the Key Club
Bad Religion at the Echo
Jessie Ware and Rochelle Jordan at the El Rey Theatre
Mike Lang Trio at the Catalina Bar & Grill
Bones Muhroni, Jeff Crosby, the Antiques and They Live at the Silverlake Lounge
Nightmail and the Hectors at the Satellite
The Tin Drums at Los Globos
Rumer, Terry Reid, Lucy Michelle and Janet Labelle at the Hotel Café
Golden Animals and Vim Dicta & the Do-Its at Harvard & Stone
Eric McFadden and Ramy Essam at the Mint
Michael Angelo Batio and Neil Turbin’s Deathriders at the Whisky A Go Go
Matt Mann & the Shine Runners, Apache Rifles, Armada, Remains of Giants and Switchback at the Viper Room
La Pobreska, 8 Kalakas, South Central Skankers and Amenaza at the House of Blues Hollywood
The Aaron White Band and Adamssound at the Central SAPC
James Clay Garrison, Tay and AJ at Saint Rocke
Byron Motley at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club
Tristan Prettyman at the Soho Restaurant & Music Club
El Ten Eleven, Races and Cayucas at Velvet Jones
The Federal Affair at the Federal Bar
Flashpants at the Canyon

Thursday, Jan. 24

Field Mouse, Ingenue, Dirty Dishes at Lot 1 Cafe
Muse and Band of Skulls at the Staples Center
Pentatonix at the Fonda Theatre
Tito Nieves at the Mayan Theater
Wayne Kramer at the Grammy Museum
Stanley Clarke Band at the Catalina Bar & Grill
PrincessFrank, Winchester Rebels, the Vapes and Sunken Ships at the Silverlake Lounge
James Levy & the Blood Red Rose and Daniel Ahearn & the Jones at the Echo
The Cold & Lovely and Owls at the Satellite
Strategy, Pharaohs, Leech and LA Vampires at the Smell
Aftergloam, Cobalt Cranes, Tremellow and Levitation Room at El Cid
Ghostlight Orchestra, Anna Su and Trails at the Hotel Café
Vim Dicta & the Do-Its at Harvard & Stone
John Mullane, Deqn Sue, Miskreants and Cletus at the Mint
Lawson and Taylor Mathews at the Troubadour
Cannibal Ox and Keith Masters at the Roxy Theatre
Nazo Bravo at the Roxy: On the Rox
Ours, Lady Sinatra, Dekades and the Diamond Light at the Viper Room
Xu Xu Fang, the Trial, Break Science and Continuum at the Central SAPC
Nia Andrews, Trevor Ware and Dexter Story at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Dada, 7Horse, Leogun and Tony Ferrari at Saint Rocke
El Ten Eleven at the Constellation Room
Midge Ure, Smiling Face Down, Former Humans and Annabella Lwin at the Coach House
Aysha at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club
Stray Cats at the Canyon
White Rabbit at the Yost Theater

Friday, Jan. 25

Pageants, the Reflections and Sisu at the Bootleg Bar
Mike Watt & the Missingmen, 45 Grave, Audacity, White Flag, the Abigails, Channel 3, the Garden, Agent Orange, White Night, the Urinals and Shattered Faith at the Echoplex
Wovenhand at the Satellite
Gojira, the Devin Townsend Project and the Atlas Moth at the Fonda Theatre
Stanley Clarke Band at the Catalina Bar & Grill
Jason Lee Bruns at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club
Plotz, Dorian Wood, Ghiant and Crab Lions at El Cid
Social Studies, Creeps and Jung Bouquet at Pehrspace
Pebaluna, Joe McKee, Big Harp, Bell Gardens, Kita Klane and Gypsy & the Cat at the Hotel Café
Vim Dicta & the Do-Its at Harvard & Stone
Kenny Loggins, Gary Burr, Georgia Middleman, Leo Nocentelli, Cliff Hines, Bill Dickens and Stanton Moore at the Mint
Cody Chesnutt at the Troubadour
Uli Jon Roth and Warren Demartini at the Whisky A Go Go
Chris Lightfoot, Action Item, Quest the Artist and Chloe Pappas at the Roxy Theatre
Ours, Updownup and Sabrosa Purr at the Viper Room
Social Distortion at the House of Blues
Kid Ink at the Key Club
Jon Brion at the Largo at the Coronet
El Ten Eleven, We Were Indians and Races at the Central SAPC
LBDA, Los Angelitos and Special C at Brixton South Bay
The Barry Zweig Trio, the Mast and Bacchanal Soundsystem at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Al Stewart at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Unwritten Law, Harmful If Swallowed, Lose Control and Sir Zacc West at Saint Rocke
Crookers at the Observatory
Nicki Bluhm & the Gramblers at the Constellation Room
School Boy Humor, Aria and Late In the Playoffs at the Vault
Ken Stringfellow at the Soho Restaurant & Music Club
Big B at the Industry Theater
Iration at the Majestic Ventura Theater
Los Straitjackets at Spike’s Bar
Berlin at the Canyon
Charles Feelgood at the Yost Theater

Saturday, Jan. 26

Muse and Band of Skulls at the Staples Center
Shiny Toy Guns at Santa Anita Park racetrack
Midge Ure, Annabella Lwin and Right the Stars at the El Rey Theatre
Ben Folds Five at the Wiltern
Leessang and Jung In at Club Nokia
Margarita La Diosa De La Cumbia at the Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal CityWalk
Stanley Clarke Band at the Catalina Bar & Grill
Shahkar Bineshpajooh at the Nokia Theatre LA Live
Kyle Gass Band, Casey Abrams and Molly Bryant & John Spiker at the Bootleg Theater
Miles Clifton at the Echo
Ken Stringfellow, the Maldives and the Nervous Wreckords at the Satellite
Owls, Bikos, Danger Friends USA, Protect Me, Young Empress and Snacktime at the Smell
Circle Up and Rani De Leon at the Virgil
Sad Robot, Web & Reckless and the Vitals at El Cid
Meow Twins, Heller Keller, Business Cats and the Aquadolls at pehrspace
Liz Wood, Totsy, Alto, the Ascetic Junkies and Ghost Town Jenny at the Hotel Café
Vim Dicta & the Do-Its at Harvard & Stone
Billy Cobham, Jerry Goodman, Dean Brown, Gary Huband and Ric Fierabracci at the Mint
The Teddy Campbell Band, Ethan Farmer, Allison Iraheta & Halo Circus, Jubu & Legally Blynd, Shoshana Bean and JP Delaire at the Troubadour
Seedless, Uprooted, Papafish, Beyond I Sight and Zephyris at the Roxy Theatre
Gilby Clarke, Archer, HARRP and Born On Impact at the Viper Room
Social Distortion at the House of Blues
Thirsty Heroes, Roulette Dares and I Like Turtles at the Central SAPC
Too Short, Greedy Ent, Suspect ED, Mickey Bardot, Melody and Emaysee at Brixton South Bay
Jungle Fire at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Al Stewart at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Wayward Sons, the Cranks and the MP Triple J Band at Saint Rocke
Sound Aslym at the Detroit Bar
The Blasters, Dave Alvin, the Knitters and X at the Observatory
Stryper at the House of Blues Anaheim
Berlin and the Reflexx at the Coach House
Paul Kelly at the Federal Bar
Agent Orange and the Coltranes at the Vault
LA Guns at the Tiki Bar
Galeet Dardashti at the Fowler Museum
Patrick Merrill at Genghis Cohen
Poncho Sanchez at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club
Smokey Robinson at the Cerritos Center
Nicki Bluhm & the Gramblers at Pappy & Harriets Pioneertown Palace
Poncho Sanchez at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club
Casper Von DJ at the Federal Bar
Party Favor and Ace Future at the Yost Theater

Sunday, Jan. 27

Smokey Robinson at the Cerritos Center
Karen Gedissman at the Catalina Bar & Grill
Garland at the Bootleg Bar
Tearist, Savage Republic, Troller and Thousand Foot Whale Claw at the Echo
Neil Hamburger, Chelsea Peretti, Tim Heidecker and Andy Haynes at the Satellite
Emperor X, Ever Ending Kicks, Nowcloud and Emily Lacy at Pehrspace
Joshua Radin and Juliet Piper at the Hotel Café
Vim Dicta & the Do-Its at Harvard & Stone
Lappitt-Rocha at the Mint
Megan & Liz, Kalin, Myles and Bean at the Roxy Theatre
Peppino D’Agostino at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Niki & the Dove at the Constellation Room
Social Distortion, the Interrupters and Dano Forte’s Juke Joint Freak Show at the House of Blues Anaheim
Nicki Bluhm & the Gramblers at B Ryders
Gojira at the Glass House
Ron Jones Jazz Influence Orchestra at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club