Kevin Bronson on July 26th, 2013

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Some nights, you just wanna recommend everything …

‣ If you’re an indie-rock fan and you’ve been wondering about the FIGat7th Downtown Festival, tonight’s your night – PAPA, NO and LA Font team up for a show on the plaza at the downtown L.A. retail center.
‣ It’s a blast at the beach as Modest Mouse and Matt Costa play at the U.S. Open of Surfing in Huntington Beach. The music starts at 4 p.m.
‣ Peter Murphy celebrates 35 years of Bauhaus at the Fonda Theatre, supported by Ours, Eyes On Film and Richard Thorne.
‣ Rancid at the Hollywood Palladium? Sounds good to me.
‣ Oh, and Weezer plays the Pacific Amphitheatre in O.C.
‣ Courtney Love plays the Canyon Club. See what her tour setlist has been like here.
‣ Hockey skates into the El Rey Theatre behind its new album “Wyeth IS,” and they’re joined by Saint Motel [catch their new single?] and Swimm.
‣ Vancouver quartet the Shilohs have a good thing going. Check out “Get Ready Now” on Soundcloud, or checkout their video for “English Roads,” above. They’re on tour with Speedy Ortiz [see our post last week], and they visit the Bootleg Bar supported by local standouts Tashaki Miyaki.
‣ Great local pairing at the Echo, where Tijuana Panthers and GRMLN play, along with the Abigails.
‣ Run River North performs at the Ford Amphitheatre as part of Kollaboration Los Angeles.
‣ Ruthann Friedman, Amy Blaschke, Matt Cartsonis, Paul Chesne and many more do the “Songs of Hank Williams” at the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum.
‣ And the 16th annual International Pop Overthrow kicks off tonight. The power-pop-oriented festival will hopscotch between venues for the next 10 days, and tonight’s opener at Molly Malone’s features Steve Barton of Translator and Marvin Etzioni, a founding member of Lone Justice.

Also:

Viza, R-Mean, Clepto and the Dirty Diamond at the Troubadour
Ocha La Rocha, the Far West and California King at the Satellite
George Glass at Origami Vinyl
Tyler Lyle and Grizfolk at the Sunset Marquis
Glassjaw at the Glass House
Ramon Ayala at the Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal CityWalk
Chicago the Musical at the Hollywood Bowl
Kat Kong, Batwings Catwings, Gnarbaby and Stab City at the Smell
Foxhollow and Noyes at the Lot 1 Café
Juan Talavera at El Cid
Mike Benecke at Room 5
Sanglorians at Pehrspace
The Bolts at Amplyfi
Gypsy All-Stars at California Plaza (noon)
Javier Dunn, Sweet Talk Radio, Purmamarca, Annie Lynch and Michaela Anne at the Hotel Café
Jamestown Revival and MilkDrive at the Mint
Holy Grail at the Whisky A Go Go
Suburban Legends, Save the Swim Team, Stonefeather and Jer Swaby at the Roxy Theatre
Battle of the Bands at the Roxy: On the Rox
Jon Brion at the Largo at the Coronet
Klezmer Juice at Levitt Pavilion Pasadena
Buyepongo at Levitt Pavilion MacArthur Park
Son Ark at Casey’s
Molino and Old Toy Trains at Taix
The Barry Zweig Trio at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Electric Caravan and Without Warning at Saint Rocke
Jett Pink at Saint Rocke (Happy Hour)
Sonny & the Sunsets, the Memories and Colleen Green at the Detroit Bar
Possessed By Paul James, the Good Luck Thrift Store Outfit, Restavrant and Moosville Collective at Alex’s Bar
Bonobo at the Observatory
Loadstar at the Constellation Room
The Cult and White Hills at the House of Blues Anaheim
Johnny Winter, 11th Floor and Blue Jewels at the Coach House
Kid Rock at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Irvine
Tom Fall at the Yost Theater
Geoffrey Keezer at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club