Kevin Bronson on August 10th, 2013

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Your Saturday show options:

‣ The National visits the Greek Theatre behind its acclaimed “Trouble Will Find Me,” the band’s sixth album, released in May. Daughter opens. That’s the video for “Demons,” above.
‣ Emeli Sandé plays Club Nokia behind her debut album “Our Version of Events.”
‣ Chicago indie-rockers Smith Westerns headline the El Rey Theatre behind their new album “Soft Will,” with Wampire opening.
‣ The free night of music at the Levitt Pavilion Pasadena features the global-influenced music of local quartet Chicano Batman.
‣ And at the Troubadour, it’s White Fence (Tim Presley of Darker My Love), along with Jessica Pratt and Jonathan Rado (of Foxygen).

Also:

Willie Nelson and Lyle Lovett & His Large Band at the Hollywood Bowl
Kan Wakan at One Colorado
Mark de Clive Lowe presents CHURCH at Levitt Pavilion McArthur Park
One Direction at the Staples Center
Ivete Sangalo at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live
Hardwell at the Hollywood Palladium
Cloud Control and Tapioca & the Flea at the Bootleg Bar
The Shadow Principle, Odd Owl, the Verm and Adam’s Breakfast at the Silverlake Lounge
The Obsessed, Hirax, From Ashes Rise and Final Conflict at the Echoplex
Plus, Smiles, V-3P0 and Dust & Chrome at the Satellite
The Americans, Willie Watson (formerly of Old Crow Medicine Show), White Dove, Turn On The Sunlight, The Melodic, Emily Lacy, Kirpatrick (from Spindrift), Song Preservation Society, Ghiant and more at HM 157
Star & Dagger, Boots Electric and Purple at Los Globos
Turbo Lightning, Zebroids, Dirty Few and Heller Keller at the Smell
Shivering Windows, Nicole Kidman, Filardo, Eyes Seas and the Cthulhus at the Lot 1 Café
The Bluebonnets, Upset and EZ Tiger at El Cid
Derek Rogers, Good Willsmith, l’eternebre and Black Hat at pehrspace
Animal Cloud, NTNT, Science Fiction Theater, Darren Frank and Robb Benson & the Sheik at the Hotel Café
Taro Hart and Melvin Seals & JGB at the Mint
Dilana and Bleck at the Roxy Theatre
Original Sinner, Opus Dai, Thick as Thieves, Day Above Ground, Kraterface and Sunset Cannons at the House of Blues
Uniform Standard at the HOB Foundation Room
Mojo Stone and Send Medicine at the HOB Voodoo Lounge
Brad Kay’s Regressive Jazz Quartet at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Ethan Johns at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
The Anti-Job at Canter’s Deli
Free Moral Agents, Stab City, Plague Vendor, Ghostnerd and SoCal Tennis Pros at Alex’s Bar
Jessie Ware at the Observatory
Passafire and Stick Figure at the Constellation Room
Brandi Carlile and Ivan & Alyosha at the House of Blues Anaheim
Bill Medley and Four Sue at the Coach House
Luke Bryan at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Irvine
Freestyle Summer Festival at Quiet Cannon
Roger Daltrey at the Pacific Amphitheatre
John Pizzarelli and Jessica Molaskey at the Catalina Bar & Grill