Anna Acosta on August 12th, 2013

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Incoming: Chinatown Summer Nights, Echo Park Rising, H2O Music Festival, Buskerfest, the Peach Kings, Yeasayer, Deap Vally, San Cisco, Kopecky Family Band, Rick Ross, Natalie Cole, Kopecky Family Band, Jamie N Commons, the Neighbourhood, the English Beat, Mamak Khadem, No Age, Jonas Brothers, Queens of the Stone Age, Lavender Diamond, Daniel Bedingfield, Ulrich Schnauss, Best Coast, David Lindley, Meiko, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus

Above:  That’s Said the Whale‘s hilarious parody video of  “MXC (Most Extreme Elimination Challenge).” They stop by the Echo on Wednesday in support of their new album “hawaiii” (yes, rendered that way, and out Sept. 17 via Hidden Pony Records) as part of their tour with Kopecky Family Band. The Melodic opens.

Our staff picks of the week:

@KRBronson recommends: The third Chinatown Summer Nights of the season brings Incan Abraham, Hot As Sun, Fever the Ghost, Salt Petal, Soft Swells, the Vim Dicta and Paper Pilots the the plaza in L.A.’s Chinatown for a free, all-ages night of live music, DJs and cultural activities. The music starts at 5 p.m. Saturday.

@Seraphina_L recommends: Echo Park Rising, the free neighborhood festival, returns this year and is twice as long with bands flooding venues such as Taix, the Echo/Echoplex, Lot 1 Cafe, Little Joy and more on both Saturday and Sunday. Buzz Bands LA and White Iris is privileged to present bands in the Taix Champagne Room – lineup and set times here. Complete lineup and set times for the entire festival can be found here.

After the jump, the week’s shows:

Monday, Aug. 12

The Peach Kings and Cloud Control at It’s a School Night at Bardot
Kiev, Dark Furs, Raw Geronimo and VUM at the Bootleg Bar
The Janks, Irontom, Tijuana Tears and the Absolute at the Satellite
Cotillon, Halfbluud, Maston and the Futures League at the Echo
Fever the Ghost, Purple and Sami at the Mint
The Cooling Time, Mighty Forces, the Vitals and Artichoke at the Silverlake Lounge
Jason Joseph & the Spectacular, Dana Williams and Sarah Dashew at the Hotel Café
The John Corbett Band at Harvard & Stone
White Murder, Moment Trigger, Xina Xurner and Kevin Greenspon at pehrspace
No Babies, Stillsuit and 1999 at the Smell
Britt Warner at Bar Lubitsch
Shirley Levi, the Psycho Sonics, Jonah Nimoy, the Velvet Teaparty at the Viper Room
Steel Panther at the House of Blues Hollywood
TWIN and Ghostlight Orchestra at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Stacy Clark at the Constellation Room
Yeasayer at the Observatory
The Riva Spier Band at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club
Razowsky and Clifford/Tigerpants at the IO West Theater

Tuesday, Aug. 13

Madi Diaz, Carousel, Sun Rai and Ghost Beach at the Bootleg Bar
Deap Vally and JJUUJJUU at the Troubadour
Washing Machines, the Lost Years, Les Becasses, Toys That Kill and Signals at the Silverlake Lounge
San Cisco, Smallpools and Avid Dancer at the Echoplex
Aftergloam, Mr. Elevator & the Brain Hotel, Froth and the Kabbs at the Satellite
Fascination, Josef Cristofer and Yvonne Black at Los Globos
The Withers, Sibling Rivalry and Get Mom at the Lot 1 Café
The Jeff Miley World Jazz Quartet at El Cid
Noah Peters, Eric Dash, Winklereed and John & Jacob at the Hotel Café
Young Adults, Grenier and Sodapop at Dim Mak Studios
The Walcotts at Harvard & Stone
Natalie Cressman and Secret Garden at the Mint
Davey Suicide and Bunny the Bear at the Whisky A Go Go
Vegan Boss at the Roxy Theatre
Los Feliz Quartet at the HOB Voodoo Lounge
Mother Falcon at the Largo at the Coronet
Jameel Bruner Quartet at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Terminal A, Sashcloth & Axes and Nicker Jones at the Detroit Bar
Mike Stud at the Constellation Room
Showcase at the IO West Theater
Randy Emata at the Federal Bar
The Monkees at the Terrace Theater
Sara Niemietz, Snuffy Walden, Corey Gray and Jake Coco at Genghis Cohen
Hunter & the Dirty Jacks at Harvelle’s
Tower, Metrik, Divine Elements, Scooba and Werd at the Yost Theater
The Sundown Sextet at the Catalina Bar & Grill
Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl

Wednesday, Aug. 14

Kopecky Family Band, Said the Whale and the Melodic at the Echo
TheBlack & TheWhite and Dead Times at the Satellite
Magic Wands and Galaxy of Tar at Harvard & Stone
Jamie N Commons and Nightmare & the Cat at the Troubadour
Nicholas David, Amber Rubarth and MacKenzie Bourg at the El Rey Theatre
Rick Ross & the 1500 or Nothin’ Band at Club Nokia
Natalie Cole at the Hollywood Bowl
Tournament of Hearts, Armada, Dekades and Daniel Bedingfield at the Silverlake Lounge
Ras Michael and the Sons of Negus at the Echoplex
Head Hunters, juN, Shy Town and Mick Frisco at Los Globos
The Goat Face Experience at the Virgil
Fort King, Pony Boy and more at Malo
Max Collins, Emily Kinney, Dust on the Radio, Jonathan Seldat and Sun Looks Down at the Hotel Café
Katrina and Dom Liberati at the Mint
Michael Sweet, Oz Fox and Mike Tramp at the Whisky A Go Go
The Goddamn Gallows and Calamity Cubes at the Roxy: On the Rox
Cats Who Will Eat Planets at the HOB Foundation Room
Storey & the Tellers at the HOB Voodoo Lounge
Alfa and Grey Eastern at WitZend
AJ and Sara at Saint Rocke (Happy Hour)
Tyra Juliette and Keesha at Saint Rocke
Taylor Collins, Rory Rodriguez and Red, Red Woods at the Observatory
The Federal Affair at the Federal Bar

Thursday, Aug. 15

The Neighbourhood and Big Black Delta at the Fonda Theatre
The English Beat, Maxwell Smart and Troup at the Santa Monica Pier
Mamak Khadem and Ensemble at the Skirball Center
Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl
Alex Bleeker & the Freaks and Matt Kivel at the Bootleg Bar
Sango, Atlantic Connection, Nikko Gray, ESTA and Jarell Perry at the Bootleg Gallery
Goldensun, Polytype and the Subtle Knife at the Silverlake Lounge
Southern Culture on the Skids and Kitchen Hips at the Echo
Buyepongo at Los Globos
Hobart W. Fink, Blackfeet Braves and Jeffertitti’s Nile at Grand Park downtown
Overeasy, Western Bells, Guardian Ghost, Professor Possessor and Tijuana Cartel at the Hotel Café
The Messengers at Harvard & Stone
New Found Road at Levitt Pavilion Pasadena
Christian Scott at Levitt Pavilion McArthur Park
The LockWest Monster, B.Y.G. and Shye Eaze at the Mint
Pancho & Sancho, Selina Zakaria, the Kepler Mission and Indigo Child at the Troubadour
Brevet, Caxiton, Pacific, Dylan Emmet, Steps of Doe, Courtney Randall and Sarah Kaplan at the Roxy Theatre
Derrick Hodge, TS and Vines at the Viper Room
David Gordoni at the HOB Foundation Room
LNGWKND at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Tera Naomi and Ben Carroll at WitZend
Jett Pink at Saint Rocke (Happy Hour)
Spaceship, Merciless Jive and Pompous Highmen at Saint Rocke
Cherokee, JNL Cinemafunk and CHRONIC MNCHER at the Detroit Bar
Goddamn Gallows, Restavrant and Delaney Davidson at Alex’s Bar
Yellow Red Sparks at the Constellation Room
Foreign Beggars at the Constellation Room (Late Show)
Cash & Freedman at the House of Blues Anaheim
Michael Bolton at the City National Grove of Anaheim
Stryper, Michael Sweet, Oz Fox, Mike Tramp, White Lie and Union of Saints at the Coach House
GTA at the Yost Theater
The Reckoning, St. Clair and Morris at the IO West Theater
Jennifer Leitham, Rich Eames and Randy Drake at the Catalina Bar & Grill

Friday, Aug. 16

No Age at the Hammer Museum
Souls of Mischief, A-1 and the Black Opera at the El Rey Theatre
Jonas Brothers at the Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal CityWalk
Tchaikovsky Spectacular at the Hollywood Bowl
Yellow Red Sparks and the Ultimate Bearhug at the Bootleg Bar
Echo Park Rising kick-off feat. Them Jeans, Guns in the Sun and Dirty Dave, Hott MT and Raw Geronimo at the Echoplex
Cosmic American Revival, Ocha La Rocha, CB Brand and Sam Outlaw at the Satellite
Sanglorians, the Hunting Accident, Kid Cadaver and Feather Wolf at El Cid
Mark de Clive-Lowe at the Virgil
Twin Steps at Pehrspace
Maston, Jake Bellows at Seven Saturdays at HM 157
David Ryan Harris, Majken Christensen, Jesse Lynn, Dessy Di Lauro’s Neo-Ragtime Jamboree, Joe Gil and Shaky Stills at the Hotel Café
Limelight Steel Orchestra at Levitt Pavilion Pasadena
La Resistencia, Red Store Bums and Profesor Galactico at Levitt Pavilion McArthur Park
Bobby Long and Michael Bernard Fitzgerald at the Troubadour
Riff Raff at the Whisky A Go Go
Verdell, Wolfington, Us vs. Them, the Spaces Between and Lona Lowe at the Roxy Theatre
Scotty the Kid at the Roxy: On the Rox
Aeges, Hidden Amongst Us, Mossbreaker and the Lonely Drunks Club at the Viper Room
Raiz Organica, DB & the Struggle, Pachamama, Michigan & Rashanco Band and Mayaztek at the House of Blues Hollywood
The Sundowners, the Mormons, Infer Stellar and Arbuckle at the 5 Star Bar
The Barry Zweig Trio at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Barry McGuire and John York at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
FESTE at Amplyfi
Kapali Long at Saint Rocke (Happy Hour)
Sashamon, Sensi and HIRIE at Saint Rocke
Ickyridge Stoop at WitZend
Southern Culture on the Skids and He’s My Brother She’s My Sister at the Constellation Room
Travis Garland at the Observatory
Danny Maika at the House of Blues Anaheim
Anuhea, Cas Haley, Kaitlyn McCown and Mad Tab at the Coach House
Chuckie and Gregori Klosman at the Fox Theater Pomona
Darius Rucker at the Antelope Valley Fair
Wang Chung at the Canyon
Dean Mason at the Yost Theater
Manifest Destiny and Squeeze at the IO West Theater
John Daversa Big Band at the Catalina Bar & Grill

Saturday, Aug. 17

Incan Abraham, Hot As Sun, Fever the Ghost, Salt Petal, Soft Swells, the Vin Dicta and Paper Pilots at Chinatown Summer Nights in downtown L.A.
Queens of the Stone Age at the Gibson Amphitheatre
Buskerfest at 1st Street and Linden Avenue in Long Beach
Lavender Diamond at One Colorado in Pasadena
Maracata NY at California Plaza
Pitbull, A Tribe Called Quest, Roberto Tapia, Prince Royce, Big Boi, La Santa Cecilia, Chuckie and Frankie J at H2O Music Festival at the Los Angeles State Historic Park
George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, Original Lakeside, Confunkshun, Slave and JoJo at the Greek Theatre
X and Spindrift at Pershing Square
Big Black Delta, White Arrows, the Soft Pack, Pangea, Gap Dream, Chicano Batman, Olin & the Moon, Hindu Pirates, the Aibgails and Warships at Taix Outdoor: Echo Park Rising
The Icarus Line, Spirit Vine, the Reflects, Moses Sumney, Big Search, yOya, Oh Boy Les Mecs, Young Empress and PM Fairbanks at the Taix Champagne Room: Echo Park Rising
The Henry Clay People, the Happy Hollows, Kan Wakan, Cillie Barnes, Haunted Summer, MT. OSSA, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Young Hunting and Dorian Wood at the Echoplex: Echo Park Rising
Mexico68, Jungle Fire, the Koreatown Oddity, Subtitle, Beach Party, Criminal Hygiene, DTCV, Hi Ho Silver Oh, Jesus Sons, Dreamers Dose and Black Hi-Lighter at the Echo: Echo Park Rising
Lou Barlow, Terry Malts, Tony Molina, Coastwest Unrest, Synthetic Id, Victory and Debt at Origami Vinyl: Echo Park Rising
Plague Vendor, Pastilla, Stab City, Batwings Catwings, Levels, WHITE, Signals, Moses Campbell, Crown Plaza, Traps PS, Roses, Moment Trigger, Habits, Michael Vidal, N O W and Dustin & the Explosions at the Lot 1 Café: Echo Park Rising
Part Time, SISU, Sam Flax, Tashaki Miyaki, Cheryll and Habibi at Little Joy: Echo Park Rising
LA Font, Hobart W Fink, Dignitary and Cigarette Burns at Echoes Under Sunset: Echo Park Rising
The Black Apples, Turbo Lightning, Ivory Deville, the Melodic and Turnbull Green at the Echo Patio: Jam in the Van: Echo Park Rising
Cardboard Lamb, Sykora, Bite Marx, Peg Leg Love, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Enrich’d Whtie and Boring Horse at Vlad the Retailer
Aaron Ballard, Son Ark, Paul Bergmann & the Fair Moans and Kitchen Hips at Ballard’s Artwork Framing: Echo Park Rising
Donny Divanian, Jacob Siraf, Brent Weinbach and Nate Denver at the New California Barbershop
Charlie Clark, Melissa Ward, My Hawaii and Red Hill Quartet at Fix Coffee
RT N’ the 44’s, Christian Lee Hutson and Nathan Xander at the Echo Country Outpost: Echo Park Rising
Many Distant Cities, the Melodic and Maesa at Stories Books & Café: Echo Park Rising
The Graceland Exiles at the Villainy General Store: Echo Park Rising
Killsonic at Other: Echo Park Rising
King Kukulele Kids Show at Masa: Echo Park Rising
Tchaikovsky Spectacular at the Hollywood Bowl
Nightbox, SHMNS and Of Verona at the Bootleg Bar
Original Sin, Code Red, MC Dino, G-Netic, Funkworks, Machete, Replicant and Neuropunk at Los Globos
KG Bird at the Virgil
Heller Keller, Surf Curse and Palm Reader at pehrspace
Liz Wood, Rachel McGoye and La Mer at the Hotel Café
Mariachi Divas at Levitt Pavilion Pasadena
KPOP Dance Night at Levitt Pavilion McArthur Park
Keys N Krates, Dzeko & Torres and Tai at Dim Mak Studios
Lantz Lazwell & the Vibe Tribe and Vaudeville Cirque du Rawk at the Mint
Reckless Kelly, Micky & the Motorcars and Wade Bowen at the Troubadour
The Young Rapscallions at the Whisky
Megan Nicole, A+ Dropouts and Pop! Fiction at the Roxy Theatre (Early Show)
Perfect Dilemma, Adhara, the Raskins, the Blondies and Strange Native at the Roxy Theatre
Queen Caveat and MindPlow at the Viper Room
US Air Guitar National Finals at the House of Blues
Megan Mullally and Nancy & Beth at the Largo at the Coronet
Brad Kay’s Regressive Jazz Quartet at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Ilhame Paris, Julie Othmer and the Strands at WitZend
Villain Hands at Saint Rocke (Happy Hour)
Atomic Punks, Motley Inc. and Without Warning at Saint Rocke
Ulrich Schnauss at the Detroit Bar
Neil Hamburger, Tim Heidecker and Mike H at Alex’s Bar
Nobunny at the Constellation Room
Screeching Weasel, the Dwarves, Angry Samoans and the Bugs at the Observatory
Wang Chung, the Reflexx, Yours Truly and Waldo Bliss at the Coach House
Foreigner at the Antelope Valley Fair
Pacific Symphony at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Irvine
Sidney Samson at the Yost Theater
Lauren White and the Quinn Johnson Trio at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club
The Cookers at the Catalina Bar & Grill

Sunday, Aug. 18

Best Coast, Bleach and the Lovely Bad Things at the El Rey Theatre
Dave Koz & Friends at the Hollywood Bowl
Sir Sly, Jonwayne, the Lonely Wild, Quinto Sol, Body Parts, James Supercave, Hot As Sun, Seasons and Black Crystal Wolf Kids at Taix Outdoor: Echo Park Rising
Eastern Conference Champions, Line & Circle, Only You, Western Lows, Avid Dancer, Northern American and Wet & Reckless at the Taix Champagne Room: Echo Park Rising
Nobunny, Jail Weddings, Santoros, Old Testament, Strangers Family Band, Mystic Braves (f/k/a Blackfeet Braves), Fever the Ghost, Rainbow Jackson, Mark Matos & Os Beaches, Double Naught Spy Car, the Futures League and Old Toy Trains at the Echoplex: Echo Park Rising
The Dead Ships, Eagle Rock Gospel Singers, Tall Tales & the Silver Lining, Herbert Bail Orchestra, Holy Folk, El Sportivo & the Blooz, Kera & the Lesbians, Fort King, the Wild Reeds, RT N’ the 44’s and Song Preservation Society at the Echo: Echo Park Rising
Cy Dune, Fol Chen, Free Moral Agents, Upset, QunQ, Virginia Reed and Corners at Origami Vinyl: Echo Park Rising
Fartbarf, Money Son, Steffaloo, Spencer Livingston, Seasons, Veterans of Future Wars, Kings Road, Dante Elephants, Little Girl Blue, Wax Children, Kim House, Craters and Holes & Hearts at the Lot 1 Café: Echo Park Rising
HOTT MT, Dirt Dress, Thee Rain Cats, Summer Twins, Babies on Acid and VISION at Little Joy: Echo Park Rising
Kind Hearts & Coronets, DA & the Jones, Sister Rogers and Salt Petal at Echoes Under Sunset: Echo Park Rising
The Far West, Andrew Sheppard, Rod Melancon, Jackson Tanner and RT N’ the 44s at the Echo Patio: Grand Ole Echo: Echo Park Rising
Cardboard Lamb, Enrich’d White, Bite Marx, Sykora, Peg Leg Love, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Boring Horse and Asher Levy at Vlad the Retailer: Echo Park Rising
Cumbia Machine and Quitapenas at El Centro Del Pueblo: Echo Park Rising
Trevor Martin, Sarah Satya, Kevin Casey, Ruthann Friedman and Felix Classical Guitar at Fix Coffee: Echo Park Rising
Moomaw at the Echo Country Outpost: Echo Park Rising
Storytime Funland at 826LA: Echo Park Rising
Holly Conlan, Hotel Cinema and Burnt Shapes at the Satellite
Coki, Megalodon, Steady and Hogwash at Los Globos
KG Superstar at the Virgil
Qui, Dumb Numbers, Useless Children and Hepa/Titus at El Cid
Part Time and Sam Flax at pehrspace
Hadrien Feraud, Molly Cottrell, CeeJ and Jilian Medford & Figures at the Hotel Café
Samba Society at Levitt Pavilion Pasadena
David Lindley at Levitt Pavilion McArthur Park
Diane Postell and Amy Englehardt at the Mint
Ulrich Schnauss, Nostalghia and Mister Sushi at the Troubadour
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Eversay, Lost in Atlantis, Forget Your Friends and the Paris Echo at the Roxy Theatre
The Dustbowl Revival at the Del Monte Speakeasy
I See Hawks in L.A. and the Dave Gleason Trio at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Meiko, Maria del Pilar and Haunted Summer at Saint Rocke
The Wallburds at the Down and Out Bar
MT. OSSA, Body Parts and Foxhollow at the Constellation Room
Andy C at the Observatory
It’s Only A Story, Forgiving Yesterday, Still the Sky’s Limit, City By Storm, Dreams of Vertigo and Argyle Street at the House of Blues Anaheim
Sashamon, Joint Committee and CaliConscious at the Coach House
Matisyahu at the Santa Barbara Bowl
The Cookers at the Catalina Bar & Grill
Bill Cunliffe and Trimotif at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club