Kevin Bronson on August 15th, 2013

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‣ The Neighbourhood, their debut album “I Love You” still getting plenty of love, plays the Fonda Theatre, with Big Black Delta supporting. That’s Jesse Rutherford, above, communing with the crowd at Coachella.
‣ Another big Thursday at the Santa Monica Pier – the Twilight Concert Series brings the English Beat, Maxwell Smart and Troup to the beach for a free show.
‣ New Jersey indie-rockers Alex Bleeker & the Freaks visit the Bootleg Bar behind their album “How Far Away.” Matt Kivel opens.
‣ And Southern Culture on the Skids, marking their 30th year as a band and touring behind their 13th album “Zombified,” play the Echo, with Kitchen Hips opening.

Also:

Mamak Khadem and Ensemble at the Skirball Center
Gustavo Dudamel and the LA Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl
Sango, Atlantic Connection, Nikko Gray, ESTA and Jarell Perry at the Bootleg Gallery
Goldensun, Polytype and the Subtle Knife at the Silverlake Lounge
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

Photo by Scott Dudelson