Tonight in L.A.: JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound, Cee Lo Green, Wayne Shorter, Dave Mason, Alt-J, Purity Ring, Evan Voytas, Stones Throw Soul Tour

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Wednesday’s options:

‣ Chicago five-piece JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound,n whose third album “Howl”  is just out, bring their amped-up soul to the Roxy Theatre. Lisa Loeb supports.
‣ It’s a second night of Alt-J at the Hollywood Palladium.
‣ Canadian duo Purity Ring and U.K. producer Jon Hopkins are back for a second night as well, at the Fonda Theatre.
Cee Lo Green brings the Goodie Mob Tour to the House of Blues, where he’s joined by Big Gipp, Khujo and T-Mo. Did you know Cee Lo has a biography (“Everybody’s Brother”) coming out too?
Evan Voytas brings a batch of new songs to the Bootleg Bar, where he is supported by Dream Panther.
‣ And the Stones Throw LA Soul Show brings Peanut Butter Wolf, Dam-Funk, the Stepkids, Myron & E and a DJ set from Mayer Hawthorne to Jewel’s Catch One (4067 W. Pico Blvd.).

Also:

Wayne Shorter at the Hollywood Bowl
Max Collins, Duniven, Clark Graham, Sea of Sound and Matt Anderson at the Hotel Café
Dave Mason at the Saban Theatre
Shwayze and Lil Debbie at the Troubadour
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis at the Grammy Museum
Il Volo at the Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal CityWalk
Lucius and Touche at the Echo
Fu Manchu and Moab at the Satellite
Rimpau, Lady Heat and Fiscal Spliff at Los Globos
RubySue & the Ethereal Blues at El Cid
Brian Whelan at Taix
Naïve Thieves at Harvard & Stone
Franky Perez & the Truth, Interstelar, and Percy & the Gunslingers at the Viper Room
James Clay Garrison at Saint Rocke
Zacc West at Saint Rocke (Happy Hour)
The Acacia Strain, Within the Ruins, Xibalba, Fit For an Autopsy and American Me at the Constellation Room
The Originalities at the House of Blues Anaheim
Black Sabbath at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Irvine
Caleb Quaye & the Faculty at the Catalina Bar & Grill