Kevin Bronson on September 13th, 2013

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Friday night’s shows:

‣ Local Natives play their first official southern California gig since Coachella [above] when they visit the Greek Theatre. Wild Nothing opens.
‣ Forty-eight tears after the release of their first album in the U.S., the Zombies play the Satellite . Opening the evening is U.K. garage-pop quintet Et Tu Bruce, a band that counts among its members Jamie White, the son of original Zombies bassist Chris White.
‣ The annual Port of Los Angeles Lobster Festival gets under way in San Pedro with a strong opening-night lineup that includes Big Black Delta, LA Font at Sad Robot.
‣ Jazz/hip-hop fusionist José James headlines the Troubadour behind his early-’13 release “No Beginning No End,” with Moonchild supporting.
‣ And long-running Australian punk band Cosmic Psychos, last spotted at an L.A. tour date in 1999, are back. Prior to their show tonight at the Echo, there will be a screening of the documentary “Cosmic Psychos: Blokes You Can Trust,” which features commentary from the likes of Eddie Vedder, Butch Vig, Buzz Osborne and more. Claw Hammer, back together after 13 years, co-headlines.

Also:

Bleeding Rainbow, Cinderella MOTEL and Spaceships at the Bootleg Bar
Common Kings and Aaradhna at the House of Blues Hollywood
Morgan Page, Project 46 and Walden at Club Nokia
Earth, Wind & Fire at the Hollywood Bowl
Sam Pepper and Mazzi Maz at the Avalon
Tower of Power and Average White Band at the Los Angeles County Fair
Chang Yoon Jung and Park Hyun Bin at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall
MNDSGN, Spazzkid, Imprintafter, Dr. Kananga and Kian at the Silverlake Lounge
Vista Chino, John Garcia, Brant Bjork and Black Pussy at the Echoplex
Clipping, Le Face, Terminal A and Bong Hell at the Smell
Rick Holmstrom Band and Bliss Bowen at El Cid
Archer Black at 3 Clubs
Kevin Earnest, Romeo Testa, Hana Kim, Mika Newton, Kewsi Kankam, Cassidy & the Music and Brother Sal at the Hotel Café
Monophonics, Adam Levy, Matt Chamberlain and Larry Goldings at the Mint
Raw Fabrics, Media Solution, Good Knives, Lolas, Jason Powers Band and Calvin “C” Windbush at the Roxy Theatre
Cloney, Icarus Landing and Jonah Nimoy at the Viper Room
Devyn DeLoera, Ready Revolution, Josh Milan, Karen Dezelle and Brooke Poklemba at the HOB Voodoo Lounge
The Barry Zweig Trio at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Cheryl Wheeler and Kenny White at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers, Jamestown Revival and Future Fix at Saint Rocke
Jett Pink at Saint Rocke (Happy Hour)
Red River Massacre, Northern Strangers and Fancy Mansion at Trip in Santa Monica
Eric Nicolau, Blue Eyed Son and Young Beautiful In a Hurry at WitZend
Walter Trout at the Observatory
Matt Wertz and Elenowen at the Constellation Room
Dave Widow & Friends at the House of Blues Anaheim
Buckcherry, Girl on Fire and Red9 at the Coach House
Joey Defrancesco at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club
Roberta Gambarini at the Catalina Bar & Grill
Alice in Chains, Jane’s Addiction, Coheed & Cambria, Circa Survive, Walking Papers, Danko Jones, Middle Class Rut, New Politics, the Chuck Shaffer Picture Show, the Dead Daisies, Beware of Darkness, Charming Liars and Mindset Evolution at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Sheryl Crow, Gary Allan and Drake White at the Santa Barbara Bowl

Photo by Scott Dudelson