Kevin Bronson on December 6th, 2013

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It’s a full-on Friday night:

‣ Four bands associated with the 1980s movement known as the Paisley Underground – the Bangles, the Three O’Clock [pictured at Coachella in April], the Dream Syndicate and Rain Parade – team up at the Fonda Theatre for a show benefiting music education programs in L.A.
‣ The Skirball Cultural Center’s “Into the Night” series continues with an evening of music, performance art and dance with Avi Buffalo (previewing some tunes from the band’s forthcoming second album), Brooklyn-based People Get Ready and Jmy James Kidd.
‣ The legendary Bobby Womack plays the Saban Theatre, along with John Tesh. Womack’s “The Bravest Man in the Universe,” his first album of original material since the mid-1990s, came out last year.
‣ PAPA caps a big year that saw the quartet release its debut album “Tender Madness” with a show at the El Rey Theatre, supported by Moses Sumney.
‣ It’s the second of three nights with Jonathan Richman at the Mint.
‣ And it’s a rockin’ local lineup at El Cid, with The Vim Dicta, who last month released a new EP titled “Von Tango,” along with Freefall Rescue and Levels.

Also:

KIIS FM’s Jingle Ball at the Staples Center
Jay-Z at the Honda Center
Berlin at the Canyon
X and the Blasters at the Observatory
Will Hoge and Red Wanting Blue at the Troubadour
Zak Waters, Blackbear and Story of the Running Wolf at the Satellite
Margaret Cho at the Wiltern
Tedeschi Trucks Band at the Orpheum Theatre
Happyforyou, the Chew Toys, Endless Bummer, Sloppy Jane and Phoebe Bridgers at the Silverlake Lounge
J. Rocc, Evil Dee, House Shoes and Hosted by Cognito at the Echoplex
The Intelligence, Cold Beat and Chad & the Meatbodies at Los Globos
Santa Youth, Verbs, Walelu and DPDR at the Smell
BLOK and Skin Town at pehrspace
KG Bird at Origami Vinyl
9 Electric, Dead Girls Don’t Lie, Gina & the Eastern Block, Eli James Experience and West at the Roxy Theatre
R3 Trio, Glass Battles and Josh & Dugg at the Roxy: On the Rox
Cherie Currie, Future Villains, Jonah Nimoy and Maudlin Strangers at the Viper Room
Graceland Ninjaz at the House of Blues Hollywood
Galvanized Souls, Jesser Suarez, Hous Band, Shoshanna Feist and Barry Levin at the HOB Voodoo Lounge
Ed Helms and Mandolin Orange at the Largo at the Coronet
Jackshit at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Grant Muller & the Mission, Luke Peach, Matthew Neuschafer and Daena Jay at the Detroit Bar
Jake Owen at the House of Blues Anaheim
Street Dogs and the Old Firm Casuals at the Chain Reaction
Mick Adams & the Stones and Shakedown Daddies at the Coach House
Lyn Stanley at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club
Strunz & Farah at the Catalina Bar & Grill

Photo by Scott Dudelson