Anna Acosta on January 20th, 2014

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Incoming: Justin Timberlake, Gilby Clarke, Islands, Josh Ritter, Tom Brosseau, Betty Who, Goldie, Eagles, Cloud Control, Max Bemis, Faith Evans, Sarah Jarosz, RL Grime, Imagine Dragons, Francisco the Man, Dent May, Belmont Lights, Of Montreal, Afternoons, Jake Buggs, Trombone Shorty, STS9, Machine Gun Kelly, Wodden Shjips, Prefuse 73, Bart Davenport, Robert Glasper Experiment, Great White, Berlin, Pink Martini, Darkside, the Lonely Wild, Faster Pussycat, Washed Out, the Last

Above: L.A.-based indie-poppers Islands released their fifth album “Ski Mask” late last year, and they kick off a West Coast tour with a date Tuesday at the Troubadour. That’s their video for “Wave Forms,” above.

Our staff picks of the week:

@KRBronson recommends: The story of L.A. indie-rockers Afternoons one of those woulda-coulda-shoulda tales that – as it turns out – is still developing. I’ll have more background on them later in the week, but take my word: Friday’s show at the Satellite is very likely to amaze.

@Seraphina_L recommends: If you watched the viral video where an endearing proposal was staged at Home Depot last year, then you probably know the now RCA-signed pop artist Betty Who. Betty Who headlines a night of pop at the Echo on Tuesday with local bands Holychild (electro-pop) and Avid Dancer (guitar-pop) playing as support.

After the jump, the week’s shows:

Monday, Jan. 20

Justin Timberlake at the Forum
Vanaprasta, Rainbow Jackson, Beat Club and Maxim Ludwig at the Bootleg Bar
Kauf, Wild Ones, Jesse Woods and Oh Honey at Bardot
Criminal Hygiene, Cool Ghouls, the Janks, Olin & the Moon and Dante Elephante at the Echo
DWNTWN, Carousel and Scavenger Hunt at the Satellite
David & Olivia, Mike Dena, Fleeting Heart and Flip Cassidy at the Silverlake Lounge
Michael Vidal, Daniel Francis Doyle and Ezra Buchla at the Smell
Open Mic at El Cid
Jason Joseph & the Spectacular and Marques Nelson at the Hotel Café
The Mattson 2 at Harvard & Stone
Dominic Scott Kay, Vaughn Dollinger and Derek Olds at the Mint
The Randy Rogers Band and Wade Bowen at the Troubadour
Gilby Clarke, Lazersnake and Matt Sorum’s Darling Stilletos at the Viper Room
Larry Pattis and Peter Janson at Genghis Cohen
Clare Means and Jesse Thomas at Room 5
Daena Jay, Grant Muller & the Mission and Ryan Webster at the Detroit Bar
Mystic Braves at the Constellation Room
3 Doors Down at the House of Blues Anaheim (Acoustic Show)
The Dave Weckl Acoustic Band at the Catalina Bar & Grill

Tuesday, Jan. 21

Islands, Haunted Summer and Crash at the Troubadour
Josh Ritter and Gregory Alan Isakov at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre
Tom Brosseau at Largo
Betty Who, Holychild and Avid Dancer at the Echo
A Tribute to Lou Reed with the Bells, Washing Machines, Jerry Borgé, Banta, Slow White, the Cigarette Burns and more at the Satellite
Tall Tales & the Silver Lining, Steve Taylor, Millions and Evan apRoberts at Los Globos
Together Pangea, the Audacity, the Aquadolls and Wand at the Smell
Janet Klein & Her Parlor Boys at El Cid
Genevieve, Aly Tadros, Sami the Great and Chase Cohl at the Hotel Café
The Lexingtons, My Name is You and Roofbeam Carpenters at Harvard & Stone
Jonathan Tyler & the Northern Lights and JD Bender at the Mint
Hudson at the Viper Room
Goldie at the House of Blues Sunset Strip
Hunter & the Dirty Jacks, Johnny Stachela and the Other Mules at Harvelle’s
Graham Czach, Paige Nichols and Royal Band at Genghis Cohen
Alicia Barber and Peter Kasen at WitZend
Jesse Woods, Bill Baird and Miss Elle at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Semi Sweet, Sonny Spectrum, FutureFix, Midnight Hour and Gardeners Logic at the Detroit Bar
Pure Bathing Culture and La Luz at the Constellation Room
Dave Weckl Acoustic Band at the Catalina Bar & Grill

Wednesday, Jan. 22

Eagles at the Forum
Pure Bathing Culture, La Luz and Jesse Woods at the Bootleg Bar
Cloud Control, Body Parts and Monogem at the Satellite
Western Scene and the Silent Comedy at Harvard & Stone
Michael Ann at El Cid
Distant Cousins, Trent Dabbs, Kevin Laurence, the Dusty 45s and Young Summer at the Hotel Café
D. Motif and the Island of Black and White at Club Moscow
Eric McFadden and Steel Toed Slippers at the Mint
Gaelic Storm at the Lyric
Estirpe at the Silverlake Lounge
Max Bemis, Matt Pryor, Perma, Merriment, Allison Weiss and Sherri Dupree-Bemis at the Troubadour
Neil Turbin’s Deathriders and Michael Angelo Batio at the Whisky a Go Go
Faith Evans at the House of Blues Sunset Strip
Sarah Jarosz at the Largo at the Coronet
Robert Tepper, Nick Jameson, Fuzzbee Morse and Chad Watson at Genghis Cohen
Pablo Murica, Clarie Wright and Kristen Lee Gutoskie at Malo
The Originalites, Slow Kids at Play and Might Mellow Massive at Saint Rocke
Liberty Down Deep and Bravesoul at WitZend
The Lonely Wild, Yellow Red Sparks and the Gromble at the Detroit Bar
Zion I, Sol and Vokab Kompany at the Observatory
Betty Who and Holychild at the Constellation Room
Styx at the City National Grove of Anaheim
Lenny White at the Catalina Bar & Grill
Peter Eldrige and Matt Aronoff at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club
Of Montreal at UC Riverside

Thursday, Jan. 23

RL Grime and Salva at the El Rey Theatre
Imagine Dragons at the Wiltern
Francisco the Man, No Silver Bird and Wax Children at the Bootleg Bar
Belmont Lights, Pebaluna, the Donnies the Amys, Chris Lightfoot and Carson Henley at the Troubadour
Liz Wood, Albert Garrett & the Bad Romantics, Egrets on Ergot, the Nines and TJ McNeill at the Silverlake Lounge
Dent May and Chris Cohen at the Echo
Heidecker & Wood at the Echoplex
In Tents, Obscurer, the Softest Handshake and Coup Pigeons at the Smell
Andrew Sheppard and Izzy Cox at El Cid
Spain, Brad Cole w/ Erin Sax & Shane Henderson, Dave Cavalier Trio and Brandon Allan at the Hotel Café
Cat Signs at Harvard & Stone
Carolyn Wonderland and Adam Levy at the Mint
Glenn Miller Orchestra at the Lyric
Paul Dianno at the Whisky a Go Go
Jimmy Gnecco at the Viper Room
Fifth Harmony, Tori Kelly, Jake Miller Echosmith and Rixton at the House of Blues Sunset Strip
The Hangmen and Blackfeather Jane at Loaded Hollywood
Ahkiyyini, Insects Vs. Robots and Jeffertitti’s Nile at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Joseph Arthur at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Otis Taylor Band and Brian Rogers Band at Saint Rocke
Fellow Bohemian, Big Monsta, Gardeners Logic and Randsburg at the Detroit Bar
Pink Martini at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts
The Black Heartthrobs at Old Town Pub
Dylan Starrs at WitZend
Feisty Hearts and Split Screen at Trip
Whitey Morgan & the 78’s and the Freight Shakers at Alex’s Bar
The Bonzo Bash at the Observatory
Max Bemis at the Constellation Room
Ratt, Warrant and Stonebreed at the House of Blues Anaheim
David Garrett and Martynas at the City National Grove of Anaheim
Protohype at the Yost Theater
Coco Montoya, the Walter Michaels Band and Papa J at the Coach House
Of Montreal and Wild Moccasins at the Glass House
Zapp, Lakeside and Rose Royce at the San Manuel Indian Bingo & Casino
Lenny White at the Catalina Bar & Grill
John Proulx at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club

Friday, Jan. 24

Jake Bugg [pictured] at the Wiltern
Eagles at the Forum
Afternoons, Spirit Vine, the Burning of Rome and the Rayne Family at the Satellite
Hanni El Khatib at the Viper Room
Trombone Shorty, Orleans Avenue and the Hot 8 Brass Band at the Fonda Theatre
STS9 at the Hollywood Palladium
Machine Gun Kelly and French Montana at Club Nokia
RL Grime and Salva at the El Rey Theatre
Jessy Lanza and THE-DRUM at the Bootleg Bar
Wooden Shjips and Carlton Melton at the Echo
Prefuse 73, Nosaj Thing and FaltyDL at the Echoplex
Bart Davenport, Sam Jayne and Heidi Alexander at HM157
Mario Basanov, Freddy Be and Jamie Charles at Los Globos
Brannigan’s Law, Balms, Hex Horizontal and the Kids in Detention at the Smell
Zomboy, Mayhem and Must Die at the Avalon
Shyboy, Tessa Torrence, Alana Amram and DownBeat Keys at the Hotel Café
The Chronicles at the Mint
Hot 8 Brass Band at the Mint (Late Show)
Robert Glasper Experiment at the Troubadour
Jack Russell’s Great White at the Whisky a Go Go
Grimes, Majical Cloudz and Wardell at the House of Blues Sunset Strip
Chloe Lear Jackson at Genghis Cohen
The Barry Zweig Trio at the Del Monte Speakeasy
David Lindley at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Berlin feat. Terri Nunn, Honey & the Heroine and Smoke Season at Saint Rocke
Pink Martini at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts
Final Conflict, BL’AST, the Stitches and Smogtown at Alex’s Bar
International Guitar Night at the Scherr Forum Theatre
Iration at the Majestic Ventura Theater
Corey Phillips & the Groove Machine at WitZend
Skinny Puppy at the Observatory
Together Pangea at the Constellation Room
Alex Dreamz at the Yost Theater
Savoy Brown, Tom Buechi and Give Me Back My Wig at the Coach House
CNBLUE at the Pasadena Civic
The Lovely Bad Things, So Many Wizards, GRMLN and Roses at the Glass House
Lenny White at the Catalina Bar & Grill
Rique Pantoja at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club
Blue Oyster Cult at the Canyon

Saturday, Jan. 25

Eagles at the Forum
Darkside and High Water at the Fonda Theatre
Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue at the El Rey Theatre
The Shirks, Bad Coyote, Dimerunner, Catholic Spit and Ultra-Bide at the 5 Star Bar
Antonio Zambujo at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex
The Lonely Wild, Dark Furs and White Dove at the Bootleg Bar
Ryan Hemsworth at the Echoplex
Drenge at the Satellite
The Silent Comedy, Greta White Buffalo, Roses, Zig Zags and Tara Fox at the Bootleg (daytime show)
Basis, J. Phlip, Ataxia, Stylus and James Bernard at Los Globos
Michael Vidal, Anenon, Cat 500 and After Hours at the Smell
The Last at the Redwood
Women Warriors III at Lot 1
Moses Campbell, Turbo Lightning, Heaven and Protect Me at Pehrspace
Brazzaville, Todd Richards, Heather Reid, the Lovers, the Record Company and Maesa at the Hotel Café
Leo Nocentelli, RJ Comer, Bill Dickens, the Gumbo Brothers and Stanton Moore at the Mint
John Pizzarelli at the Lyric
Faster Pussycat and Jetboy at the Whisky a Go Go
Hookers & Blow, Delta Rose and Middle Class Mess at the Viper Room
Wiz Khalifa, Linda Perry, Dallas Davidson, Charlie Wilson and Alex Da Kid at the House of Blues Sunset Strip (BMI “How I Wrote That Song” Show)
Four Postmen, Spencer Livingston and Lionhart at Genghis Cohen
The Nashville Gang and Jon Piazza at WitZend
Indian Summer and Brady Wray at Trip
Brad Kay’s Regressive Jazz Quartet at the Del Monte Speakeasy
David Lindley at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Miguel Migs at Saint Rocke
Voices of Ruin, Empyrean Throne, VX36, Darkale and Sacred Ruins at the Detroit Bar
Pink Martini at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts
Swingin Utters, Old Man Markley, the Black Tibetans, Devil Dogs and Transistor LB at Alex’s Bar
Doctor P, Funtcase and Cookie Monsta at the Observatory
Superhumanoids at the Constellation Room
Queensryche, John Corabi and Heaven Below at the House of Blues Anaheim
Ghost Kick at the Yost Theater
Angry Samoans, JFA, Naked Aggression, Narcoleptic Youth, Whitekaps and Destruction Made Simple at the Glass House
The Average White Band at the Catalina Bar & Grill
Rhonda Ross at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club
Iration at the Industry Theater
Andre Nickatina at the Moose
Chita Rivera at the Valley Performing Arts Center
Crystal Bowersox at the M15 Concert Bar

Sunday, Jan. 26

Tigran Mansurian at the Schoenberg Hall (UCLA)
Speak, Blow and the Reflections at the Bootleg Bar
Neil Hamburger, Brett Gelman, Randy Liedtke and Totally Darryl at the Satellite
Los Rabanes at Los Globos
Estirpe, the Kenneth Brian Band and Chomsky at the Mint
John McFee and Hank Linderman at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Coco Montoya and the Bruce Pied Blues Band at Saint Rocke
Gentlemen Hall and Basic Vacation at the Detroit Bar
Billy Zoom and the New Moon Boys at Alex’s Bar
Darkside at the Observatory
Wooden Shjips, Dahga Bloom and Cat Signs at the Constellation Room
Washed Out and Kisses at the Glass House

Photo of Jake Bugg by Kelsey Heng