Kevin Bronson on April 18th, 2014

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It’s Friday, finally:

‣ Weekend 2 of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival kicks off at the Empire Polo Club, with Outkast, the Knife, the Replacements, the Afghan Whigs, Bryan Ferry, Haim, Grouplove and more. Set times are here. A comprehensive recap of our Weekend 1 coverage is here.
‣ Rufus Wainwright visits the Orpheum Theatre behind his recent release, “Vibrate: The Best of Rufus Wainwright.”
‣ Bhavana Reddy [pictured] celebrates the release of her “Tangled in Emotions” EP with a special night of Indian music at the Bootleg Bar, where she will be joined by Sheela Bringi with Clinton Patterson and the Aditya Prakash Ensemble.
‣ The Record Company, kicks off another Friday night residency at the Hotel Cafe. Joel Eckels, Lakes, Adam Baker of Annuals, Ray Don & the Backwash Band and Song Preservation Society also play on the packed bill.
‣ And Australian thrash metal quintet King Parrot headlines the Satellite, supported by Vattnet Viskar.

Also:

David Crosby at the Troubadour
Art Laboe Block Party at the Forum
Elliphant and Liz at the Echo
Maxim Ludwig at the Lyric Theatre
Zoe at the Glass House
Los Rakas, Avalon Omega, Javier Dunn, Bago and Stout Cortez at Los Globos
Ruby-Throated, Circe Link and Jason Powers at El Cid
Butcher Brown, the Get Down Boys, the New Thoreaus, Hughie Stone Fish and the Parmesans at the Mint
Toby Rand and Sebastian G at the Viper Room (Early Show)
Brittany Knott at the HOB Voodoo Lounge
Karen Dezelle at the HOB Foundation Room
Kevin Sousa at Saint Rocke (Happy Hour)
Jett Pink at Saint Rocke
Mike Peters at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
The Barry Zweig Trio at the Del Monte Speakeasy
CCR Headcleaner and Destruction Unit at the Church on York
Leslie Stevens at Pappy & Harriet’s
Panteon Rococo, 8 Kalacas, La Banda Skalavera, La Pobreska, South Central Skankers and Café Con Tequila at the Observatory
T. Mills and Blackbear at the Constellation Room
Alex Dreamz at the Yost Theater
Rodney Carrington at the City National Grove of Anaheim
Badfinger, Gunboat Kings and the Usual Suspects at the Coach House
Dream Theater at the Fox Performing Arts Center
Julieta Venegas at the Riverside Municipal Auditorium
Spazmatics at the Canyon
The Expendables at the Moose
Cage the Elephant at the Majestic Ventura Theater
Sasha’s Bloc at the Catalina Bar & Grill