Anna Acosta on May 5th, 2014

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Incoming: Morrissey, Tom Jones, tUnE-yArDs, Air Life, In the Valley Below, the Mercy Beat, Jarell Perry, the Acetates, Rey Pila, Todd Snider, Hamilton Leithauser, Max Collins, the Bad Plus, Ray LaMontagne, Rodrigo y Gabriela, Jenny Lewis, Needtobreathe, Dead Sara, Afternoons, Kina Grannis, O.A.R., Tycho, Ingrid Michaelson, Acid Mothers Temple, the Pains of Being Pure at Heart, KAV, Dreamland, J Litt, La Sera, Yuna, Riff Raff, Young Dubliners, We Are Scientists, Armin Van Buuren, Chuck Ragan, Old 97’s, Nikki Lane, Twenty One Pilots, Big Freedia, the Brian Jonestown Massacre, Joan Sebastian, Puscifer, Cassandra Wilson, the Glitch Mob, Social Studies, LA Psych Fest, Grant Lee Phillips, Rick Springfield, Ariel Pink

Above: That’s the video for “Simple and Sure,” the first single off the new album from indie-poppers the Pains of Being Pure at Heart. “Days of Abandon,” the band’s third album, is out next week, and they have a date Wednesday at the Troubadour.

Our staff picks of the week:

@KRBronson recommends: finding some sort of arbiter to work out our dilemma for Saturday night. If you’re a fan of psych-rock, you won’t want to miss the Brian Jonestown Massacre’s return to L.A. at the Wiltern that night – Anton Newcombe and gang just headlined the Austin Psych Fest this weekend, after all. Then again, there’s the third annual LA Psych Fest at the Bootleg on Saturday, with three rooms of mind-expanding music including the high recommended Rose Windows, Kikagaku Moyo, Jeffertitti’s Nile, the Spyrals and Drab Majesty, among others. Trip out accordingly.

@Seraphina_L recommends: The new album from Malaysian singer-songwriter Yuna was produced by Robin Hannibal (one-half of Rhye and Quadron), and everything about it is easy on the ears, from the lithe melodies to her smooth vocals. It’s titled “Nocturnal,” and Yuna will showcase the material from it on Thursday at the Troubadour.

After the jump, the week ahead:

Monday, May 5

TUnE-yArDs and Moses Sumney at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Air Life, Gallant, Sanglorians and the Silver Lake Chorus at the Satellite
In the Valley Below, the Mercy Beat, Soft Swells and Pillar Point at the Echo
Jarell Perry, EVan Mellows, Chuck Inglish and Thatkidcalhoun at the Bootleg
The Acetates, Adam Henry, Steps of Doe and Trash Honey at the Silverlake Lounge
Rey Pila, Plague Vendor, Waters and Thomas Dybdahl at It’s a School Night at Bardot
The Arielle Deem Band, Bird Concerns, DeLACA, Fell Runner, Gloria & Walker, Hooded Eyes, Kite, Still Growth and Winston at the Troubadour
Hamilton Leithauser, Javier Dunn, My Name Is You and the Horde & the Harem at the Hotel Cafe
The Schitzophonics and Diana Death at the Echoplex
Max Collins and Jody Porter at the Viper Room
Disco Mechanic, Veterans of Future Wars and Gun/Her at Lot 1 Café
Toy Bombs and Gabe Tyler at Harvard & Stone
Rodrigo Amarante at Dilettante Gallery
The Lovebirds at Genghis Cohen
ReaZon, Elizaveta, Brandon Dorsky, Keith Masters, VerBS, Chippy Nonstop and Awfully Awesome at the Mint Backroom
The Bad Plus at the Mint
The Electric Parlour, the Wallburds and Garate at the Down and Out Bar
Sunday Lane, Joel Eckels and more at Room 5
Chiodos at the House of Blues Sunset Strip
Todd Snider at the Largo at the Coronet
Lovelife at the Constellation Room

Tuesday, May 6

Ray LaMontagne and the Belle Brigade at the Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian Church
Rodrigo y Gabriela at the Orpheum
Jenny Lewis [pictured] and special guest at the Roxy Theatre
Needtobreathe and Foy Vance at the Wiltern
Lovelife and Max & the Moon at the Bootleg
Dead Sara, Vanaprasta and the Vim Dicta at the Echo
Afternoons, Charlie Wadhams and Timothy James at the Satellite
Kina Grannis and Imaginary Future at the Troubadour
People Under the Stairs at Amoeba
Echo Lights, Florals, Princess Frank, the Vigils and Kate Crash at Los Globos
The Rebel Light, Winter, Bonfire Beach and Blood Candy at the Virgil
Ted Russell Kamp & the Moonrise Melodiers at El Cid
Hamilton Leithauser, the Alternate Routes, Hollow Wood, Songs By Thom and Parents at the Hotel Cafe
The Bixby Knolls and Los Dharma Bums at Harvard & Stone
Charlyne Yi at Little Joy
Alyeska at Hemingway’s
John Isaac Watters at Hyperion Tavern
The Bad Plus at the Mint
Emily Frost at the HOB Voodoo Lounge
Nile at the House of Blues Sunset Strip
Cristina Black at Room 5
Decorator and Deluka at the Lexington
Frankie Bourne, Caroline Rose and more at WitZend
Hunter & the Dirty Jacks at Harvelle’s
J Rocc, Rhettmatic, Flaunt Edwards and PDBY at the Del Monte Speakeasy
In the Valley Below at the Constellation Room
Jack Beats and AC Slater at the Observatory
O.A.R. and Jillette Johnson at the House of Blues Anaheim

Wednesday, May 7

Rodrigo y Gabriela at the Palladium
Tycho, Gardens and Villa at the Fonda Theatre
Ingrid Michaelson at the Wiltern
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Fear of Men and Ablebody at the Troubadour
KAV at the Viper Room
Black Prairie and Tiburones at the Bootleg
Dreamland, My Satellite, Bad Things and the Midnite Sixes at the Silverlake Lounge
Acid Mothers Temple, Perhaps and OGOD at the Echo
Glorious Wondour, Nicky Blitz and Kilo Virga at the Satellite
Loop and White Fence at the Church on York
Primal Naad, Dawone, Blu Nyle and the Beat Jackerts at Los Globos
Palm Reader, DEBT and French Negative at the Smell
Kater Pillar and Ryan Fuller at Malo
Andy Peters, Eddie Pepitone and Karen Kilgariff at the Virgil
Thomas Dybdahl, Jessica Childress, Tommy & the High Pilots and Frances Cone at the Hotel Cafe
Andy Allo, Halo Circus, Rose’s Pawn Shop and Sad Robot at the Mint
Holland Belle at the HOB Voodoo Lounge
Noam Pikelny and Gabe Witcher at the Largo at the Coronet
Wild Roses, Hoist the Colors and Taylor Locke at Saint Rocke
Clayton Severson at WitZend
James Supercave at the Constellation Room
The Brian Jonestown Massacre and Cosmonauts at the Observatory

Thursday, May 8

Yuna and Misun at the Troubadour
Tycho, Gardens and Villa at the Fonda Theatre
Atmosphere at the Roxy Theatre
Riff Raff at the House of Blues Sunset Strip
J Litt at the Lexington
Tyler Lyle, Distant Cousins, Jimmer, Korby Lenker and Bryan Lazar at the Hotel Cafe
Mirror Travel, Dunes, Henry Henrietta and Roses at the Silverlake Lounge
La Sera, Springtime Carnivore and Colleen Green at the Echo
MarchFourth Marching Band and the Gentlemen Callers at the Echoplex
Incan Abraham, Zach Sherwin, Natasha Leggero and Joel Ward at the Kennedy Administration at Echoes Under Sunset (free)
The Bixby Knolls, Beck Black and the Relationship at the Satellite
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart at Amoeba
Jake LaBotz, Brian Vollmer and Ben Townsend at El Cid
Jacco Gardner, Drinking Flowers and Haunted Summer at the Church on York
Restavrant and Jeremiah Red at Harvard & Stone
Jason Boland & the Stragglers, Wild Roses and the Draw at the Mint
Tinashe at the Viper Room (Early Show)
Brian Buckley Band, the Elizabeth Kill and Louden Swain at the Viper Room (Late Show)
The Nels Cline Singers at the Largo at the Coronet
The Singer and The Songwriter at the Center for the Arts Eagle Rock
Double Naught Spy Car at the Standard downtown
Farmer Dave’s Hot Pacific at the Del Monte Speakeasy
The Vim Dicta and LA River Swim Team at Trip
Young Dubliners, Johnny Jump Up and Groovetrotters at Saint Rocke
Grace Weber, Celia Chavez and more at WitZend
Levitation Room, Los Craters and Take Pictures at Alex’s Bar
We Are Scientists at the Constellation Room
Morrissey and Kristeen Young at the Observatory
Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers, Riddle & the Stars and Luke Mulholland Band at the Coach House

Friday, May 9

Armin Van Buuren at the Forum
Chuck Ragan & the Camaraderie and the White Buffalo at the Fonda Theatre
Old 97’s and Nikki Lane at the El Rey Theatre
We Are Scientists and PAWS at the Troubadour
Big Freedia and Hi Fashion at the Echoplex
Twenty One Pilots, NONONO and Hunter Hunted at the Wiltern
Dennis DeYoung at the City National Grove of Anaheim
Trails & Ways at the Bootleg HiFi
I Feel Electric, Fulkerson & Clarke, the Pitch, Andy Kim, the Woodlends, Articles, Frisk the Flowest, Clamber Standback and Mesmi at the Silverlake Lounge
Survival Knife and Steppe People at the Echo
Mt. Ossa, Wild Pack of Canaries, Aftergloam and Rexx at the Satellite
Summer Twins, DEBT and the Big Nothing at the Smell
Ned Doheny at the Virgil
The Bixby Knolls, Flybys, th High Curbs and more at the Mood Pad (125 S. Boyle Ave.)
The Absolute at the Lyric Theatre
Stonefeather, KULA, Komox Kids and the Hang at El Cid
Jesse Thomas and Frontier Ruckus at the Hotel Cafe
Parlee, Good Deeds, the Lillies, Aaron & Jane and Can of Worms at the Mint
Bad Things, Ugly and Scotty the Kid at the Viper Room
Love Darling! at the House of Blues Sunset Strip
The Dustbowl Revival at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Suzzy Roche and Lucy Wainwright Roche at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Kevin Sousa at Saint Rocke (Happy Hour)
Authority Zero, Torches for Triggers, Eken is Dead and Lose Control at Saint Rocke
Bridie Jones and Mark Knight and the Unsung Heroes at Trip
Toasted and Mechachief at the Old Towne Pub
DI, All Day, the Grim, the Yucks and Sorry State at Alex’s Bar
Black Prairie at the Constellation Room
Steel Pulse at the Observatory
Tab Benoit at the House of Blues Anaheim
Y&T, Siren and Points North at the Coach House

Saturday, May 10

Morrissey, Tom Jones and Kristeen Young at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
The Brian Jonestown Massacre at the Wiltern
Joan Sebastian at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live
Puscifer, a Perfect Circle and Failure at the Greek Theatre
Cassandra Wilson at the Fonda Theatre
The Glitch Mob, Ana Sia and Penthouse Penthouse at Club Nokia
Social Studies, A Million Billion Dying Suns and Crown Plaza at the Satellite
Diamond Lane, Love & a .38, Delta Rose, Cherri Bomb and Bad Romantics at the Troubadour
Kap Slap at the El Rey Theatre
LA Psych Fest featuring Rose Windows, Kikagaku Moyo, Jeffertitti’s Nile, Insects vs Robots, the Spyrals, Gamelan X, Clear Plastic, Drab Majesty, Drinking Flowers, A/V Arkestra, Seis Cuerdas, Mysterious Everything, Presstones, Milo Gonzalez, Dream Panther and Brett Loudermilk at the Bootleg
Yoni Wolf and Serengeti at the Echo
Kawaiiland and Nylon Pink at Los Globos
The North at Molly Malone’s
Death Hymn Number 9, Catholic Spit, PB & J and the Flytraps at the Smell
Nightmare Air, Roman Remains and Nightmail at El Cid
Ghiant at Origami Vinyl
Shoshana Bean, Willa Mamet & Paul Miller, Jason Joseph & the Spectacular and Brigitte DeMeyer at the Hotel Cafe
Jackshit and Chris Shiflett & the Dead Peasants at the Mint (Late Show)
YPO Speedwagon at the Mint
The Dirty Diamond, the Nukes, Jessarae and Illumination Road at the Viper Room
Brad Kay’s Regressive Jazz Quartet at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Grant Lee Phillips and Howe Gelb at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Christian Dupress, Cecilia Noel and more at WitZend
Derde Verde at Eat See Hear (with a screening “500 Days of Summer”) at Santa Monica High’s Memorial Greek Theatre (601 Pico Blvd.)
Okapi Sun and Opus Orange at Trip
Wildwood Highway at Saint Rocke (Early Show)
Y&T, Blackbird Sky and Intensity at Saint Rocke
Travesura, Cigarette Barbies, Josh Harmony and Son of Heatwave at Alex’s Bar
A Place to Bury Strangers, Cold Showers and Electric Flower Group at the Constellation Room
Riff Raff and Grandtheft at the Observatory

Sunday, May 11

Rick Springfield at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica (solo, with storytelling and Q&A)
Puscifer, a Perfect Circle and Failure at the Greek Theatre
Ariel Pink, Geneva Jacuzzi and Puro Instinct at Part Time Punks at the Echo (late show)
Ted Russell Kamp, Kyle Neal and James Byous at Grand Ole Echo ate Echo (early show)
Monogem at the Bootleg
Domingos Caribenos, Los Magnificos Colectivo and David Rolas at Los Globos
Virt, Cats on Mars, Tina Belmont and Wet Mango at the Smell
Angelita Concierto Flamenco at El Cid
Janet Robin and Fernando Perdomo at the Hotel Cafe
J. Clark Webber, Elinor Sitrish, Feisty Heart, Jacob Streete and Liz Crowley at the Mint
Dave Brogan, Tom Freund and Garin Benfield at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Future Loves Past, the Circuits, Sketch Orchestra, the Moderates and Bout Tradger at Alex’s Bar
Psycho de Mayo with Pentagram, Dead Meadow, Kadavar, Saint Vitus, the Shrine, Zig Zags, Dahga Bloom SUUNS, Prince Rama, Sun Araw, Ringo Death Starr Lumerians, Zombie Zombie, Ancient River, Ghostbox Orchestra, Fatso Jetson, Captain Slookie & the Rogue Squadron, Sons of Huns and Dead Gurus at the Observatory

Photo by Pamela Littky