Anna Acosta on May 26th, 2014

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Incoming: Panda Bear, Nothing, Yelle, Liars, Wolfmother, Sohn, Chet Faker, Billy Joel, Rich Robinson Band, Powerman 5000, Elbow, First Aid Kit, Willie Watson, Babes, Parquet Courts, Crystal Fighters, Roll the Tanks, Jamestown Revival, The Bolts, Sea Wolf, Throwing Muses, Die Antwoord, Banks, M.I.A., Potty Mouth, Thee Oh Sees, Local H, Backstreet Boys, Avril Lavigne, Luscious Jackson, Rodriguez, LP, Lana Del Rey, Priscilla Ahn, Pink Mountaintops, Eagulls, Dax Riggs, Brody Dalle, French Horn Rebellion, Big Data, Le1f, Bruno Mars, Pharrell Williams, KROQ Weenie Roast, Skaters, Goldroom, Seahaven, Jhameel, Manchester Orchestra, Sweet Baby Fest, Lindi Ortega, Reverend Horton Heat, Moonchild, I See Hawks in L.A.

Above: That’s the video for the title track to Parquet Courts’ new album “Sunbathing Animal,” which comes out next week. This Wednesday, the Brooklyn four-piece plays the Roxy.

Our staff picks of the week:

@KRBronson recommends: Throwing Muses … Where do you start? They were among the smartest of the smart in their first decade-long run (1986-’96), as challenging musically as intellectually, embodying the “college rock” of the era and setting the bar high for many bands that followed. They were the first American band signed to 4AD  and have released nine albums, the latest being “Purgatory / Paradise” after their second reformation last year. They do two shows this week at the Bootleg, Thursday and Friday, with Tanya Donelly (with stepsister Kristin Hersh, a founding member of Throwing Muses before she went on to play in the Breeders and then form Belly) opening.

@Seraphina_L recommends: This week is so chock-full of great shows, so I’ll recommend a bit of everything: Chet Faker on Tuesday at the Roxy for the downtempo electronic soul fans; First Aid Kit on Wednesday at the El Rey Theatre for the folk-Americana fans; Banks on Thursday at the El Rey Theatre for those looking for some dark R&B; Potty Mouth on Thursday at the Echo for some punk, Luscious Jackson on Friday at the El Rey Theatre for those looking to fill their ‘90s nostalgia quota; Seahaven on Saturday at the Troubadour for some solid indie rock; and Moonchild on Sunday at the Bootleg for some neo-soul.

After the jump, the week ahead:

Monday, May 26

Ky-Mani Marley, Black Uhuru Kevin Lytle and more at JazzReggae Festival at UCLA Intramural Field
Yelle, Skaters, Pyramid Vritra and Chancellor Warhol at It’s a School Night at Bardot
Air Life, yOya, Sweet Bump It, Tower and Hayley Kiyoko at the Satellite
Jarell Perry, Gallant, Dead Times and Alex Isley at the Bootleg HiFi
The Acetates, Trash Honey, Steps of Doe and Devon Geyer at the Silverlake Lounge
In the Valley Below, the Mercy Beat, Omniflux and Will Love at the Echo
Nothing, Whirr and Youth Code at the Echoplex
Panda Bear and Peaking Lights at Pappy & Harriet’s in Pioneertown
Open Mic at El Cid
Jody Porter at the Viper Room (Early Show)
Miles Mosley at the Viper Room
The Spazmatics at the House of Blues Sunset Strip
Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog at the Largo at the Coronet
Groundation at Saint Rocke
White Night, Captain Slookie & the Rogue Squadron, Big Eyes and a Lovely Sort of Death at Alex’s Bar
The Bloody Beetroots at the Fonda Theatre
Rancho Los Terribles de Chrystian Juarez at the Pico Rivera Sports Arena

Tuesday, May 27

Panda Bear at the El Rey Theatre
Liars and Cherry Glazerr at the Fonda Theatre
Wolfmother at the Echoplex
Sohn and Mr. Little Jeans at the Troubadour
Chet Faker and Sweater Beats at the Roxy Theatre
Billy Joel at the Hollywood Bowl
Kill the Dance Floor, the Orange and the Lexingtons at the Silverlake Lounge
Blood Red Shoes, Radkey and Gothic Tropic at the Echo
Rich Robinson Band and Crusade at the Satellite
Hedgehog Swing at El Cid
Brian Marquis, Brandyn Burnette, Jef Joslin and Andrew Marks at the Hotel Café
Dharma Bums and Ray & Remora at Harvard & Stone
Doe Eye, Smoke Season, Color You and Galvarino at the Mint
Powerman 5000 and Knee High Fox at the Viper Room
Dig the Kid at the House of Blues Sunset Strip
WASI and Shirley Levi at Hemingway’s
Trev at Genghis Cohen
Lightnin’ Woodcock at Cafe NELA
George Stanford at the Piano Bar
Daniel Brummel, Mizz Absurd, Stereo Monster and Sea Ghouls at O’Brien’s
Flower Punks, the Janks and Irontom at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Somo at the Observatory
American Wake, New Shadows, Ras Culture, Red Undead, Seaside Audio, Invade the River and GSU Collective at the House of Blues Anaheim
Randy Emata at the Federal Bar

Wednesday, May 28

Elbow [pictured] at the Wiltern
First Aid Kit and Willy Mason at the El Rey Theatre
Willie Watson at the Bootleg HiFi
Babes and Mosco Rosco at the Satellite
Parquet Courts, Scraper and CCR Headcleaner at the Roxy Theatre
Crystal Fighters and Wunder Wunder at the Troubadour
Dreamland, Close to Modern, Dekades and Highlands at the Silverlake Lounge
Los Rakas at the Echoplex
Roll the Tanks, the Mo-Odds and Vanish Valley at El Cid
Thomas Dybdahl, Broken Arrow, Victoria Williams, Miranda Lee Richards, Son of the Velvet Rat and Genevieve Bellemare at the Hotel Café
Jamestown Revival at the Grammy Museum
The Vim Dicta and Decorator at Harvard & Stone
Sophie, Cromie and Rare Times at Los Globos
Canto, the Hailin Saint, Automaticband and the Living Strange at the Mint
Max Collins and Sad Robot at Hemingway’s
Peanut Butter Wolf at Amoeba
Viento Callejero at La Cita
Mankind Is Obsolete, I:Scintilla and Many of Odd Nature at Complex
California Breed at the Whisky a Go Go
The Bolts, the Coffis Brothers & the Mountain Men, Familiar Looking Strangers and Cassie B at the Viper Room
Los Marcapasos, Plan Ve, Roses in December, Backbone 69 and Mario Lamarque at the House of Blues Sunset Strip
Lauren Roze and Riley at the HOB Voodoo Lounge
Bonsai Boulevard and Kristen Gutoski at Malo
Sea Wolf and Nick Shattuck at Saint Rocke
John Clinebell and Wesley Woo at WitZend
Crazy Town and Haster at the Observatory
Nothing at the Constellation Room
Dessy Di Lauro at the Federal Bar
The Doorknockers at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club
Lorraina Marro at the Catalina Bar & Grill

Thursday, May 29

Throwing Muses and Tanya Donelly at the Bootleg Bar
Die Antwoord at the Fonda Theatre
Banks and Jerome LOL at the El Rey Theatre
M.I.A. and Angel Haze at the Shrine Expo Hall
Potty Mouth, Perfect Pussy and the Bots at the Echo
Thee Oh Sees, Jack Name and Zig Zags at the Echoplex
Local H and Bad Veins at the Satellite
Tim Minchin at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre
Backstreet Boys and Avril Lavigne at the Forum
Soulja Boy at Tru Hollywood
Jamestown Revival, the Wind & the Wave and Kris Orlowski at the Troubadour
Chet Faker and Sweater Beats at the Roxy Theatre
Migrain Season, Christian Young, Side Effect, FIN, Dingo Down, the Quarantined, Being Devious and Jay Arseno at the Silverlake Lounge
The Buttertones, Girlpool and Michael & the Strange Land at Los Globos
Alone and Lilacs at the Smell
The Coals and the Scarring Party at El Cid
The Wellspring, Dresses, Ted Z & the Wranglers, Celeigh Chapman, Jackson Odell and Familiar Looking Strangers at the Hotel Café
Macedo, Rachel Goodrich and the Grrls at Harvard & Stone
East Forest, Chris Lightfoot, Jason Aaron, Sophocles Steve and Elliott Graber at the Mint
Sacred Reich at the Whisky a Go Go
Ali Azimi and Rana Mansour at the Viper Room
Fiji at the House of Blues Sunset Strip
The Downtown Train at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Elephant Hill and the Fever at Trip
Terra Naomi at WitZend
Banta and Blackwater Jukebox at the Spare Room
Propaganda, Abstract Rude and more at the Glass House
My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult, Fartbarf and the Subdivisions at Saint Rocke
The Moan, Professor Colombo and Creatures Choir at Alex’s Bar
Brody Dalle at the Observatory
Skaters at the Constellation Room
This Time With Feeling, King Washington, the Janks, Jeremiah Red, Steve Maggiora, Must Die! and Meaux Green at the Yost Theater
Moonsville Collective, Catie Purcell and Devyn Rush at the House of Blues Anaheim
Sea Wolf, David Rosales and Nilu at the Coach House
Julio Iglesias at the San Manuel Indian Bingo & Casino
Peter Smith at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club
Mel Collins and D. Ben-Jamin Band at the Catalina Bar & Grill

Friday, May 30

Luscious Jackson at the El Rey Theatre
Rodriguez and LP at the Greek Theatre
Lana Del Rey and Father John Misty at the Shrine Expo Hall
Priscilla Ahn at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever
Brody Dalle and the Singles at the Troubadour
Guy, Tony! Toni! Tone!, Color Me Badd, H-Town and Force MD’s at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live
Throwing Muses and Tanya Donelly at the Bootleg Bar
Emerson Star, Big Tree, Bird Concerns, Hooded Eyes and Max Wrightson at the Silverlake Lounge
Pink Mountaintops and Giant Drag at the Echo
Sister Nancy, Tippa Lee, Quinto Sol and the Expanders at the Echoplex
Eagulls, Twin Peaks and Criminal Hygiene at the Satellite
John O’Callaghan at Exchange L.A.
Jamestown Revival at the Glass House
Dax Riggs and the Record Company at the Monty Bar
Stevie B, Trinere and Paloma at H.O.M.E. Beverly Hills
Chief Wakil at Los Globos
The Lovely Bad Things, GRMLN, Dustin & the Explosions and Turbo Lightning at the Smell
Wartime Recitals, the Brave Ones, Sanglorians and Nick Lampone & the Sweethearts at El Cid
Stu Larsen & Adam Burrows, Jameson, Ryan Hanifl and Unknown Natives at the Hotel Café
The Soul Rebels, Flowbis and Nether Land at the Mint
Hoodie Allen at the Roxy Theatre
French Horn Rebellion and Hey Champ at the Roxy Theatre (Late Show)
Big Data and Soft Swells at the Viper Room
Jon Brion at the Largo at the Coronet
Dear Beloveds, Mizz Abusrd and Kids Without Instruments at the Copper Still Bar (4485 Beverly)
The Barry Zweig Trio at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Roy Book Binder at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Chris Cado and Blind Pony at Trip
The Untouchables at WitZend
Jett Pink at Saint Rocke (Happy Hour)
The Movement, True Press, Arise Roots and Dub Architect at Saint Rocke
Swollen Members at the Observatory
Local H & Bad Veins at the Constellation Room
Alex Dreamz at the Yost Theater
Stephen Stills at the Coach House
Toby Keith, Colt Ford and Krystal Keith at the San Manuel Amphitheater
Hugh Laurie at the Fox Performing Arts Center
Spazmatics and Sea Wolf at the Canyon
Angela Parrish at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club
Miki Howard at the Catalina Bar & Grill

Saturday, May 31

Bruno Mars and Pharrell Williams at the Hollywood Bowl
KROQ Weenie Roast with Fall Out Boy, Fitz & the Tantrums, the Neighbourhood, Capital Cities, Foster the People, Kongos, Beck, Avicii, Phantogram, Bastille, Bleachers, the 1975 and American Authors at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Rodriguez at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex
Goldroom at the El Rey Theatre
Klose to My Soul at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live
Seahaven, Adventures and Foxing at the Troubadour
Jhameel, DWNTWN and the Cold & Lovely at the Satellite
Raul Di Blasio at the Greek Theatre
Dam-Funk, Caught a Ghost, Gavlyn, Feels (f/k/a Raw Geronimo), Eddy Funkster, J. Laser, the Josh Boyd 3, XL Hiddleton and Brrrangadang at the Bootleg Theatre (Sweet Baby Fest)
Le1f, Brenmar, MikeQ, LIZ and Chippy Nonstep at the Echoplex
Cyhi the Prynce at Los Globos
The Aquadolls, Bodysnatchers, Brannigan’s Law and Negro Galacticus at the Smell
Thruster and Atomic Ape at El Cid
Ben Ottewell & Buddy, Shoshana Bean, Cave Clove & Tony and Jiha Lee at the Hotel Café
Roses & Cigarettes and Beautiful Things at the Mint (Early Show)
Lindi Ortega and James Apollo at the Mint (Late Show)
Ron Pope, Marty Shannon and Charlie Oxford at the Roxy Theatre
Expansion Team Soundsystem, Defari and House Shoes at the Viper Room
Black Flag at the House of Blues Sunset Strip
Gypsies & Judges, Jerry Feen, Shy and Michelle Kasajian at the HOB Voodoo Lounge
Celeste Stoney, Broken Stems, Downtown and Witt Godden at the HOB Foundation Room
Master T.C. & the Visitors, Crush 333 and the Philistines at the HOB Parish Room
The B Sharps, the Maxies and more at the Glass House
Chris Pierce and Christine Rosander at Genghis Cohen
The Singles at Origami Vinyl
Brad Kay’s Regressive Jazz Quartet at the Del Monte Speakeasy
The Terraplanes and Feisty Heart at Trip
The Meatmen, Black Fag and Dissension at Alex’s Bar
Fortunate Youth and the Movement at the Observatory
Priscilla Ahn at the Constellation Room
Vick One at the Yost Theater
Honk and Jack Tempchin at the Coach House
Terry Fator at the Fox Performing Arts Center
Miki Howard at the Catalina Bar & Grill
Dwele at H.O.M.E. Beverly Hills
Too Short at the Terrace Theatre
Boogie Knights at the Canyon
Elliot Deutsch Big Band at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club

Sunday, June 1

Reverend Horton Heat and the Dwarves at the Stingers Bar & Nightclub
Bruno Mars and Pharrell Williams at the Hollywood Bowl
Moonchild, Madi Diaz and Pinot at the Bootleg HiFi
I See Hawks in LA, Chapin Sisters, Jimmer, Ashleigh Flynn and Caitlin Anne Webster at the Echo (Early Show)
Briana Murphy, Jesse Elias, Ed Salazar, David Gborie, Adam Jacobs, Becky Garcia, Erin Lennox, Sean Green, Lauren Brown and Travis Rust at the Satellite
Connie Lim at the the Japanese American Cultural Center Plaza downtown L.A.
Stagediver, Starpause, Trash80 and nullsleep at Los Globos
Feels (f/k/a Raw Geronimo), Girlpool, Charly Bliss and Susan at Pehrspace
Justin Abrams & BC, James Horbett and Bradford Loomis at the Hotel Café
IM5, the House on Cliff and Danielle Prou at the Mint (Daytime Show)
Dead Winter Carpenters, T.V. Mike & the Scarecrows and Arlo Hannigan at the Mint
Nice Peter and the Jackpot Golden Boys at the Troubadour
Swollen Members, Madchild and Sozay at the Roxy Theatre
Alex Arndt & the Sonic Universe at the Viper Room
Randy Kaplan at McCabe’s Guitar Shop (Matinee Show)
The Gears, Dime Runner and the Gross Polluters at Alex’s Bar
Tri Tone Music Academy at the House of Blues Anaheim
Rickie Lee Jones and Alfred Johnson at the Coach House
Joan Ryan and Eric McCormack at the Catalina Bar & Grill
The Alberici Sisters and the LA Winds Jazz Band at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club