Kevin Bronson on June 6th, 2014

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What a Friday you have in store:

‣ This year’s First Fridays series at the Natural History Museum winds up with a special night – an indoor/outdoor celebration with four bands rather than the usual two: Unknown Mortal Orchestra, De Lux, Tobacco and Painted Palms.
‣ The 11th annual Ink-N-Iron Festival at the Queen Mary in Long Beach kicks off three days of fun with Merle Haggard, Wanda Jackson, Junior Brown, Danny B. Harvey and more. [Set times at the end of this post.]
‣ The Faint do the first of three nights at the Roxy Theatre behind their recent album “Doom Abuse,” with Reptar and Darren Keen.
‣ U.K. duo Jungle, whose self-titled debut is on the way July 15, holds forth at the El Rey Theatre.
‣ Joe Purdy [see our post from last week] visits the Bootleg HiFi behind his new album “Eagle Rock Fire.” Brian Wright supports.
‣ Queen Caveat rocks the Satellite behind its recent EP “Manufactured Happiness,” supported by the Janks, Brown Shoes and Saturn City. That’s Queen Caveat’s video for “Breathe,” above.
‣ And blues duo Little Hurricane headlines the Echo, supported by RT N’ the 44’s and Lincoln Durham.

Also:

Arrica Rose & the …’s, Huxlee, Danni Rosner & Honey County (record release), Emma-Lee and Sarah Walk at the Hotel Café
Meshuggah and Between the Buried & Me at the Wiltern
Robert Francis at Fingerprints (7 p.m.)
Taylor Dayne at H.O.M.E. Beverly Hills
Garrison Keillor, Heart, Greg Brown and Hilary Thavis at the Greek Theatre
Hobart W. Fink, BFA and Beautiful Machines at the Silverlake Lounge
Megafauna, Death Valley Girls and the Echo & the Sound at Los Globos
Louis Prima Jr. & the Witnesses, the Great Escape and iPunx at the Mint
Jon Connor at the Troubadour
My Ruin at the Whisky a Go Go
U.S. Air Guitar Qualifier at the Viper Room
Aoife O’Donovan at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Kira Lingman at Saint Rocke
Run River North at the Constellation Room
Fiji at the Observatory
Alex Dreamz at the Yost Theater
The Bangles and Waldo Bliss at the Coach House
Kygo at the Glass House
Saosin feat. Anthony Green at the Fox Theater Pomona
Nutty at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club
Greg Adams and East Bay Soul at the Catalina Bar & Grill