Anna Acosta on August 18th, 2014

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Incoming: FYF Fest, Beatles’ 50th with Dave Stewart, John Legend, Reckless Kelly, Avid Dancer, High on Fire, the Four Seasons, Frankmusik, Myron & E, SOJA, Horse Thief, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Future Islands, Rick Springfield, Hawthorne Heights, Quilt, Little Daylight, Black Gatsby, SD3, Tanlines, Mikky Echo, Lake Street Dive, the Zombies, Fucked Up, Blood Orange, the Naked and Famous, Benjamin Booker, Buddy, Sylvan Esso, the Nervous Wreckords, So Many Wizards, AC Slater, the Weirdos, Keyshia Cole, Nine Inch Nails, the Belle Brigade, Slint, Built to Spill, Lila Downs, Iggy Azalea, Young Dubliners, David Ryan Harris, the Stepkids, Dickey Betts, Alejandra Guzman, BadBadNotGood, String Theory, Rocky Dawuni, Bestial Mouths, Giant Drag, Tyrone Wells, Steep Canyon Rangers, the Blank Tapes, Johnny Ramone Tribute, Yes, Chief Keef, Wiz Khalifa.

Above: Dev Hynes and Blood Orange (who blew us away at Coachella and again at the El Rey) returns to L.A. to play the sold-out FYF Fest, plus a date Thursday at the Theatre at Ace Hotel. That’s the Gia Coppola-directed video for “You’re Not Good Enough.”

Our staff picks of the week:

@KRBronson recommends: FYF Fest. Saturday’s Don’t-Miss: Slowdive, Future Islands, Slint, Joyce Manor, Mariachi El Bronx. Sunday’s Don’t-Miss: The Blood Brothers, Blood Orange, Built to Spill, the Bronx, Thundercat.

@Seraphina_L recommends: It’s been a while since New Zealand’s the Naked and Famous played a headlining date in L.A. (they opened for Imagine Dragons at the Forum in February and appeared at Coachella). The quintet visits the Echoplex on Thursday and the Observatory on Friday behind their latest release, last fall’s “In Rolling Waves.” The Moth & the Flame support.

After the jump, the week ahead:

Monday, Aug. 18

John Legend and Mapei at the Greek Theatre
Reckless Kelly, Cody Canada and the Departed at the El Rey Theatre
Avid Dancer, K. Flay, KING and Luna Aura at It’s a School Night at Bardot
Maudlin Strangers, Lincoln Jesser, Dorothy and the Gromble at the Bootleg HiFi
We Are Kings & Queens, Luck, State to State and the Burning of Rome at the Silverlake Lounge
Tete, Wet & Reckless, Beach Party and Liphemra at the Echo
Smoke Season, the Janks, the Lucky Lonely, Lena Fayre and Immigre at the Echoplex
The Futures League, the Black and the White, Wages and the Relationship (ftr. Brian Bell of Weezer) at the Satellite
Zane Carney, Romeo Testa and Paper Trails at the Hotel Café
Moke Hill and Wires in the Walls at Harvard & Stone
Keta at the Mint (Early Show)
Kill My Coquette, Hector’s Sparkle Bunny Surprise, Zach Kibbee and the Kepler Mission at the Viper Room
In Cahoots, Sons of Hippies, Mama Doll, Nikki Lorenzo and Baby Medusa at the Mint
Britt Warner at Bar Lubitsch
Open Mic at El Cid
Dustin Lovelis, Reverend Baron and Greater California at the Wayfarer
Dave Weckl Acoustic Band at the Catalina Bar & Grill

Tuesday, Aug. 19

The Four Seasons at the Hollywood Bowl
High On Fire and Arctic at the Echoplex
Frankmusik, Hi Fashion and Natalita at the Echo
Tribute to the Replacements, featuring the Henry Clay People, the Bixby Knolls, Geronimo Getty, the Breakups, Qui and more at the Satellite
Hobart W Fink, Seasons and Stonefeather at Harvard & Stone
Tiffany Gouche, Alex Isley, FatRon, Def Sound, SIR, Val the Vandle and Space Team at the Bootleg HiFi
Northern American, Thieves, Hearty Har and Future Erotica at the Silverlake Lounge
Among Savages and Aaron Embry at Fifty Seven
Myron & E, Grooveswitch and Decorator at the Mint
Janet Klein & Her Parlor Boys at El Cid
Horse Thief, Totsy, Rilan, Emm and Skypilot at the Hotel Café
SOJA and Murs at the Troubadour
National Anthem at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Open Mic at Saint Rocke
SoCal Reggae All Stars at the Wayfarer
August Alsina at the Observatory
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus and Hawthorne Heights at the House of Blues Anaheim
Tina Michelle & the Rhinestone Cowgirls at the Federal Bar
Dave Weckl Acoustic Band at the Catalina Bar & Grill

Wednesday, Aug. 20

Future Islands [pictured] at the Fonda Theatre [Also at the Grammy Museum, 7 p.m.]
Tribute to Marvin Gaye, with John Legend, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings and more at the Hollywood Bowl
Rick Springfield at the House of Blues Sunset Strip
Hawthorne Heights and the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus at the El Rey Theatre
Quilt, Christian Bland and Vanilla at the Echo
Little Daylight, Young Rising Sons and Keta at the Troubadour
Black Gatsby, Magic Bronson, Rio Rio and Leland at the Bootleg HiFi
The Tulips, Long Fall and American Tomahawk at the Silverlake Lounge
SD3, My Name is You and Milo Bloom at the Satellite
Yolanda Be Cool, Motez and Playmode at the Sound Nightclub
Saba and the Koreatown Oddity at Los Globos
Justin Furstenfeld, Juliette Ashby, Sun Rai, Jude Perl and Conor Coughlan at the Hotel Café
Sunset Drifters and Son Ark at the Black Rose Tavern
Veronica Bianqui and Mercury Wheel at Harvard & Stone
Now We Are Six and the Velopheliacs at Malo
Dekades at Hemingway’s
Thrillers and Mirror Talk at Fifty Seven
Tanlines, SISU and Roses at the Sayers Club
The Barefoot Bandits, the Junglecats, Los Angelics, Tall Bones and Claudi Dae at the Mint
Common Ground at the Hard Rock Hollywood (Happy Hour)
Chimaira, the Plot In You, Upon This Dawning and Allegaeon at the Whisky a Go Go
Kuzma Skryabin at the Viper Room
Alec Cyganowski, Quote Unquote, Lakin Saucedo and NightOwl at the HOB Voodoo Lounge
JB (of The Soul of John Black) at Genghis Cohen
Thanks Light, Without Satellite and Trends at Complex
Mikky Echo and Dawn Golden at the Standard Downtown
Mizz Absurd at Old Towne Pub in Pasadena
Warehouse One, Lovely Sunny Day and Mr. Good Day at Saint Rocke
John Koah at Saint Rocke (Happy Hour)
Nicki Bove, the Kurosawa Brothers and more at WitZend
The Brothers Zmed at the Wayfarer
Lake Street Dive at the Observatory
Night Riots, New Beat Fund and Breach the Summit at the Constellation Room
The Long Run, Go For Gold, Carnival Seasons, Speakout, At the Edge and It’s Only a Story at the House of Blues Anaheim
Brodie Stewart Band at the Yost Theater
Endangered Machines, Sketch Orchestra and 100 Onces at the Federal Underground
Donny Most at the Catalina Bar & Grill

Thursday, Aug. 21

The Zombies and Mystic Braves at the Twilight Concert Series at the Santa Monica Pier
Fucked Up and Tijuana Panthers at the El Rey Theatre
Blood Orange and Kindness at the Theatre at Ace Hotel
Future Islands at the Fonda Theatre
The Naked and Famous and the Moth & the Flame at the Echoplex
Benjamin Booker, JUNK and Small Wigs at the Echo
Buddy, Yellow Red Sparks, Distant Cousins, the Dust of Men and Covenhoven at the Hotel Café
Sylvan Esso and Dana Buoy at the Troubadour
Yiddish Tango Club at Sunset Concerts at the Skirball Center
The Dan Band at the Roxy Theatre
The Nervous Wreckords, Shake Before Us, the Two Tens and the Withers at the Viper Room
Omega String Quartet at Levitt Pavilion Pasadena
Cambalache at Levitt Pavilion MacArthur Park
Galvanized Souls, Night Talks, Gunder, The Day-Old, Exes and Pallasite Project at the Silverlake Lounge
So Many Wizards, Beach Party, the Abigails and Twin Steps at the Satellite
Kurt Kroeber, Postage, Nathaniel Chase, Dance Cohen and Nautilus at Los Globos
Nocona and Tony Gilkyson at El Cid
Marc Alan Group, Wild Awake and Pendulum Theory at the Lyric Theatre
AC Slater, Got Some, Bones and Wuki at Dim Mak
Bullet Made Statues, the Drizz, KHAN, Paulina Cameron and Marley Munroe at the Mint
Armando Rome at La Cita
Old Man, Lemat, Caitlin Anne Webster at the Ham & Eggs Tavern
Gio Eule at the Hard Rock Hollywood (Happy Hour)
Whitey Morgan & the 78s at the Whisky a Go Go
August Alsina at the House of Blues Sunset Strip
Jimetta Rose at Fifty Seven
Siren Section, Ruiins and Cinder Cone at Complex
Brother Joscephus, the Love Revolution, the Cerny Brothers and Justin Dzuban at Saint Rocke
Ron Tanski at Saint Rocke (Happy Hour)
Strathmore, Matt Commerce and more at WitZend
The Weirdos, the Billy Bones, Love Canal and the Woolly Bandits at Alex’s Bar
Quilt and Cotillon at the Constellation Room
Alvin Risk at the Observatory
Keyshia Cole at the House of Blues Anaheim
Ookay at the Yost Theater
Dickey Betts & Great Southern, Willie & the Road Tramps and Bretheren of the Coast at the Coach House
The Larry Fuller Trio at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club
Kelly Che at the Catalina Bar & Grill

Friday, Aug. 22

Nine Inch Nails and Soundgarden at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Irvine
The Belle Brigade and In the Valley Below at the Figat7th Downtown Festival
Slint at the El Rey Theatre
Built to Spill, Slam Dunk and the Warm Hair at the Roxy Theatre
Sylvan Esso and Dana Buoy at the Troubadour
Lila Downs and Kinky at the Greek Theatre
The Beatles’ 50th at the Hollywood Bowl, with Dave Stewart (musical director) and guests Vanessa Amorosi, Billy Ray Cyrus, Mary Lambert, Martina McBride and Liv Warfield
Keyshia Cole at the Wiltern
Iggy Azalea and Sam Smith at Avalon Hollywood
Dash Berlin at the Hollywood Palladium
We Are Twin at Roaring Nights at the L.A. Zoo
Young Dubliners at Levitt Pavilion MacArthur Park
Brother Joscephus and the Love Revolution at Levitt Pavilion Pasadena
Donora, Alex Feder and the Cold & Lovely at the Bootleg HiFi
Quiet Morning & the Calamity, Phoebe Bridgers, the Battlefield and the Other Words at the Silverlake Lounge
Rich Medina and J. Rocc at the Echo
David Ryan Harris and Patrick Park at the Satellite
The Stepkids, Bago, MNDSGN and Folerio at Los Globos
Joanna Gruesome, Dunes, Michael Vidal and Debt at the Smell
Manuel Gutierrez at El Cid
RL Kelly, Girlpool, Kitten Forever and Free Cake for Every Creature at Pehrspace
The Jim Blanco Big Band, Syd Arthur, David & Devine, Keaton Simons and Vinyl Playlist at the Hotel Café
Freedom Fry at the Sunset Marquis
Imaginary Friends, Silversage, the Ori Naftaly Band, Jon Kahn & the Color Green and Dreaming Bull Kid at the Mint
Ray Jordan at the Hard Rock Hollywood (Happy Hour)
From That Metal Show, Eddie Trunk, Jim Florentine and Don Jamieson at the Whisky a Go Go
Savoy at the House of Blues Sunset Strip
The Barry Zweig Trio at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Sutter Zachman, Roses and Cigarettes and more at WitZend
Phil Boudreau and Dawaun Parker at Fifty Seven
LoveyDove at Taix
Spindrift at Pappy & Harriet’s
Blue Blazer and the Moxx at Saint Rocke
The Zmed Bothers and the Deltaz at O’Brien’s
The Naked and Famous at the Observatory
Mystic Braves, Froth, Corners and Banana Cream Dream at the Constellation Room
Peter Rivera, Edgar Winter Band, Vanilla Fudge and Kim Simmonds at the City National Grove of Anaheim (Rock N Blues Fest)
Lucidiom at the Coach House
Dickey Betts at the Canyon
Natalia Vargas at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club
Arturo Sandoval at the Catalina Bar & Grill

Saturday, Aug. 23

FYF Fest, with Phoenix, Interpol, Julian Casablancas, Grimes, Little Dragon, Caribou, Future Islands, Tycho, Death Grips, Slint, Against Me!, Albert Hammond, Jr., Real Estate, Run the Jewels, Ty Segall, Boris, Man Man, XXYYXX, Joyce Manor, Chet Faker and Mariachi El Bronx at the LA Sports Arena & Expo Park
Rixton and T. Mills at the El Rey Theatre
Dickey Betts at the Saban Theatre
Alejandra Guzman at the Greek Theatre
The Beatles’ 50th at the Hollywood Bowl, with Dave Stewart (musical director) and guests Vanessa Amorosi, Michelle Branch, Billy Ray Cyrus, Mary Lambert, Martina McBride and Liv Warfield
Lake Street Dive at the Wiltern
Banta at One Colorado
BadBadNotGood at Saturdays Off the 405 at the Getty Center
String Theory at Center for the Arts Eagle Rock
Rocky Dawuni at Levitt Pavilion MacArthur Park
John Fullbright at Levitt Pavilion Pasadena
Crying 4 Kafka at Fais Do-Do
The Herms and more at HM157
Levi Petree, Petty or Not and Sticks & Sacks at the Silverlake Lounge
Landlady, Prism Break and Dave Harrington at the Satellite
Bestial Mouths, Muscle and Marrow, Chiildren and Intimatchine at Complex
Giant Drag, Dead Panzies and Sewage at El Cid
No Parents, the Sediment Club, Shit Giver and Some Pepper at Pehrspace
Tyrone Wells & Jake Newton, Mandolin Orange, Marshall McLean Band and Town in the City at the Hotel Café
Rusty Maples, the Hidden Lines and A House For Lions at the Mint
Slaine, La Coka Nostra, Sick Jacken, Bishop Lamont and Demrick at the Whisky a Go Go
Steep Canyon Rangers and Sam Outlaw at the Roxy Theatre
Scotty the Kid, Back Pocket Memory, In the Meantime, Shadows of the Cloud and Mackenzie at the Viper Room
Frankie Bourne, Flight, No Convention and MERCi at the HOB Foundation Room
Borrowed Bones, Ross Redman, Conrad and Exit North at the HOB Parish Room
Brad Kay’s Regressive Jazz Quartet at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Zoe Muth at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
The Organ Donors at Saint Rocke
Jon Piazza, the Leapin Lizards and more at WitZend
Destani Wolf at Fifty Seven
The Blank Tapes, the Abigails and Chiense Wax Job at the Wayfarer
Mad Caddies, Voodoo Glow Skulls and Buck-O-Nine at the Observatory
Chief Keef at the Yost Theater
Fortunate Son and Christina Carabini at the Coach House
Tsai Chin at the Pasadena Civic
Kenny G at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Irvine
Arturo Sandoval at the Catalina Bar & Grill

Sunday, Aug. 24

FYF Fest, with the Strokes, Haim, the Blood Brothers, Flying Lotus, Blood Orange, Darkside, Built to Spill, Earl Sweatshirt, Four Tet, the Murder City Devils, Mac DeMarco, the Bronx, Tanlines, Kindness, Ryan Hemsworth and Pink Mountaintops at the LA Sports Arena & Expo Park
10th Anniversary Johnny Ramone Tribute at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, hosted by Rob Zombie along with Steve Jones, Duff McKagan, Fred Armisen and more (plus an all-star band performing Ramones hits)
Rixton and T. Mills at the El Rey Theatre
Yes at the Greek Theatre
Rachel Brathen and Auditory Canvas at the Shrine Expo Hall
The Beatles’ 50th at the Hollywood Bowl, with Dave Stewart (musical director) and guests Vanessa Amorosi, Michelle Branch, Billy Ray Cyrus, Mary Lambert, Martina McBride and Liv Warfield
Xenia Dunford, Tony Pops and Parker Richey at Genghis Cohen
Whispering Pines, Ben Reddell Band, Christy Hays and Cliff Wagner at the Echo (Daytime Show)
Trembling Hills, Panthar and Cardboard Lamb at the Echo
The Dark Matters at the Satellite
Decibel 502, Contraband, MC Julieta Arrieta and VJ Hector Arrieta at Los Globos
The Lowered, Ryan McGregor, xMathx and File Island at Lot 1 (Daytime Show)
Alicia Witt, Amber Lynn Nicol, Mitchell Schaffer and Maggie McClure at the Hotel Café
Trenda & the Cosmos at Harvard & Stone
Sail the Boat, the Letters Home, Youngbok Gomez and Taking the Hourglass at the Mint (Daytime Show)
Legit, Ry’n James and Mara Hruby at the Mint
Arthur Autumn, Dirty Lingo, Legend Maria and Strange Imperial at the Viper Room
Celeste Stoney at the House of Blues Sunset Strip
Open Mic at the Silverlake Lounge
The Outriders and Kat at the Wayfarer
Pacific Dub and Daniel Bambatta Marley at the Constellation Room
The Game and Bigryat at the Observatory
The Barebones, Galvanized Souls, Rook’s Empire, Brand of Hero, Caveman Voicebox and Psycho Punx at the House of Blues Anaheim
Steep Canyon Rangers, David Rosales and These Pilgrims at the Coach House
Wiz Khalifa and Young Jeezy at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Irvine
Robben Ford at the Canyon
Chris Johnson at the Federal Bar
M-Pact at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club
Josiel Perez, Yosmel Montejo and San Miguel Perez at the Catalina Bar & Grill