Anna Acosta on October 20th, 2014

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Incoming: Alt-J, Pentatonix, Wildcat! Wildcat!, Metronomy, White Denim, Banks, Dry the River, Hanni El Khatib, Olin & the Moon, Hobart W Fink, TV on the Radio, Nas, Eastern Conference Champions, Fever the Ghost, the Acid, Matt Ellis, the Brave Ones, Ceci Bastida, Matisyahu, Jessie Ware, the Melvins, Le Butcherettes, Kimbra, Sloan, Tom Vek, Movement, Colin Hay, Bob Dylan, Erasure, Broken Bells, Charlie XCX, Trampled By Turtles, Placebo, Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Mineral, Intocable, Phish, the Four Tops, Paul Anka, Roberto Fonseca, Big Freedia, Monophonics, Street Dogs, Wiz Khalifa, Beach Goth festival, Knotfest, Tinariwen, Tenacious D’s Festival Supreme, Broken Bells, the Afghan Whigs, St. Lucia, KCRW Masquerade, Francisco the Man, Tennis, Leon Russell, Hall & Oates, Vacationer

Above: The Afghan Whigs visit the Fonda Theatre on Saturday night behind their album “Do the Beast,” their first record since 1998. Above, the video for “Matamoros.”

Our staff picks of the week:

@KRBronson recommends: L.A. electro-pop outfit Wildcat! Wildcat! are playing their first big local gig since the release of their debut album “No Moon at All,” and Buzz Bands LA is co-presenting the show Tuesday at the El Rey Theatre. White Hinterland opens, and DJ Bumbaclot spins. Later in the week, you should really claw your way into one of the Bob Dylan shows.

@Seraphina_L recommends: There is no shortage of emerging pop divas headlining L.A. venues this week. Dark pop chanteuse Banks has a two-night stint at the Wiltern in support of her debut “Goddess.” Kimbra, who gained popularity from her guest appearance on Gotye’s 2012 smash hit “Somebody That I Used to Know” but has since then reinvented herself with funk-filtered pop on her new album “The Golden Echo,” plays the Roxy on Thursday. Lastly, Jessie Ware performs at the classy Tower Theatre for a select audience who won tickets from the lottery through her website. The U.K. singer’s sophomore effort “Tough Love” is out this week.

After the jump, the week ahead:

Monday, Oct. 20

Alt-J and the Acid at the Greek Theatre
FMLYBND, Taymir, Spookyland and Fractures at Bardot
Spoon at the Grammy Museum
Magic Giant, Freedom Fry, Moxie Raia and Pablo Nouvelle at the Bootleg HiFi
Aeges, Ghost Idols, True Rivals and the Vitals at the Silverlake Lounge
Dream Boys, Cold Showers, Swiftumz and Ablebody at the Echo
Planets, Battle Tapes, Megafauna and Chastity Belt at the Satellite
Zane Carney, Judah & the Lion, Tony Ferrari and Greg Schroeder at the Hotel Café
Los Dharma Bums, the Herms and Sea Ghouls at Harvard & Stone
Victoria Renee, Laurel Stearns, Rehya Stevens, KAV and Marcio at the Mint
Milky Chance and Linus Young at the Troubadour
Raven at the Whisky a Go Go
Pentatonix at the Roxy Theatre
King Chip at the Viper Room
Chris Mulkey N’ Deluxe at the HOB Voodoo Lounge
Open Mic at El Cid
Ivory DeVille at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Randsburg, Flashbulb Fires and Fellow Bohemian at the Wayfarer
TTNG, Emma Ruth Rundle and Mylets at the Constellation Room
Belanova and 5senti2 at the House of Blues Anaheim
Gramatik at the Glass House
Nina Persson of the Cardigans at Mozambique
Triple Threat at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club
Nobresil at the Catalina Bar & Grill

Tuesday, Oct. 21

Wildcat! Wildcat! and White Hinterland at the El Rey Theatre
Metronomy and Dawn Golden at the Belasco Theatre
White Denim and Heathers at the Fonda Theatre
Banks at the Wiltern
Dry the River, Nathaniel Rateliff and Otis English at the Troubadour
Pentatonix at the Roxy Theatre
Hanni El Khatib and Hindu Pirates at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Alt-J and Lovelife at the Fox Theater Pomona
Hobart W Fink, Draag and Hi Ho Silver Oh at the Bootleg HiFi
Olin & the Moon, Phoebe Bridgers and Gold Star at the Bootleg Theater
Popheart, Cardboard Lamb, Terminal A and Cellars at the Silverlake Lounge
Sinkane, Helado Negro and Crown Plaza at the Echo
Tribute to the Doors, with Black Belt Karate, Badflower, Valley Queen, Fire the Animal and Nacosta, at the Satellite
The Mary Dolan Show, Radcliffe and the Mutiny at El Cid
Frazey Ford, Garrison Starr, Larkin Poe and the Strumbellas at the Hotel Café
Rachel Goodrich & the Grrrls at Harvard & Stone
Caroline Waters Trio, Armen Balyan, Melanie Devaney and Casey K. at the Mint
Suffocation, Kataklysm and Jungle Rot at the Whisky a Go Go
Dr. Maddvibe & the Missin’ Links, Yours Cruelly and the Vigils at the Viper Room
Opus Dai and Malaki at the Dragonfly
The Surrender at Old Towne Pub in Pasadena
Anny Celsi at Wine & Song in South Pasadena
Randy Emata at the Federal Bar
Open Mic at Saint Rocke
SoCal Reggae All Stars at the Wayfarer
Ab-soul at the Observatory
Phish at the Santa Barbara Bowl
Julia Kantor and Moulin Russe at the Catalina Bar & Grill

Wednesday, Oct. 22

TV on the Radio and Natasha Kmeto at the Fonda Theatre
Banks at the Wiltern
Nas at the Orpheum Theatre
National Anthem, State to State and Eastern Conference Champions at the Viper Room
Fever the Ghost, Talk In Tongues and Deep Fields at the Echo
The Acid at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Barbarian and Oliver Trolley at the Bootleg HiFi
Matt Ellis and Leggy Peggy at Harvard & Stone
The All-American Rejects, Mia Maestro, the Fontaines and Moon at the Hotel Café
Katy Rose, Fiona Grey, Rywolf and the Octobers at the Silverlake Lounge
The Brave Ones and Zach Kibbee at the Satellite
Crazy Eyes, Wax Children and Snow Wite at the Smell
High Drags and Tommy Peacock at King King
Kinshire Way at Malo
Ceci Bastida, Fermin Muguruza, Tania de Sousa and Nina Coyote ETA Chico Tornado at the Virgil
The Ukulele Orchestra of the Western Hemisphere, Bird & Moon, the Evangenitals and Josephine Johnson at El Cid
Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, McTuff and Robbie Gennet at the Mint
Niki Bente and Todd McCool at the Hard Rock Hollywood
Con Bro Chill and Intergalactix at the Roxy Theatre
Belanova at the House of Blues Sunset Strip
Meesha Black, Quote Unquote, Andrea Sandoval and Sweet Bleeding Heart at the HOB Voodoo Lounge
The New Division at Complex
Matthew Van Winkle Band at the Escondite
Supersession and Corn Doggy Dog at Saint Rocke
Smooth Hound Smith, Jameson and Robert Jon & Kris Butcher at the Wayfarer
Army of the Pharaohs, Vinnie Paz, Apathy, Celph Titled, Outerspace, Reef the Lost Cause and Esoteric at the Observatory
One Ok Rock at the House of Blues Anaheim
Secret Show and Golden Bear of the West at the Federal Underground
Phish at the Santa Barbara Bowl
Wildcat! Wildcat! at UC Riverside
George Kahn at the Catalina Bar & Grill

Thursday, Oct. 23

TV On the Radio and Natsha Kmeto at the Mayan Theater
Matisyahu, Cisco Adler and Radical Something at Club Nokia
Jessie Ware at the Tower Theatre
The Melvins and Le Butcherettes at the Troubadour
Kimbra and Empress Of at the Roxy Theatre
Colin Hay at the Largo at the Coronet
Rufus du Sol at the Fonda Theatre
Hillsong United at the Forum
Derrick Brown at the Bootleg HiFi
Sloan at the Bootleg HiFi
Daniel Lanois at the Grammy Museum
James David, Milo Bloom, the Dunwells, Dalton and Mackenzie at the Hotel Café
Allo Darlin’ at the Echo (early show)
Tom Vek at the Echo (late show)
La Femme, Sego and Drinking Flowers at the Echoplex
Movement at the Satellite
Kat Edmondson and Jerome Holloway at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Black Bananas, Gap Dream and Al Lover at Los Globos
Manhattan Murder Mystery, Seasons and Jammy and the Smack at the Redwood Bar
The Podunk Poets and Greg Felden at El Cid
Jeff Austin Band at the Mint
Rob Burnell at the Hard Rock Hollywood
Kina at Genghis Cohen
Koffin Kats at the Whisky a Go Go
Beck Black, Kill My Coquette, Quinn Archer and Twenty7 at the Viper Room
P!nk at the House of Blues Sunset Strip
The Company and Alexa Ferr at the HOB Voodoo Lounge
Spaceships at the Melody Lounge
Ron Tanski at Saint Rocke
The Lucky Lonely, Magic Giant and Shoos Off at the Wayfarer
Space Waves, Light FM and XO at Alex’s Bar
G-Eazy, E-40 and Jay Ant at the Observatory
Big Ups and LVL Up at the Constellation Room
Klingande and Monkey Safari at the Observatory (Late Show)
Suicide Silence and the Black Dahlia Murder at the Yost Theater
Juanes at the San Manuel Indian Bingo & Casino
The Doorknockers at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club

Friday, Oct. 24

Bob Dylan at the Dolby Theatre
Placebo [pictured] and the Moth & the Flame at Club Nokia
Erasure and Superhumanoids at the Hollywood Palladium
Broken Bells and Austra at the Orpheum Theatre
Charli XCX and Elliphant at the Mayan
Trampled By Turtles and Elephant Revival at the Fonda Theatre
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Miniature Tigers and Madi Diaz at the Tower Theater
Mineral and Into It. Over It. at the Roxy Theatre
Big Freedia at the Echoplex
Monophonics at the Satellite
Army of the Pharaohs at the El Rey Theatre
Intocable at the Greek Theatre
Phish at the Forum
Fantasia and Brian McKnight at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live
The Four Tops at the Fred Kavli Theatre
Paul Anka at the Saban Theatre
Roberto Fonseca at the Bootleg HiFi
Joanna Borromeo at the Bootleg HiFi
Big Ups and LVL UP at Jewel’s Catch One
Hank & Cupcakes, Mad Moon Riot, Brown Shoe and Figs Vision at the Silverlake Lounge
Hollie Cook and Jackie Mendez at the Echo
Dylan Ryan / Sand, L.A. Takedown and SK Kakraba Band at the Center for the Arts Eagle Rock
The Spits, Timmy’s Organism and Doses at Los Globos
Cinder Cone, Reptoid and Select Sex at the Smell
Love Revisited, Pugwash and Bunnynose at El Cid
Marketa Irglova, Rosi Golan, Truth & Salvage Co, Griffin House and Fairbanks at the Hotel Café
Craig Robinson & the Nasty Delicious, Jef Scott, the Soul of John Black, Jeffrey Ross and JB Smoove at the Mint
Mike Burke at the Hard Rock Hollywood
Show Ponies, Before the Brave, Moonsville Collective and Skin & Bones at the Troubadour
Satan and Magic Circle at the Whisky a Go Go
Glam-O-Rama, Prima Donna, Woolly Bandits and Glam Skanks at the Viper Room
Roby Rand at the Viper Room Lounge
Reece Lyons, Sparky, Will & Phil, Sammy Plotkin and Color Me Home at the HOB Voodoo Lounge
Golden West, Kamal Khan, Lakin Saucedo, Jamey Damrill and Roses & Cigarettes at the HOB Foundation Room
Dani Ivory, Panic in Eden, Camile Youssef and Talia Lawrence at the HOB Parish Room
Jon Brion at the Largo at the Coronet
The Barry Zweig Trio at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Nell Robinson and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Street Dogs, Left Alone, Amigo the Devil and Drunk Folk at Alex’s Bar
Kimbra at the Observatory
Wiz Khalifa at the Observatory (Late Show)
Catfish & the Bottlemen at the Constellation Room
Lorenzo de Monteclaro and Korina Lopez at the House of Blues Anaheim
The Janoskians at the Riverside Municipal Auditorium
The Dan Band at the Coach House
Knotfest at the San Manuel Amphitheater
Sound Factory at Yost Theater
La Bamba at the California Theatre of the Performing Arts
ZZ Lightfoot, the Whereabouts and Firemelon & Lime Street at the Hogue Barmichaels
Poncho Sanchez at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club

Saturday, Oct. 25

Bob Dylan at the Dolby Theatre
Erasure and Superhumanoids at the Hollywood Palladium
Tinariwen at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex
Tenacious D’s Festival Supreme at the Shrine Expo Hall and Grounds
Broken Bells and Austra at the Orpheum Theatre
The Afghan Whigs and Joseph Arthur at the Fonda Theatre
St. Lucia and Robert DeLong at the Belasco Theatre
KCRW Masquerade, with Tokimonsta, Tom Vek, Hollie Cook, Chris Malinchak, Bonobo (DJ set) and Les Sins, at the Park Plaza Hotel
Francisco the Man, Hands and Dustin Lovelis at the Bootleg HiFi
Beach Goth at the Observatory (three stages), featuring the Growlers, the Drums, DIIV, Joyce Manor, Foxygen, The Sweet & Tender Hooligans, Atlas Sound, Alice Glass of Crystal Castles, Andrew Jackson Jihad, Chelsea Wolfe, Bleached, The Garden, Cherry Glazerr, Tijuana Panthers, Shannon & The Clams plays Metallica, Com Truise, The Spits, La Femme, Mariachi El Bronx, the Dickies, Mystic Braves, The Aquadolls, Cosmonauts, Mr Elevator & The Brain Hotel, Corners, The Abigails, Vacationer, White Arrows, Empress Of, Hindu Pirates, Gap Dream, Blake Miller, Broncho, LA Witch, Cat Signs, Cheryll, Emily’s Army, Walter TV, Prism Tats, Avalon and Neo Globs
Tennis, Pure Bathing Culture and Devon Williams at the Troubadour
Gorgon City and Burn Unit at the El Rey Theatre
Wiz Khalifa at the House of Blues Sunset Strip
The Janoskians at the Wiltern
Luke Bryan at the Hollywood Bowl
Leon Russell at the Saban Theatre
Siavash Ghomayshi at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live
Afternoons at Origami Vinyl
Bell Stray, Automatic and Wages Still at the Silverlake Lounge
Amaya LTD Sindrome, Generacion Suicida, Fester Youth, Dexmadre, Illegal Noise, Rabia Al Sistema and Black Zone at Los Globos
Medusa, Linafornia, GalaxyKat and Tha Next Mone’t at the Smell
Sasquatch, White Dynomite and the Freeks at El Cid
Signor Benedick the Moor, Ancient Animals, Terminal A and French Vanilla at Pehrspace
Marketa Irglova, Rosi Golan, Love Inks, Stamps, the Tropics and Hunny at the Hotel Café
Precious Metal, ChemoWize, Kelly’s Lot, Wild Side and Susette Andres at the Mint
Bam Margera & F—face Unstoppable, Polkadot Cadaver and Lionize at the Whisky a Go Go
Mineral and Into It. Over It. at the Roxy Theatre
Madus, Levels, Papafish and Sonic Reducer at the Viper Room
Mr. Kitty at Complex
Neighbors at Lot 1 Cafe
Brad Kay’s Regressive Jazz Quartet at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Ellis Paul at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
The Barstow Boyz at the Wayfarer
Revolution Mother at Alex’s Bar
“Local Brews, Local Grooves,” with the Record Company, the Devious Means, the Gromble, Magic Giant, Gardeners Logic, Wetwood Smokes, Nilu, the Higgs, the Originalites, Morgan Mallory, Moonlight, Graham David Rosales, Steve Maggiora, Robert Jon & Kris Butcher, Big Monsta and Randsburg at the House of Blues Anaheim
Knotfest at the San Manuel Amphitheater
La Bamba at the California Theatre of the Performing Arts
Johnny Vatos at the Canyon
Brazzabelle and Elex at the Yost Theater
Frank Stallone at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club

Sunday, Oct. 26

Bob Dylan at the Dolby Theatre
Hall & Oates at the Greek Theatre
Wiz Khalifa at the House of Blues Sunset Strip
Vacationer, Brick & Mortar and Monster Rally at the Roxy Theatre
Alter Bridge at the Wiltern
Luke Bryan at the Forum
Daniel Bambaata Marley at the Bootleg HiFi
The Pretty Flowers, Jonas, the Elephant Bachelors and Negative Creep at the Echo
Neil Hamburger, Brendon Walsh, Johnny Pemberton, Chris Crofton and Clownvis at the Satellite
Incendiary, Downpresser, New Brigade and God’s Hate at Los Globos
Del Champion, Garate, the Anti-Job and Bogan Via at the Virgil
Ivan Vargas at El Cid
Hemming, Steps of Doe and Mendeleyev at the Hotel Café
Jordan J, J.A. Holden Exp, Jim-E-O, Jeremy Crooks, Troy Noka and YrF at the Mint
Cinderella’s Tom Keifer at the Whisky a Go Go
Eric Zayne, No Jet Left, X’s & Arrows and JHNJLN at the Viper Room
We Are Gold and Josiah Leming at the HOB Voodoo Lounge
Sean Rowe and Nightmare Boy at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Steven McClintock at Saint Rocke
The Brothers Zmed, Annie McQueen and David & Olivia at the Wayfarer
Lords of Beacon House, Solar Sons and Send Medicine at Alex’s Bar
Phantogram at the Observatory
The Preatures at the Constellation Room
Tycho at Pappy & Harriet’s in Pioneertown
Leon Russell and Four Sue at the Coach House
Knotfest at the San Manuel Amphitheater
La Bamba at the California Theatre of the Performing Arts
Neco & Madchild at the Yost Theater
Mad Caddies at the Gaslamp
Cabarabia at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club

Photo of Placebo by Heiko Laschitzki