Anna Acosta on December 8th, 2014

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Incoming: KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas, Dave Stewart & Friends, Madi Diaz, Sego, Opeth, Augustana, Eric Hutchinson, Kan Wakan, Dear Boy, Eastern Conference Champions, JMSN, James Blake, Andrew Bird, Tune-Yards, the Ataris, Ryn Weaver, Big Search, FMLYBND, Kingdoms, Howie Day, Ryan Adams, Jenny Lewis, Allah-Las, the Icarus Line, Black Belt Karate, Pepper, Gaby Moreno, De Lux, the Far West, Kina Grannis, Jhene Aiko, Melissa Etheridge, Roadkill Ghost Choir, Arrica Rose & the …’s, Museum of Love, Jail Weddings, the Barr Brothers, Hohotel benefit shows, Sound Remedy, My Brightest Diamond, Reverend Horton Heat, Aaron Carter, American Football, Yung Lean, the Lonely Wild, Gardens & Villa, Ceasefire, Charlie Hunter, A Winged Victory for the Sullen

Above: Director Tom Jobbins’ video for Tune-Yards’ “Real Thing,” from the new album “Nikki Nack.” Tune-Yards, aka Merril Garbus, visit the Wiltern on Wednesday night with Cibo Matto supporting.

Our staff picks of the week:

@KRBronson recommends: In a week of stellar local shows that include Madi Diaz, Sego, Kan Wakan, Dear Boy, Big Search, Jail Weddings, Allah-Las De Lux, Gardens & Villa, the Lonely Wild, Hobart W Fink and more, there’s one by a band that doesn’t get out much: Hardcore dudes the Icarus Line, who this summer released a new EP “Avowed Slavery,” are doing their “annual L.A. show” on Thursday at the Echoplex. There’s a very special guest planned, but we can’t say anything just yet.

@Seraphina_L recommends: Ryan Adams has two dates this week – Thursday at the Fox Theater in Pomona with Jenny Lewis, and then the KCSN-FM benefit concert on Friday at the Valley Performing Arts Center in Northridge, where he performs on a stacked bill with Conor Oberst and David Gray.

After the jump, the week ahead:

Monday, Dec. 8

Dave Stewart & Friends and Hollie Stephenson at the Roxy Theatre
Madi Diaz, Mosco Rosco and King at the Troubadour
Sego, Andrew St. James, BORNS and Halfbluud at It’s a School Night are Bardot
The Black & the White, TeamMate, Midnight Faces and Wages at the Bootleg HiFi
The Sunset Drifters, the Electric Fields, David Steele, Raven Clawhammer and Byrd Dogs at the Silverlake Lounge
Girlpool, Upset, Traps PS and Michael Vidal at the Echo
Cannabis Corpse, Mammoth Grinder, Inanimate Existence and Witchhaven at the Echoplex
Kissing Cousins, W.A.R.S., Cataline and the Singles at the Satellite
Open Mic at El Cid
Zane Carney, Andy Allo, Javier Dunn and Alfa at the Hotel Café
Summer Jane Bell at Harvard & Stone
Jeffertitti’s Nile at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Chinese Wax Job, Gantez and Some Days at the Wayfarer
Action Bronson at the Observatory
Kenny Burrell at the Catalina Bar & Grill

Tuesday, Dec. 9

Kan Wakan and Niia at the Troubadour
Dear Boy, Nightmare Air and Halfbluud at the Bootleg HiFi
Opeth, In Flames and Red Fang at the Hollywood Palladium
Augustana and Scars on 45 at the Fonda Theatre
Eric Hutchinson, Tristan Prettyman and Nick Howard at the El Rey Theatre
JMSN, Olivver and Spelles at the Echo
Benefit for the Los Angeles Mission, with Eastern Conference Champions, Some Go Haunting and PARIS, at the Ham & Eggs Tavern
James Blake and Airhead at the Roxy Theatre
Andrew Bird at the Largo at the Coronet
Redwood Stills, Patrolled By Radar and Troy Romzek at the Silverlake Lounge
The Memories, Joel Jerome, Psychomagic, Wyatt Blair and Billy Changer at the Echoplex
Drug Cabin, JC August and Thieves at the Satellite
Hedgehog Swing at El Cid
The Battlefield, Whiskey & Wine, Sariyah Idan & Dez Hope, Cooper Phillip and Leah Capelle at the Hotel Café
Private Island at Harvard & Stone
TULIPS at La Cita
Tim Permanent and Ja-Nae Duane at Molly Malone’s
Dragon Smoke at the Mint
Battlecross, Wretched and War of Ages at the Whisky a Go Go
Cody Wise , Nylon Pink, Tay Jasper, Joe Smith, Austin Kolbe, Kristinia Debarge, Darius Shipp and Forecast at the House of Blues Sunset Strip
Punk Bunny, Scared Spiders, Mango Dreamers, Savage Fury, Everyday People and Broken Man at the HOB Parish
Rick Lawndale, Johnny Bennett, Storey & the Tellers, Phreckle$, the Big Surprise, RIvermaker and Drop Tank at the HOB Foundation Room
Matthew Jordan at WitZend
Insects vs. Robots at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Open Mic at Saint Rocke
Del the Funky Homosapien at the Observatory
Merle Haggard at the Canyon
Randy Emata at the Federal Bar
Jackie Gage at the Catalina Bar & Grill

Wednesday, Dec. 10

Tune-Yards and Cibo Matto at the Wiltern
The Ataris, Fenix TX and Floodlove at the El Rey Theatre
Ryn Weaver at the the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Big Search, Bouquet and White Dove at the Satellite
FMLYBND, the Wild Wild, Sisters and J Laser at the Echo
1-800-Dinosaur at the Sound Nightclub
Hillsong at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live
Step Rockets, James Davis, Mexico City Blondes, Public and We Found New Music at the Bootleg HiFi
Bizzy Kiddo, Young Creatures, the Active Set and LA River Bend at the Silverlake Lounge
Jungle Fire, El Conjunto, Nuevo Ola and Maria y Jose at the Regent
Kingdoms, Rosechild and Kim Anh at Los Globos
Clutch the Pearls, Yvette Dudoit and Sabyrtooth at El Cid
Matt Hopper, Michael Starr (record release), the Hereafter and Korey Dane at the Hotel Café
Stage 11 and Uberband at the Mint
Jesse MacLeod at the Hard Rock Hollywood
Raury at the Troubadour
From First to Last and Dayshell at the Whisky a Go Go
American Hi-Fi, Roll the Tanks, Drug the Kids and Bullet & Snowfox at the Viper Room
Angelo Bundini at Molly Malone’s
Howie Day and Kapali Long at Saint Rocke
Eric Hutchinson, Tristan Prettyman and Nick Howard at the Observatory
The Icarus Line, Zig Zags, Zodiac Death Valley and Wake Up Lucid at the Constellation Room
Phillip Phillips at the City National Grove of Anaheim
The Federal Affair at the Federal Bar
George Kahn at the Catalina Bar & Grill

Thursday, Dec. 11

Ryan Adams and Jenny Lewis at the Fox Theater Pomona
Allah-Las, Tashaki Miyaki and Dream Boys at the El Rey Theatre
The Icarus Line, Zig Zags, Zodiac Death Valley, Neo Globs and Death Valley Girls at the Echoplex
De Lux [pictured], Gavin Turek and Lavashark at Bahia Live (Club Bahia)
Phillip Phillips and Saints of Valory at Club Nokia
Black Belt Karate, Hobart W Fink and Will Love at the Satellite
Celtic Woman Christmas at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live
Karrin Allyson at the Catalina Bar & Grill
Josh Garrels and Jason Barrows at the Bootleg HiFi
ZiBBZ, Los Angelics, Lets Drive to Alaska, My Empty Phantom and Animal Games at the Silverlake Lounge
The Far West, Sam Outlaw, Reverend Baron and Ruby Force at the Echo
Nadus, KJ Dreayshawn, Liz, Leikeli47, Arnold, Suspect and Kat Dahlia at Los Globos
The Living Strange, Kid Cadaver and Missions at the Smell
Little Faith and Funkyjenn (record release) at El Cid
Beck Black and Fortress Social Club at Dirty Laundry
Hohotel Benefit for LAFD Spark of Love Toy Drive, with Act As If, Buddy, Zane Carney, Charlie Clark, David & Devine, Distant Cousins, Joel Eckels, Clark Graham, Ari Herstand, Josh Kelley, Jessie Payo, Chris Pierce, Joe Purdy, Keaton Simons, Smithfield Bargain, Jesse Thomas, Yellow Red Sparks, Young Romans and MacKenzie Bourg, at the Hotel Café
Pageantry, Fred Buehrer, Sit Kitty Sit, Go Tell the Eskimo, the Brave Ones and the Knitts at the Mint
Jessica Byrd at the Hard Rock Hollywood
Maya Rudolph & Gretchen Lieberum are Princess and Joey Dosik at the Troubadour
Burning Tree and Marc Ford at the Whisky a Go Go
The California Honeydrops and California Feetwarmers at the Roxy Theatre
The Records, House of Dolls and Son of Swan at the Viper Room
Pepper, the Movement and New Beat Fund at the House of Blues Sunset Strip
Intensity Follows, Karina Toriz, Tarot School and Brandyn & Molly Moore at the HOB Voodoo Lounge
Gaby Moreno at the Largo at the Coronet
Angelo Bundini at Molly Malone’s
The Dustbowl Revival, Moonsville Collective and Rusty Maples at the Wayfarer
Jeffertitti’s Nile, Wild Pack of Canaries and the Electric Magpie at Alex’s Bar
Jhene Aiko and SZA & the Internet at the Observatory
Grandtheft at Yost Theater
Howie Day, the Harmless Doves and Danielle Taylor at the Coach House
Ryan Adams and Jenny Lewis at the Fox Theater Pomona
Brooke White at the Scherr Forum Theatre
Guateque LBC, Midnight Magic, Slippers and Dustin Robinson at the Federal Underground
Ethan Kath at Shark Club

Friday, Dec. 12

Ryan Adams, Conor Oberst and David Gray at the Valley Performing Arts Center
Kina Grannis and Imaginary Future at the Fonda Theatre
Jhene Aiko, SZA, the Internet, Willow Smith and Anderson Paak at Club Nokia
Sound Remedy, Tincup and Kicks N’ Licks at the El Rey Theatre
Melissa Etheridge at the Orpheum Theatre
Roadkill Ghost Choir, Babes and Dustin Lovelis at the Bootleg HiFi
Arrica Rose & the …’s, Orange Umbrella and Fantastic Negrito at the Silverlake Lounge
Museum of Love at the Regent
My Brightest Diamond and Rabbit Rabbit at the Roxy Theatre
Jail Weddings, Jessica Hernandez & the Deltas and Isaac Rother & the Phantoms at the Echo
J Rocc at the Echoplex
The Barr Brothers and Leif Vollebekk at the Satellite
Jeffertitti’s Nile, Jjuujjuu, Adult Books and Prettiest Eyes at the Smell
Religious Girls, Dirt Dress and Lilacs at Jewel’s Catch One
Dylan Starrs, Black Yaya and Steps of Doe at El Cid
The Soft White Sixties at the Lyric Theatre
Hohotel Benefit for LAFD Spark of Love Toy Drive, with the Absolute, Shane Alexander, All Spots to Black, Broken Anchor, Cary Brothers, Coby Brown, Javier Dunn, Honey Country, Jim & Sam, Michael Bernard, Fitzgerald, Tyler Lyle, My Name Is You, Sleeping Wolf, Nobel, Ramsey, Ruby Force, the Silent War, Sweet Talk Radio, Dawn Thomas and Roof Beam Carpenters, at the Hotel Café
The Deserters, Nigel Walsh & his band, Kingwhistler, Stoury, Roman Blum and Firemelon at the Mint
Ben Woods at the Hard Rock Hollywood
Se7en Reasons Why, City Waves and the Broken Lyre at the Troubadour
Fartbarf at the Whisky a Go Go
Super Black Market, Young Flood, Dahniel Knight and Decadent Decades at the Viper Room
Reece Lyons, Pauli Pettit, Josh Boville, Sammy Plotkin and Will & Phil at the House of Blues Sunset Strip Voodoo Lounge
The Barry Zweig Trio at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Garland Jeffreys at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
The North, Dom Liberati and more at Molly Malone’s
Bodegas at Old Towne Pub
Big Mountain, Common Sense and Krooked Treez at Saint Rocke
AJ of Lose Control at Saint Rocke (Happy Hour)
Doc Martin, Wally Callerio and 1st Nature at the Wayfarer
Delta Nove at Alex’s Bar
Reverend Horton Heat, the Adicts, Smut Peddlers, the Hula Girls and Sean & Zander at the Observatory
Frankie Ballard and a Thousand Horses at the House of Blues Anaheim
X and the Blasters at the Coach House
Irish Christmas at the Fox Performing Arts Center
Lunasa and Karen Casey at the Fred Kavli Theatre
Suicidal Tendencies at the Riverside Municipal Auditorium
Joyce Manor and Toys That Kill at Rock City Studios
Karrin Allyson at the Catalina Bar & Grill

Saturday, Dec. 13

KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas, with Linkin Park, Rise Against, Incubus, Bush, System of a Down, Fall Out Boy, Walk the Moon, New Politics and Royal Blood, at the Forum
The Lonely Wild, LA Font and a House for Lions at the Bootleg HiFi
Gardens & Villa, Geneva Jacuzzi and TV Girl at the Echoplex
Ceasefire, We Are Kings & Queens and Fire in the Hamptons at the Viper Room
Aaron Carter, Pat Solo, TBTG and Matt Ryan King at the El Rey Theatre
American Football and the Dodos at the Fonda Theatre
Yung Lean, Sad Boys and Gravity Boys at the Regent
The Ukelady Janes, Our Hostpitality, Maxie Dean, Tim Vordtriede and Pat Cook at the Silverlake Lounge
College, D/A/D and Room8 at the Roxy Theatre
Jacques Greene, Groundislava, Low Limit, Mike Penthouse and Patrick Brian at Los Globos
The Abigails, the Pocket Rockets, the Frights and Ancient Animals at the Smell
Terror, H2O, Rotting Out, Internal Affairs, Hard Stance and Xibalba at Jewel’s Catch One
Howie Day & Anna Rose, King Washington and Jason Joseph & the Spectacular at the Hotel Café
Charlie Hunter and Scott Amendola at the Mint
Jeff Campbell, Skyebrook and Bratana at the Mint (Late Show)
Merry Minstrel Musical Circus at the Troubadour
Meytal Cohen at the Whisky a Go Go
Frankie Ballard and a Thousand Horses at the House of Blues Sunset Strip
Brad Kay’s Regressive Jazz Quartet at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Shelby Lynne at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Malaki, Elixir on Mute and more at Molly Malone’s
The Mighty Echoes at Genghis Cohen
Coolio, LIFE, LyraFlip, Ray Speakmore and Flowbis at Saint Rocke
Death By Stereo, the Greenery, Heartsounds and True Rivals at Alex’s Bar
Elektrik Gem at the Yost Theater
Swimmers, Cutty Flam and Curfew at the Constellation Room (Early Show)
Reverend Horton Heat, Cadillac Tramps and Jessica Hernandez & the Deltas at the Observatory
Allah-Las and Tashaki Miyaki at the Constellation Room
Common Sense, Big Mountain and Joint Committee at the Coach House
X at the Canyon
Karrin Allyson at the Catalina Bar & Grill

Sunday, Dec. 14

KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas, with Smashing Pumpkins, Modest Mouse, No Doubt, Tears for Fears, Weezer, Interpol, Imagine Dragons, Vance Joy and Alt-J at the Forum
Miyavi at the El Rey Theatre
A Winged Victory for the Sullen at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
American Football and David Bazan at the Fonda Theatre
Lili Haydn and Meiko at the Federal Bar (brunch show)
Tube & Berger, Freddy Be and Lee K at the Sound Nightclub
The Original Wailers at Mozambique
Yusuf/Cat Stevens at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live
Cosmonauts, Corners, Burnt Ones and Feels at the Echo
A Giant Dog, Useless Eaters and Prettiest Eyes at the Satellite
Ghost Noise, Goodnight Cody, howardAmb and In Tents at the Smell
Jonah Matranga, Michael Bernard Fitzgerald and Lakes & Hurricane Roses at the Hotel Café
Nick Thomas, the Heirs, Tarot School, Yellowbird Mantra and My Body Sings Electric at the Mint
The Forest Rangers and Dream Club at the Troubadour
Sam Tsui, Kurt Hugo Schneider and Macy Kate at the Roxy Theatre
A New Challenger Approaches, of the Earth, a Mirror Hollow, the Roscoe’s and Diversion at the Viper Room
Infinity Babes and Just Another Sensation at the Viper Room Downstairs Lounge
Suddenly Boy N Girl, Ghost Lit Kingdom, Under the Sun, Kill the Computer and St. Cello’s Fall at the House of Blues Sunset Strip
Terry Malts, Hard Left, Bad Daddies, Surprise Vacation and Spokenest at Cafe NELA
McCabe’s Annual Holiday Show at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Young Dubliners and Hoist the Colors at Saint Rocke
Fenix TX, the Burning of Rome and Skylark at the Wayfarer
The Dodos, Rudy de Anda and Dustin Lovelis at Alex’s Bar
Pepper at the Observatory
Kyle at the Constellation Room
Damage Inc., Memory Layne and Los Pendejos at the House of Blues Anaheim
Johnette Napolitano and Rhythm Turner at the Coach House
The Charlie Daniels Band at the Valley Performing Arts Center
The Mighty Met at the Canyon
Patty Peterson at the Catalina Bar & Grill

Photo of De Lux at First Fridays at the Natural History Museum, June 2014, by Carl Pocket