Anna Acosta on February 2nd, 2015

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Incoming: Patti Smith, Avid Dancer, Banta, Run River North, LP, Scavenger Hunt, Young Creatures, Dead Meadow, Matteo Setti, G-Eazy, Bass Drum of Death, Dreaming Bull, Wet & Reckless, the Sound Reasons, Lettuce, Seinabo Sey, AKW, Bebe Rexha, You Blew It!, Cage the Elephant, John Oates, Dengue Fever, Partynextdoor, Sage, the Happy Hollows, Sam Outlaw, Babes, No Parents, BJ the Chicago Kid, Ted Russell Kamp, Shawn Mendes, Robert DeLong, Hozier, Alvin Risk, Seether, Above & Beyond, RL Grime, Haylet Kiyoko, Al Stewart, A-Trak, Dax Riggs, Keaton Simons, Unwritten Law, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Gwen Stefani, Excision, Neil Sedaka, Jesse Harris, Lloyd Cole, Weyes Blood, Murder by Death, Big Sean, Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Junior Reid, Warpaint, Zola Jesus

Above: The video for Kentucky rockers Cage the Elephant’s single “Cigarette Daydreams” — they play Wednesday at the Observatory in Santa Ana and Thursday and Friday at the L.A.’s Tower Theatre. Their latest album “Melophobia” is nominated for a Grammy.

Our staff picks of the week:

@KRBronson recommends: The Natural History Museum’s popular First Fridays series kicks off its 2015 season on Friday night, with Robert DeLong heading up a lineup that includes Tom Vek and Quitapenas.

@Seraphina_L recommends: First Fridays may kick off at the end of the week, but Monday kicks off February’s strong residencies. You got: Avid Dancer with Los Angeles Police Department and Northern American at the Echo; Banta with Hearty Har, Swiss Alps and Boroughs at the Satellite; Scavenger Hunt with LA Girlfriend and Nicky Blitz at the Bootleg HiFi; Young Creatures with Livingmore, Nacosta and Mars & Massacre at Silverlake Lounge.

After the jump, the week ahead:

Monday, Feb. 2

Patti Smith at the Roxy Theatre
Avid Dancer, Los Angeles Police Department and Northern American at the Echo
Banta, Hearty Har, Swiss Alps and Boroughs at the Satellite
Run River North and Steven McMorran (of Satellite) at the Troubadour
LP, PPL MVR, Stone Cold Fox and Robin Bacior at Bardot
Scavenger Hunt, LA Girlfriend and Nicky Blitz at the Bootleg HiFi
Young Creatures, Livingmore, Nacosta and Mars & the Massacre at the Silverlake Lounge
Iris, Ramonda Hammer and Sullen Ray at Harvard & Stone
Open Mic at El Cid
The Midnight Run, the Red Pears, Eindrah and Chelsea Dash at the Mint
Dead Meadow, Church of Sun and Winter at the Continental Room
The Bluffs, Gantez, Coleidoscope and the Jetties at the Wayfarer
Bush at the Riverside Municipal Auditorium
Kenny Burrell at the Catalina Bar & Grill

Tuesday, Feb. 3

Matteo Setti at the El Rey Theatre
G-Eazy at the Wiltern
Bass Drum of Death, Beach Party and Blake Johns at the Echo
Dreaming Bull, Nacosta and Austin Kolbe at the Satellite
S (Jenn Ghetto), Slothrust and Edith Crash at the Bootleg HiFi
Redwood Stills, Breanna Kennedy and the Dirty Shakes at the Silverlake Lounge
Wet & Reckless, Kirpatrick Thomas (Spindrift) with Daniel Allaire ( Brian Jonestown Massacre) and the Electric Magpie at Harvard & Stone
The Sound Reasons, the Singles and Vox Waves at Los Globos
Little Dove at the Escondite
Dave, John, Forrest and Andy at Lot 1
This Machine Kills Zombies, Hyacinth Girl, Solar Sons and Beca at the Virgil
Iliona Blanc, Dameht and Antonella Barba at the Viper Room
The Pig Lady, CT Assaults and more at La Cita
Lucky Devils Band at Molly Malone’s
Wynn at the Ace Hotel (upstairs)
Open Mic at Saint Rocke
The Aggrolites at the Observatory
Og Maco at the Observatory (Late Show)
Randy Emata at the Federal Bar
Travis Rogers at the Catalina Bar & Grill

Wednesday, Feb. 4

Lettuce and Break Science at the El Rey Theatre
Seinabo Sey and Gavin James at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
G-Eazy at the Wiltern
Haim at the Grammy Museum
AKW and the Active Set at Harvard & Stone
Bebe Rexha, Nostalghia, Holychild and Conway at the Roxy Theatre
You Blew It!, Tiny Moving Parts, Rozwell Kid and Kid Cadaver at the Echo
LightWorks, Red Undead and MRCH at the Silverlake Lounge
Beware of Safety, Barrows and Whale Fall at the Satellite
Los Angelics, Andrew London, Sounds Like Disco and Wirewalker at Los Globos
Livingmore, Patrolled by Radar and the Sunset Drifters at 3 Clubs
Carolyn Wonderland, the Coffis Brothers & the Mountain Men and Suddenly Boy N Girl at the Mint
Lucy Morningstar at the Hard Rock Hollywood
Battle of the Bands at the Bootleg HiFi
Brett Scallions, Carbonine and Ben Nomura at Saint Rocke
Shape Pitaki, Figs Vision, Forebear, the End of Summer and Sapphire Road at the Wayfarer
Bass Drum of Death, Zig Zags, Rudy de Anda and Highlands at Alex’s Bar
Cage the Elephant at the Observatory
John Oates at Mozambique
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band at the Coach House
The Federal Affair at the Federal Bar
The Thom Rotella 4tet at the Catalina Bar & Grill

Thursday, Feb. 5

Cage the Elephant at the Tower Theatre
Imagine Dragons at the Mayan Theatre
Dengue Fever, Ethio Cali, Major Entertainer and Ghostcore at the Echoplex
The Happy Hollows, Torches and Roses at the Satellite
Sam Outlaw, the Eagle Rock Gospel Singers and Phoebe Bridgers at the Echo
BJ the Chicago Kid at the Troubadour
Partynextdoor at the Fonda Theatre
Sage and Tien at the Bootleg HiFi
The Floozies, Manic Focus and Thumpur at the Roxy Theatre
Shawn Mendes, Hoodie Allen, MisterWives, Jacquie Lee and Ryn Weaver at the House of Blues Sunset Strip
Water District, Zentonic and Ejj at the Silverlake Lounge
John Oates at Amoeba
Babes and Float Fall at Dirty Laundry
Felix Martin, Barishi and Sons of Orion at Los Globos
No Parents, the Lovely Bad Things and Feels at the Smell
Ted Russell Kamp, Ashleigh Flynn and the Sunset Drifters at El Cid
Matt Ryan King, This Boy That Girl, Nora Rothman & Daniel Krause, Bohkeh, Jed’s A Millionaire and Michelle Delamor at the Mint
Dawn Richard at the Viper Room
Shana Halligan at Acabar
The Abigails, Dirty Dress and Wild Pack of Canaries at Harvard & Stone
Triosphericus, Hyperbolic Quartet, Baast and Sun Duel at Cafe NELA
Tony Furtado and Stephanie Schneiderman at Genghis Cohen
The Bunny Gang, Hoist the Colors, Yotam Ben Horin and Donald Spence at Saint Rocke
Gantez, Creatures Choir and Ford Prefect at the Wayfarer
The Dollyrots at Alex’s Bar
Pinback and David Huntsberger at the Constellation Room
Tropkillaz and Haterade at the Yost Theater
Citizen Cope at the Coach House
Tommy Emmanuel and Clive Carroll at the Plaza Del Sol Performance Hall
Blackstreet and Bell Biv Devoe at the San Manuel Indian Bingo & Casino
Phil Norman Tentet at the Catalina Bar & Grill

Friday, Feb. 6

Robert DeLong, Tom Vek and Quitapenas at the Natural History Museum
Hozier [pictured] at the Fonda Theatre
Cage the Elephant at the Tower Theatre
Alvin Risk, Nadastrom and Kodak to Graph at the El Rey Theatre
Seether and Papa Roach at the Wiltern
Above & Beyond at the Forum
A-Trak, Com Truise and Body Language at the Echoplex
Dax Riggs, Rocco DeLuca and Pretty Pretty Fukt at the Satellite
My Brother, My Brother and Me at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
K. Michelle at the Saban Theatre
RL Grime at the Hollywood Palladium
Hayley Kiyoko, Air Life and TeamMate at the Bootleg HiFi
Al Stewart at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Minnow at Origami Vinyl
Nyemiah Supreme and SIYA at the Lyric Theatre
Keaton Simons at Mrs. Fish
Pi Jacobs, Little Lonely, Ranger and Leggy Peggy at the Silverlake Lounge
Leftover Crack, Blackbird Raum, Juicy Karkass, Homesick Abortions and Banned For Life at Los Globos
Godzik Pink, TraPsPs and Moi at the Smell
Name the Band, Melted, the Living Strange, Polyan and the Johnson Sisters at Lot 1
Love Revisited and the Loons at El Cid
WMX, Lilacs, Ghost Noise and Dawn of Sequins at Pehrspace
John Oates, Keaton Simons, the Absolute and the Brevet at the Hotel Café
Royal Southern Brotherhood, Malloy and Chase Walker Band at the Mint
Mark Mackay at the Hard Rock Hollywood
Blackberry Smoke and Matthew Curry at the Troubadour
Bang Tango at the Whisky a Go Go
Haywyre at the Roxy Theatre
Metalachi, Dirty Cakes and No Babies No Bullets at the Viper Room
Mad Temple, the Dirty Diamond, Valora and Stemlife at the House of Blues Sunset Strip
Fred Eaglesmith and Devon Rowland at Molly Malone’s
Unwritten Law, Wraths, Eken is Dead and 007 Reunion at Saint Rocke
Black Gatsby and friends at 3 Clubs
Danger Junkies, EFFU, Mandola and No Pity for a Crowd at Cafe NELA
Unsancitified, Unicorn Death, Cursed and Bombs Overhead at Complex
Bikos and Black Widows at Taix
Jackshit and Welcome Home at Molly Malone’s
Hunter & the Dirty Jacks and more at WitZend
My Double, My Brother at Fingerprints
Wax Motif at the Wayfarer
Partynextdoor at the Observatory
Puddle of Mudd, Anger the Giant and Stereotype at the Coach House
Citizen Cope at the Fred Kavli Theatre
North Indian Tabla Drum Concert at UC Riverside
Kenny Wayne Shepherd at the Canyon
Palo at the Catalina Bar & Grill

Saturday, Feb. 7

Gwen Stefani at the Orpheum Theatre
Excision at the Hollywood Palladium
Neil Sedaka at the Saban Theatre
Big Sean and Jacob Plant at the House of Blues Sunset Strip
Jesse Harris and Henry Wolfe at the Bootleg HiFi
Murder By Death and Rocky Votolato at the Roxy Theatre
Electroluxx, with Caroline D’Amore, Tracer, Havoc, Disco Dust, Mike Clark, Blaus, Yobill and Superinto.it at the Bootleg Theater
Lloyd Cole at the Largo at the Coronet
Weyes Blood and Mary Lattimore at Jewel’s Catch One
Virginia Reed at Origami Vinyl
Hang Time and Them Jeans at Los Globos
Mishka Shubaly at Loaded Hollywood
Negro Galacticus, Once You Go Black, Weapon Of Choice and the Kidneys at the Smell
The BlueBonnets, Death Valley Girls and Jane Lee Hooker at El Cid
Dorian Wood, Clutch the Pearls and Happy For You at Pehrspace
Noah Guthrie & Gabe Dixon, Catherine Feeny & Chris Johnedis and Jeremiah Webb at the Hotel Café
Robert Glasper Experiment at the Mint
Blackberry Smoke and Matthew Curry at the Troubadour
Pseudo Echo and Human Brother at the Viper Room
Fred Eaglesmith and Tif Ginn at Molly Malone’s
Big Smo, Kathryn Dean and Abby Hankins & the Lionheads at Saint Rocke
Al Stewart at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Dustbowl Revival at Boulevard Music
Trouble Maker, Party Force, Hellions and Fink Bombs at Cafe NELA
The Higgs, Eminence Ensemble and Grampas Grass at the Wayfarer
The Empire Strikes Back, 8 Kalacas, Roncovacoco and La Pobreska at the Constellation Room
Behemoth, Cannibal Corpse, Aeon and Tribulation at the Observatory
Gin Blossoms and the Relatives at the Coach House
Jim Brickman at the Fred Kavli Theatre
Calabria Foti at the Catalina Bar & Grill

Sunday, Feb. 8

Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga at the Wiltern
Warpaint and Vs Colour at the Roxy Theatre
Buffy Sainte-Marie and Aaron Embry at the Bootleg HiFi
Junior Reid, Natural Vibes and Karlos Paez at the Glass House
The Bilinda Butchers and XO at the Echo
Brody Stevens, White Fang, Esther Povitsky, Jay Weingarten and Jesse Elias at the Satellite
Polyan & the Johnson Sisters, Nectarine, Mumble & Ghost and In Tents at the Smell
Jayson Belt, Ryan Webster, Fielding and Daena Jay at the Mint
Gin Blossoms and Garrett Lee Robinson at Saint Rocke
Ernest Troost and Happy Traum at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Body of Light, Some Ember and DIN at Complex
Open Mic at the Silverlake Lounge
Murder By Death and Rocky Votolato at the Wayfarer
CH3, Allday, Walk Proud, Mother of Dissension, Visual Discrimination, Sorry State, Skaal, Useless Intent and Stand Guard at Alex’s Bar (Matinee Show)
The Bluebonnets and Jane Lee Hooker at Alex’s Bar
Leftover Crack, Blackbird Raum, Litmus Green, Juicy Karkass and Homesick Abortions at the Observatory
Zola Jesus, Deradoorian and Bouque at the Constellation Room
Abby Hankins, the Battlefield, Roses & Cigarettes, Golden West, Sophia Scott and Major Minus at the Federal Bar
Vanessa Jourdan at the Federal Underground

Photo by Kelly Rosales