Anna Acosta on July 20th, 2015

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Incoming: Imagine Dragons, Beach Party, Sonny Boy Thorn, Soul Asylum, Big Talk, Basecamp, Andra Day, Sleep State, Barenaked Ladies, Violent Femmes, Meatbodies, Little Wolves, Two Sheds, HEALTH, Spin Doctors, Breathe Carolina, MRCH, Sad Robot, Walla, Dengue Fever, Charlie XCX, The Blank Tapes, Culture Club, Cubanismo, Juliette & the Licks, Joss Stone, Dam-Funk, La Chiva Gantiva, La Charanga Cubana, KMFDM, Hamish Anderson, The Kite String Tangle, The Ataris, Ballerina Black, The Black and the White, The Band Perry, Meghan Trainor, Dead Sara, Ducktails, Quiet Company, Pokey Lafarge, Penguin Prison, Freddie Gibbs, Chinatown Summer Nights, International Pop Overthrow, MXPX, Boyce Avenue, Bruce Cockburn, Steve Miller Band, TV on the Radio, Rickie Lee Jones, Joseph Arthur, Kenny Chesney, Cut Chemist, Acceptance, The Dead Ships, Spectacular Spectacular, Justin Nozuka, The Diamond Light, Aloe Blacc, Melissa Etheridge, Blondie, Boston, BTS, Social Distortion, Los Amigos Invisibles

Above: TV on the Radio kicks off the “Sound in Focus” series on Saturday at the Annenberg Space for Photography. Boxed In supports.

Here’s a rundown of this week’s shows:

Monday, July 20

Imagine Dragons, Metric and Halsey at the Honda Center
Beach Party, Swimm, Rexx and Little Magic at the Echo
Sonny Boy Thorn, the Shelters, Crystal Sister and Miles Tackett & the 3 Times at the Satellite
Big Talk and Snakearm at the Troubadour
Soul Asylum at the House of Blues Sunset Strip
Basecamp, Nylo, Sophia Black and Mike Gao at Club Bahia
Andra Day, Grace and Caverns at Bardot
Sleep State, Rywolf and Our Last Summer at the Silverlake Lounge
Crystal Ball at Pehrspace
Summer Twins, Kim & the Created and Pretty Little Demons at All-Star Lanes
The Band of Heathens, Joel Eckels and James TW at the Hotel Café
Electric Soul Parade, the Mud Howlers, the Sideshow Tragedy and the Wallburds at the Viper Room
Double Naught Spy Car at the Dresden
Iva Dawn at Harvard & Stone
Oh Boi, Grami 3 and more at the Lexington
Bird & the War, Bird Dog and Mount Baine at the Wayfarer
La Ley at the House of Blues Anaheim
5 Seconds of Summer at the Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre

Above: Alex & Sierra visit the Hotel Café on Tuesday in support of their debut album “It’s About Us.”

Tuesday, July 21

Barenaked Ladies, Violent Femmes and Colin Hay at the Greek Theatre
Natalia LaFourcade at the Regent Theater
Meatbodies, Feels and Mind Meld at the Echo
Little Wolves and Dutch Party at the Skybar at Mondrian
A Tribute to Squeeze, with Taylor Locke, Maxim Ludwig, Misty Boyce, Michael Blue, Eugene Edwards, Derek “Knuckles” Brown, Jerry Borge and Jag Sun, at the Satellite
Dead Folks, Shade, the Kaygles and Diamonds at Lot 1
Reggie Watts & Karen and the Peach Kings at El Cid
Alex & Sierra and Heymous Molly at the Hotel Café
Two Sheds, Emerson Star and All Spots to Black at Harvard & Stone
The Sideshow Tragedy, Kitty Kitty Judah, Polar Planet, Caitlin Lucia and Bugsy Hargrove at the Mint
Phil and Owl at the Whisky a Go Go
Shadow & the Mountain, Indigos, Rich, Emory Band and David Gab at the Viper Room
Fake Furs, Gnarvana, Contrafang, Toasted, The Mad Walls and Violet Mindflied at La Cita
John Isaac Watters and Scrote at Hyperion Tavern
Gjelina/GTA/Gjusta at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Heaps n Heaps at the Townhouse
Open Mic at Saint Rocke
Between the Buried & Me, Animals As Leaders and the Contortionist at the Observatory
Soul Asylum and Meat Puppets at the House of Blues Anaheim
Casualties and the Bad Engrish at the Moose
Kat Nestel, Luci, Voodoobilly, Chris Ayer and Genessa Gariano at the Federal Bar
Terry Okey, Molly Hanmer, Jezzebelle and Cactus Jam at Molly Malone’s
Nicolas Maldonado at the Catalina Bar & Grill

Wednesday, July 22

HEALTH at the Echo
Spin Doctors at the Grove
Breathe Carolina and Apek at the Troubadour
Charli XCX and Bleachers at the Pacific Amphitheatre
MRCH and Bogan Via at the Satellite
Liphemra and Taylor McFerrin at Low End Theory at the Airliner
Sad Robot, Omniflux and Coyote at El Cid
The Holy Hecks at the Silverlake Lounge
Frank Jung, Los Pachecos and Ni Modo at Los Globos
Juju Blooms, the Red Grenadines and Cristina Vane at Lot 1
Gungor, Dinosaur Parade, Andrew Corradini, Beachwood Coyotes and Connecting Stars at the Hotel Café
Armstrong Leigh at Harvard & Stone
Alpha Rev, Uncle Lucius and Drew Chadwick at the Mint
Venrez, the Augments Project, Enrot and Mirage Theory at the Viper Room
Stooges Brass Band, Terpsichords and Strut at Saint Rocke
Walla, Royaljag and more at Mrs. Fish
Slow White at Dirty Laundry
The Mourners, Nathan Rivera, Santina Giordano and Lonesome Leash at Cafe NELA
Cookie Tongue, MATH and Casey Chisholm at the Ham & Eggs Tavern
The Blank Tapes, Matt McCluer, FpodBpod and Indianna Hale at the Wayfarer
Dengue Fever, Church of Sun, Rudy de Anda and GhostCore at Alex’s Bar
Levitation Room, Santoros, La Witch, Adult Book and Tracy Bryant at the Constellation Room
Lilly Singh at the City National Grove of Anaheim
Willie Nelson at the Santa Barbara Bowl
Adrian McCovy at the Gaslamp
Pictureplane, Breather, Twanner and Bellhaunts at the Federal Underground
Casualties and Bad Engrish at the Garage
Diversity Credit, Flights Over Phoenix and the Garden at Molly Malone’s
Terron Brooks at the Federal Bar

Above: With her new album “Water for Your Soul” coming July 31, Joss Stone performs Thursday night at the Fonda Theatre.

Thursday, July 23

Culture Club at the Greek Theatre
Juliette & the Licks and Sweethead & the Zibbz at the El Rey Theatre
Joss Stone and Liz Vice at the Fonda Theatre
KMFDM, Chant, Ravens Moreland, Rev. John and Black Rainbow at the Regent Theater
HEALTH at the Echo
Cubanismo and Chicano Batman at the Twilight Concert Series at the Santa Monica Pier
Dam-Funk, Martin Luther and more at the Hammer Museum
The Ataris and Sederra at the Roxy Theatre
Hamish Anderson and Sam Morrow at the Mint
The Kite String Tangle and Lips at the Echo
The Mud Howlers, Flames of Durga and the Turns at the Satellite
La Chiva Gantiva at Sunset Concerts at the Skirball Center
La Charanga Cubana at Pershing Square
Jerkagram, Cinder Cone, YHWH and the Anti-Job at the Silverlake Lounge
Dub Club Reggae Show at Levitt Pavilion MacArthur Park
Ana Sia, Dot and Fei-Fei at Los Globos
SadGirl, Dabble and Mechachief at the Smell
Jolenes, Trevor McSpadden and Matt Campbell at El Cid
Red Wanting Blue, Seryn, Distant Cousins and Javier Dunn at the Hotel Café
Ballerina Black at Harvard & Stone
The Rigs, Haley Reinhart and All Hail at the Troubadour
Dr. Boogie, the Crazy Squeeze, Jordan Jones and the Radiohearts at the Viper Room
Breathe Carolina at the Glass House
The May Company at the Redwood
The Black and the White and Freedom Fry at Mrs. Fish
Buyepongo and La Chamba Chicha at La Cita
The Neptunas, EZ Tiger, Honeychain and Popsical at Cafe NELA
Fear Factory at the Complex
Intimatchine, New Evil and Electric Children at 3 Clubs
Ghostlight Orchestra at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Them Evils, Blue Eyed Lucy, Big Monsta and Wallburds at the Wayfarer
Tiger Tank at Alex’s Bar
Katchafire at the Observatory
Metro Boomin at the Constellation Room
Badflower and SWIMM at the Slidebar
Boyce Avenue at the House of Blues Anaheim
Will Sparks at the Yost Theater
Kiss at the San Manuel Indian Bingo & Casino
The Band Perry and Annie McQueen at the Pacific Amphitheatre
Free the Robots, Via Leaves, Bootleg Orchestra and Bobby Blunders at the Federal Underground
Rod Fritz, the Cougarachis, Loot and Automatic at Molly Malone’s
Dennis Dreith Band at the Catalina Bar & Grill

Friday, July 24

Imagine Dragons, Metric and Halsey at the Forum
Culture Club at the Greek Theatre
Meghan Trainor, Life of Dillon and Charlie Puth at the Hollywood Palladium
Dead Sara, Lost in Society and Dekades at the Glass House
“Soulection: Sound of Tomorrow,” with Joe Kay, Andre Power, Sosupersam, Esta, SPZRKT and Chris McClenney, at the Figat7th Downtown Festival
Nina Diaz at Levitt Pavilion Pasadena
Stooges Brass Band at Levitt Pavilion MacArthur Park
Victoria Rawlins and Downtown Horns at Summer Nights in the Gardens at the Natural History Museum
Cubanismo at the Echoplex
HEALTH at the Echo
Ducktails at the Getty
Pokey Lafarge and Quiet Life at the Troubadour
Penguin Prison at the Roxy Theatre
Freddie Gibbs at the House of Blues Sunset Strip
Kill Frenzy, Cut Snake, Worthy and Sam Hiller at Avalon Hollywood
Lakotah, Detroit Diesel Power, Starch Monkey, Christian Young, Venom Lab, Elliot Luke, Prophetcy, Sister Screamer, Porcelain Hill, Forensic Electric, AEF and F-71 at the Silverlake Lounge
The Flashbulb, the Abominable Twitch and Josh Eustis at the Satellite
Quiet Company, Sad Robot and the Knitts at Los Globos
Heller Keller, Roses and Melted at the Smell
Echo Park Social Kid, Stonechild, Send Medicine and the Maybe Somedays at El Cid
Peace Out, Sweet Reaper and Aimee Hunter at Pehrspace
Black Waat3r, Hemming, Highland Kites and Wes Filer at the Hotel Café
Sticky Fingers and Shikobi Inc. at the Mint
Spindrift and the Magic Wands at Mrs. Fish
Decry, RF7, Public Nuisance, Sorry State and Unit F at Cafe NELA
Phantom Machines, Wam Dingis and more at the Lexington
Ides Of Gemini, Clay Rendering, In Letter Form and DETH CRUX at the Complex
Family of Light and more at Ham & Eggs Tavern
Maple Mars, the Most, the Flower Machine and more at International Pop Overthrow at Fais Do-Do
The Barry Zweig Trio at the Del Monte Speakeasy
California Guitar Trio at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Matthew of Midwest Hype at Saint Rocke (Happy Hour)
Fort Romeau at the Wayfarer
Snakearm, RT n the 44s and Blind John Pope at Alex’s Bar
MXPX, Five Iron Frenzy and Slick Shoes at the Observatory
The Futures League and Roah Summit at the Constellation Room
Boyce Avenue at the House of Blues Anaheim
Gladiator at the Yost Theater
Bruce Cockburn at the Coach House
Steve Miller Band at the Pacific Amphitheatre
Coolio at the Canyon
Lil Debbie (record release) and Diamond Dez at Las Palmas
The Womps at Genghis Cohen
Dave Damiani & No Vacancy Orchestra at the Catalina Bar & Grill

Saturday, July 25

TV on the Radio and Boxed In at the Annenberg Space for Photography
Chinatown Summer Nights, with Andy Clockwise, SWIMM, Alex Lilly, Corsica Arts Club, Isaac Rother & the Phantoms, Street Joy and the Bad Years, along with KCRW DJs Mario Cotto and Travis Holcombe, at Chinatown LA’s Central Plaza
Rickie Lee Jones and Joseph Arthur at Pershing Square
Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean, Brantley Gilbert and Cole Swindell at the Rose Bowl
Phish at the Forum
Acceptance, Emarosa and Scouts at the Troubadour
Adolescents & the Weirdos, CH3 and Bad Cop Bad Cop at the Roxy Theatre
Bruce Cockburn at Levitt Pavilion MacArthur Park
Tlen-Huicana at Levitt Pavilion Pasadena
Tropicalifornia at the Getty Center
Summer on Seventh with Cut Chemist, The Internet and Shura at Inner-City ArtsJohn ’00’ Fleming at Avalon Hollywood
Crash + Burn, with Angels Dust, Zackey Force Funk, Sach, Giovanni Marks, Chitlins, Kate Mo$$, Mystery Cave, Cotoloco, Mago and Swear Words, at the Echoplex
Phish afterparty, with Joel Cummins (Umphreys McGee), Jesus Coomes (Lettuce), Tyler Coomes, Marcus Rezak (Digital Tape Machine) and William “Lane” Shaw (Pnuma Trio) at the Teragram Ballroom
Gorgon Zoloft, Big Debbie, Stay Cool Forever and Cthtr at the Smell
The Dead Ships, No Win and Rainbow Jackson at Non Plus Ultra
Bowsers Castle at the Silverlake Lounge
Dylan Ris, Brenton Kossak, Mikey Wells and Eric Kalver at the Virgil
Juan Talavera at El Cid
Bassrush at Los Globos
Mikki & the Mauses, Jew Cocks, Red Pony Clock and Pussy Cow at Pehrspace
Justin Nozuka, Spectacular Spectacular (record release), Jennifer Knapp and Anahita Skye at the Hotel Café
Maltese, Velvet Glove, Free Radicals, Dume and Cloud Mine at the Mint (Daytime Show)
Hank & Her Ponies, Periscope, Creatures Choir, Mishael Coss & the Jackpots and the Rituals at the Mint
The Talkos, Roots of Mine, Troy Noka and J.A. Holden Experiment at the Viper Room
Some Go Haunting at Bardot
Shamir at the Tropicana at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
Brad Kay’s Regressive Jazz Quartet at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Jonatha Brooke at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Too Rude, Special C, Skeleton Bay, Stealing Oceans and Lovely Sunny Day at Saint Rocke
He Said She Said, Michael Colton, Captain Danger, Kai Elle and the Jheison Lopez Band at Trip
The Diamond Light, Eyes on the Shore and the Mike Green Trio at Mrs. Fish
The Vultures, Los Issues and Somos Mysteriosos at Cafe NELA
BONGRIPPER, Goya and Yidhra at the Complex
Nick Bognar, Cait Brennan Tall Walls and more at International Pop Overthrow at Fais Do-Do (matinee show)
Steve Barton, Dreaming in Stereo and more at International Pop Overthrow at Molly Malone’s (evening show)
Aloe Blacc at the Wayfarer
Bella Novela at Alex’s Bar
MXPX, Five Iron Frenzy and Slick Shoes at the Observatory
Heems and Pictureplane at the Constellation Room
Penguin Prison at the Constellation Room (Late Show)
The Ataris at the House of Blues Anaheim
Kathleen Madigan at the Coach House
Hyper Crush at Gaslamp
International Pop Overthrow at Molly Malone’s
Capital Cities and Big Data at the Pacific Amphitheatre
The Dan Band at the Canyon
The Womps at Genghis Cohen
Johnny Mandel Big Band at the Catalina Bar & Grill

Sunday, July 26

Melissa Etheridge and Blondie at the Greek Theatre
Boston at the Forum
Social Distortion at the House of Blues Sunset Strip
Los Amigos Invisibles at the Roxy Theatre
BTS at Club Nokia
Acceptance, Emarosa and the Money Pit at the Troubadour
Beatrock, Rocky Rivera, the Bar, Otayo Dubb, Equipto, Power Struggle, Odessa Kane, Bwan and 6Fingers at the Echoplex
Dirty Ghosts, Happy Diving and Never Young at the Echo
Neil Hamburger, Brett Gelman & Cyrus Ghahremani, Clare O’Kane and Christopher Crofton at the Satellite
Raised in Purgatory, Department of Descriptive Services, Sewage and Lost Witches at the Smell
Noah Guthrie and Boh Doran at the Hotel Café
Johnny Travis Jr. at Harvard & Stone
The Lonely Biscuits, Tysson and Alice Underground at the Mint
Jeff Jastrow, Chemistry of the Universe and Skumbag at the Viper Room
Roy Zimmerman at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Garrett Lee Robinson, Aquile, Armors, Sandollar, Todo Mundo and We’re No Gentlemen at Saint Rocke
The Shamus Twins, J Scott Bergman and more at International Pop Overthrow at Fais Do-Do (matinee show)
Electrets, David Divad, the Galaxies and more at International Pop Overthrow at Fais Do-Do (evening show)
Nina Diaz and Maria del Pilar at Alex’s Bar
Say Anything, Modern Baseball, Cymbals Eat Guitars and Hard Girls at the Observatory
Coolio at the Constellation Room
Morgan Mallory at the House of Blues Anaheim
Ronny North at the Gaslamp
The Holy Hecks, Platonica and Sun Grave at Molly Malone’s
Aer at the OC Fair & Event Center
Joe Nichols at the Canyon
Grandmothers of Invention at the Catalina Bar & Grill
Open Mic at the Silverlake Lounge