Anna Acosta on September 28th, 2015

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Upcoming L.A. concerts: AC/DC, Silversun Pickups, Emmylou Harris, Imagine Dragons, Ratatat, Algiers, Roses, Riothorse Royale, Brigitte, Brendan James, the Vim Dicta, Zella Day, Disclosure, Gary Numan, Swervedriver, Catfish & the Bottlemen, Colin Stetson, Peaches, Veronica Bianqui, the Maine, the Dear Hunter, Tove Lo, Linda Ronstadt, Maty Noyes, Years & Years, Soufly, Melody Gardot, Johnathan Rice, LP, Empress Of, Saturn City, U.S. Girls, Greg Holden, Susana Hoffs, Best Coast, Duran Duran, BØRNS, the Milk Carton Kids, Omar Souleyman, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, AC Slater, GUIDES, Ultimate Painting, Mikky Ekko, Tender Mercies, Night Terrors of 1927, Van Halen, Thievery Corporation, the Gaslamp Killer, Jessica Childress, Gordon Lightfoot, King Dude, Bright Missiles, Wittches, Tei Shi, Wisin, Dawes, the Word, Scorpions, Common Kings, Hiatus Kaiyote, Supersonico, Randy Newman, Maria Taylor, Holly Miranda, Vacationer, Civil Twilight, Jimmy Eat World, Busdriver

Above: Electronic music pioneer Gary Numan does three albums on three consecutive nights at the Teragram Ballroom — “Replicas” (1979) on Tuesday, “The Pleasure Principle” (1979) on Wednesday and “Telekon” (1980) on Thursday.

Here’s a rundown of this week’s L.A. concerts:

Monday, Sept. 28

AC/DC and Vintage Trouble at Dodger Stadium
Silversun Pickups at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Emmylou Harris, Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams at the El Rey Theatre
Imagine Dragons at the Hollywood Palladium
Ratatat and Hot Sugar at the Mayan
Algiers and Bambara at the Roxy Theatre
Roses, Spirit Animal, Ghost Noise and Arjuna Genome at the Bootleg Theater
Riothorse Royale, the Happy Hollows and Louis Cole at the Satellite
Brigitte, Envy, Farao and Jelani Blackman at Bardot
Brendan James and Jesse Thomas at the Lyric Theatre
Green Light Theater and Sensory Station at the Silverlake Lounge
Flying Hair, Mind Meld, Jim & Sam, Cassandra Violet, Gentle Pony, Golden Daze, Miya Folick and James the Human at the Echoplex
Stretch and Bobbito at the Echo
Yonatan Gat, Awesome Tapes From Africa, Media Jeweler and Michael Vidal at the Smell
Sleeping Wolf, Nekokat, Jerad Finck and Denny White at the Hotel Café
The Vim Dicta, Wallburds and Black Suns at Harvard & Stone
Slim Twig, Jack Name and Sextile at House of Gods (3225 Union Pacific Ave.)
Cimorelli and the Johnsons at the Mint (Early Show)
Melanie Martinez and Handsome Ghost at the Troubadour
The Browning at the Whisky a Go Go
Beck Black and Paper Chains at the Viper Room
Thelma and the Sleaze, Kids in Heat and DeadPanzies at the Ham and Eggs Tavern
Lance Baker, New Dinosaurs and more at the Lexington
Chris Johnson and Second Power at Good Times at Davey Wayne’s
Island Apollo, Tolan Shaw and Josh Stevens at the Wayfarer
Zella Day, Max & the Moon and Hawai at the Observatory
Alina Baraz and Galimatias at the Constellation Room
Crowder, NF, Finding Favour and Lauren Daigle at the City National Grove of Anaheim
Blues Package at the Canyon
Martini in the Morning at the Catalina Club
Open Mic at El Cid

Tuesday, Sept. 29

Disclosure, Talib Kweli and Lion Babe at L.A. Memorial Sports Arena & Expo Park
Gary Numan at the Teragram Ballroom
Silversun Pickups at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Swervedriver, Gateway Drugs and Dead Leaf Echo at the Satellite
Catfish & the Bottlemen at the Fonda Theatre
The Maine and Beach Weather at the Troubadour
The Dear Hunter, Chon and Gates at the Roxy Theatre
Colin Stetson, Sarah Neufeld, George Sarah and Ryan ‘Lone Wolf’ Sawyer at the Echoplex
Alina Baraz, Galimatias, Transviolet and Farao at the Echo
Kat Myers & the Buzzards, Brenda Carsey & the Awe, Scarlet Roads, Addey Lane and Grit at the Silverlake Lounge
Dakim, Ahnnu, M. Geddes Gengras and Emv at Los Globos
Reggie Watts and Karen at El Cid
Maty Noyes, Olivia Lane, Tamtam and Annie Rose at the Hotel Café
Peaches at Amoeba (5 p.m.)
Veronica Bianqui, Prettiest Eyes and People Talk at Harvard & Stone
Sissy Brown and Rabbit Wolf at the Mint
JT Woodruff and Mark Rose at the Viper Room
Loudon Wainwright III at the Largo at the Coronet
The Kaygles, Who Can Sleep and Diamonds at the Ham & Eggs Tavern
Naim Amor, Matt Ellis Band and Paul Chesne Band at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Open Mic at Saint Rocke
Tove Lo and Erik Hassle at the Observatory
Cimorelli at the Constellation Room
Julie Gribble, Doug Pettibone and Phil Parlapaino at Molly Malone’s
Linda Ronstadt at the Valley Performing Arts Center
Kevin O’Neal at the Catalina Club

Wednesday, Sept. 30

Years & Years at the Wiltern
Gary Numan at the Teragram Ballroom
Silversun Pickups at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Best Coast and the Lovely Bad Things at the Observatory
Soulfly at the Fonda Theatre
Melody Gardot at the Theatre at Ace Hotel
Johnathan Rice, Phoebe Bridgers and Pearl Charles at the Bootleg Theater
LP and Moke Hill at Harvard & Stone
Split Screens, the Only Ocean and Punch Drunks at the Silverlake Lounge
Empress Of, Abra and Drool at the Echo
Saturn City at the Satellite
Toxic Holocaust, Lord Dying and Witchaven at Los Globos
U.S. Girls, R. Ariel and David Scott Stone at the Smell
Greg Holden, Jamie Lawson, Allison Pierce, Craig Stickland and Joe Firstman at the Hotel Café
Jess Glynne and Avery Wilson at the Troubadour
Marty Friedman at the Whisky a Go Go
Dave Stucken & the Curse, Rosechild and the Gitas at the Viper Room
Susanna Hoffs at the Largo at the Coronet
Alaska Reid at the Standard Hollywood
Alexa Melo at Club Moscow at Boardner’s
Piel and Merissa Victoria at Mrs. Fish
Sun Machine, Friendly Males, Cold Violets and R. Ariel at the Ham and Eggs Tavern
Thelma & the Sleaze and the Rooms at the Wayfarer
Mike Love at the Constellation Room
Sadistik, Sapient, Ceschi, Graves 33 and Early Adopted at the Constellation Room (Late Show)
Earthsleep, Sons of Eli and more at the Doll Hut
Craig Shoemaker & All-Stars at the Canyon
Holly Beth Vincent, Jahnna and Giulia Khoury at Molly Malone’s
Blockhead at the Federal Underground
Counting Crows at the Santa Barbara Bowl
Roy Hargrove Quintet at the Catalina Club

Thursday, Oct. 1

Duran Duran at the Hollywood Bowl
Tove Lo at the Wiltern
BØRNS at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
The Milk Carton Kids at the Theatre at Ace Hotel
Omar Souleyman, Nick Monaco and Navid Izadi at the Regent Theater
Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, Ivan Neville and Soalr Sons at the Echoplex
Hans Raj Hans, Shenkar and Jus Reign at Club Nokia
Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats, Ruby the Hatchet and Ecstatic Vision at the Fonda Theatre
Gary Numan at the Teragram Ballroom
Mikky Ekko and Transviolet at the Roxy Theatre
AC Slater, Bot and Hotfire at Sound Nightclub
Hot Flash Heat Wave, Kid Bloom and Franky Flowers at the Bootleg Theater
GUIDES, Bloody Death Skull and High Cameras at Harvard & Stone
I See Hawks In LA, Double Naught Spy Car and Enrich’d White at Cafe NELA
Our Hospitality and Turbulent Hearts at the Silverlake Lounge
Dale Watson and Leslie Stevens at the Echo
Ultimate Painting, Morgan Delt and Dream Boys at the Satellite
Annette Moreno at Los Globos
Makthaverskan and Roses at the Smell
Dan Janisch 3, Amilia K. Spicer and Echo Sparks at El Cid
Tender Mercies and My Bubba at the Hotel Café
Melanchloe, Guro and Short Sleeve Heart at the Mint
A Thousand Horses and Chasin’ Crazy at the Troubadour
Trixter at the Whisky a Go Go
Feral Vinca at the Viper Room
Haushold at Room 5
Raskahuele and The Dank at La Cita
Mission Zero and Michael Cartwright at Mrs. Fish
B Side Players, Skeleton Bay and Bachaco at Saint Rocke
I/O, Furcast and King Kang at Alex’s Bar
The Dear Hunter, Chon and Gates at the Observatory
Night Terrors of 1927, Machineheart and Raw Fabrics at the Constellation Room
Marty Friedman at the House of Blues Anaheim
The Mavericks at the San Manuel Indian Bingo & Casino
Dry Sept and Pillow of Wrongness at Molly Malone’s
Los Tigres Del Norte at the Valley Performing Arts Center
Live at the City National Grove of Anaheim
Roy Hargrove Quintet at the Catalina Club

Friday, Oct. 2

Van Halen at the Hollywood Bowl
Thievery Corporation and Cypress Hill at the Greek Theatre
The Gaslamp Killer Experience, Matthew David’s Mindflight and RSI at the Regent Theater
Godflesh and Prurient at the El Rey Theatre
Tchami at the Fonda Theatre
The New Mastersounds at the Teragram Ballroom
Tei Shi, Dawn Golden and Ofelia K at the Roxy Theatre
Gordon Lightfoot at the Saban Theatre
Bright Missiles (record release), the Modern Age, Judy Gloom and Bedbugs at the Silverlake Lounge
King Dude and Foie Gras at the Echo
Wakrat at the Bootleg Theater
Wittches, Vistalite, Stop Plate and Techtonics at the Satellite
Vane Jamme, Ortega the Omega, Ferslov, Lokey Tha YG, AlexOfTheSun, On!, the Lady Fuji and Boss Champs at Los Globos
Strange Wilds, Oort Smog, Arjuna Genome and Whitman at the Smell
Little Red Lung at Origami Vinyl (7 p.m.)
Cold Violets, the Von Furs, Father Young Woman and Juju Blooms at El Cid
Terminal A, Kid Static, Sons of the Bitch and Dawn of Sequins at Pehrspace
The Battlefield, Jessica Childress & Moorea Masa, Abby & the Myth and Found in the Flood at the Hotel Café
Nilu, Chelsea Dash, YNGCULT, Colleen D’Agostino and Van Adams at the Mint
Lera Lynn and Brian Whelan at the Troubadour
Twiztid, Blaze Ya Dead Homie, Boondox, Prozak, Wolfpac and Scum at the Whisky a Go Go
Rebel Hotel, Mycah and Scarlet Vice at the Viper Room
Victor Calderon at Sound Nightclub
Mark Sixma at Exchange LA
Moody Good, Overwerk, Woolymammoth and more at Avalon Hollywood
Sadistik, Spaient, Ceschi and more at the Complex
Nav/attack at Vega’s Meat Market
The Watkins Family Hour at the Largo at the Coronet
Jim White and the Packway Handle Band at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Alient Ant Farm, Eken is Dead, Red Spade, the Dirty City Brothers and the Penske File at Saint Rocke
Maureen & the Mercury 5 at Mrs. Fish
The Automatics and SugarFly at Cafe NELA
Benoit & Sergio at the Wayfarer
Cadillac Tramps at Alex’s Bar
Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats, Ruby the Hatchet and Ecstatic Vision at the Observatory
Peaches and U.S. Girls at the Observatory (Late Show)
Mikky Ekko and Transviolet at the Constellation Room
Toxic Holocaust and Lord Dying at the Constellation Room (Late Show)
John Waite, Tony Sobak Band and Striker at the Coach House
Wisin at the Riverside Municipal Auditorium
Counting Crows at the Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre
The La Hootenanny and Carnival of Futility at the Federal Bar
Mavis Staples and Joan Osborne at the Canyon
Diamond Dez at Las Palmas
Musiq Soulchild at the City National Grove of Anaheim
Ms Lisa Fischer and Grand Baton at the Valley Performing Arts Center
Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band at the Vina Robles Amphitheatre
Roy Hargrove Quintet at the Catalina Club

Saturday, Oct. 3

The Bluegrass Situation, with Dawes, Punch Brothers, the Lone Bellow, Gregory Alan Isakov, Della Mae, Jonny Fritz, Dustbowl Revival, Sam Outlaw, Spirit Family Reunion and the Wild Reeds, at the Greek Theatre
The Word and Amy Helm & the Handsome Strangers at the Fonda Theatre
Scorpions and Queensryche at the Forum
Common Kings and Sammy J at Club Nokia
Hiatus Kaiyote and Knxwledge at the El Rey Theatre
Supersonico at the Hollywood Palladium
Idina Menzel at the Hollywood Bowl
Randy Newman at Royce Hall
Bigbang at the Staples Center
Grits & Biscuits at the Wiltern
Vicki Lawrence at the Saban Theatre
Vacationer and Triptides at the Roxy Theatre
Maria Taylor, Big Harp and Nik Freitas at the Bootleg Theater
Holly Miranda and Gracie & Rachel at the Echo
Easton Corbin at the Regent Theater
Wovoka, Vulgar Trade, Hex Horizontal and Pigeonwing at the Smell
Hollis Brown, Keaton Simons, Krooks on Tape, Hundred Hounds and Roses & Revolutions at the Hotel Café
Tropical Nasty, Starch Monkey, Obey the Wolves, Isabelle Simone and the Blind Lemon Peel Blues All-Stars at the Mint
Night Terrors of 1927, Machineheart and Raw Fabrics at the Troubadour
Wisin at the Belasco Theater
Boom Boom Boom at One Colorado
The North at Whisky a Go Go
Junkyard, the Hangmen and the Sahns at the Viper Room
Paul F. Tompkins, Susanna Hoffs, Drew Massey, Colleen Smith and Victor Yerrid at the Largo at the Coronet
Stantion Warriors and more at Exchange LA
Taches and AJ Mora at Sound Nightclub
Nifra, Fisherman & Hawkins and more at Avalon Hollywood
FIM, the Fontaines, Ivory Deville and more at the Lost Knight
VOLTO! and Jerkgram at the Complex
The Focke Wolves, Landfill, The Livingstons, Die Group and Psygoat at Cafe NELA 12
The Two Tens at the Maui Sugar Mill
Robert Jon & the Wreck at the Wayfarer
Ratatat and Hot Sugar at the Observatory
Civil Twilight at the Constellation Room
The Expanders at the Gaslamp
Kingdom at the House of Blues Anaheim
Good Time Miller at Yost Theater
Jimmy Eat World, the Used, Dashboard and Thrice at the San Manuel Amphitheater
Zetz Klezmer Ensemble, Groove Deluxe, Delta Wright and Noel Peterson at Molly Malone’s
Rascall Flatts at the Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre
Dzovig Markarian at CSUN
Roger McGuinn at the Scherr Forum Theatre
Bryan Callen, Andrew Santino, Sara Tiana, Dean Delray and Ruben Paul at the Canyon
Chiquis at the City National Grove of Anaheim
Roy Hargrove Quintet at the Catalina Club

Sunday, Oct. 4

Van Halen at the Hollywood Bowl
Hiatus Kaiyote and Kxwledge at the El Rey Theatre
Gary Lewis & the Playboys at the Saban Theatre
Camila at the Greek Theatre
The Pagans, the Subtitles and Ford Maddox Ford at the Echoplex
Busdriver, Hemlock Ernst and Zeroh at the Echo
Prissy Whip, Unsustainable Social Condition, Carsick and Daydreams at the Smell
The Johnny Travis Jr. Band at Harvard & Stone
Sundy Best at the Mint
David Cook and Adrew Ripp at the Troubadour
City of the Sun, Crashing Hotels and Jozsef James at the Viper Room
New Years Day, Get Scared, Eyes Set to Kill and New Volume at the Whisky a Go Go
Olivia Chaney and Mia Doi Todd at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Natural Vibrations, Rian & the Roosters and Ikaika Beamer at Saint Rocke
Cursed Bastards, So-Cal Rocket Dynamics, Galactic Polecats at more at Cafe NELA
The Generators, the Steady Forty Fives, the Green Machines and Hardship Anchors at Alex’s Bar
Israel Vibration and Roots Radics at the Observatory
Robert Randolph, John Medeski and Mississippi Allstars at the House of Blues Anaheim
Joe Jackson at the Palace Theatre
Born Without Bones, the Kendricks and Fibers at Molly Malone’s
Bigbang at the Honda Center
Gordon Lightfoot at the Canyon
The Tipsy Gypsies, Jill Knight, Cuesta Ridge, Choro de Ouro and Bear Market Riot at the Vina Robles Amphitheatre
Open Mic at the Silverlake Lounge