Buzz on October 2nd, 2015

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Friday’s L.A. concerts:

► Van Halen rocks the Hollywood Bowl. We might have been excited about it, then we read this.
► Thievery Corporation, already at work on a follow-up to their 2014 “Saudade,” joins Cypress Hill for a show at the Greek Theatre
► The Gaslamp Killer Experience holds forth at the Regent Theater, joined by Matthew David’s Mindflight, Teebs, J Rocc and RSI (Drumetrics Collective).
► Seattle’s King Dude visits the Echo, supported by Drab Majesty and Foie Gras at the Echo
► Wakrat — Rage Against the Machine bassist Tim Cummerford along with Laurent Grangeon and Mathias Wakrat — rock the Bootleg Theater, joined by the Birth Defects and Horsha on the Moon.
► Tei Shi, the nom de tune of singer-songwroter-producer Valerie Teicher — headlines the Roxy Theatre, with Dawn Golden and Ofelia K opening.

Also:

Godflesh and Prurient at the El Rey Theatre
Tchami at the Fonda Theatre
The New Mastersounds at the Teragram Ballroom
Gordon Lightfoot at the Saban Theatre
Bright Missiles (record release), the Modern Age, Judy Gloom and Bedbugs at the Silverlake Lounge
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