This Week’s Shows: Nov. 2-8

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Smallpools (Photo by Anna Lee)
Smallpools (Photo by Anna Lee)

Upcoming L.A. concerts: Grimes, Ivy Levan, Pure Bathing Culture, No Win, Elle Belle, Summer Twins, Blue-Eyed Son, Oddisee, Lady Low, Dave Davies, the Wonder Years, Sylvan Esso, Dilly Dally, Matthew Logan Vasquez, Little May, LP, Ghostel, Gavin James, Fuzz, Of Montreal, DNCE, Trey Anastasio Band, Joey Bada$$, White Sea, Shopping, Emily Gold, Smallpools, Big Black Delta, Dir En Grey, Only in Hollywood Festival, Falling in Reverse, Kristin Chenoweth, Reptar, Eleanor Friedberger, Made of Oak, Curren$y, DRINKS, Paul Bergmann, Bob Schneider, Ryn Weaver, Patty Griffin, KEM, Rufus Du Sol, Ralphie May, King Diamond, the Rocket Summer, Deerhoof, Beach Party, BLVD, Ravenscroft, the Fall of Troy, Lee Ranaldo, EL VY, Forebear, Valley Shine, the Dandy Warhols, the Pimps of Joytime, Duncan Sheik,  Vetiver, Will Ivy, Kid Cadaver, Kendrick Lamar, Art Garfunkel, the Menzingers, Savage Republic, Shura

Above: L.A. quartet Smallpools wind up a monthlong tour behind their album “Lovetap!” with shows Wednesday at the Observatory and Thursday at the Fonda Theatre.

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

Monday, Nov. 2

Grimes and Nicole Dollanganger at the Mayan
Ivy Levan, Cheatahs, Eleanor Friedberger and Christopher Paul Stelling at It’s a School Night at Bardot
No Win, Big Harp, Arjuna Genome and Here Between You Me at the Bootleg Theater
Pure Bathing Culture, Wild Ones and Psychic Twin at the Echo
Summer Twins, Dante Elephante, Rudy De Anda and Sweet Bump It at the Echoplex
Elle Belle, Adam Tressler, the Rough Rollers and the Fuzzy Crystals at the Satellite
Lady Low, Young Creatures and Slooth Dogs at Harvard & Stone
SIKA and the Littlest Viking at the Silverlake Lounge
Blue-Eyed Son, Nicole Sanzio, Jonathan Weiss, Yasmine, Bartenderz and Barbie Love at the Mint
Oddisee and Good Compny at the Roxy Theatre
Fogg, Babylon and the Electric Magpie at the Smell
Valise, Sierra & the Radicals, Madi Wolf and Shannon Labrie at the Hotel Café
Badflower at Lucky Strike Lanes
Soilwork, Decapitated and Shattered Sun at the Whisky a Go Go
Stitched Up Heart, Tahmack, Doop, Stagg and Ashe at the Viper Room
Wild Roses and Hoist the Colors at Loaded Hollywood
Bells Atlas and Nia Andrews at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Ellie Mae & the Ricochets, Wild and Kayleigh Goldsworthy at the Wayfarer
Antemasque and Eureka the Butcher at the Observatory
Cosmonauts, Tomorrow’s Tulips and Boytoy at the Constellation Room
Open Mic at El Cid

Tuesday, Nov. 3

The Wonder Years and Motion City Soundtrack at the Wiltern
Dave Davies and Small Wigs at the Roxy Theatre
Sylvan Esso, Race Banyan and Akua at the Fonda Theatre
Dilly Dally, Death Hymn Number 9 and Goon at the Bootleg Theater
Matthew Logan Vasquez at Lot 613
Gavin James and Marc Scibilia at the Troubadour
Rhonda’s Kiss Benefit Concert, with the Hellcat Saints (Dave Navarro, Juliette Lewis, Duff McKagan and more), at the El Rey Theatre
Nicole Dollanganger and Moxi at the Lost Room
Little May and Doe Paoro at the Echo
Karen Kilgariff, Matt McCarthy, Eliza Skinner, Sean Keane, Anna Seregina and Demorge Brown at the Satellite
LP, Josiah and the Bonneville at No Vacancy
Captions, Bokonon and Mind Monogram at Los Globos
Reggie Watts & Karen and Mike Sempert at El Cid
Paul Rey and Frank Ryan at the Hotel Café
Criminal (a podcast about crime) at the Regent Theater
Ghostel at Dirty Laundry
Vox Waves, CHILDREN and more at Harvard & Stone
Gemeni, Story’s End and Too Bad at the Silverlake Lounge
Cleopatra Degher, Sycamore, Habbit and Johnny Stachela Band at the Mint
Tito & Tarantula at the Whisky a Go Go
The Suitors, Anna Harissis and Portrait at the Viper Room
The Wallburds, Zodiac Death Valley, Feral Kizzy and Blue Eyed Lucy at Loaded Hollywood
Bernard Herman, Charmaine’s Names and more at the Ham and Eggs Tavern
He Whose Ox Is Gored, Caustic Casanova, Sisters Ov The Blackmoon and Rare Breed at the Complex
Open Mic at Saint Rocke
Fuzz at the Constellation Room
The Winery Dogs at the House of Blues Anaheim
Usage Panel, Josh Mejia and Ebedoz at Molly Malone’s
Randy Emata at the Federal Bar
Paul Cornish at the Catalina Club

Wednesday, Nov. 4

Of Montreal and Diane Coffee at the Regent Theater
DNCE and Powers at the Roxy Theatre
Trey Anastasio Band at the Wiltern
Joey Bada$$, Lil Herb and Warm Brew at the Belasco
White Sea, SPELLES, Alohaha and Glasz at the Bootleg Theater
John Allred & Forest Eyes, Penny Bird Rabbit and Brumby at the Silverlake Lounge
Lauren Ruth Ward (record release), James the Human and Jim & Sam at the Lost Room
Shopping, Gal Pals, French Vanilla and Sister Mantos at the Echo
The Maybe Somedays, Prints and the Blues & Grey’s at the Satellite
Scotch Jane, the Salty Suites, Jason Powers and Scott Mellis at the Hotel Café
Emily Gold, Crown Plaza and more at Harvard & Stone
Craig Wayne Boyd at the Mint
Charlie Puth and Frankie at the Troubadour
Zenith, Zano, Midnight Track and Groovelation at the Viper Room
Cristina Black at the Standard Hollywood
Zodiac Death Valley and more at the Down and Out Bar
B00ty and Merissa Victoria at Mrs. Fish
Safia, Island Apollo and Wyldr at the Wayfarer
Smallpools at the Observatory
Scott Weiland & the Wildabouts at the House of Blues Anaheim
Bruce Jingles at the Gaslamp
Matthew Logan Vasquez at the Festive Hall
Grizzy Derringer and Space Hurricane at Molly Malone’s
The Federal Affair at the Federal Bar
Tommy Guerrero at the Federal Underground

Thursday, Nov. 5

Big Black Delta at the Teragram Ballroom
Dir En Grey at the Mayan
Only in Hollywood Music & Arts Festival
Smallpools, Phoebe Ryan and Machineheart & the Score at the Fonda Theatre
Falling in Reverse, Attila, Metro Station and Assuming We Survive at Club Nokia
SBCR (The bloody Beetroots) at the Sound Nightclub
The Technicolors, Trace and Golden Coast at the El Rey Theatre
King Diamond at the Wiltern
Kristin Chenoweth at the Walt Disney Concert Hall
Reptar at Club Bahia
Eleanor Friedberger and Fay at El Cid
Made of Oak and Tuskha at the Bootleg Theater
Naked Walrus, Justine Dorsey, Liv Slingerland and Le Swish at the Silverlake Lounge
Curren$y, Chef Mendeff and L.A.F. at the Regent Theater
Safia, J. Laser and Wafia at the Echoplex
Jeffrey Vincent Parise, Mina & the Southern Syrup, Night Talks, Gentle Pony and Shawn Barry at the Lost Room
DRINKS and Feels at the Echo
Azizi Gibson (record release) at Los Globos
TraPsPs, Glory Georgia and cthtr at the Smell
Audrey Karrasch at Dirty Laundry
Hollow Fortyfives, Doggerels and Junglecats at Lot 1
Paul Bergmann, Night Lights, Ethan Lipton & His Orchestra and Arthur Autumn at the Hotel Café
Ruby Free, the Blue Dolphins, Evan Stone & the Translucent Ham Sandwich Band, the Wildfires and Crystal Radio at the Mint
Josh Abbott Band, Carly Pearce and David Lorango at the Troubadour
John 5 and Doyle at the Whisky a Go Go
Against the Current, Vinyl Theatre and Jule Vera at the Roxy Theatre
Mimi Page, Dreams of Vertigo and Artie at the Viper Room
Twin Cabins at Dirty Laundry
Crowbar, Yidhra, Chemical Burn and Teeth at the Complex
Level Se7en, Zombie Eating Horse, War Imposed, Karling & The Cadavers and Epokah at Loaded Hollywood
Inazuma and Zinngeschrei at Cafe NELA
Tommy Guerrero (record release) and AYCD at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Bob Schneider and Cleopatra Degher at Saint Rocke
Go!Zilla, Dr. Boogie and Little Girls at Alex’s Bar
Ms. Lauryn Hill at the Observatory
Ryn Weaver at the Constellation Room
Saul Hernandez at the House of Blues Anaheim
San Holo, Great Dane and Kittens at the Yost Theater
The Winery Dogs at the Canyon
Tierney Sutton Band at the Catalina Club

Friday, Nov. 6

Patty Griffin and Darlingside at the El Rey Theatre
Deerhoof, Cy Dune and the Anti-Job at the Echoplex
KEM and Tamar Braxton at the Microsoft Theater
BLVD, Mansions on the Moon and Rilan at the Roxy Theatre
Only in Hollywood Music & Arts Festival
Rufus Du Sol, Cassian and Burn Unit at the Fonda Theatre
Ralphie May and Matt Rife at Club Nokia
King Diamond at the Wiltern
Camilo Sesto at the Forum
The Winery Dogs at the Saban Theatre
Crookers and Adam Auburn at Exchange LA
Mayhem, Antiserum, Apashe, Thugli and Dainjaa at Avalon Hollywood
Cassy and Plastic Love at Sound Nightclub
The Rocket Summer, Paradise Fears and Moons of Mars at the Bootleg Theater
Chromeo and more at Mack Sennett Studios
Christopher Paul Stelling and John Timothy at the Silverlake Lounge
Beach Party at One Santa Fe
Beat Connection at the Echo
Pacific Radio and Timmy’s Organism at the Satellite
A$ap Twelvvy, Vic Virtuoso, Kidaf and Sahtyre at Los Globos
The Fontaines at the Virgil
Miles Tackett and more at the Lost Knight
Noyes (record release), Yogi Berra, Big Sis and No Chill at the Smell
Crown City Krooks, Bobby & the Nice Guys, We Are the West and Cassandra Violet at El Cid
David Ramirez & Liza Anne, Kevin Earnest, Makhuli and Mobley at the Hotel Café
The Few, Levenbirds, Michael Poursh, Mac Luster and the Kaygles at the Mint
A Great Big World and Sawyer Fredericks at the Troubadour
Lief Garrett at the Whisky a Go Go
Ravenscroft, Kings of Carnage and Fallen Union at the Viper Room
Darkest House, Dead to Fall, Early Graves and Ass Life at the Complex
Motorbreath, Diamonds and Rust and STPish at Loaded Hollywood
Crawlspace, Brainchildren of Xenog, Hooak and more at Cafe NELA
The Watkins Family Hour at the Largo at the Coronet
Jeffrey Foucault and Caitlin Canty at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Jeremy Buck, the J Band and Dane Drewis at Saint Rocke
Lili Haydn at the Grand Annex in San Pedro
The Fall Of Troy, KYLESA and Powwers at the Glass House
The Wonder Years and Motion City Soundtrack at the Observatory
Hopsin, Dizzy Wright and Jarren Benton at the Observatory (Late Show)
Shopping at the Constellation Room
Missing Persons and Bow Wow Wow at the Coach House
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings at the Riverside Municipal Auditorium
Tierny Sutton Band at the Catalina Club

Saturday, Nov. 7

Ryn Weaver, Holychild and ASTR at the Belasco Theater
Lee Ranaldo at the Getty
EL VY and Ethan Lipton & His Orchestra at the Troubadour
Hopsin, Dizzy Wright and Jarren Benton at Club Nokia
Only in Hollywood Music & Arts Festival
Forebear (record release), Isles and David Divad at El Cid
Valley Shine (record release), Black Lab, London Thor, Guardian Ghost and Megan Brickwood at the Hotel Café
The Fall of Troy, Kylesa and Powwers at the Fonda Theatre
The Dandy Warhols, the Shelters and Miranda Lee Richards at the Glass House
Wild Honey Benefit for the Autism Think Tank, with Those Pretty Wrongs (Jody Stephens & Luther Russell) and Dan Wilson, at the Ivar Theatre
Mestis and Felix Martin at the Lyric Theatre
The Pimps of Joytime at the Teragram Ballroom
Duncan Sheik and Suzanne Vega at the Saban Theatre
Soulection (withe special guests) at the Regent Theater
G.E.M. at the Forum
Toolroom Live: Prok & Fitch, Eelke Kleijn and Prince Club at Exchange LA
Henry Saiz and HVOB (live bands) and more at Avalon Hollywood
Bob Sinclar and Erik Hagleton at Sound Nightclub
Vetiver, Tall Tales & the Silver Lining and Velasco at the Bootleg Theater
Will Ivy, Gal Pals and more at HM 157
LA Fiero Sax Quartet at the Silverlake Lounge
Cellars, Royaljag and more at the Lost Knight
Kyng and Slow Season at the Echo
Cam Meekins at Los Globos
Kid Cadaver, Canyons and the Unending Thread at the Smell
Modern Time Machines and Unknown Natives at Lot 1
The Nightowls, Hayley Orrantia, the Alpine Camp and Electric Soul Parade at the Mint
Have Mercy, Transit, Somos and Microwave at the Roxy Theatre
Picturas at the Del Monte Speakeasy
The Steel Wheels at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Missing Persons, Bow Wow Wow, Carbonine and Intensity at Saint Rocke
Lenka, Chris Pierce and Jon Butcher at Genghis Cohen
The Frozen Autumn and Drab Majesty at the Complex
The Crazy Never Die, Negro Galacticus and The Slivers at the Ham and Eggs Tavern
The Loons, the Shag Rats and the Hurricanes at Cafe NELA
John Black and Soul Scratch at Mrs. Fish
Green Machines, Blood Junkies and Headlight View at Loaded Hollywood
Bird Dog at the Wayfarer
The Menzingers and Mewithoutyou at the Observatory
Mr. Little Jeans at the Constellation Room
Mafia Rusa at the Yost Theater
Falling in Reverse, Attila and Metro Station at the Riverside Municipal Auditorium
Arturo O’Farrill’s Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra at the Royce Hall
Chris Pierce and Jon Butcher at Genghis Cohen
Embolden Blue, the Shifty Eyed Dogs, Wendy Sweetlove & the Random Candy, Leka Lichtenberg and Fray at Molly Malone’s
Kaija Saariaho at Schoenberg Hall
Common Sense at the Gaslamp
Tierney Sutton Band at the Catalina Club

Sunday, Nov. 8

Kendrick Lamar, Ty Dolla $ign, Rich Homie Quan, Rae Sremmurd, Future, Jeremih and Jidenna at the Forum
Skizzy Mars, Kool John and P-Lo at the El Rey Theatre
Art Garfunkel at the Wiltern
EL VY and Hibou at the Troubadour
Lee Ranaldo and Hand Habits at the Echo
Only in Hollywood Music & Arts Festival
The Menzingers, Mewithoutyou, Restorations and Pianos Become the Teeth at the Echoplex
Savage Republic, Fourwaycross and Native Fauna at the Echo (Late Show)
Shura and Tennyson at the Roxy Theatre
King Yoof, Sick Note, Curious and Dioptrics at Los Globos
The Shivas, Death Valley Girls, White Fang and Nani at the Smell
Armstrong Leigh, Brandon Skele, Annie Bacon and Alyse Black at the Hotel Café
The Johnny Travis Jr. Band at Harvard & Stone
The Yawpers at the Viper Room
The Roland White Band at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Citizen Rex, Orange Umbrella and Maximo Couce at Saint Rocke
The Yawpers, Blind John Pope and Kat Meyers & the Buzzards at Alex’s Bar (Matinee Show)
The Briefs, Duane Peters Gunfight, Generacion Suicida and Hardship Anchors at Alex’s Bar
Trapped Under Ice at the Constellation Room
Angel Haze at the Constellation Room (Late Show)
Jelly of the Month Club at the House of Blues Anaheim
Duncan Sheik and Suzanne Vega at the Coach House
Tuan Hung at the San Manuel Indian Bingo & Casino
Matisyahu at the Fox Performing Arts center
Roxanna Bonilla-Giannini at the Catalina Club
Open Mic at the Silverlake Lounge