Tonight in L.A.: Coachella, Vetiver, J Mascis, Julieta Venegas, King Lil G, Art Laboe Block Party, Haunted Summer, Those Pretty Wrongs, the Arcs, Melody’s Echo Chamber, BADBADNOTGOOD, Dilated Peoples, Parachute, Graham Nash

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Vetiver
Vetiver

Friday’s Los Angeles concerts:

► Weekend 2 of Coachella kicks off at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, with LCD Soundsystem, Ellie Goulding, Sufjan Stevens, Jack U and more. A double-dose of our Weekend 1 coverage: Part I and Part II. in
Vetiver headline the Troubadour behind their latest album “Complete Strangers,” their sixth. Get there early for Big Search.
J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. does a solo show at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
► And at the Wiltern, it’s Mexican singer Julieta Venegas.

Also:

Haunted Summer, Annie Girl and The Flight, Brendan Eder Ensemble and Whispertown at the Hi Hat
Those Pretty Wrongs at the Echo
Chuck Prophet & the Mission Express and Garland Jeffreys at the Bootleg Theater
BADBADNOTGOOD, Marvel Alexander and Jerry Paper at the Roxy Theatre
King Lil G at the Novo
The Art Laboe Block Party, with Vaughan Mason & Crew, Rapper’s Delight, Grandmaster’s Furious Five, Melle Mel, Scorpio, Coolio, Sir Mix-A-Lot, Evelyn Champagne King, Rose Royce and Zapp, at the Greek Theatre
The Arcs, the Heavy and Mariachi Flor de Toloache at the Glass House
Melody’s Echo Chamber at the Constellation Room
Dilated Peoples at the Observatory
Parachute and Jon McLaughlin at the Fonda Theatre
Graham Nash at the Saban Theatre
Asaf Avidan at the Teragram Ballroom
True Violet, Nicely, NL4TD, JJGunn and the Roscoes Wild Child at the Silverlake Lounge
Layne and Flavia at the Satellite
Dance with the Dead, Protector 101, Future Holotape and Syntax at the Echoplex
The Black Kinideez, Hoodie Mxtch, Hayswee II Sweet and Meeroe at Los Globos
Sea Monkey See, the Unending Thread, Terra Alive and Hannah at the Smell
Dolores Scozzesi at Vitello’s
Jackbenny, Mothdrops and Tempest le Mans Iconique at El Cid
Three Fruit Fantasy and the Pretty Flowers at Pehrspace
Heather Nova and Smoky Knights at the Hotel Café
Patrick Droney, Henry Grace (record release), Soffia Bjorg, Weather and Pierson Ross at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Tiffany at the Mint (Early Show)
GoodKids, the Sly Digs, the Sound of Ghosts, Short Sleeve Heart and Drew Cole & the Shook Souls at the Mint
Black Stone Cherry and Monstertruck at the Whisky a Go Go
Kings of Carnage, the Hifi Academy, Play for Blood and Dead Heroine at the Viper Room
Jamael Dean Quartet at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Hagfest at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers, LA Edward and John Surge & the Haymakers at Saint Rocke
Professor Colombo (record release) at the Wayfarer
Snakearm, Rose’s Pawn Shop, Steep Ravine and Andrew Sheppard at Alex’s Bar
Al Stewart and Cindy Lee Berryhill at the Coach House
Cash Cash and Rae Sremmurd at the Hilton Palm Springs
Clay Walker at the Fred Kavli Theatre
The Arcs and the Heavy at the Glass House
Zookeepers Palace, Stereo Citizen and the AM at the Federal Bar
Bigfellas at Genghis Cohen
Puddle of Mudd at the Canyon
The Infidelz, Dirty Hammer and Soto St. at the Underground
Maysa and Eric Darius at the Catalina Club