Tonight in L.A.: Desert Trip, Desert Daze, Gwen Stefani, Stockholm CA, Christine & the Queens, Treehouse Music Fest, Moses Sumney, White Sea, RJD2, the Julie Ruin, Crystal Fighters, Pantha Du Prince, Kygo, Mothxr, Fourniquette, Swerve

0
Christine & the Queens at Coachella 2016 (Photo by Koury Angelo, couresty of Goldenvoice)
Christine & the Queens at Coachella 2016 (Photo by Koury Angelo, couresty of Goldenvoice)

Los Angeles concerts for Saturday:

► At Desert Trip, Paul McCartney and Neil Young have a Weekend 2 go-round.
► Day 2 of Desert Daze brings Primus, Godspeed You Black Emperor, the Black Angels, Thee Oh Sees, the Raveonettes and more to the Institute for Mentalphysics in Joshua Tree.
► It’s Gwen Stefani at the Forum.
► Stockholm CA brings Swedish sensations Little Dragon, Icona Pop and Veronica Maggio to the Shrine Expo Hall.
Christine & the Queens and Dam-Funk at the Theatre at Ace Hotel
Moses Sumney does the first of two shows at the Cathederal Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian.
White Sea heads up the lineup at an early show (doors 5:30 p.m.) at the Echo, joined by Wolf Prize, Alyeska and Cassandra.
Fourniquette, the new “brothel band” assembled by singer-songwriter Jim Bianco, celebrate the release of their full-length album at the Hotel Café.
Madame Gandhi, Ruby Friedman Orchestra and Flavia, along with Enola Fall and No Girlfriends, perform at the benefit show “Stop Rape Culture” at Glendale’s Complex.
► And the Treehouse Music & Arts Festival debuts at the Ambassador Auditorium in Pasadena, featuring Kimya Dawson, Jade Castrinos, Joey Dosik, Josiah and The Bonnevilles, Allison Weiss, the Active Set, Emily Gold, Livingmore and many more.

Also:

RJD2 and Daddy Kev at the Novo
The Julie Ruin and Allison Crutchfield & the Fizz at the Roxy Theatre
Ian Anderson at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre
Crystal Fighters at the El Rey Theatre
Danny Brown, Maxo Kream and ZelooperZ at the Fonda Theatre
Intocable at the Greek Theatre
Pantha Du Prince at the Regent Theater
Kygo at the Hollywood Bowl
Smokey Robinson at the Saban Theatre
He Is We at Resident
The Yawpers and the 4ontheFloor at the Hi Hat
Night Lovell at Los Globos
Ubiquitous Love Tribe, Spec, Swanky Ali and Pipe Dreams at the Smell
Swerve at El Cid
Forniquette, the Congress and Greg Loiacono at the Hotel Café
Folk Riot, D Henry Fenton, Jack Housen, Brittany O’Neill, Marie Danielle, Sargent, Auni and Sarah Margaret Huff at the Hotel Café Second Stage
The String Revolution at the Mint
Time Traveller, AURiCO, Color + Thunder, Icky Baby and Ever So Android at the Mint (Late Show)
MOTHXR, Lostboycrow and Behaviors at the Troubadour
Mayday, BplusthaKing and Huntr at the Viper Room
Cheryl Wheeler at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Lindsey Carmichael at the Wayfarer
Brenda Holloway, Jackie Mendez, the Inciters and the Confessions at Alex’s Bar
Yellowcard at the Observatory
Destructo and E-40 at the Observatory (Late Show)
Metro Station and Palaye Royale at the Constellation Room
The Dig, Backseat Pilots and Naive Thieves at the Slidebar
Van Morrison at the Santa Barbara Bowl
Tommy Stinson’s Cowboys in the Campfire, Rachel Dean & Tim Gray and Summer Twins at the Federal Underground
Sublime with Rome and the Offspring at the Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre
Jason Stoll at CSUN
Sofia Wolfson at Genghis Cohen
Cranky George at Molly Malone’s
The Rotters, Death on the Radio, Mothers of Dissension and Hyman Busters at Cafe NELA
The Crawdaddys, the Unclaimed and the Sound Reasons at the Redwood Bar
Slim Jeff and Emmitt James at the Lost Knight
Ramon Ayala at the Arlington Theatre
Tierney Sutton at the Catalina Club