This Week’s Shows: Aug. 20-26

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Karl Denson

Upcoming Los Angeles concerts: Chinatown Summer Nights, Pop Noir, Chris Shiflett, Ann-Marie, Erasure, Jens Lekman, X, Genevieve Artadi, Dimber, Julia Holter, Prism Tats, Anthony Ramos, Rasputina, RJ, Chad Valley, AJJ, Queen Latifa, Regina Spektor, Mac DeMarco, Nedelle Torrisi, Thief, Chatrooms, Daisy, Straight White Teeth, Collapsing Scenery, Dylan Dunlap, Distant Cousins, Katie Herzig, Kid Rock, Turning Violet, Kishi Bashi, Alec Benjamin, the Delirians, Emerson Star, Hawk Percival, Amy Raasch, Olivia Kaplan, Them Evils, Joey Dosik, Mura Masa, Timber Timbre, J. Cole, T.I., Omar Apollo, David Byrne, Punch Brothers, No Parents, Super Whatever, Bambu, Bleeding Through, Devin Kennedy, Jared James Nichols, Thievery Corporation, Lady Antebellum, Ariana Grande, Sam Smith, Rodriguez, Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, Ra Ra Riot, Andrew Combs, Lydia, Modern Anchor, Yelawolf, Launder, Happy Sundays Festival, Bikos, Catastrophe, the Alarm

Above: Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe, the all-star band fronted by the founding member of the Greyboy Allstars (as well as a player for the Rolling Stones, Lenny Kravitz and Slightly Stoopid), plays the first installment of the Viaduct Concert Series, which take place under a bridge in the northeast corner of L.A. State Historic Park. The unique show goes off Saturday night. (Ensuing shows will feature Gavin Turek, the Crystal Method and Choir! Choir! Choir!). Tickets.

Los Angeles concerts for the week:

Monday, Aug. 20

SLUGS, Magic Bronson, the Premonitions, ModPods and Jim Longevity at the Echo
Pop Noir, Samaria, BAUM and Reyna at It’s a School Night at Bardot
Anne-Marie and Goody Grace at the Roxy
Girl Ultra, Dromedarios Magicos and Tatiana Hazel at Resident
Ruby Haunt, Tomemitsu, Sofia Bolt and Camila Webb at the Moroccan Lounge
Cones and Malcolm Oliver Perkins at the Bootleg Theater
The Renderers and Gas Prism at Zebulon
The Night Owl Collective, Suburban, Total Recluse, Dead Wren and Earth is a Death Star at the Silverlake Lounge
Harry Katz & the Pistachios, the Herms, Storey & the Tellers and Dario at the Satellite
Kodak, Djgetemup, Aquanettalash, Kill Gnarly and Yungtucson at 1720
Shane Weisman at the Love Song
Chris Shiflett, Mayeux & Broussard and Rob Leines at the Redwood Bar
AHI at the Hotel Café
Jeremy Adamiak at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Satellite Sky and Fox Fagan at Harvard & Stone
Luke Loww, Inspired & the Sleep, Arisara and Adam Cola at the Mint
Sawyer Fredericks and Parsonsfield at the Troubadour
Royal Distortion, Desert of Talking Shadows, Handsome Karnivore, Cliff Morrison & Lizard Sun, Kill My Coquette and Deep Pink at the Whisky a Go Go
The Sunset Jam at the Viper Room
Open Jam at El Cid
Takers Leavers, the Black Hand and the Band Ice Cream at the Wayfarer
Mayra and Phoebe’s Guitar at the Continental Room

Tuesday, Aug. 21

Erasure and Reed & Caroline at the Wiltern
Jens Lekman at the Lodge Room
X at Marty’s on Newport
Julia Holter, Nedelle Torrisi and Ramona Gonzalez at Zebulon
Genevieve Artadi, Chiquita Magic, Pedro Martins and Xinxin at the Hi Hat
Prism Tats and Lens Mozer at the Bootleg Theater
INTICA, Rhyan Besco, Jim Priest, ExXxotic the Mental Shawty and the New Vinyls at the Silverlake Lounge
Violet Rose, Rosette, Siam Jem and Daria Black at the Satellite
Dimber, Flat Worms, Causa and Susan at the Echo
Laciste, Faunavision, Rhyne and Agmook at El Cid
Shawn Stockman at the Hotel Café
Matt Hires, Mitchell Schaffer and Kandle at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Bye Felipe book release party with Madame Gandhi, Slut Island, Family Pet, Dead Air, Alison Stevenson and Solomon Georgio at Resident
Alexander Vincent, YIP YOPS and JAE LUNA at Madame Siam
Chief White Lightening, Ice Cream and TJ & the Satisfactions at Harvard & Stone
Steven Griggs, Knight, Shea Welsh and Carter Ace at the Mint
Hunter Perrin at the Three Clubs
Sazerac Steppers Brass Band at the Sassafras Saloon
Rasputina, American Murder Song and Eliza Rickman at the Troubadour
Ultimate Jam Night at the Whisky a Go Go
Anthony Ramos and Rotana Tarabzouni at the Roxy
Too Short Documentary Screening, with DJ Rashida, DJ Battlecat, Louis BreakBeat and Lou Flores, at 1720
Open Mic at the Maui Sugar Mill Saloon
Calamity Company at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Azeen Kazmi, Gwen Pardon and Damien Smith at Saint Rocke
Gregory Michael at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Early Show)
RJ at the Observatory
Chad Valley, So Much Light and Missing Words at the Constellation Room
DLH, Tunnels and Memory Den at the Continental Room
AJJ, Kimya Dawson and Shellshag at the Glass House
Joseph Soul at Skyloft
Randy Emata at the Federal Bar
Felix Brown Band at the Marke
Dudamel and Perlman at the Hollywood Bowl

Wednesday, Aug. 22

Queen Latifah and Common at the Hollywood Bowl
Regina Spektor at the Theatre at Ace Hotel
Mac DeMarco at the Teragram Ballroom
AJJ and Kimya Dawson at the Regent Theater
Daisy, the Roswell Universe and TUTU at the Echo
Katie Herzig, Sawyer and William Wild at the Troubadour
Nedelle Torrisi, Sonoda and Billy Uomo at the Moroccan Lounge
Thief, Piggy Black Cross and Deth Crux at Resident
Flynt Flossy, Turquoise Jeep and Kosha Dillz at the Hi Hat
Straight White Teeth, Foliage and Elle Belle at the Bootleg Theater
Collapsing Scenery and Gary Wilson at Zebulon
Dylan Dunlap, Wake the Wild and My Brothers & I at the Peppermint Club
Distant Cousins, Uruguay, Chazzy, John Vincent III and Lauren Lakis at the Study
Pat Moley, Briana Stimmel and Dani Vargas at the Silverlake Lounge
Chatrooms, Love Nothing and Early Internet at the Satellite
Cosmos & Creature and Arms Akimbo at the Sunset Marquis
Matt Adams, Veronica Bianqui, Jet Dread Stone and Dirdy Birdy at the Love Song
Danella Dutton with Orquesta Talla Xtra at Los Globos
Kinyo, Mr. Composition, Franque Michele and more at the Airliner
FFuM and SnailMate at the Redwood Bar
Brenna Parker, Swedish Jam Factory and Black Brown & the American Dust Choir at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Jason Heath & the Greedy Souls, MILK and Junaco at Harvard & Stone
Stela Cole, Svea Lyon and Angelica Artifex at the Mint
Angela Frost, Patrolled By Radar and Downtown at the Three Clubs
Geoff Tate’s Operation: Mindcrime, Til Death Do Us Part, Dark Horse Rising, Mad Margritt, Powertribe and D-Day at the Whisky a Go Go
Ella Mai at the Roxy
Turning Violet, the Vigils, Some Daggers Wear Red and Agender at the Viper Room
Just Dave’s Last Chance Country Jam at the Maui Sugar Mill Saloon
NYIKO at Dirty Laundry
Kandle at Saint Rocke
Nate NoFace, Zeta, the Manx, Tiktaalik and the Littlest Viking at Alex’s Bar
X at Marty’s on Newport
Katastro, Tyrone’s Jacket and Aloha Radio at the Constellation Room
Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert and Wheeler Walker Jr. at the FivePoint Amphitheatre
Colm Keegan and Laura Durrant at Molly Malone’s
Anthony Crawford at Skyloft
The Wheelhowes Trio at the Marke
Josh Heinrichs at SLO Brew
Gorden Campbell, Taku Hiranu at the Federal Bar
Street Corner Renaissance at the Catalina Club
Rockit (Top 40 tribute) at Summer Concerts in the South Bay: Summer Music Series at the Point

Thursday, Aug. 23

Kishi Bashi at Sunset Concerts at the Skirball Center
Joey Dosik and Woody Goss at the Troubadour
Alec Benjamin and Ambar Lucid at the Echo
Mac DeMarco at the Teragram Ballroom
The Delirians and Jackie Mendez at Levitt Pavilion MacArthur Park
Emerson Star, Sam Valdez and Storefront Church at the Moroccan Lounge
Hawk Percival, Dylan Rodrigue, Jessi Williams & Coyote and Bones Muhroni at the Hi Hat
Amy Raasch, Corrina Repp, Miranda Lee Richards and Sarah J. Halstead at Zebulon
Olivia Kaplan, Total Heat and Matthew Doyle + Chris McKelway Duo at the Bootleg Theater
Emma Negrete and Paige Williams at the Silverlake Lounge
Them Evils, Power Trip, Dead Poet Society and Old Sport at the Satellite
Lee Fields & the Expressions, James Gadson and Boogaloo Assassins at Echoplex
Turtles On Speed, SLEEPLUST and Bad Contract at Resident
Holland & Clark at Sayers Club
Jam Night at Los Globos
Gallows Dance with Xian Vox and Malvada at El Cid
Ivy Queen at Exchange
Spencer Sutherland, Andrew Garcia, Cailee Rae and Augusto Rigo at the Peppermint Club
Doc Scott, Soothsayer, Noface and MC Dre at the Study
Netherfriends, Samson, Schocke and In Audela at the Hotel Café
Amy West, Kennedy, Jack & the Bones, Scarlett Burke and Carolina Story at the Hotel Café Second Stage
DJ Lethal and more at 1720
Slep Club, Coma Girls and Diamonds at Harvard & Stone
Jackio, Molly Kruse and Nikolitsa & the Comrades at the Mint
Los Kingdom at the Standard Hollywood
Jessie Taylor at the Three Clubs
Bassboy at Sound Nightclub
D-Day and School of Rock at the Whisky a Go Go
Strife, Criminal Instinct, Dead Heat and Berthold City at the Roxy
Jesse Kinch at the Viper Room
Mystic Braves, the Creation Factory and the Pesos at the Wayfarer
Take Pictures, Big Fun, Power Lunch and Paste at Alex’s Bar
Wilfax at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Early Show)
Arise Roots and Brewfish at the House of Blues Anaheim
Mura Masa and Empress Of at the Observatory
In Contempt at the Redondo Beach Pier Concert Series at the Pier Stage
Tijuana Dogs and Family Style OC Summer Concert Series at Salt Creek Beach
Timber Timbre at Marty’s on Newport
IDONTKNOWJEFFERY and BankRoll Rico at the Constellation Room
Dead Rock West, Big Sandy and Nathan James at La Santa
Sandra Piller at Molly Malone’s
Six Organs of Admittance, Wino and Xasthur at the Garage
Adler’s Appetite and Constantine Maroulis at the Rose
Kevin Gates at OHM Nightclub
Bar Fly at the Marke
John Pizzarelli at the Catalina Club
Sergio Tiempo at the Hollywood Bowl
Marina Del Rey Symphony: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “South Pacific” at the Marina Del Rey Summer Concerts at Burton Chace Park

Friday, Aug. 24

J. Cole, Young Thug, Jaden Smith, Earthgang and Kill Edward at the Staples Center
T.I., E-40, Fabolous, Suga Free and Spice 1 at the Shrine Auditorium
Mac DeMarco at the Teragram Ballroom
Erasure and Reed & Caroline at the Wiltern
David Byrne at the Santa Barbara Bowl
Omar Apollo and Mk.gee at the Echo
Joey Dosik and Woody Goss at the Troubadour
Monophonics, Jungle Fire, Los Yesterdays and the White Blinds at Echoplex
Attila, Suicide Silence, Volumes, Rings of Saturn, Spite and Cross Your Fingers at the Fonda Theatre
Church in the Park feat. Mark De Clive-Lowe, Ras G, Linafornia and more at Levitt Pavilion MacArthur Park
Punch Brothers and Madison Cunningham at the Theatre at Ace Hotel
Felix Cavaliere and Gene Cornish’s Rascals at the City National Grove of Anaheim
No Parents, the Paranoyds, Junkie and the High Curbs at 1720
Cavetown and Johnny Goth at the Moroccan Lounge
Super Whatevr, King Shelter, Beach Goons and Ridgeway at the Hi Hat
Bambu at the Bootleg Theater
Youth, Sam Lapides & the Rotten Liars and Sundrop Electric at the Silverlake Lounge
No Small Children, the Two Tens and the Drained at the Satellite
Tommy Alexander, Taylor Kingman and Balto at the Love Song
Chayanne at the Forum
Shaila Durcal at the Novo
Juwan Rates, SoulRebel and Willie Guilty at Los Globos
Pout House, Casual Friday, Los Shadows and Earth is a Disaster at the Smell
The Megas, Bit Brigade and Kirby’s Dream Band at El Cid (Early Show)
Baby A, Blackbird Days, Love Like Suicide and the Knast at the Redwood Bar
PKWY and Silvernova at the Escondite
Shiba San, Tim Baresko and Mister Blaqk at Exchange
Devin Kennedy and Nonsense & the Habits at the Peppermint Club
Hariz and Color Coated at the Study
Casey Abrams, Kapali Long, Lowell Heflin & the Tequikees, Slow Corpse, Pop Molecules and Madeline Blias at the Hotel Café
Sis at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Ladypalooza at the Hotel Café Second Stage (Late Show)
Jesse Batiuk & the Blue Morning Band and Carothers Brothers at the Mint
The Hickoids, Pat Tod & the RankOutsiders, the Golden Rulers and Double E & Bad Business at Café Nela
Terravita, Bommer b2b Xaebor, Bandlez, WB x MB and Nihgt Shade Odyssey at Avalon
Andhim at Sound Nightclub
Puddle of Mudd, Slant, Motorbone, Amargo, Hipnostic, Project 88, Undecided Youth and Orange Mayfield at the Whisky a Go Go
Bleeding Through and Fire from the Gods at the Roxy
Jared James Nichols, the Heroine, Rebel Rampage and Archer Nation at the Viper Room
Soto St. at the Maui Sugar Mill Saloon
Tyler Ramsey at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Cherokee, Torosbros and PrettyBoyPaul at the Wayfarer
Swingin’ Utters, Kevin Seconds and the Fiends at Alex’s Bar
Morgan Mallory at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Early Show)
Aces & Eights at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Late Show)
Mura Masa and Empress Of at the Observatory
Indigo State and Jasper Bones at the Constellation Room
Flor de Toloache at Marty’s on Newport
The Alarm and the Ferns at the Coach House
Thievery Corporation, Steel Pulse and the Simpkin Project at the Pacific Amphitheatre
Faster Pussycat, Paradise Kitty and Don Jamieson at the Cave
Lady Antebellum, Darius Rucker and Russell Dickerson at the FivePoint Amphitheatre
Lita Ford at the San Manuel Casino
Marco Antonio Solis at the Honda Center
The Jacksons at the Pechanga Resort & Casino
Venice at the Rose
December Fades and Black Massive at Molly Malone’s
Witzend at the Marke
Young Thug, J. Cole and Jacquees at OHM Nightclub
John Pizzarelli at the Catalina Club
Tchaikovsky Spectacular at the Hollywood Bowl
The Springsteen Experience at Summer Concerts in the South Bay: Terranea Summer Concert Series

Saturday, August 25

David Byrne and Ibeyi at the Shrine Auditorium
Ariana Grande at the Theatre at Ace Hotel
Chinatown Summer Nights, with Caught a Ghost, TAMPA, CLARA-NOVA, Jasper Bones, Mini Bear, Jane Holiday and Emma Cole at Mandarin Plaza and KCRW DJs Raul Campos and Jason Bentley at the Central Plaza
J. Cole, Young Thug, Jaden Smith and Kill Edward at the Staples Center
Mac DeMarco at the Hollywood Palladium
Ra Ra Riot at the Lodge Room
Erasure and Reed & Caroline at the Wiltern
Sam Smith and Beth Ditto at the Honda Center
Rodriguez at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex
Mura Masa and Empress Of at the Novo
Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe at the Viaduct
The Ultra 4, the Mexican Standoff, the Andersons and Mario Alcaraz at Highland Park’s Play Music on the Porch After Party at the Highland Park Senior Citizen Center
Cavetown and Loyal Lobos at the Moroccan Lounge
Six Organs of Admittance, Wino, Xasthur and Deathkings at Resident
Crash + Burn, N8NOFACE, Zackey Force Funk, Eludem and XL Middleton at the Hi Hat
Lydia, Jared & the Mill and Cherry Pools at the Troubadour
Modern Anchor and Jordyn at the Roxy
Andrew Combs and Harrison Whitford at the Bootleg Theater
Elk Ring at the Silverlake Lounge
Stu Larsen, Natsuki Kurai II and Tim Hart at the Echo
Chelsea Brown, Anthony Cozzi and Sam Burton at the Love Song
Pat Kelly, the Steady 45’s, the Scratch Outs and the Capsouls at Los Globos
Spud Cannon, Okay Embrace and Shunkan at the Smell
“Holy War 2” screening, plus Joe Cardamone, Vowws and Plexi, at 420 N. Varney St., Burbank
Fiends, Ugly, Adult Parts and Zodiac Rippers at the Redwood Bar
Asher Shasho Levy and Aram Soba at Zebulon
Sway, Ballrooms of Mars, Radiodriver and lovelesslust at the Study
Bahari, Heffron Drive, Evan Williams, Allie Gonino and Steph Simbari at the Hotel Café
JEJ, KP Wolfe, Bird Streets, Rachel Gonzalez and D.T. Robbins at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Diego’s Umbrella, Hoist the Colors, Underground City and the Inside Break at the Mint
Dr. Savage & the Shrunken Heads, Riva Rebels, Failing Up and Dante HH at Café NELA
Nastia, Mesme and John Smith at Union Nightclub
Kevin Saunderson, Doc Martin and Kool-Aid at Union Nightclub
Mark Sixma, Ashley Wallbridge, Greg Downey, INFINX and $W4VY at Avalon
House Heads, Lee Wells, Bones and more at Sound Nightclub
Katalyst Jazz and Dot Dot Dot at the Del Monte Speakeasy
The Suitcase Junket at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Tyler Ramsey, Luke Scott MacMaster and Jerry & the Rest at the Wayfarer
Mad Caddies at Marty’s on Newport
Fartbarf, the Fabulous Downey Brothers, Yaawn and Assquatch at Alex’s Bar
Jake Hitt at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Early Show)
Crosscut Delux at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Late Show)
Yelawolf and Waylon & Willie at the Observatory
Launder, Kevlar, Quiet, Adult Beverage and the Helen Hannas at the Constellation Room
Honk and the Dupp Brothers at the Coach House
The Siren Six, Slow Gherkin and Great Apes at the Glass House
Trial, Mouthpie and Strife at the Garden Grove Amphitheater
Lauren Black at Skyloft
Berlin and Minor Strut at the Cave
Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert and Wheeler Walker Jr. at the Glen Helen Amphitheater
Israel Vibration at Newport Dunes
Roberto Tapia at the Fox Performing Arts Center
Phillip Phillips and Gavin DeGraw at the Pacific Amphitheatre
Shankar Ehsaan Loy and Farhan Akhtar at the Pasadena Civic
El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico at Royce Hall UCLA
Adler’s Appetite and Constantine Maroulis at the Canyon Santa Clarita
Venice at the Canyon Agoura Hills
Chris Shiflett at the Imperial
Francois Dean at Skyloft
The Alarm at the Rose
John Pizzarelli at the Catalina Club
Tchaikovsky Spectacular at the Hollywood Bowl
Marina Del Rey Symphony: Rodgers & Hammerstein’s “South Pacific” at the Marina Del Rey Summer Concerts at Burton Chace Park
40 oz to Freedom (Sublime tribute) at Santa Clarita Concerts in the Park
Like Zeppelin at the Redondo Beach Pier Concert Series at the Pier Stage

Sunday, Aug. 26

Erasure and Reed & Caroline at the Wiltern
Happy Sundays festival, with Jake Snider (from Minus the Bear), The Shrine, Audacity, Caught a Ghost, White Woods, Death Valley Girls, the Paranoyds, Draemings, Ramonda Hammer, Yip Yops, Spare Parts for Broken Hearts, Holy Wars, Lucy & La Mer, Easyfriend and more at multiple venues in Long Beach’s Zaferia District
LA’s Got Talent ft. YMF Youth Orchestra, J.U.I.C.E., Tony Sauza’s Kids Indie Rock, Virgil Middle School Drumline at Levitt Pavilion MacArthur Park
Cavetown and NoSo at the Moroccan Lounge
Bikos, the Black Heartthrobs, Doctors & Engineers and the World Record at Café NELA
Amindi K Fro$t, Maal + Morris, Hevin and Liano at Resident
Catastrophie, Danke, LISEL and Jupiter Black at the Bootleg Theater
Combo Chimbita, Rudy De Anda and Billy Changer at the Echo
Christina LaRocca at the Love Song
Franz Murder, Tough Boy, Masculinity Crisis and Pain Magic at the Smell
End of Summer Pop Off with Kemst, Woes Hinzo, Jonathan Jtec Mendoza and more at the Airliner
The Conditionz, the Montgomerys and AnnaRoll at the Redwood Bar
The Tens at the Escondite
El Meneaito and Principe Q at La Cita
Sound Collective with Chandler, Kelsea Cire, Jess Jones, Ezekiel Gentle and Nikki O’Neill at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Johnny Travis Jr. & the Delta Dawns at Harvard & Stone
YES and ARW at the Whisky a Go Go
The Peter Holsapple Combo at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Dead & Company at Saint Rocke
Mad Caddies at Marty’s on Newport
CJ Simmons and Kelly Rae Band at Skyloft
Jocelyn and Chris Arndt at SLO Brew
Outta Control at the Marke
Garr Montalbano at Molly Malone’s
The Alarm at the Canyon Agoura Hills
John Pizzarelli at the Catalina Club
Pier Pressure and Blue Breeze Band at Manhattan Beach Summer Concerts in the Park at Polliwog Park
Open Mic at the Silverlake Lounge