Anna Acosta on December 24th, 2018

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Upcoming Los Angeles concerts: Seahaven, Vex Ruffin, Face to Face, Erykah Badu, X, Lydia, Sofia Wolfson, Ever So Android, DeathbyRomy, Poolside, Mac Sabbath, Tropa Magica, Gryffin, the Nervous Return, Michelle Coltrane, the Breathing Effect, Antenna the End, Mannheim Steamroller, Gin Blossoms, Yasiin Bey, Jamie Jones, Puddles Pity Party, TWRP, Miles Medina, Jurassic Shark, Quiet Riot, Martha Davis & the Motels, the Claypool Lennon Delirium, Together Pangea, Ludacris, Smokey Robinson, John Legend, Odesza, Laura Veirs, Blind Pony

Above: East L.A.’s Tropa Magica wraps up a year in which brothers David and Rene Pacheco segued from their old band Thee Commons to a new project, releasing a genre-hopping self-titled album, touring and playing festivals and generally embodying the slogan on their T-shirts: “Smells Like Cumbia Spirit.” One of the must-see live bands in L.A., they play a hometown headlining show Friday night at the Echoplex, along with Tijuana’s La Diabla, Healing Gems and Ocho Ojos. Get tickets.

This week’s shows:

Monday, Dec. 24

Peanut Butter Rock N Roll at Harvard & Stone
Crazy Tomes at the Maui Sugar Mill Saloon
Mouhammed Bassaj at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Early Show)

Tuesday, Dec. 25

Hunter Perrin & the Wild Cards at the Three Clubs
Randy Emata at the Federal Bar

Wednesday, Dec. 26

Seahaven and Cory Wells at the Teragram Ballroom
Vex Ruffin, KTOWNODD and Black Magick Chocolate Tears at Zebulon
Mooncult and Small Planets at Harvard & Stone
Payday at the Virgil
La Chilanga Banda at La Cita
Steven Adler and Tantric Cycle at Saint Rocke
Rock N’ Roll Jam Nite at the Canyon Santa Clarita
Sir, Please at the Canyon Agoura Hills
Face to Face at Marty’s on Newport
The Federal Affair at the Federal Bar

Thursday, Dec. 27

Erykah Badu at the Novo
X, Los Lobos and the Blasters at the Observatory
Lydia and Anarbor at the Teragram Ballroom
Sofia Wolfson, Sharon Siva and A.O. Gerber at the Bootleg Theater
Ever So Android, Tara Who?, the Gutter Daisies and Gabrielle Graves at the Satellite
DeathByRomy, the AquaDolls and Tony Velour at the Moroccan Lounge
Nick Oliveri (Death Acoustic set) at Harvard & Stone
Seahaven, Jon Simmons and Foliage at the Glass House
1TakeJay at Catch One – Jewel’s Room
Killer Whale at the Silverlake Lounge
Spain at the Love Song
Afrolicious at the Virgil
Melancholy Cool at El Cid
Dearly Departed and Cherose at the Mint
McFarland, St. Azazel & the Hellkats, the Hubcap Stealers and Kal Madsen at the Viper Room
Alain Whyte at Kaos Records in Covina
Shred is Dead at Saint Rocke
Lunch Lady, Cell Rot, Daisy Chain and Richard Scary at Alex’s Bar
Stevie Talks at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Early Show)
Donavon Frankenreiter and SLAPBAK at the Coach House
Mando Cordova and Andrew Bloom at Mozambique
The Flux Capacitors at Skyloft
Loose Ends and Jane Eugene at the Rose
Dev at the Canyon Agoura Hills
Face to Face at Marty’s on Newport
Ronn David McPhatter at the Catalina Club

Friday, Dec. 28

Poolside and Amo Amo at the Teragram Ballroom
X, Los Lobos and the Blasters at the Observatory
Mac Sabbath, PPL MVR, the Dickies and Captured by Robots at the Fonda Theatre
Tropa Magica at Echoplex
Gryffin, Yung Bae and Devault at the Fox Theater Pomona
The Nervous Return, the Blessings, Mean Heat and Chavez Ravine at the Moroccan Lounge
Michelle Coltrane, Total Heat and Thurmon Green at the Hi Hat
The Breathing Effect, Zach Tabori, Roger Hallaway and Twang Clark at the Bootleg Theater
Antenna the End, the Orbellion and Heavy Machinery at the Satellite
Straight No Chaser at the Dolby Theatre
Roddy Rich at the Novo
Gap Girls, Celebrity Crush, Austin Anderson and Greer at the Smell
Plasmic, Sad Dance Party, Stay Wild and Monty O’Blivion at Lot 1
Lujuria, Lunar Gateway and Fools Like Me at the Redwood Bar
Green Velvet at Exchange
Jessie Payo and the Harvard House Band at Harvard & Stone
Familiar Friends, S.S. Odyssey, Ely Jaffe and Mammoth at the Mint
Janet Klein & Her Parlour Boys at the Three Clubs
Elkhead, Hidden Depths, the Folks & Company and Donkey Island Penitentuary at Café NELA
Nicole Moudaber at Avalon
Mat Zo and Lee Wells at Sound Nightclub
Bullet Boys, Ampage, War Within, Petty Nation and Medium Rare at the Whisky a Go Go
FXP at the Viper Room
Slow Burning Car, CC Potato and Flames of Durga at the Maui Sugar Mill Saloon
Tunnels, Kevlar, These Pilgrims and Lanitarians at the Wayfarer
Jake Hitt at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Early Show)
Swells, Hooliganz and Local Culture at the House of Blues Anaheim
Crosscut Delux at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Late Show)
Martha Davis & the Motels, Olio and Quartet 5 at the Coach House
MADYX, Kamma, Unknown Fate and Gold Cassettes at Chain Reaction
Dimebox Band and Nineteen Hand Horse at Genghis Cohen
Mannheim Steamroller at Cerritos Center
Ambrosio at the Canyon Agoura Hills
Gin Blossoms at the Canyon Santa Clarita
Face to Face at Marty’s on Newport
Crimson Crowbar at Mozambique

Saturday, Dec. 29

Yasiin Bey at the Novo
The Claypool Lennon Delirium and L.A. Witch at the Observatory
Ludacris at the House of Blues Anaheim
Together Pangea, Beach Goons and Healing Gems at the Glass House
Jamie Jones, the Martinez Brothers and Factory 93 at the Hollywood Palladium
Puddles Pity Party at the Fonda Theatre
Miles Medina, Earry Hall, Blesst, Donc and 1oak at the Regent Theater
TWRP and JP Incorporated at the Bootleg Theater
Jurassic Shark, Small Crush, Rearranged Face and Greaseball at the Smell
McFarland at the Redwood Bar
Deorro at Exchange
Jessie Payo and the Harvard House Band at Harvard & Stone
Diggin Dirt, Oriri & the Soulhouse Crew and Scarlett Falls at the Mint
Rosemary Reyes Band, the Black Widows, the Atomic Sherpas and Wasted Inc. at Café NELA
Jerome Isma-Ae, Paul Thomas and Stan Kolev at Avalon
Mark Knight and Monoky at Sound Nightclub
Adriatique and Jessie Calistri at PrototypeLA
Quiet Riot, Darling Dead, Angeles, Ampage, Wikkid Starr, Once Around and Serggio & the Phantom Crows at the Whisky a Go Go
Brujas, Jet Jaguar, SluttyLungs, Secular Flow and Valley Echo at the Maui Sugar Mill Saloon
Katalyst Collective at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Martha Davis & the Motels and Liz Gherna at Saint Rocke
Ethan Hulse & Lowly Spects, Brennan Smiley and Sunsets at the Wayfarer
Fartbarf, Mike Watt & the Secondmen, Audacity and Very Crush at Alex’s Bar
Blivet, the Side Eyes, Ariel View, Capital Mf Wasteland and Makeout Reef at the Constellation Room
Selly at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Early Show)
Amy May at Skyloft
Drip Fest with Kazo & Roicire, Dripset, Lil Ramen, Swisha 9 and more at the Garden Grove Amphitheater
Don Carlos at Newport Dunes
John Legend at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts
Pearl, Sacred Cowboys and Rodney & John at Molly Malone’s
Smokey Robinson at Cerritos Center
Ambrosia at the Rose
Gin Blossoms at the Canyon Agoura Hills
Tower of Power at the Canyon Santa Clarita
Hot Snakes at Marty’s on Newport
The Trip at Skyloft
Mad Dogs & the Englishman at Mozambique
Erich Bergen at the Catalina Club

Sunday, Dec. 30

Odesza, Manila Killa and Evan Giia at the Novo
Yasiin Bey at the Observatory
Laura Veirs and Tara Jane O’Neil at the Moroccan Lounge
Blind Pony, XLX and Truckerbomb at the Redwood Bar
Pa’Lante at Los Globos
Doble Poder at La Cita
Johnny Travis Jr. & the Delta Dawns at Harvard & Stone
Adler’s Appetite, Venrez, Motorsickle, 79’, Charlie Bonnet III & the Folkin’ Gasholes and Crowded Reflections at the Whisky a Go Go
Jesika Von Rabbit, ARSNK and Jane Machine at the Viper Room
Donavon Frankenreiter and SLAPBAK at Saint Rocke
Gregory Michael at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Early Show)
Scumbag Boyz, 210 Whitehouse, Ciara L. Lee and Pkwy at Chain Reaction
Philip Gough Combo at Mozambique (Brunch Show)
Massive McGregor and Stokely Molineaux at Mozambique
Smith at Skyloft
Scotty Mac Band and Kaitlyn Weathers at Back Bay Bistro
Gin Blossoms at the Rose
Martha Davis & the Motels at the Canyon Agoura Hills
Barbara Morrison at the Catalina Club