This Week’s Shows: Feb. 25 – March 3

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Teenage Fanclub (Photo by Donald Milne)
Teenage Fanclub (Photo by Donald Milne)

Upcoming Los Angeles concerts: Crumb, Kan Wakan, Kim Petras, Harriet Brown, the Gooms, Royal Teeth, Dominic Fike, Seun Kuti, Teenage Fanclub, Mazzy Star, Coeur de Pirate, Gryffin, Worn-Tin, Anemone, the Band Camino, Gavin James, MJ116, Roy Ayers, Fruit Bats, Meg Mac, Talker, Shook Twins, Charming Liars, Men I Trust, Tori Kelly, Patty Griffin, Ladytron, Robert DeLong, Saves the Day, Peter Murphy, Noam Pikelny, Darlingside, Young Hunting, Partner, Big Something, Julia Ryan, Siya, Lil Mosey, VHS Collection, Shannon Shaw, Waxahatchee, Bob Mould, Sharon Van Etten, Dorothy, Jungle, Bane’s World, Jesse Boykins III, Between the Buried & Me, Bryce Vine, KOLARS, the Wood Brothers, Boombox Cartel, Neal Schon, Umphrey’s McGee, Caroline Rose, Sarah Brightman, Los Wálters, Haywyre, Single Mothers, Bird Concerns, Mansionair, Awakebutstillinbed, OMN, Boogaloo Assassins, the Chills, Trippie Redd, Jurassic Shark, Sam Amidon, Scotty Sire, MAWD, Dead Meadow

Eight picks for the week:

Tuesday/Wednesday: Scottish indie greats Teenage Fanclub, on a North American Tour celebrating 30 years of their U.S. label, Merge Records, play two nights at the Teragram Ballroom. Labelmates the Love Language open. Tuesday tickets. Wednesday tickets.
Wednesday: Celeste Tauchar — aka Talker — plays the Hi Hat in celebration of her debut EP “Horror Films,” which deftly straddles the alt-rock and pop worlds (stream it here). Tickets.
Thursday/Friday: Synth-pop sophisticates Ladytron, whose sixth full-length (and first in seven years), came out Feb. 15, return to L.A. for two nights at the Fonda Theatre. Thursday tickets. Friday (sold out).
Friday: Dorothy, touring behind last year’s album “28 Days in the Valley,” brings her band to the Regent Theater. Get there early for New York foursome Spirit Animal, led by onetime L.A. artist Steve Cooper. Tickets.
Friday: Speaking of Merge Records, the new Bob Mould album, “Sunshine Rock,” came out this month. Mould and his band headline the Teragram Ballroom, with local quartet Criminal Hygiene (whose new album comes out Friday) opening. Sold out.
Friday: Peter Murphy, along with David J, are on tour celebrating 40 years of Bauhaus. The tour wends its way to the Novo. Tickets.
Friday: Shannon Shaw (of Shannon & the Clams) and Pinky Pinky perform at the Natural History Museum as part of their First Fridays series. This year’s theme? “Forces of Nature.” Talks, museum tours and DJ sets included.
Saturday/Sunday: New Zealand legends the Chills, playing their first major U.S. tour since the mid-1990s, swing through Southern California. See them Saturday at the Wayfarer in Costa Mesa or Sunday at the Echo

Monday, Feb. 25

Crumb, Video Age and Nikolas Escudero at the Teragram Ballroom
Kim Petras at the Troubadour
Kan Wakan, SAÍGO and Jessica Childress at the Bootleg Theater
Harriet Brown, NTS, Mulherin, Chanti Darling, Qur’an Shaheed, SKOLES and Straight Honey at Echoplex
The Gooms, Egg Drop Soup and It’s Butter at the Satellite
Royal Teeth, Clara Mae, Trishes and Rachel Crow at Bardot
Dominic Fike and Deb Never at the Echo
Astrid S at the Moroccan Lounge
Lucky Baby Daddy, Papa M, Paz Lenchantin, Night Shade and Escape-ism at Zebulon
Petra Jarrar, Electric Soul Parade, Kena Sounds, Honduh Daze and Public Shadows at the Silverlake Lounge
Sophia Pfister and Anthony Shadduck at the Love Song
Pervert, Münki and Supplement at the Smell
Benny Bassett at the Hotel Café Second Stage
The Jazz Butchers at the Mint
The Mint Jam at the Mint (Late Show)
The Sunset Jam at the Viper Room
Freedy Johnston and James Byous at Molly Malone’s
Trippie Redd at the Fox Theater Pomona
Purple Fuzz Machine, Drugs in the Alley and the Steins at the Continental Room
The Tom Kubis Big Band & the Swing Kittens at the Gaslamp
Phony PPL at La Santa
David Rosales & His Band of Scoundrels, Kilo Bravo and Gardeners Logic at the Wayfarer
Albert Castiglia and the Byrom Brothers at the Maui Sugar Mill Saloon

Tuesday, Feb. 26

Teenage Fanclub and the Love Language at the Teragram Ballroom
Seun Kuti and Egypt 80 at the Regent Theater
Mazzy Star at the Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian
Coeur de Pirate and Loud Forest at the El Rey Theatre
Gryffin, Yung Bae and Devault at the Fox Theater Pomona
Benny Sings, Peanut Butter Wolf, Mndsgn, Los Retros at the Lodge Room
Gavin James and Forest Blakk at the Roxy
Worn-Tin, Tomemitsu and Bella Porter at the Echo
Anemone, Pavo Pavo and the Venetian Blinds at the Bootleg Theater
The Band Camino and Hardcastle at the Moroccan Lounge
LittleDNGR, Bellsaint and GMNII at the Hi Hat
Hamzaa, Benji Lewis, Carling, Sizzy Rocket, Ariana and the Rose and Brasko at Madame Siam
V Torres, Chow Chow Mandy and Gabrielle Graves at the Satellite
Love, Alexa at the Love Song
Henry Wolfe and Olivia Kaplan at the Love Song (Late Show)
Midnight Cities, Warsaw Pact, Tiger Beat and Frozen Charlottes at the Silverlake Lounge
Terri Lynn Davis and Thomas Hinds at the Silverlake Lounge
Open Mic featuring Alicia Blue at the Highland Park Bowl
Patrolled By Radar at the Redwood Bar
Chule, Torre Blake and Sun Cycles at the Hotel Café
Steve Poltz at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Veneer at Harvard & Stone
Hunter Perrin & the Wild Cards at the Three Clubs
MHD at Union Nightclub
Soulfly, Unearth, Incite, Skinflint, SANGRE, Zombie Eating Horse and Nyctophile at 1720
MNEK and Raja Kumari at the Troubadour
Ultimate Jam Night at the Whisky a Go Go
Old_Sport, Zachary Kibbee, Foe and Georgia Water at the Viper Room
Calamity Company at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Crumb, Video Age and the Pantones at the Glass House
Mamalarky, James V and Sleep Club at the Continental Room
Papa J & Richard at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Early Show)
Cool, Calm, Collected at La Santa
Pacific Symphony and Madame Butterfly at the Renee & Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall
Randy Emata at the Federal Bar
Open Mic at the Maui Sugar Mill Saloon

Wednesday, Feb. 27

Mazzy Star at the Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian
Teenage Fanclub and the Love Language at the Teragram Ballroom
MJ116 and DJ Afro at the Fonda Theatre
Black History Month feat. Roy Ayers at the Lodge Room
Talker, Colyer, Emma Cole, Beck Pete and Nikki Black at the Hi Hat
Fruit Bats and Vetiver at Zebulon
Meg Mac and Hope Waidley at the Bootleg Theater
Shook Twins and Rainbow Girls at the Moroccan Lounge
Cesar Caez, El Mañana, Los Retros and Los Shadows at Resident
JUUJJUU Jeffertitti’s Nile, Dixie and Kustard at Alex’s Bar
DGTL CLR and Laciste at the Silverlake Lounge
Man Candy with Klaus, Prince Alarming, Tytus Androgynous and more at the Silverlake Lounge
Brett Newski and the No Tomorrow at the Love Song
Spookey Ruben and DeTAnGLeR at Highland Park Bowl
Delinquent Habits, Planet Asia, Ras Kass, LMNO, 2Mex, Mykill Miers and Cut Chemist at Los Globos
Jameson Burt at Harvard & Stone
Lili Kendall, Dougy Ahern, Sun Dog, Max Stark Music, Jack Ingram at the Study
Amy Wilcox, Rachel Reinert and Julius Cowdrey at the Hotel Café
Britton, Wilkes and Drew Cole at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Henry Prego at the Catalina Club
Charming Liars at the Peppermint Club
Loser Company, Motions, Schribe and O.C.D. at the Mint
Carey Frank at the Three Clubs
Mushroomhead, Hellzapoppin, Ventana, Worldwide Panic, Luna 13, Indisposed Metal and Pretty Rrrussell at the Whisky a Go Go
Men I Trust and Michael Seyer at the Roxy
Songwriter Showcase with Kimberly Haynes, Alfred Johnson, the Painkillers, Gary Stockdale and Beth Sass at Molly Malone’s
Charlotte Lawrence at the Constellation Room
Matthew Logan Vasquez at Fingerprints Music
Gregory Michael at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Early Show)
Blues Traveler and Harlis Sweetwater at the House of Blues Anaheim
Soulfly at La Santa

Thursday, Feb. 28

Ladytron and Night Drive at the Fonda Theatre
Peter Murphy’s 40 Years of Bauhaus Ruby Celebration Featuring David J at the Novo
Robert DeLong and Morgxn at the Teragram Ballroom
Tori Kelly at the Orpheum Theatre
Patty Griffin at the Largo at the Coronet
Black History Month feat. Roy Ayers at the Lodge Room
Saves the Day, Remo Drive and Mighty at the Troubadour
Meek Mill, Lil Durk, Kash Doll and Melii at the Hollywood Palladium
Noam Pikelny (Punch Brothers) and Stuart Duncan at Pico Union Project
Darlingside and River Whyless at the El Rey Theatre
OM and Emel Mathlouthi at the Regent Theater
Young Hunting at Harvard & Stone
Tommy Newport and John Vincent III at the Moroccan Lounge
Big Something and Aqueous at the Bootleg Theater
Partner, Dude York and Blushh at the Hi Hat
DGTL CLR, Inspired & the Sleep, MetronOhm and Olivia Grace at Resident
The Cooties, Garfunkel & Oates and Jack Stratton of Vulfpeck at the Satellite
SAF RO, Jess McAvoy, William Russell Wallace and Machine Kit at the Silverlake Lounge
Carnival of Soul at Highland Park Bowl
Wait. Think. Fast. at Gold Diggers
Spain at the Love Song
Susan, Spesh, ModPods and Post Tropic at the Smell
Prophetcy at the Airliner
Player Won, Sliq, Wolf and Jaq at El Cid
Julia Ryan, Novi Music, CUJA, ZØYA, CLO at Adults Only
Siya, Rahtwofive, Chef Sean, Celly and Knoxxy at the Peppermint Club
Jesse & Friends at the Hotel Café
Dan & Drum, Matthew Stewart, Jesse Palter, Mother Pearl, Mykey and Crown at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Mint Moscow Mule, Grad Party, Head and Aly Youranday at the Mint
Animals & Children, Barron Bandini, Cutter Punx, Candy Graham and Poisonous Members at Café NELA
The Skyline Band at the Hard Rock Hollywood
Jake Lee’s Red Dragon Cartel, Darkhorse Rising, Angeles, Garden of Eden, Az Iz and the Almas at the Whisky a Go Go
Men I Trust and Michael Seyer at the Roxy
Kendall Rucks & the Zodiac Mafia, Kingqueen, Reti, Zoe Nicole and King Mala at the Viper Room
Cab Ellis, Trope, Few Miles South and Rusty Tinder at Molly Malone’s
Coco Montoya & Tinsley Ellis at the Rose
Arise Roots and Dubbest at La Santa
Lil Mosey at the Observatory
VHS Collection at the Constellation Room
Mouhammed Bassaj at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Early Show)
MDC, the Elected Officials, Verbal Abuse and Spider at Alex’s Bar
Mom & the Mailman, Terminal A, Tunnels and Flesh at the Wayfarer
Russian National Orchestra at the Renee & Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall
Rainsford and the 131ers at Saint Rocke
Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Walt Disney Concert Hall
Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons at the Saban
Junior Brown at the Canyon Agoura Hills
Search for Delicious, the Coolers and Lazybones at the Maui Sugar Mill Saloon
Pearl Aday with Sacred Cowboys and Starlight Cleaning Co. at Pappy & Harriet’s

Friday, March 1

First Fridays with Shannon Shaw and Pinky Pinky at the Natural History Museum
Waxahatchee and Bonny Doon at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever
Ladytron and Night Drive at the Fonda Theatre
Bob Mould Band and Criminal Hygiene at the Teragram Ballroom
Sharon Van Etten at the Theatre at Ace Hotel
Dorothy, Spirit Animal and Joyous Wolf at the Regent Theater
Jungle and Houses at the Hollywood Palladium
Lil Mosey at the Novo
Bane’s World at the Lodge Room
David August and Neonlichter at the El Rey Theatre
Todd Albright and Pat Kearns at the Bootleg Theater
H.C. McEntire, Blue Rose Rounders and Sam Buck at the Echo
VHS Collection, Avid Dancer and Ariel Beesley at Echoplex
Can’t Swim, Homesafe, Save Face and Small Talks at the Hi Hat
Jesse Boykins III, Alex Isley and Burning Benjamins at the Moroccan Lounge
The Twilite Tone and Zernell at Resident
Suzie True, Nightgown, Sluts, Taleen Kali and Spare Parts for Broken Hearts at the Smell
Curtsy, The Pantones and Lyell Likes Rocks at the Highland Park Bowl
Jake Tittle, Mini Trees, My Double My Brother and NewBalance at Lot 1
Band of Gringos and Bearwulf at the Redwood Bar
Jet Dread Stone and the Tens at the Escondite
Jessie Payo & the Harvard House Band at Harvard & Stone
Ed Rush & Optical and TC at 1720
Borgore at Exchange
Sean Alan & the True Love Band at the Study
The Evening Guests, Fire Chief Charlie, Scott Ruth, Michael Richard Klics and D.C.R. Pollock at the Hotel Café
Night Market, the Regular, Nessa and Beth Sorrentino at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley and Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
The Visionaries and Spontaneous at Catch One
Oriri & the Soulhouse Crew, Darryl Morris Band, Ben Spivak, Sugi Dakks and Gabriel at the Mint
Giorgia Angiuli at Sound Nightclub
Twiddle and Iya Terra at the Troubadour
Damaged Goods, Kaz B, Third Room, Black Rock Candy and Olivia Pierce at the Whisky a Go Go
Maribou State and ford. at the Roxy
Shelita at Genghis Cohen
Diego El Cigala at the Irvine Barclay Theatre
Dan Franklin at Molly Malone’s
Between the Buried & Me, Tesseract and Astronoid at the Glass House
La Banda Skalavera at Chain Reaction
Saves the Day, Remo Drive and Mighty at the Observatory
Bryce Vine, Travis Thompson and 7715 at the Constellation Room
Nicholas Papageorge at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Early Show)
Eric Turner Band at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Late Show)
Rudy de Anda at Fingerprints
KOLARS, Alex Lilly and Tokyo Lucky Hole at the Wayfarer
Flashback Heart Attack and South Side Hero at Saint Rocke
Tinsley Ellis & Coco Montoya at the Coach House
JR Richards at the Canyon Santa Clarita
Drinkard, Mad Cow and JxN WLL at the Maui Sugar Mill Saloon
Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey at the Fred Kavli Theatre – Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza
Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons at the Saban
Danny Seraphine and Bill Champlin at the Canyon Agoura Hills
OM & Emel Mathlouthi at Pappy & Harriet’s

Saturday, March 2

The Wood Brothers and Carsie Blanton at the Fonda Theatre
Daughters, Cult Leader and HIDE at the Regent Theater
Boombox Cartel, Lunice and Vincent at the Shrine Expo Hall
Neal Schon at the Orpheum Theatre
Umphrey’s McGee and Ghost-Note at the Wiltern
Caroline Rose and Superet at the Teragram Ballroom
Bane’s World at the Lodge Room
Sarah Brightman, Vincent Niclo and Narcis Lustin Lanau at the Honda Center
Los Wálters, Phil Good and UNOUNO at the Echo
Haywyre and Balkan Bump at Echoplex
Single Mothers and Mobina Galore at the Hi Hat
Scotty Sire at the Moroccan Lounge (Early Show)
Bird Concerns and Dan Sadin at the Moroccan Lounge
Bootleg Mardi Gras Carnevale, with John C. Reilly
The Yeahtones at the Love Song
Gabby Loks, Xavi Bllx, Adrian Villalobos, Jorge Serrano and Rhygin Paul at the Love Song (Late Show)
Graveyard Junkies, the Groans, Huntress & Veils and Franz Mrdr at the Smell
Powersolo, Electric Children, the Claws and Glitter Trash at the Redwood Bar
George Srah and String Ensemble at Hot Shot Muffler (5507 York Blvd.)
The Rocketz and Dirty Old Town at La Cita
Jessie Payo & the Harvard House Band at Harvard & Stone
Wilson Phillips at the Saban
Helicopter Showdown, Blaqout, Saberz and more at Catch One
Oliver Heldens, Offaiah and GAWP at Exchange
Skela at the Peppermint Club
Ashlinn Gray at the Study
Melissa Gottlieb, Michael Mancuso and Nathan Harrington at the Hotel Café
Chris Pureka, Freya Josephine Hollick, D.T. Robbins and the Moon Jays at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Greyhounds at the Mint
Umphrey’s McGee Aftershow feat. Kris Myers at the Mint (Late Show)
Cazzette and Niko the Kid at Avalon
Catz ‘N Dogz at Sound Nightclub
Bryce Vine, Travis Thompson and 7715 at the Troubadour
Heartbeats at the Whisky a Go Go
Mansionair and Beacon at the Roxy
Audiovent at the Viper Room
Jorma Kaukonen at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Meteor Street and Unsung Lily at Molly Malone’s
Kevin Campbell at Molly Malone’s
Diego El Cigala at the Luckman Fine Arts Complex
Junior Brown at the Rose
Awakebutstillinbed, Sundressed, Alien Boy, Sunsleeper and No Better at Programme Skate & Sound
Can’t Swim, Homesafe, SaveFace, Small Talks and Alternative Citizens at Chain Reaction
Frankie Quinones (Cholo Fit) at La Santa
OM and Emel Mathlouthi at the Observatory
Bijan Mortazavi at the City National Grove of Anaheim
Selly at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Early Show)
Stranger Kings at the Parish at House of Blues Anaheim
Tori Kelly at the House of Blues Anaheim
Crosscut Deluxe at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Late Show)
Boogaloo Assassins and Ethio Cali at Alex’s Bar
Kaylene Peoples at Newport Dunes
The Chills, Cotillon and Venetian Blinds at the Wayfarer
Bow Wow Wow, the Untouchables and When in Rome at the Canyon Santa Clarita
Double Take at the Federal Bar
Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Walt Disney Concert Hall
JR Richards and the Renovators at the Coach House
Waxahatchee and Bonny Doon at Pappy & Harriets

Sunday, March 3

The Chills, Cotillon and Fawns of Love at the Regent
Toni Braxton and Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds at the Microsoft Theater
Sound of Awakening at the Wiltern
The Pan Afrikan Peoples Arkestra at Zebulon
Trippie Redd, Lil Keed, Col Leroy and Lil Duke at the Novo
Spring Fling Fest with Jurassic Shark, Healing Gems, Junkie, Mike Watt and the Missingmen, Sister Mantos and more at 1720
The Midnight Hour, Black Thought, Estelle, Gallant, Georgia Anne Muldrow and more at the Lodge Room
Sundressed, awakebutstillinbed, Alien Boy, Sunsleeper and I’m Glad It’s You at the Bootleg Theater
Sam Amidon and Sam Gendel at the Moroccan Lounge
Scotty Sire at the Roxy
Vega Victoria at the Love Song
Eleven Point Two, Red Roulette and Sap Sour at the Redwood Bar
Joe Thalman & the Burden at the Escondite
Doble Poder at La Cita
Open Mic at the Silverlake Lounge
Raul Garcia at El Cid
MAWD and Annabel Lee at the Virgil
The Buddy Rich Band at the Rose
Kristen Cook at McCabe’s Guitar Shop (Matinee Kids’ Show)
Jorma Kaukonen at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Brandon & James and Jonah Wei Haas at the Hotel Café
Craig Greenberg, Mia Grace, Laura Leighe, Dary Ramirez and Apollonia at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Johnny Travis Jr. & the Delta Dawns at Harvard & Stone
Chin Up Kid, Joker’s Hand, the Wannabees, Hell on Wheels and Home in Haddonfield at the Whisky a Go Go
The ABC’s & Ben Anderson Sing-A-Long at Genghis Cohen
Greer, the Grinns, Skin Mag and Carpool Tunnel at the Constellation Room
Guru Knife Fight, Lastnamedavid, Bry.Zen, CPTN KIRK, Chip Monk and Evan Geesman at the Continental Room
Mouhammed Bassaj at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Early Show)
EyeHateGod, Phobia, Trappist, Graf Orlock and Galena at Alex’s Bar (Early Show)
Powersolo at Alex’s Bar
JR Richards of Dishwalla at Saint Rocke
Dead Meadow, Highlands and Baast at the Wayfarer
Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Walt Disney Concert Hall
Junior Brown and Hot Rod Trio at the Coach House
Coco Montoya & Tinsley Ellis at the Canyon Agoura Hills