This Week’s Shows: May 20-26
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Upcoming Los Angeles concerts: Mavis Staples, Boogie, Balthazar, Reo Cragun, Speelburg, Blackbear, Spookey Ruben, the Jazz Butchers, Johnny Marr, Snow Patrol, Lovelytheband, Higher Brothers, John Kadlecik, Kevin Garrett, Adam Melchor, Demob Happy, Pearl Earl, Jax Coleman, Spirit Adrift, Yoke Lore, Black Label Society, Lil Pump, IDLES, Skeletonwitch, Jared & the Mill, Listener, Josh Arbour, Molly Tuttle, Matisyahu, Eric McFadden, Wilderado, Killing Joke, Geographer, Wallows, Nosaj Thing, Julia Jacklin, Bellsaint, Mahalia, the Aggrolites, the Damned, Inner Wave, Teenage Bottlerocket, the Lemonheads, Emotional Oranges, Falling in Reverse, Ben Platt, Klaus Johann Grobe, Jen Awad, Pink $ock, Slime Girls, Joe Wetzel, the Expanders, Teen Daze, Well Hung Heart, William Tyler, Satellite Citi, Berlin, New Kids on the Block, WAR, Hunter Hayes, IAMX, the Bright Light Social Hour, the Warlocks, Supersuckers, Hieroglyphics, Paige Stark, Anna Schulze, the Dead Boys, Eagle Rock Gospel Singers, Sumo Princess, Dankrupt, the Avengers, Damian Lazarus, Crime in Stereo
Top Pick of the Week
■ Wednesday: The irrpressible Mavis Staples is turning 80 this summer. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, who in March released her 14th album, “We Get By,” is being feted by an all-star cast at the Theatre at Ace Hotel. Included: Benjamin Booker, Griffin and Taylor Goldsmith (of Dawes), Jason Isbell, Jerry Harrison, Joe Henry, Lucius, M. Ward, Phoebe Bridgers, Son Little, Trombone Shorty and the War and Treaty. Get tickets.
L.A. concerts for the week:
Monday, May 20
Boogie, Bobby Sessions and KB Devaughn at the Roxy
Balthazar at the Echo
Reo Cragun, Harry Teardrop and Hablot Brown at the Moroccan Lounge
Speelburg, Golf Alpha Bravo, Eloise and Grady at Bardot
CAPYAC, Holander, Trouble in the Streets, Pearl Earl and Polartropica at Echoplex
Harry Katz & the Pistachios, MAWD, Brenda Carsey and Oriah at the Satellite
Extra Credit, Linosphere and Leaf Leaf at the Love Song
Bunny Lowe, Dave Cavalier, Babers, Stillwater Sound and Teenage Lobotomy Boy at Resident
Spookey Ruben, the Pineapple Mullets, Los Angelenos and Joey Genetti at the Silverlake Lounge
Revel in Dimes and Wallburds at Harvard & Stone
The Jazz Butchers at the Mint
The Mint Jam at the Mint (Late Show)
Ben Leasure, Caty Crone, Fin, Dana Varon, Heather Necole and more at Three Clubs
The War & Treaty at the Troubadour
The Sunset Jam at the Viper Room
Near Beer, Geronimo Getty and the Pretty Flowers at Gold Diggers
Philip Sayce and the Blue Henrys at the Maui Sugar Mill Saloon
Alright Spider, All Souls and Dangerously Sleazy at the Wayfarer
Magic Sword and Facexhugger at the Constellation Room
Andrew Garcia at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar
Blackbear, Elohim and GASHI at the House of Blues Anaheim
Plantasia, Marcellina & the Monarchs and Tokyo Lucky Hole at the Continental Room
Tuesday, May 21
Johnny Marr at the Ford
Snow Patrol, Billie Marten and Ryan McMullan at the Wiltern
Lovelytheband, flora cash and Jagwar Twin at the Fonda Theatre
John Kadlecik at the Teragram Ballroom
Higher Brothers, Don Krez and Higher Sister at the Regent Theater
Kevin Garrett and Minke at the Troubadour
Adam Melchor and Joshua Speers at the Moroccan Lounge
Charlie Burg and Remi Wolf at the Moroccan Lounge (Early Show)
Demob Happy and Badtalkers at Madame Siam
Pearl Earl, Caitlin Dee and Moonily at the Hi Hat
Jaz Coleman at the Bootleg Theater
Spirit Adrift, Haunt and Daisy Chain at the Echo
Cape Weather, Beauty Queen and King Willow at the Love Song
Downtown Boys, Trap Girl and Wavebreaker at the Smell
The Darbies and Superunloaded at the Redwood Bar
Ayogabs, Bianca Maieli, Riley St. Carlo and more at La Cita
KATIEE, Sam Mickens and Moisture Boys at Zebulon
Allman Brown and Hotel Electric featuring Andy Clockwise at the Hotel Café
Pozzi and Laure Z at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Dixie and Danny Dodge at Harvard & Stone
Nikki Glaspie & the Homies at the Mint
Ultimate Jam Night at the Whisky a Go Go
The Westerners, Adam Cola and Em & the Gems at the Viper Room
Open Mic, featuring Bronwen Roberts and more, at the Highland Park Bowl
Open Mic at the Maui Sugar Mill Saloon
Calamity Company at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Yoke Lore and Laureline at the Constellation Room
Morgan Mallory NAV and Killy at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Early Show)
Joy Again at the Parish at the House of Blues Anaheim
Oceano, Angelmaker, Prison, Cambion, Beckoner and Shadower at Chain Reaction
Conflict, Banned for Life and Recaida at American Legion
Randy Emata at the Federal Bar
Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Walt Disney Concert Hall
L.A.C.H.S.A. at the Catalina Club
Wednesday, May 22
Mavis Staples and Friends at the Ace Hotel
Black Label Society, Conan and the Atomic Bitchwax at the El Rey Theatre
Lil Pump and Lil Skies at the Shrine Expo Hall
IDLES and Fontaines D.C. at the Fonda Theatre
Skeletonwitch, Soft Kill, Wiegedood and Portrayal of Guilt at the Teragram Ballroom
Kevin Garrett and Minke at the Troubadour
Nathan Carter at the Wiltern Ebell Theatre
Jared & the Mill, Wildermiss and Chief White Lightning at the Moroccan Lounge
Dachambo, TV Broken 3rd Eye Open and Intrepid Travelers at the Hi Hat
Listener, Birds in Row and Quentin Sauv é at the Bootleg Theater
Trouble in the Streets, Stains of a Sunflower, Dankrupt, Astrina and Mannequin Skywalker at the Silverlake Lounge
Blood & Chocolat Jazz at Resident
Josh Arbour, Nick Leng and Colyer at the Satellite
Ocean Alley and the Morning Yells at the Echo
The Live Oaks and Angelica Rockne at the Love Song
Arin Ray, Ayoni and Brianna Mazzola at Hotel Figueroa
Paradise Vultures, Allie Armstrong, Break, Conner Boatman and MADUS at El Cid
Los Fauna at the Redwood Bar
Chirgilchin and Yuliyana Krivoshapkina at Zebulon
Jej Vinson, Kadeyjah, Jackii Kennedy and Drea Rose at the Peppermint Club
Alicia Witt and Molly Tuttle at the Hotel Café
Molly Tuttle at Amoeba
Ariel Beesley, Repenter and Suzie Chism at Harvard & Stone
Eric McFadden at the Mint
Carey Frank and more at the Three Clubs
Danny Worsnop, Pros & Icons, Scooter Page and Black Velvet at the Whisky a Go Go
Julia Jacklin and Black Belt Eagle Scout at the Roxy
Lolai’rei Capes, Adam Stackpole, Alex Cole and Leslie Ledezma at the Viper Room
Stacy Barth at One Colorado, Pasadena
Wynchester at the Maui Sugar Mill Saloon
Riders in the Sky at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Tunnels, Pearl Earl and Flying Machine at the Wayfarer
The Damned and Jello Biafra’s Incredibly Strange Dance Party at Alex’s Bar
Matisyahu at the Observatory
Wilderado and Duncan Fellows at the Constellation Room
NAV and Killy at the House of Blues Anaheim
Gregory Michael at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Early Show)
Willie K and Ken Garcia at the Coach House
Downtown Boys, Futura, Moss and Novele at Chain Reaction
Killing Joke at the Yost Theater
Lea Salonga at the Soraya
Geographer and Manatee Commune at La Santa
Blinky Williams at the Catalina Club
Thursday, May 23
Wallows and Slow Hollows at the Fonda Theatre
Nosaj Thing, 4THSEX, Holodec, D Tiberio and more at the Lodge Room
Killing Joke and the Pink Slips at the Roxy
Black Label Society, Conan and the Atomic Bitchwax at the El Rey Theatre
Julia Jacklin and Black Belt Eagle Scout at the Teragram Ballroom
The Aggrolites, the Capsouls and Angel City Review at the Satellite
Inner Wave at the Glass House
Bellsaint, Flavia, Loud Forest and Olivia Grace at the Moroccan Lounge
Mahalia at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever
Knife Knights and Lando Chill at the Bootleg Theater
Candace, Storefront Church and Bill Baird at the Hi Hat
Timothy Robert Graham, New Balance, Heatmaps, Jake Tittle and D.C.R. Pollock at the Silverlake Lounge
Penthouse Penthouse, Linafornia, Courteous Tone, Great Dane, Hapa, Tsuruda and Woolymammoth at the Echo
Jony J at Echoplex
Hoodboi at 1720
Bringing Down the House Live Showcase at the Wiltern
Blaque Dynamite at Resident
Tribute to Mark Hollis of Talk Talk, with Dylan McKenzie, Dylan Rodrigue, Randy Kirk, Colin Burgess, Ryan Qualls, Matt Mayhall, Harrison Whitford, Cari Stevens, Eamon Fogarty and Dotson, at the Love Song
Rett Madison and Beck Pete at York Manor
Groove Domestic Product, C57BL/6 and Olgaa at the Smell
Canyonazo, Ethos, Gazoo, FarahStop and more at the Virgil
Kim & the Created, Turbulent Hearts, Louise Distras and Mean Heat at the Redwood Bar
Sonny & the Sunsets, Kelley Stolz and Intelligence at Zebulon
$K and Bret James at the Peppermint Club
Crash Barbosa, Sin City Cairo and more at the Study
The Patients, SP’s and Egg Drop Soup at Highland Park Bowl
Mo Betta Wu at the Hotel Café
Kiki Halliday and Alex Rose at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Mating Ritual and Lizzy Land at Gold Diggers
Del-Torros at Harvard & Stone
Lisa Heller, Taz Zavalla, Angelina Alexon and more at the Mint
Justus Proffit at NPU
Decadent Decades at the Hard Rock Hollywood
Rearranged Face, Economy Music and more at All Star Lanes
The Teskey Brothers and Katie Pruitt at the Troubadour
Dead Boys, the Roxy Suicide, Time Out, Robbers, the Raskins and Maximum Bob at the Whisky a Go Go
ChoZon, Funsho, Kate Scales Band, Lew Sid, Tomo Bolo Band and Darryl Morris Band at the Viper Room
Run With Hounds, Vanillaroma and Total Drag at the Wayfarer
The Damned and Jello Biafra’s Incredibly Strange Dance Party at Alex’s Bar
The Pretty Flowers, Suzie True and more at Brouwerij West
Teenage Bottlerocket, Nerf Herder and Tightwire at the Constellation Room
Selly at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Early Show)
Dread Mar I, OneChot and Quinto Sol at the House of Blues Anaheim
Puddles Pity Party, Neil Hamburger and Sean Wheeler & the Reluctant Messengers at the Coach House
Lea Salonga at the Soraya
The Sugar Cuts and Sponge at La Santa
The Way You Move, MJ Ultra and House of Vibe at the Canyon Agoura Hills
Bobby Escoto & the Havana Nights All-Stars at the Rose
Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Walt Disney Concert Hall
John Papadakis at the Catalina Club
Friday, May 24
The Lemonheads at the Teragram Ballroom
Emotional Oranges at the El Rey Theatre
Wallows and Slow Hollows at the Fonda Theatre
Falling In Reverse, New Years Day, From Ashes to New and Ice Nine Kills at the Wiltern
Ben Platt at the Dolby Theatre
Grits & Biscuits at the Hollywood Palladium
The Bright Light Social Hour, SWIMM and Goldensuns at the Moroccan Lounge
William Tyler at Zebulon
Jen Awad, Sister Mantos and more at House of Machines
Klaus Johann Grobe, Vinyl Williams and Litronix at the Lodge Room
Pink $ock, Emmett Kai, HOTT MT and Belly Belt at the Echo
Slime Girls, River Gods, Love Under the Sun and Guppy at the Hi Hat
Koe Wetzel and Sam Morrow at the Troubadour
The Expanders and Quinto Sol at Echoplex
Dread Mar I and Onechot at the Regent Theater
Tomorrow X Together at the Novo
Ruth and GMNII at the Love Song
Alex Bloom, Okudaxij and Kites Are Fun at Hotel Figueroa
El Roockie and Magno Flow at Los Globos
Teen Daze, Joy Again, Milly and Lauren Early at El Cid
French Mouth, Ever So Android and New EViL at Highland Park Bowl
Well Hung Heart, Mr. Clit & the Cigarettes and Del-Toros at the Redwood Bar
Roger Alva Trio and Wicklow Atwater at the Escondite
Black Sun Empire, Tantrum Desire, Rene Lavice and Mob Tactics at Exchange
Satellite Citi and Samuel Tucker Young at the Study
fREE, Hayley Orrantia and Trevor Douglas at the Hotel Café
CHNNLL, MOR, Los Kingdom and Sophie G at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Jessie Payo & the Harvard House Band at Harvard & Stone
The Chances at Gold Diggers
Tyler Crawford, Jordan Dean and Lil Jinro & On the Gang at the Mint
Mars, Kurt Stiffle & the Swingshift and Johnny Six Pack at Café NELA
Thick, Melted and Toys That Kill at the Factory
Jackie Foster at the Hard Rock Hollywood
Myrne at Avalon
Chris Liebing at Sound Nightclub
Sponge, Venrez, Cinematica, Blue Midnight, Koda, Electric Mud, Love Child and Three Kings at the Whisky a Go Go
The Viles, No Reception, Friendly Bear and Humonstro at the Maui Sugar Mill Saloon
Cameron Graves at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Noel Paul Stookey at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Berlin at the Canyon Agoura Hills
Blind Melon at the Canyon Montclair
CAPYAC, Emael and the Moon Jays at the Wayfarer
Sloppy Seconds, Sidekick and Ten Foot Pole at Alex’s Bar
Cowgirl Clue and Coco & Clair Clair at the Constellation Room
Conflict, Generacion Suicida and Corrupted Youth at the Observatory
Lil Tjay and Bankroll Hayden at the Observatory (Late Show)
Steve Maggiora at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Early Show)
Hunter Hayes at the House of Blues Anaheim
Terry McBride at the Parish at House of Blues Anaheim
Ace & Eights at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Late Show)
Oingo Boingo Former Members and Groove Kitty at the Coach House
Crime in Stereo, Elder Brother and City Ghost at Chain Reaction
New Kids on the Block, Salt-N-Pepa, Tiffany, Debbie Gibson and Naughty By Nature at the Honda Center
Hvnted and Erinn Alissa & the Low Volume Band at Molly Malone’s
Melissa Gottlieb and Buchbinder Roth at Genghis Cohen
Dead Boys at La Santa
Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Walt Disney Concert Hall
Simon Phillips’ Protocol at the Catalina Club
Saturday, May 25
WAR, KC & the Sunshine Band, Tierra and El Chicano at the Greek Theatre
Hunter Hayes and Levi Hummon at the Fonda Theatre
IAMX at the Belasco Theater
The Bright Light Social Hour, SWIMM and Fayroy at the Moroccan Lounge
Supersuckers and Speedealer at the Echo
Wisin Y Yandel at the Forum
Christian Nodal at the Dolby Theatre
Hieroglyphics, Tops and Video Age at La Santa
Teenage Bottlerocket, Nerf Herder and Tightwire at the Troubadour
Riot! at the Disco at the Teragram Ballroom
Stoned and Dusted, with Melvins, Fu Manchu, Brant Bjork, Jesika Von Rabbit and more, and Pappy & Harriet’s
Almost Summer Party, with Georgi Kay, Molly Moore, Magic Bronson, DYLLAN and Alicia Blue, at the Hi Hat
The Warlocks, Smokescreens, Levitation Room, the Tulips and the Violet Mindfield at House of Machines
Paige Stark, Allie Crow Buckley, Lael Neale and Bridey Elliot at the Bootleg Theater
The Campbells, Kali and Jack & Alfie’s House at the Smell
Summer Warmup Music Festival at El Cid
Richmond Sluts, Faz Waltz, Crazy Squeeze and Killer Hearts at the Redwood Bar
RL Grime and Hex Cougar at Exchange
Loren Connors at Zebulon
Tweezdaswaggygod, A.M.M.O, Stico and Luckson at the Peppermint Club
Vandella, Laura Burhenn, Leslie Stevens, Honeycraft, Katie Day, Angelica Rockne, Joseph the Spouse and more at the Hotel Café
Distant Cousins, Christina LaRocca, Curtis Peoples and Cody & the Blackouts at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Jessie Payo & the Harvard House Band at Harvard & Stone
Adult Karate, Teen Models and Christian Gibson at Highland Park Bowl
Dig the Kid, Headhi and the Moon Jays at the Mint
Cowboy Mouth at the Mint (Late Show)
Elkhead at Café Nela
Ameet Kanon, Aolani, Carter Ace, Dirtie B and more at Catch One
Hernan Cattaneo at Avalon
Mija at Sound Nightclub
Oingo Boingo Former Members, Blahdios, the Original Riot and Brandijo Kistler at the Whisky a Go Go
Sylar, Cane Hill, Varials and Bloodline at the Roxy
Wacken Metal Battle National Final at the Viper Room
Katalyst Jazz and Dot Dot Dot at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Cheryl Wheeler and Kenny White at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
The Aggrolites and Ital Vibes at Saint Rocke
Ted Z & the Wranglers and more at the Wayfarer
The Dead Boys, Mink Daggers, the Side Eyes and Nico Bones at Alex’s Bar
Lovelytheband, flora cash and Jagwar Twin at the Observatory
Temporex, Postcard Boy and Satchy at the Constellation Room
Nicholas Papageorge at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Early Show)
From Zero 2 Hero at the Parish at House of Blues Anaheim
Sammy J at the House of Blues Anaheim
Michael Mills Band at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Late Show)
Bobby Berryhill, Bob Spickard, Jim Masoner, Will Glover, Joey & His Showmen and Ernie Tavizon at the Coach House
Trade Wind at Chain Reaction
Brian Whelan, Sacred Cowboys, Electrosloth Rodney and more at Molly Malone’s
Blind Melon at the Rose
Berlin at the Canyon Santa Clarita
Little Feat at the Saban
Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Walt Disney Concert Hall
Simon Phillips’ Protocol at the Catalina Club
Sunday, May 26
New Kids on the Block, Salt-N-Pepa, Tiffany, Debbie Gibson and Naughty By Nature at the Hollywood Bowl
Hyde at 1720
Eagle Rock Gospel Singers, Balto and Malachi Henry & the Lights at the Hi Hat
Sumo Princess and Poppy Jean Crawford at the Bootleg Theater
Dankrupt, Glacial Palms, Beau LePaige & the Family Band and more at the Echo
The Avengers, the Dils and the Alley Cats at Echoplex
Nana Pancha, Raskahuele and La Pobreska at the Regent Theater
Annachristie Sapphire and Sharon Little at the Love Song
Cuban Doll, Dthouxnbands, and Darren James at Los Globos
Crickets, Kuromi, AGENDER and Supreme Scream at the Smell
Permanent Green Light, It’s OK! and the Question at the Redwood Bar (Early Show)
Boots Electric at the Redwood Bar
Doble Poder at La Cita
Phil Ranelin & Tribe Renaissance at Zebulon
The Present Moment at the Hotel Café
Heather Youmans, Clara Plestis, ZUKOBEE, Sean Earl and Madeline Rosene at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Clancy at Harvard & Stone
Orion & the Stars and the Cougarachis at the Mint
Mad Sin, Stellar Corpses, the Coffin Draggers, the Thirsty Crows and more at Catch One
Damian Lazarus at Sound Nightclub
Jay Electronica, Tre Capital and Salaam Nation at the Troubadour
He Is Legend, Ironsides and Schribe at the Whisky a Go Go
Crime in Stereo, Elder Brother and City Ghost at the Roxy
Crobot, Them Evils, Tijuana Bullfight and Raising the Flame at the Viper Room
Johnette & Scott at McCabe’s Guitar Shop (Matinee Kids Show)
Slaid Cleaves at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Aud Mammal and Talk2Strangers at Old Towne Pub
Harbortown Saints, Thee Spectors, the Vooduo and Thee Swank Bastards at Alex’s Bar (Daytime Show)
Lion’s Law, Rude Pride, 21 Gun Salute, Low Life Soundsystem and Antagonizers ATL at Alex’s Bar
Jasper Bones, Ariel View, Moon Fuzz and Blanco Nino at the Constellation Room
The Exploited, D.I., Total Chaos and Dissension at the Observatory
Papa J & Richard at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Early Show)
Blind Melon and John McCloy Band at the Coach House
Zooluxx, Family of Light and Spirit Mother at the Continental Room (Early Show)
Sylar, Cane Hill, Varials and GroundCulture at Chain Reaction
The Doorknockers at Molly Malone’s
The B.I.G. Band at the Rose
Boogie Knights at the Canyon Montclair
The Skints at Mozambique
Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Walt Disney Concert Hall
Suren Arustamyan at the Catalina Club
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