This Week’s Shows: Aug. 26-Sept. 1

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Guys with guitars, from our photo archives: The Cure at Coachella 2009 (Photo by Bronson); the Get Up Kids at Taste of Chaos 2016 (Photo by Samantha Saturday); Wayne Kramer of MC5 at South by Southwest 2010 (Photo by Scott Dudelson); Smashing Pumpkins at the Forum, August 2018 (Photo by Annie Lesser)

Upcoming Los Angeles concerts: The Cure’s Pasadena Daydream, Made in LA Festival, West Adams Block Party, Daniel Caesar, Holander, Love Nothing, Mutual Benefit, Blink-182, Grace VanderWaal, MC50, Lindsey Stirling, Seratones, Beams, Tim Heidecker, Ward, Bonavega, Rob Laufer, the Roots, Holado Negro, Stray Cats, Howlin Rain, Cut Chemist, Potty Mouth, Mannequin Pussy, Maya Lucia, Michael Des Barres, Circle the Earth, Bryan Ferry, Smashing Pumpkins, Burna Boy, Lisa Loeb, Sam Marine, LEAN, Free Throw, Ms. Nina, Glaare, Korn, Candlebox, Ty Segall, Los Cafres, Zooluxx, Toe, Peach Kelli Pop, the Courtneys, the Bash Dogs, Ariel Beesley, LilBootyCall, the Darts, the O’Jays, Zakk Sabbath, Maze, Lalah Hathaway, Nelly, Papa Roach, Allie Crow Buckley, Slaughter Beach, Hamish Anderson, William Black, David Ayscue, UB40, Ringo Starr, Pitbull, the Get Up Kids, Boogaloo Assassins, Skillet

Los Angeles concerts for the week:

Monday, Aug. 26

Daniel Caesar and Koffee at the Greek Theatre
Holander, Nate Mercereau, Luke Rathborne and Maye at Bardot
Mal Blum, Rose Dorn and Cartalk at the Hi Hat
A.O. Gerber, Bella Porter and Twang Clark at the Bootleg Theater
Automatic, Colleen Green, Diva Dompe and Girl Friday at the Echo
The Entrance Band, Jenny O, Lael Neale, Guy Blakeslee, CRUSH and Sylvie Lake at Zebulon
Love Nothing, Guppy and Alex Andre at the Satellite
Mutual Benefit, Dustin Wong and Holy Pink at the Moroccan Lounge
Local Natives at the Grammy Museum
Hazel English at Checker Hall
Davíd Garza at the Love Song
Talk Talk tribute, with Mirror Man (ft. members of Derde Verde), Cari Stevens, Dylan Rodrigue and Aaron Kyle (Geronimo Getty) at Gold-Diggers
Dexter Darden, Jake & Papa and more at the Hotel Café
Time for Three at the Hotel Café Second Stage
The Blank Tapes at Harvard & Stone
The Jazz Butchers at the Mint
The Mint Jam at the Mint (Late Show)
Open Mic at the Three Clubs
Little Jesus and Marron at the Roxy
The Sunset Jam at the Viper Room
Olivia Rohde at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Early Show)
The Noir Dalis, Psychotic Reaction and Bloom at the Continental Room
Memory Den, Elyzr and Cosmic Music at La Santa
Doc Pittillo and Roebuck & the Two Dollar Bill Band at the Wayfarer
Big Pete, Alex Schulz and Tom Gramlich at the Maui Sugar Mill Saloon

Tuesday, Aug. 27

MC50 and Porcupine at the Teragram Ballroom
Blink-182 and Lil Wayne at the FivePoint Amphitheatre
Daniel Caesar and Koffee at the Shrine Auditorium
Grace Vanderwaal and Patrick Martin at the El Rey Theatre
Lindsey Stirling at the Roxy
Seratones at the Echo
Beams, Haunted Summer and Dev Ray at the Bootleg Theater
Tim Heidecker & His Very Good Band at the Moroccan Lounge
Ward, Wolf Woodcock and Family Man at the Satellite
Bonavega, Leon Knight, Brasko, Blood Boy, Jensen Titus and Nic Sheppard at Zebulon
Cassandra Violet and the Weekly Musician’s Open Mic at the Highland Park Bowl
Toler Gibson Band and Blue Rose Rounders at the Love Song
Philip Hanene, Sallassie, Jeni Jones and T.O.N.E. at the Silverlake Lounge
PayDay at the Virgil
Mas y Menos and more at La Cita
Weekend at Brody’s at the Study
Overstreet, Iris and Oston at Madame Siam
Ariel Posen, Emily Bear and Charlie & the Wild at the Hotel Café
Rob Laufer and Jude Smith at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Luci and Wolf Bay at Harvard & Stone
Show Me The Body, Girl Pusher, SMUT and Section H8 at 1720
Steven Griggs Collective, Cole in Space, Ben McPeek, La Senora Ultima and Norwegian Legal Team at the Mint
Ultimate Jam Night at the Whisky a Go Go
Solar Haze, Raising the Flame and JJ Savage at the Viper Room
Upon a Burning Body, Of Virtue and Speaking with Ghosts at the Constellation Room
Andrew Garcia at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Early Show)
Hell is a City, Assquatch and the Kid Chocolate Band at the Continental Room
Randy Emata at the Federal Bar
Staci Griesbach at the Catalina Club
Dave Yaden at the Black Rabbit Rose
Open Mic at the Maui Sugar Mill Saloon
Los Angeles Philharmonic (Beethoven’s Ninth) with soprano Anita Hartig, mezzo soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano, tenor Toby Spence and bassist Michael Sumuel, conducted by Xian Zhang, and the Los Angeles Master Choral, artistic director Grant Gershon
ZZ Top at the Arlington Theatre

Wednesday, Aug. 28

The Roots and Christian McBride Big Band at the Hollywood Bowl
Helado Negro, San Cha, Banda Las Angelinas and KCRW at Twilight on the Pier at the Santa Monica Pier
Stray Cats and Eagles of Death Metal at the Greek Theatre
Grace Vanderwaal and Jade Jackson at the El Rey Theatre
Howlin Rain, GospelbeacH and Pacific Range at the Moroccan Lounge
Tropical Fuck Storm and Jess Cornelius at the Bootleg Theater
Cut Chemist, Dave Parley (Prayers) and more at Airplane Mode at the Hi Hat
Mereba, Vanjess, Sasha Marie, Kronika and Sahar Habibi at Soulection at the Teragram Ballroom
Potty Mouth, Nomantics and Chase Petra at the Satellite
Mannequin Pussy, Empath and T-Rextasy at the Echo
Maya Lucia, Mykel, Danny Fitch and Beldina at Resident
Joe Valentine, the Beagles and Chelsea Rose at the Love Song
Michael Des Barres & the Mistakes at the Redwood Bar
Raphael Saadiq (signing only) at Amoeba
The Jack Black Experience at Largo at the Coronet (benefit)
Izzy Marcil, Foxxanne, Vania, Nate DNA & Corey Flames at the Study
Starover Blue, All Things Blue & Wax Children, Junius Meyvant and Bjéar at the Hotel Café
Julian Kiani at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Yukkon, Beach Clinic and DoublePlusGood at Harvard & Stone
White Elephant, Deli Hours, Valentina and Bonnie Parker at the Mint
Circle the Earth, Ramie Stein, Che’Nelle and Ayline Artin at the Troubadour
The Skapones, Sepiatone, Ammar Farooki and Leena at the Whisky a Go Go
Dusty Bo & Luke Powers, Wavy Trees, Foe the Band and All My Friends Hate Me at the Viper Room
Glass Beach, Rat Queen, Rat Fancy and Pussy Tuesday at the Cinema Bar
Frankly Speaking at the Summer Music Series at the Point in El Segundo
KOTA the Friend at the Constellation Room
Gregory Michael at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Early Show)
Nowhere Fast at the Continental Room
LilBootyCall and LilPerfect at Chain Reaction
Riley & the Roxies, Monako Davis, Tayja, Cass XQ and Bava at the Wayfarer
Valley Rats, Deco Hectics and People Flavor at La Santa
Kay-Ta Matsuno Trio at the Catalina Club
Justin Fabus at Genghis Cohen
Diimond Meeks at the Black Rabbit Rose
The Cheeky Few and Mike Maddux at the Maui Sugar Mill Saloon
The Dale Fielder Quartet at Mr. Musichead Gallery

Thursday, Aug. 29

Smashing Pumpkins and Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds at the FivePoint Amphitheatre
Bryan Ferry at the Greek Theatre
Burna Boy at the Wiltern
Lisa Loeb at Dynasty Typewriter at the Hayworth
Sam Marine & the Walks of Life, Mara Connor and Brian Whelan at the Moroccan Lounge
LEAN, the Young Wild and Creature Canyon at the Bootleg Theater
Spain at the Love Song
Free Throw, Chris Farren, Youth Fountain and Macseal at the Hi Hat
MoForro, Os Zagueiros and Reyes (Antônio Carlos & Jocafi tribute) at Zebulon
Voice on Tape, Sam Mickens & LA 19 and Nico Turner at the Satellite
The Knitts, New American and Julez at Highland Park Bowl
Movie Club, Los Shadows and Los Fauna at the House of Machines
Master, Claustrofobia, Taipan and Sector at Resident
Sitting on Stacy, On Drugs and Grumpster at the Smell
Black Market Heart, Alice Austin and Drama Dolls at the Redwood Bar
The Rare Occasions, White Elephant, Babe Parade and Primitive Heart at the Factory
Sebastian A. Bach, Good Dog, Rat Queen and Clem Darling & the Astronauts at the Silverlake Lounge
Forced Identity, Graveyard Junkies, Facelift, the Paradoks and Sludgem at Café Nela
Selectors, Ras Sal, Sistah Q and Junor Francis at Los Globos
Banny Grove, Origami Ghosts and the Lentils at El Cid
Desouza at El Cid (Late Show)
La Resistencia at Levitt Pavilion MacArthur Park
Shafiq Husayn, Naomi Jean and Speed Walton at the Peppermint Club
Alec Shaw, Tim Reynolds and Adam Hambrick at the Hotel Café
Sugi Dakks and DWY at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Spooky Cigarette at Harvard & Stone
Sinjin Hawke, Zora Jones (Live AV), Hitmakerchinx and Cedaa at 1720
Coyote Mustache, Stillwater Sound and Acres Even at Madame Siam
Ralphy (w/Justin Green Tiago Carlotto & Robin Taylor Cook), 12xpretty and Big O at Adults Only Bar
Justin Fabus, Dylan Kanner, Yaki Margulies and the Adobe Collective at the Mint
Business Time Entertainment at the Hard Rock Hollywood
Laikipia, Kevin Never Talks, City of Sound, Stereo Jane and Wolves at the Troubadour
Pathology, Narcotic Wasteland, Indra, the Blue Prison and Nihilith at the Whisky a Go Go
Ms. Nina at the Roxy
Glaare, His Eyes Have Fangs, Loveblind and Chainsaw Rainbow at the Viper Room
4 Alarm at the Redondo Beach Pier Concert Series at the Pier Stage
Katchafire, EarthKry, Jordan T., Los Nauticals, Ganda and more at the Garden Amp
The Sleeperz, Youth Large, Calm Kill and Galena at Alex’s Bar
Lit and Crash Boom Bang at OC Parks Summer Concert Series at Bluff Park at Salt Creek Beach
Chenza at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Early Show)
Howlin Rain, Pacific Range and Tunnels at the Wayfarer
Savoy Brown and Suitcase Johnnie at the Coach House
Chico Boro Boro and & His Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra at the Catalina Club
Chris Joyner at One Colorado, Pasadena
Jon Anderson (Yes) at the Rose
Los Angeles Philharmonic (Beethoven’s Ninth) with soprano Anita Hartig, mezzo soprano Jennifer Johnson Cano, tenor Toby Spence and bassist Michael Sumuel, conducted by Xian Zhang, and the Los Angeles Master Choral, artistic director Grant Gershon

Friday, Aug. 30

Korn and Alice in Chains at the FivePoint Amphitheatre
Candlebox, Aeges and State to State at the El Rey Theatre
Ty Segall & Freedom Band and Lamps at the Teragram Ballroom
Los Cafres and Raskahuele at the Regent Theater
Zooluxx, Egg Drop Soup, the Holycuts and Unusual Pets at the Moroccan Lounge
Toe at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever
Facial, Daisy and Neza Alexander at the Factory
Peach Kelli Pop, Small Crush, Blink 183 and Fuss at the Hi Hat
The Courtneys, Ian Sweet, Julius Smack and Jonny Kosmo at the Bootleg Theater
The Bash Dogs, Zach Tabori, the Gooms and Lily Waters at the Echo
Ariel Beesley, Coqui and Pink $ock at the House of Machines
New Media, Phovea and Banned from Japan at Highland Park Bowl
AfroBashment feat. Zongo Sound System, DJ Rampage Global and Shacia Payne at Levitt Pavilion MacArthur Park
The Groans, Sister Mantos, Birote the Musical and Royalties at the Smell
Cruel Reflections, Sleeping Pills, Matter Room and Warsaw Pact at the Redwood Bar
Paul Bethers, James Kahil and Saw Tooth Wave at the Silverlake Lounge
Symbol Six, Dee Skusting & the Rodents, Baron Bandini and Electric Children at Café Nela
Val the Vandle, Haylow and Be at the Virgil
Nervo, Jordan V and Darcie Dolce at Exchange
Jon Brion at Largo at the Coronet
Samantha Aurelio at the Study
Memory Bells, Coastal Clouds, Grant Carey & Sandwoman and Delv at the Hotel Café
IMUR, Olivia.Wav, Sam Wilder, Nick Isham and Noah Vonne at the Hotel Café Second Stage
The Harvard House Band at Harvard & Stone
Heather Ramsey and the Deep Kicks at the Cat & Fiddle
Vintage Automatic, Color You, One Outta Ten and Tandem Unicycle at the Mint
Top Shelf Brass Band at the Sassafras Saloon
Ellay Khule A.K.A. Rifleman at Catch One
Chus and Ceballos at Sound Nightclub
Kota the Friend, No Suits and Haseeb at the Troubadour
Onyx, BlaxMyth, Osairis, Demented, Killer Kev, Freakshow and Trev Curtis at the Whisky a Go Go
LilBootyCall and LilPerfect at the Roxy
The Darts, Honeychain, Bella Novela and Kill My Coquette at the Viper Room
Everyday Housewives at the Terranea Summer Concert Series at Nelson’s in Rancho Palos Verdes
Katchafire, EarthKry, Tenelle, Bad Apples, Hooliganz and more at the Garden Amp
Teenage Bottlerocket, Mean Jeans, Clowns and Jenpop at Alex’s Bar
Mannequin Pussy, Empath and T-Rextasy at the Constellation Room
Dusty Bo at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Early Show)
Stoney Curtis at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Late Show)
Bodegas, the No. 44, Big Fun and Kicked off the Streets at La Santa
Sweet Baby J’ai and Women in Jazz All-Stars! at Summer Jazz at the Argyros Plaza at the Segerstrom Center
Cinderella’s Tom Keifer and Generation Mangled at the Coach House
Jane Monheit at the Catalina Club
Jacob Lutrell at the Black Rabbit Rose
The O’Jays and the Spinners at the Los Angeles County Fair
Black & Whyte Dueling Pianos at Copper Blues
Herman’s Hermits Starring Peter Noone at the Canyon Montclair
Jon B. at the Canyon Santa Clarita
Danny Seraphine’s Take Me Back to Chicago and CTA at the Canyon Agoura Hills
The Knitts, Badtown and Earth Is a Deathstar at Maui Sugar Mill Saloon
Los Angeles Philharmonic with special guest John Williams, conducted by David Newman

Saturday, Aug. 31

Pasadena Daydream Festival, with the Cure, Pixies, Deftones, Mogwai, Throwing Muses, the Joy Formidable, Chelsea Wolfe, Twilight Sad, Emma Ruth Rundle and Kaelan Miklan, at Brookside at the Rose Bowl
Made in LA Festival, with Cold War Kids, Lemaitre, Pell and Jasper Bones, at Golden Road Brewing
Zakk Sabbath, Fu Manchu, Don Jamieson and the Wraith & Entry at the Fonda Theatre
Maze, Frankie Beverly, Regina Belle and Donnell Rawling at the Greek Theatre
Lalah Hathaway and Anna Wise at the Ford
Nelly, TLC and Flo Rida at the FivePoint Amphitheatre
Papa Roach, Asking Alexandria and Bad Wolves at the Hollywood Palladium
Allie Crow Buckley and Van William at the Bootleg Theater
Black Pool and Nick Leng at the Moroccan Lounge (Early Show)
Slaughter Beach, Dog and Cave People at the Lodge Room
Sacri Monti, Monarch and Warish and Grave Flowers at the Hi Hat
The Moan at Zebulon
Holander and NEW EViL at Madame Siam
Colour Coast, Time Travelers, Cheer Up Club and Kate Faust at the Factory
Hamish Anderson at One Colorado, Pasadena
Jenni X, Lo, Silvia Sol, Pretty Gnarly Baby and Aelish at the Love Song
Ikes Creek, The Rattlesnakes and the Storytellers at Highland Park Bowl
TBA at Highland Park’s Play on the Porch Day After Party at the Highland Park Senior Citizen Center
Crazy Squeeze, Black Mambas, Nico Bones and the Reflectors at the Redwood Bar
The Viles, Crash 45 and Chiclé at the Smell
Thou Shall Doubt, Fah Nopmanee and Cymos at the Silverlake Lounge
Egrets on Ergot, Loss for Concern, Revolting Sounds and Dangerously Sleazy at Café NELA
Troll Phace, Pixel Terror, Berrix and more at Catch One
Black Witchery, Ritual Necromancy and BHL at Catch One
RT & the 44’s at the Escondite
Crankdat and Terravita at Exchange
La Sonora Dinamita with Dj Gazoo at Levitt Pavilion MacArthur Park
Madeleine Mayi, Sini, Van El and Matt Dimona at the Peppermint Club
Adi Rao at the Study
Ivo Dimchev, Asa Ey, Lune Rose and Native at the Hotel Café
Jess Jones, Kimber Springs, Brenda Carsey, Juliette Irons, Rosemary Gallows and Chris Wilson at the Hotel Café Second Stage
The Harvard House Band at Harvard & Stone
The High Divers, Cory B. Clay & the Twains, Mackenzie James Cregan and Lee Anna Woodcock at the Mint
Will Atkinson and Greg Downey at Avalon
David Ayscue, Yard of Blondes, Cab Ellis, Chasing Desolation and the Astronots at the Troubadour
William Black at the Roxy
Black Flag and Line Cutters at the Canyon Montclair
Laurel Halo, Hodge and special guests at 1720
Jenny & the Mexicats at Marina Del Rey Summer Concerts at Burton Chace Park
Riverboat Gamblers, Lower Class Brat, the LINE, Tiltwheel, Youth Large and Transistor at the Locker Room at the Garden Amp
Dark Desert Highway (Eagles tribute) at the Redondo Beach Pier Concert Series at the Pier Stage
Feed the Kitty at the Terranea Summer Concert Series at Nelson’s in Rancho Palos Verdes
Sean Wheeler & the Reluctant Messengers at Alex’s Bar
KWE$T, Los Retros and Indigo State at the Constellation Room
David Rhythm at the Parish at House of Blues Anaheim
Dusty Bo at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Early Show)
Morgan Mallory Three at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Late Show)
Reverie and Gavlyn at La Santa
The Magnificent, Blind House, Loose Trucks and Tastee Nuggz at the Wayfarer
Justin Fabus at Molly Malone’s
1TakeJay at the Belasco Theatre
Richard Cheese at the Rose
Jon B. at the Canyon Agoura Hills
Lita Ford at the Canyon Santa Clarita
Lost in Sound, Little Dume, Phovea, Sadie Van and Dylan Rouda at the Federal Bar
EasyCall at the Federal Underground
Jane Monheit at the Catalina Club
Black & Whyte Dueling Pianos at Copper Blues
Los Angeles Philharmonic with special guest John Williams, conducted by David Newman

Sunday, Sept. 1

West Adams Block Party, with Big Daddy Kane, Mr. Vegas, Lila Ike, Yaadcore, Mia Carucci, The World Famous Beat Junkies (with T3 of Slum Village), Ill Camille and more, at Delicious Pizza (5419 W. Adams Blvd.)
Made in LA Festival, with Phantom Planet, Donavan Frankenreiter, Lauren Ruth Ward and Rob Leines, at Golden Road Brewing
The Get Up Kids, Cloud Nothings and the Whiffs at the Regent Theater
UB40 at the Novo
Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band at the Greek Theatre
Pitbull at the Los Angeles County Fair
No Violence Music Festival with Choking Victim, La Banda Skalavera, Raskahuele, the Voids, La Pobreska, Matamoska! and more at Catch One
Boogaloo Assassins, Viver Brasil and She Sings She Swings at Broadfest at the Eli & Edythe Broad Stage
Skillet, Sevendust, Pop Evil and Devour the Day at the Wiltern
The 5.6.7.8’s, Los Lavaz, Dean Decay and Illunis at the Whisky a Go Go
Pagan Altar, Cauchemar and Early Moods at the Echo
Jenni X, Lo, Silvia Sol, Pretty Gnarly Baby, Aelish at the Love Song
Johnny Raincloud, Lo Fives and Wake Up at the Redwood Bar
Anna Holmer, Isaac (eatmyass) Gotterer and more at Zebulon
The Groovy Rednecks, La Tuya and Just Head at Café Nela
RT & the 44’s at the Escondite
Doble Poder at La Cita
Maldy Del Duo Plan B at Exchange
Wonder-Full in the Park: A Stevie Wonder Tribute Party feat. DJ Spinna and Mona Lisa at Levitt Pavilion MacArthur Park
Rich Jacques, Cassie Boettcher, Jadea Kelly and Courtney Paige Nelson at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Warren Thomas and Kate Clover at Harvard & Stone
Carter Ace at the Mint
John 5, The Aristocrats, Travis Larson Band and Guthrie Govan at 1720
Blue Breeze Band (Motown tribute) at the Manhattan Beach Summer Concerts in the Park at Polliwog Park’s Ampitheatre
Retrofit at the Terranea Summer Concert Series at Nelson’s in Rancho Palos Verdes
Suburban John, Rats in the Louvre and Terminal A at Alex’s Bar (Daytime Show)
Carsex, South Hollows and Space Force at Alex’s Bar
Slaughter Beach, Dog and Cave People at the Constellation Room
Los Cafres at the House of Blues Anaheim
Gregory Michael at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Early Show)
Pepe Aguilar Y Familia at the Honda Center
4B and Lil House Phone at La Santa
Herman’s Hermits Starring Peter Noone at the Rose
Jon Anderson (Yes) at the Canyon Montclair
Barbara Morrison at the Catalina Club
Los Angeles Philharmonic with special guest John Williams, conducted by David Newman