This Week’s Shows: April 15-21
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Upcoming Los Angeles concerts: Coachella, Pusha T, P!NK, Iceage, Dennis Lloyd, Haiku Hands, Hop Along, FKJ, Sales, Smino, Avey Tare, Talk Time, Ages & Ages, Welfair, BLACKPINK, the 1975, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Ella Mai, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Playboi Carti, Rosalía, Bob Moses, the Garden, Fiona Grey, Jenny March, Horrendous, ANIIML, the Jacks, Dermot Kennedy, Jessica von Rabbit, Khruangbin, Fever 333, Cypress Hill, Mon Laferte, HYUKOH, Kaytranada, Parcels, Turnover, Luka Kloser, Randy Randall, Nikki Lorenzo, AJJ, Madd, Brainstory, Puddle of Mudd, Anoushka Shankar, Ghosts of the Forest, Parkway Drive, Princess, Zedd, Perfume, Sun Kil Moon, Wand, Good Kid, SLUGS, Superorganism, Movements, Powerman 5000, É Arenas, RÜFÜS DU SOL, King Daniel, Pale Waves, the Plot in You, Trapdoor Social
Picks for the week:
■ Tuesday: L.A. quintet Talk Time [see “Desperate Weather”] celebrate the release of their debut EP, “Year of Self,” joined by Opus Vitae and Georgi Kay at the Bootleg Theater. Tickets.
■ Thursday: Randy Randall (of No Age) has released a solo album of ambient music, “Sound Field Volume One,” with accompanying visuals by Aaron Farley. It’s a collaboration with the experimental music and visual arts collective Arthur King, and at Thursday’s show at Zebulon, Randall will be joined by Tim Rutili (of Califone) and members of Earlimart and Dengue Fever. Tickets.
■ Friday: Ever-evolving L.A. rockers Wand [see “Scarecrow”] celebrate the release of their new album “Laughing Matter” with a night at the Echoplex. Sun Araw and Automatic open.. Tickets.
■ Saturday: Long Beach’s WARGIRL [see “How You Feel”] celebrate the release of their self-titled album with a free show at House of Machines in downtown L.A.
L.A. shows for the week:
Monday, April 15
Pusha T at the Novo
P!NK and Julia Michaels at the Staples Center
Iceage, Shame and Pelada at the Roxy
Low Hum, Intestinehead, Storefront Church and El Mañana at the Echo
Forever X2, Model Child, Trapdoor Social and WASI at the Satellite
Izaak Opatz, Sam Weber and the Deltaz at the Bootleg Theater
Dennis Lloyd and Ryan Caraveo at the El Rey Theatre
Haiku Hands and Cones at Zebulon
Whoa Remote, Heptagon, Tudors and DVLS at the Silverlake Lounge
Xkylar, Ex Architects and Ashby Green at the Love Song
Jailbyrds, Almost Awake, 42 King and Sunday at Noon at El Cid
Neptune Recovery, Sweet N Juicy, A Hot Mess and Laryssa Birdseye at the Redwood Bar
Kay Myers and Emma Cole at Harvard & Stone
Chris Barron at the Hotel Café
Julian Velard at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp at the Catalina Club
Rana Joy Glickman, Primal Kings, Azra and Strange Brew at the Mint
Adriatique and Agoria at Sound Nightclub
Michael Schenker Fest, TD Clark and Death Valley Gypsies at the Whisky a Go Go
The Sunset Jam at the Viper Room
Freedy Johnston and Geoff Pearlman at Molly Malone’s
Ian & Eric Show and Bad Child at the Wayfarer
Chris Daub at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Early Show)
Still Woozy at La Santa
Yellow Days at the Yost Theater
Lionel Young and the Terraplanes at the Maui Sugar Mill Saloon
Tuesday, April 16
Talk Time, Opus Vitae and Georgi Kay at the Bootleg Theater
Hop Along, Soccer Mommy and Las Robertas at the El Rey Theatre
FKJ and Ross From Friends at the Novo
SALES and Katzù Oso at the Roxy
Smino, Earthgang and Phoelix at Fonda Theatre
Avey Tare and Paradot at the Echo
Ages & Ages and the Harmaleighs at the Moroccan Lounge
The Manx, Melted Bodies and Space Kelly at the Hi Hat
MR EAZI at Zebulon
Greg Felden, Brad Byrd and Lasers Lasers Birmingham at the Love Song
Frantic Rockers, the Centuries and the Torrents at the Redwood Bar
Justin Bardales, Whistappear and Laugh Queens at El Cid
Bud Adler and Mike Gent at the Hotel Café
Oshima Brothres and Adam Faucett at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp at the Catalina Club
Elymie, How Mean, Oriana Setz and Sharlette at the Mint
Hunter Perrin & the Wild Cards at the Three Clubs
Michael Schenker Fest, TD Clark and Mike Campese at the Whisky a Go Go
Hayley Gilbert, Frank the Tank, Jeff Leach and Robert Zapata at the Viper Room
Calamity Company at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Papa J & Richard at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Early Show)
Sol Y Mar at the Continental Room
Turnover and Men I Trust at Chain Reaction
Kenny Wayne Shepherd Band and Beth Hart Band at the City National Grove of Anaheim
Welfair, Sin Color and Introverted Funk at La Santa
The Pacific Symphony at the Renee & Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall
Randy Emata at the Federal Bar
Open Mic at the Maui Sugar Mill Saloon
Wednesday, April 17
BLACKPINK at the Forum
The 1975 at the Roxy
Charlotte Gainsbourg and Steady Holiday at the El Rey Theatre
Ella Mai at the Novo
Unknown Mortal Orchestra at the Yost Theater
Playboi Carti at the Fox Theater Pomona
Rosalía at the Mayan
Bob Moses at the Glass House
Cayucas at Amoeba
The Garden and Hybrid at Chain Reaction
Fiona Grey, Leah Capelle, talker, Emma Cole, Gigi Lyn and more at the Moroccan Lounge
Temme Scott, Eva B. Ross and Jack Symes at the Bootleg Theater
Horrendous, Mortal Wound and Encoffinized at the Echo
Jenny March and more at the Hi Hat
Adam Levy, Kimon Kirk and Vavá at the Love Song
The Jacks, Cosmos & Creature and Josh Moreland at the Satellite
The Messthetics, Anna Connolly and Craig Wedren at Zebulon
Coast 2 Coast Live Showcase at Los Globos
Plastic Ruby and Animal Waves at Harvard & Stone
VOILÁ, Speelburg and Saleka at the Hotel Café
Cole Williams, Lilli Lewis and Nikita Bassi at the Mint
Lorna Shore, Enterprise Earth and more at Catch One
Gloria Hendry at the Catalina Club
Melissa Etheridge at the Troubadour
Michael Schenker Fest, Cuttlass and Darkhorse Rising at the Whisky a Go Go
American Mile at the Viper Room
Fellow Robot, Fade Up Fade Out Bye Bye, the Kind Kind and DateNite at Alex’s Bar
Shaman Cult and My Machete at the Continental Room
Dermot Kennedy at the Observatory
Jesika Von Rabbit at the Constellation Room
Michael Gregory at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Early Show)
Ross From Friends at La Santa
Kyle Cook and Paul McDonald at the Wayfarer
Rita Wilson and Mary Scholz at Saint Rocke
Defiant Requiem at Royce Hall UCLA
Wynchester & friends at the Maui Sugar Mill Saloon
Thursday, April 18
Randy Randall, Tim Rutili and Arthur King at Zebulon
Khruangbin, the Marias and Steady Holiday at the Fox Theater Pomona
Fever 333, Demonstrations 2019 at the Regent Theater
Cypress Hill at the Whisky a Go Go
Blood Orange and Christine & the Queens at the Santa Barbara Bowl
Mon Laferte at the Yost Theater
HYUKOH at the Roxy
Kaytranada at the Novo
Parcels and Cola Boyy at the Fonda Theatre
Turnover, Turnstile, Reptaliens and Candy at the El Rey Theatre
AJJ, Antarctigo Vespucci and Pllush at the Troubadour
Madd and Tidal Babes at the Echo
B.A.G. (Blimes & Gifted Gab), Gavlyn, Wilma Vritra and more at Echoplex
Luka Kloser, the Breathing Effect, Coco Columbia and Alex Andre at the Bootleg Theater
The Lil Smokies and Michigan Rattlers at the Moroccan Lounge
Chido/Chevere/Cool: Alih Jey & Cuñao, Loyal Lobos, the Bumbys and El Mañana at the Hi Hat
Sean Watkins & Friends at York Manor
HU:MAN and Klvr Grl at the Satellite
Fade Up Fade Out Bye Bye at Resident
Moon Riot, Ward and Valley Rats at the Redwood Bar
Mackenzie James Cregan, Mason Summit and Irene Greene at the Love Song
VI3NNA, Garostar and Kathryn Russ at the Silverlake Lounge
Hassan & Prodi-G at Los Globos
Dang, Wax Children and Possible Oceans at Lot 1
Casey Ryan at El Cid
Jesika von Rabbit at Harvard & Stone
Metal Allegiance, Superfix, Weapons of Anew and the Hollywood Nightmares at the Belasco Theater
Rose Colored World, Saving Forever and Lucas Roth at the Peppermint Club
Nikki Lorenzo, Freddy & Francine and Dylan Reynolds at the Hotel Café
Kat Kennedy, Victoria Canal, Nico Franc, Nick Isham and Casey Baer at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Brittney Crush, Watcher Moon, We Don’t Ride Llamas, Sharlette and Sam Denton at the Mint
Ceschi & Factor, Awol One, 2Mex and more at Catch One
Decadent Decades at the Hard Rock Hollywood
Charlotte De Witte at Sound Nightclub
Honeychain, Soraia, the Letter Openers and John Gregory at the Viper Room
Stephen Puth and Nick Lopez at Genghis Cohen
Louisiana Love Act at Molly Malone’s
Joey Alexander Trio at the Catalina Club
Henry Pope x Littlefoot at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Albert Lee at the Rose
Brainstory, Aolani K., Heroes and Bobby Blunders at Alex’s Bar
Night Beats, Cosmonauts and Blanco Niño at the Constellation Room
Olivia Rhode at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Early Show)
Puddle of Mudd, Saliva, Trapt, Tantric and Saving Abel at the House of Blues Anaheim
Doro, Metal Church and Image of Eden at the Parish at House of Blues Anaheim
Oh Sleeper, the Agony Scene, Earth Groans and Weak Made Strong at Chain Reaction
Kirin J. Callinan, Rinse & Repeat and Christian Club at the Wayfarer
Murray Perahia at the Renee & Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall
Victory Kid, Something Like Seduction and Mr. Max at Saint Rocke
Rebel Heart and Just Dave Band at the Canyon Santa Clarita
Tower of Power at the Irvine Barclay Theatre
The Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Walt Disney Concert Hall
Friday, April 19
Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival with Childish Gambino, Janelle Monáe, the 1975, DJ Snake, Diplo and more at the Empire Polo Club
Day Club Palm Springs with Gorgon City, Nitti Gritti and more at the Hilton Palm Springs
Sun Kil Moon at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever
P!NK and Julia Michaels at the Forum
Anoushka Shankar at Royce Hall UCLA
Ghosts of the Forest and Yo La Tengo at the Greek Theatre
Parkway Drive, Killswitch Engage, After the Burial and Vein at the Hollywood Palladium
Princess at the Teragram Ballroom
Zedd, Whethan and Yung Bae at Santa Barbara Bowl
Perfume at the Theatre at Ace Hotel
Jeff Bridges and Trainwreck at the Wiltern
Omara Portuondo at the Regent Theater
Wand, Sun Araw and Automatic at Echoplex
Baby Bushka and Iconique at the Echo
Cape Francis, Angelica Rockne and Lauren Barth at the Bootleg Theater
SLUGS, Beauty Queen and Henry Nowhere at the Hi Hat
Good Kid and Suzie True at the Moroccan Lounge
Killer Hill, Barrio Tiger, Electric Children and Analog Party at the Redwood Bar
Casi Sounds, XL Middleton, Moniquea and Matix at the Love Song
Jessie Payo & the Harvard House Band at Harvard & Stone
The Gershom Brothers at the Escondite
Vini Vici and Sentinel 7 at Exchange
Circa 62, Dalton Day and Joe Moralez at the Hotel Café
Coby Brown, Yony, Sofa City Sweetheart, Kate Copeland and Kirsten Maxwell at the Hotel Café Second Stage
The Ghostwriters at the Mint
Kyle Cool and Paul McDonald at the Mint (Late Show)
Top Shelf Brass Band at the Sassafras Saloon
UFOMAMMUT and Destroy Judas at Catch One
Integrity, Toxic Holocaust, All Out War and Funeral Chic at Catch One – Disco Room
Pg. 99, Majority Rule, Graf Orlock and Portrayal of Guilt at Catch One
Hunter Lamar at the Hard Rock Hollywood
Trollphace and Decadon at Avalon
Maya Jane Coles at Sound Nightclub
AJJ, Antarctigo Vespucci and Pllush at the Troubadour
Doro and Metal Church at the Whisky a Go Go
Superorganism and Simpson at the Roxy
Kyng, House of Broken Promises, Initial Mass and Tijuana Bullfight at the Viper Room
Joey Alexander Trio at the Catalina Club
Riot Story at Molly Malone’s
Movements, Boston Manor, Trash Boat and Drug Church at the Observatory
Junkie, Hate Drugs, the Licks, Fashion Jackson and 3LH at the Constellation Room
Jonathan Salazar at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Early Show)
Aaron Watson and Chancey Williams at the House of Blues Anaheim
Powerman 5000, Knee High Fox and On Being Human at the Parish at House of Blues Anaheim
Eric Turner Band at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Late Show)
Mad Caddies, the B Foundation and Codename: Rocky at Chain Reaction
Tower of Power at the Rose
The Texas Tenors at the Cerritos Center
The Musical Box at the Coach House
Kottonmouth Kings at the Canyon Santa Clarita
Jesika Von Rabbit, CC Potato and Piel at the Maui Sugar Mill Saloon
The Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Walt Disney Concert Hall
Saturday, April 20
Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival with Tame Impala, Billie Eilish, Kid Cudi, Weezer, Aphex Twin, J Balvin and more at the Empire Polo Club
Day Club Palm Springs with Nitti Gritti, Born Dirty and more at the Hilton Palm Springs
Sun Kil Moon at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever
RÜFÜS DU SOL at the Santa Barbara Bowl
Krush Groove with Ice Cube, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Mack 10, Warren G and more at the Forum
Armando Manzanero and Mocedades at the Dolby Theatre
Space Jesus, Minnesota, Buku and Huxley Anne at the Fonda Theatre
WARGIRL at House of Machines
Movements, Boston Manor, Trash Boat and Drug Church at the El Rey Theatre
Princess at the Teragram Ballroom
YFN Lucci, Quando Rondo, Jay Da Youngan, Lil Yee and more at the Regent Theater
Smoke Me Out 2019: Arsenal Efectivo, Legado 7, El De La Guitarra, J Tres, Lumar Perez, Herencia De Patrones, Hijos de Leyva and more at the Microsoft Theater
SHRED 420, with Grateful Shred, Circles Around The Sun, Howlin Rain, Ryley Walker, Kirin J Callinan, Pinky Pinky, Lola Kirke, Pacific Range, Scott Gilmore, Austin McCutchen and Aquarium Drunkard at the Echo + Echoplex
É Arenas and Yanga at the Moroccan Lounge
Rachel Mazer at Resident
Kalmah, Vried, Empyrean Throne, Wormwitch and Imperialist at the Hi Hat
Mdou Moctar and more at Zebulon
Russ Tolman and Dan Janisch at the Love Song
Gemstone Forest, Paloma Parfrey, Pauline Lay and Kim Free at the Smell
Righteous Fags, Diabology, the PAWNS and Social Conflict at the Redwood Bar
The Tai, Dei Lucrii, Echo and Dezign Flaw at the Silverlake Lounge
The Terpenes, Akrid, La Tuya, the Gears and Baron Bandini at Café Nela
Tokyo Jets at Los Globos
Secret lineup at Exchange
Unsung Lilly, Bo Moneyy, Trey Forever and Kendre’ at the Peppermint Club
King Daniel, Divvy, Huntertones and Amanda Brown at the Hotel Café
Mike Moody, D Henry Fenton, Acid Cowboy, Maureen Toth and Carlos Calvo at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Jessie Payo & the Harvard House Band at Harvard & Stone
Azar Lawrence at the Mint
Scarlet Falls and Kia at the Mint (Late Show)
Neelix, Brav0, Garage Life, Joeflow, Origin and Steven Lee at Avalon
Camelphat at Sound Nightclub
Joey Alexander Trio at the Catalina Club
The Mike Bauer Band, N.Y.K. and more at the Troubadour
Dokken at the Whisky a Go Go
Vice Menta at the Roxy
Zoe Zobrist, Smoky Knights, Paper Jackets and Marg at the Viper Room
Bill Mumy and Dave Pearlman at Genghis Cohen
Elder, Monolord, Amenra and more at Catch One
Katalyst Collective at the Del Monte Speakeasy
The Hawt-thorns and Ashleigh Flynn & the Riveters at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Wayne Hancock at Alex’s Bar
Ski Mask the Slump God at the Observatory
Wilfax at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Early Show)
Pale Waves and Kailee Morgue at the Parish at House of Blues Anaheim
DMX at the House of Blues Anaheim
Beach Bums, Kicked Off the Streets and Slay Squad at Chain Reaction
Skating Polly at La Santa (early show)
Messer Chups at La Santa
Professor Colombo, Mother Machine and Wes Brawler at the Wayfarer
Los Lobos and Althea Grace at the Coach House
Conkarah, Rosie Delmah and Pageninetynine at the Garden Amphitheatre
Tower of Power at the Cerritos Center
Lenin Ramirez, T3R Elemento and Oscar Cortez at the Citizens Business Bank Arena
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy at the Canyon Montclair
Danny Seraphine and CTA at the Canyon Santa Clarita
Kottonmouth Kings at the Canyon Agoura Hills
Bob Derwood Andrews, Mack Mackenzie and Zander Schloss at the Maui Sugar Mill Saloon
The Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Walt Disney Concert Hall
Sunday, April 21
Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival with Ariana Grande, Khalid, Zedd, Gesaffelstein, Bad Bunny and more at the Empire Polo Club
Day Club Palm Springs with Jauz, Jack Beats, Kyle Walker, Noizu and more at the Hilton Palm Springs
The Plot in You at the Teragram Ballroom
The 1975, Pale Waves and No Rome at the Santa Barbara Bowl
Douse, Shit Giver and Band Aparte at the Hi Hat
Pancho Villa’s Skull, Compress Collide, Xtine & the Reckless Hearts and Beers for Fears at the Silverlake Lounge
Rob Leines, Maesa, Kyle McNeill, Nicholas Mudd Band and Ashleigh Flynn & the Riveters at the Echo (Early Show)
Lebanon Hanover, Second Still and Ritual Veil at Echoplex
M. Lockwood Porter and Katie Day at the Love Song
El Ritmo de Sol y Mar at Los Globos
Plasmic at the Virgil
True Blue, Eyeshadow and Ana Roxanne at El Cid
LA! Snodgrass, GarrettDale, Stacey ‘n Jennie and Donald Spence at the Redwood Bar
Doble Poder at La Cita
Xylouris White and Meg Baird at Zebulon
Trapdoor Social, Juliette Irons, Sadie Van, Kathleen Regan and more at the Hotel Café Second Stage
Johnny Travis Jr. & the Delta Dawns at Harvard & Stone
Damo Suzuki at the Roxy
Sebastian Gagyi, InFraReD, Two Sleeves, Ki, DMDG and Koolleo Love at the Viper Room
Channel 3, the Capsouls and Jackie Mendez at Alex’s Bar
Andrew Garcia at the HOB Anaheim Restaurant & Bar (Early Show)
XinXin, CPTN KIRK, A-Frame and Bodybite at the Continental Room
Gary Valenciano at the Saban
Wayne “the Train” Hancock at La Santa
Víkingur Ólafsson at the Walt Disney Concert Hall
Elaine Gibbs and Nusoul at the Catalina Club
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