Tonight in L.A.: Chelsea Wolfe, the Besnard Lakes, Brett Dennen, the Milk Carton Kids, Hyper Crush

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Saturday stuff:

Chelsea Wolfe plays UCLA’s Royce Hall behind her latest release “Pain Is Beauty, with Anna Calvi opening.
‣ Montreal space-rockers the Besnard Lakes, their fourth album “Until In Excess, Imperceptible UFO” having been nominated for a Polaris Music Prize, visit the Bootleg Theater, with Elephant Stone and Exploding Flowers supporting.
‣ Singer-songwriter Brett Dennen brings the keen, intimate tunes on his latest album “Smoke and Mirrors” to the Troubadour. Grizfolk supports. That’s Dennen’s video for “Wild Child,” above.
‣ Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan, as the Milk Carton Kids, hold forth at Largo to wrap up a long year of touring behind their acclaimed folk album “The Ash & Clay.”

Also:

Hyper Crush, DWNTWN, Jayefkay, Seyser and Kidforce at the Roxy Theatre
A$AP Ferg and A$AP Mob at the Fonda Theatre
R5 Loud and Ross Lynch at Club Nokia
Stryper at the Whisky a Go Go
The Tomkat Project at the iO West Theater
ShyBoy, Faroff and R.A.I.D. at the Echoplex
Nik Turner’s Hawkwind, Wizard Rifle and Hedersleben at the Satellite
Kevin Ross, Cooper Saver, Jimmy Maheras and Stylus at Los Globos
Sherman, French Vanilla, LSDD and Feels at the Smell
Future People, John Gerard, Height and Al Lover at Lot 1
KG Bird at the Virgil
Lost On Purpose, Hello Echo and Kid Cadaver at El Cid
Wide Streets, LA Takedown and Peg at pehrspace
Clara C with Aijia, Alexandra & the Starlight Band, Charlotte Sometimes, Sons of Mariel and Illumination Road at the Hotel Café
Hollywood Ending at the Mint (Early Show)
Beat Mosaic, Soul Scratch, Flavia & the Red and Raquel Rodriguez at the Mint
Hillbilly Herald, Jet 68, Made in America and the Lonely Drunks Club Band at the Viper Room
Lee Brice at the House of Blues Hollywood
Brad Kay’s Regressive Jazz Quartet at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Susie Glaze & the Hilonesome Band at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Metal 101 and Without Warning at Saint Rocke
Misfits, the Dickies, D.I. and the Attack at the Observatory
Wheeland Brothers at the Constellation Room
Lupe Fiasco, Stalley and the Boy Illinois at the House of Blues Anaheim
Primavera y Tucanes at the Anaheim Convention Center
Second Hand Smoke and Triple Shot at the Coach House
Relient K and Motion City Soundtrack at the Fox Theater Pomona
Ax Murder Boyz at the Industry Theater
L.A. Guns at the Tiki Bar
Kollaboration Star, Drunken Tiger, T Yoon Mirae and Bizzy at the Pasadena Civic
Layzie Bone at the Vibe
Dave Mason at the Canyon
Maor Levi at the Yost Theater
The Mighty Echoes at Genghis Cohen
JJ Sansaverino and Will Donato at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club
Possibilities, Linda Lavin and Billy Stritch at the Catalina Bar & Grill