- Music: Rock/Pop
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Weezer
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Tuesday Oct 14 (7:30pm) @ The Forum
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Though many critics have written off Weezer, the band's still alive and rocking — if not quite like it was in 1994. Old-school fans rejoiced... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
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Wire
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Tuesday Oct 14 (8pm) @ Echoplex
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Released at the height of punk's coming-out party, Wire's Pink Flag was full of nervous, intellectually spiked tracks that were miles ahead of more cartoonish... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
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Antony & the Johnsons
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Tuesday Oct 14 (8pm) @ Disney Concert Hall
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No disrespect to lovers of the old Decca 45s, but some acts demand to be heard in full stereophonic glory. Antony Hegarty's intimate, late-night-confessional voice... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
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Rumble Strips
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Wednesday Oct 15 (9pm) @ Spaceland
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Failed romantics the Rumble Strips have taken the UK by storm with the Jens Lekman-style tune "Girls and Boys in Love," the verbose Belle and... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
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The Locust
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Wednesday Oct 15 (9pm) @ The Smell
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Formed from the remains of Providence noise-punks Arab on Radar, the Chinese Stars streamline their former band's abrasive tendencies. It's easy to toss the foursome... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
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Hearts of Palm UK
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Wednesday Oct 15 (10pm) @ El Cid
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It's a bubblegum-and-backbeat free-for-all at El Cid tonight, featuring a triple bill of LA indie outfits with a shared enthusiasm for sugar and spikes. New-wave... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
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Born Ruffians
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Thursday Oct 16 (8:30pm) @ Spaceland
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Sure, the Canadian springs have just about run dry, but when an incredible label like... p... rts dropping pail, there must be at least one drop left... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
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Jaguar Love
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Thursday Oct 16 (9pm) @ Silverlake Lounge
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On records like Crimes and Burn, Piano Island, and Burn (to say nothing of their criminally underrated Neon Blonde side-project), the Blood Brothers expertly siphoned... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
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Leo Nocentelli
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Friday Oct 17 (8pm) @ The Mint
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The Meters were a household name among funk followers in the '60s and '70s, and the group even opened for the Rolling Stones during a... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
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Liz Pappademas and Dorian Wood
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Friday Oct 17 (9pm–midnight) @ Edgar Varela Fine Arts
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Inside Downtown's Edgar Varela Fine Arts, singer/pianist Liz Pappademas delivers ballads from her quietly devastating solo debut, 11 Songs, as well as a few numbers... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
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Patti Smith
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Saturday Oct 18 (7pm) @ Orpheum Theatre
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As an iconic figure in American counterculture and one of the founders of the American punk movement, Patti Smith was well-deserving of her induction into... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
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Polysics
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Saturday Oct 18 (8pm) @ The Roxy Theatre
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Polysics are as renowned for their pummeling assaults on pop-punk power chords as for their spaztastic yelps. The band's synth-driven wackiness, digital bleeps, and laser... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
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MC Chris
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Monday Oct 20 (7pm) @ The Roxy Theatre
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Nerdcore hip-hopper MC Chris is a Brooklyn native whose high-pitched, uptempo flow makes him sound like a helium-sucking Kool Moe Dee. His distinctive voice isn't... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
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Pinback
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Monday Oct 20 (8pm) @ Echoplex
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San Diegan quintet Pinback eschew a single style in order to create their refreshingly earnest brand of melodic indie rock. Mixing drum machines and crackling... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
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Mammatus
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Tuesday Oct 21 (8:30pm) @ The Echo
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Intimidating in their wizard garb, Mammatus earned cred in freak-out psych circles opening for Acid Mothers Temple and playing music inspired by '70s basement fascinations... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
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Stereolab
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Thursday Oct 23 (8pm) @ Music Box at the Fonda Theater
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Art-pop connoisseurs Stereolab have a knack for nostalgia. With a name borrowed from a '50s record label's designation for stereo LPs, and a predilection for... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
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Rose Hill Drive
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Thursday Oct 23 (9pm) @ Spaceland
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Boulder boys Rose Hill Drive may channel Cream and Led Zeppelin more effectively than any of their contemporaries, but summoning the '70s isn't the only... View details »
- Music: Rock/Pop
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M83
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Saturday Nov 29 (9pm) @ Music Box at the Fonda Theater
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When France's M83 first washed up on these shores with 2003's Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts, it was a giant step forward for... View details »
