What Shows Are Going On This Week In LA? (Feb. 15

From indie, folk, garage, punk, hip-hop, and all things music, we weed out the crap to bring you the goods.

♥ = Top Picks

MONDAY – 02.15.10

02.15.10 Princeton, Le Switch, Wade Ryff & Friends, Adam Stern @ Spaceland ♥
02.15.10 Useless Keys, Aushua, We Barbarians @ The Echo ♥
02.15.10 Rosie Ledet & The Zydeco Playboys @ The Mint
02.15.10 Red Arrow Messenger, Maxim Ludwig, He’s My Brother She’s My Sister @ Bootleg Theater ♥
02.15.10 Gamble House, Horse Stories, Letting Up Despite Great Faults, La Font @ Silverlake Lounge
02.15.10 Spirit Animal, Oh Darling, Verb The Adjective Noun, The Choke, Cobalt Cranes @ The Roxy
02.15.10 Driftwood Reunion Band, Ruby Friedman Orchestra @ The Hotel Cafe
02.15.10 Teddy Thompson @Largo

TUESDAY – 02.16.10

Clipse, Mike Posner, Gift of Gab, Hottub @ The Roxy
Dios, The Henry Clay People, Signals @ The Troubadour ♥
Alkaline Trio, Cursive, The Dear and the Departed @ Glass House
Rickie Lee Jones @ Vista Theatre
Magic Kids, Pearl Harbor, Dune @ The Echo ♥
Ollin, Las Cafeteras, Mentiritas, Upground @ Echoplex
Mia Doi Todd, Becky Stark, F. D. Scher @ Spaceland
Roll The Tanks, Hungry Anger Baby, Hello Dragon, Vanish Valley @ Silverlake Lounge
Feraby Lionheart, The Sweet Hurt, John Gold, Dough Rollers @ Bootleg Theater ♥
Darin Bennett & The Requiem, Mateo Denali, Hank Schlinger @ The Mint

WEDNESDAY – 02.17.10

Alkaline Trio, Cursive, The Dear and the Departed @ HOB Sunset
The Watson Twins, Deep Sea Diver, Daisy McCrank @ Bootleg Theater
Reni Lane @ The Hotel Cafe ♥
Old Man Markly, Pine Box Boys @ The Echo
A Solo Acoustic Evening with Chris Shiflett of Foo Fighters & Audra Mae, Adam Bones @ Alex’s Bar ♥
Cold Cave, Avi Buffalo, Smith Westerns, Best Coast @ Glass House ♥
Oh My Stars, Curtains for You, Summer Obsession, I Hate Kate @ Spaceland
Under The Asbury, Joshua Norton, Mason Reed, Diving Bells @ Silverlake Lounge
Sarah Silverman & Friends @ Largo
Bob Schneider, Smile Smile @ The Troubadour
Lucy Schwartz, Asia Whiteacre @ The Mint

THURSDAY- 02.18.10

Fanfarlo @ Amoeba (7pm FREE) ♥
Imaad Wasif, Lou Barlow & The Missing Men, Avi Buffalo @ Spaceland ♥
Medeski Martin & Wood @ El Rey Theatre
John Butler Trio, Charlie Mars @ The Troubadour
See Green, Ives The Bands, Audrey Ryan @ Silverlake Lounge
The Happy Hollows, Rare Grooves, Black Elephant, TraPsPs @ The Smell ♥
Wartime Blues, La Font, Linda Vista, David Shane Smith @ Mr. T’s Bowl
Pete Bernhard Of The Devil Makes Three, Bikos, Alysha Brillinger @ The Hotel Cafe ♥
A Solo Acoustic Evening with Chris Shiflett of Foo Fighters & Audra Mae @ LaBrie’s (Formerly The Scene Bar) ♥
Cold Cave, Smith Westerns, Best Coast @ Echoplex ♥
Mother Turf, The Boy, Tubby Boots @ L’Keg Gallery
Crooked Cowboy and The Freshwater Indians, Cairo Gang, Johnny O ‘Donnel and Famous Players, John Webster Johns @ The Echo
Shoenberg Knife Fight Ensemble’s record release, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Seasons, Garbaj Kaetz @ Echo Curio
The 88, Extra, Curtains For You, Mphase @ Detroit Bar
Wild Pack of Canaries, Dirt Dress, The Mystery Lights @ Alex’s Bar

FRIDAY – 02.19.10

Randy Newman @ Royce Hall – UCLA
John Brion & Friends @ Largo
Medeski Martin & Wood @ HOB Anaheim
The Damned @ HOB Sunset ♥
Musink Tattoo & Music Festival w/ The Cult, Mike Vallely / By the Sword, The Unfortunates @ OC Fair & Event Center ♥
Of Verona, Mandi Perkins, The Daylights @ El Rey Theatre
P.O.S., Grieves with Budo, Dessa @ The Troubadour
KRS ONE @ The Roxy
Black Fag, The Junk, Dirty Filthy Mugs @ Alex’s Bar
Radars to the Sky @ Echoplex
Fitz and The Tantrums, Pop Noir @ The Echo ♥
Honneycombs, Square on Square @ The Hotel Cafe
Ancestors, Black Math Horseman, Intronaut, Mountains Of California @ Spaceland
Harlem, Audacity, Blue Jungle, Cobalt Cranes, Cosmonauts @ L’Keg Gallery ♥
Tera Melos, All Leather, F’N A! @ The Smell
Earthless, Year Long Disaster, Tweak Bird, Candi Coded @ Detroit Bar ♥
Danny Chaimson and the 11th Hour @ Home Restaurant
Old Toy Trains, Jubilee Singers, Subtle Selves @ Pehrspace
The 1921a, Susan James, Anny Celsi @ Cinema Bar
C-Horse, Rocking Horse People, The Lonesome Heroes, The Terrapin @ Echo Curio

SATURDAY – 02.20.10

Fanfarlo, April Smith & The Great Picture Show @ El Rey Theatre ♥
Andrew Bird @ Bovard Auditorium – USC ♥
The Entrance Band, Lights, Pocahaunted @ Bootleg Theater ♥
Meiko, Sarah Bettens with Clayton Senne@ The Hotel Cafe
Wet & Reckless, Wild Yaks, The 1921A, Cosio @ Redwood Bar
Fantastica Bastidas, Peg Leg Love, The Health Club, The Crystelles @ L’Keg Gallery
VOICEsVOICEs playing as their alter-ego Gold Ether @ Origami Vinyl
Make It Better Comedy Benefit Concert w/ Will Ferrel & friends @ Nokia Theatre
We The Kings @ HOB Anaheim
Jonathan Coulton with Paul & Storm @ Largo
Harlem, Dante vs. Zombies, J. Worthington Foulfellows (ex- THEE MAKE OUT PARTY) @ Spaceland ♥
Musink Tattoo & Music Festival w/ The Damned, The Buzzcocks, The Head Cat @ OC Fair & Event Center ♥
Brenda Benson, Frank Fairfield @ The Troubadour
The Briggs, Left Alone @ The Roxy
The Gears, Bobot Adrenaline @ Alex’s Bar
The Eternal Triangle, Seasons, George Glass, Magick Orchids, The Transmissions @ Pehrspace
Chuck Dukowski Sextet, Insects vs. Robots, The Shrine, Voodoo Merchant @ Echo Curio
Milo’s Favorite Music, Wires on Wheels, National Treasure, LovelyBones, Erik @ Mr. T’s Bowl