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There are some awesome shows this week popping off in-and-around Los Angeles, but nothing tops the Rolling Stones 50 & Counting kick-off tour at the STAPLES Center this Friday. Last Saturday, our editor Sandy, had the fortune of attending the Rolling Stones intimate Echoplex gig. Now the excitement continues with their STAPLES show. If you’re not going to the Stones, we highly recommend checking out these shows: Chad Valley, Clinic, Dead Ships, Vietnam, Old Crow Medicine Show, The Soft Moon/Dead Skeletons, Os Mutantes, Tamaryn/the Black Ryder, Psycho De Mayo with Black Mountain, Los Lobos/Kinky and more!
While keeping it selective, we’ve handpicked shows from all genres to satisfy your musical palette. The show listings in bold are this week’s top show picks! Let us know if we missed something good on our Los Angeles Concert Calendar (April 30-May 5, 2013).
RECOMMENDED SHOWS IN BOLD
TUESDAY – APRIL 30, 2013
- Chad Valley, Ski Lodge, Oddience @ Echo
- Marnie Stern, SISU, Qui @ Satellite
- Robyn Hitchcock, the Venus 3, Peter Buck @ Troubadour
- (FREE) Black Apples, Body Parts and Missing Teen @ Harvard & Stone
- DWNTWN, the Mercy Beat, the Hard Knocks @ The Central SAPC
- Robert Raimon Roy, Jack Davey, Jonwayne @ Bootleg Bar
- Bell Gardens, Extra, Magic Mirror @ 3 Clubs
- Jerry Ulcer, the Dan Castle Review, Early Bizrd & the Bees, Jacaranda Red, Snake Charmer Ensemble, the Mother Vines, Sweet Bump It @ Los Globos
- FM Radio, SanguineDrake, Vanish Valley, Samantha Mollen @ the Hotel Café
- Anna Lunoe, Rick Rude @ Dim Mak Studios
- Spirit Family Reunion, the Record Company @ the Mint
- Great White Buffalo @ Hemingway’s
- Kan Wakan @ Sayers Club
- Irontom, the Echo and the Sound, the Spreewells, Irontom @ Silverlake Lounge
WEDNESDAY – MAY 1, 2013
- The Killers, The Felice Brothers @ Honda Center
- Clinic, No Joy, Electric Flower Group @ Troubadour
- NO, So Many Wizards, Dead Ships @ Bootleg Bar
- Adam Green & Binki Shapiro, Pageants, Tall Tales & The Silver Lining @ Echo
- Victor Essiet & the Mandators, Judah Eskender Tafari @ Echoplex
- Vietnam, Gap Dream, Shine Brothers @ Satellite
- The Dustbowl Revival, Leftover Cuties, Two Man Gentlemen Band @ Mint
- Reggie Watts @ Largo
- Cult Vegas, No Small Children, the Echo and the Sound, Mars and the Massacre @ Silverlake Lounge
- (FREE) Restavrant, For the Kings @ Harvard & Stone
- Wonderfox, Undead Kennedys @ Los Globos
- Built to Spill and Junior Rocket Scientist @ SoHo Restaurant & Music Club
- Spirit Family Reunion @ Constellation Room
- Maps & Atlases @ UC Riverside
- Old Crow Medicine Show, Robert Ellis @ El Rey Theatre
- (FREE) Adult Books, Froth, Wax Children, Habits @ Los Globos
THURSDAY – MAY 2, 2013
- The Soft Moon, Dead Skeletons, Crooked Cowboy, Duncan McKnight @ NOMAD
- Os Mutantes, Capsula @ Troubadour
- Metallica, Five Finger Death Punch, Anthrax, Stone Sour, the Dillinger Escape Plan, Halestorm @ Club Nokia
- Maps & Atlases, Young Man @ Echo
- Naive Fauna, Spirit Vine, Draemings @ Complex
- Little Boots, Avan Lava, Feathers @ Echoplex
- Pyyramids(feat. Tim Nordwind of OK Go), Missing Teen @ Satellite
- Meiko, Maria de Pilar, Automatico Fiesta @ Los Globos
- LaVernapalooza With: B.o.B Mike Posner @ Fox Theater
- TraPsPs, Slam Dunk, Corners, Breakfast @ the Smell
- The Killers, Felice Brothers @ Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena
- Hobart W. Fink, Haunted Summer, Owls, Swan, Kind Hearts and Coronets, Gnar Baby @ Silverlake Lounge
- Caitlin Rose, Daniel Romano @ Bootleg Bar
- Erick Macek, Justin Hopkins, Melinda Ortner @ El Cid
- Rusko @ Yost Theater
- Built to Spill, Junior Rocket Scientist @ Observatory
- Adam Green & Binki Shapiro and La Sera @ Constellation Room
- Lights @ El Rey Theatre
- Juvenile @ Tru Hollywood
- (FREE) Technocrat, L.A. Girlfriend, Glorious Wondour @ Detroit Bar
FRIDAY – MAY 3, 2013
- The Rolling Stones @ Staples Center
- Tamaryn, the Black Ryder, Dream Boyz @ Echoplex
- Javelin, Helado Negro, Matthewdavid @ First Fridays at the Natural History Museum
- Lisa Germano, Dorian Wood @ Sanctuary in Santa Monica
- Built to Spill, Junior Rocket Scientist @ Troubadour
- Armin Van Buuren @ Hollywood Palladium
- HIM, Eyes Set to Kill @ House of Blues Sunset
- Yellow Alex, Jamaican Queens, Mirror Talk @ Satellite
- Brown and Blue, Novi Split, Travis Labrel @ Pehrpace
- Robot Vengeance, 1000 Needles, ComputeHer, 8 Bit Weapon, Trash80 @ the Smell
- The Downtown Train @ Lot 1 Café
- Face to Face, Teenage Bottle Rocket, Blacklist Royals @ Majestic Ventura Theater
- Pam Shaffer, Emerson Star and Jameson & Co. @ El Cid
- Kiven, Holly Conlan, Casey K and Amy Krebs @ Hotel Café
- Quinto Sol @ Los Globos
- Raheem Cohen @ Bootleg Bar
- Head for the Hills @ Mint
- Little Bear, He Met Her @ the Roxy (On the Rox)
- Beat Connection, ODESZA, Astronautica @ The Central SAPC
- Black Crystal Wolf Kids @ Charleston, Santa Monica
- Armin Van Buuren @ Hollywood Palladium
- Matt Costa, Carly Ritter @ Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown
- Schoolboy Q, Sage One @ Observatory
- Teddy Riley & Blackstreet feat. Dave Hollister @ Club Nokia
- Ozomatli @ The Glass House
SATURDAY – MAY 4, 2013
- Built to Spill, Junior Rocket Scientist @ Troubadour
- Matt Costa, Hindu Pirates @ Observatory
- Mindless Self Indulgence , Chantal Claret @ Club Nokia
- Helmet, Goldsboro, The Knife Outline @ Viper Room
- Suzi Star, Pure Shit, Stripper Pussy and I.E. @ the Smell
- Saint Motel, the Janks, Branches @ LA Vegan Beer Festival
- Alice Russell, Shafiq Husayn, Dove Society @ First Unitarian Church LA
- Face to Face, Teenage Bottle Rocket, Death On Wednesday @ Glass House
- Miner, the Cerny Brothers, Tyler Lyle @ Bootleg Bar
- Sloe Poke, Mexico68 and Spin Out @ Echo
- Heiroglyphic Being, Torn Hawk @ Mount Analog
- Wide Streets (Record Release), Corners, Dirt Dress, Traps ps @ Pehrpace
- Sleepy Sun, Gram Rabbit, Strange Vine @ Satellite
- Watsky, Dumbfoundead @ El Rey Theatre
- Bonobo, El Ten Eleven @ Fonda Theatre
- Los Mysteriosos, Snakebit Drifters, Vinnie & the Hooligans @ Detroit Bar
- The UV Race, Lamps and Burn Book @ Los Globos
- The Picture & the Frame, Herbert Bail Orchestra @ El Cid
- Machine Gun Kelly, Mato @ Ventura Theater
- Leon Mobley & Da Lion, Wise Cub, Young Rapscallions @ the Mint
- Beat Connection, Gold Fields @ Constellation Room
- HIM, Eyes Set to Kill @ House of Blues Sunset
SUNDAY – MAY 5, 2013
- Psycho de Mayo with Black Mountain, Dead Skeletons, A Place To Bury Strangers & more @ Yost Theater
- Born Ruffians @ Detroit Bar
- Los Lobos, Kinky, El Chicano @ Greek Theatre
- (FREE) Cotillon, The Dead Ships, Brent Rademaker, Cobalt Cranes, the Withers, Beach Dads @ the Satellite
- Killing Joke (the Singles Collection), Czars @ Fonda Theatre
- Manic Hispanic feat. CJ Ramone @ Observatory
- The Highway Poets The Dead Ships The Diamond Light The Dustbowl Revival Ivory Deville The Record Company @ The Love Shack – Venice
- Part Time Punks: Krautrock Nite w/live tributes to NEU! + CAN + Faust + Tangerine Dream @ The Echo
- Bonobo, El Ten Eleven @ El Rey Theatre
- Tenacious D, Sasquatch @ Bootleg Bar
- Audacity, Death Hymn Number 9, Pangea @ Continental Room
- Machine Gun Kelly dub-0, In Theory featuring Nicky BuDz and Apollo Slim @ The Glass House
- Grant Langston, Rich McCulley, Slim Zwerling & the Yums, the Dahls @ Echo
- Los Mysteriosos, Cuates and Sons of Heatwave @ Alex’s Bar
- Red 9, 9 Electric, Heaven Below, Dive Bomber and Downtown Attraction at the House of Blues Anaheim
- Count Basie Orchestra at the Majestic Ventura Theater
- The Psycho Realm, Quinto Soul @ Club Nokia
