The Week Ahead: Dec. 31 – Jan. 6

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Incoming: Redd Kross, Vintage Trouble, Cake, the Henry Clay People, Zedd, Social Distortion, Michael Davis With Lions, Royal Teeth, Neurosis, Brian Whelan, Seven Saturdays, Escape the Fate, Reel Big Fish

Above: Tashaki Miyaki (that’s their video for “Best Friend,” above) is one of the bands playing “FOMO” – that’s Fear of Missing Out on Friday. The evening brings 10 emerging local bands to the Echo and Echoplex and offers a great one-day snapshot of the L.A. scene. Also playing: Incan Abraham, James Supercave, Monte Mar, Gothic Tropic, the Abigails, Beach Party, Cosmonauts, Steffaloo and VUM.

Our staff picks of the week:

@KRBronson recommends: Two of the scene’s most talented songwriters will be celebrating album releases this week. Michael Davis With Lions, who had one of our favorite EPs of the year, plays Wednesday at the Echo behind his new album “Real Love.” And Brian Whelan, whose album “Decider” made our tops-of-2012 list, plays a free show with Chief on Saturday as part of Satellite Nights.

@Seraphina_L recommends: The always fun First Fridays series returns to the Natural History Museum on Friday and Lord Huron and Wildcat! Wildcat! kick off the first week on Jan. 4.  Autumn Tone’s Justin Gage will be spinning tunes before and between live sets inside the lounge.

After the jump, the week ahead:

Monday, Dec. 31

Redd Kross and the Melvins at the Alexandria Hotel
Vintage Trouble and Sy Smith at the Roxy Theatre
Cake at the Wiltern
Zedd and Nicky Romero at Club Nokia
Rebelution at the Hollywood Palladium
Sasha at Exchange LA
Frank Stallone at Vitiello’s
The Henry Clay People, the Lonely Wild, Torches and Kissing Cousins at the Satellite
James Friedman at Los Globos
Idina Menzel at the Walt Disney Concert Hall
Jane Monheit at the Catalina Bar & Grill
Quetzal Guerrero at the Virgil
Sandy Pussy at Harvard & Stone
Boogaloo Assassins at the Mint
Puddle of Mudd at the Whisky
Gentlemen Hall and the Public Trust at the Roxy: On the Rox
Ryan Leslie and VanJess at the Viper Room
E-40 at the Key Club
Nit Grit, Artifact, Stephan Jacobs, GoldRush and Russ Liquid at the Central SAPC
Nacosta and Blackwater Jukebox at Lot 1 Cafe
Dustbowl Revival at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Tomorrows Bad Seeds at Saint Rocke
Danny Love at the Detroit Bar
The Aggrolites, the Revivers and the Delirians at Alex’s Bar
Kendrick Lamar, RL Grime and the Underachievers at the Observatory
Donavon Frankenreiter at the Coach House
The English Beat at the Canyon
Slave at the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa
Gina Eckstine & the Jay Birds at the 360 Lounge
John Proulx and Frank Stallone at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club
YG at Quiet Cannon
The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra at Crustacean
Pointer Sisters at the Pechanga Center

Tuesday, Jan. 1

Religious Girls, Hex Horizontal, Cinder Cone, Catheter and In Tents at the Smell
Cotillon at Harvard & Stone
Vizarra, Survive the Weather and My Own Ghost at the Viper Room
Joshua Ross, Chris Pastor, Hester and Thomas Miltch at the Surge Acoustic Lounge
Social Distortion at the House of Blues Anaheim
Kristina Sky at the Yost Theater

Wednesday, Jan. 2

Michael Davis With Lions and Soviet Red at the Echo
The Sister Ruby Band, Son of the Velvet Rat, the Hallucinations and LA Witch at the Silverlake Lounge
Eric McFadden at the Mint
Gavin Castleton at the Factory (654. S. Myers St.)
Kidforce, Excuses and White Blush at Club Moscow at Boardner’s
Oak Street Blues, the Pocket Rockets and Bodhi at the Central SAPC
Flashpants at the Canyon

Thursday, Jan. 3

Douglas & the Furs, the Hindu Pirates and Black Sea at the Echo
Sucker For Pumps at the Satellite
Kim Manning and Groove Session at Los Globos
Cosmonauts and Vision at Harvard & Stone
Major Williams at the Mint
Aristeia, Polarization and Wrath of Vesuvius at the Whisky
Let’s Drive to Alaska, Intimatchine, Roman Aeon, Lineas Albies at the Silverlake Lounge
Royal Teeth, the Active Set and Lakes at the Roxy Theatre
Oedipus and Back Pocket Memory at the House of Blues
Diego Clare at the House of Blues Foundation Room
Shoshana Bush at the Catalina Bar & Grill
Blank Tapes and Sister Ruby at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Max & the Moon, FutureFix, the Push and Warships at the Constellation Room

Friday, Jan. 4

Neurosis, Savage Republic and Ides of Gemini at the Fonda Theatre
Bobby Caldwell at the Catalina Bar & Grill
Angel Olsen and Matt Kivel at the Bootleg Bar
The Abigails, Beach Party, Cosmonauts, Gothic Tropic, Incan Abraham, James Supercave, Monte Mar, Steffaloo, Tashaki Miyaki and Vum at the Echoplex
Future Dancing at the Satellite
Different Sleep, Guy Fridge, Eliot, Svengali and Caves at Los Globos
Silver Daggers, Godzik Pink, Los Cincos, the Pope and Qui at the Smell
Check In the Dark, the Hidden Lines and Ginger at El Cid
Pebaluna and David Ryan Harris at the Hotel Café
Lunar Rogue, Drew Brandmeier, Vinyl Party and the Hailers at the Mint
Dope Zebra, Sox4Xmas and Bailey at the Hard Rock Café Hollywood
K’noup & Kelly, Mark Ballas, Travis Garland, Savannah Van Band, Derek Anthony Gray and Melted Vinyl at the Troubadour
My Own Holiday and Northern Strangers at the Roxy Theatre
Downtown Attraction, KingQueen and Hey You at the Viper Room
Reel Big Fish at the House of Blues Hollywood
The Letters Home, Iron Kite and Hollywood Insider at the Foundation Room
Tay F 3rd, Billionaire B, J Patron, AIT, Patron Poke, Zyto Crowns, JB Tha Pretty Boy and Genocide Ent. at the Key Club
Six Foot Nurse, Orphanette and Jefsetter at the Central SAPC
The Barry Zweig Trio at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Birds of a Black Feather at Maiu Sugar Mill in Tarzana
Sir Zacc West at Saint Rocke
Hindu Pirates at the Constellation Room
Divide the Day, Valora, Sederra and Nations Afire at the House of Blues Anaheim
Tower of Power at the Coach House
Tempo, Staley and Mr. Rad at the Yost Theater
Boogie Knights at the Canyon
Lord Huron, Wildcat! Wildcat at the Natural History Museum

Saturday, Jan. 5

Chief and Brian Whelan at the Satellite
The Sharp Ease, Get Hustle, Godzik Pink, the Centimeters, Jesus Makes the Shotgun Sound and the Pope at the Smell
Swagger, Clues & Codes and Single Palms at El Cid
Steve Carlson and Keaton Simons at the Hotel Café
LeRa and dirtyRISE at the Mint
Rocstedy, I4AI, Paris Cimone, Young Skywalker and Thee Area at the Troubadour
Pacific Dub, HB Surround Sound, Micah Brown and Katastro at the Roxy Theatre
Hillbilly Herald and Goldsboro at the Viper Room
James Manning & Jamestown Band, the Vapes, Starveya and Mind Virus at the House of Blues Foundation Room
Dirty Bandits and Matter at the Parish Room
Mandy Lion, Leatherwolf, Hollywood Hustlers, Octane Mob, Stonebreed, Rouge Stallion, White Lie, Breaking the Law, Kristian Faulconer, Fools Paradise, Hipnostic, Badass Magic and the Nu Kat Boys at the Key Club
Bobby Caldwell at the Catalina Bar & Grill
Zoom B and Son Of the Drum at the Del Monte Speakeasy
The Spazmatics and Stevie G Band at Saint Rocke
TV Girl, Parade Of Lights, Tapioca & the Flea and the Union Line at the Detroit Bar
Pato Banton at the Constellation Room
Reel Big Fish at the House of Blues Anaheim
Missing Persons at the Coach House
Paul Brown & the Killing Devils, Trash Cowboys and Electra at the City National Grove of Anaheim
Gimme 5 at the Industry Theater
Tower of Power at the Fox Performing Arts Center
The Fixx at the Canyon
A-Baum at the Yost Theater

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Sunday, Jan. 6

Seven Saturdays [pictured], Pageants and Ash Reiter at the Satellite
Saccharine Trust, Deadbeats and Trembling Hills at the Echo
Castle, Behold! The Monolith, Iron Mtn and Yidhra at Los Globos
The Mufficans at the Mint
Escape the Fate at the Roxy Theatre
Ash Reiter at Lot 1 Cafe (brunch show)
Bobby Caldwell at the Catalina Bar & Grill
Stonefeather, dirtyRISE, Town in the City and Los Feliz Quartet at the Central SAPC
Matt Jennings, Kevin Blaine, Franchot Tone and Adam Topol at Saint Rocke
Life Down Here, Saints In Rehab, Olio, Hollowell and the Push at the House of Blues Anaheim
Strunz & Farah at the Coach House
8 Kalacas, La Resistencia and Red Store Bums at the Yost Theater

Seven Saturdays photo by Zoe-Ruth Erwin