Tonight in L.A.: Milo Greene, Allah Las, Baths, Beyoncé, Erykah Badu, Everclear, Wanda Jackson, AM & Shawn Lee, Omniflux, Mystery Skulls, Donavon Frankenreither, Paper Route
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Your very busy and very steamy Friday night:
‣ Milo Greene returns to L.A. for a sold-out hometown show at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
‣ It’s a free night of music downtown at the FIGat7th Downtown Festival, with Allah Las, Brooklyn’s Prince Rama and Gothic Tropic.
‣ Baths headline the El Rey Theatre behind their new album “Obsidian,” supported by Houses. That’s Houses’ video for “The Beauty Surrounds,” above.
‣ The BET Experience is taking over downtown – Beyoncé visits the Staples Center, while Mike Epps (early) and Erykah Badu (later) play Club Nokia.
‣ The 1990s live at the Wiltern when the Summerland Tour lands carrying Everclear, Live, Filter and Sponge.
‣ And the City of Costa Mesa 60 – marking the Orange County city’s 60th birthday – goes off at the O.C. Fair & Events Center with Wanda Jackson, Berlin, Little Hurricane, Penguin Prison, Tijuana Panthers, Micah Brown, Tomorrow’s Tulips and Cory Case.
Also:
AM & Shawn Lee, Chicano Batman and Greenhorse at the Echo
Omniflux, Valleys and Weeknight at the Satellite
Mystery Skulls and Channel One at Complex in Glendale
Bosnian Rainbows at Los Globos
Vagabond Opera at the Bootleg Theater
Paper Route and Halfnoise at the Bootleg Bar
Tommy LaFave at Levitt Pavilion Pasadena
Magnolia Memoir at Levitt Pavlion MacArthur Park
SISU at Origami Vinyl
“Mind the Todd” with DAvid Serby, Kristin Mooney and more at the Cinema Bar
Drinking Flowers, Dirt Dress, Dahga Bloom and Adult Books at the Smell
Tartar Control, Swingset Shutdown and Clitorati & the Testical Difficulties at the Lot 1 Café
The Moonbeams, the Dirty Dishes, Hotel Cinema and My Double My Brother at El Cid
My Name Is You, Natalie Angiuli, Moxi, Casey Black and Jess Williamson at the Hotel Café
Afrolicious and Franny Franklin at the Mint
Mat McHugh & the Seperatista Soundstystem, Ethan Tucker and Robert Amerson at the Roxy Theatre
Bryce Soderberg & the 2nd Wheel, Checkpoint Charlie, the Alarm Science, Plus and the Lonely Drunks Club Band at the Viper Room
Mad Temple at the House of Blues Hollywood
Jon Brion at the Largo at the Coronet
The Barry Zweig Trio at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Charlie Clark, Jenny Long, Mikel Farber and Wes Filer at the Sanctuary in Santa Monica
The Heavy Heavy Hearts at Harvelle’s
Maria Muldaur at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Zacc West at Saint Rocke (Early Show)
Donavon Frankenreiter, Makua Rothman and Kevin Miso at Saint Rocke (Late Show)
CH3, the Simpletones, the Gears, White Flag and Shag Rats at Alex’s Bar
Phora at the Observatory
Zavalaz at the Constellation Room
Panda at the House of Blues Anaheim
Gary Hoey, Pet Shark and Liquid Circus at the Coach House
Twin Shadow at the Glass House
Party on the Plaza at the Pasadena Civic
Poncho Sanchez at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club
Kenny Burrell Quintet at the Catalina Bar & Grill
Lest we forget: Tonight the Cinema Bar in Culver also says farewell to devoted patron Todd Kivi, who is relocating to Austin, with the first of two nights of music, dubbed “Mind the Todd.” Tonight: Jackie Bristow, Debra Tala, Jaimi Shuey, Neon West, Kristin Mooney, Dawn McCoy & Chris Richards, the Modern Skiffle Quartette (with Ben Vaughn and Dan Janisch), Terry Hanson, David Serby, and Dan Navarro. Yours truly is hosting.