Kevin Bronson on October 24th, 2014

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Oh, my, what a Friday:

‣ Bob Dylan does the first of three nights at the Dolby Theatre.
‣ U.K. rockers Placebo headline Club Nokia behind the new album “Loud Like Love,” with the Moth & the Flame opening.
‣ Long-running British duo Erasure play the Hollywood Palladium behind their new album “The Violet Flame,” with Superhumanoids opening.
‣ Their new album “After the Disco” just out, Broken Bells kicks off the first of two nights at the Orpheum Theatre, where the duo of James Mercer and Brian Burton are join by Austra.
‣ British pop singer Charli XCX teams up with Elliphant for a show at the Mayan.
‣ It’ll get folky at the Fonda Theatre, where Trampled By Turtles – who ironically (tonight at least) hail from the same hometown as Bob Dylan – perform behind their new album “Wild Animals.”
‣ Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. headlines downtown’s Tower Theater, supported by Miniature Tigers and Madi Diaz.
‣ First-wave emo luminaries Mineral rock the Roxy, supported by Into It. Over It.
‣ Sweet night at the Skirball Center, where soul singer Alice Russell plays a special show.
‣ Cuba jazz pianist Roberto Fonseca visits the Bootleg HiFi.
‣ And psychedelic funk-soul brothers Monophonics hit the Satellite.

Also:

Big Freedia at the Echoplex
Marketa Irglova, Rosi Golan, Truth & Salvage Co, Griffin House and Fairbanks at the Hotel Café
Dylan Ryan / Sand, L.A. Takedown and SK Kakraba Band at the Center for the Arts Eagle Rock
Fire in the Hamptons, Deluka and TeamMate at Lucky Strike Live
Army of the Pharaohs at the El Rey Theatre
Intocable at the Greek Theatre
Phish at the Forum
Fantasia and Brian McKnight at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live
The Four Tops at the Fred Kavli Theatre
Paul Anka at the Saban Theatre
Joanna Borromeo at the Bootleg HiFi
Dream Machines at 3 Clubs
Big Ups and LVL UP at Jewel’s Catch One
Hank & Cupcakes, Mad Moon Riot, Brown Shoe and Figs Vision at the Silverlake Lounge
Hollie Cook and Jackie Mendez at the Echo
The Spits, Timmy’s Organism and Doses at Los Globos
Cinder Cone, Reptoid and Select Sex at the Smell
Love Revisited, Pugwash and Bunnynose at El Cid
Craig Robinson & the Nasty Delicious, Jef Scott, the Soul of John Black, Jeffrey Ross and JB Smoove at the Mint
Mike Burke at the Hard Rock Hollywood
Show Ponies, Before the Brave, Moonsville Collective and Skin & Bones at the Troubadour
Satan and Magic Circle at the Whisky a Go Go
Glam-O-Rama, Prima Donna, Woolly Bandits and Glam Skanks at the Viper Room
Roby Rand at the Viper Room Lounge
Reece Lyons, Sparky, Will & Phil, Sammy Plotkin and Color Me Home at the HOB Voodoo Lounge
Golden West, Kamal Khan, Lakin Saucedo, Jamey Damrill and Roses & Cigarettes at the HOB Foundation Room
Dani Ivory, Panic in Eden, Camile Youssef and Talia Lawrence at the HOB Parish Room
Jon Brion at the Largo at the Coronet
The Barry Zweig Trio at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Nell Robinson and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Street Dogs, Left Alone, Amigo the Devil and Drunk Folk at Alex’s Bar
Kimbra at the Observatory
Wiz Khalifa at the Observatory (Late Show)
Catfish & the Bottlemen at the Constellation Room
Lorenzo de Monteclaro and Korina Lopez at the House of Blues Anaheim
The Janoskians at the Riverside Municipal Auditorium
The Dan Band at the Coach House
Knotfest at the San Manuel Amphitheater
Sound Factory at Yost Theater
La Bamba at the California Theatre of the Performing Arts
ZZ Lightfoot, the Whereabouts and Firemelon & Lime Street at the Hogue Barmichaels
Poncho Sanchez at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club