Tonight in L.A.: U2, L7, Mae, King Tuff, Big Search, The Dø, Josh Rouse, Little Red Lung, King Washington, William Elliott Whitmore, Bette Midler, Tori Kelly, Niyaz, the Dan Band, Flux Pavilion, Smallpools, Pearl & the Beard, Trapdoor Social
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Oh, Thursday, you are being way too good to me:
► L7 [pictured circa 1992], back with a roar and their original lineup intact, rock the Echo ahead of European tour dates in June and two July gigs at the Fonda Theatre.
► U2 plays to a room full of lucky KROQ ticket-winners at the Roxy Theatre.
► Mae, touring on the 10-year anniversary of their album “The Everglow,” visit the El Rey Theatre, supported by All Get Out, Mike Mains and the Branches.
► King Tuff and the Shrine rock the Del Monte Speakeasy in Venice.
► Singer-songwriter Josh Rouse headlines the Troubadour behind his new album “The Embers of Time,” with Walter Martin (of the Walkmen) supporting.
► French-Finnish indie-pop duo The Dø play the Bootleg HiFi behind their latest album “Shake Shook Shaken,” with Pr0files supporting.
► Singer-guitarist Matt Popieluch’s Big Search, with a new album ready to go, headlines the Satellite, supported by L.A. Takedown and White Dove.
► Another band with a new album imminent, Little Red Lung, plays Cafe NELA along with Double Naught Spy Car and Cat Museum.
► Blues man William Elliott Whitmore headlines the Mint behind his latest album “Radium Death,” with Esme Patterson and Roses & Cigarettes opening.
► And King Washington continue their residency at the Hotel Café on a night that singer-songwriter Heather Maloney celebrates the release of her new album “Making Me Break.” Also playing the night: Fathers & Suns and New Maximum Donkey.
Also:
The Dan Band at the Roxy Theatre
Tori Kelly at the Wiltern
Bette Midler at the Staples Center
Niyaz and Azam Ali at the Skirball Center
Total Navajo, Snowblind Traveler, Peoplemover and Family of Light at the Silverlake Lounge
Pearl & the Beard and Goodnight Texas at the Echoplex
Flux Pavilion at Exchange LA
Ecno, El Conjunto Nueva Ola, Viento Callejero and Thee Commons at Club Bahia
Trapdoor Social, the Strive, Zac James and more at Amplyfi
Them Howling Bones at Harvard & Stone
Post Malone, Beau Young Prince and Tate Tucker at Los Globos
Ed Schrader’s Music Beat, Hemlock Ernst, Authority Figure and Abrakadabra at the Smell
OwL at Lot 1
Sam Marine, Alana Amram and Austin McCutchen at El Cid
Flashback Heart Attack, Prima Donna, the After Hours and Bad Veins at the Viper Room
Kira Morrison at the HOB Sunset Strip Crossroads
Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, Simpkin Project, Synrgy and Dub Architect at Saint Rocke
Dead Heavens, the New Regime and Kandi Jones at the Wayfarer
MacArthur and the Stereophones at Acerogami in Pomona
Smallpools and Grizfolk at the Observatory
Com Truise and J. Laser at the Constellation Room
Jai Wolf and Lindsay Lowent at the Yost Theater
Blind Pig at the HOB Anaheim Crossroads
Randy Bachman at the Coach House
Don Peake, Chuck Berghofers, Richard Niles, Paul Kreibich, Eric Ekstrand and Caifanes at the San Manuel Indian Bingo & Casino
Waffle Haus, Tilghman and Yard of Blondes at Molly Malone’s
Lamont Dozier Jr. at the Catalina Bar & Grill
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