Los Angeles Tonight (May 16, 2013)

The weekend inches closer every minute, and there are plenty of artists to make you feel like its already arrived tonight.  You can find rock everywhere, from FIDLAR going hard at Artopia in Chinatown's Central Plaza to Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. racing through guitar licks at El Rey Theatre like its the Daytona 500 to Appleseed Cast reuniting for a show at Bootleg Bar.   PAPA and Harriet at Troubadour and Devandra Banhart at Fonda Theatre should also be on your radar.   If hip-hop is your thing - check out young up and comers Scotty The Kid and E-Train at The Roxy.  Other shows listed below...

• Thatwasthen @ King King Club


• DC Fallout @ Amplyfi


• Jelly Bread @ One Eyed Gypsy


• Elixir @ Skinny’s Lounge


• Appleseed Cast, Hospital Ships @ Bootleg Bar


• FIDLAR @ Artopia - Chinatown Central Plaza


• United Ghosts, Bulletins, the Hectors, Modern Time Machines @ Silverlake Lounge


• The Shakers, Mumiy Troll, Run Run Run @ Satellite


• Janka Nabay & the Bubu Gang, Secret Circuit, Awesome Tapes from Africa and Slayron @ Echo


• Clues & Codes, Nightmail, Death Valley Girls @ El Cid


• Ultimate Bearhug, Jesse Thomas, Natalie Gelman, Nicole Vaughn and Brooke Annibale @ Hotel Café


• The Singles @ Harvard & Stone


• Birds of Tokyo, Andry Frasco, Gino Matteo @ the Mint


• Scotty the Kid, Jim Wilson, Bobby Alt, David Sebastian, the Dares, Frank Kush, Young Murph and E-Train @ the Roxy


• Black Hi-Lighter, Toy Bombs and Checkpoint Charlie @ On the Rox


• 8mm, 28 North, the Moonbeams, Open Air Stereo and Elle Rae @ the Viper Room


• These Pilgrams and Naomi Robin @ HOB Voodoo Lounge


• Charlie Clark at Taix


• LNGWKND @ Del Monte Speakeasy


• Reckless In Vegas, the Hard Knocks, Tony Ferrari. Ireesh Lal @ Saint Rocke


• Mt. Ossa, Gashcat, Ghost Foot @ Detroit Bar


• Cannibal Corpse, Napalm Death, Immolation and Cretin @ Observatory


• Qwel & Maker @ Constellation Room


• Andy Grammer, Parachute @ House of Blues Anaheim


• Gilby Clarke, Liquid Circus, Line of Sight, Thereapy @ Coach House


• Matt Costa @ Soho Restaurant & Music Club


• Jeffrey Gimble and the Tamir Hendelman Trio @ Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club


• Martin Sexton @ Canyon


• Zomboy, Slander, Innit @ Yost Theater


• Snow in Africa, City of Blue, Vanderocker, James Scheuller @ TRiP


• Stephanie Hunt, Jamestown Revival, Caroline Askar, Abbey Lane @ Room 5 Lounge


• Devandra Banhart, Rodrigo Amarante @ Fonda Theatre


• Papa, Harriet @ Troubadour


• Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., Bad Suns @ El Rey Theatre


• Martin Starr, Common Rotation, Dark Rooms, Charlyne Yi @ The Central SAPC


• Harlow Gold @ Harvelle’s


• Zero Zero, The Burning of Rome, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Sara Radle & The Mockingbirds @ Alex’s Bar


• Subvocal, Chistine Costanzo, Jason Becker & Marty Rod @ WitZend