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Shows of the Night: Friday, May 20th

BUY TICKETS: Animal Collective w/ Spirit of the Beehive at the Greek Theatre

We made it, Scenestar readers. The weekend is here and we're ready to rock with our pick for Show of the Night: Animal Collective! You can see the return of Animal Collective tonight when they headline an all-ages show at the Greek Theatre, in support of their latest release Time Skiffs. Spirit of the Beehive opens the show.

If you can't get into our Show of the Night, your other music options include performances by The Antlers, Juliana Barwick, Bastille, !!! (Chk Chk Chk), Diane Coffee, Delta Spirit, Destroyer, Ericdoa, Pedro Fernandez, The Garden, Peter McPoland, Meat Puppets, Mindchatter, Mudhoney, Mxmtoon, Palace, The Shins, Thee Sacred Souls, Wolf Parade, Voodoo Glow Skulls, and many more.

Click here for ticket links and info on all of today's shows as well as upcoming local shows on our concert calendar. For any further updates, be sure to also follow us on Twitter for any last-minute news and set times (posted daily in the comments section) if available for select shows!

Yard Act Will Be Playing at the Teragram Ballroom

One of our favorite acts at SXSW 2022 and Coachella 2022 will be coming back to Los Angeles! After playing a SOLD OUT show last month at the Zebulon, UK indie-rock act Yard Act will give fans an opportunity to see them again (or for the first time) at the Teragram Ballroom on Tuesday, October 11.

Contest: Charlie Hickey at the Troubadour

Celebrating the release of his latest full-length album is Pasadena's own Charlie Hickey! Nervous at Night will be out on Friday, May 20, via Saddest Factory Records and you can hear it live when Charlie Hickey plays a hometown show at the Troubadour on Saturday, May 21. Ryann is scheduled to open the show.

You can check them out live by entering our contest for a pair of tickets to the show!

Shows of the Night: Thursday, May 19th

BUY TICKETS: Sigur Ros at the Shrine Auditorium

We're almost there, Scenestar readers. The weekend is upon us and also one of our most anticipated shows this week courtesy of our Show of the Night champ: Sigur Rós! Icelandic post-rock act will finally be back in town tonight at 8 p.m. when they headline the Shrine Auditorium. This is the first time since 2017 that Sigur Rós plays a show here in Los Angeles. The group will play their hits and tracks of their first studio album of new music since 2013's Kveikur, which includes the return of former member Kjartan "Kjarri" Sveinsson, joining Georg Holm and J​​ónsi on tour.

If you can't get into our Show of the Night, your other music options include performances by Aurora, Juliana Barwick, Big K.R.I.T., DJ Novena Carmel (of KCRW), Delta Spirit, Dorothy, Eve 6, Fartbarf, Fontaines D.C., Ezra Furman, Goth Babe, Alex Isley, Matt Kearney, Mae Mae, Peter McPoland, Palace, Say She She, Six Organs of Admittance, Thee Sacred Souls, Tove Lo, and many more.

Click here for ticket links and info on all of today's shows as well as upcoming local shows on our concert calendar. For any further updates, be sure to also follow us on Twitter for any last-minute news and set times (posted daily in the comments section) if available for select shows!

Kendrick Lamar Has Shows at Crypto.com Arena

We have a pair of hometown shows by Kendrick Lamar to look forward to, Scenestar readers! Compton's very own Kendrick Lamar Duckworth will bring "The Big Steppers Tour" to Crypto.com Arena on Wednesday, September 14, Thursday, September 15, and Friday, September 16, in support of his upcoming album release, Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers. Fans in Orange County can see Kendrick Lamar when he headlines the Honda Center on Wednesday, September 7.

Baby Keem and Tanna Leone open all four shows.

Shows of the Night: Wednesday, May 18th

BUY TICKETS: Gang of Youths w/ Quinn Christopherson at The Belasco

We're halfway through the week, Scenestar readers. We're also excited to have a wide variety of concert options which includes the return of our Show of the Night pick: Gang of Youths! The Australian indie-rock act out of Sydney will be playing a local tour date tonight at the Belasco, in support of their latest release Angel In Realtime. You can also see them later this year at the sixth edition of Ohana Fest at Doheny State Beach on Friday, September 30.

If you can't get into our Show of the Night, your other music options include performances by 19 & You, Ethel Cain, Emmit Fenn, Fontaines D.C., Girl Named Tom, Girl Ultra, Scott Hirsch, Alfa Mist, Jenny O, Tove Lo, Frankie Valli, and many more.

Click here for ticket links and info on all of today's shows as well as upcoming local shows on our concert calendar. For any further updates, be sure to also follow us on Twitter for any last-minute news and set times (posted daily in the comments section) if available for select shows!

Primavera Sound Los Angeles Adds More Acts

We have another update on one of this year's most anticipated summer music festivals! As we previously reported, Primavera Sound will be taking place for the first time ever in Los Angeles from Friday, September 16, to Sunday, September 18, with headliners Arctic Monkeys, Lorde, and Nine Inch Nails. Today, the festival has added a few more acts to the bill. This includes Amyl and the Sniffers, Current Joys, Girl In Red, Giveon, Jeff Mills, and Surf Curse.

Other notable acts performing this year include Arca, Bad Gyal, Beak>, Bicep, James Blake, Boy Harsher, Buscabulla, Cigarettes After Sex, Clairo, Darkside, Dry Cleaning, Fontaines D.C., Georgia, Kim Gordon, Gustaf, Helena Hauff, Khruangbin, King Krule, Little Jesus, Low, Mitski, Paloma Mami, PinkPantheress, Shygirl, Special Interest, Stereolab, John Talabot, Faye Webster, Tierra Whack, and possibly more acts will be announced closer to the festival date. There will be sideshows taking place around the city leading up to the festival starting on Monday, September 12.

Crooked Colours to Play at the Fonda Theatre

Australian electronic trio Crooked Colours are also coming back to Los Angeles! The act out of Perth will be headed to Hollywood when they headline the Fonda Theatre on Friday, October 21, in support of their follow-up release to 2019's Langata.