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West Indian Girl at this weekend’s Lightning in a Bottle Festival. They play Thur. @ Temple Bar | iPhone Photo by Scott Kampmeyer/LAist
The stars must be aligned, this week is full of music goodness. Today may be a holiday, but that doesn’t mean there is a sonic dry spell out there. And while Lightning in a Bottle has ended, two festivals still go on today: Jazz Reggae Festival at UCLA and Topanga Days up in Topanga. And you can’t beat getting into the Viper Room for free by taking Metro, can you?
This week also marks many beginnings and celebrations. For one, Green Day side project, the Foxboro Hot Tubs, play two concerts locally as part of their first tour (from the band’s website: “Tickets for these shows will not be available until the day of the show at the venue box office ONLY. Tickets will be $20 cash. There is a two ticket maximum per person”). Also playing two concerts are the ingenues, The Like, who’ve had a long break since last Fall. Over at the Hollywood Bowl concerts start picking up with The Police, R.E.M., Modeest Mouse and others.
And on a more level, there’s a benefit concert for Griffith Park featuring Ludacris and Tommy Lee at the Greek Theatre, Afro Funke, Zanzibar’s Thursday night club, will celebrate its fifth anniversary and three very good new bands play Tuesday night at the Silverlake Lounge in a show presented by Rockinsider and Web In Front.
Listings are below after the jump…
Topanga Days @ Topanga, CA
Jazz Reggae Festival @ UCLA
Castledoor, Hecuba, Fire in Cairo @ Detroit Bar (Costa Mesa)
Anavan, Attractive & Popular, Voodoo Organist @ pehrspace
Le Switch, The Minor Canon, The World Record, Vanessa Micale @ The Echo
Mezzanine Owls, The Quarter After, Asteroid #4, Exitmusic @ Spaceland

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