Around the clubs: Desert Hearts, Fort Romeau and more

The Desert Hearts team is one of the more genial entries into the expanding universe of small Burning Man-inspired festivals. Their parties focus on the smarter ends of house and techno, but with self-aware good humor (one fest co-founder and DJ goes by the name Deep Jesus) and youthful vigor.

After some successful runs in rural venues, they’re dipping a toe into urban club shows with City Hearts, a mini-festival that hits downtown’s Belasco Theatre on Friday. The crew moved the party to the Belasco after a previous venue unexpectedly went out of business, but the gilt decadence of the new space seems to fit their penchant for half-droll, half-earnest promises of transcendence.

To warm up for it on Thursday night, Hollywood’s new Golden Box (an homage to the rotted-out club glamour of the Lower East Side in the ‘80s) hosts its Dig Deeper series with the Swedish house producer Axel Bowman.

For fans of more abrasive material, Friday sports the local, stellar experimental club music production outfits SFV Acid and Suzanne Kraft with like-minded peers Benedek and Moon B in DTLA. Adventurous O.C. residents should make their way to the Wayfarer for the fast-rising Ghostly Records staple Fort Romeau (and, between this and shows from Matthew Dear and Matt Lange, the club is having a heck of a summer).

On Saturday, L.A.’s homegrown young phenom Justin Martin takes over Exchange, with a style of hard-knocking house that exemplifies the winking wit of his label Dirtybird. At the luxe new Le Jardin (an L.A. spin on the Vegas-born phenom of daylight clubbing), Frank & Tony join the Making Shapes staple Jeniluv with a bill of pool-friendly house to make the brunch booze go down even easier than it already does.

Sunday? Slow down, jeez, you have Hard Summer and/or Habitas coming up next weekend. Give your body a break for once and go eat something healthy.

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