MUSIC

Pop & Jazz

Previews by August Brown (A.B.) and Reed Johnson (R.J.) Year Long Disaster With an album title like “Black Magic: All Mysteries Revealed” you’d expect this power trio to sound like Celtic Frost meets Procol Harum. But instead they deliver druggy, pummeling scuzz rock of the highest order (A.B.) Spaceland, 1717 Silver Lake Blvd., L.A. 8 p.m. Mon. Free. www.clubspaceland.com

Nick Jonas & the Administration Enlisting a good swath of Prince’s backing band might have been the best move the young Jonas could have made for his second -- and decidedly more adult -- solo venture. It’s not quite the Time, but the new setting does allow the heartthrob to flex some more seasoned musical muscles. With the rising nu-soul siren Diane Birch. (A.B.) The Wiltern, 3790 Wilshire Blvd., L.A. Tue.-Wed., 6:30 p.m. $49.50. (213) 380-5005.

Herb Alpert and Lani Hall The standard-bearing trumpeter has become possibly the biggest name in L.A. music education, with considerable gifts to music schools at CalArts and UCLA in recent months. Lest he rest on his charitable laurels, however, Alpert and wife Hall team up to play their pioneering brand of jazz. (A.B.) Walt Disney Concert Hall, 111 S. Grand Ave., L.A. Fri., 8 p.m. $38-$99. (323) 850-2000.

Los Lobos The East L.A. band has built a nearly four-decade career on excavating, animating and repurposing rock’s Latin roots. Rock’s historic Spanish accent still hasn’t been fully acknowledged by the music’s Anglo-centric official guardians, but we’re getting there -- slowly but surely. (R.J.) Royce Hall, UCLA, 340 Royce Drive, L.A. Sat., 8 p.m. $28-$40. (310) 825-2101. They also play a family-themed version of their set at 2 p.m. the same day at Royce Hall. Tickets for that show are $28, $18 for ages 12 and under.