Pop music: Phoenix at the Hollywood Bowl

Phoenix is so casually precise in its pop that its pleasures have a way of sneaking up on just about anyone. Although the joys of Phoenix have long been kind of nerdy — its best asset is its production, the synth pads building in the back of a song, the gentle, funky guitars as tight as a well-made bed — the band successfully translates them on a very big stage. “1901” is built on a massive, ravey synthesizer stab, and “Lisztomania” has a sock-hop eagerness. At the Hollywood Bowl with the celestial acid-folk harmonies of Grizzly Bear and the Roy Orbison-indebted guitar jangle of Girls. 2301 N. Highland Ave., Hollywood. 8 p.m. Sat. $32-$66.25. (323) 850-2000. Also at Santa Barbara Bowl, 1122 N. Milpas St., Santa Barbara. 7 p.m. Sun. $47.10-$57.35. (805) 962-7411.