Kevin Bronson on December 2nd, 2009

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[Happy birthday to Nelly Furtado … Happy club-hopping to all my favorite people:]

Gee, where shall I begin tonight’s show rundown? Shamelessly, I will note that tonight is the Decembering With Buzz Bands LA show at the Echo [click on flyer at right for info; RSVP list closes at 3:30], featuring Square on Square (9 p.m.), KAV (10), Helen Stellar (11) and Nightmare Air (12). … There’s plenty of other shows from which to choose: Useless Keys [see Monday’s feature] headline Spaceland, with Samuel Stewart supporting. … Trainwreck (pictured, the project of Tenacious D’s Kyle Gass) celebrates the release of its new album “The Wreckoning” at the Roxy. … J. Tillman (Fleet Foxes) brings his solo act to the Troubadour [download below]. … Gamble House and Little Girls convene at the Silverlake Lounge. … And Corinne Bailey Rae plays two shows at the Hotel Cafe, and a set by Kenneth Pattengale in between. … Also: The Sonus Quartet at the Bootleg Theater; Seaspin and Jubilee at Bordello; and Royal Crown Revue at the Mint.

||| Download, via Pitchfork: J. Tillman, “Earthly Bodies”

||| Obligatory self-promotional note (as if you haven’t had enough of that already): Tune in online to Indie 103.1 at noon for the first of my three-part Buzz Bands LA Playlist 2009 countdown. It’s my favorite local songs of the year.