[Happy birthday, Paul Weller. What I wouldn't give for a little Jam this morning:]
Top 5 ways to make merry musically in Los Angeles tonight:
☛ Watch enchanting Australian brother-and-sister folkies Angus & Julia Stone — their new album “Down the Way” is awfully sweet — on the first of their two sold-out nights at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
☛ Rock out to the Airborne Toxic Event (and support Amnesty International) at the L.A. quintet’s sold-out benefit show at the Echo.
☛ Swoon with Band of Horses at the Roxy.
☛ Catch musical guest Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse at the screening of the documentary “180º South” at the Eli Broad Theater in Santa Monica.
☛ Hear Nada Surf do Depeche Mode — the NYC trio’s new album “If I Had a Hi-Fi” is a covers album — at the Troubadour after poptastic Telekinesis opens.
Your tastes may vary: Peter Himmelman at the Mint; Excellent local show at Saint Rocke in Hermose Beach featuring Voxhaul Broadcast and Princeton; Jr. Juggernaut at Spaceland; Kaki King and An Horse at Pomona’s the Glass House; the Tuffingtons at the Silverlake Lounge; the Uglysuit at the Viper Room; and Kina Grannis.
