Kevin Bronson on June 25th, 2011

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Picks for your splendid Saturday:

‣ Seattle’s Motopony, riding high on the strength of the self-titled debut, plays a free, KCRW-sponsored show (8 p.m.) at One Colorado in Pasadena. That’s their video for “King of Diamonds,” above.
‣ Globetrotting songstress Keren Ann visits the Luckman Fine Arts Complex at Cal State L.A. behind her latest album “101.” Chris Garneau opens.
‣ L.A. songstress Terra Naomi celebrates the release of her new album “To Know I’m OK” at the Hotel Cafe, where Andy Clockwise plays a later set.
‣ Missing Persons, reunited with the original lineup, plays the Viper Room.
‣ And at the Satellite, there’s the Tribute to the Movies, a celebration of the enigmatic Silver Lake quintet that never quite turned the corner. It will feature performances by members of Shadow Shadow Shade and the Happy Hollows, Wet and Reckless, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Wrong Way Driver, Light FM, Seasons, Rademacher, Death To Anders and others. Some remembrances here and here from Radio Free Silver Lake. Scene veterans should be out in abundance; I hope the people who covered their song “Creation Lake” are there too.

||| Stream: The Movies, “Missed Opportunities”:
[audio:http://www.mediafire.com/file/or1h9atc4ctwdu7/The%20Movies%20-%20Missed%20Opportunities.mp3]

Also:

Miguel Atwood-Ferguson at the Museum of Neon Art in Glendale
Tune-Yards and Sister Crayon at the sold-out Troubadour
Jon Brion at Largo
Janiva Magness at McCabe’s
Too Short at the Key Club
Musiq Soulchild at Club Nokia
Nipsey Hussle at the House of Blues
Vegan Beer Fest with the Silent Comedy and others at the Roxy (noon start)
Inverse and Warner Drive at the Roxy
Black Lips and Cerebral Ballzy at the Glass House in Pomona
Long Beach Bayou Festival at Rainbow Lagoon Park in LBC
El Conjunto Nueva Ola and Bam Bam at the Echoplex
Mana at Staples Center
Honey Island Swamp Band at the Mint
Dirt Dress at Pehrspace
The Prids at Silver Factory Studios
The Sumner Brothers at Echo Country Outpost
Blue Blood at the Standard Hollywood