Kevin Bronson on September 2nd, 2011

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Excellent choices to kick off your holiday weekend:

‣ Veteran Aussie quartet You Am I, still going strong after two-plus decades, kick off a U.S. tour behind their new, self-titled album, their ninth. They play the Echo, with L.A. quintet Terraplane Sun opening.
‣ Long-running Club Underground moves from the Echo to the Grand Star in Chinatown, celebrating its new digs tonight with live sets from L.A. indie-poppers Sweater Girls, whose new album is on the way from Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records, and labelmates Eureka California (who are actually from Athens, Ga.).
‣ Canadian new wavers Men Without Hats hit the Viper Room, with Gram Rabbit supporting.
‣ Canadian duo Handsome Furs visit the Echoplex behind their third album, “Sound Kapital.” Get a taste by downloading “What About Us.” Suuns and Talkdemonic open.
‣ It’s an attack of the ’80s at the Hollywood Bowl, where the Human League, the B-52’s, Berlin and the Fixx take you back.
‣ And Glass Candy and Chromatics play an FYF Fest pre-party at Los Globos, the Silver Lake club that recently changed ownership and will start to host more shows.

Also:

Last American Buffalo and Keaton Simons at the Hotel Cafe
Judson McKinney and One Trick Pony at the Satellite
Shane Alexander at the Bootleg
Halloween Swim Team and Gothic Tropic at Lot 1 Cafe
Pan Am at Casey’s downtown
Three Bad Jacks at the Key Club
Diego Garcia at Largo
Bring Me the Horizon at the Wiltern
A Static Lullaby at the Roxy
Kylesa at the Troubadour
Cassidy Haley & the Sunshine Rebels at the Mint
White Lights at the Central SAPC
Death on the Radio at the Redwood