Kevin Bronson on December 9th, 2011

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‣ The Echo’s birthday month – the venue blows out 10 candles in December – swings into high gear with an Aquarium Drunkard-presented bill featuring the Soft Pack, Abe Vigoda, So Many Wizards and Slang Chickens.
‣ Genre-bending hometown heroes Ozomatli hold forth at Club Nokia.
‣ Sara Bareilles and Joshua Radin play to a sold-out Palladium.
‣ Arrica Rose & the …’s hold forth at the Hotel Cafe, preceded by Jim Hanft.
‣ Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin headlines the Bootleg Theater with Letting Up Despite Great Faults and Ha Ha Tonka as support.
‣ And Ocote Soul Sounds – the collective helmed by Adrian Quesada of Grammy-winning Grupo Fantasma and Antibalas founding member Martin Perna – bring their Afro-Cuba psychedelia to the Satellite. Their fourth album, “Taurus,” is just out.

||| Download: “Primavera”
[audio:http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6247931/02%20Primavera.mp3]

Also:

Peter Murphy and She Wants Revenge at the Glass House
The Belle Brigade at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
The New Division and L.A. Girlfriend at the Central SAPC
The Holloys at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Jonathan Wilson at Pappy & Harriet’s in Pioneertown
Jonathan Richman at the Smell
Chris Robinson Brotherhood at the El Rey Theatre
Trampled by Turtles at the Troubadour
Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers at the Key Club
Avey Tare at the Eagle Rock Center For The Arts
Boyz II Men at the Grove of Anaheim
Straight No Chaser at the Wiltern
Outlaw Nation and Ancetree at the Mint
Sleeping Bags’ free in-store at Origami Vinyl
Jeffrey Lewis, Little Red Lung and Daniel Hart at Pehrspace
Cinder Cone at Lot 1 Cafe
The Rocket Summer at Chain Reaction

Photo of the Soft Pack from last July’s Also I Like to Rock Series, by Laurie Scavo