Tonight in L.A.: Garbage, Rubblebucket, Hanni El Khatib/Tijuana Panthers, Bear in Heaven, Sam Sparro, Soft Swells, the Nervous Wreckords, JJAMZ

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A very happy Friday:

Garbage has a pair of sold-out shows on the horizon at the El Rey Theatre, but the resurgent quartet, with their comeback album “Not Your Kind of People” due May 15, do something of a warm-up show at 10 p.m. at the Bootleg Theater. Then, in the adjacent Bootleg Bar, genre-bending octet Rubblebucket will hold forth.
Hanni El Khatib roars back into town, headlining the Satellite with support from Tijuana Panthers and Feeding People.
‣ There’s a second night of Bear in Heaven at the Echo, where Blouse and High Places support.
‣ And Sam Sparro, his sophomore album “Return to Paradise” just around the corner, brings his funky electro to the Key Club, where O.C.’s Polaris At Noon opens.

Also:

John K. Samson (of the Weakerthans) at the Troubadour
JJAMZ at Space 15 Twenty (7 p.m.)
Incan Abraham and the Peach Kings at El Cid
The Nervous Wreckords at the Viper Room
Soft Swells, Keaton Simons and Brothers of Brazil at Hotel Cafe
Designer Drugs at the Avalon
Downtown/Union, the Hectors, Brother Luke at Casey’s downtown
The Wooden Sky, Brett Detar, Vs Colours at Silverlake Lounge
La Dispute, Balance and Composure, All Get Out, Sainthood Reps at Center for the Arts in Eagle Rock
Take, Free Moral Agents, RYAT, Mono/Poly at the Echoplex
Kitty, Daisy & Lewis, Leftover Cuties at El Rey Theatre
California Windfall at the Roxy
Cannoneers at Club Underground at the Grand Star
My Double My Brother at On the Rox
Lalah Hathaway at Club Nokia
Slaughterhouse at the Fonda Theatre
Chilly Gonzalez at Hollywood Forever Cemetery’s Masonic Lodge
Shame, The Vitals, The Withers at Lot 1 Cafe
The Kris Special, Borrelia, the Spires, Minor Me at Pehrspace
Malaikat dan Singa, Amps for Christ, Let’s Paint TV, Skrill Meadow at the Smell
Big Black Cloud at Permanent Records
E-40 at the Observatory