Kevin Bronson on January 12th, 2013

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‣ We have every reason to believe that the performance billed “Looking For Sugarman” at the Hotel Cafe is indeed an appearance by the now-legendary Rodriguez, the 70-year-old singer-songwriter and subject of the award-winning documentary “Searching for Sugar Man.” Later at the Hotel Cafe, the crafty pop-rock quartet Your Futures Lovers plays the late set. We can relate to their tune “This Song on the Radio” X.
‣ Steve Earle & Alison Moorer team up for a night of music at UCLA’s Royce Hall, with L.A. quartet the Living Sisters (who last week released a new covers EP) supporting.
‣ British hitmakers Keane hold forth at the Pantages Theatre, with local quintet Youngblood Hawke opening.
‣ And veteran psych-rockers the Warlocks are back, playing a show at the Bootleg Bar along with Cosmonauts and Beach Party. There’s a good early show at the Bootleg too, featuring Jennifer O’Connor and Chris Brokaw of Codeine.

Special note: The long-running monthly club night Dragstrip66 says goodbye at the Echoplex. There’s a documentary in the works on the night and the people behind one of the most fun, diverse parties around L.A.

Also:

David Lindley at McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Mike Watt & His Missingmen at the Redwood Bar
Fatal Jamz at Burger Records
The Dan Band at Club Nokia
Russell Peters at the Nokia Theatre LA Live
Lainie Kazan at the Catalina Bar & Grill
Hearts & Minutes, Never At Night, Monster Paws and Hobart W Fink at the Satellite
Mothers of Gut, the Sleeping Car, the Y Axes, Wimp & Shrimp and Peter Kolovos at the Smell
Infantree at the Virgil
Zoom-B, Boogie Lou & the Prestige, and John Macy & the Heavy Hand at El Cid
The Creole String Beans at the Mint
Like Giants, Sink Swim, Gunpowder Secrets, the Artist Must Draw and G. West at the Troubadour
Interstate Blues and Joey Diamond at the Roxy Theatre
Shaufrau at the Roxy: On the Rox
Chrisette Michele at the Key Club
Shafiq Husayn & the Dove Society at the Del Monte Speakeasy
Son Ark at R Bar
Hi Ho Silver Oh and Charlyne Yi at the Echo Country Outpost
Ireesh Lal at Saint Rocke
Billy Kernkamp, Micah Brown, Jeramiah Red, Motorbike and Dano Forte’s Juke Joint Freak Show at the Detroit Bar
Joker, Plastician, Footsie, Son Kick and SMOG All-Stars at the Observatory
Social Distortion at the House of Blues Anaheim
Steve Ross at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony at the Majestic Ventura Theater
Kool & the Gang at the Spotlight 29 Casino
Designer Drugs at the Yost Theater
The Highwaymen at the McCallum Theatre