Tonight in L.A.

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[Happy birthday to Fabolous, who was born 31 years ago. He was John Jackson then.]

brokenremotes2The Hotel Cafe Tour hits town tonight at the Music Box @ Fonda, and although Rachael Yamagata’s name is boldfaced plenty of folks will be there to see Hotel Cafe waitress-makes-good Meiko and tuneful L.A. folkie Emily Wells. … Matisyahu is holding forth at Club Nokia, and the show isn’t listed as sold out. Is he over already? … Fans of the Eastside scene face tough choices tonight: Everest [see below] headlines Indie 103.1’s Check One Twosdays at the Echo; Wait. Think. Fast. celebrates its album release at the Echo; and some very good up-and-comers, including Local Natives, play the Silverlake Lounge. … And, of course, there is Radio Free Silver Lake’s Let’s Independent at Boardner’s.*** It’s the swan song for Joe Fielder’s series at Boardner’s, and topping tonight’s lineup is the Broken Remotes [pictured], who killed it the last time I saw them. … Then there is Abe Vigoda at the Smell. … And there’s a free “Chinese Democracy” listening event the Roxy. Hmm.

*** Update: No cover for the RFSL event tonight — as a well-deserved tip of the cap to Mr. Fielder, the bands are playing for free.