Kevin Bronson on November 28th, 2008

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[Hopefully your Thanksgiving dinners are digested and you’ve saved room for a piece of birthday cake in honor of Randy Newman, who reaches retirement age today …]

Tonight: The Melvins burn off some calories at the Troubadour, where they start a two-night stand. … Should be fun at the Hotel Cafe, where the O.C. and LBC crews invade — the Union Line, Voxhaul Broadcast and Local Natives conspire to rock the joint. … Aussie songwriter Andy Clockwise has a tune called “Song for the Unemployed” that I hope to hear at Spaceland, where he performs with the Outline. … At the Roxy, it’s local rockers After Midnight Project. … And the kids will go crazy at Club Nokia for Metro Station.

Saturday: M83 [Anthony Gonzalez, pictured], whose “Saturdays=Youth” will be at or near the top of the Buzz Bands year-end favorite albums list, ends a long U.S. tour at the Music Box @ Fonda. … Holly Golightly headlines Spaceland, with support from Frank Fairfield. … Big noise at the Wiltern, with Dir En Grey headlining and ear-bending L.A. prog-metal quintet the Human Abstract opening. … And I’m not sure how Long Beach’s the Prospector is going to hold all this, but the lineup looks like this: Crystal Antlers, Moris Tepper, Mike Watt and the Secondmen. Whew.

Sunday: Azure Ray brings its sublimely beautiful pop to the Troubadour. … At the Hotel Cafe, Alex and Sam play on a big bill. … At the Viper Room, it’s London to Tokyo. … And Blitzen Trapper, joined by the Parson Red Heads, rocks the Echo.