Tonight in L.A.

Kevin Bronson on January 6th, 2009

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Longtime local treasure and musical changeling Eleni Mandell [pictured] plays the first of three dates this month at the Hotel Cafe (others: Jan. 16 and 30) in advance of her new album “Artificial Fire,” due Feb. 17 on Zedtone Records. [Download: “Bigger Burn.” ] … Also at the Hotel Cafe tonight for the first of four January dates is rising Swedish pop singer Theresa Andersson, whom the L.A. Times tabbed as a next-big-thing. [Check out “Birds Fly Away.”] … Sara Lov kicks off a Tuesday residency at Spaceland [see next post]. … Plenty of other choices on the Eastside tonight too: Pop Noir and the Pacific rock Indie 103.1’s Check One Twosday at the Echoplex, while Les Blanks and the World Record anchor the bill upstairs at the Echo. … At the Silverlake Lounge, it’s All Spots to Black. … And Seasons — who were excellent on Monday night in a support slot for Robert Francis at the Echo, head up a big bill at downtown’s Bordello.