[Shakira blows out birthday candles today as we careen into a new month …]
How packed is the Viper Room going to be tonight? Indie darlings DeVotchKa swoop into the Sunset Strip club for a sold-out show. … I reckon the Smell will be crowded too – NYC’s Gang Gang Dance (who are playing Coachella on Saturday, April 18) visit the downtown all-ages venue. … Nightmares on Wax (British DJ/musician George Evelyn) brings his chill-out electro to the Echoplex. … Sonos, the a capella group that covers such disparate material as Radiohead, Bjork, Rufus Wainwright and Fleet Foxes, performs at the Hotel Cafe. … And a new batch of cover charge-free residencies kick off at Eastisde venues: Le Switch (supported by the World Record, among others) at Spaceland; Holloys (with Bobb Bruno and more) at the Echo; and Local Natives (with Aushua, Lemon Sun and the Outline) at the Silverlake Lounge.
Photo of DeVotchka’s Nick Urata performing in L.A. in 2007
Crooked Fingers at Bordello!