[Happy birthday to Abe Vigoda – not the band, silly, the actor. Abe’s 88 today, and we love him as much as Conan O’Brien does.]
The pride of Issaquah, Wash., Modest Mouse [pictured], hits town tonight for a show at the Palladium that, as of early this morning, was not sold out. Mimicking Birds (signed to Isaac Brock’s label) and O.C. guys Japanese Motors open. … Kinky plays the night’s other big show, at the Music Box @ Fonda (it’s not sold out either). … The French Kicks swing by for a date at the Troubadour with the L.A. openers the Broken West and Army Navy. … The rescheduled album-release show for Nico Vega goes off at the Roxy, with support from the Union Line (in fine form Monday at the Silverlake Lounge) and the Yelling. … Miranda Lee Richards wraps up her residency at Spaceland with support from the Quarter After and Square on Square (the new project from Evan Slamka of Marjorie Fair). … At the Hotel Cafe, it’s AA Bondy. … Ollin holds forth at the Echo; the Shivers are in from New York to play the Silverlake Lounge, where Ema and the Ghosts join in; and Portland electro-punks Aerodrone play the Knitting Factory.
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