[Another reason to mope – Morrissey turns 50 today. I don’t know what path he will take, but I stopped taking off my shirt in public about that age. Moz will be feted by the obligatory show by covermeisters Sweet and Tender Hooligans at the House of Blues, if you feel like celebrating …]
Today: I think there’s a show for every palate tonight, even if there are a few that I can’t believe the fuss over. … The Kills, the Horrors and Magic Wands (the latter are worth your early arrival) make for a pretty good three-headed monster at the Music Box @ Fonda. … Sub Pop quartet Obits bring their onslaught to Spaceland [Download: “Pine On”] …” Nostalgically, you have Styx and REO Speedwagon at Nokia Live, Leon Russell at the Grove of Anaheim and WAR at the Greek Theatre. … Very interesting back-to-back shows at the Echo: Playing late, at Club Underground, is Freeland, the band fronted by DJ/producer Adam Freeland; preceding that at 7 p.m. in a separately ticketed event will be Oh No Oh My [pictured]. … Also: Deadmau5 at the Palladium; the Stranglers’ Paul Roberts at the Knitting Factory; Night 2 of the New York Dolls/Cliks shows, this one at the House of Blues Anaheim; Dredg at the Troubadour; Very Be Careful at the Bootleg Theatre; Ragsy and Andy Clockwise at the Hotel Cafe and Killola at the Roxy.
Saturday: My holiday weekend highlight is liable to be the Dears/Great Northern/Eulogies show at the Echoplex. The latter two L.A. bands are playing behind their new records; Montreal’s the Dears went in a dream-rock direction on their 2008 release, “Missiles” [Download: “Half Mast”]. … I hear Fleetwood Mac is playing a big show too – at least I think it’s big from the price of tickets on Craigslist. … Also in Orange County and hopefully is less demand: Scott Weiland at the House of Blues Anaehim. … I don’t know about headliner NOMO, but the supporting act, Swedish teenagers Those Dancing Days, [Download: “Those Dancing Days”] look like fun. Too bad for the kids that one’s not all-ages. … Talented songstress Amy Kuney is at the Hotel Cafe. … Then there’s A.M. (no, not AM or DJ AM) at the Smell… Also: Woven, the Color Turning and the Union Line at the Roxy; On Blast at the Prospector in Long Beach; Dredg’s second night at the Troubadour; Hottub at Bordello; the Monolators at All-Star Lanes in Eagle Rock; and Winter Flowers at the Redwood Bar.
Sunday: Flight of the Conchords lands at the Greek Theatre. … Also: Django James & the Midnight Squires at the Knitting Factory; Rookie of the Year in a different room at the Knitting Factory; James Webber & Sarah Carter at the Hotel Cafe; and Dead Ponies at Spaceland.
All weekend: For a sampling of real country music – and just about every other variety – you might want to chill at the three-day Topanga Days Country Festival [lineup here]. It’s a musical potpourri, but country fans might want to check in on two of Sunday’s performers, David Serby [pictured] and the Christopher Hawley Rollers. Tony Gilkyson and Old Californio are playing the country stage on Monday; the mainstage headliners are Blood, Sweat and Tears on Saturday, ex-Santana singer Greg Rolie on Sunday and the Meters’ Leo Nocentelli on Monday. … And there’s the two-day (Sunday and Monday) JazzReggae Festival at UCLA, featuring the likes of Erkykah Badu, De La Soul and People Under the Stairs (on Sunday) and Mavado and Machel Montano (on Monday.)
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