Tonight in L.A.: Pilar Diaz, Pennywise, Mellowdrone

0

[Happy birthday to Suzi Quatro – maybe I will bust out the leather jacket in her honor tonight …]

Not quite as frantic a schedule in the city tonight – unless you’re a fan of Pennywise (sold out at Club Nokia) or 2 Live Crew (playing the Key Club). … Pilar Diaz ends a rockin’ three-week residency at downtown’s La Cita. … Club NME at Spaceland offers the mod pop of Long Beach’s the New Fidelity [pictured], along with the Lieutenants and Evan Voytas. … At the Knitting Factory, it’s Modwheelmod, the project of ex-Nine Inch Nails side man Alessandro Cortini and guitarist Pelle Hillstrom, and Mellowdrone, who are resurfacing with a new album, “Angry Bear.” … Matt Ellis [download: “Heart of Mine] plays on a big lineup at the Silverlake Lounge. … And the very heavenly Lower Heaven descends on the 3 Clubs. … Also: Pocahaunted among four bands at the Museum of Neon Art; Meiko and Carina Round at the Hotel Cafe; Jack Left Town atop a six-band bill at the Troubadour; and Klum at Club Good Hurt.

Photo by Fernando Guerrero