Kevin Bronson on June 22nd, 2009

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London troubadour Ed Harcourt gets a lot of mileage out of his piano-based compositions, sonically and emotionally. The onetime Mercury Prize nominee, whose last album of new material, “The Beautiful Lie,” finally came out in the U.S. a year ago (delayed two years by the label limbo he was in after being dropped by Astralwerks), in May released a new EP, “Russian Roulette.” Its six songs, almost all home recordings, find Harcourt’s orchestral pop at its most adventurous, and sharpest lyrically. The singer-songwriter visits on Monday for a show at cozy Bordello in downtown L.A.; the Langley Sisters (featuring Harcourt’s wife, Gita) open. And Harcourt is having a fan video contest for this song, details here.

||| Download: “Sour Milk, Motheaten Silk”

Somebody tickled Sean Sullivan’s reggae bone, and now we have Sean Bones crashing our summertime party. Sean Bones is the nom de tune of the new project from the Sam Champion guitarist, which was inspired by the Brooklyn-based musician’s trip last summer to Jamaica to shoot the film “Wah Do Dem” with Norah Jones (who guests Sean Bones’ debut album “Rings,” due July 21 on Frenchkiss Records). I’m a little more partial to Sam Champion’s aesthetic, but the new album’s reggae-tickled indie-pop will sound pretty good poolside this summer. Bones has a busy week in L.A. – he joins Local Natives for an early (party starts at 7 p.m.) show at Space 15 Twenty on Tuesday; “Wah Do Dem” screens at the Landmark 4 on Wednesday as part of the L.A. Film Festival; and Bones plays Thursday at La Cita and Friday at the Echo.

||| Download: “Dancehall”; more at RCRDLBL.com

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Congratulations to Buzz Bands reader Rey Garza, who scored two tickets for Spinnerette’s show on Wednesday at the Troubadour. The Brody Dalle-fronted rockers’ self-titled debut album is out this week.