Kevin Bronson on June 30th, 2009

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Big night at the Hollywood Bowl, where Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood team up. … There’s really not too much strange about the Strange Boys [pictured] – except maybe that their take on “Nuggets”-era garage rock sounds so fresh. Touring behind their debut “The Strange Boys … And Girls Club,” the young Austin quartet hits the Echo tonight for a show with the Growlers and the Shirley Rolls. … Leslie & the Badgers [see next post] celebrate the release of “Roomful of Smoke” at Spaceland, aided by the Chapin Sisters, Olin and the Moon and Eagle Winged Palace. … And Links rock the Silverlake Lounge. … Also: Low Flying Owls at the Viper Room; Bleu at the Hotel Cafe; Alex & Sam at the Bootleg Theater; and heavy metal with the Summer Slaughter 2009 tour at the House of Blues.

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