Kevin Bronson on July 30th, 2009

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[Let’s start Thursday by wishing Kate Bush a happy birthday …]

And let’s continue it with with a song off the Sounds’ new album, “Crossing the Rubicon”:

||| Download: “Dorchester Hotel”

The Swedish quintet’s Blondie-indebted rock has cast quite a spell on SoCal audiences the past couple of years. Their new album, recorded in L.A., sounds as if it just danced out of the Reagan Administration without being too overbearing. Or maybe nice Swedes just get the benefit of the doubt. Whichever, the fivesome plays a sold-out show at the Key Club tonight. … Down the Strip, HoneyHoney team up with Juliette Commagere and Lal Meri at the Roxy, while the Viper Room hosts AWOL Nation, the new project from Aaron Bruno of Under the Influence of Giants, along with All Wrong and the Plans Change. … Gram Rabbit teams up with Oliver Future at the Troubadour. … And a strong lineup of bands on Park the Van Records hits the Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa – including L.A.’s Eagle Winged Palace and New Orleans’ Generationals. … Also: Nightfur and Rachel Goodrich at the Hotel Cafe; Castanets and”  Warmer Milks at Spaceland; Barrio Tiger and Angus Khan at the Echo; AM Interstate as part of International Pop Overthrow at the Knitting Factory. … Square on Square and Mere Mortals at the Silverlake Lounge; Maia Sharp and Dada in downtown’s Peshing Square; and Grant Langston at the Redwood Bar.