Kevin Bronson on October 12th, 2009

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It worked well for the Dead Weather. Now the Flaming Lips plan their own pop-up store – complete with an intimate performance – on Thursday at the Nike/Ricardo Montalban Theatre, 1615 Vine St. Like the Dead Weather did downtown in August to create a splash around its new album, the Lips will offer one-of-a-kind merch (including a vinyl pressing of their new double-disc album “Embryonic”) at the store, open only on Thursday from noon to midnight. Tickets for the band’s MySpace “Secret” Show at 7:30 will be issued on a first-come, first-serve basis at the venue, with with some available at Amoeba on Tuesday (with the purchase of “Embryonic,” naturally) and others through giveaways from KCRW-FM and the LA Weekly. Details.

‣ L.A. rockers Nico Stai will be filming a video for their song “Dead Pony” at a free, all-ages performance Friday at the Ghettogloss Gallery (9109 Melrose). Doors open at 8:30 p.m.

‣ LiveNation is expanding its 2-for-1 ticket promotion, and there’s some pretty nifty concerts on the list. The half-off sale runs for 24 hours, beginning at 12:01 a.m Wednesday and covering tickets bought through the promoter’s website. After the jump, the L.A.-area shows included in the promotion:
San Manuel Amphitheater
Cypress Hill Smokeout (feat Cypress Hill, The Deftones, Method & Redman and more)– 10/24 only

Gibson Amphitheatre
Linda Ronstadt– 10/25
LA 101 (feat Silversun Pickups, The Dandy Warhols, Matt & Kim, Dengue Fever and more)– 11/3
Sylvia Browne & Montell Williams– 12/29

The Hollywood Palladium
Brand New ”“ 10/18 only
Slipknot ”“ 10/29
Dashboard Confessional ”“ 11/15
Dethklok / Mastodon ”“ 11/20 only
Save New Wave II (feat Blasphemous Rumours, The Cured & more; hosted by Richard Blade)– 11/21
Hatebreed / Trivium– 11/28

The Wiltern
Aimee Mann– 10/16
Tiger Army– 10/23 & 24
The Bravery– 11/5
The Used– 11/10
Wolfmother– 11/24
Peaches– 11/28
Straight No Chaser–11/29

Avalon
Brazilian Girls– 10/19
White Tie Affair– 11/13
Forever The Sickest Kids– 12/3

House of Blues- Sunset Strip
All That Remains– 10/16
Tech N9ne & Slaughterhouse– 10/23
Horrorpops– 11/1
Dinosaur Jr.– 11/5
Saosin– 11/6
The Sippy Cups– 11/7
Gwar– 11/16
KC & the Sunshine Band– 12/30

House of Blues- Anaheim
Los Lobos– 10/16
Lucky 13 Night– 10/17
Our Lady Peace– 10/20
Train–10/25
Tyrone Wells– 11/6
Hanson– 11/11
Keller Williams– 11/12
Stryper– 11/16
The Wise Guys Big Band– 11/28
Badfish– 2/14/09