[It’s not Oct. 31, no matter what the first item would lead you to believe, but it is Usher’s birthday. Best wishes, and here’s your deluge of shows tonight …]
Canadian duo Junior Boys [pictured, with download below] headline the El Rey Theatre, and don’t be alarmed if you see some costumed crazies along Wilshire Boulevard. The electro-pop maestros, touring being their latest album “Begone Dull Care,” are encouraging attendees to dress up as if it were Halloween. “I was obsessed with Halloween as a kid, I waited for it impatiently, lamented it when it was over,” says Jeremy Greenspan, one-half of the duo. “All of my childhood obsessions with science fiction, horror stories, weird movies and strange music all seemed to converge at Halloween. … Anyway when it came about that we would be touring around the release of our single called ‘Bits and Pieces’ during October, all sorts of Halloween fantasies started churning up in my mind.” Best costumes at tonight’s show get CDs and prizes. Spooky. Circlesquare opens. … The Streets, supported by local luminaries Busdriver and Nosaj Thing, hit the Glass House in Pomona. … It’s the second of Bob Dylan’s three Palladium shows, with one with John Doe supporting. … Passion Pit plays to a sold-out Fonda, and Moby headlines the Wiltern. … The Temper Trap visits the Roxy, with Jets Overhead supporting. … At the Echo, it’s the CD release party for Harper Simon [see Monday’s post], supported by Petra Haden with Jim Bianco and the Living Sisters (Inara George and Eleni Mandell). … And there’s a big beverage-sponsored event at downtown’s Mountain Bar called “LA Approved” that features sets by Jail Weddings, the Polyamorous Affair, Joel Morales of Dios and VoicesVoices. … Also: Say Anything at the House of Blues Anaheim; Peggy Sue at Club NME at Spaceland; Mayday Parade at Avalon; ; the Pack A.D. at the Knitting Factory; the Paper Raincoat at the Hotel Cafe; Random Patterns at the Bootleg Theatre; Cave Country at the Silverlake Lounge; Sex N Violence at the Viper Room; and Pretty Lights at the Key Club.
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