Tonight in L.A.: Whigs, Julian Plenti, Johnny Echols

Kevin Bronson on November 19th, 2009

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[Birthday greetings go out today to Matt Sorum … now here’s what’s on tap for a busy evening:]

The Whigs will release the follow-up to 2008’s “Mission Control” early next year – the new album will be titled “In the Dark” [download below]. Few bands do old-fashioned garage rock better than the Athens, Ga., trio, which hits town tonight for a show at the Troubadour. Opening are the Features, who caught my ear in March and put out a fantastic album from last May, “Some Kind of Salvation.” … Julian Plenti [download], the name of the side project of Interpol’s Paul Banks, plays to a sold-out El Rey Theatre. … At Spaceland, the founding guitarist of Love, Johnny Echols, headlines (backed by members of Baby Lemonade), with the” the Quarter After and Sweaters opening. … Dethklok,” Mastodon and Converge head up the first night of a big metal show at the Palladium. … The Deftones play a benefit at the Avalon. .. And the best of the smaller clubs finds Samuel Stewart and Andrew Lynch playing at Bootleg Theater; the Ruby Friedman Orchestra at the Hotel Cafe (where Jay Nash and Sally Jaye also perform); Dam-Funk with Master Blazter (and Peanut Butter Wolf doing a VJ set) at the Echo; Black Math Horseman at Bordello; Tape Deck Mountain at the Silverlake Lounge; and Jay Nash at the Hotel Cafe. … Also: The Swell Season at the Wiltern; Snoop Dogg at Club Nokia; new Epic Records signee Nneka at Zanzibar; Ghostland Observatory at the Key Club; and at Alex’s Bar in Long Beach, Two Guns, and Greater California.