Tonight in L.A.: Ollin, Les Blanks, Kingsize

0

Nico Vega play a free show at noon at Cal State Fullerton’s Becker Amphitheatre. … Recently opening for the Pogues, East L.A. native sons Ollin perform the Irish rockers’ 1985 LP, “Rum Sodomy & the Lash,” in honor of St. Paddy’s Day at the Echo. … Les Blanks [pictured] are as captivating as the eponymous director’s musical subjects; tonight, they headline Spaceland with gypsy, funk, and country hybrid, the Petrojvic Blasting Company, and Francisco the Man. … Godfathers of SoCal Hardcore, Bad Religion play the House of Blues Anaheim. … Kingsize toast to the release of their double-EP, “The Good Fight” and “The Bad Night,” before Dead Country take the stage at the Silverlake Lounge. … Two high school friends from Australia and an O.C. drummer from Craigslist, Sick Puppies make it big at the Troubadour. … Lucy Ryder open for Aerial along with Candygram for Mongo at the Viper Room. …  Nina Storey headlines the Hotel Café, having recently brought us “So Many Ways from:me to:you.”

Photo by Jeaneen Lund