Kevin Bronson on July 29th, 2010

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[Happy birthday, Geddy Lee … and here’s what’s up on our happy Thursday:]

Top 4 shows to not-so-surreptitiously tweet from:

‣ Brooklyn’s Here We Go Magic, whose thicket of hypnotic beats, dizzying synths and spry melodies coalesce nicely on their sophomore album “Pigeons,” visits the Troubadour (with Beach Fossils opening). That’s HWGM’s video for “Collector,” above, and you can download it here.
‣ Nite Jewel (new EP “Am I Real?” just out digitally) is joined by Memoryhouse, Baths and Kisses at the Echoplex.
‣ Heavy Young Heathens, who have a new EP titled “Make Room for the Youth?” (visit their website to download it for free), play on a big International Pop Overthrow bill at Spaceland that includes the New Fidelity, Eugene & the 1914 and King Washington.
‣ And Nathaniel Rateliff headlines the Echo.

Not to mention: Queen Caveat’s EP release party at the Viper Room (download “What Built Me” here in exchange for an e-mail address); the final night of Benji Hughes’ residency at Largo; Walking Sleep and Spirit Vine playing a free show at Pershing Square; Vanity Theft at the Silverlake Lounge; Learning Music at Echo Curio; Ready, Set Go! at the Mint; Paul Thorn at Brixton in Redondo Beach; Brother Clyde at the Roxy; Patrick Park and George Ellias at the Standard Hotel in WeHo; Richard Walters at the R Bar; and Aerosmith and Cheap Trick at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre.