Tonight in L.A.: Carina Round, Everest, Rumspringa, Proximal Records party, Steve Barton, the Janks

Buzz on August 5th, 2010

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[Note from Buzz Bands HQ: I will be at Lollapalooza and perhaps dropping a few missives from Chicago, then taking a breather for a few days, so I’d like to thank Ali MacLean for minding the store the next week or so:]

Top 5 ways to spend your Thursday:

‣ If you really believe in seeing good music rather than what the dude at American Apparel heard was good, then the show of the evening is Carina Round at the Hotel Cafe. Her twisted and wry songs run the gamut from fragile melodies to sick and wrong diatribes that would make even PJ Harvey blush. Nightmare & the Cat, featuring the super talented Stewart brothers, open.

‣ Everest will most likely pack the house with fervent followers at the Bootleg Theater. Mini Mansions and the Pacific Hurt have the difficult task of opening for them.

‣ The release show for Proximal Records‘ “Narrative of a City” (see Tuesday’s Buzzbeats), featuring Daedelus and others, goes off at the Echo.

‣ The monthly Rumble – the free show at 3 Clubs – features Rumspringa, Dinosaur Feathers and Lesands. (Sample their wares.)

‣ And Steve Barton and the Oblivion Click (the ex-Translator frontman who, last time I checked, still kills it on “Everywhere That I’m Not”), is joined by a host of acts such as the Janks at tonight’s installment of International Pop Overthrow at the Echoplex.

Your tastes may vary: Switchfoot at the Huntington Beach Pier as part of the U.S. Open of Surfing; Rickie Lee Jones (free) at the Santa Monica Pier; Seasons and Kitten at Pershing Square downtown as part of the Spaceland Under the Stars series; Lady Sinatra and The Binges at the Viper Room; Les Blanks at the Silverlake Lounge; Lisa Loeb at the Canyon Club; and the B-52’s at the Orange County Fair.