Kevin Bronson on October 15th, 2010

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[We’re a little misty at Buzz Bands HQ this morning, this being the 20th anniversary of the release of “Nowhere” by Ride, which the Internet tells me will be re-released on vinyl Nov. 30. My favorites are here and here.]

Top 3 big darn deals this weekend:
‣ LCD Soundsystem, Hot Chip and Sleigh Bells test the boxed-in, wine-toting patrons’ dancing skills at the Hollywood Bowl.
‣ The National returns to southern California on Saturday for a concert at Pomona’s Fox Theater. Owen Pallett opens.
‣ Sigur Rose frontman Jonsi (pictured), touring behind his solo album “Go,” brings his stage spectacle to the Wiltern on Sunday. The show will be webcast live at 9 p.m. on NPR.

Also tonight: Mike Doughty and Mike Viola at the Bootleg Theater; Mike Doughty has canceled his L.A. shows this weekend because of illness; Kruder & Dorfmeister at Club Nokia; David Bazan and Wye Oak at Spaceland; the Aggrolites at the Roxy; Say Anything, Motion City Soundtrack, Saves the Day and Valencia at the Avalon; Four Tet at the Music Box; Miike Snow and Mark Ronson & the Business Intl at the Wiltern; Nicole Atkins and the Black Sea and Gamble House at the Echo; LTJ Bukem at the House of Blues; the Black Pacific at the Key Club; the Darling Stilettos at the Viper Room; Manhattan Murder Mystery at Pehrspace; Slant at the Troubadour; Jamaica and Nightwaves at the Echoplex; Malaikat dan Singa at the Smell; Maxim Ludwig & the Santa Fe Seven at the Hotel Cafe; Stanley Clarke at Catalina’s; Warpaint (acoustic) at Skybar; and the Country (Gram Rabbit side project) at the Redwood.

Also Saturday: The Cypress Hill SmokeOut at the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino; Ron White at the Wiltern; Paul Oakenfold at the Music Box; DQ Quik at the Key Club; Kenan Bell and Hesta Prynn at the Bootleg Theater; Broken Spindles at the Central in Santa Monica; Valient Thorr and Red Fang at the Echo; Gaelic Storm at the Troubadour; Rocket and Spider Problem at 3 Clubs; Lovers & Poets at the Hotel Cafe; Macy Gray at the Canyon Club; the Logan at the Viper Room; Palm Reader at the Smell; Delta Nove at the Roxy; Tangent Transmission at the Smell; Calavera at the Redwood; and Rabbits Rabbits Rabbits’ 7 p.m. in-store at Origami.

Also Sunday: Die Antwoord at the Music Box; Hoodoo Gurus at the Viper Room; Rascal Flatts at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre; Holy Fuck and Indian Jewelry at Spaceland; the Spazmatics at the Key Club; Joe Frank at McCabe’s; T. Mills at the Troubadour; Vincent Minor and Obi Best at the Bootleg; Lucky Dragons at Pehrspace; and Million Kids and the Gears at the Redwood.

Not to mention: The two-day Dub Quake festival at the Echo and Echoplex features Michael Rose, Scientist (with Roots Radics), Sister Nacy, Lady Tigra, the Heptones, Peanut Butter Wolf and the Lions, among others.

Photo by Lilja and Inga Birgisdottir