Tonight in L.A.: UNKLE, JP, Boom Boom Satellites, JP, Chrissie & the Fairground Boys, Wet & Reckless

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[Katheryn Elizabeth Hudson, whom you know as Katy Perry, was born on this day in 1984. Cheers.]

Tonight’s top 3 visitors from foreign lands:

‣ UNKLE (new album “Where Did the Night Fall” and new EP “The Answer”) makes its first visit to L.A. in more than three years at the El Rey Theatre. That’s Paul Andrew Williams’ short film “Savious and Angels,” above, which features the UNKLE songs “Caged Bird,” “The Runaway” and “Another Night Out.” You can trade your e-mail address for an UNKLE U.S. tour sampler right here.
‣ JP, Chrissie & the Fairground Boys (the collaboration between the Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde and Welsh singer-songwriter JP Jones) headline the House of Blues.
‣ Japanese electro-rockers Boom Boom Satellites [see last week’s post] check in at the Troubadour.

Tonight’s top 3 local gigs:

‣ Wet & Reckless closes out their Silverlake Lounge residency supported by, Olin and the Moon, Rumspringa and LA Font.
‣ Radars to the Sky winds up their Spaceland residency, with Torches in Trees opening.
‣ And Juliette Commagere (along with Aqualung) plays It’s a School Night at Bardot.

There’s plenty more to choose from: Jessie Baylin and Richard Swift at the Bootleg Theater; the finale of Evan Voytas’ residency at the Echo (with Lesands supporting); Justin Beiber at Staples Center; the Wellspring at the Hotel Cafe; Phil Alvin at the Redwood Bar; White Pulp at the Viper Room; and Bilal’s free in-store (7 p.m.) at Amoeba.