Kevin Bronson on December 9th, 2010

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[Birthday greetings go out today to Portishead’s Geoff Barrow …]

Tonight’s top 3 ways to get an earful:

‣ The Satellite (f/k/a Spaceland) will be decked out in black light and ready for an alien invasion to welcome the L.A. debut of Epic Ruins, the stoner rock project of L.A.-based drummer Jordan Richardson and his friends from Texas [see last week’s item]. They will be joined by the Happy Hollows and Computer Jay.
‣ Vintage rock ’n’ soul whirlwind Hanni El Khatib – joined by Vanaprasta, celebrating their second year – holds forth at the Echo. That’s Hanni El Khatib’s video for “Dead Wrong,” above … What year is it?
‣And Bleu celebrates the release of his new album, “Four,” at the Hotel Cafe with Taylor Locke & the Roughs.

• ||| Download: Hanni El Khatib, “Dead Wrong”

Not to mention: The sold-out Henry Rollins Rare Cuts and Conversation at the Echoplex; Le Switch and the Lonely Wild at the Redwood Bar; the Janks at the Bootleg Theater; Bedouin Soundclash and Moneybrother at the Troubadour; Aimee Mann’s Christmas Show at Largo; the Damn Sons and Paige Stark at the Silverlake Lounge; the Bad Plus at the Mint; Honor Society at the Roxy; Jonathan Richman at the Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa; Curren$y and Nipsey Hussle at the El Rey Theatre; Fishbone at the Galaxy Concert Theatre;  Blind Guardian at the Music Box; Emily Lacy at the Echo Country Outpost; and, at the Viper Room, a five-way battle for “best unsigned band in L.A.” featuring the Smiles, Young Hunting, Kiven, Republic of Letters and Research Material.