Kevin Bronson on February 4th, 2011

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[Birthday greetings go out today to Tim Booth of James …]

Top shows leading up to the weekend’s big football game:

‣ It’s Har Mar Superstar’s birthday party too – Sean Tillman is turning 33, and his band is kicking off a Friday residency at the Satellite with Giant Drag and Marijuana Deathsquads. Har Mar says you should go.
‣ Tennis visits the Echo tonight. Their album “Cape Dory” is just out on Fat Possum, and that’s their video for “Pigeon,” above. Lord Huron opens.
‣ The last album Grace Potter and the Nocturnals was rather disappointing, but the El Rey Theatre is sold out tonight and the Belle Brigade is opening.
‣ The Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Ensemble performs tonight at First Fridays at the Natural History Museum. The Gaslamp Killer is on the guest list.
‣ Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses – he of the Grammy for “Crazy Heart” – play the El Rey on Saturday, with the Silent Comedy supporting.
‣ And Kid Infinity mounts its show with live 3D visual on Saturday night at the Alexandria Hotel downtown.
‣ On Sunday, Cat Power plays to a sold-out Music Box.

Also tonight:

400 Blows at the Bootleg Theater
Kristian Hoffman’s Fop Formal at the Steve Allen Theatre
Redstone Hall and Rabbits Running at the Roxy
Forgetters (members of Jawbreaker, Against Me! and Bitchin’) at at the Center for the Arts in Eagle Rock
Olafur Arnalds and George Sarah at the Echoplex
T. Mills at the Troubadour
The Wood Brothers at the Hotel Cafe
The Old Lumps at the Smell
Big Sandy at the Redwood
C-horse at Casey’s downtown
The Bandit Kings at the Mint
Gun Powder Secrets and the Model Pilots at the Viper Room
Chasing Kings’ in-store at Origami (7 p.m.)
Dick Dale at Brixton South Bay

Also Saturday:

The Muffs and Ari Shine at the Satellite
Forgetters at the Echo (6 p.m.)
The Autumn Defense at the Troubadour
Shawn Colvin and Loudon Wainwright III at CSUN’s Valley Performing Arts Center
Cradle of Filth at the Fox Theater in Pomona
David Garrett at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre
Tony Lucca and Beth Thornley at the Hotel Cafe
The Lexingtons and Therapy Session at Lot 1 Cafe
Religious Girls at the Smell
Pierre Bensusan at McCabe’s
The Super Bees at the Redwood
Scott Kelly & Wino and Texas Death Star at the Viper Room
The Still Life at the Roxy
The Dustbowl Revival at the Mint
Tijuana Panthers at “Under the Covers: A Tribute to the Nerves” release party at Origami
Conspirator at the House of Blues
Reverend Horton Heat at the House of Blues Anaheim

Also Sunday:

The Soft Moon at the Echo
H2O, Set Your Goals and Touche Amore at the Roxy
Jordan Cook and Dead Sara at the Viper Room
Jon Barba at the Smell
Esquire at the Satellite
The B-Noirs at the Redwood

||| Watch: The video for “I Can’t Go There With You” by Kristian Hoffman (background):