Kevin Bronson on February 13th, 2011

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Top show picks should you need aural cleansing after watching the Grammys:

‣ Guitarist-around-town Blake Mills (pictured) quietly released a very good solo album, “Break Mirrors,” in 2010. The guy who has played with Julian Casablancas, Jenny Lewis, Band of Horses, Jesca Hoop and Simon Dawes (among others) plays a free show tonight at the Satellite.
‣ Chris Schlarb’s Psychic Temple [whom we told you about Saturday] performs at the Smell.
‣ It’s My Bloody Valentine night at Part Time Punks at the Echo, and one of the featured bands, Mrs. Magician, is liable to bust out a couple of MBV covers.
‣ And there are two record-release parties at the Hotel Cafe – one for O.C.’s Barrett Johnson, who just released “New Jerusalem,” and the other for Austin-based Jonny Burke, whose “Distance and Fortune” is out next week.

And not live music but good listening:

‣ Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Dntel/Postal Service dude Jimmy Tamborello and friends bring back “Give Up” (it was the name of a club night before it was the title of the Postal Service album), an evening dedicated to sad music. It goes off at the Hyperion Tavern.

Also:

Jamie Drake at the Foundry on Melrose
Sweaters and Kiev (free) at Bardot
Oh No Not Stereo at the Viper Room
Semi Precious Weapons (free) at On the Rox
Netherfriends’ in-store (6 p.m.) at Origami Vinyl
So Many Wizards and Luna Is Honey at Big Fish in Glendale
The Kepler Mission at the Troubadour
Elizabeth Kill at the Mint

Photo by K. Hayes