Tonight in L.A.: The Radio Dept., Beach House, Nicole Atkins, He’s My Brother She’s My Sister

[Henry Rollins turned 50 on Sunday, and the party is tonight at Largo …]

Top shows to ponder while you listen to Daniel Lanois’ Black Dub at 11:15 on “Morning Becomes Eclectic:”

‣ Coachella-bound Swedish trio the Radio Dept., whose 2010 album “Clinging to a Scheme” clung to plenty of indie-pop hearts and who followed it in January by releasing the best-of “Passive-Aggressive: The Singles 2002-2010,” play to a sold-out El Rey Theatre. Young Prisms open. [That’s the Radio Dept.’s video for “Never Follow Suit,” above.]
‣Maryland duo Beach House play the first of two nights at the Music Box, with Sub Pop labelmates Papercuts opening.
‣ At the Troubadour, it’s the bluesy psychedelia of Nicole Atkins & the Sea, along with Cotton Jones.
‣ Great lineup at the Hotel Cafe, with Generationals [see their video], Nightmare & the Cat and Scars on 45.
‣ And L.A.’s He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister covers the Velvet Underground at the Satellite, where Vanaprasta opens.

||| Download: Papercuts, “Do What You Will”
||| Download (via Pitchfork): Young Prisms, “Sugar”

Also:

The first night of a Gram Rabbit residency at Bordello, with Indians and LA Font.
Blank Blue at Low End theory at the Airliner
Wake Up Lucid (EP release party) and the Steelwells at the Bootleg Theater
The Ross Sea Party and the Californian at the Silverlake Lounge
Nick Waterhouse and TRMRS at the Echo
The Smiles at the closing party of the New Music Seminar at the Roxy
Bethpage Black at the Viper Room
Suzi Star at the Smell
Ashley Turner at Saint Rocke
Mathew Barber, James Carrington and more at the Mint