Kevin Bronson on March 4th, 2011

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Kicking off the first weekend in March:

‣ Releasing an album, “Gemini,” followed by an EP, “Golden Haze,” Virginia’s Wild Nothing won a lot of indie hearts last year. Songwriter Jack Tatum and band bring their dream-pop to this month’s installment of First Fridays at the Natural History Museum, where they are supported by L.A.’s Abe Vigoda.
‣ Autolux headlines the Echoplex, with noisy newbies the Soft Moon – that’s their video for “Circles,” above – opening.
‣ The Elephant 6 Holiday Surprise Tour hits the Satellite; an 11-plus cadre of musicians from the collective are touring and performing the music of the Olivia Tremor Control, Elf Power, Circulatory System, Neutral Milk Hotel and the Gerbils, to name a few.
‣ Swedish indie-poppers the Concretes are on their first U.S. tour in four years; their latest album “WYWH” came out last year, and that’s the video for “Cracks in the Paint,” above.
‣ And Wet & Reckless and the Holloys head up a good local bill at the Bootleg Theater.

Also:

Civil Twilight and Voxhaul Broadcast at the Troubadour
After Midnight Project and Wicker at the Roxy
Cut Chemist’s free in-store at Amoeba (6 p.m.)
Keaton Simons at the Hotel Cafe
Missing Persons at the Key Club
Conspiracy of Beards at the Mint
Sweater Girls and Neverever at the Echo
Trey Anastasio at the Music Box
Suicidal Tendencies and CKY at the first day of MUSINK, the tattoo convention and music fest at the OC Fair & Event Center
Nodzzz and Tijuana Panthers at the Smell
Noel Paul Stookey at McCabe’s
Hugh Cornwell at the Viper Room
Gold Motel’s free in-store at Origami Vinyl (7 p.m.)