Kevin Bronson on April 22nd, 2011

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Your fabulous Friday fare …

‣ Eastern Conference Champions’ new album “Speak-Ahh,” its first full-length of new material in four years, is due out on Tuesday, and the L.A. trio celebrates with a show tonight at the Echo with Hands and Hot As Sun supporting.
‣ The Railroad Revival Tour – which features three bands traveling by train to do shows in six cities – hits Ports O’Call Village in San Pedro. The lineup features Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros and Old Crow Medicine Show. You can follow the tour’s exploits here.
‣ Long-running genre-mashing supergroup the Greyboy Allstars are doing a rare tour – they hit the Mint for the first of a two-night stint.
‣ And Prince is back for another dazzler at the Forum.

Also:

Agent Orange, Black Apples and FIDLAR at the Echoplex
Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Porcelain, Travis Barker and Ricky Ross at Staples Center
Arrica Rose and the …’s at the Hotel Cafe
Purple Melon at the Roxy
Movits at the Satellite
Woods at the Center for the Arts in Eagle Rock
Mimosa and Paper Diamond at the El Rey
T. Mills and Christian TV at the Troubadour
Lady Jack and Philosophy of Soul at the Viper Room
Murderdolls at the Glass House
Lower Heaven’s in-store at Origami Vinyl (7 p.m.)
The Lovely Bad Things at the Smell
Telenovela at Lot 1 Cafe
Lover’s Drugs at Mr. T’s Bowl
Ovideo at Casey’s downtown
Free Moral Agents at Alex’s Bar in Long Beach

Also, there’s the Street Art Heart Show, a benefit for the Red Cross Japan, at the Bootleg Gallery.