Kevin Bronson on May 6th, 2011

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[Happy birthday to Foo Fighters guitarman Chris Shiflett, who turns 40 today. There are parties everywhere tonight:]

‣ Dinosaur Jr. main man J. Mascis hits the Echo behind his arrestingly beautiful acoustic album, “Several Shades of Why.”  The Black Heart Procession and Rachel Fannan open.
‣ First Fridays at the Natural History Museum goes off with L.A. electro dance-punk outfit Moving Units and noisy Brooklyners  Crystal Stilts.
‣ U.K. electro dudes Dirty Vegas are back, with their new album “Electric Love” out last week. (That’s the Jena Malone-spangled video for the title track, above.) Performing as a four-piece, Dirty Vegas hits the Echoplex, and a couple of up-and-coming SoCal electro acts opening, White Apple Tree and Polaris at Noon.
‣ Jose Gonzalex’s Junip swings back through L.A. for a show at the El Rey Theatre, with Brooklyn duo Acrylics opening.
‣ And Prince is back for another night at the Forum.

||| Download: J Mascis, “Not Enough”

Also:

The big MusiCare MAP Fund Benefit Concert at Club Nokia, with Jane’s Addiction, Chester Bennington, Ozomatli and Paramore, among others
Ezra Furman & the Harpoons and Tristen at the Satellite
Night 2 of the Raveonettes and Tamaryn at the Troubadour
Ke$ha at the Palladium
Black Label Society at the House of Blues
Mike Stinson and Tony Gilkyson at the Bootleg
The Corin Tucker Band at the Glass House in Pomona
Dessa at the Roxy
Interim Divine at the Viper Room
Grant Lee Buffalo at Largo
The Universal Thump and Weather at the Viper Room
NAR at the Smell
The Chuck Dukowski Sextet at Pehrspace
Seasons and Count Fleet at Casey’s downtown
The Uncalled For at the Museum of Neon Art