Kevin Bronson on June 2nd, 2011

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[Why, it’s Jason Falkner’s birthday today. Not completely tangentially, an e-mail yesterday informed me that Brendan Benson’s great 2002 album “Lapalco” – on which Falkner co-wrote five songs – is getting the deluxe re-issue treatment. So much for today’s minutae …]

In local venues tonight:

‣ With their fourth album “Suck It and See” coming out next Tuesday, Arctic Monkeys’ U.S. tour lands in southern California. They play to the sold-out Fox Theater in Pomona tonight, with prodigies the Vaccines in tow. (On Friday, the Palladium.)
‣ Irish punk rockers the Undertones, still getting their “Teenage Kicks,” bring their 35th anniversary tour to the Echoplex, where  Sweater Girls and Exploding Flowers open.
‣ Manchester Orchestra headline the Music Box behind their new album “Simple Math” (that’s the video for the title track, above). Sleeper Agent and Twilight Sleep open. (You can stream “Simple Math” here.)
‣ Army Navy heads up a big lineup at the Silverlake Lounge that includes the Wind, the Damn Sons and Dede.
‣ And apologies for not mentioning these shows to date, but the Rhino Records Pop Up Store (10952 Santa Monica Blvd.) is hosting artists almost every day through June 12. Tonight it’s Ruthann Friedman, Billy Vera and Evie Sands.

Also:

Givers and Family of the Year at the Bootleg
Woodsman, Tape Deck Mountain and Kissing Cousins at the Echo
Professor Calculus at the Mint
Ryan Levine at the Hotel Cafe
Avi Zahner-Isenberg (of Avi Buffalo) and Owens Valley Dynamite at the Satellite
Starsix and Senators of Rome at the Roxy
Youngblood Hawke, the Black String Theory and Super Duper at the Viper Room
Ema at the Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa
Anthony David at the Key Club