Kevin Bronson on February 16th, 2012

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Thursday things:

‣ Diamonds are forever (well, for the night, anyway) at the Troubabour – My Brightest Diamond, the nom de tune of Detroit native Shara Worden, shares the chamber-pop from her latest album, “All Things Will Unwind.” And supporting will be Lavender Diamond; Becky Stark and crew have a new album on the horizon.
‣ The magnificent Raphael Saadiq joins Lenny Kravitz for a concert at the Nokia Theatre.
‣ And there’s a nice lineup at Harvard & Stone, where the Bixby Knolls premiere their video for “Through the Cracks” and are joined by the Sister Ruby Band and Magic Wands. There’s no cover.

Also:

G. Love & Special Sauce and Scott Biram at the House of Blues
Howlin Rain, the Allah Las and Neal Casal at the Echo
Harper Blynn and Keaton Simons at the Hotel Cafe
Tammy Faye Starlite as Nico in Chelsea Madchen @ Bootleg Bar
Blaqstarr (late show) at the Bootleg Bar
Early Dolphin, Thankyou Goodbye and Harlan at the Satellite
Jeff Taylor, Monstro Flora and Rainbow Jackson at the Silverlake Lounge
Dreams, Chrone Sparks and Pagents at Space 15 Twenty
American Royalty at the Townhouse
John Carpenter at Lot 1 Cafe
The Tontons and Rubberneck Lions at the Mint
Sarah Silverman at Largo
Brad Standley & the Foxflies, Serge and the Dirt Diamond at the Viper Room
Don Carlos at the Key Club
Vette, Cash Crop and the Drills at the Roxy
Watercolor Paintings at Home Room
Spindrift at Alex’s Bar in Long Beach
Nick Waterhouse and Summer Twins at the Observatory
Nate Westerfield and Briertone at the Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa
The Californian (free show) at the House of Blues Anaheim

Photo by Denny Renshaw