Tonight in L.A.: Goo Goo Dolls, Vacationer, Red Circle Underground, the Moonbeams, Guy Blakeslee

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Happy Wednesday:

‣ Veteran hitmakers the Goo Goo Dolls have a new album on the way, their 10th. “Magnetic” comes out May 7, and the band revs up for the release by playing the Troubadour tonight.
The Skatalites at the Echoplex
Vacationer, impressive in October when they opened for Bombay Bicycle Club, returns to L.A. for a date at the Echo, supported by Strangeheart and the Late Great Fitzcaraldos. That’s Vacationer’s video for “Trip,” above.
‣ And at the Silverlake Lounge, local sextet Red Circle Underground celebrates the release of its new album “Ghost” on a night that also features Smooth Hound Smith, Armada, Birds of a Black Feather and the Smoky Knights.

Also:

Bobby McFerrin at the Walt Disney Concert Hall
Bronze Radio Return, Bad Suns and Heligoats at the Bootleg Bar
The Moonbeams, My Semi-Automatic and Twenty7 at the Satellite
Guy Blakeslee and Fortress Social Club at Harvard & Stone
The Happy Casualties, the Dharma Bums and the Black Heartthrobs at the Lot 1 Café
MetaPhase, Luxe Laredo, Alluxe and Nulltheory at the Virgil
William Beckett, Jillette Johnson, David & Devine and Tyler Hilton at the Hotel Café
Jay Aston & Joel Patterson at the Bigfoot Lodge
For the Foxes, Air Dubai, Barely Blind and New Beat Fund at the Roxy Theatre
Purple Reggae, Dnyght, Printz Prophetz, Big Ryat, Lyrical Reign, Raymond, Los Tumbados, Redbone and Pat Vegas at the Roxy: On the Rox
Barb Wire Dolls, Prima Donna, Albert Garrett & the Bad Romantics and Tin Men at the Viper Room
Sentidos Opuestos at the House of Blues Hollywood
Malia Cunningham, Patty Mattson, Hunter MacDonald and In the Wake of the End at the HOB Voodoo Lounge
Dave Damiani and No Vacancy Orchestra at the Catalina Bar & Grill
Stephen Brower & the Silent Majority at the Central SAPC
The Parlotones, Dinner & a Suit, Mr. Crumb and Broadheads at Saint Rocke
The Casualties, Dr. Know, Goatwhore and Havok at the Observatory
Ryan Leslie at the Yost Theater