Tonight in L.A.: Delta Spirit, Bear Hands, Paper Route, Circa Waves, ‘Murder Ballads,’ Shawn Mullins, Live, Ab-Soul, London Richards, Popheart, Rachel Goodrich, Leighton Meester, Ben Frost

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Great Tuesday outings abound:

‣ Southern California-bred quintet Delta Spirit does the first of three L.A. shows behind their new album “Into the Wide” at the Satellite.
‣ Brooklyn quartet Bear Hands visit the Roxy Theatre behind their latest album “Distraction,” with Fences opening.
‣ Nashville rockers Paper Route take on the Bootleg HiFi behind their new album “The Peace of Wild Things. Opening are yOya, the Cairos and Sheare.
‣ Liverpool indie-rockers Circa Waves, on their first U.S. tour, play the Echo along with Wild Party and BORNS. Above, Circa Waves’ video for the title track from their first EP, “Young Chasers.”
‣ The annual Halloween-week show “Murder Ballads: A Tribute to Crimes of Passion” goes off at the Echoplex, featuring a lineup this year of Joel Jerome, Spindrift, Z Berg, Bloody Death Skull, Old Testament, Rachel Fannan, Pearl Charles, the Zmed Brothers, Cal King, Bobby London, Skin & Bones, Honey Child and Jenny Luna.
‣ And two Tuesday night residencies wrap their October runs – Popheart (with Mini Bear and L.A. Drones) at the Silverlake Lounge and Rachel Goodrich & the Grrrls [“MonstA Mash”] at Harvard & Stone.

Also:

Shawn Mullins, Max Gomez and Zachary Scot Johnson at the Mint
Live at the House of Blues Sunset Strip
Ab-Soul at the Fonda Theatre
London Richards and Neijah Lenae at the Bootleg HiFi
Rachael Yamagata, the Dove, the Wolf and Nobel (record release) at the Hotel Café
Leighton Meester and Dana Williams at the Troubadour
Ben Frost, Tim Hecker and Pete Swanson at Los Globos
Cosmonauts, Girl Tears and No Parents at the Smell
Black Sabbitch at La Cita
Holy Ghost Tent Revival at El Cid
Paulie Z, Savannah Phillips and the Lonely Drunks at the Viper Room
Blind Pony at the Prospector
Sun Warshippers, Insects vs. Robots and Flower Punks at the Del Monte Speakeasy
The Oddsemble at WitZend
Open Mic at Saint Rocke
SoCal Reggae All Stars at the Wayfarer
B.o.B. and Kevin Gates at the Observatory
The Rural Alberta Advantage and July Talk at the Constellation Room
Jarabe De Palo at the House of Blues Anaheim
Randy Emata at the Federal Bar
Fool’s Logic at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club
Julie Kelly (record release) at the Catalina Bar & Grill