Kevin Bronson on August 25th, 2010

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[Birthday shout today to Jeff Tweedy. Here’s what’s up tonight:]

Top 3 ways to raise your musical temperature:

‣ Jason Falkner headlines Spaceland behind “I’m OK, You’re OK,” an album that was only released last year in the U.S. after being out a couple years in Japan. The former Three O’Clock/Jellyfish/Grays guy has another album ready – maybe we’ll hear some of it tonight?
‣ Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses [see last week’s item on the Oscar/Golden Globe winner] celebrates the release of “Junky Star” (out next week on Lost Highway) with a show at the Bootleg Theater. That’s Bingham performing “Depression,” above, from his “Bootleg Video Series.”
‣ The Morlocks’ celebrate the release of “The Morlocks Play Chess” at Crazy Girls in Hollywood.

Your tastes may vary: More record-release shows – for Tokimonsta (beat-heads will dig her debut “Midnight Menu”) at Low End theory at the Airliner and Rachel McGoye (who goes elecro-pop on her new “Ghetto Gloss” EP) at the Hotel Cafe; Norah Jones and Corinne Bailey Rae at the Greek Theatre; Gershwin Across America (with St. Vincent, Jason Mraz and others) at the Hollywood Bowl; Paula Cole at the Americana mall in Glendale; the White Buffalo at the Mint; Jimmy Webb at Largo; the Muddy Reds and Matt Ellis at the Silverlake Lounge; Queen Caveat, So & So and Nina Storey at King King; Telegram at Club Moscow at Boardner’s; Skeetox & Friends at the Roxy; Tippa Irie at the Viper Room; Henry Wolfe at the Standard in Hollywood; Big Search and Sweaters after the screening of “The Scensters” at the Downtown Independent; Filligar, Red Arrow Messenger and All Wrong and the Plans Change at the Troubadour; Sarah Blackwood at the Redwood; Random Patterns at Echo Curio; and Los Lobos’ free in-store at Amoeba (7 p.m.).