Kevin Bronson on February 14th, 2012

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‣ These guys know how to do special occasions: L.A. quartet Saint Motel does a night called “Heartbreaker’s Hideaway” at downtown’s Belasco Ballroom. Races also performs at the KCRW-sponsored event that features burlesque dancers, DJs, a photobooth and more.
‣ Ms. Lauryn Hill holds forth at the Hollywood Palladium.
‣ Audra Mae & the Almighty Sound celebrates their album release with a free show at the Satellite featuring Red Circle Underground.
‣ Canadian indie-rockers Islands visit the Bootleg Bar – their new album “A Sleep & A Forgetting” is out today on Anti- Records.
‣ Copenhagen’s the Asteroids Galaxy Tour, their sophomore album “Out of Frequency” just out, headlines the Echoplex.
‣ The local lineup at the Mint could hardly be sweeter – Daniel Ahearn & the Jones, Correatown, the Sweet Hurt and Monsters Calling Home.
‣ And at the Echo, there’s the “Valentine’s Day Song Massacre, aka The Sad Hour” with a big lineup of performers including Grant Langston, the Far West, the Driftwood Singers, Death to Anders, Aaron Kyle of Geronimo Getty and more.

Also:

Robin Thicke at Club Nokia
Liam Bailey, Matthew Good with Emily Greene and King Washington at the Hotel Cafe
Night Genes and Masxs at the Silverlake Lounge
Mind the Gap and Saint Sea Hat the Central SAPC
The Devious Means, Italian Japanese and more at the Observatory’s Constellation Room
You Me at Six at the Troubadour
Sister Rogers at Harvard & Stone
Jon B. at the Key Club
Death on the Radio at the Redwood Bar
Howlin’ Rain at the Detroit Bar