Tonight in L.A.: System of a Down, Scott Weiland, James Blake, Yeasayer, Sam Roberts, Golden State

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[Birthday candles are blazing today for Steven McDonald, whom youngsters know as the bass slinger in OFF! but others may remember as a bratty punk rocker. Cheers.]

So many sold-out shows for a Tuesday – here are three that aren’t:
‣ Canadian rockers the Sam Roberts Band (pictured) headline the Troubadour (with Motopony opening) behind their album “Collider.” It’s fairly straight-ahead rock, a little blues, a little Strokes. Here’s a small taste, a song featuring Elizabeth Powell from Land of Talk:

||| Download: “Longitude”

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‣ Sweet-sounding songstresses Elizabeth Cook and Leslie Stevens team up at the Bootleg Theater.
‣ And Golden State [see April’s post] makes a rare trip east to rock the Silverlake Lounge.

Or maybe you’re heading to one of these sold-out shows:
‣ A reunited System of a Down rocks the Forum.
Scott Weiland plays the Viper Room.
James Blake holds forth at the Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
‣ It’s Night 2 of Yeasayer and Smith Westerns at the Music Box.

Also:

Menomena and Kiev at the Samueli Theater in Costa Mesa
The Lonely Wild’s residency at the Central SAPC in Santa Monica
Bomba Estereo at the Roxy
Maia Sharp and Kristeenyoung at the Hotel Cafe
Alberta Cross, Rumspringa and Last American Buffalo at the Satellite
CB Brand, Robert Ellis and the Reflectables at the Echo
Foster the People’s free in-store at Amoeba (6:30 p.m.)
Sam Bradley at Saint Rocke
Barrio Tiger at the Redwood