Kevin Bronson on December 2nd, 2013

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First Monday of the final month of 2013:

‣ Cat Power visits the El Rey Theatre on her solo tour, with Nico Turner supporting.
‣ British singer-songwriter Sam Smith does the first of two sold-out nights at the Troubadour.
‣ VUM [pictured] launches its residency (and celebrated this week’s vinyl release of its album “Psychotropic Jukebox”) at the Echo, where the trio is joined by the Parallelograms, HOTT MT and Conway.
‣ Psych-pop time travelers Froth kick off their residency at the Bootleg Bar, supported by Jesus Sons, Adult Books and Dirt Dress.
‣ At the Satellite, the December residency is held down by folk quintet the Wild Reeds, with Leftover Cuties, the Dustbowl Revival and Willie Watson supporting on opening night.
‣ And at It’s a School Night at Bardot, electro duo Odesza (who are opening for Pretty Lights on Tuesday) visit from Seattle, performing on a bill with De Lux and Andy Clockwise.

Also:

Radiorelics at the Silverlake Lounge
The Royal Oui and Wise Cub at the Mint
Turbo Lightning, Xiu Xiu, Human behavior and Stellaluna at pehrspace
Jason Joseph & the Spectacular, Jesse Thomas and Frankie Davies at the Hotel Café
Monster Paws at Los Globos
BLEAUX and the Moonbeams at the Viper Room
Tim Green and the Saviors at the 5 Star Bar
May McDonough & Company, Gazoota and the Gospels at the Detroit Bar
Tapioca & the Flea and Lovelife at the Constellation Room
The Wee Trio at Vitello’s Jazz & Supper Club