Artist: slang chickens

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If summer has burnt a hole in your pockets, look no further than Cage the Animals this coming up Sunday. Along with a slew of amazing local bands, there are rumors of free beer, BBQ, ice cream, a pie eating contest, and a kissing booth. I will try to man that kissing booh for at least 5 minutes. It's a full day of fun for only $5 if you RSVP to info@thisistightrope.com and get there before 3:00. Playing live music we've got: -Avi Buffalo (Long Beach) http://www.myspace.com/avibuff alo [...]

Elaine's Hella Hipster Hoedown has become a welcome quarterly distraction—I'd be happy if she staged one every weekend. An indie-rock barn dance held the first Saturday this month at Pehrspace in hella non-bucolic South Echo Park, this happening was packed to the paint with veal-eyed darlings of the Eastside rock scene. I could scarce wedge my lean geezer's carcass into the room, much less commandeer one of the authentic hay bales strewn about the room as bovine bric-a-brac, so I tarried outside and talked to the hostess. Being a Dixie lady herself, she was pretty impressed to meet a (half) [...]

[Bob Seger celebrates a birthday today, and here's your show menu, if your Cinco de Mayo hangover isn't too oppressive:] Danielson is doing a quick tour before Daniel Smith settles down to record the next album, and the band visits Spaceland tonight. ... Country favorite Ryan Bingham headlines the Troubadour. ... At Bordello, Monrovia rockers Klum [pictured] — their sophomore album "We Carelessly Turned Amazingly Into Nothing" came out in March — join Gran Ronde on the bill. ... Oakland experimentalists [...]

L.A. RECORD interviewed Crystal Antlers back before they'd even made their first EP and popularized the legend of Long Beach's psychedelic chimneysweeps. Now Crystal Antlers' Tentacles will be the final new release on Touch and Go. Founders Bell and guitarist Errol Davis—who has recently rejoined the band—meet for chicken and waffles. This interview by Chris Ziegler.

• Crystal Antlers - Dust

THE WAR ON DRUGS WITH SLANG CHICKENS AND RADEMACHER AT THE ECHO, 1822 SUNSET BLVD., ECHO PARK. 8:30 PM / $8-$10 / 18+. ATTHEECHO.COM.

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sarah tillman