West Indian Girl plays The Troubadour tonight | Photo by Ty Parker via their MySpace

LA Weekly points us to some hot picks for tonight. About Girl in Coma: "Joan Jett knows a thing or two about rock & roll, and her latest protegees, Girl in a Coma, on her Blackheart label are one of the best and most interesting bands to come out of Texas in a long time," writes Falling James. They also play Alex's Bar in Long Beach tomorrow night. Also, Brian Wahl picks the "rare appearance" of Buddy Collette Big Band, who will be playing at the Terrace Court on the second level of Paseo Colorado at 8 p.m.

Pinback @ Avalon (video below)
The Atomic Punks, Paperback Hero, Tattooed Millionaires, Drysdale @ Key Club
Buddy Colette Big Band @ Pasadena Jazz Institute
Girl in a Coma @ The Knitting Factory
Afrika Bambaataa @ Roxy
The Hectors, Eject, Radars to the Sky, Cosio @ Spaceland
West Indian Girl, Dios Malos, Woven, Drugstore Cartel @ The Troubadour

Thursdays (see all of this month's residencies here)
The Vacation @ Viper Room ($10), West Hollywood
The Entrance Band @ Silverlake Lounge ($13), Silver Lake

"Fortress" -- Pinback