Although it’s been a few years since indie dance-rock’s reign, with a new album coming down the pipe Friendly Fires are well worth your attention. Unlike fellow 80’s cribbing British dance-rockers the Klaxons, this trio is more New Wave than punk, all glossy production chocked full of lush synthesizers and soaring vocals. For only three frail Englishmen, Friendly Fires create a shocking amount of sound, with the Rapture-esque basslines and drumming smothered in cowbell and woodblock hits, handclaps and plenty of reverb. Ultimately, Friendly Fires tracks are remarkably catchy, anthemic enough for the arena but intimate enough for dancing alone in your bedroom.
Roxy Theatre, 9009 Sunset Blvd.; 8 p.m.; $20
-- Daniel Siegal
Also Wednesday:
Anna Nalick, Nina Storey, Kim Divine, Josh Smith @ Hotel Café, 8 p.m.
The Apple Sisters @ Largo, 8 p.m.
Meat Beat Manifesto, Not Breathing @ El Rey Theatre, 8 p.m.
Mona, Vanaprasta, Polls @ the Echo, 8:30 p.m.
Crystal Antlers @ On the Rox, 7 p.m.
Black Flamingo, Fake Your Own Death @ Silverlake Lounge, 9 p.m.
Ladycop, One Trick Pony @ Bootleg Theater, 9:30 p.m.
Ferraby Lionheart, Obi Best, Willoughby @ the Satellite, 8:30 p.m.
Photo: Friendly Fires. Credit: Rebecca Miller