Rock Picks

April 12 � 19

Comments (0) By L.A. Weekly Music Staff Tuesday, Apr 10 2007

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Syd Barrett Nightat the Bordello

All signs lead to The Broken West. (Photo by Aaron Farley)

Yeah, I got your two tickets to paradise � in my pants! (Photo by Roger Sandler)

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There’s a fine line between genius and psycho — expect it to be crossed at Bordello’s Syd Barrett tribute night, where more than 20 artists, including Eleni Mandell, Pity Party and Nora Keyes, will present personal interpretations of the late musician’s compositions. The enigmatic Pink Floyd visionary and original Crazy Diamond died last year at age 60, having lived as a recluse for much of his post-Floyd life. Promoter Scott Sterling asked each artist to pick one song from Barrett’s catalog: Douglas Lee is performing his on tuned wine glasses, the band Kennedy are going disco and the Leviathan Brothers are doing “something jazzy.” Expect nifty finger pickin’ all ’round. “I’m not a musician, but I have been told that the chord changes Syd Barrett used are very eccentric,” Sterling says. “And his structures are weird and hard to remember — these are difficult songs to play.” (Caroline Ryder)

Also playing Thursday: NATHAN at the Mint; INDIAN JEWELRY at REDCAT; XU XU FANG at Silverlake Lounge; THE BIRD & THE BEE, PEDESTRIAN, FISHTANK ENSEMBLE at the Derby.