Rock Picks: Dan Auerbach, Primal Scream, Lyrics Born

Also, the Von Bondies, Tindersticks, Dave Rawlings Machine & Gillian Welch, and others

Comments (0) By L.A. Weekly Music Critics Wednesday, Mar 11 2009

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Also playing Wednesday:

James Quine

Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys: Electric crunch and blues-rock roar

Rocio Rodriguez Salceda

DJ/rupture: Twisted beats, crooked and broken

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TAYLOR HICKS at the Roxy; THE HAPPY PROBLEM at Spaceland.

Thursday, March 19

Dave Rawlings Machine & Gillian Welch at Largo at the Coronet

Gillian Welch’s long-time collaborator stops by for an evening of loose folk, country and rock originals and cover songs, with Welch appearing in a supporting role. Rawlings, whose voice is as strong and honest playing lead as it is tender and complementary in the role of Welch’s foil when she’s in charge, has an encyclopedic knowledge of American music, and possesses the carefree confidence of a seasoned guitar player whose strings are extensions of his arms. This Thursday-night show could be special for one very specific reason: With the entire music industry in Texas for South by Southwest, the evening offers a rare opportunity to see musicians create without sharing seats or oxygen with jive-asses and judgmental types. (Randall Roberts)

Also playing Thursday:

CHICK COREA FIVE PEACE BAND at Royce Hall; SEMANTICS, JANU & THE WHALE SHARKS at the Roxy; RICK SPRINGFIELD at the Key Club.