BUZZ BANDS

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Let’s face it, Los Angeles takes bands like the Green and Yellow TV for granted. With its quirky name (originally a jokey moniker for a one-off solo project by lead singer Todd O’Keefe) and engaging music, the trio might dazzle you at a club one night but recede from memory by morning. Because, it seems, you can stop into any convenience store in Silver Lake and buy catchy pop hooks. Right?

Chances are they won’t be as sticky as what you’ll find on “Sinister Barrier,” the finished album GAYTV is shopping (and is likely to preview when they play Tuesday night at Spaceland) to any label that will listen. At turns lush, agitated, psychedelic and playful -- not to mention refreshingly irony-free -- the new work represents a significant leap from the trio’s first two (self-released) recordings, themselves notable for their remarkable harmonies.

“When we were making this album, our minds were wide open,” guitarist-singer Michael Francis Regilio says. “Where in the past we thought we knew what kind of a band we were -- a band that has roots in classic rock -- now we were into trying things.”

Oh, the music has more seasoning, but it’s still sweet. In that way O’Keefe, Regilio and drummer Justin Rocherolle are not drastically different from the three guys who moved to L.A. from Boston seven years ago to start a band. Says Regilio: “You gotta play the stuff you like.”

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Fast forward

The secret set that wasn’t: The 88 was all ready to tiptoe onto the tail end of Tuesday night’s International Pop Overthrow bill at Spaceland to test-drive material from its upcoming new album, “Over and Over.” But band member Adam Merrin was in the hospital, suffering from migraines, so frontman Keith Slettedahl went it alone and played a solo set.... Ex-Rubyfish singer Patria Jacobs marks the release of her solo debut, “Poison of the Sea,” with a show tonight at Tangier. The album features cameos from several L.A. pop luminaries, including Probyn Gregory, Stew and Heidi Rodewald.... Speaking of guests, there’s liable to be a heavyweight or two in the house when the Avila Brothers play at the Little Temple on Saturday.... Tristan Prettyman, the San Diego surfer girl with an Ani DiFranco fixation, celebrates the release of her new album, “Twentythree,” with a performance Monday night at the Hotel Cafe.... San Francisco’s sharp-dressed dance punks Every Move a Picture head an impressive bill tonight at the Silverlake Lounge.... L.A. four-piece Satisfaction, armed with a batch of new songs, performs every Monday in August at that same venue.... And local sextet Golden Arms crowds onto the lounge’s stage on Tuesday to celebrate the release of its “Retrograde” EP.... John Cale and Rilo Kiley have been added as Saturday headliners for Sunset Junction, the annual Silver Lake street bash Aug. 27-28, which will feature the New York Dolls performing that Sunday. Speaking of NYC, the soulful Sharon Jones and Dap-Kings return to L.A. to play the festival’s Sanborn Stage on Sunday.... Still can’t get enough of Helen Stellar’s “I’m Naut What I Seem” EP; the trio plays the Viper Room on Monday night.