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MISSING PERSONS Missing Persons’ Walking in L.A.: The Dance Mixes (Cleopatra) is a new record only in the sense that it must set one for most cynical marketing ploy. Actually, ploy is too kind: 10 of its 12 tracks are recycled from 1999’s Remixed Hits, as is the bulk of the cover art–apparently they’re as low on stock photos as they are on unreleased material. The B-52’s headline. a 8 PM, Pavilion, Ravinia Festival, Green Bay & Lake Cook Rds., Highland Park, 847-266-5100, $50, $15 lawn. All ages. –J. Niimi
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LESSER BIRDS OF PARADISE Two years have passed since this local trio’s previous full-length, String of Bees, and that seems just about right. Their folk-pop is so dreamy and languorous that you really need to steep in it to get the full effect–you wouldn’t want them rushing at you with a new EP every five months. The new Space Between (Contraphonic) is a gorgeous album, perfect for middle-distance floating, with a sort of artfully unfocused focus in its guitar and keyboard arrangements that’s vaguely reminiscent of some of Jim O’Rourke’s late-90s solo albums. Captain Yonder opens. 9 PM, Hideout, 1354 W. Wabansia, 773-227-4433, $8. –Monica Kendrick
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