Let's Go Sailing catches a breeze

Is it bad form to say Let's Go Sailing is picking up steam? Or will lines like that just sink me?

Suffice to say things are going well for the Los Angeles chamber-pop ensemble since it self-released "The Chaos in Order" last year. On Tuesday, the album will be properly released on Yardley Pop/GR2. Plus, a couple of the band's songs will appear on a popular television program tonight, which ought to put Shana Levy and her bandmates in a pretty good mood for gigs supporting Elvis Perkins on Friday at the Echo and Saturday at Largo. Those shows are two early stops on a monthlong tour that should raise the band's visibility considerably.

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Touts for Thursday, March 22: You have to be pretty grumpy not to smile a little bit when you listen to "New Magnetic Wonder" by veteran pop band the Apples in Stereo. Go ahead, stream it at their site. Or see them at Spaceland tonight. ... Badly Drawn Boy has a new album too, "Born in the U.K.," as well as a show tonight at the El Rey Theatre. ... Heavy hitters Killswitch Engage head a bill of metal-minded bands at the Wiltern. ... Locals the Autumns bring their epic stylings to the Scene in Glendale. ... And Explorers Club, a young harmonizing sextet from South Carolina who were, well, peachy keen at Spaceland on Wednesday, play another gig, this time at the Echo. And sources who threatened to break my fingers if I say more tell me it's a good idea to get to the Echo early -- like, 8.