Next spring, the Vivian Girls will release their third album, Share the Joy, but until then, it’s all about the side projects. Guitarist Cassie Ramone and drummer Fiona Campbell are also members of, respectively, The Babies and Coasting, and now bassist Katy Goodman has a brand new project prettily called La Sera. La Sera is a trio (including Seattle’s Brady Hall on drums), and on November 16, Hardly Art will release a 7” single of “Never Come Around” with an exclusive B-side called “Behind Your Eyes.” (A full-length will follow next year). Both songs are fuzzy and mid-tempo, with Kickball Katy’s swooning, featherweight vocals, some heavenly, choral-sounding harmonies, and a couple of sexy guitar solos. There’s a lot of buzz going around La Sera’s CMJ appearance in Brooklyn later this month, but tonight is the band’s first-ever performance. With Paul Collins’ Beat, The Tripwires, The Greatest Hits. ERIN K. THOMPSON

Sat., Oct. 2, 9:30 p.m., 2010