This past Saturday, the Third Annual Manimal Festival was held at Pappy and Harriet's Palace in Pioneertown near Yucca Valley, with performances by Diva (BlackBlack, Pocahaunted), Halloween Swim Team, Religious Girls, Gangi, Kenneth Pattengale, Sister Crayon, Dreamtapes, Love Grenades, Dante vs. Zombies, Afghan Raiders, Papercranes, Swahili Blonde, Aska (Moonrats), The Like, Amanda Jo Williams, Juliette Commagere, St. Clair Board, TEARIST, and Jeffertiti's Nile. more ›

Tonight Scottish rock outfit Biffy Clyro (LAist Interview) will be gracing the Troubadour, warming up the stage for headlining act, Atlanta-based indie rockers Manchester Orchestra. Local indie pop quartet Superhumanoids are poised to take on the Silver Lake Lounge with none other than Highland Park-based psych-infused synth pop act... more ›

Tonight LA-bred electro pop act Love Grenades will be headlining the Echo. Local indie rockers Divisadero are poised to grace Spaceland with none other than Highland Park's own experimental rockers Seasons. And, lastly, psych folk act Pocahaunted (LAist Review) will be taking on the Smell in Downtown. But we strongly suggest heading over the Bootleg Theater to catch Tempe-based instrumental duo Lymbyc Systym (LAist Interview, Review). more ›

Tonight New Zealand-bred electro pop singer-songwriter Ladyhawke is poised to grace the Avalon with Seattle's own electro pop sensation Natalie Portman's Shaved Head. NY/LA-based folk troubadours Elvis Perkins in Dearland (LAist Interview) are poised to headline the Troubadour with North Dakota-based singer-songwriter Tom Brosseau and Echo Park-bred folk pop act Correatown in tow. And, lastly, local indie rockers You Me & Iowa will be gracing Spaceland with Radars to the Sky. But we strongly suggest heading over to Eagle Rock to catch forty some-odd—including No Age (LAist Review, #2), The Happy Hollows, Peanut Butter Wolf, Nico Stai, The French Semester, Amateurs, Dusty Rhodes and the River Band, Blank Blue, Pocahaunted, Bobb Bruno, The Gaslamp Killer, Julia Holter, Jail Weddings, Free Moral Agents, Fol Chen (Canceled!) and Leslie and the Badgers, among many, many others. Head on over to the Verdugo Bar in neighboring Glassell Park for one of many promising after-parties! more ›

Tonight psych folk act Pocahaunted (LAist Review) will be headlining the Smell in Downtown. Costa Mesa-based garage rockers the Growlers will be supporting Japanese Motors on the third night of their month-long residency at Spaceland. And, lastly, local indie rock outfit Last American Buffalo are poised to grace the Silver Lake Lounge with Spirit Vine and the Steelwells in tow. But we strongly suggest heading over to the Echo to catch NY's own indie rockers Pains Of Being Pure At Heart. San Franciscan lo-fi rock outfit Girls will be kicking things off. more ›

Tonight legendary English blues-rock guitarist and singer-songwriter Eric Clapton will be performing at Hollywood Bowl with Steve Winwood. Brooklyn-based buzz band Amazing Baby are poised to stop by Origami Vinyl early on in the evening. And, lastly, local country troubadours Leslie and the Badgers will be headlining Spaceland with none other than the Chapin Sisters and Olin and the Moon (LAist Interview) in tow. But we strongly suggest heading over to Echo Curio, which we rarely do, to catch Best Coast, an LA-based pop project of Bethany Consentino of Pocahaunted along with Bobb Bruno. NY-based folk rockers Soft Black are slated to kick things off. more ›

Tonight Eureka-bred singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles will be performing amongst a bevy of singer-songwriter-types at the Hotel Café. Baltimore/Virginia-based experimental psych trio Pontiak are poised to rock the Blue Monkey Bar & Lounge with Pocahaunted in tow. And, lastly, local singer-songwriter Willoughby will be kicking off a month-long residency at the Silver Lake Lounge. But we strongly suggest heading over to Spaceland to catch LA-based indie pop act Castledoor (LAist Review, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6), who will be kicking off a month-long residency as well. LAist favorites the Monolators (LAist Review, #2) are slated to close things out. more ›