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Tonight In Rock: Air, Nellie McKay, Thee Oh Sees, Devon Williams
Air will be performing tonight at the Walt Disney Concert Hall | Picture via Air's Myspace
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Air will be performing tonight at the Walt Disney Concert Hall | Picture via Air's Myspace
Our Pick: Air, AM @ Walt Disney Concert Hall
Tonight English-born American singer-songwriter, actress, and former stand-up comedian Nellie McKay will be performing Doris Day's songbook at the Alex Theatre in Glendale. Prolific San Franciscan experimental garage rockers Thee Oh Sees are poised to headline KSCR Fest at USC's E.F. Hutton/Founders Park with none other than Eagle Rock-bred indie rock outfit Princeton (LAist Interview), LA-bred psych rock trio the Entrance Band and local blues-infused indie rock duo Rumspringa (LAist Review, #2, #3), among many others. And, lastly, Oakland-by-way-of-D.C. indie pop label Slumberland Records will be ringing in twenty some-odd years of its existence at the Echo with Boston-bred trio Pants Yell!, Melbourne-based sextet Summer Cats and local singer-songwriter Devon Williams, among many other label mates of course. But we strongly suggest doing whatever it takes to get into the Walt Disney Concert Hall to catch critically-acclaimed French duo Air. Tulsa-bred singer-songwriter AM is slated to kick things off.
You can find these listings as well as the rest of the week's in our weekly Week In Rock post, which (generally) goes up every Sunday.
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Air - "African Velvet"
Nellie McKay - "Zombie"
Thee Oh Sees - "I Can't Get No"
Devon Williams - "Fragile Weapon"
Air, AM @ Walt Disney Concert Hall
Nellie McKay's Normal as Blueberry Pie: A Tribute to Doris Day @ The Alex Theatre (216 N. Brand Blvd., Glendale)
Slumberland Records 20th Anniversary Party w/ Henrys Dress, Boyracer, The How, Go Sailor, Brown Recluse, Pants Yell!, Summer Cats, Devon Williams, Neverever @ The Echo
POW! Festival w/ The Standells, The Zeros, Peter Case, Pierced Arrows, Giant Drag, Ty Segall, Lords of Altamont, Sean Wheeler & Zander Schloss, Lullabye Arkestra, Gestapo Khazi, Le Face, Charlie And The Moonhearts, Rough Kids, Okie Dokie, The Spurts, Luxury Sweets, The Jones Act, Volapike @ Echoplex (Early Show; 12 PM)
KSCR Fest w/ Thee Oh Sees, The Entrance Band, The Growlers, Rumspringa, Princeton, The Trolley Station, The Smiles @ E.F. Hutton/Founders Park at USC
ASSSSCAT! w/ One Trick Pony @ UpRight Citizen's Brigade (FREE! Early Show; 7 PM)
Guy Blackman, Crayon Fields @ Echo Curio
Lemon Bear, Back To The Future The Ride, Cowan and Suzi Star @ Synchronicity
W.A.S.P., Prodigal Son, Brute Forcz @ Key Club
The Midnight Scene, Future Ghost, Toy Robot, The Lexingtons @ Alex's Bar
Surfer Blood @ Detroit Bar
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