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Tonight In Rock: Andrew Bird, Brendan Benson, Fanfarlo, Harlem
Andrew Bird will be performing tonight at USC's Bovard Auditorium | Picture via Andrew Bird's Myspace
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Andrew Bird will be performing tonight at USC's Bovard Auditorium | Picture via Andrew Bird's Myspace
Our Pick: Andrew Bird @ Bovard Auditorium
Tonight Raconteurs guitarist, Michigan-bred singer-songwriter Brendan Benson will be headlining the Troubadour. London's own indie pop act Fanfarlo are poised to take on the El Rey Theatre with none other than Brooklyn-bred singer-songwriter April Smith & the Great Picture Show. And, lastly, Austin-based garage rockers Harlem will be gracing Spaceland. But we strongly suggest heading over to USC's Bovard Auditorium to catch Chicago-based multi-instrumentalist Andrew Bird (LAist Review).
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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Andrew Bird - "The Trees Were Mistaken"
Awakening w/ ATB, Infected Mushroom @ Hollywood Palladium
Andrew Bird @ Bovard Auditorium
Brendan Benson, Frank Fairfield @ Troubadour
Fanfarlo, April Smith & The Great Picture Show @ El Rey Theatre
The Entrance Band, Lights, Pocahaunted @ Bootleg Theater
VOICEsVOICEs playing as their alter-ego Gold Ether @ Origami Vinyl (FREE! Early Show; 7 PM)
Harlem, Dante VS Zombies, J. Worthington Foulfellows @ Spaceland
Voxhaul Broadcast, Jump Jump Dance Dance, Adanowsky, Detox Icunt @ Form (3303 West Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles)
Sarah Bettens, Clayton Senne, Meiko, Brandon McCulloch, & The Deadbirds @ The Hotel Café
Abby Travis, Wet & Reckless, Cosio, The 1921A, Wild Yaks @ Redwood Bar & Grill
The Eternal Triangle, Seasons, George Glass, Magick Orchids, The Transmissions @ Pehrspace
Chuck Dukowski Sextet, Insects vs. Robots, The Shrine, Voodoo Merchant @ Echo Curio
Fantastica Bastidas, Peg Leg Love, The Health Club, The Crystelles @ L'KEG Gallery
Milo's Favorite Music, Wires on Wheels, National Treasure, LovelyBones, Erik @ Mr. T's Bowl
The Briggs, Left Alone, Harmful If Swallowed, Majority Lost, Plexikill @ The Roxy
Bobot Adrenaline record release @ Alex's Bar
The Reactionaries' 1979 record release feat. Mike Watt and the Missingmen, All Reactionaries Are Paper Tigers, Saccharine Trust @ Harold's Place (1908 S. Pacific Ave., San Pedro)
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