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Mia Doi Todd will be performing tonight at Freak City | Photo by B+ via Mia Doi Todd's Myspace
Our Pick: Willoughby, Everybody, B.R.A.M., Mia Doi Todd, Paige Dora Liv & Lindsay, Shoulda, Baby & Guy @ Freak City (6613 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles)
Tonight the City of Brotherly Love's own experimental synth-pop outfit Cold Cave will be headlining the Echoplex with Chicago-bred garage rock outfit Smith Westerns and local lo-fi pop act Best Coast in tow. Upstairs from the aforementioned show, Highland Park's own deep crooner Crooked Cowboy & the Freshwater Indians is poised to take stage at the Echo. And, lastly, local indie rock outfit the Happy Hollows (LAist Review, #2, #3) will be gracing the Smell in Downtown. But we strongly suggest heading over to Delicious Vinyl's new space in Hollyweird—otherwise referred to as Freak City—to catch Mia Doi Todd, one of LAist's favorite local singer-songwriters. Beck bassist B.R.A.M. and local singer-songwriter Willoughby, among many others, are slated to perform as well.
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.
Mia Doi Todd - "My Room Is White (Live)"
Medeski Martin & Wood @ El Rey Theatre
John Butler Trio, Charlie Mars @ Troubdour
Cold Cave, Smith Westerns, Best Coast @ Echoplex
Willoughby, Everybody, B.R.A.M., Mia Doi Todd, Paige Dora Liv & Lindsay, Shoulda, Baby & Guy @ Freak City (6613 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles)
Crooked Cowboy & the Freshwater Indians, Cairo Gang, Johnny O’Donnel and Famous Players, John Webster Johns @ The Echo
Imaad Wasif, Lou Barlow & The Missing Men, Avi Buffalo @ Spaceland
See Green, Ives the Band, Audrey Ryan @ Silver Lake Lounge
Fanfarlo @ Amoeba Music (FREE! Early Show; 7 PM)
The Happy Hollows, Traps, Ps, Rare Grooves, Black Elephant @ The Smell
Sierra Swan, Ghost, The Strange Familiar @ The Viper Room
Brother Sal, Pete Bernhard, Kenneth Pattengale, Bikos, Nina Violet @ The Hotel Café
Harlem, Audacity, Blue Jungle, Cobalt Cranes, Cosmonauts @ L'KEG Gallery
Shoenberg Knife Fight Ensemble's record release, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Seasons, Garbaj Kaetz @ Echo Curio
Meshell Ndegeocello @ Largo at the Coronet
Chris Shiflett, Audra Mae @ LaBrie's (806 E. Colorado Blvd., Glendale)
Gestapo Khazi, Bare Wires, Dead Ghosts, Indian Wars @ Redwood Bar & Grill
Wartime Blues, La Font, Linda Vista, David Shane Smith @ Mr. T's Bowl
Tyler Hilton, Terra Naomi, King Washington @ Molly Malone's Irish Pub
Wild Pack of Canaries, Dirt Dress, The Mystery Lights @ Alex's Bar
Sofia Rei Koutsovitis @ Museum of Latin American Art
