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Tonight In Rock: Janelle Monae, Devendra Banhart, The Low Anthem, Freelance Whales
Freelance Whales will be performing tonight at the Echo | Picture via Freelance Whales' Myspace
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Freelance Whales will be performing tonight at the Echo | Picture via Freelance Whales' Myspace
Our Pick: Cymbals Eat Guitars, Bear in Heaven, Freelance Whales @ The Echo
Tonight Kansas City-bred Grammy Award-nominated pop singer-songwriter Janelle Monae will be concluding a two-night stint at the Viper Room in Hollyweird. Houston-bred folk singer-songwriter Devendra Banhart is poised to headline the Wiltern. And, lastly, Rhode Island-bred folk act the Low Anthem (LAist Interview) will be gracing Largo at the Coronet. But we strongly suggest heading over to the Echo to catch Queens' own indie pop buzz band Freelance Whales, who will be traversing America again shortly hereafter, opening up for the Shout Out Louds at noticeably larger venues. Brooklyn-based psych-tinged indie rock outfit Bear in Heaven, who are fresh on the hells of a wildly successful SXSW stint, are 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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Freelance Whales - "The Great Estates"
Janelle Monae - "Many Moons"
Devendra Banhart - "Baby"
The Low Anthem - "To The Ghosts Who Write History Books"
Janelle Monae, Otis Heat, Bruno Mars @ The Viper Room
Bad Religion, The Adolescents, Punk Is Dead @ House of Blues (SOLD-OUT)
Devendra Banhart and The Grogs @ The Wiltern
Cymbals Eat Guitars, Bear in Heaven, Freelance Whales @ The Echo
The Low Anthem @ Largo at the Coronet
Admiral Radley, The Henry Clay People, Gooby Goo & Peekers @ Bootleg Theater
Garotas Suecas, Think About Life, Bullied By Strings, Neverever @ Spaceland
World's Greatest Ghost, Tempo No Tempo, Big Whup @ Silver Lake Lounge
Chatmonchy @ Amoeba Music (Early Show; 7 PM)
Maxim Ludwig, Buddyhead presents Samuel Stewart, Sister Crayon, Fergus Brown @ The Hotel Café
Endless Hallway, Kosmonaut, Kill The Academy, Magnuson, The Constellation @ Troubadour
The Loneliest Monk, Tiff Randol, Nadine Et Terence @ Bordello
Falsetto Teeth, The Franks, Y La Bamba, Children of the Kai @ Echo Curio
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