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Tonight In Rock: Loudon Wainwright III, Nouvelle Vague, St. Vincent, Ferraby Lionheart
St. Vincent will be performing tonight at the Henry Fonda Music Box | Photo by Tod Seelie via St. Vincent's Myspace
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St. Vincent will be performing tonight at the Henry Fonda Music Box | Photo by Tod Seelie via St. Vincent's Myspace
Our Pick: St. Vincent, Wildbirds and Peacedrums @ El Rey Theatre
Tonight recent Grammy Award-winner, Chapel Hill-bred folk singer-songwriter and father of Rufus, Martha and Lucy, Loudon Wainwright III will be headlining the Largo at the Coronet. French musical collective Nouvelle Vague are poised to grace the Henry Fonda Music Box. And, lastly, local folk troubadour Ferraby Lionheart (LAist Interview, Review) is poised to take on the Bootleg Theater again—this time around with LA-bred electro pop singer-songwriter Evan Voytas in tow. But we strongly suggest doing whatever it takes to get into the El Rey Theatre to catch Tulsa-based indie pop songstress St. Vincent (LAist Interview, Review). Sweden's own husband-and-wife duo Wildbirds & Peacedrums 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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St. Vincent - "Save Me From What I Want"
Loudon Wainwright III @ Largo at the Coronet
St. Vincent, Wildbirds and Peacedrums @ El Rey Theatre
Nouvelle Vague, Soko, Findley Brown @ Henry Fonda Music Box
Mia Doi Todd, Ariana Delawari, Correatown, DJ Nobody @ Spaceland
Ferraby Lionheart, Buddy, Josh Ottum, Evan Voytas @ Bootleg Theater
Mumford and Sons @ Troubadour (Sold-Out)
Jay Nash, Katie Costello, Nikki Jean, special guest @ The Hotel Café
Roll The Tanks, Gooby Goo & Peekers, Bomb Your Face @ Silver Lake Lounge
Laco$te, Michael Nhat, Fawn as Women, Fantastica Bastidas @ The Echo
Red Tide, River Avenue, Flying Machine @ El Cid
Shakey Graves, Cave Country, Hod Hulphers @ Echo Curio
Sinden @ Arena
Electrolightz, Jen Lasher, Hyphy Crunk @ Cinespace
Lucy Schwartz, Letron, Jennifer Singer @ Saint Rocke
The Thermals, Thao with the Get Down Stay Down @ Detroit Bar
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