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Tonight In Rock: MGMT, The Swell Season, Drink Up Buttercup, Cults
Cults will be performing tonight at Sixth Street Warehouse | Picture via the Windish Agency
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Cults will be performing tonight at Sixth Street Warehouse | Picture via the Windish Agency
Our Pick: Cults, Crystal Antlers, Superhumanoids, Chris Young @ 6th Street Warehouse (1269 E. Sixth Street, Los Angeles)
Tonight Brooklyn-based neo-psych rockers MGMT will be headlining the Fox Theater Pomona with NY-based electro-funk act Francis and the Lights. the Swell Season, an indie folk duo formed by Irish musician Glen Hansard and Czech singer and pianist Markéta Irglová, are poised to take on the Hollywood Bowl with none other than Portland-based alt-country duo She & Him (LAist Review), or rather Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward, and local indie pop duo the Bird and the Bee (LAist Review, #2). And, lastly, Philadelphia's own jangly pop indie rock quartet Drink Up Buttercup will be headlining Spaceland, ringing in their latest tour de force—2010's Born And Thrown On A Hook. But we strongly suggest heading over to Sixth Street Warehouse to catch NY-based retro 60s pop duo Cults, who will be making their debut appearance here in LA. LAist favorites, local indie pop quartet Superhumanoids, who recently rung in their latest EP, 2010's Urgency, are slated to perform as well.
Cults - "Go Outside"
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Superhumanoids - "Contemporary Individual"
MGMT - "Hot Love Drama"
The Bird And The Bee - "Fucking Boyfriend"
Drink Up Buttercup - "Doggy Head"
Gipsy Kings @ Greek Theatre
Ludacris, Ray J, New Boyz & Mike Almighty, Nipsey Hussle, Yg & Pushaz Inc., Tomisha Monae, Mann, BlueSkyy, J. West @ Club Nokia
Tool @ Nokia Theatre
MGMT, Helios Creed @ Pomona Fox Theater
One Day as a Lion @ Undiclosed Location
The Swell Season, The Bird and the Bee, She & Him @ Hollywood Bowl
Drink Up Buttercup, Rabbits Running, Oh My Stars @ Spaceland
Cults, Crystal Antlers, Superhumanoids, Chris Young @ 6th Street Warehouse (1269 E. Sixth Street, Los Angeles)
Signals, The Pity Party, Dunes, Foot Village, Future Ghost, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Kissing Cousins, Monstro @ Bar Melody (9132 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles)
Dave Gleason's record release, Wheelhouse, Hang Jones, Smith & Wesson @ The Echo (FREE! Early Show; 5 PM)
Terra Naomi, Songwriters Sunday @ The Hotel Café
The Rooks @ The Viper Room
Summer Slaughter Tour @ House of Blues Sunset
Joe Firstman, Jay Nash, Rachael Sage @ Saint Rocke
Jetstream @ Canyon Club
Train @ Pacific Amphitheatre
Hed Pe @ Ventura Theater
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