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Tonight In Rock: Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Lou Barlow, Everest, A Place To Bury Strangers
Sarah Jaffe will be performing tonight at the Bootleg Theater | Photo by Melanie Gomez via Sarah Jaffe's Myspace
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Sarah Jaffe will be performing tonight at the Bootleg Theater | Photo by Melanie Gomez via Sarah Jaffe's Myspace
Our Pick: Lou Barlow, Sarah Jaffe @ Bootleg Theater
Tonight Brooklyn-based soul/funk group Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings will be headlining the Wiltern with English indie rock act the Heavy (LAist Interview) in tow. Local alt-rock outfit Everest (LAist Review, #2) are poised to perform for free at One Colorado in Downtown Pasadena. And, lastly, Brooklyn-based noise-infused rock outfit A Place To Bury Strangers (LAist Review) will be taking on Spaceland with none other than local alternative rockers the Useless Keys. But we strongly suggest heading over to the Bootleg Theater to catch founding member of Dinosaur Jr., Sebadoh, the Folk Implosion and overall lo-fi rock pioneer Lou Barlow. LAist favorite, Denton-based singer-songwriter Sarah Jaffe, who is touring in support of her astonishing 2010 debut, Suburban Nature, is 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 goes up every Sunday.
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Sarah Jaffe - "Stay with me"
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings - "Mama Don't Like My Man"
Everest - "Let Go"
A Place To Bury Strangers - "In Your Heart"
Jon Brion @ Largo at the Coronet
ABBA Fest @ Hollywood Bowl
Jose Carreras @ Greek Theatre
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, The Heavy @ The Wiltern
Danzig @ Club Nokia
Black Francis @ The Mint
Everest @ One Colorado (FREE! Early Show; 7:30 - 24 East Union Street, Pasadena)
A Place to Bury Strangers, Light Pollution, Useless Keys @ Spaceland
Lou Barlow, Sarah Jaffe @ Bootleg Theater
Dead Man's Bones @ Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock
Future Islands, xbxrx, Cold Mold, Batwings Catwings @ The Smell
Giant Drag @ Echoplex
Bowery Beasts' 7" release @ Origami Vinyl
Elevaters, Matthew Santos, Kim Divine, Kathryn Ostenberg @ The Hotel Café
Slant, Terminal VI, King Washington, Blessed Le Strange, Slooza Palooza, Ray Gun Radio @ Troubadour
Gabriel Sullivan, Maquiladora, Alina Cutrono, The Fragile Gang @ Echo Curio
Research Society's CD Release Party, Scarlet Paradigm, Zaptra, Echophonics @ Mr. T's Bowl
Greg Brown @ McCabe's Guitar Shop
Harlem @ Detroit Bar
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