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Tonight In Rock: Silversun Pickups, We Are Scientists, Evan Voytas, Slang Chickens
Slang Chickens will be performing tonight at the Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens | Photo by Aaron Farley via Slang Chickens' Myspace
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Slang Chickens will be performing tonight at the Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens | Photo by Aaron Farley via Slang Chickens' Myspace
Our Pick: Music in the L.A. Zoo: Local Scene w/ The Happy Hollows, Voxhaul Broadcast, Useless Keys, The Lonely Wild, Walking Sleep, Slang Chickens @ Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens
Tonight local indie rockers Silversun Pickups (LAist Review, #2, #3) will be headlining the Greek Theatre with none other the Henry Clay People. NY-by-way-of-Berkeley-by-way-of-Claremont dance punk outfit We Are Scientists are poised to take on the Troubadour. And, lastly, local electro pop singer-songwriter Evan Voytas will be gracing Spaceland with female-fronted, bicoastal indie rock quintet, "both figuratively and technically," All Wrong and the Plans Change. But we strongly suggest heading over to Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens to catch a slew of fantastic local bands, including LAist favorites the Happy Hollows (LAist Review, #2, #3), Voxhaul Broadcast, Useless Keys, Walking Sleep, Slang Chickens and more.
Slang Chickens - "Tropics"
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Silversun Pickups - "The Royal We"
We Are Scientists - "Rules Don't Stop"
Evan Voytas - "I Run With You Spirit Animal"
Silversun Pickups, Against Me!, The Henry Clay People @ Greek Theatre
We Are Scientists, Rewards @ Troubadour
Evan Voytas, The Cooling Time, All Wrong & the Plans Changed @ Spaceland
Music in the L.A. Zoo: Local Scene w/ The Happy Hollows, Voxhaul Broadcast, Useless Keys, The Lonely Wild, Walking Sleep, Slang Chickens @ Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens
Shirley Rolls, TS & the Past Haunts @ Casey's Irish Bar & Grill
Battlehooch, Jinsai @ Origami Vinyl (FREE! Early Show; 5 PM)
The Chuck Dukowski Sextet, The Shrine, Insects vs. Robots, Dahga Bloom @ The Smell
Sedi Hollow, Amps For Christ, John Bardy, St Clair Board @ Echo Curio
dansefloor-kill-err Taffy Davenport, RED3, The Sirens, The Great Entity @ Mr. T's Bowl
Stan Ridgway @ McCabe's Guitar Shop
100 Monkeys, The Kissing Club, The Absolute @ The Viper Room
Lights, Kari Kimmel, Tiff Randol, The Eckels Brothers @ The Hotel Café
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