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Tonight In Rock: The XX, Spoon, Isis, Local Natives
Local Natives will be performing tonight at the Bootleg Theater | Photo by Benjamin Hoste for LAist
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Local Natives will be performing tonight at the Bootleg Theater | Photo by Benjamin Hoste for LAist
Our Pick: Local Natives, Voxhaul Broadcast, Marvelous Toy @ Bootleg Theater
Tonight British indie rock outfit the XX will be performing to a sold-out crowd at the Henry Fonda Music Box with none other than NY's latest buzz band, electro-infused rock duo Phantogram (LAist Review). Austin-based indie rock mainstays Spoon (LAist Review, #2, #3, #4) are poised to take part in the 2010 KROQ Weenie Roast, which boasts a bevy of heavy hitters, at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre. And, lastly, Boston-bred heavy rock progenitors Isis (LAist Interview) will, unfortunately, be calling it quits after some thirteen consecutive years with their head to the grindstone. Their final West Coast show, which is completely sold-out, takes place tonight at the Troubadour in West Hollyweird. But we strongly suggest doing whatever it takes to get into the Bootleg Theater to catch Silver Lake's own indie rock sensation Local Natives (LAist Interview, Review, #2). LAist favorites, local indie rock act Voxhaul Broadcast and indie folk outfit Marvelous Toy are slated to perform as well.
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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Local Natives - "Wide Eyes"
The xx - "Basic Space (Sampha Remix)"
Spoon - "Nobody Gets Me But You"
Isis - "20 Minutes / 40 Years"
KROQ Weenie Roast 2010 feat. Stone Temple Pilots, Sublime w/ Rome, Hole, Silversun Pickups, Devo, Paramore, Deftones, Spoon, Chevelle, Cage The Elephant, The Dirty Heads, Against Me!, The Temper Trap, Passion Pit @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Maxwell, Jill Scott @ Staples Center
Killing Joke @ The Wiltern
Buzzcocks, The Dollyrots, Images @ Club Nokia
LCD Soundsystem, Holy Ghost! @ Fox Theater Pomona (Sold-Out)
The xx, Phantogram @ Henry Fonda Music Box
Isis' Final LA Show w/ Tombs, Jakob @ Troubadour
Local Natives, Voxhaul Broadcast, Marvelous Toy @ Bootleg Theater
Screaming Females, Suckers, Audacity @ Spaceland
Elevaters, 1863, Ryan Hanifl, Keaton Simons, Jenni Alpert, Jocelyn Kay Lee @ The Hotel Café
Painted Hills @ Origami Vinyl (FREE! Early Show; 7 PM)
Jack Wilson Jr., Jo and Jillinda, Sister Grizzly, Honey Loving Cells @ Pehrspace
Mike Watt + The Missing Men, Trainwreck Riders, Grass Widow, Rare Grooves @ The Smell
The Body Parts, The Preservation, Oh, The Future @ Echo Curio
The Ex-Gentlemen, Icky's Ego, Pu$$y Cow's Chissum Worthington, The Swagger Sticks @ Mr. T's Bowl
7th Annual Cochina Festival feat. Moses Campbell, Big Whup, Acient Crux, The Monolators, Nicole Kidman, So Many Wizards @ Higginbotham Park (FREE! Mt. Carmel Dr., Claremont)
The Middle East @ Detroit Bar
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