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Tonight In Rock: Them Crooked Vultures, Vampire Weekend, The Ruby Suns, Holly Golightly And The Brokeoffs
Toro Y Moi will be performing tonight at the Echo | Photo via Toro Y Moi's Myspace
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Toro Y Moi will be performing tonight at the Echo | Photo via Toro Y Moi's Myspace
Our Pick: The Ruby Suns, Toro Y Moi, Pepper Rabbit @ The Echo
Tonight LA-based rock supergroup Them Crooked Vultures, which is comprised of Dave Grohl, Josh Homme, John Paul Jones and Alain Johannes, will be headlining Club Nokia before heading out to the desert to headline Coachella. NY-bred indie pop outfit Vampire Weekend (LAist Review, #2, #3, #4) are poised to take on the Pomona Fox Theater with none other than LA-based experimental punk outfit Abe Vigoda. And, lastly, famed English singer-songwriter Holly Golightly & the Brokeoffs will be gracing Spaceland with LA-by-way-of-North Carolina alt-country outfit the Hi-Hos. But we strongly suggest heading over to the Echo to catch New Zealand's own indie pop outfit the Ruby Suns (LAist Review). LAist favorites, South Carolina-bred experimental electro pop maestro Chaz Budnick, who performs under the moniker Toro Y Moi, and Silver Lake-based indie pop act Pepper Rabbit 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 goes up every Sunday.
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Toro Y Moi - "Blessa"
Them Crooked Vultures - "Scumbag Blues"
Vampire Weekend - "Cousins"
Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs - "Forget It"
Them Crooked Vultures @ Club Nokia
Vampire Weekend, Abe Vigoda @ Pomona Fox Theater
A Fine Frenzy @ Largo at the Coronet
The Ruby Suns, Toro Y Moi, Pepper Rabbit @ The Echo
Holly Golightly & The Brokeoffs, The Hi-Hos, Shirley Rolls @ Spaceland
Benji Hughes @ Bootleg Theater
Moving Picture Show's record release, Eastern Conference Champions, Imagine Dragons, Foster the People, Gossip Tree @ The Viper Room
Craig Wedren, John Carpenter @ Bootleg Theater
Silent Star, Actress, The Passports, Ballerina Black @ Silver Lake Lounge
Nick Jaina, Eliza Rickman, Liz Pappademas @ Echo Curio
Nina Storey, Tommy King, Fay Wolfe, Jodi King, Emelo @ The Hotel Café
Run Through The Desert, Kingsize, Adrenalin Traffic @ Troubadour
Death Angel, Arsis @ The Roxy
Deerhunter, Bleached @ The Glass House
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