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Tonight In Rock: They Might Be Giants, Dengue Fever, Langhorne Slim, Vivian Girls
Best Coast will be performing tonight at the Smell | Photo via Best Coast's Myspace
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Best Coast will be performing tonight at the Smell | Photo via Best Coast's Myspace
Our Pick: Vivian Girls, Best Coast, Dunes, Animal Style @ The Smell
Tonight LA-based Cambodian rock outfit Dengue Fever (LAist Interview, Review) will be performing at the El Rey Theatre, sharing the stage with legendary ska outfit Hepcat and the Lions for KCRW's Haiti Relief Concert. Brooklyn-bred alternative rock sextet They Might Be Giants are poised to take on not one, but two shows at Largo at the Coronet. And, lastly, Brooklyn-based folk rock troubadour Langhorne Slim (LAist Review, #2) will be gracing McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Mon Mon. But we strongly suggest heading over to the Smell in Downtown to catch Brooklyn's own punk rock trio Vivian Girls. LAist favorites, lo-fi pop act Best Coast 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 generally goes up every Sunday.
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Best Coast - "Sun Was High (So Was I)"
They Might Be Giants @ Largo at the Coronet (Two Shows; 2 PM & 8 PM)
KCRW presents Haiti Relief Concert w/ Hepcat, Joey Altruda's Crucial Raddims, Dengue Fever, The Lions, Very Be Careful, The Tuffingtons @ El Rey Theatre
Langhorne Slim @ McCabe's Guitar Shop
Vivian Girls, Best Coast, Dunes, Animal Style @ The Smell
Scott H. Biram, The Dirt Daubers @ Spaceland
Larry Goldings, Obi Best, Big D @ Bootleg Theater
Beth Thornley's record release, Maia Sharp, Ives the Band, Jules Larson, Lakes, Sarah Siskind @ The Hotel Café
Learning Music, Josh Ottum @ Pehrspace
HOWARDamb, Missincinatti, Kandyce and the Killdozer, Bobb Bruno, Sleepwalkers Local @ Echo Curio
Fight From Above, Private Wasabi, Life in 24 Frames, Terminal 6, Thunder City Shout, Exposed To Sunlight, Goodbly Elliott @ Troubadour
Cat 500, ¡Socorro!, My Name is Dalloway, Maraca Mouths @ L'KEG Gallery
Rockabilly Show w/ Hillbilly Prophet, Huntsville, Charlie Greer, Pissbroke Rebels @ Mr. T's Bowl
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