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Tonight In Rock: Villagers, Midnight Juggernauts, Mississippi Man, Summer Darling
Conor J. O'Brien will be performing solo tonight at Bardot | Picture via Villagers' Myspace
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Conor J. O'Brien will be performing solo tonight at Bardot | Picture via Villagers' Myspace
Our Pick: Gram Rabbit, Ferraby Lionheart, Villagers (solo) @ Bardot (RSVP Only)
Tonight Aussie electro pop trio Midnight Juggernauts will be headlining the Echo, ringing in their sophomore studio-album—2010's The Crystal Axis. Local folk-infused indie rock outfit Mississippi Man are poised to conclude their month-long residency at the Echo. And, lastly, Silver Lake-based indie rockers Summer Darling will be doing the same at Spaceland. But we strongly suggest heading over to Bardot to catch Conor J. O'Brien, or Villagers rather, a critically-acclaimed, young Dubliner who is making waves with his Mercury Prize-nominated debut—2010's Becoming a Jackal. He will be performing solo tonight, but we'd like to think that it'll be appropriately intimate and all too genuine. LAist favorite, local folk rock troubadour Ferraby Lionheart is poised to perform as well.
Villagers - "Pieces"
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Midnight Juggernauts - "Shadows"
Summer Darling - "This Would Be The Time"
Mississippi Man - "Mountain"
Midnight Juggernauts, Baron Von Luxxury @ The Echo
Gram Rabbit, Ferraby Lionheart, Villagers (solo) @ Bardot (RSVP Only)
Mississippi Man, The Pity Party, Fim, Pizza! @ Echoplex
Summer Darling, Vanaprasta, Kissing Cousins, TS & the Past Haunts @ Spaceland
The Outline, The Franks, Dahga Bloom @ Bootleg Theater
Yellow Red Sparks, The Color Turning, The Sweet Hurt, Italian Japanese @ Silver Lake Lounge
New Politics, Funeral Party, Battle Tapes @ The Viper Room
Jimmy Gnecco, Sage with Soul Puppet, Rachel Loy @ The Hotel Café
Lucky Dragons, Tim Coster, Jane Austen, Sam Hamilton, Queen Victoria @ Echo Curio
The Emotion, Mikki & the Mauses, Organ Trail, Tleilaxu Music Machine, Wet Mango @ Pehrspace
Spin The Bottle feat. Paparazzi @ The Roxy
Thrash & Burn Tour @ House of Blues Sunset
Steel Panther @Key Club
Phil Baranchik @ Saint Rocke
Billy Kernkamp @ Detroit Bar
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