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Tonight In Rock: Wye Oak, Xu Xu Fang, Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, The Company of Thieves
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Company of Thieves will be playing tonight at the Knitting Factory | Picture via the Company of Thieves' Myspace
Our Pick: The Higher, Company of Thieves, The Dandelions, Wendy Darling @ Knitting Factory (Main Stage)
Tonight Baltimore-based indie rockers Wye Oak will be performing at the Silver Lake Lounge with Cincinnati's crown jewel Pomegranates in tow. Local psych rock outfit Xu Xu Fang are poised to ring in their latest disc with LAist favorites the Voyeurs (LAist Interview) and Downtown/Union, who will be celebrating a record release of their own as well. And, lastly, LA-based buzz band Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros will be gracing the Regent Theater in Downtown with local blues-rock duo Rumspringa (LAist Review, #2). But we strongly suggest heading over to the Knitting Factory's Main Stage to catch Chicago-based pop rock trio Company of Thieves.
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The Company of Thieves - "Oscar Wilde"
Ben Lee, Low vs. Diamond @ The Troubadour $15
Wye Oak, Pomegranates @ Silver Lake Lounge
PABLOve Benefit w/ Silversun Pickups, Eulogies @ Echoplex
Xu Xu Fang EP release, Downtown/Union record release, The Voyeurs, VOICEsVOICEs @ The Echo (Free!)
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, Soko, Rumspringa, Lukas Haas @ Regent Theater (448 S. Main St.)
Greater California record release, Free Moral Agents, The Fling @ The Art Theater (4th and Cherry)
Amber Rubarth record release, Cosio, Hey Ocean, Michelle Armstrong @ The Hotel Café
The Higher, Company of Thieves, The Dandelions, Wendy Darling @ Knitting Factory (Main Stage) $10
The Finches, Chen Santa Maria, Dan Friel, Some Dark Holler @ The Smell
Intricate Machines, Pony vs. Tiger @ Space 15 Twenty
Avi Buffalo, Tommy Santee Klaws, Eric Brendo, Dylan Doren @ L'Keg Gallery
Les Blanks, The World Record, Jack Wilson, Jr. @ Echo Curio
Sweet @ House of Blues Sunset
Jail Weddings, Goldiggers, Gestap Khazi @ The Que Sera
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