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Arts and Entertainment

Week In Rock: Editors, St. Vincent, Wild Beasts, Princeton

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Wild Beasts will be performing Wednesday evening at the Troubadour | Picture via Wild Beasts' Myspace


Wild Beasts will be performing Wednesday evening at the Troubadour | Picture via Wild Beasts' Myspace
This week British indie rockers Editors will be headlining the Wiltern with none other than Brooklyn-bred indie rock trio the Antlers in tow. Tulsa-based indie pop songstress St. Vincent (LAist Interview, Review) is poised to perform to a sold-out crowd at the El Rey Theatre. Eagle Rock-bred indie rock outfit Princeton (LAist Interview) will be continuing their month-long residency at Spaceland. And, lastly, experimental English indie rockers Wild Beasts will be embarking on their first North American tour, stopping through the Troubadour.

Wild Beasts - "Hooting & Howling"

Monday

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Princeton, Casxio, Rafter, The Jubilee Singers @ Spaceland (FREE!)
Red Arrow Messenger, Jenny O., Rumspringa @ Bootleg Theater (FREE!)
Useless Keys, The Black Apples, Light FM, L.E.F. @ The Echo (FREE!)
Gamble House, Guy Fantastico, Haim, Damn Sons @ Silver Lake Lounge (FREE!)
Spirit Animal, Des Roar, Imagine Dragons, All Wrong and The Plans Change @ The Roxy
Laura Jansen, Sweet Talk Radio, Jodi King, Alex Vargas of Vagabond @ The Hotel Café
Slanty Shanty Band, Elijah Crampton, TBA @ Pehrspace
Joe Jack Talcum, American Sheriff, Lord Grunge, Bassturd + DJ Jester and the Filipino Fist @ Echo Curio

Tuesday

Loudon Wainwright III @ Largo at the Coronet
St. Vincent, Wildbirds and Peacedrums @ El Rey Theatre
Nouvelle Vague, Soko, Findley Brown @ Henry Fonda Music Box
Mia Doi Todd, Ariana Delawari, Correatown, DJ Nobody @ Spaceland
Ferraby Lionheart, Buddy, Josh Ottum, Evan Voytas @ Bootleg Theater
Mumford and Sons @ Troubadour (Sold-Out)
Jay Nash, Katie Costello, Nikki Jean, special guest @ The Hotel Café
Roll The Tanks, Gooby Goo & Peekers, Bomb Your Face @ Silver Lake Lounge
Laco$te, Michael Nhat, Fawn as Women, Fantastica Bastidas @ The Echo
Red Tide, River Avenue, Flying Machine @ El Cid
Shakey Graves, Cave Country, Hod Hulphers @ Echo Curio
Sinden @ Arena
Electrolightz, Jen Lasher, Hyphy Crunk @ Cinespace
Lucy Schwartz, Letron, Jennifer Singer @ Saint Rocke
The Thermals, Thao with the Get Down Stay Down @ Detroit Bar

Wednesday

Nocando's record release, Dntel, King Cannibal @ The Airliner
Wild Beasts, Still Life Still, Magic Bullets @ Troubadour
Justin Townes Earle @ Amoeba Music (FREE! Early Show; 7 PM)
The Fold presents A Haiti Benefit w/ Pete Yorn, Tim Kasher, Craig Wedren, special guests @ Bootleg Theater
Cobra Lilies, Findlay Brown, Pizza!, Superhumanoids @ The Echo
JDub Records and LA Record Present: Milk and Honey w/ Luke Top (of Fool's Gold; DJ Set), Jason Savvy (of Malabomb; DJ Set) @ Bar Lubitsch
Golden State, The Hundred Days, Taxi Doll, KC Booker and The High Decibels @ The Viper Room
Big Phony's record release, Austin Hartley Leonard, Lindsay Ray, Anne Heaton @ The Hotel Café
The Tuffingtons, Warlords of Rock and Roll Thunder and Lightning, New Planets @ Silver Lake Lounge
Thurlow, Samuel Stewart, Mouse Kills Tiger, The Heligoats @ Echo Curio

Thursday

Editors, The Antlers @ The Wiltern
The Thermals, Thao With The Get Down Stay Down, Slang Chickens @ Troubadour
Richard Thompson @ Largo at the Coronet
Justin Townes Earle, Joe Pug, The Hi Hos @ The Echo
Eyedea and Abilities, Dosh, Silent Army @ Echoplex
Alec Ounsworth, The Romany Rye, Line and Circle @ Bootleg Theater
Imaad Wasif, Becky Stark, Voice on Tape @ Spaceland
Big Phony's record release, Guggenheim Grotto w/ special guests, Oak & Gorski, That Noise @ The Hotel Café
Artichoke, Setting Sun, Sam Mellon and the Skylarks, The Long Holidays @ Hyperion Tavern
Body Parts, Alina Cutrono, Micah James, Deathday Party @ Echo Curio
Captains, Venus Bogardus, Bullied By Strings, Dreamers @ Silver Lake Lounge
Michael Nhat, Big Whup, No Paws (No Lions), Pangea @ The Smell
Death Hymn Number 9, Aftergloam, Stab City, Manhattan Murder Mystery @ L'KEG Gallery
The Binges, Dinner At The Thompson's, 8mm, Hadouken @ The Viper Room
Paperplanes, Two Guns, Cowboy and Indian @ The Prospector
Death Hymn #9, Dante Vs. Zombies, The Living Sickness @ Alex's Bar

Friday

Fitz & The Tantrums, Sweater Girls @ The Echo
The Chicago Underground Duo, Pit Er Pat, The Pity Party @ Bootleg Theater
Miss Derringer, The Creep Show, The Triggers @ Troubadour
Christian Death @ El Rey Theatre
Web In Front presents Shadow Shadow Shade, Twilight Sleep, Marvelous Toy @ Spaceland
I See Hawks in LA, Richie Lawrence record release @ Cinema Bar (3967 Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles)
The Idyllists' record release, The Passports, Freddy & Francine, Dawn Thomas, The Appletons, The Ravishing @ The Hotel Café
Sierra Swan, Carina Round, Samuel Stewart, Wildlife @ Pehrspace
The Monolators, Make Me, Heavy Hawaii, The Preteens @ The Smell
Let Go of the Rail, Moment Trigger, Lee Noble @ L'KEG Gallery
The Damselles, The Hi-Ho's, Sweet Little Things @ Casey's Irish Bar & Grill
Seasons, So Many Wizards, Torches in Trees, C-Horse @ Juanita's Restaurant & Bar
Meshell Ndegeocello @ Largo at the Coronet
Moan Red, Ric Veda, The Jack Fris Radio Choir, The Marietta James @ Redwood Bar & Grill
Demonora, TS and The Past Haunts , Weasels Exist, Eating Faces @ Mr. T's Bowl
Dog, The Crystelles, Actuary, Geronimo, Sissister @ Echo Curio
James McMurtry @ McCabe's Guitar Shop
Tommy Santee Klaws @ Robin's Sculpture Garden (1632 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Santa Monica)

Saturday

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Lucent L'amour 2010 w/ Bassnectar, Stanton Warriors, N.A.S.A., Yard Dogs Road Show, Lucent Dossier Experience, Beats Antique, Ana Sia, Lazer Sword, Lynx & Janover, Patricio @ The Shrine
Alice in Chains @ Hollywood Palladium (Sold-Out)
The Album Leaf accompanied by Magik*Magik String Quartet, Sea Wolf @ El Rey Theatre
Daniel Lanois' Black Dub @ Spaceland
Saint Motel, Young the Giant, Chasing Kings, Links @ The Roxy
Social Science's Lonely Hearts Club w/ Obi Best, Sunny War, Soko, Correatown, Yeah Brother, Eagle And Talon, Boris Smile, Vincent Minor, Fascinoma, Patrick Park @ Social Science Loft (530 Molino St. #217, Los Angeles)
Spain @ Origami Vinyl (FREE! Early Show; 7 PM)
West Indian Girl, Pollyn @ Bootleg Theater
Foxtails Brigade, The Karabal Nightlife, Devotionals, Ash Reiter @ Echo Curio
Laco$ta, Repetitions, I.E., Essay @ The Smell
The Black Currents, Sunshine Factory, Los Larks, Feats in Inches, The Legion @ Mr. T's Bowl
Graydon, Coby Brown, Jason Karaban & Craig Elkins and friends, Zachariah and the Lobos Riders, Jeremy Silver, Erin Ivey @ The Hotel Café
ALO, Chris Velan @ Troubadour
Pacific Pride, Peg Leg love, Brigsley Blong, Her Imaginary Friends @ Silver Factory Studios
The Mau Mau's @ Redwood Bar & Grill

Sunday

Kidrockers w/ Dengue Fever, Buddy @ The Echo (Early Show; 1 PM)
Van Dyke Parks, Clare and the Reasons @ McCabe's Guitar Shop
Build An Ark @ Amoeba Music (FREE! Early Show 5 PM)
The Meek, Weekend, Young Prisms @ The Echo
Normandie, Night Horse, Yours Til Death @ The Viper Room
John Wiese, Lasse Marhaug, Joe & Joe, Seven Depressions @ The Smell

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