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Little Dragon will be performing Friday night at the El Rey Theatre | Photo by Seek via Little Dragon's
Myspace
This week San Francisco-based alt pop act
Girls
will be headlining a sold-out show at the
Troubadour
with none other than
the Morning Benders
in tow. North Dakota-based singer-songwriter
Tom Brosseau
is poised to grace the
Largo at the Coronet
. The City of Brotherly Love's own experimental synth-pop outfit
Cold Cave
will not only be taking on the final show of the year at
Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock
, but will also take part in this week's edition of Part Time Punks with local electronic chanteuse
Nite Jewel
. And, lastly, Swedish electronic act
Little Dragon
will be performing at the
El Rey Theatre
.
Little Dragon - "Runabout"
Monday
Dios, Olin and The Moon, Imaad Wasif, Mini Mansions, Tiny Television @ The Hotel Café
The Happy Hollows, The Pity Party, Twilight Sleep, Traps, Ps @ Spaceland
Mississippi Man, Last American Buffalo, What Laura Says, Slipping Into Darkness @ Silver Lake Lounge
Seasons, Downtown/Union, Jack Wilson, Jr., Regrets and Brunettes @ The Echo
The Growlers @ Origami Vinyl
Batwings Catwings, The Choke, Aristides, Trudgers @ Pehrspace
Franklin Bruno, Wckr Spgt, Phil Yates @ Echo Curio
Pop Noir @ Detroit Bar
Tuesday
West Coast Left Coast w/ Green Umbrella, John Adams and Kronos Quartet; selections from Marshall, Partch and Zappa @ Walt Disney Concert Hall
Ten Out of Tennessee w/ Trent Dabbs, k.s. Rhoads, Erin McCarley, Butterfly Boucher, Jeremy Lister, Tyler James, Matthew Perryman Jones, Andy Davis, Katie Herzig @ Troubadour
The Vic Chesnutt Band, Warpaint @ Echoplex
Swords of Fatima, New Rome Quartet, Lightnin Woodcock @ The Echo
Vise Virsa, London To Tokyo, AM VS FM @ Silver Lake Lounge
Bobby Long with Emma Ejwertz, Patrick Park, Gregory Alan Isakov @ The Hotel Café
Furcast, Bear Face @ Bootleg Theater
The Section Quartet @ Largo at the Coronet
Split Lip Rayfield @ The Viper Room
Wednesday
J. Tillman, Pearly Gate Music @ Troubadour
Corinne Bailey Rae, Kenneth Pattengale, Sydney Wayser, Emma Ejwertz @ The Hotel Café
Club NME w/ Useless Keys, Samuel Stewart, Twin Fight, Wrong Way Driver @ Spaceland
Jubilee, Seaspin, Woah Hunx, Little Girls @ Bordello
Trainwreck's record release @ The Roxy
Spaceland on Ice w/ Salt Petal @ Pershing Square
Helen Stellar, KAV, Square on Square, Nightmare Air @ The Echo
Blue Jungle, The Ivy Walls @ King King (6555 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood)
Mo-Odds, The Shakers, High Life Cavalier @ Echo Curio
Gamble House, The February Fifths, The Sounds of Wyoming @ Silver Lake Lounge
The Sonus Quartet @ Bootleg Theatre
Royal Crown Revue @ The Mint
Thursday
West Coast Left Coast w/ Los Angeles Philharmonic, Leonard Slatkin and Kronos Quartet play film composers Jerry Goldsmith, Mason Bates, Franz Waxman and Thomas Newman @ Walt Disney Concert Hall
Digable Planets @ Key Club
Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band, Dirt Dress, Spirit Vine, Allah Las @ The Echo
Baroness, Earthless, Iron Age @ Troubadour
Andy Clockwise, Trixie Whitley, Marvelous Toy, Globes on Remote @ Spaceland
Julie Cain, Liz Pappademas and the Level, Cricket and the 2:19 @ Hyperion Tavern
Chris Cornell, Jim Bianco, Austin Hartley Leonard @ The Hotel Café
Dramarama, I Will Never Be the Same @ Pershing Square
See Green, Cue the Moon, Ben de la Cour @ Silver Lake Lounge
Skygreen Leopards, Warm Climate, Rats @ Echo Curio
Balerina Black, Full Frontal, Bestial Mouths, Wreck 'n Slender @ Mr. T's Bowl
Rose’s Pawn Shop, Cosio @ Redwood Bar & Grill
Bobb Long, Jer Coons @ The Mint
The Drips, Bella Novela, Sangre Sangre, Stab City @ Alex's Bar
Charlie Hunter Trio @ Saint Rocke
Friday
Jon Brion @ Largo at the Coronet
The Cranberries, Griffin House @ Club Nokia
West Coast Best Coast w/ The Airborne Toxic Event, The Calder Quartet @ Walt Disney Concert Hall
Todd Rundgren @ Orpheum Theatre
Little Dragon @ El Rey Theater
Cold Cave, Abe Vigoda, Former Ghost, Surfer Blood @ Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock
Slang Chickens, Nite Jewel, Pocahaunted, Weave!, L'eau Life @ Gallery 1018 (1018 Santa Fe, Los Angeles)
Fink @ Spaceland
The Shys, Castledoor, Black Hollies @ The Echo
Villains, Robot Love, Ben Oprstu, Scorpion Breath, DJDT @ Echoplex
Cinematic Sunrise feat. Craig Owens, Jonny Craig, Mark Rose, Tommy Simms, Sleeping with Sirens @ Troubadour
Marcus Foster with Blue Roses, Randy Coleman, Shane Alexander, Brian Buckley Band, Jim Hanft @ The Hotel Café
Bobb Bruno, Subtle Selves, Los Fantasmas Carmesi, Cardio Pulmonary @ The Smell
Big Whup, Watercolor Paintings, So Many Wizards, Cobra Lillies @ Echo Curio
EFFT, Build, Missincinatti, Common Elder, King Elder @ Pehrspace
Peg Leg Love, The Crystelles, Megalosaurus, Fantastica Bastidas @ L'KEG Gallery
The New Limb, Dead Feather Moon, Megasapien, Good Friday @ Mr. T's Bowl
Charlie Hunter @ The Mint
DJ Craze, AC Slater @ Avalon
Camp Freddy @ The Roxy
Less Than Jake, Fishbone, The Swellers @ House of Blues Sunset
Peter Case @ McCabe's Guitar Shop
NOFX, The Mad Caddies @ Pomona Fox Theater
Los Pinguos, Very Be Careful @ Saint Rocke
Saturday
KIIS FM Jingle Ball w/ Taylor Swift, Keri Hilson, Fabolous, The Ting Tings, 3OH!3, LMFAO, Jay Sean, Jason Derulo @ Nokia Theatre
West Coast Left Coast w/ Los Angeles Philharmonic, Adams and Josefowicz; selections from Paul Dresher, William Kraft, Leonard Rosenman and John Adams @ Walt Disney Concert Hall
Tom Morello @ The Actors' Gang
Tom Brosseau @ Largo at the Coronet
Girls, The Morning Benders, Tamaryn @ Troubadour (Sold-Out)
KRS-ONE @ The Roxy
Stellastarr, Transfer @ Spaceland
The 88, The Flying Tourbillon Orchestra @ The Echo
Amps for Christ, Avi Buffalo, Foot Foot, Big Death @ Pehrspace
PROTECTME, David Scott Stone, Tearist, Mike Vidal @ The Smell
Rockdrive 2009 w/ Chris Pierce, Angel Taylor, Keaton Simmons, Raining Jane, Joey Ryan, John West, Davey G Project, Kina Grannis, Max Lugavere, Andy Grammer, The Elevaters, Phillip & Bruno, Stop Motion, L Debois @ The Hotel Café
The Lost Patrol, Hans David Rearick, Bumtech, The Pristines, Push To Transmit @ Mr. T's Bowl
Sunday
Brian Wilson, Dave Alvin, The Living Sisters, Harper Simon @ Walt Disney Concert Hall
Cold Cave, Nite Jewel @ The Echo
A Benefit for Against The Stream w/ Sharon Temple, Siva Noir, Julie The Band, Puppies and Kitties @ Spaceland
Skyler Stonestreet, Alaskan Summer, Jo Krasevich, Lynhurst @ The Hotel Café
Tamaryn, Pearl Harbor, Mack Winston & the Reflections @ Bootleg Theater
The Finches, Foot Ox, Splinter Cake, Whitman @ The Smell
