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Week In Rock: John Fogerty, Death Cab For Cutie, Bill Callahan, Fitz and the Tantrums
Fitz and the Tantrums will be playing Wednesday at Spaceland | Photo via Fitz and the Tantrums' Myspace
The week Berkeley-bred rock singer-songwriter John Fogerty, best known for his time with Creedence Clearwater Revival, will be taking on a three-night stint at the Hollywood Bowl. Maryland-based singer-songwriter Bill Callahan will be headlining the Troubadour with Bachelorette in tow. Bellingham-based indie rockers Death Cab For Cutie are poised to perform with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl. And, lastly, local retro 60s soul act Fitz and the Tantrums will be gracing Spaceland for this week's edition of Club NME.
Fitz and the Tantrums - "Don't Gotta Work It Out"
Wednesday
Stone Temple Pilots @ House of Blues Sunset
Bill Callahan, Bachelorette @ Troubadour
Eulogies, Avi Buffalo, Bad Veins, A Decent Animal @ The Echo
Club NME w/ Fitz and the Tantrums, Jenny O. @ Spaceland
The Gaslamp Killer's mixtape release, Exile, Mono/Poly, Dr. Strangeloop, Eeegadz @ The Airliner
Go West Young Man, Jared Mees & the Grown Children, Marvelous Toy, The French Semester @ Silver Lake Lounge
Very Be Careful, La Santa Cecilia, Wait.Think.Fast. @ La Cita
Watts Ensemble @ Bootleg Theatre
Young/Lost Ones @ Mr. T's Bowl
Tony Lucca, Lelia Broussard, Orlando Napier, Stereofox, Nick Rallis Band @ The Hotel Café
Thursday
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John Fogerty @ Hollywood Bowl
Amazing Baby, Band of Skulls, Dazzler @ UCLA Hammer Museum
Benefit for Jennifer Tefft w/ She Wants Revenge, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, The LA Ladies Choir (with Becky Stark, Eleni Mandell & more), Great Northern, Dead Meadow, Rocco Deluca, Nico Stai, Useless Keys, Living Things, Moving Units DJ set @ The Echo & Echoplex
Citay, Black Math Horseman, The Dry Spells @ Silver Lake Lounge
Oak and Gorski, Paper Bird, Chasing Kings, Matt Taylor and His Laurels, Joe Thalman, Holly Conlan @ The Hotel Café
Whitman, Splinter Cake, Nora Keyes, Nicole Kidman @ The Smell
Bunnies and Kitties, The Preacher's Son, The Extraordinares, Eben Stewart @ Hyperion Tavern
Stabbings, Comprachios @ The Prospector
Friday
John Fogerty @ Hollywood Bowl
Natalie Portman's Shaved Head @ Spaceland
Killsonic, Beatnik Jr, Max & Sam, Later Days, Angels and Demons, Private Wasabi @ Troubadour
One Trick Pony, Ema and The Ghosts, The Sleeping Bags, VOICEsVOICEs @ Mr. T's Bowl
The Wallburds, Tall Hands, Dirt Dress @ Silver Factory Studios
Bacteria Cult, Andorkappen, XDUGEF, Kawaiietly Please @ The Smell
Midnite Theory, MC Homeless & Liz Aeby, Open Mike Eagle, Cadilack Ron @ Pehrspace
Dead Ponies, Carnage Asada, Jellmunekita, The Fay Wrays @ The Blvd (2631 Whittier Blvd., Los Angeles)
Saturday
John Fogerty @ Hollywood Bowl
Deer Tick, Dawes @ Spaceland
The New Weird America Festival featuring Imaad Wasif w/ Two Part Beast Ancestors, Night Horse, Weird Owl, Radio Moscow, Spindrift, Farflung @ Nomad Collective Art Compound (1993 Blake Ave., Los Angeles)
Second Annual Riot Girl Carnival: Benefit for The Downtown Women's Center w/ A Pretty Mess, Las Sangronas Y El Cabron, Mermaid, Anus Kings, Kitchen, The Potential Lunatics @ The Smell
Sander Kleinenberg, Joachim Garraud @ Avalon
Lillian Axe @ The Viper Room
Sunday
Death Cab For Cutie w/ The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Tegan and Sara, The New Pornographers @ Hollywood Bowl
Emilie Simon, Penelope Fortier, Joel Virgil @ Bootleg Theatre
Part Time Punks presents Crocodiles, The Meek, Lower Heaven @ The Echo
Avi Buffalo, Shiloe, The Shade @ Silver Factory Studios
The Coathangers, Bipolar Bear, Goldiggers, mans assassination man @ The Smell
Fishtank Ensemble, Voko @ Echo Curio
I Will Never Be The Same, 8mm, Pollyn, Aimee Francis @ The Viper Room
Stacey Q @ The Airliner
The Five Deadly Venoms @ Amoeba Music
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