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Week In Rock: Massive Attack, The National, Shout Out Louds, Caribou

Caribou will be performing at the El Rey Theatre this Wednesday evening | Photo via Caribou's Myspace
This week Bristol-based electronic duo Massive Attack will be taking on a three-night stint at the Wiltern. Brooklyn-by-way-of-Cincinnati indie rock act the National are poised to headline the Wiltern two consecutive nights in a row later on in the week. Swedish indie rockers Shout Out Louds will be gracing the El Rey Theatre twice. And, lastly, Canadian psych pop maestro Dan Snaith, otherwise known as Caribou, will be performing at the El Rey Theatre with none other than South Carolina-bred experimental electro pop maestro Chaz Budnick, who performs under the moniker Toro Y Moi in tow.
Caribou - "Selfish Boy"
Massive Attack - "Splitting The Atom"
The National - "Conversation 16"
Shout Out Louds - "1999"
Monday
Chris Thile @ Largo at the Coronet
The Like, Jail Weddings, Gestapo Khazi, Starfucker @ The Echo (FREE!)
Abe Vigoda @ Bardot
Sweethead, Earthlings?, Sean Wheeler and Zander Schloss @ Spaceland (FREE!)
War Tapes, Living Days, Repeater, Hexham Heads @ Silver Lake Lounge (FREE!)
New Music Monday feat. Zach Steel, Ilo Mar, Mike Kitcher, Sleepwalkers Local @ Echo Curio
Syndrome WPW, Psychic Handbook, Back to the Future the Ride, Foreign Cinema @ Pehrspace
Nashville Flood Relief Fund Benefit feat. Jennifer Hirsh, Jon Solo @ The Hotel Café
Falling Still, Electric Soul Co., Rajas, Square On Square @ Troubadour
Melee, Echo Echo @ Detroir Bar
Tuesday
Styx, Foreigner, Kansas @ Gibson Amphitheatre
Massive Attack, MNDR, Martina Topley Bird @ The Wiltern (Sold-Out)
Roky Erickson w/ Okkervil River, Leslie and The Badgers @ Henry Fonda Music Box
Converge, Black Breath, Coalesce, Gaza, Lewd Acts @ El Rey Theatre
Black Math Horseman, Green and Wood, Lantvrn, Fatso Jetson @ Spaceland
60-Watt Kid, VOICEsVOICEs, Pizza!, Tan Dollar @ The Echo
Ivan And Alyosha, Cassorla, The Moviegoers @ Silver Lake Lounge
Dos, Tsigoti, Married In Berdichev, French Quarter, Whitman @ Echo Curio
Jonathan Richman feat. drummer Tommy Larkins @ The Smell
Nina Storey, Ruby Friedman, Canvas, Daisy McCracken @ The Hotel Café
Scarlet Grey, Assemble The Skyline, New Years Day, Vogue in the Movement @ Troubadour
Dona Niche record release, Allah Las @ Alex's Bar
Sea Wolf, Yellow Red Sparks, Patrick Park @ Detroit Bar
Wednesday
Massive Attack, Martina Topley-Bird, Antipop Consortium @ The Wiltern
Broken Bells, The Morning Benders @ Henry Fonda Music Box
Caribou, Toro y Moi @ El Rey Theatre
Horse Feathers, Dawn Landes, Liz Pappademas @ Bootleg Theater
Sara Radle, Andrew Lynch, Correatown, C-Horse @ Spaceland
Thee Nathaniel Fregoso and The Bountiful Hearts, Allah Las @ Silver Lake Lounge
Henry Wolfe and Farmer Dave Scher w/ Jenny O, Matt Hopper, Jesse Macht @ The Hotel Café
Peroni Welcomes An LJAM Music Concert Series w/ Abused Romance, Standing Shadows, Adrian Vera, Avenue 52 @ Troubadour
Talib Kweli & Hi Tek @ House of Blues Sunset
Rob Roy, 87 Stick Up Kids, Lexicon Don, Dude Royal, Chris Young @ The Roxy
Thursday
Massive Attack, Martina Topley-Bird, Nite Jewel @ The Wiltern
Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros, Francis and The Lights @ UCLA's Royce Hall
Shout Out Louds, Freelance Whales, The Franks @ El Rey Theatre
Minus the Bear, Everest, Young the Giant @ Mayan Theater
Baron Von Luxxury, Diamonds Under Fire @ Silver Lake Lounge
Rats perform live soundtracks @ Echo Curio
Casxio, Vanaprasta, Symphonic Circles, Imagine Dragons, DJ Sam Sparo & Golden @ Troubadour
TD Lind, Ry Cuming, Terra Naomi, Tiff Randol and The Kingdom, Alicia Witt @ The Hotel Café
Full Clip (We Are One in a Million), Central, Team Classic, Mad Blunt, DJ Ez @ Mr. T's Bowl
Nashville Pussy, Cockpit, Riot Brides @ Key Club
Jonathan Richman @ DiPiazza's
Semi Sweet record release @ Detroit Bar
Green Jelly, Psychostick @ Brixton
Friday
Jon Brion @ Largo at the Coronet
The National, Ramona Falls @ The Wiltern
Shout Out Louds, Freelance Whales @ El Rey Theatre
Vienna Teng, Alex Wong, Sara Watkins @ McCabe's Guitar Shop
OK Go, Earl Greyhound, Debate Team @ Henry Fonda Music Box
Far, Dead Country, Volapike @ Troubadour
Shadow Shadow Shade, Red Cortez @ Bootleg Theater
Francis and The Lights, Teen Inc @ The Echo
The Drowning Men, The Pity Party, The Franks, The Damn Sons @ Spaceland
The Monthlies, The New Fidelity @ Casey's Irish Pub (FREE!)
2nd Annual LA Weekend feat. Ja Prawn @ Saban Theater
Heard Of Elephants presents Woah Hunx, Christmas Island, Tijuana Panthers @ Echo Curio
FEEL FREE, Monster Pussy, ROUNDABOUT, Thieves @ The Smell
Hello My Name is Red, Spider Problem, Aftergloam, Haunted Tigers, Chad Plates @ Mr. T's Bowl
Wow and Flutter, Timonium, The Lights From Here @ Pehrspace
Brother Sal, Dan Mangan, Right The Stars, Goldenstate, Joe Roncetti, Matt Taylor & His Laurels @ The Hotel Café
The Dan Band @ Club Nokia
John Butler Trio, State Radio @ House of Blues Sunset
Pete Rock, FOCI, Etienne, Honor Flow Pro, Hugh Augustine, Lifter O!mega @ Key Club
Tony Gilkyson @ Cinema Bar
Minus the Bear, Everest, Young the Giant @ The Glass House
Jonathan Richman @ DiPiazza's
Saturday
Jon Brion @ Largo at the Coronet
Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Joe Cocker @ Hollywood Bowl
The National, Ramona Falls @ The Wiltern
Kaki King, An Horse @ El Rey Theatre
The Baked Potato Jazz Club’s 40th Anniversary Jazz Festival @ John Anson Ford Amphitheatre
Silver Lake Jubilee 2010 feat. The Living Sisters, The Entrance Band, Nico Stai, Olin & the Moon, Big Whup, Tijuana Panthers, My Pet Saddle, The Black Apples, Spain, Eulogies, KILLSONIC, Mississippi Man, Dirt Bird, The Health Club, The Growlers and many more @ Myra Avenue (the corner of Hoover and Santa Monica to Fountain Avenue)
Patrick Watson, Yellow Red Sparks, Jason Karaban & Craig Elkins featuring Pete Thomas, Alec Gross @ The Hotel Café
The Chapin Sisters, I See Hawks in L.A. @ McCabe's Guitar Shop
Shooter Jennings & Hierophant, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real @ Troubadour
Clem Snide, Heligoats @ Spaceland
Chris Pureka's record release, Fences, One Trick Pony @ The Mint
Future Islands, Lower Dens, Superhumanoids, Pizza! @ The Smell
Tommy Santee Klaws, The Cobra Lilies, Cat Hair Ensemble @ HM 157
The Babies, Heavy Hawaii @ Echo Curio
Ovideo, Jack Ladder, Hotel St. George, Apes of Wrath, Taso, Pharmacy @ Mr. T's Bowl
Odelia, By Sunlight, Future Ghost, The break ups @ Pehrspace
Jonathan Richman @ DiPiazza's
Sunday
Silver Lake Jubilee 2010 feat. The Like, Foreign Born, Division Day, Voxhaul Broadcast, Dios, Wet & Reckless, Seasons, Downtown/Union, Timonium, Moses Campbell, Family of the Year, Tenlons Fort, Social Studies, So Many Wizards, Useless Keys @ Myra Avenue (the corner of Hoover and Santa Monica to Fountain Avenue)
Frightened Rabbit, Maps & Atlases, Our Brother The Native @ Henry Fonda Music Box
Robotanists, Alright Alright, Shattered Atom @ Dakota Live Music Lounge
Bonfire Madigan, Dubus, Patsy, The I's @ Bootleg Theater
Grand Ole Echo presents Groovy Rednecks, The Cheatin' Kind, Robert Black @ The Echo (FREE! Early Show; 5 PM)
Part Time Punks feat. Geneva Jacuzzi, Soft Metals @ The Echo
Danielle Ate The Sandwich, When The Broke Bow, Susurrus Station, Cafe Kids w/ Sara Bareilles & Chris Pierce @ The Hotel Café
Creed Bratton @ McCabe's Guitar Shop
Jonathan Richman @ DiPiazza's
Shirley Rolls, By Sunlight, Exploding Flowers @ The Que Sera
Bess Rogers, Lelia Broussard @ Saint Rocke
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