Indie
El Rey Theatre
5515 Wilshire Blvd., L.A.Band leader Mark Oliver Everett stages a comeback with catchy yet soulful pop selections.
Troubadour
9081 Santa Monica Blvd., West HollywoodThe folky pals-of-Devendra are warming up for the release of their first covers album, "Thing of the Past," which'll tackle tunes from Townes Van Zandt and Loudon...
Troubadour
9081 Santa Monica Blvd., West HollywoodThe former blog-hype poster children have made good on their early buzz with fuzzy, adventurous new album "Walk It Off." Current blog-hype poster children White...
El Rey Theatre
5515 Wilshire Blvd., L.A.May 17, 2008 08:00PM
Echoplex
1154 Glendale Blvd., Los AngelesThe local indie-rock duo is prepping for the July 1 release of the sure-to-be-gloomy "Hymn & Her."
May 17, 2008 08:00PM
Troubadour
9081 Santa Monica Blvd., West HollywoodThe Indiana band's melodramatic murder ballads are as sinister as their name implies, but they're not without folk-rock tunefulness. Psych-folkers Dios (Malos) open.
May 18, 2008 08:00PM
Echoplex
1154 Glendale Blvd., Los AngelesThe Australian trio's "In Ghost Colours" updates New Order's synth-rock anthems for the electro era. Songs like "Lights and Music" couldn't be titled...
Echoplex
1154 Glendale Blvd., Los AngelesNever mind the reunions of the Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine and Swervedriver, this musical project from Antibes, France has been keeping the shoegaze flag flying...
May 20, 2008 08:00PM
Troubadour
9081 Santa Monica Blvd., West HollywoodArmed with a nicely named new release, "Do It!," this punk-inflected, organ-charged indie rock quartet is helping put Liverpool back on the map. Shearwater will...
May 20, 2008 09:00PM
El Rey Theatre
5515 Wilshire Blvd., L.A.The sparkling, falsetto-heavy space disco at the heart of the recent single "This Boy's in Love," is but one of the weapons in the arsenal of this electronic...
May 20, 2008 08:00PM
El Rey Theatre
5515 Wilshire Blvd., L.A.Like a sloppier, darker version of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, this Anglo-American duo brings sass and sex appeal to that hip intersection where post-punk, blues and garage rock meet.
May 21, 2008 08:00PM
The Echo
1822 W. Sunset Blvd., Los AngelesThe New York band's reverb-heavy latest, "Swimming," floats on with the best of the '80s revival set.
May 22, 2008 08:30PM
Safari Sam's
5214 W. Sunset Blvd., L.A.If you're in the mood for an angrier Interpol, Michigan indie-rockers the Von Bondies are your guys.
May 23, 2008 01:00AM
The Echo
1822 W. Sunset Blvd., Los AngelesAn Indianapolis octet whose name was inspired by "The Royal Tennenbaums," Margot is a lot like an indie flick — simultaneously earnest and ironic, quirky but...
May 24, 2008 08:30PM
Troubadour
9081 Santa Monica Blvd., West HollywoodRobert Fripp-influenced math rock guitars. Bloc Party-style dance rock rhythms. Television-like post-punk songs. It all gels nicely under the care of these self-described &...
May 24, 2008 09:00PM