Events This Weekend: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Sparks, Flogging Molly…
By Lindsey Darden
- Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Friday, February 13 | 8:00 pm | Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY – Map | The Brooklyn-based band will be on familiar stomping grounds, headlining the Sounds Like Brooklyn Music Festival at the Howard Gilman Opera House. Chairlift and Scary Mansion (self-love child of Leah Hayes) are also on the bill. For ticket info, call (718) 636-4100 extn. 1.
- The Eric McFadden Trio | Saturday, February 13 | 9:30 pm | 21+ | Cafe Du Nord, San Francisco, CA – Map | The charged-up multi-genre inspired band (have a listen if you don’t believe) will also be joined by The New Up and Garrin Benfield. Click here for tickets.
- Sparks | Saturday, February 14 | 8:00 pm | $17-$40 | Royce Hall UCLA, Los Angeles, CA – Map | Brothers Ron and Russell Mael return to their roots in Los Angeles to showcase their quirky style and broad spectrum of genre, from early 70′s works to new material from their lastest album, “Exotic Creatures of the Deep”. Click here for tickets.
- The Bolts | Sunday, February 15 | 7:00 pm | $20 | The Roxy, West Hollywood, CA – Map | The Orange County-based band is rich in their respective local scene, displaying a fresh indie rock style while at times simultaneously channeling puppy love crooners of the fifties. They will be promoting their debut album, “Like a Fantasy”. The evening will also feature a performance from the Ballas Hough Band. Click here for tickets.
- Flogging Molly | Sunday, February 15 | 7:30 pm | $29.50 | Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, NY – Map | The band continues along on their 2009 Green 17 Tour with special guests, reggae/ska-influenced The Aggrolites. Click here for tickets.
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