9.19.2011 | 5:00 am

This Week’s Shows: Big Moves, Laura Marling, Junior Boys

Big Moves
Big Moves / photo by David Greenwald

As usual, here are my recs for the week:

Monday: You can see three of L.A.’s best unsigned bands at the Bootleg Bar tonight: Big Moves, LA Font and yOya. Free! Go, and give them money.

Tuesday: Laura Marling and U.K. colleagues Alessi’s Ark bring their must-see folk to the Troubadour.

Thursday: Systems Officer, a worth-your-time Pinback spin-off, plays the Echo.

Friday: Bright Eyes plays the appropriately melodramatic Hollywood Forever Cemetery; the Bird and the Bee’s Inara George plays the Bootleg.

Saturday: Junior Boys bring their crooner-electro to the El Rey. “Banana Ripple,” from spring’s It’s All True, remains a jam of the year contender.

Sunday: Every indie band we like and also TV on the Radio play the Pitchfork Music Festival the Hollywood Bowl, of all places. Can we retire “indie” yet?

  • JenJen

    support local LA artists/bands at TarFest this weekend (Sunday 9/25)! Hollywood Bowl looks awesome but if you can’t afford it this is FREE and has an amazing lineup including Everest, Saint Motel, and Obi Best. Food trucks, art installations, and more. 1pm-6pm http://tarfest.com/music.html