HELLBAT!@ Echo

8:30pm / $5 / 18+

Black Crystal Wolf Kids ||Watch
The Black Crystal Wolf Kids are the first-ever indie-rock tribute act, playing your favorite songs of right now. Black Crystal Wolf Kids: ’cause there’s nothing ironic about singing along.

Bikos ||Listen || Watch
“bikos sounds like the most fun you can have without getting sponsored at happy hour, or without selling your soul to the synth devil. The Los Angeles art-punks new album “Make Your Sound Sound” binges on the pummeling rhythms and ecstatic licks of the B-52′s, Talking Heads and other bands who made the clamorous glamorous. Whether they’re shouting or singing, banging the drums or clanging the glockenspiel, the sextet of Gabriel Pearlman, Austin Wester, Jaron Halmy, Daniel Hur, Dave Jones and Michaella Burton pack their debut album with electric moments. “Make Your Sound Sound” (out this week) was made in concert with producer Dean Nelson, who’s done studio work for Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, Thurston Moore and Jamie Lidell, among others, and who took a shine to Bikos after his wife was passed the band’s demos. The results: Spazzy, smart songs that’ll hook you from head to toe.” -Kevin Bronson, BuzzbandsLA

The Ghost Trade ||Listen || Watch
Two sets of brothers from Los Angeles. Former/current members of Calico, The Cairo Gang, Cola Wars, The Planck Length, Say No To The Microchip, Think Alike, White Arrows.