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Tonight in Rock: 1921a, Cat Power, Donita Sparks

Use Last.Fm? Thanks to LAist reader, thecoloured, you can join our new LAist Last.Fm group! If you're staying Westside tonight, check out the hybrid jazz-alt-folk band, 1921a, at McCabe's Guitar Shop. They'll be there with Matt Taylor and his Laurels.
Cat Power and the Dirty Delta Blues @ The Wiltern
MSTRKRFT With DJ Z-Trip, La Riots and Diabetic @ Henry Fonda
Spindrift, Spirit Army, Moonrats, Restaurant @ Spaceland
Blitzen Trapper, Grand Archives, Fleet Foxes @ Troubadour
Tilly and the Wall, Capgun Coup, Daniel Ahearn @ The Echo
What Made Milwaukee Famous @ El Cid
Donita Sparks & the Stellar Moments, 400 Blows, Ninja Academy @ Safari Sam's
Pancho Sanchez @ The Mint
The 1921A, Matt Taylor & His Laurels @ McCabe's
Photo of 1921a via their MySpace page
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