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Tonight in Rock: Daniel Lanois, Airborne Toxic, Tokyo Police

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Wow. Lots to choose from. Enough talk, more music.
The Short List
Daniel Lanois @ The Vista Theatre
The Datsuns, The Eagles, Angus Khan @ Spaceland
Tokyo Police Club, We Barbarians, Eagle Seagull @ Troubadour
The Watkins Family Hour @ Largo
Red Sparowes, Russian Circles @ Echoplex
The Valley Arena, White Chocolate, Dirty Diamond @ Knitting Factory
Alex & Sam, Tenlons Fort, Tom Freund, Tom Baxter, Steve Carlson @ Hotel Cafe
The Airborne Toxic Event, The Soft Hands, Coco B's @ Sachi Bar (Long Beach)
The Chapin Sisters @ Amoeba Records
Bob Schneider, Tina Dico, Jay Thomas @ Safari Sam's
Pennywise CD release, The Darlings @ Key Club
Minor Canon @ The Echo
Thursday Resident (see all March residencies here)
theSTART @ Crash Mansion ($5), South Park (Downtown)
On TV
Allison Moorer @ Jay Leno
Black Tide @ Jimmy Kimmel
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