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Tonight In Rock: Brian Wilson, Jimmy Webb, William Elliott Whitmore, Benji Hughes
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Jimmy Webb will be playing tonight at Largo at the Coronet | Photo via Jimmy Webb's website
Our Pick: Jimmy Webb @ Largo at the Coronet
Tonight legendary Beach Boys front man Brian Wilson (LAist Interview, Review) will be performing at the Wiltern. Deep-blues troubadour William Elliott Whitmore is slated to play to a sold-out crowd at the El Rey Theatre with City and Colour. The rather prolific Charlotte-based singer-songwriter Benji Hughes will be gracing the stage at Spaceland for this week's edition of Club NME. Recent Kemado Records signees the Soft Pack (formerly known as the Muslims) will be rocking out at the Echo early in the night. The Silver Lake Lounge is hosting a handful of exemplary local acts like Divisadero, Tigers Can Bite You and the French Semester. And, lastly, Foreign Born side project Big Search will be coming through Three Clubs in Hollyweird. But we strongly suggest heading over to Largo at the Coronet to catch Oklahoma-bred singer-songwriter Jimmy Webb.
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Jimmy Webb - "The Highwayman"
Brian Wilson @ The Wiltern
Jimmy Webb @ Largo at the Coronet
City and Colour, William Elliott Whitmore @ El Rey Theatre (Sold-Out)
Club NME Presents: Benji Hughes, Other Lives, Vincent and Mr. Green @ Spaceland
The Soft Pack, The A.M. @ The Echo
French Semester, Moving Picture Show, Tigers Can Bite You, Divisadero @ Silverlake Lounge
Big Search, John Webster Johns @ Three Clubs
Lovers, The Cartographers, Rachel Cantu @ Echo Curio
Skull and Phones Presents: Imarobot, Ringside, Crash Kings @ The Roxy
Amy Ray (of Indigo Girls) @ Troubadour
Anjulie @ The Roosevelt
A Tribute to Ray Brown @ Walt Disney Concert Hall
No Culture w/ Guns N Bombs, Goddollars @ The Echo (Free before 11:00 PM)
Low End Theory Presents: The Glitch Mob, Mary Anne Hobbs @ Airliner
Swordfight, Torches in Trees, Max and The Marginalized @ Mr T's Bowl
His Orchestra, Superhumanoids, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Ethan Gold @ Bordello
The Rescues, Tony Lucca, Amy Speace, Jessica Sonner, Billy the Kid @ The Hotel Café
The Clumsy Lovers, The Deserters, Dave Gleason @ The Mint
Captain Sean Wheeler, Zander Schloss @ Redwood Bar & Grill
We Are the Fury, Giant State @ Viper Room
Luna is Honey, Zombelle, Combat!, JBTS @ Juanita's
Rotting Christ @ House of Blues Sunset
Boll Weevil, Julie Cain @ Taxi Lounge
Asa @ Fingerprints
DJ Danny Love @ Memphis
Dim Mak DJs: Heavy Accents, Filthy Soul, Jacob Lee @ Detroit Bar
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