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Tonight In Rock: Diplo, Steel Train, Friendly Fires, Dead Ponies

Photo by Matthew Craig for MJR
Our Pick: GO VOTE!
Tonight LA will pause for the election. However, dj/producer Diplo and LA rockers Abe Vigoda will be playing at the Echoplex. Dead Ponies will be playing at Spaceland for free! HoneyHoney (LAist Review, #2) will be performing at the Hotel Café. And, lastly, St. Albans own electro-pop sensation Friendly Fires will be gracing Cinespace in Hollyweird. But we suggest you take the night off to vote and watch the results of the election.
TI$A - "Vote Obama"
Diplo, Abe Vigoda, Telepathe, Boy 8-Bit @ Echoplex
Dead Ponies, Ashes Divide, The Catholic Comb @ Spaceland (Free!)
Artichoke @ Mr. T's Bowl
The Onion Election Party w/ Patton Oswalt @ Redwood Bar & Grill
Steel Train, Dear and the Headlights @ Troubadour
HoneyHoney, The Sweet Hurt, Miss Willie Brown @ The Hotel Café
Hinder @ The Wiltern
Friendly Fires @ Cinespace
Ingrid Michaelson @ House of Blues Anaheim
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