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Tonight In Rock: Dropkick Murphys, Jon Brion, Thurston Moore, Ryan Lindsey

Ryan Lindsey will be playing tonight at the Hotel Café | Picture via Ryan Lindsey's Myspace
Our Pick: Ryan Lindsey, Andy Clockwise, Ragsy, The Widows, Deerheart, Wendy Darling @ The Hotel Café
Tonight Massachusetts-based Celtic punk rockers Dropkick Murphys will be headlining the Hollywood Palladium. Local producer/multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire Jon Brion (LAist Review) is poised to jam with friends at Largo at the Coronet, of course. And, lastly, famed Sonic Youth front man Thurston Moore will be annihilating eardrums at the Smell. But we strongly suggest heading over to the Hotel Café to catch Oklahoma-bred singer-songwriter Ryan Lindsey.
Ryen Lindsey - "Summertime"
Dropkick Murphys, H20, Civet @ Hollywood Palladium
The Game, Clyde Carson, Nipsey Hussle @ Club Nokia (Sold-Out)
Donavon Frankenreiter, Gary Jules @ The Roxy
Jon Brion @ Largo at the Coronet
Mike Stinson @ Cinema Bar in Culver City
Murder By Death, The Builders and the Butchers, Fake Problems @ Troubadour
Broken Spindles, Rainbow^Arabia @ The Echo
Thurston Moore, The Haters, Dead Machines, Hive Mind, Randy Yau, David Scott Stone @ The Smell
Sara Lov, Manuok, Horse Stories @ Home Restaurant (Free!)
Ryan Lindsey, Andy Clockwise, Ragsy, The Widows, Deerheart, Wendy Darling @ The Hotel Café
Falsetto Teeth, The Eternal Triangle @ Mr T's Bowl
Split Lip Rayfield, Sarah Gayle Meech @ Spaceland
The Franks, Mega Wand, Kill Kill Kill Bestial Mouths @ Pehrspace
Correatown, Red Maids, The Gift Machine @ Echo Curio
Pizza!, PROTECTME @ L'KEG
The One AM Radio, One Trick Pony, The Physics of Meaning @ Temporary Spaces
Wayward Sons, The Stone Foxes @ The Mint
Blackcowboy, Jane Carrey, Nick Howard, Six Foot Nurse @ Molly Malone's Irish Pub
Libby Lavella @ Largo at the Coronet (Little Room)
The Gears, Prima Donna, Standard & Poor @ Redwood Bar & Grill
Michael Landau Band @ The Baked Potato
Fischerspooner (DJ set), Danger @ Avalon
Dada, Malbec, The Ruse @ House of Blues Sunset
Army of Kings @ The Viper Room (Free!)
The Dailies @ Genghis Cohen
Blitzkid, Cemetery Sex Cult, Murderland, White Coffin Terror, Goodbye To Sunlight, The Scurvy Kids @ Knitting Factory (Main Stage)
Quadra & BunnyEdge Records Presents: BLAZE Featuring DJ Naoto Fukushima @ Knitting Factory (Front Stage)
Gentlemen Prefer Blood, Ready The Jet, The Van Buren Boys, Cheap Times @ Knitting Factory (AlterKnit Lounge)
Vinny Golia, Z'EV @ Steven Allen Theatre
The Hash Assassins @ Relax Bar
Letha Lungs @ The Palmer Room
DJ Oggy @ Blue Moon
Les Blanks, Amateurs, The Voyeurs, The Well Digger's Banquet @ Old Towne Pub
Carolina Chocolate Drops @ Beckman Auditorium
The Martini Kings @ The Americana
Legion of Disco 2 w/ Andy butler (Hercules & love affair), Pat Mahoney (LCD Soundsystem) @ Club 740
Gabriel Angel @ Mama Juana's
Fallbrooke @ Musician's Institute
Blue Rodeo @ McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Z-Tribe @ Harvelle's
Threat Fest II w/ Blood Thirsty System, Mundo Muerto, Warren, Doom Siren, Bloody Phoenix, Nux Vomica, Iskra, Phobia @ The Cobalt Cafe
Ninja Academy @ Dipiazza's
Spindrift @ The Art Theatre
Pennywise, Authority Zero @ Glass House
Musink w/ Reverend Horton Heat, Nekromantix, Manic Hispanic @ OC Fair & Event Center
Tijuana Panthers, Crocodiles @ La Cave
VoicesVoices, Corridor, Alexandra Hope @ World Gallery
The Oak Ridge Boys @ Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts
Gary 84 @ The Crest
Lal Meri @ The Shore
Delta Nove, Charlie Hitchcock, Groove Session @ Saint Rocke
Robots and Empires @ Royal Hawaiian
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