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Tonight In Rock: Ed Harcourt, Castledoor, Mika Miko, White Hinterland

The Strange Boys will be playing tonight at the Smell | Photo by Joshua Pressman for LAist
Our Pick: Mika Miko, The Strange Boys, Cerebral Balzy, PROTECTME @ The Smell
Tonight East Sussex-bred singer-songwriter Ed Harcourt (LAist Interview) will be performing at Bordello with none other than Nicole Simone. Local indie pop outfit Castledoor (LAist Review, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6) will be closing out a month-long residency at Spaceland. And, lastly, Portland's own indie pop songstress Casey Dienel, or rather White Hinterland, is poised to grace Echo Curio. LA-based noise/punk outfit Mika Miko (LAist Review) are poised to headline the Smell. LAist favorites the Strange Boys (LAist Review, #2) are slated to kick things off.
Have no fear! Week In Rock will be going up later today.
The Strange Boys - "Baby Please Don't Go"
Ani DiFranco @ Orpheum Theatre
John Vanderslice, The Tallest Man on Earth @ Troubadour
Ed Harcourt, The Langley Sisters, Nicole Simone @ Bordello
Castledoor @ Spaceland
Oliver Future, Casxio, All Wrong and the Plans Changed, Radars to the Sky @ The Echo
Mika Miko, The Strange Boys, Cerebral Balzy, PROTECTME @ The Smell
White Hinterland, Prince Rama of Ayodah @ Echo Curio
Vienna Teng, Katie Herzig, Sally Jaye, Jesse Harris, Alexa Woodward @ The Hotel Café
Mia Maestro and Aaron Robinson, Fort King, Stepfather, Diako Diakov @ Silver Lake Lounge
Zombelle, Lily Marlene, Dalmacio Diamond, Double Dagger, The Choke @ Women (1852 Crenshaw Blvd., Los Angeles)
Amie Miriello, Natalie Davidson @ Molly Malone's Irish Pub
Stacy Clark, The New Limbs, The Princeton Review @ Detroit Bar
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