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Tonight In Rock: El Ten Eleven, Sea Of Cortez, Dirt Dress, The Black Apples

The Sea of Cortez will be performing tonight at the Silver Lake Lounge | Photo by Matt Cooper via the Sea of Cortez's Myspace
Our Pick: Chasing Kings, Sea of Cortez, The Colourist, Surfwitch @ Silver Lake Lounge
Tonight local experimental two-man band El Ten Eleven will be performing for free, in-store at Origami Vinyl. LA-based garage rock outfit Dirt Dress will be headlining Spaceland. And, lastly, Echo Park's own psych-rockers Black Apples will be gracing the Echo with none other than LA Font, LA-based pop quartet Oh Darling, and Long Beach-bred one-man band Nima Kazeroun, who performs under the pseudonym So Many Wizards. But we strongly suggest heading over to the Silver Lake Lounge to catch local indie rock quintet the Sea of Cortez, who are touring in anticipation of their yet-to-be-released studio debut, 2010's Make It Sound.
The Sea of Cortez - "The Shores"
El Ten Eleven - "Hot Cakes"
Dirt Dress - "Stray Cats"
LA Font - "Fine Lines"
So Many Wizards - "Fine Lines"
El Ten Eleven @ Origami Vinyl (FREE! Early Show; 7 PM)
Dirt Dress, Audacity, Cosmonauts, Tomorrows Tulips @ Spaceland
Chasing Kings, Sea of Cortez, The Colourist, Surfwitch @ Silver Lake Lounge
The Black Apples, LA Font, Oh Darling, So Many Wizards @ The Echo
The Rocket Summer: Bryce Avary, his instruments and your voices, Here Is We @ Troubadour
Aimee Allen, Heather Donovan record release, Ed Vallance, Dana Parish, Katy Steele @ The Hotel Café
Captain Ahab, LACO$TE, Oscillator, I.E. @ Pehrspace
Jeff Buckley Tribute @ Largo at the Coronet
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