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Tonight In Rock: Erykah Badu, Dredg, Justin Townes Earle, Mike Stinson

People Under the Stairs will be playing tonight at UCLA Intramural Field | Picture via People Under the Stairs' Myspace
Our Pick: UCLA Jazz and Reggae Festival w/ Erykah Badu, De La Soul, Leela James, People Under the Stairs, Nino Moschella @ UCLA Intramural Field
Tonight Los Gatos-based prog rockers Dredg will be concluding a sold-out two-night stint at the Troubadour with Miami's own metal heads Torche in tow. Nashville-based country singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle is poised to take on McCabe's Guitar Shop in Santa Monica. And, lastly, local country troubadour Mike Stinson is poised to rock early on at Redwood Bar & Grill in Downtown. But we strongly suggest heading over to UCLA Intramural Field to catch the opening night of the Jazz & Reggae Festival. Not only will legendary multiple Grammy Award-winning soul singer-songwriter Erykah Badu be gracing us with her presence, but LAist favorites De La Soul, Nino Moschella and People Under the Stairs will be performing as well.
You can find these listings as well as the rest of the week's in our weekly Week In Rock post, which goes up every Sunday.
People Under the Stairs - "We'll Be There (10 Seconds Remix)"
UCLA Jazz and Reggae Festival w/ Erykah Badu, De La Soul, Leela James, People Under the Stairs, Nino Moschella @ UCLA Intramural Field
Flight Of The Conchords @ Greek Theatre (Sold-Out)
dredg, Torche, Judgement Day @ Troubadour
Brunch Americana w/ The Vaquetones, Mike Stinson, Dave Gleason @ Redwood Bar
Part Time Punks Smiths/Morrissey Night @ The Echo
James Webber & Sarah Carter, Alana Sweetwater, Lisa Parade, Kellin Watson @ The Hotel Café
Barrio Tiger @ Spaceland (Free!)
Graham Colton, Bryan Greenberg, Curtis Peoples @ Largo at the Coronet $20
Barrio Tiger @ Spaceland (Free)
Django James & the Midnight Squires, Picture Atlantic @ The Knitting Factory (Front Stage)
All Seeing Eye, Din Caliber, Mack Winston and the Reflections @ Space 15 Twenty
Gojira @ Key Club
Cromwell, Countless Hours, Kerusso, Stretford End, Across the Pacific @ The Roxy
Justin Townes Earle @ McCabe's Guitar Shop
We Shot The Moon @ Chain Reaction
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