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Tonight In Rock: Fool's Gold, Slang Chickens, Wet & Reckless, The Lonely Wild

Fool's Gold will be performing tonight at the Troubadour | Photo by Marianne Williams via Fool's Gold Myspace
Our Pick: Fool's Gold, Wallpaper, Rainbow^Arabia @ Troubadour
Tonight LA-bred rock and roll outfit Slang Chickens will be taking on Echo Curio. Local punk-tinged, lo-fi, all-girl trio Wet & Reckless are poised to perform for free, in-store at Origami Vinyl. And, lastly, local alt-rockers the Lonely Wild will be gracing the Silver Lake Lounge. But we strongly suggest heading over to the Troubadour to catch local afro-centric indie pop act Fool's Gold. LAist favorites, Echo Park's own electro dance duo Rainbow Arabia and Oakland-based Wallpaper are slated to kick things off.
Fool's Gold - "Nadine"
Slang Chickens - "Tropics"
Wet & Reckless - "New Guy"
The Lonely Wild - "Dead End"
Robyn Hitchcock @ Largo at the Coronet
Modeselektor, Destructo @ El Rey Theatre
Fool's Gold, Wallpaper, Rainbow^Arabia @ Troubadour
Wet & Reckless @ Origami Vinyl (FREE! Early Show; 7 PM)
Jim Jones Revue, The BellRays, Coasting @ The Echo
Cassorla, Strangers Family Band, Slang Chickens @ Echo Curio
Brass Bed, George Glass, Verb the Adjective Noun @ Spaceland
Honey Loving Cells, Go West Young Man, The Lonely Wild, The Ross Sea Party @ Silver Lake Lounge
The Dough Rollers,Jeremy Toback, Boom Boom Boom, T.J. Gibson feat. The George Lopez Band, Judson and Mary @ The Hotel Café
Hossanas @ The Smell
Fish Circus, Tommy Spase, Uberband, The Burning of Rome, Renfield @ Mr. T's Bowl
Dirty Projectors, Dominique Young Unique @ The Glass House
Muse, Passion Pit @ Honda Center
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