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Tonight in Rock in LA - Banyan, Etta James, Tortoise

AFI @ Long Beach Arena
Y&T @ Vine Street
Banyan @ The Mint
Etta James @ The Canyon
Spoken Gun @ Malibu Inn
Neighborhood Bullies @ Taix
Kottonmouth Kings @ Vault 350
Ladykillers, Kleveland @ The Scene
Toshi Reagon, Blackcast @ On the Rox
Aisle 4, Dead City Sunday @ The Roxy
Have Another Monkey @ Lighthouse Cafe
Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands @ McCabe's
Tortoise, Saccharine Trust @ The Troubadour
Greg Laswell, The White Buffalo @ Hotel Cafe
Optimus, Totally Radd, Carlotta @ Whisky
The Lords of Altamont, The Letter Openers @ Safari Sam's
Hello Astronaut Goodbye Television, Black Black @ The Smell
Anavan, Teenage Talking Cars, The New Mother Fuckers @ The Echo
photo by catch & release via flickr
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