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Tonight In Rock: John Legend, Warpaint, Sara Lov, Ida Maria

Brother Reade will be playing tonight at the Echoplex | Photo by Joshua Pressman for LAist
Our Pick: Warpaint, Brother Reade, Crooked Cowboy @ Echoplex
Tonight virtuosic R&B singer-songwriter John Legend will be performing at the Gibson Amphitheatre. Hawaiian-born singer-songwriter Sara Lov is continuing her month-long residency at Spaceland with LAist favorites Learning Music. If you missed Norwegian rock songstress Ida Maria last night, then you can catch her one last time at the Viper Room. And, lastly, it's beginning to appear as though country artist Mike Stinson is to Redwood Bar & Grill as Jon Brion is to Largo; He's practically playing any given day of the month. But we urge you to head over to the Echoplex to catch Eastside buzz band Warpaint's record release show. LA locals Brother Reade (LAist Interview, Review) and Crooked Cowboy are slated to kick off the show.
Brother Reade - "Invasion Of Eight Legs"
John Legend @ Gibson Amphitheatre
Warpaint, Brother Reade, Crooked Cowboy @ Echoplex
Ida Maria, Gliss @ Viper Room
Sara Lov, Learning Music, Modwheelmood, Pink Mochi @ Spaceland
Mike Stinson, Dave Gleason @ Redwood Bar & Grill
Coby Brown, Justin Hopkins @ The Hotel Café
Living Dead Lights, Krash Karma, Sunset Black, Judge Jackson @ Troubadour
Necro @ Whisky A Go Go
Andrew Jackson Jihad, Dan Janish, K Gholie, Roman Candles, Joyce Manor @ Echo Curio
NeverTree, Vast Atlantic @ The Scene
8mm, Adam Stern, Chioke Dmachi, The Starters, RPG Magnet @ The Mint
Gabriel Alegria @ Jazz Bakery
Aushua, The Sweet Sweet Things, Venus Infers, Stereofix @ Detroit Bar
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