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Tonight In Rock: Jon Brion, The Bad Plus, Robert Francis, Oliver Future

The Bad Plus will be playing tonight at the Mint | Picture via the Bad Plus' Myspace
Our Pick: The Bad Plus, Wendy Lewis @ The Mint
Tonight local producer/multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire Jon Brion (LAist Review) will be jamming with friends at Largo at the Coronet. LA-bred singer-songwriter Robert Francis (LAist Interview) is poised to perform at Home Restaurant. Although we recommend going merely for the images, the second night of Exposure, a local photography exhibition which takes place at Meet Mix Mogul, boasts performances by One Trick Pony, the Voyeurs (LAist Interview) and the Monolators (LAist Review, #2). And, lastly, LA-by-way-of-Austin indie rockers Oliver Future will be gracing Spaceland. But we strongly suggest heading over to the Mint to catch avant-garde jazz trio the Bad Plus. They will be joined by vocalist Wendy Lewis to perform songs from their forthcoming disc of covers, 2009's For All I Care.
The Bad Plus - "Lost of Love (Live in Berlin 04/22/06 Bootleg)"
Tom Jones @ Club Nokia
Jon Brion @ Largo at the Coronet
Robert Francis @ Home Restaurant (Free! At the new Home on Riverside)
The Bad Plus, Wendy Lewis @ The Mint
Fools Gold, BLK JKS @ Natural History Museum
The Klezmatics @ Royce Hall at UCLA
Moving Units, Rumspringa, Them Jeans @ El Rey Theatre
Exposure w/ The Voyeurs, One Trick Pony, The Monolators @ Meet Mix Mogul
Oliver Future, Dirty Sweet, He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister @ Spaceland
Kath Bloom, Little Wings, Mia Doi Todd, Lee Baggett @ McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Mago De Oz @ Hollywood Palladium
Visa, Peggy Sue & the Soupafly Four, Valley Circle, Messiah @ Troubadour
Armored Saint, Death Angel @ Key Club
The Daylights, The Pleasant Return @ House of Blues Sunset
Rats, Orlando Greenhill, Donut, Rafe Mandel @ The Smell
Paging Beto, Custom Made Scare, The Memphis Kings, Dale Peterson @ Redwood Bar & Grill
Billy Boy On Poison, Vas Defrans @ The Roxy
Kevin Saunderson @ Avalon
Pedestrian, Nevertree, Until June, Tim Bader, Civalis @ The Hotel Café
Amy Loftus @ Room 5
Clementine @ Crane's Hollywood Tavern
The Soul of John Black @ Cafe Boogaloo
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Carletta Sue Kay, Fauxfoe, Dorian Wood @ Pehrspace
Better Talk Now, Million Kids, Landfill, Gary 84, Blitzkatz, Carnage Asada @ Relax Bar
Brian Buckley Band @ PLAY!
Jac @ The Joint
Tightrope @ San Pedro Brewing Company
Slavic Soul Party! @ Air Conditioned Supper Club
Deep 6 Holiday, eENIK @ Good Hurt Club
Fat City Reprise, Opus Dai @ O'Brien's Irish Pub
Wild Ginger Kitchen, Jason Health and the Greedy Souls, Day of the Outlaw, The Widows, The Middle Class @ Mr T's Bowl
Bob Burns and the Breakups @ Hot Topic in Glendale
Craic Haus @ Auld Dubliner
Acoustic Minds, Marv Ellis and his Imaginary Friends, Niayh @ Santa Monica Bar & Grill
The Spinners @ The Grove of Anaheim
Estelle @ House of Blues Anaheim
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