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Tonight In Rock: Jonas Brothers, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Azure Ray, The Parson Red Heads

Blitzen Trapper will be playing tonight at the Echo | Photo by Jade Harris via Blitzen Trapper's Myspace
Our Pick: Blitzen Trapper, The Parson Red Heads @ The Echo (Late Show; 7 PM)
Tonight Disney's bastard children the Jonas Brothers are performing at the newly renovated Hollywood Palladium. Speaking of the younger demographic, please be good to your children. Take them to experience substantive, thought-provoking music like that of the Parson Red Heads (LAist Review, #2) and the Henry Clay People (LAist Review, #2), who will be performing at the Echo early on for Kidrockers. As always, you must have a child in tow to gain admission. Local singer-songwriter extraordinaire Charlie Wadhams will be concluding a month-long residency at Tangier in Los Feliz. And, lastly, Nebraskan indie pop duo Azure Ray (LAist Interview) will be gracing the Troubadour with Cursive front man Tim Kasher and local folk rockers Whispertown 2000 (LAist Interview, Review, #2). But we strongly suggest you head over to the Echo later on in the night for Portland's own experimental folk maestros Blitzen Trapper (LAist Interview). The busy bees in Parson Red Heads are slated to open, making a grand total of two appearances in one night at one venue.
Blitzen Trapper - "Hey Joe (Jimi Hendrix Cover)"
Jonas Brothers @ Hollywood Palladium
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony @ Club Nokia (Sold-Out)
Azure Ray, Tim Kasher, Whispertown 2000 @ Troubadour
Kidrockers Presents: The Parson Red Heads, The Henry Clay People @ The Echo (Early Show; 1 PM)
Blitzen Trapper, The Parson Red Heads @ The Echo (Late Show; 7 PM)
Part Time Punks @ The Echo (Late late Show)
Charlie Wadhams, All Spots to Black @ Tangier
Alex and Sam (LAist Review) @ The Hotel Café
Surgeon Marta, Hello From Reno, Waterlaso, The Beeters, JR, & All Destroyed Moments @ Mr T's Bowl
Demo Team, Hi, My Name Is Guy, Voice On Tape, Flowers And Bulls @ The Scene
Ill Nino, Otep, Walls of Jericho @ Key Club
Tomorrows Bad Seeds, Iration, Mudluscious @ House of Blues Sunset
Sisters of Mercy @ House of Blues Anaheim
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