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Tonight In Rock: Kid Cudi, And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Ladyhawke, Mickey Avalon

Ladyhawke will be playing tonight at the Troubadour | Picture via Ladyhawke's Myspace
Our Pick: Ladyhawke, Jeppe @ Troubadour (Sold-Out)
Tonight Cleveland-bred rapper and GOOD Music signee Kid Cudi will be performing at Cinespace. Hollywood-based rapper Mickey Avalon is poised to flow at the Roxy. And, lastly, Austin's own art rockers ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead will be gracing the Echoplex. Our sources tell us that the show will be recorded for Spaceland Recordings. But we strongly suggest doing whatever it takes to get into the Troubadour to catch one of New Zealand's most prepossessing and tuneful singer-songwriters Ladyhawke.
Ladyhawke - "My Delirium (Dan Death Remix)"
Kid Cudi @ Cinespace
And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Funeral Party, Midnight Masses @ The Echoplex
Ladyhawke, Jeppe @ Troubadour (Sold-Out)
The Lovemakers @ The Bordello
Vital Transformation, Stab City, Narwhal Party @ L'Keg Gallery
Skid Row @ Key Club
Traditionist, So Many Wizards, Furcast, Roughed Up Folk @ Silver Lake Lounge
M. Barkley Green's Working Jazz Trio, Kathleen Grace @ Home (Free! At the new Home on Riverside)
Ollin, Speedbuggy @ Spaceland
Mickey Avalon, The Pricks @ The Roxy
Bonebrake Syncopators, Nutty @ The Echo (Early and Late Shows; 9 PM and 11 PM)
West of Texas @ Redwood Bar & Grill
Jason Webley, Sxip Shirley @ Echo Curio
Josh Kelley, Chris & Thomas, Bryan Master, Ethan Gold, Shane Gamble @ The Hotel Café
Kap Bambino, Destructo, We Are the World @ The Viper Room
Moving Hearts @ Royce Hall at UCLA
David Archuleta @ Glass House
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