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Tonight In Rock: Leonard Cohen, Travis, Jon Brion, Monotonix

Monotonix will be playing tonight at Spaceland | Photo by Matt Craig for LAist
Our Pick: Monotonix, The Mae Shi, Anavan @ Spaceland $12
Tonight Canadian poet, novelist and singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen will be taking on a two-date stint at Club Nokia in Downtown. Scottish pop rockers Travis are poised to headline the Wiltern with LAist favorites the Republic Tigers (LAist Interview) in tow. As always, local producer/multi-instrumentalist Jon Brion (LAist Review) will be jamming with friends at Largo at the Coronet. And, lastly, Winnetka-bred experimental beat-maker Flying Lotus will be gracing the Echoplex. But we strongly suggest stopping by Spaceland to check out Israeli shock rock troupe Monotonix (LAist Review).
You can find these listings as well as the rest of the week's in our weekly Week In Rock post, which goes up every Sunday from here on out.
Monotonix - "Body Language"
Leonard Cohen @ Nokia Theatre $64 - $129
Travis, The Republic Tigers @ The Wiltern
Monotonix, The Mae Shi, Anavan @ Spaceland $12
Paul Dempsey of Something for Kate @ The Hotel Café (Early Show; 9 PM)
White Buffalo, Tommy King, Jason Karaban, Derren Raser @ The Hotel Café (Late Show; 11 PM)
Chelsea Girls, Prima Donna, Aimee Allen @ The Roxy $16.50
Rodney Thurman, Vandalay Industries, Aedose, A New Vice @ Knitting Factory (Main Stage)
The 2009 Iron Band Competition w/ Forty Years Late @ Knitting Factory (Front Stage) $13
The Grizzly Owls, Red & Purple, Ubyk @ Knitting Factory (AlterKnit Lounge) $8
Jon Brion @ Largo at the Coronet
Brent Weinback @ Largo at the Coronet (Little Room)
Seasons, Karin Tatoyan, The Hectors @ The Echo
Flying Lotus, Kode 9 @ Echoplex $12
El Ten Eleven, Firs, Gimme 5's @ Home Restaurant (At the new Home on Riverside)
Railcars, Former Ghosts, Br’er, Felt Drawings @ The Smell
Marvelous Toy, Amateurs, Correatown, Jack Wilson, Jr. @ pehrspace
Mikki and the Mauses, Non Plus, Randy Randall (of No Age) @ L’Keg Gallery
The Health Club, Pangea, Watercolor Paintings, Uggamugga, Joyce Manor @ Echo Curio
High Plains Crew, The Sundowners, Black Mission Mary, Chop Chop, Happy Dwarf @ Mr. T's Bowl
Humo Verde @ Juanita's Restaurant & Bar
The Dan Band @ Avalon (Early Show; 7 PM) $23 - $28
Holy Ghost!, Runaway, Destructo, Mr. White @ Avalon (Late Show; 10 PM) $18
The Resonant Heads, Easy Tiger @ Taxi Lounge
James Beauregard, Michael R. Harris, King Straggler @ Molly Malone's Irish Pub
Gustaf Heden, Rossana, Erin Alden, Dan and Leland @ Genghis Cohen
Scott Henderson Trio @ The Baked Potato
James Lee Stanley @ McCabe's Guitar Shop
Papa Grows Funk, The Bonedaddys @ The Mint
Pauline Laciste, Slips Into Space, Nettie Rose Freed, Jonny Y Nikita, Genevieve Lopez, Ryan Enis @ Room 5
Dark Star Orchestra @ El Rey Theatre
Truth Movement Live, Corey Feldman, Ed Begley Jr @ Key Club $20
The Disco Biscuits, Big Gigantic, Black LaBounty @ House of Blues Sunset
The Dirty Diamond, Iron Heel, Din Caliber, The Shrine, Moon Sassafras @ Troubadour
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs @ Gibson Amphitheatre
IO Echo, OK Go @ House of Blues Anaheim
Culver City Dub Collective, Roots of Creation @ Saint Rocke
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