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Tonight In Rock: Nico Stai, Alex & Sam, Rumspringa, Wait. Think. Fast.

Rumspringa will be playing tonight at the Viper Room | Picture by Koga for LAist
Our Pick: Dirt Dress, The 1921A, Rumspringa, Restavrant @ The Viper Room
Tonight LA-based indie rocker Nico Stai will be taking on the second night of a month-long residency at Spaceland. Local jazz-infused pop duo Alex & Sam (LAist Interview, Review) are poised to grace the Hotel Café. And, lastly, Echo Park-bred quartet Wait. Think. Fast. will be headlining the Echo. But we strongly suggest heading over to the Viper Room to catch the bluesy rock duo Rumspringa (LAist Review, #2). The equally rollicking duo Restavrant is slated to kick things off.
Rumspringa - "I Run Amiss"
Dirt Dress, The 1921A, Rumspringa, Restavrant @ The Viper Room
Nico Stai, The Shys @ Spaceland (Free!)
Alex & Sam, Juliana Raye, Danielle French @ The Hotel Café
Spider Problem, The Dead Ponies, & Obedient Waves @ The Roxy
The Binges, Kissing Tigers, Pink Mochi @ The Silver Lake Lounge
Michael Gira, Larkin Grimm @ Echoplex
Larkin Grimm @ Echo Curio
Future Stars and Small Wonders, Bizzart, Pizza!, Walter Gross, Big Epoch, K!X 2.0 @ Pehrspace
Wait.Think.Fast., Summer Darling, Shiloe, Two Guns @ The Echo (Free!)
Bad Fathers, Stemlife, lojic @ Scene Bar
Wylde Bunch @ Bordello
Jesse McCartney @ House of Blues Sunset
Steel Panther @ Key Club
James Williams of The Williams Brothers Band @ The Cat Club
Montana Skies @ String Project Los Angeles
Cut Copy, Matt & Kim @ Glass House
Aushua, Cheetahsaurus @ Detroit Bar
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