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Tonight In Rock: Os Mutantes, Gang Gang Dance, Learning Music, Big Moves

Learning Music will be playing tonight at Pehrspace | Photo via Learning Music's Myspace
Our Pick: Learning Music, Video, Rats @ Pehrspace
Tonight influential Brazilian psychedelic rock band Os Mutantes (LAist Review) will be headlining the Echoplex. NY-based experimental electronic act Gang Gang Dance are poised to take on the Troubadour with none other than local avante-gardist Ariel Pink. And, lastly, LA-based jazz-infused rockers Big Moves will be performing at the Mint. But we strongly suggest heading over to Pehrspace to catch local prolific songwriter John Wood, who performs under the pseudonym Learning Music.
You can find these listings as well as the rest of the week's in our weekly Week In Rock post, which (generally) goes up every Sunday.
Learning Music - "Nature's Cup"
Liza Minnelli @ Hollywood Bowl
Os Mutantes, DJ Nobody @ Echoplex
Gang Gang Dance, Ariel Pink @ Troubadour
Pete Yorn, Juliette Commagere, J.D. King @ Henry Fonda Music Box
Ted Leo and The Pharmacists, Jeff The Brotherhood @ The Echo
Hecuba, Lucky Dragons, Eat Tapes, Beast Cop @ The Smell
The Warlocks, The Morning After Girls, Gliss @ Spaceland
Junior Boys (DJ Set), Virgin Tears, Mr. White @ Avalon
The Frequency, Pollyn, Free the Robots, Big Moves @ The Mint
Jim Bianco, Common Rotation vs. The Dustbowl Cavaliers record release, Shaimus, Joel Eckels, Zachariah Kaler @ The Hotel Café
Learning Music, Video, Rats @ Pehrspace
Blue Jungle, UV Lights, Jungle Peeps, Okie Dokie @ L'KEG Gallery
Adam Willetts, M. Geddes Gengras, Yek Koo, VSLS @ Echo Curio
JJ Grey & Mofro, The White Buffalo @ El Rey Theatre
The Hundred Days, Actress, Ballerina Black @ Bootleg Theater
Tenacious D @ Largo at the Coronet
Great White @ House of Blues Sunset
The Ruse, Golden State, Deccatree, Middle Distance Runner @ The Viper Room
Tom Freund, Matt the Electrician, Jess Klein @ McCabe's Guitar Shop
Billy Corgan @ {open} (2226 East 4th Street, Long Beach)
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