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Tonight In Rock: Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses, The Autumn Defense, Tijuana Panthers, Nightfur

Tijuana Panthers will be performing tonight at Origami Vinyl | Picture taken by Rachel Carr for LAist
Our Pick: Tribute to The Nerves w/ Tijuana Panthers, Audacity, Neverever @ Origami Vinyl (FREE!)
Tonight Texas-bred American Academy Award-winning singer/songwriter Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses will be headlining the El Rey Theatre in support of his third studio-album—2010's T Bone Burnett-produced Junky Star. Chicago-based multi-instrumentalist folk rockers the Autumn Defense are poised to take on the Troubadour.
And, lastly, local psych-tinged indie rockers Nightfur will be gracing the hole-and-corner Pehrspace. But we strongly suggest heading over to Origami Vinyl to catch Long Beach's own surf punk trio Tijuana Panthers. LAist favorites, LA-by-way-of-Glasgow retro 50s/60s pop outfit Neverever are slated to kick things off.
Tijuana Panthers - "Creature"
Neverever - "Young and Dumb"
The Muffs, John Wicks and the Record @ The Satellite
Forgetters, Street Eaters, Dangers @ The Echo
The Autumn Defense, Jonathan Wilson @ Troubadour
Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses, The Silent Comedy @ El Rey Theatre
Tribute to The Nerves w/ Tijuana Panthers, Audacity, Neverever @ Origami Vinyl (FREE!)
Religious Girls and more @ The Smell
Nightfur, Black Nile, The Breakups @ Pehrspace
The Lexingtons and Therapy Session @ Lot 1 Cafe
Tony Lucca w/ Jerad Finck, Joe Gil, Love in the Circus, Beth Thornley, Adam Faucett @ The Hotel Café
The Super Bees @ Redwood Bar & Grill
Scott Kelly & Wino and Texas Death Star @ The Viper Room
The Still Life @ The Roxy
The Dustbowl Revival @ The Mint
Sander Kleinenberg @ Avalon
Pierre Bensusan @ McCabe’s Guitar Shop
Loudon Wainwright III, Shawn Colvin @ Valley Performing Arts Center
Cradle of Filth @ Fox Theater Pomona
Conspirator @ House of Blues Sunset
Reverend Horton Heat @ House of Blues Anaheim
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