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Tonight In Rock: Sunset Rubdown, Foreign Born, Sneaky Sound System, The Parson Red Heads
Foreign Born will be playing tonight at Vacation | Photo by Emily Ulmer via Foreign Born's Myspace
Our Pick: Foreign Born record release @ Vacation (4679 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles; 7 PM)
Tonight Wilco and Dinosaur Jr. will be doing their "thing," respectively. Québécois indie rockers Sunset Rubdown, which began as a solo project for Spencer Krug of Wolf Parade, will be headlining the Echoplex. LA's finest pop rockers the Parson Red Heads (LAist Review, #2, #3) are poised to grace On The Rox at the Roxy in Hollywood with the Boat People and the Picture. And, lastly, Sydney-based electro pop sensation Sneaky Sound System will be performing at Cinespace. But we strongly suggest heading over to your friendly vinyl vendor Vacation to catch local indie rock outfit Foreign Born, who will be ringing in their second full length to date—2009's Person to Person.
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.
Foreign Born - "Winter Games"
Dinosaur Jr. @ Troubadour
Wilco, Jonathan Wilson @ The Wiltern (Sold-Out)
Sunset Rubdown, Elfin Saddle, Witchies @ Echoplex $13
Foreign Born record release @ Vacation (4679 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles)
Sneaky Sound System, Poirier, Anna Lunoe @ Cinespace
The Parson Red Heads, The Boat People, The Pictures @ On The Rox at The Roxy
Chop Chop @ Dakota Live Music Lounge
George Ellias, Paige Stark, Shakey Graves @ Spaceland
The Greg Proops Show w/ John C. Reilly, Mike Viola @ Largo at the Coronet $25
The Veronicas @ Henry Fonda Music Box (Sold-Out)
Occidental Brothers, The Blasting Company @ The Echo $10
The Sweet Sweet Things, The Wheel, Carrick Moore @ Silver Lake Lounge
Cryptacize, Wounded Lion, Missincinatti, Emily Lacy @ Echo Curio
Raining Jane, Rusty Anderson, Coby Brown, Sweet Talk Radio, Courtney Ariel @ The Hotel Café
Acid Girls single release @ Arena
Super Smash Bros, [Post-Foetus], Mini Mansions @ The Roxy
Garland @ Crane's Hollywood Tavern
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