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Tonight In Rock: The Used, Inara George, Bishop Allen, Sara Watkins

Bishop Allen will be performing tonight at the Echoplex | Photo by Sebastian Mlynarski via Bishop Allen's Myspace
Our Pick: Bishop Allen, Throw Me the Statue, Darwin Deez @ Echoplex
Tonight Utah-based alternative rock outfit the Used will be headlining the Wiltern with Florida-bred Underoath side project the Almost. The Bird and the Bee front woman Inara George is poised to take on the Bootleg Theater. And, lastly, Nickel Creek fiddler Sara Watkins (LAist Interview) will be gracing Largo at the Coronet. But we strongly suggest heading over to the Echoplex to catch Brooklyn-based indie rocker Bishop Allen. Seattle-based indie pop act Throw Me The Statue are slated to perform as well.
Bishop Allen - "The Lion & The Teacup"
The Used, Drive A, The Almost @ The Wiltern
Bishop Allen, Throw Me the Statue, Darwin Deez @ Echoplex
Lisa Hannigan, Annie Stela @ Troubadour
Mat Kearney, Vedera @ Henry Fonda Music Box
Inara George, Eleni Mandell, Ferraby Lionheart, Daniel Martin Moore @ Bootleg Theatre
Exene Cervenka, Sara Watkins @ Largo at the Coronet
60 Watt Kid's record release, Best Coast, Gowns, Tearists @ The Echo
The Sweet Kill, Bone Gunn, Kozmonaut, Little Birds of Los Angeles @ Spaceland
Via Tania, Rachel Cantu, Penelope Fortier, Sonus Quartet @ Bordello
Wake Up Lucid's record release, The Muddy Reds, Chief Nowhere, The Daredevil Christopher Wright @ Silver Lake Lounge
Caitlin Crosby, Ari Hest, Brother Sal, Kevin Earnest @ The Hotel Café
Captain Ahab, Best Fwends, Totally Michael, I.E. @ The Smell
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