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Tonight In Rock: Tim Kasher, Nosaj Thing, The Soft Pack, Sonny & The Sunsets
Tennis will be performing tonight at the Echo | Picture via Tennis' Myspace
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Tennis will be performing tonight at the Echo | Picture via Tennis' Myspace
Our Pick: Sonny & the Sunsets, Tennis, The Belle Brigade @ The Echo
Tonight Cursive front man Tim Kasher will be headlining the Bootleg Theater. Local electronic mastermind Nosaj Thing is poised to take on the El Rey Theatre with South Carolina-bred experimental electro pop maestro Chaz Budnick, who performs under the moniker Toro Y Moi. And, lastly, San Diegan garage rockers the Soft Pack will be gracing the Echoplex with Philadelphia-based singer-songwriter Kurt Vile and the Violators. But we strongly suggest heading over to the Echo to catch San Franciscan "beach-pop" quartet Sonny & the Sunsets. LAist favorites, Denver's own husband-wife duo Tennis are slated to kick things off.
Tennis - "Take Me Somewhere"
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Sonny & The Sunsets - "Too Young To Burn"
Tim Kasher - "Cold Love"
Nosaj Thing - "1685/Bach"
Toro Y Moi - "Blessa"
The Soft Pack - "Extinction"
Kurt Vile - "Freeway"
KT Tunstall, Hurricane Bells @ The Music Box at the Henry Fonda Theater
Tim Kasher, Darren Hanlon @ Bootleg Theater
Erin McKeown @ Largo at the Coronet
Nosaj Thing, Toro y Moi, Jogger @ El Rey Theatre
The Soft Pack, Kurt Vile and The Violators, Purling Hiss @ Echoplex
Sonny & the Sunsets, Tennis, The Belle Brigade @ The Echo
Austin Hartley Leonard's record release, Alex Dezen, OK Sweetheart, Luke Reynolds, Addison Strong @ The Hotel Café
Salesman, Sabrosa Purr, Roman Candle Wars, Black Light White Light @ Silver Lake Lounge
The Roller, Upsilon Acrux, Conjuror @ Three Clubs
Los Guppies, Shotgun Break @ Mr. T's Bowl
Evil Beaver, Cinderella Motel, Ghettoblasters @ Spaceland
Dean Wareham Plays Galaxie 500, The Papercuts @ Troubadour
Craig Robinson & the Nasty Delicious @ House of Blues Sunset Strip
Sean Hayes, Blank Tapes @ Detroit Bar
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