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Oslo plays this week in the OC and LA County | Photo by Glen Wexler via Oslo

As usual, there's a lot to go around this week. Anything missing in the upcoming days? Add it in the comments!

Tonight
Danity Kane @ Wiltern
Oslo, Solare @ Detroit Bar
Santogold @ Virgin Megastore
Aimee Mann @ The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
MGMT @ The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Spider Problem, The Nightbirds, Artichoke @ Silverlake Lounge
Aushua, Shiloe, Idyllists, The Orion Experience @ The Viper Room
Rumspringa, What Laura Thinks, My Pet Saddle, The Franks @ The Echo
Lukas Haas, Passenger, Pete and J, Aaron Bowen, Derek Evans @ Hotel Cafe
Afternoons, White Hinterland, Willoughby, The Western States Motel @ Spaceland

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Tuesday, May 10, 2008
Billy Bragg @ El Rey
N.E.R.D. @ Virgin Megastore
N.E.R.D. @ Jimmy Kimmel Live
Aimee Mann @ Largo at the Coronet
Jeremy Enigk, Damien Jurado @ Spaceland
Rob Dickinson, The Daylights @ The Viper Room
Augustana, Wild Sweet Orange, Patrick Park @ The Troubadour
War Tapes, Repeater, Years Around the Sun, The Prids @ The Prospector
Priscilla Ahn (CD Release), Jesse Harris, Angie Mattson, Lex Land @ Hotel Cafe

Wednesday, May 11, 2008
Oslo @ Spaceland
Bajofondo Tango Club @ El Rey
Crystal Castles, dd/mm/yyyy @ The Roxy
Priscilla Ahn @ The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Barenaked Ladies @ The Grove (Barnes & Nobles)
Sheryl Crow, Rocco DeLuca & The Burden @ The Greek
Repeater, C.R.A.F.T. Club, The New Room @ Boardner's
Saint Motel, Light FM, The Cheat, United By Sound @ The Viper Room
Eleni Mandell, Princeton, Young Hunting, Olin and the Moon @ Tangier
Daniel Ahearn, Spain, Correatown, CMG & We Are the Night @ The Echo

Thursday, May 12, 2008
Afro Funke @ Zanzibar
Erykah Badu, The Roots @ The Greek
Nellie McKay @ Largo at the Coronet
DJ ?uestlove, DJ Journey @ Crash Mansion
The Builders and the Butchers @ Spaceland
The Detroit Cobras, Les Sans Culottes @ Troubadour
Lucky Dragons, Late Night Date Night, PST, Rale @ The Smell
The Helio Sequence, Talkdemonic, Wait Think Fast @ Echoplex
The Secret 6, CoCo B's, Mezzanine Owls and The Pity Party @ Alex's Bar
Hecuba, David Scott Stone, Fantastic Magic, Voices on Tape @ Echo Curio
Meiko, Astra Heights, Ken Oak Band, Red Yellow Sparks, Andy Zipf @ Hotel Cafe

Friday, May 13, 2008
A.M., Pizza! @ L'Keg
Jon Brion @ Largo at the Coronet
The Submarines, Castledoor @ The Echo
Ailish Tynan and Hugh Tinney @ The Getty
The Ting Tings, Anni Rossi @ The Troubadour
Afrika Bambaataa, Reid Speed, Josh David @ Crash Mansion
Jay Nash, Holly Conlan, Laura Jansen, Courtney Ariel @ Hotel Cafe
Faun Fables, Hour of the Shipwreck, Strangers Die Every Day @ Knitting Factory
Venetian Snares, Otto Von Schirach, Cyrusrex, & DJ Daniel Myer @ Knitting Factory

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