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Tonight in Rock: The Blue Mask, Uprock-77, Talib Kweli
It's the last Saturday of the month and that means The Blue Mask at Mr. T's Bowl in Highland Park is back after a little holiday break. LA Weeklydescribes the all-night music party put on by fellow musicians of Motorcycle Black Madonnas as a venue to catch "some of the city’s most respected underground punk, hard-rock and bent-jazz musicians... Best of all, there’s almost no chance that the faux-rock glitterati (or celebrity trash like Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan) will ever discover/ruin the place."
Talib Kweli @ House of Blues (read our interview with Kweli from yesterday)
Yeasayer, MGMT, Rumpsringa @ The Echo
Backbiter, Motorycle Black Madonnas, Smash Fashion, The Blessings, The Horrors of Toledo @ Mr. T's Bowl
Uprock-77 @ Zero One Gallery ( A monthly journey into the cultural expression of American hip hop culture at the brand new downtown gallery)
Battle of Los Angeles, Alice in Smack @ Paladino's (Battle of Los Angeles? You've got to love that name -- Rage tribute band)
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David "Honeyboy" Edwards @ Cozy's Bar & Grill
Lucy Lawless @ The Roxy
Photo of David 'Honeyboy' Edwards from his MySpace
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