Joshua Pressman
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Have you heard the chatter about Foo Fighters playing secret shows around LA? Sounds like there will be another one tonight. Read the LAist recap of Friday's Dragonfly performance to figure out how to figure out where they are. Also tonight, LA-based indie pop quartet Robotanists will be gracing the Silver Lake Lounge. LA-bred rock and roll outfit Slang Chickens are poised to take on the Echo with New York-bred indie rock quartet Papa as co-headliners...
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Tonight NY-based punk rockers H2O will be headlining the Roxy with special appearances by Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio and Chad Gilbert of New Found Glory. San Franciscan retro 80s-infused post-punk outfit the Soft Moon are poised to grace the Echo for this week's edition of Part Time Punks. But we strongly suggest doing whatever it takes to get into the Music Box at the Henry Fonda Theater to catch Atlanta-based singer-songwriter Cat Power. LAist favorites, local indie rockers Demo Team are slated to kick things off.
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Tonight Texas-bred American Academy Award-winning singer/songwriter Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses will be headlining the El Rey Theatre in support of his third studio-album—2010's T Bone Burnett-produced Junky Star. Chicago-based multi-instrumentalist folk rockers the Autumn Defense are poised to take on the Troubadour. And, lastly, local psych-tinged indie rockers Nightfur will be gracing the hole-and-corner Pehrspace. But we strongly suggest heading over to Origami Vinyl to catch Long Beach's own surf punk trio Tijuana Panthers. LAist favorites, LA-by-way-of-Glasgow retro 50s/60s pop outfit Neverever are slated to kick things off.
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Tonight Vermont-based blues-infused rockers Grace Potter and the Nocturnals will be performing to a sold-out crowd at the El Rey Theatre. But we strongly suggest heading over to the Natural History Museum to catch the Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Orchestra. LAist favorite, San Diego-bred DJ the Gaslamp Killer is slated to kick things off. See who else is rockin' LA tonight...
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Tonight local indie rockers Shadow Shadow Shade (formerly known as the Afternoons) will be taking on the Satellite with none other than Great Northern (LAist Review, #2) and LA-based lo-fi, punk-tinged, all-girl trio Wet & Reckless. San Franciscan disco pop quintet Sugar & Gold are poised to perform at the Bootleg Theater. And, lastly, Long Beach-bred one-man band Nima Kazeroun, who performs under the pseudonym So Many Wizards, will be gracing the hole-and-corner Pehrspace. But we strongly suggest heading over to the Echo to catch Long Beach-based indie rockers We Barbarians. LAist favorites, San Diegan buzz band LESANDS and San Juan Capistrano-bred indie rock outfit the Union Line are slated to kick things off.
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Tonight Brooklyn-based art collective/band MEN will be performing for free, in-store are Amoeba Music in Hollyweird. But we strongly suggest heading over to the Echo to catch Foreign Born side-project Big Search, who will be ringing in their latest 7". LAist favorites, San Franciscan garage-soul one-man-band White Fence is slated to kick things off. Who else is rockin' LA tonight?
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Photo by fontplaydotcom via Flickr It's Tuesday. Do you know where your rock is? You may find it at the Conga Room for School of Seven Bells or perhaps your rock is waiting for you for FREE @ Amoeba Music. No? It's at the Troubadour for Ceci Bastida and Oh Land? Oh really? I heard The Satellite was where the rock was with Marvelous Toy, Airlines and The Pass. 87 Stick Up Kids would...
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Tonight Swedish indie rockers Peter Bjorn and John (LAist Review, #2), who are touring in support of their yet-to-be-released sixth studio album—2011's Gimme Some, will be gracing Bardot for this week's edition of School Night. But we strongly suggest heading over to the Bootleg Theater to catch local indie folk collective Family of the Year. LAist favorites, local experimental indie pop quartet Hands are slated to kick things off.
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Tonight Seattle-based alternative rockers Fences will be performing for free, in-store at Amoeba Music prior to warming up the stage for Gainesville's own punk rock quartet Against Me! at the Music Box at the Henry Fonda Theater. San Franciscan pop folk act the Finches are poised to take on the Smell in Downtown. And, lastly, Oakland-bred experimental rockers Clip'd Beaks will be taking on the Echo. But we strongly suggest heading over to the Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock to catch Swedish indie rockers Peter Bjorn and John (LAist Review, #2), who will be touring in support of their yet-to-be-released sixth studio album—2011's Gimme Some.
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Tonight Fullerton-based punk rock outfit Social Distortion (LAist Review) will be headlining yet again at the Hollywood Palladium. Pennsylvanian alternative rockers Ween are poised to take on the Wiltern. And, lastly, SF-based noise rockers Deerhoof will be gracing the Echplex. But we strongly suggest heading over to the Satellite to catch Brooklyn-bred indie pop maestro and former guitarist for the Creaky Boards Darwin Deez. LAist favorites, Highland Park experimental indie rock sextet Fol Chen (LAist Review, #2, #3, #4) are slated to kick things off.
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