Tonight in L.A. (November 3, 2012)

Its back to the weekend - and if you haven't done enough with your Halloween costume at this point...well, you could go to HARD Presents Day of The Dead at LA Historic State Park and rage out with Justice, Diplo, Major Lazer, Zeds Dead, Knife Party, Dillon Francis, Crookers, AraabMUZIK, Nadastrom, Destructo, Kill The Noise and so many more.  Hard to imagine there is better music lined up tomorrow....and there is not, but there are plenty of sonic quasi-substitutes.

Dustbowl Revival puts together some solid roots reggae bluegrass rock at El Cid, Metalachi goes wild at Whisky A Go Go, and for the O.C. residents - Blackbird Blackbird and Wildcat! Wildcat! at Detroit Bar is a good choice.  For a full list of tonight's shows in Los Angeles - see below.

• Woodkid, Pacific Air @ Luckman Center for the Arts

• Mark Eitzel @ McCabe’s Guitar Shop

• Kenny Burrell Quintet @ Catalina Bar & Grill

• Spires That in the Sunset Rise, Arrington de Dionyso, Daniel Higgs, Lucky Dragons @ The Smell

• Tandemoro @ The Virgil

• Sad Robot, Yellow Red Sparks, Dustbowl Revival @ El Cid

• Tom Brosseau, RT n the ‘44s, Jenny Luna and the Moondogs @ Echo Country Outpost

• Metalachi @ Whisky a Go Go

• Vise Versa @ Casey’s Downtown

• The Whispers @ City National Grove of Anaheim

• Nikka Costa, Brenda Harp @ Coach House

• David Lindley @ SLO Brew

• Bigbang @ Honda Center

• Gin Blossoms, Tonic @ Fox Performing Arts Center

• Joan Osborne @ Valley Performing Arts Center

• Divine Fits @ Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown

• Other Lives, Indians, Oren Lyons @ El Rey Theatre

• Yellowcard, The Wonder Years, We Are The In Crowd @ House of Blues – Sunset

• Hedwig & The Angry Inch @ The Roxy

• Red Again, Triple Dog Dare, Lotus Room, Peter Tvrznick @ On The Rox

• Bullet Boys, Catapult Fusxion, Little Caeser, Blacklist Union, US Angels, Kill The Innocence, Nightmare, Breaking The Law, Tonight Shall Rise, Catapult Fusixon @ Key Club

• Strangers Family Band, Shine Brothers & The Crooked Cowboy @ Space Temple

• HARD Day of the Dead w/ Justice (Live), Major Lazer, Zeds Dead, Diplo, Knife Party, Tommy Trash, Jack Beats, Kill The Noise, Dillon Francis, Crookers, AraabMUZIK, Zane Lowe, Destructo, Nadastrom + Many More @ Los Angeles Historic State Park
• Funky Sole @ Echo (FREE before 11)

• Bootie LA @ Echoplex

• Son Ark, Gypsy River Haunts, Scott Topic, Cop @ The Echo

• Black Flamingo @ Origami Vinyl

• Blackbird Blackbird, Wildcat! Wildcat!, Jeffrey Jerusalem, Union Line @ Detroit Bar

• Twerps, White Fence, Muzz @ The Satellite

• Chilly Gonzales (Solo Piano) @ Bootleg Theater

• Eric Church, Justin Moore, Kip Moore @ Nokia Theatre LA Live

• Tribal Seeds, Through The Roots, The Expanders, The SImpkin Project, DJ Carlos Culture @ Clb Nokia

• Shiavstep, Asymmetrical Head, Sigils, Dj Stephen R., Handsomest Drowned Man, Eras @ The Central SAPC

• Jimmy Lifton, The Tiger Club, Heaps N Heaps, Rosco Bandana @ The Mint

• Nneka @ The Hotel Café

• Alejandra Guzman @ Gibson Amphitheatre

• Steve Soto, Brian Coakley, Danny Walker, Jermey Popoff @ Slidebar

• Jake La Botz @ Redwood Bar

• All American Rejects, Boys Like Girls @ The Wiltern

• Gwar, DevilDriver, Cancer Bats, Legacy of Disorder @ The Observatory

• Saint Etienne, Maria Del Plair @ Fonda Theatre

• The Headlines, New Spell, The Absoulute, Modern Vintage, The Outer Sun Sets @ Good Hurt

• Professor Professor @ Del Monte Speakeasy

• Rome, HB Surround Sound, Kat, Ikaika Beamer @ Saint Rocke

• The Green @ House of Blues – Anaheim

• Cello Madness @ Silverlake Lounge
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• Ryan Darton and the Wildebeast, Dorian Holley, Shane Alexander, Dawn Mitschele, Sweet Talk Radio @ WitZend

• Texas Instruments, AmAEvolutioN, The Rubbish Zoo @ TRiP

Trippy Justice Video

The "ON'N'ON" video by Justice might scare you if you're on acid - or it might be the coolest thing ever. If you're sober - I suppose you could still have the same reaction. What do you think? Reminds me of Star Wars credits, The Never Ending Story and hallucinations. Plus, its got enough special effects that its not just your average music video.

Massive effects, skeletons, colors, explosions and, justifiably, the members of the duo make it entertaining.

Trippy Justice Video

The "ON'N'ON" video by Justice might scare you if you're on acid - or it might be the coolest thing ever. If you're sober - I suppose you could still have the same reaction. What do you think? Reminds me of Star Wars credits, The Never Ending Story and hallucinations. Plus, its got enough special effects that its not just your average music video.

Massive effects, skeletons, colors, explosions and, justifiably, the members of the duo make it entertaining.

Justice Announces Tour; Fuels Coachella Line-Up Predictions

Groundbreaking electronic duo Justice have finally announced a tour to support their sophomore album “Audio, Video, Disco,” which was recently released on Elektra. The 2012 tour returns Justice to the States for the first time in over two years.

Justice have staked their feet in the music industry soil, proving their potential for an extended and more ubiquitous career by progressing their sound and expanding their musical vocabulary following a successful debut album. Justice 's follow up is clearly rooted in their familiar electronic foundation, but adds more than a few traces of their musically sophisticated prog influences. Already known for their dance floor frenzies, this latest release might even pull a few rockers away from the punch bowl and into the party pool.

In addition to the tour announcement, Justice has a few cool things planned around it including a “cover our songs” style contest for the chance to see the first show of the tour on New Year’s Day in Sydney, Australia. (More details here)

Other stops on this tour include New York, Boston, Philadelphia, DC, Atlanta and Las Vegas, to name a few, but we have a sneaking suspicion there could be something more in Indio, CA. The US portion of the tour goes from March 16 to April 25, with Los Angeles conveniently left off the itinerary and with two key weekends in April left vacant. To us, that sounds like a near guarantee that they’ll show up at Coachella 2012. No, Justice haven’t been confirmed by any means, but we are so confident in our trusty crystal ball that we will pay everyone who shares this article $1 if we they don't show up in Indio, CA in April 2012. Go ahead, spread this one. We dare you!

Full US tour schedule (so far):

3/16/12 New York, NY Terminal 5

3/17/12 New York, NY Terminal 5

3/19/12 Boston, MA House of Blues

3/20/12 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory

3/21/12 Washington, DC 9:30 Club

3/22/12 Atlanta, GA The Tabernacle

4/17/12 Oakland, CA Fox Theater

4/19/12 Las Vegas, NV The Pool - The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas

4/24/12 Portland, OR Roseland Theater

4/25/12 Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre