Tonight in L.A.: Friendly Fires, John Prine, Nick 13, the Belle Brigade, Deftones, Signal Path, Dax Riggs

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[Some Internet demons are confounding us at Buzz Bands HQ this morning, so this post is a bit late-arriving. Please remind me to update my 2006 technology.]

Lots and lots to consume tonight. Be voracious, my friends:

‣ Friendly Fires, their new album “Pala” just out on XL Recordings, play to a sold-out Music Box. They were electric in February at the Roxy (and they’re on KCRW’s “Morning Becomes Eclectic” at 11 a.m.) Wise Blood opens.
‣ John Prine plays the Orpheum, with Loudon Wainwright III opening.
‣  Tiger Army frontman Nick 13’s new solo album is an excursion into rootsy Americana and country, and it’s getting great reviews. He plays the first of two sold-out night at the Troubadour. [Check out “Carry My Body Down” here.]
‣ L.A.’s sibling-propelled folk rockers Belle Brigade return hone for a date at the Satellite. Little Hurricane and John Gold support.
‣ Denver’s funky electro/dubstep trio Signal Path, veterans of seven albums with plans to release four EPs this year, visit the Mint. [Get their latest EP for free here.]
‣ And down in O.C., Dusty Rhodes and the River Band, who announced last year they were calling it quits, play one final show at the House of Blues Anaheim.

Also:

The 88, Atlantic Pacific and Goldenboy at the Hotel Cafe
Hands at Teddy’s in Hollywood
Martha Davis at the Rhino Records Pop Up Store
Deftones, Dillinger Escape Plan and Le Butcherettes at the Palladium
Dax Riggs, Slang Chickens and Maxim Ludwig at the Echo
Magic Mirror and CMG & We Are the Night at Casey’s downtown
Flash Bang Grenada (the NoCanDo/Busdriver collaboration), Open Mike Eagle and Jonwayne at the Bootleg Theater
Front Line Assembly at the El Rey
Boy Hits Car at the Viper Room
HedPe at the Key Club
State Line Empire at the Roxy
David Haack at On the Rox
Seryn’s free in-store at Origami Vinyl (6 p.m.)
Terra Firma at Lot 1 Cafe
The Black Pacific at Saint Rocke in Hermosa Beach