The Donnas, Donita Sparks @ The Roxy Eagles, Dixie Chicks @ Nokia Theatre John Doe @ McCabe's Serj Tankian @ House of Blues Backbiter @ Mr. T's Bowl Peter Frampton @ The Canyon 1990s, The Airborne Toxic Event, Inberst @ The Troubadour TSOL, Smut Peddlers, 45 Grave, The Detours, The Crowd @ Vault 350......

Willie Nelson, Glen Campbell @ Autry National Center Bright Eyes with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Yo La Tengo, M. Ward @ Hollywood Bowl India.Arie, Ziggy Marley, Ottmar Liebert @ The Greek LA Riots, Toxic Avenger, Juiceboxxx @ Echoplex Low, Charlie Parr @ The Troubadour The Blasters, Charlie & the Valentine Killers @ Malibu Inn Zigzag Wanderers, Smash Fashion, Backbiter, Motorcycle Black Madonnas @ Mr. T's Bowl AM, Dirt Dress, Maria, The Sundelles @ The......

Pink Martini @ Hollywood Bowl Wayne Newton @ Cerritos Center Built to Spill @ Henry Fonda Theater Cinematic Orchestra @ El Rey Maria Muldaur @ Boulevard Music Tower of Power @ Pomona Fairplex The Blessings, Backbiter, Ten-Ors, Deadbeat Sinatra @ Safari Sam's......

In a world where so many of our female vocalists sound like they've been sucking on helium, it's so refreshing to come across one who sounds like she's been hanging out at a truck stop all night. Yelling. I first heard the Heartless Bastards when my neighbor played them every day, all day, very loudly for about a week, and I was hooked before I even knew who they were. Then I learned that......

Porsches on the Autobahn @ Silverlake Lounge Bone Thugs-N-Harmony @ Henry Fonda Fear, The Dickies, False Alliance, Local Hate @ Key Club Backbiter, Heartless Bastards @ The Knitting Factory Colin Hay, Howard Jones @ Cerritos Center Los Abandoned, Foreign Born, Go Betty Go @ Troubadour The Colour, The Clean Prophets, Tsk Tsk @ Spaceland Thee Midniters @ Amoeba (free) White, New Thrill Parade, Squab @ Mr. T's Bowl Kill Devils, Deadbeat Sinatra, The Black......

Backbiter, The Bob Lee (Black Sabbath Christmas songs), Hot for Chocolate @ Mr. T's Bowl Kingdom of Ozzy, Seventh Son, Automatic Hotel, Compound X @ Paladino's Jews & Mexicans, Jet Fuel, Big Tone, Black Fuzz, Space Fuzz @ The Scene Scissors for Lefty, Last American Buffalo, The Bloody Heads @ Spaceland Gliss, The Oohlas, The Secret 6, Pop Levi @ The Knitting Factory The Reyes Brothers w/ Mellow Man Ace and Sen Dog @......