Wendy’s – home of square hamburger patties, decent fast-food chili and the Frosty – is giving aspiring musicians and producers a chance to show off their stuff by promoting their new “Baconator” burger. (That includes six strips of bacon! At 830 calories and 51 grams of fat for the Baconator, LAist asks only one thing: What obesity epidemic??) But we digress: By submitting an original song, contestants will get a chance to win “a......

Killswitch Engage, DragonForce (above) @ Wiltern Rod Stewart @ Staples KRS-One @ Malibu Inn Badly Drawn Boy @ El Rey Apples in Stereo, Page France, Headlights @ Spaceland Ann Magnuson @ Amoeba Ozomatli @ Key Club The Radiators @ The Mint Antibalas, The Lions @ The Troubadour The Cheat, Party Fowl, Cherri Mob @ Mr. T's Bowl Army of Freshman, The Transit War, Schoolyard Heroes @ The Knitting Factory Street Drum Corps, Gents, Goes......

Badly Drawn Boy Born in the UK Astralwerks / Emd i have to write a scathing email to some fuck who reviewed the newest badly drawn boy album. i bought it on sunday and before i could listen to it i had to run back to the closing music store banged on the gate to let me in to give me back the $7+ bucks they overcharged (the reduced price sticker was on the......

There are really only two major music festivals that truly matter, like really matter: Coachella and South by Southwest. The former happens over two three days in the desert near Palm Springs, the latter rages for about a week on the dusty streets of Austin, Texas. SXSW features over 1,000 bands. You buy a wristband and you wander from bar to bar, club to club, alleyway to patio and you get to see some......

Podcasting may have not tipped the point like blogging has, but its significance and importance will last long. And to insure proper service to yourself in this day and age, you need to jump on the bandwagon and at least grab the daily free music offered to you. iTunes Store users know that every Tuesday brings a free song to your collection. How would you like an additional 10 songs a week? Thanks to......

- A Correction letter was sent out by CA Secretary of State to all 14,000 OC voters who got the illegal voter fraud from the GOP wannabe - Lonewacko - Miami-bound American Airlines jet returns to LAX due to odor - NBC4 - Marilyn Manson to open an LA art gallery on Halloween - EarthTimes - Two plead guilty in $30+ million bank fraud scheme - AP - Orel interviews for Oakland opening. Will he......

The Pogues, Murder By Death @ Wiltern Nashville Pussy, Priestess @ Key Club Rancid, Adolescents, Los Creepers @ Henry Fonda Badly Drawn Boy @ The Troubadour Switchfoot @ Roxy The Adored @ Spaceland The Brombies @ Viva Cantina Michael Bolton @ Kodak The Shore, The Lamps @ Silverlake Lounge Bobtail Yearlings, Paper Scissors @ The Gig Warlords of Rock & Roll Thunder & Lightning @ Mr. T's Bowl Jon Peter Lewis, The Procussions @......

Badly Drawn Boy - Born in the U.K. (Astralwerks) Glenn Danzig - Black Aria II (Megaforce) Diddy - Press Play (Bad Boy) Earl Greyhound - Soft Targets (Some) Jeremy Enigk - World Waits (Reincarnate) Frankie J - Priceless (Columbia) Vince Gill - These Days (four-CD box set; MCA Nashville) It Dies Today - Sirens (Trustkill) JoJo - The High Road (with DVD; Blackground) Eartha Kitt - Live From the Café Carlyle (DRG) Klaxons -......

Have you heard Devin Davis yet? We have, and frankly he has us wondering whether one of the year's best CDs hasn't already taken its bow. The album is called, "Lonely People Of The Wold, Unite!" Davis spent over two years recording it, playing virtually all the instruments himself. The result of all that hard work is a collection of songs that flow together, lift us up, toss us about and make us giggle......

Tuesday is back, and with it all the new releases to fulfill everyone's audio-visual needs. Keep reading to see what's new on CD and DVD. CD Badly Drawn Boy—Year of the Rat (single) The Constantines—Constantines Mark Lanegan—Bubblegum Mendoza Line—Fortune The Muffs—Really Really Happy See the full list at largehearted boy.......

Tuesday returns, and with it the overwhelming urge to empty the entire contents of one's bank account into the waiting coffers of Amoeba Music. It is a daily struggle not to give up the entire grocery budget in favor of finally compiling the ultimate record collection, but a struggle LAist is winning nevertheless—unless the bi-weekly shopping trips count against the groceries. Badly Drawn Boy—One Plus One Is One (extra tracks) Guitar Wolf—Love Rock Kings......