Peter Case, Ron Franklin @ McCabe's Ice T @ Key Club John Doe @ Malibu Inn Hall & Oates @ Hollywood Bowl Joan as Police Woman, Princeton, Emily Wells @ Spaceland Kings of Leon, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club @ The Greek The Mother Hips, Broken West @ The Roxy Hawnay Troof, The Octopus Project @ The El Rey Common @ The Wiltern Ben Kweller @ The Echo Jon Brion @ Largo James Intveld, Red......

Common - "The People" "The People" was one of our most-played summer jamz. It was on Kanye's "Can't Tell Me Nothin" sampler because Kanye produced it and listen to how sweet it is. It's the sort of non-thug, uplifting, positive hip-hop that people once talked about, but now people are buying. This is the direction BEP could have gone if they hadn't chosen the path of the lowest common denominator aka the Gwen Stefani......

Blackberry Smoke w/Slash - "Highway to Hell" Stevie Wonder @ The Greek B.B. King @ Hollywood Bowl Lucinda Williams @ El Rey Subhumans, 50 Cent Haircut @ The Knitting Factory Blackberry Smoke, Roses on her Grave @ Viper Room Ben Kweller @ The Echo Sage Francis @ Ivar Theater Kittie, It Dies Today, Silent Civilian, Bring Me the Horizon @ Key Club The Monolators, Kissing Cousins, Ghost Kings @ Silverlake Lounge Gran Ronde, A......

- Long Beach teenager, Samantha Larson, pictured, becomes the youngest American ever to climb Mt. Everest. No word yet on at what altitude she lost the ability to IM on her Sidekick - LA Times - Say What? The Hoff Gets The Kids - TMZ - "Stand and Deliver" high school, Garfield High, intentionally set aflame - KABC - Dude tries to kill his girfriend by parking their car on the train tracks and......

Cold War Kids @ El Rey Ghostface Killah @ Key Club Van Morrison @ Gibson Flogging Molly @ Henry Fonda Gomez, Ben Kweller @ The Wiltern Grizzly Bear, Foreign Born, Papercuts @ The Troubadour The City Drive, Le Meu Le Purr, Eva Elliott @ The Knitting Factory Rock Kills Kid, Circus Minor, Little Wolverines @ Spaceland Kissing Violet, Down From Hollow, The Faded, Big Rig, Krell @ Dragonfly Astra Heights, Castledoor, The Procession, The......

I humbly present this week's offering of classic crooners, underground rappers, David Bowie, heavy metal, art rock, prog rock, and even a little yacht rock. 'Tis a pity we are built with only two ears. Rock Age of Nemesis - Terra Incognita (Magna Carta) *America (feat. Ryan Adams, Ben Kweller, and Adam Schlesinger) - Here & Now (Burgundy) Isabelle Antena - Carpe Diem/Les Derniers Guerriers Romantiques (LTM / Boutique NL) Atrophy - Socialized Hate......

Ben Kweller @ Avalon The Bondage Fairies @ Mr. T's Bowl Mission of Burma @ The Troubadour George Thorogood, Dr. John, Buddy Guy @ The Greek Quetzal @ The Echo Dumbluck @ The Vine Street Lounge Older Than Your Parents, Pillow Fist @ Whisky Slant, Scarred Sanity, Death Punch @ Roxy Oh No Not Stereo, Numchuk @ Viper Room Pomegranate, Slow Car Crash @ Hotel Cafe Maze, Frankie Beverly @ Gibson Arena Mort Sahl......

This weekend marks the arrival of the annual Sunset Junction Street Fair in Silverlake. SJ will be happening from 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM on Saturday and 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM on Sunday; the admission price is a $10.00 donation. But now for the good stuff—the music. SJ is known for having outstanding musical performances and this year promises to be no different. Highlights from the lineup include: Bedroom Walls The Like Dengue......