M.I.A. struts her stuff at the Echoplex, July 31 UCLA's online student radio station UCLAradio.com has released its list of top 10 most-played albums of 2007. Looks like it was a good year for hip-hop at the station, with the above-pictured third-world jetsetter M.I.A. taking the number one spot. The station also recently put out favorite record lists from many of its managers. Longtime Promotions Director Jason Stern describes his favorites using only lyrics......

KT Tunstall - "Black Horse & The Cherry Tree" KT Tunstall @ Avalon Misfits @ House of Blues Spiritualized @ The Vista Black Dice, No Age, Mika Miko @ Echoplex Sondre Lerche @ Troubadour American Music Club @ Echo Jill Sobule, Julia Sweeney @ Largo The Whigs, Wild Sweet Orange @ Spaceland Falco Does It Dirty, Omissa, There Shall Be Blood @ Knitting Factory Back Door Slam @ Viper Room DTFM, Truth In Fiction,......

TUESDAY • alaska! are performing a free in-store performance at Amoeba Music at 7 PM in support of their new album, Rescue Through Tomahawk. • Noisemakers Boredoms are performing with Soft Circle (Hisham from Black Dice) at the Knitting Factory. The show starts at 8 PM; tickets are $18 advance, $20 at the door. • The Huntington features a curated lecture and tour titled "All Was Light" by Caltech-ie Mordechai Feingold, discussing the contributions......

Friday again, and the list brings you avant-noise, pop songs, singer-songwriters, horror films, samurai tales, classics, News Corporation and UFOs. What to choose? We don't know. We only bring the news. At The Echo, see the experimentally noisy Black Dice with Animal Collective and Ariel Pink. Doors open at 8:30 PM and tickets are $12.00. (18+) Downtown at The Smell, see bands from the North when Xiu Xiu (Seattle) plays with Tara Jane O'Neil(NYC)......