Portland based musician and known as "the Stephen King of Indie Pop," Chris Robley and his band -- Fear of Heights -- play at Mr. T's Bowl tonight in Highland Park. Plenty of MP3s to check out of this indie-pop folk band below. Mr. Lif & The Perceptionists @ The Knitting Factory Jessie Evans, Von Iva, Deadbeats @ Silverlake Lounge Chuck Berghofer Midnight Jazz Band @ Charlie O's (Valley jazz club, not downtown one) The......

Tonight's the first show of undergrounDNUOS, which is a nonprofit night of collaboration and experimentation put on by Amoeba Music and its employees as a labor of love. " It is a monthly series set at various underground spaces, art galleries, warehouses, and strange bars embracing the concepts of improvisation in any genre and any sound... it is designed to be a space for people to step outside of what they normally do and......

Metal Skool with Kelly Clarkson Wu-Tang Clan @ House of Blues The Signatures, DJ BAD @ Temple Bar Capt. Jeffrey & the Chumbuckets, The Phil Friendly Trio, Darren Stout @ Safari Sam's Devils Playground @ The Bordello LA Jones @ Blue Dog Happenin' Harry & the Hap Tones All Star Band @ The Cat Club The Big Manny Band @ Liquid KItty Metal Skool, Handsome Devil, Eject, Coda Vesta @ Key Club Sumitra @......

You can't escape the holidays this weekend. No matter how hard you try. So wanna play? Go with the flow? Check these events out: SING-ALONG: The Music Center’s annual Holiday Sing-Along happens tonight. Don't know the words? Songsheets will be provided. The singing takes place outside, so bundle up – or spike your personal egg nog stash. 6:30 pm // Music Center Plaza // 135 N. Grand Ave. // Free. FILM: To get Westsiders......

"A Little Prayer" by Evelyn Glennie, played with Fred Firth The Watkins Family Hour @ Largo Mike Stinson @ The Echo Sixteen Stars, Major O, Eggman & the Starkillers @ The Derby The Brown Out @ Fais Do-Do Wreckless Eric @ Safari Sam's Puddle Of Mudd, Solarcade @ Roxy Marc Cohn @ El Rey Theatre Francisco Aguabella Seven Piece Latin Jazz Ensemble @ Charlie O's Moutin Reunion Quartet @ The Jazz Bakery Evelyn Glennie......

Bukowski in LA, LA in Bukowski. The man was quintessential LA and our fair city informed every word, every rant, every foul-mouthed rush of brilliance that he created. In honor of Bukowski's birthday, Nobody Reads in LA will be reading from his novel Post Office. The ranting kicks-off at Charlie O's Bar in the Alexandria Hotel tonight @ 7pm. In true Buk style, drinks are served until 2am. If you can't make it out......

Monday Moonday poetry reading 7:30pm @ Village Books Tuesday David Lynch signs Inland Empire 7pm @ Borders, Westwood Elaine Dundy presents The Dud Avocado 7pm @ Book Soup Warren Mar presents Descanso 7pm @ Vroman's Kiara Brinkman signs High Up in the Trees 7pm @ Dutton's Wednesday Adrienne Barbeau presents There Are Worse Things I Could Do 7pm @ Book Soup Nobody Reads in LA presents Charles Bukowski's Post Office (it's his birthday!) 7pm......

David Tamkin - 'Tuesday' Eskimohunter, The Pity Party, Deep Sea Diver @ Spaceland Tippers Gore, The Crawlers, La Piovra, Friendly Neighbors, Vomit Bomb @ The Knitting Factory Stevenson Ranch Davidians, Sons & Lovers, Lo-Fi Sugar, Nightfur @ Viper Room The Alchemist Element @ Zen Light FM, Miniature Tigers, Owl Owl & The Spinto Band @ Silverlake Lounge The Frank Capp Juggernaut Band with The Cunninghams @ Charlie O's Colin Blades, David Tamkin, Darren Marc......

There's a reason Charlie O's has been voted as one of 100 best jazz clubs in the world three times by Downbeat Magazine. You just can't beat a Valley classic. 1. Guaranteed to have excellent quality, straight ahead jazz seven nights a week, 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. 2. No Cover Charge (except Monday nights when they bring in a full-on Big Band). 3. Zero Attitude. 4. Immediate non-valet parking in the back. 5.......

Dancing & Music at Zambuba on Venice Blvd. BB Chung King & the Buddaheads @ Cozy's Bar & Grill Samba music and dancing @ Zabumba Three Bad Jacks, Taildragger, Graceland Mafia, Dead & Broken @ Key Club Eisley@ Silent Movie Theatre Gladys Knight @ Hollywood Bowl Scott Barnhart with The John Heard Trio Charlie O's O.H.M. @ The Baked Potato Hollywood U2, Fallout: the Police Experience @ House of Blues Zach Galifianakis @ Largo......

Mere Mortals @ Spaceland Hugh Cornwell @ the Roxy I See Hawks in LA @ the Bordello Metal Skool, March, The Perfect Victim, Paperback Hero @ Key Club Light FM, Peter Walker, The Ghost Lullaby, Icebird @ Silverlake Lounge Media Control, Sweet Sensations @ Safari Sam's 5 O'Clock Somewhere, Ollin, Bollweevil @ The Echo War Tapes, In Waves, Broaddaylight, Skates @ Viper Room Legends of Swing Big Band @ Charlie O's Doubleplusgood, Moothart @......

The Killers @ Staples Rooney @ Roxy Sonic Boom, LSD & the Search for God, Eskimo Hunter @ Safari Sam's Clark 8, the Moondrops, the Health Club, Codpiece, John Thill, DiGiTs @ Mr T's Bowl Metal Skool, The Sixth Chamber, Hair Brained Scheme, Pretty Boy Floyd @ Key Club The Binges, Lightning Bill, Sergeant, Dirty Sweet @ King King Black Pine, Hearts Of Palm, Veer Right Young Pastor @ The Echo The Gene Krupa......