The Cuban Cowboys, who were profiled on NPR last October, play tonight at the Temple Bar | Photo from their MySpace page Last Friday when A-Trak and Kid Sister played at New York City's Natural History Museum, Kanye West made a surprise visit. Neither Flavorpill or the Natural History Museum list Kanye for tonight's version of the NYC event, First Friday, but rumors are afloat, as they're bound to happen. Nevertheless, the evening looks......

If tonight's slim pickings in the music scene had an official theme, it would fall into Western/Country. In mid-country, House of Blues, Sunset Strip, is hosting a night of insane Psychobilly (punk, meet rockabilly). The Southlands of Long Beach finds the baritone country rock sounds of Brad Johnson at Cowboy Country and to the north in the Valley, the straight ahead country rockabilly Jeffrey Michaels visits The Cowboy Palace Saloon. Of other interests and......

Jenny Owen Youngs @ The Bordello Yo-Yo Ma @ Royce Hall Average White Band @ Cerritos Center Air Supply @ The Orpheum KRS-One @ House of Blues The Warlocks, Darker My Love @ Troubadour Tiger Army, Said Radio @ Wiltern I See Hawks in L.A. @ Cinema Bar Fear, The Gears, The Outsiders @ Safari Sam's The Parson Red Heads, Or the Whale @ The Echo Glen Phillips @ Largo sweet ass contest Wanna......

KROQ's LA Invasion: Smashing Pumpkins, Foo Fighters, Velvet Revolver, Kid Rock, Chris Cornell, Cypress Hill, Satellite Party, Hot Hot Heat, Against Me, others @ Home Depot Center K- EARTH Show: The Doobie Brothers, Chicago, War, The Stylistics, The Four Tops @ Irvine Meadows Rise Against, Lagwagon, Strung Out, Silverstein @ Long Beach Arena Mudhoney, the Melvins, Flipper @ Henry Fonda Scorpions @ Gibson Guster @ Avalon Pink Martini @ Hollywood Bowl The Groovy Rednecks,......

Chris Cornell, Juliette & the Licks @ The Wiltern Flight of the Conchords @ El Rey Theatre Queen Latifah @ Hollywood Bowl Minibar @ Largo Tony Gilkyson & Kip Boardman, Kristin Mooney, Patty Blee @ Cinema Bar......

There's a lot of bad bands playing tonight, here are some good ones. For the NSFW Louis XIV vid starring Suicide Girls and directed by Eon McKai, meet us after the jump. Louis XIV, Gran Ronde, The Shys @ The Roxy The School of Rock @ The Malibu Inn (6pm)' Simon Stokes @ Taix Japanther, DD/MM/YYYY, The Pope @ The Smell Kastle Greyskull, Veer Chasm @ Mr. T's Bowl The Groovy Rednecks, The Cheatin'......

They're the best band you'll see all summer. Yes, even better than Rage Against the Machine. Pound-for-pound Arcade Fire has more songs, better songs, and you can't call it comeback. Plus the Canadians will be playing two nights in a venue in a park that will still smell of the remnants of an actual fire. Unless Rage has a stage that looks like a 1970s super computer, another point must be awarded to the......

To celebrate KROQ's Rodney Bingenheimer's star on the Walk of Fame today, The Donnas, Redd Kross, Channel 3, and the Nymphs will rock in his honor @ Henry Ford Fiona Apple @ Largo Sebadoh @ The Troubadour Razorlight @ El Rey The Nice Boys, The Time Flys, The Tyde, Japanese Motors @ The Echo Squab, Level Seven, Phenik, Kill Me Now Kiss Me Later @ The Scene The Wailers, Culver City Dub Collective @......

About once a month here in LA there will be a night of rock that is perfect. A night where you really should do yourself a favor and take advantage of the overflowing monkey cup of killer tunes happening in our own backyard. A night so filled with great music that if you don't go outside and listen to the music you should really ask yourself why you a) read this blog b) have......

Lamb of God, Trivium, Machine Head, Gojira @ The Wiltern The Groovy Rednecks @ Cinema Bar DJ Steve Aoki, DJ AM @ LAX Doc Severinsen Orchestra @ Cerritos Center (3pm) Maze w/ Frankie Beverly @ Grove of Anaheim Carlos Guitarlos @ Liquid KItty Another Day Late,Slander, Neverwonder, Red Hot Roxy, Plans to Leave @ The Mint Yes Me To Death, Kissing Cousins, Lyra, The Front, The Color Turning @ The Scene......

Los Lobos, The Original Low Riders (members of War) @ House of Blues Photek @ Vanguard DJ AM @ LAX Cockwind @ Il Corral Nine Inch Chili Pumpkins @ The Joint Patty Booker, Lisa Finnie @ Cinema Bar The Sufferers Incorporated, Seasons @ Mr. T's Bowl Countershock, In the Flatfields, Anglo Jackson, My Revolver @ Lava Lounge Fatal Mack, Born Leaders, Bad News, Parview Rec, Big Fats @ The Knitting Factory......

Guns N' Roses, Sebastian Bach, Suicide Girls @ Gibson Too $hort @ The Knitting Factory Banyan @ The Mint Rama Duke @ Viper Otep @ Whisky A Gogo Sono Luz @ King King The Lonesome Spurs @ Cinema Bar Bad Acid Trip, Harry Perry (pictured) @ The Good Hurt Fortitude, Valiant, Third String Cavalier @ Roxy You Army, Macminn, Jason Karaban @ The Hotel Cafe The Dedication, Leonel, Buildings Breeding @ Lava Lounge Secret......

The Muffs @ Safari Sam's Guster @ Wiltern Del Tha Funky Homosapien, DJ Mike Relm @ Knitting Factory Mastodon, The Bronx @ Henry Fonda Starsailor, Brothemandude @ The Troubadour Atomic, Peter DiStefano, Wet Brain @ Key Club Supersystem, Zombi, Chow Nasty @ The Echo Doobie Brothers, Grand Funk Railroad @ Fairplex Pomona Dave Mason @ The Canyon Mojave 3, Brightblack Morning Light @ Roxy Chairs of Perception @ Mr. T's Bowl Handroids, Malkovich, Opus......