Liquid Kitty's annual punk rock BBQs have been such a success, this Sunday they are hosting a special Winter BBQ. What better to chase away the rain than with colorful drinks and hard-core thrash? Some dogs on the grill? Done! And all for the low, low, price of FREE. Liquid Kitty's BBQs are famous for reuniting long-lost 80s classics and this one is no exception. This year is marked by the return of old-school locals,......

As I sat in the Troubadour balcony, looking down on Moistboyz singer Dickie Moist screaming to a crowd of roughly 70 people like a stadium full of Billy Graham disciples, something occurred to me: Rock 'n Roll used to have real power. It changed society, outraged moralists, defied suppression and even affected the way artists in other music forms approached their compositions, and this was during the 50s, when the average Rock song was either......

Sex music is great, but lets face it. How many times have you turned on your radio or playlist during your most intimate moments, only to have that insufferable "Neil with the Deal" blaring across the room or that random Dead Kennedys song you forgot to uncheck from your iTunes? It can happen to the best of us. However, sex music can be a very technical science, what with tempos, vocals, and segues to......

I have never in my life thought that the following words would ever escape my lips: "Wow! That Flock of Seagulls song is AWESOME!!!" But that day has come: and so too has Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the Eighties, the latest installment in the worldwide gaming phenomenon/franchise. You now have thirty more classic songs to RAWK OUT on, including such favorites as Skid Row's "Eighteen and Life," White Lion's "Radar Love," and of course,......

Last month the American Cinematheque screened the ultra-rare early '80s classic "Urgh! A Music War", a collection of new wave and punk groups (Devo, The Cramps, X, Dead Kennedys, The Police, etc.) that were bubbling under and destined to make it big. Because of legal wranglings involving missing contracts, the film cannot be re-released or turned into a dvd because without the contracts one cannot amend it to provide for what could be a......

Dead Kennedys, Bad Samaritans @ Malibu Inn X, Rollins Band @ Pacific Amphitheatre Dirty on Purpose @ Echo (6:30p), Spaceland (10p) Sen Dog @ Viper Room Warren G @ Vault 350 Say Hi To Your Mom @ Echo Whisky Circus @ The Whisky Sparta @ Troubadour Mika Miko, Party Fowl, Prs Hltn Mthrfckrs The Big Ball Stars @ Knitting Factory The Phyre, Sexohol @ The Good Hurt Sherlock Poems @ The Gig photo by......

tonight New York Dolls @ Tower Records Sunset 7pm (free) The Avengers @ Spaceland Lyrics Born @ Santa Monica Pier (free) Steve Wynn @ McCabes Bones, Thugs, Harmony @ Ventura Theatre Skid Row, Warrant @ Grove of Anaheim Sound of Music @ Hollywood Bowl saturday Warren G @ Vault 350 Dirty on Purpose @ Spaceland Say Hi To Your Mom @ Echo Sen Dog @ Viper Room X, Rollins Band @ Pacific Amphitheatre Dead......