The moment has finally materialized: The official lineup for the three-day mega music fest in the middle of nowhere (aka Empire Polo Field in Indio) has been announced. Start putting those Susan B. Anthonys in your piggy banks now, music fans. 3-Day passes will run you $269.00 (+ $3 charity + applicable service fees), and single day passes are $90 (+ $1 charity + applicable service fees). If you're just picking one day, be ready......

Having achieved a degree of musical success in their pre-teen years that would make most adult musicians green with envy, Seattle indie rock duo Smoosh has become a musical sensation that manages to transcend the twin curses of both the tween and indie rock genres. Unlike the cloyingly precocious, prefab stars of Nickelodeon or the earnestly self-serious icons of indie rock, Smoosh has a unique sound that manages to be charmingly naive and authentically......

Dearly beloved, we are gathered here together in the sight of Rock and in the face of Roll, to join together you, dear LAist reader, and this New Music Tuesday in holy Matrimony. This mystical union is not to be entered into lightly, or unadvisedly, but reverently, discreetly, advisedly, soberly (ha), and in the fear of the reaper. More cowbell. L'chaim. OUT TODAY: .38 Special - 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: (A&M)......

The New Cars, Persephone’s Bees @ House of Blues Gob Iron @ The Troubadour Roger O'Donnell (The Cure), Christopher Willets, Haley Bonar @ Spaceland Spank Rock, Debonair Samir, DJ C-Town @ Safari Sam's Death Cab for Cutie, Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins @ Bren Events Center The Cops, Dead Ponies, Tsk Tsk @ The Scene Nova Kayne the Great @ Lava Lounge Wirgo, Garrison Starr, John Eddie @ The Mint Brandi Shearer, Elizaveta,......

Death Cab For Cutie, Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins @ Terrace Theater The Delta Spirit, What Made Milwaukee Famous @ Spaceland The Parson Red Heads, Black Pine, The Faraway Places, Nico Stai @ Echo Four Good Men, (ex members of Simple Minds & Big Country) @ Knitting Factory Sarah Silverman @ Largo Metal Skool, The New Fidelity, Underwater City People, Pu$$y Cow @ Key Club Rib Bib, Faggot, Gay Beast, The Munchers, Mad......

"NBA Basketball" (KCAL, 7:00 p.m.) Lakers @ Trailblazers "Jericho" (CBS, 8:00 p.m.) The Mayor, who went wandering around the nuclear wilderness, gets sick - who'da thunk? "The War" (PBS, 8:00 p.m.) Ken Burns has a new mini-series about WWII, the "War to End All Wars". Expect the FCC to fine all PBS stations who air the 7-parter due to adult language. "The Biggest Loser" (NBC, 8:00 p.m.) "They're Back" - nuff said "America's Next......

Be Your Own Pet Be Your Own Pet (Ecstatic Peace) – Thurston Moore signed this teenage band from Nashville. Critics like to compare the lead singer to Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Most critics think it’s a fun, infectious record but detractors criticize the lack of sophistication. The whole thing only lasts 33 minutes. Tickets are still available for their show at the Troubadour on June 27th. Carla Bozulich Evangelista (Constellation) –......

Calling all members of the “[Frank] Gehry Army.” Tomorrow’s opening of The Frostig Collection 2006 at Berman Turner Projects E-1 Gallery will feature Gehry, Robert Graham, R. Kenton Nelson and others to benefit children with learning disabilities. 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. (via art.blogging.la) A Play on Action: 5 Los Angeles Artists Consider Feminism by taking "into account the sociopolitical implications of third wave feminism through photography, video, drawing and site-specific installation." Saturday at the......

LAist dutifully got decked out last night in our latest hipster gear to check out the Subways at Cinespace. It happened to coincide with DJ Steve Aoki’s birthday party. What did this mean? Mayhem at the door until the doormen had the brilliant idea to only have one line instead of the Hollywood Three that seems to form all the time (one for the every-man, one for the kinda-special and one for whom no......

In a week when the governor wasn't running for re-election but lost big anyway and Jesus is Magic won the hearts and minds of our readers becoming our biggest giveaway yet (there were well over a hundred entrants! We love that), we welcomed a couple new contributors, gave a shout out to local digital photographers and started working on a new contest/contributor search that we hope to announce early next week (hint: if you......

The alt-rock phenoms Death Cab For Cutie played to a full house last night at the Wiltern. With five albums of material at their disposal, the band selected an eclectic mix of new and old. All the big crowd pleasers were included, like "The Sound of Settling," "The New Year," "Soul Meets Body," and "Marching Bands of Manhattan." They saved the gems, "Transaltanticism" and "I Will Follow You Into The Dark" for the encore.......

FRIDAY • 826LA hosts a conversation—sponsored by Believer Magazine—between Mike Davis (author of City of Quartz and The Ecology of Fear) and Joshuah Bearman, with special guest activist and photographer Monique Verdin. The conversation starts at 7 PM. RSVP here or call (310) 305-8418. • Stars will play an acoustic set from their album Set Yourself on Fire at Amoeba Music at 6 PM. Admission is free. • El Cid features Cerberus Shoal, Mike......

Sample these tracks and let us know what's in your iPod playlist this week. Sabrosa Purr | Local Rock Liars, Petty Thieves and Pets [download] This threadbare, emotional track will grab your attention on the first listen. Songs like "Liars..." prove that Sabrosa Purr is definitely not a one-trick cat. Catch them live Friday, Nov. 18 at Alex's Bar in Long Beach. Metric | Alternative Too Little Too Late [download] Metric recorded "Old World......

Here are five songs that are topping our iTunes playlist this week... Kick back and relax with Death Cab for Cutie's I Will Follow You Into The Dark. Death Cab play the Wiltern on October 21. Black Eyed Peas' will.i.am teams with DMC and Sarah McLachlan on the Just Like Me. The unusual "Cats in the Cradle" cover is plucked from McLachlan's new Bloom remix CD. The collaboration is odd, but it works. Of......