Last month, Joe Fielder, whose local music blog Radio Free Silver Lake has been in existence since February 2006, celebrated the second anniversary of his monthly Let's Independent! event, at Boardner's (MySpace) in Hollywood, with performances by Death to Anders (MySpace), The Savages (MySpace), and Xu Xu Fang (MySpace). Showcasing the best and most promising artists from the local indie music scene, past editions of Let's Independent! have included Great Northern (MySpace), The Movies......

Yesterday, Little Radio's Summer Camp series Downtown continued with performances by New York-based Paul Dillon (MySpace) from Silver Rockets (MySpace), as well as local bands The Damselles and The TC4 (MySpace), Speedbuggy (MySpace), and The Happy Hollows (MySpace). The Damselles and the TC4 is a newly-formed supergroup, comprised of members from I Make This Sound (MySpace), Le Switch (MySpace), The Voyeurs (MySpace), and Division Day (MySpace). This was their second live performance, as their......

Earlier this month, local band The Sweet Hurt (MySpace) celebrated the release of their In the Shade of Dreams EP with a release party at Pehrspace (MySpace) in Echo Park, with Evan Slamka from Marjorie Fair (MySpace), Liz Pappademas (MySpace), and Alex Lilly from Obi Best (MySpace), formerly known as Colorforms (MySpace). The recent amount of local music blogger press about The Sweet Hurt leading up to the show -- at LA-Underground, Rock Insider,......

Castledoor at Spaceland on January 31, 2008 | Photo by Koga/LAist Every March in Austin is like Mecca for music and techies. South by Southwest (SXSW) is one of the most popular interactive and music conferences, always hosted in the Texan city that has been honored as one of the creative cities in America. Out of the 1200 or so bands playing from around the world, 109 are from Los Angeles and LA County(give......

Artist: Division Day Album: Beartrap Island Label: Eenie Meenie Records Release Date: 10/02/2007 Listen to "Ricky": We finally got our greasy little mitts on Beartrap Island from LA's own Division Day and have been enjoying it quite a bit. After the sort-of throwaway intro tune, the Beartrap Island kicks into what I think is my favorite tune on the entire album, "Ricky" (listen to it above) - it's rockin' and energetic and a great way......

HIM - "Passion's Killing Floor" Lydia Lunch @ Largo HIM, Bleeding Through @ Orpheum The Roots, Erykah Badu, Keb Mo, Taj Mahal, Cory Chisel @ The Wiltern Film School, Division Day, Eulogies @ Echoplex Annuals, Manchester Orchestra @ Troubadour Jeff Buckley Tribute @ Key Club The Goo Goo Dolls @ Best Buy - West LA Monsters Are Waiting, Sabertooth Tiger, So So So, Aztlan Underground @ The Scene......

Yesterday commenced with an LA bang. I started off at the Indaba music loft again because they have been hosting a plethora of good (free!) shows. There's something comforting about watching bands from someone else's living room. I showed up around mid-day to catch one of my favorite LA bands Division Day. Front man Rohner Segnitz and the boys ran through a pleasant acoustic set. With drummer Kevin Lenhart on shakers, Division Day sounded......

Morrissey @ The Palladium The Weakerthans @ The El Rey The Mormons @ Mr. T's Bowl Supafloss, The Webee Boys @ The Gig Division Day, The Mae Shi, Eulogies @ The Echo Stephen Marley @ Hollywood Bowl Saosin, The Dear & Departed, Norma Jean, Alexisonfire @ Avalon......

Morris Day & the Time, Sea Wolf, The Broken West, Ben Harper, Blonde Redhead, The Emotions, Medusa, Breakestra, Autolux, Culver City Dub Collective, The Parson Red Heads, The Pity Party, Division Day, others @ Sunset Junction (10a-10p) Yolanda Adams, Angie Stone, Clarence Carter, The Laws Family, Eloise Laws, Barbara Morrison, Linda Hopkins, Billy Valentine @ Compton Summer Soul Jam, Par 3 Golf Course Stevie Nicks, ZZ Top, The Pretenders, Stray Cats, Sugar Ray @......

Division Day, the indie pop band hailing from Santa Cruz and formed in 2001, is out with their debut full length album, Beartrap Island, a combination of echoey sounds, exciting drums, and catchy choruses. Originally from northern California the band makes its home in Los Angeles now, more specifically Eagle Rock's "rock block" - the neighborhood known for its numerous recording studios and rehearsal spaces. Known for their relentless touring and somewhat mischevious behavior......

Hot Hot Heat have been added to the Sunset Junction bill. I know you know Sunset Junction, the festival spread along Silverlake's streets in late August. It's sweltering, and us indie rock fans could never quite understand how old-skool Silverlake gay men could promenade in their leathers all day long. The days of gay old Silverlake are mostly gone now; heck, the 4100 Club took over Detour years ago. Anyway, I reminisce: no matter......

Rush @ Hollywood Bowl Slint @ Henry Fonda Sanjaya Malakar, Melinda Doolittle, Lakisha Jones, Jordin Sparks @ Staples Center Division Day, Saint Motel, The Health Club, Moving to France @ Viper Room Buckwheat Zydeco, Doug Legacy & the Zydeco Party Band @ Safari Sam's Patton Oswalt @ Largo Snow Patrol, Hot Hot Heat @ Greek Johnny Polanco @ El Floridita Metal Skool, D’Amato, The Hammer, AL-CE-MI @ Key Club Plasticsoul, Brandon Schott, The Breakups,......

Friday night's "celebration" at Safari Sam's was testimony to the tremendous impact Sea Level Records has had upon the local Los Angeles music scene. As reported previously, the foremost indie record store decided to throw in the towel after their influential 5 1/2 year reign. So, party, celebration--any word used to connote remote contentment would simply be a misnomer. As friends of Sea Level sporadically graced the stage to eulogize, it became harder to......

Sea Level Records Going Away Party: Division Day, Switch @ Safari Sam's Gwen Stefani, Akon, Lady Sovereign @ Verizon Skinny Puppy @ Henry Fonda Lynda Carter @ Catalina Bar & Grill Missing Persons @ Malibu Inn John Butler Trio, Kaki King @ The Wiltern The Samples @ Hollywood Park Bobby "Blue" Bland @ Vault 350 Agent Orange @ Anarchy Library Carina Round @ Amoeba Greg Proops, Aimee Mann, Drew Carey @ Largo Angry Samoans,......

The Who @ Long Beach Arena Division Day, Love of Diagrams, Canon, La Rocca @ Spaceland Eastern Conference Champions, I Make this Sound, The Procession @ Silverlake Lounge The Binges, Bleu, Dial Zero, Andy Dick & the Bitches of the Century @ King King The Faceless, Toast to the Gods, Earned in Blood, Straight to Vengeance @ Whisky A Go Go Floater 6, The Nervous Wrecks, Boozehounds, Marie Catastrophe, Uglysticks @ Lava Lounge Go......

The Submarines, "Brighter Discontent" Tonight: The Who @ Long Beach Arena Division Day, La Rocca @ Spaceland Eastern Conference Champions, I Make this Sound, The Procession @ Silverlake Lounge The Binges, Andy Dick & the Bitches of the Century @ King King Metal Skool, Shapes of Race Cars, Pearl @ Key Club Tuesday: Rockstar Supernova, The Panic Channel, Dilana @ Long Beach Arena Money Mark @ Amoeba (free, 7pm) Mezzanine Owls, Black Palms @......

Eastern Conference Champions "To The Wind" The Airbourne Toxic Event, The Sharp Ease, Dead Ponies @ Viper Room Division Day, Bedroom Walls, Tigers Can Bite You @ Spaceland Ralph Stanley @ El Rey Sarah Silverman @ Largo Metal Skool, Prima Donna, Mardo, The Sugi Tap @ Key Club Eastern Conference Champions, Blvd., Meho Plaza @ Silverlake Lounge Will Haven, Eightfourseven, Death Valley High, Red Host @ The Troubadour The Binges, The Ringers, Andy Dick......

The Abe Lincoln Story @ The Echo Division Day, Great Northern, Peter Walker @ Spaceland Metal Skool, The Thornbirds, Drugstore Cowboys @ Key Club Cousin Kate, Amy Loftus @ The Gig Mia Sable, Kristy Kruger, Gil Landry @ The Hotel Cafe Eastern Conference Champions, Magic & Rattles, Valentino, The Shys @ Silverlake Lounge The Binges, Wired All Wrong, Minutes to Midnight, Andy Dick @ King King Robin Williams on Fire, Macka, The Pristines, Alexis......

The Binges, Tokyo Smog and host Andy Dick @ King King The Game @ House of Blues Lily Allen @ Henry Fonda Theater Paul Weller @ Avalon Metal Skool @ Key Club sosohuman @ King King Foreign Born, Black Palms, In Waves @ Viper Room A Kiss Could Be Deadly, Ultraviolet, Metroid @ Safari Sam's Alexandra Bustamante, Jessica Catarina, Dee, Olivia @ Cat Club Division Day, The Movies, Tandemoro, Happy Hallows @ Spaceland Simon......

To celebrate the Snakes on a Plane soundtrack which was released yesterday, Cobra Starship, the band who performs the theme song will be playing the Key Club tonight. Attendees can expect a plethora of special guests. We can imagine some good odds of a Fall Out Boy or two, random celebs, throngs of kids with digital cameras, Marc Brown, and a red carpet @ Key Club The Neville Brothers, The Meters, Brass Monkey Brass......

Do you like to be rocked to sleep, or rocked like a hurricane? Fri 6/16 - Juana Molina / Jose Gonzalez / Psapp @ El Rey ($21) – All three of these artists performed on Morning Becomes Eclectic this week. Juana Molina’s a critically acclaimed, Argentinean singer-songwriter who recently released her third album. Her music is pretty, electro-folk and she sings in breathy, Spanish. Jose Gonzalez is a Swedish singer-songwriter. The Onion compared him......

Mon 6/12 - Boy Kill Boy / Monsters are Waiting @ Spaceland (Free) – Spaceland's always a safe bet on Monday night. London’s Boy Kill Boy play that catchy dance-rock that you might like if you’re into Bloc Party and Franz Ferdinand. They’ve been on tour with Charlatans and Echo & the Bunnymen, so take advantage of seeing them for free. They’re also playing Lollapalooza and the Reading and Leeds festivals. Their first single,......

Tues 5/30 - Bedroom Walls / Let’s Go Sailing / Lavender Diamond @ Troubadour ($8) – Catch three strong local bands on one bill. Bedroom Walls has a new, critically acclaimed album on Baria Records. Download “Somewhere in Newhall (string quartet version)” Let’s Go Sailing is Shana Levy with various members of Silversun Pickups, Tanya Haden and others helping her out from time to time. Lavender Diamond is Becky Stark backed by some other......

WEDNESDAY • David Bazan (Pedro the Lion) and Rosie Thomas perform tonight at Largo. Doors open at 8 PM. • MF DOOM (Danger Doom, Madvillian, MF), Pigeon John and 8 Bit are on tonight at The El Rey. Tickets are $28.50. • It's the Clash of the Tetris Final Showdown at Little Pedro's, featuring music by Little One (ex-Sunday's Best) and Division Day, plus DJ sets by Jimmy Tamborello (The Postal Service) and Pedro......

Yari More and his Orchestra perform at Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza at 7:30 PM. (323) 290-6636. The Chapin Sisters and I See Hawks wrap-up their dual Monday night residency at the echo. The show starts at 8:30 PM. For details, call (213) 413-8200. Circus Minor finish their residency at Spaceland. The doors open at 8 PM and the show begins at 9 PM. Call (323) 661-4380. Fielding take the stage at the Silverlake Lounge......

WEDNESDAY • Sabrosa Purr continue their residency at the Silverlake Lounge tonight, along with Division Day, Jonneine Zapata and Cool Dry Place. Cover is $5. • Tonight is REDCAT's Los Angeles premiere of DJ Spooky's Rebirth of a Nation, an audio-visual remix of DW Griffith's classic Birth of a Nation at 8:30 PM. The film will be screening until Sunday and tickets range from $10-100. Click here to see our complete list of events......

TUESDAY • Kasabian performs tonight at the Henry Fonda Theater. Doors open at 7:30 PM and tickets are $15. • Dolour, The Catch, Division Day and Ahmaste are at the Knitting Factory tonight at 7:30 PM. Tickets are $8. Click here to view our list of events for the week.......

• Today is the beginning of "Like A Waking Dream: An In-Person Tribute to Director Guy Maddin" at the Aero Theatre. See our post about the event for more information. • Tonight at Spaceland, see San Diego instrumentalists Tristeza with Arabella Harrison and Division Day. Doors open at 9 PM. • Menwhile, the Viper Room hosts Qbert with DJ Swamp. Doors open at 8 PM. • LACMA hosts a 6 PM reception celebrating the......

UCLA's Hammer Museum hosts a reading by David Foster Wallace—author of Infinite Jest, Brief Interviews With Hideous Men and Oblivion—at 7:00 PM. At the Troubadour, KCRW presents Mark Kozelek (of Red House Painters and Sun Kil Moon) with Jesse Sykes and Phil Wandsher at 8:00 PM. Tickets are $15.00 advance. Meanwhile, at The Echo, see McLusky, plus Yourcodenameis: Milo and Division Day at 9:00 PM. Tickets are $12.00 at the door. As mentioned yesterday,......