Dresden Dolls, The Red Paintings @ Orpheum Cheyenne Kimball @ House of Blues Ray Bradbury @ Every Picture Tells a Story Peter Falk @ Book Soup Cathouse @ Key Club Brooks & Dunn @ Gibson Gov’t Mule @ Grove of Anaheim Bobby Bare Jr. @ Spaceland Mat Kearney, Griffin House @ Roxy Trainwreck, Supafloss, Baby Dayliner @ Safari Sam's The Sweet Hollywaiians @ The Coffee Gallery Backstage Bang Sugar Bang, Venus 6, Josie Cotton......

If you won't be joining LAist tonight at the Viper Room to see Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers, here are some other activities that run a close second: Tonight at Spaceland, see Evan Dando of the Lemonheads performing solo, preceeded by Lee Ving (former frontman of Fear). Doors open at 9:00 PM. The Knitting Factory will be hosting MF Doom/Brother Ali & BK One with John Robinson tonight at 7:30 PM. Tickets are $15.00.......

Wednesday is moving slowly toward the weekend, inching us all ever closer to those elusive two days of freedom. LAist hopes you enjoy today's picks for entertainment in music and film. Tonight at the Troubadour, KCRW presents the black-and-white theatrics of The Dresden Dolls with Performance Artist and The Centimeters. Tickets are $12.00 and doors open at 7:30 PM.......