Last Monday, Swedish singer Lykke Li (MySpace) headlined an estrogen-filled night at the Hotel Cafe in Hollywood, that included local singer-songwriters Emily Wells (MySpace) and Jesca Hoop (MySpace) as well as New York-based Ida (MySpace). Li's performance immediately followed an in-store appearance and signing of her debut album Youth Novels at Amoeba Music just a few blocks away. And last Thursday, she performed "Breaking It Up" on Late Night With Conan O'Brien. As for......

Peter Case, Ron Franklin @ McCabe's Ice T @ Key Club John Doe @ Malibu Inn Hall & Oates @ Hollywood Bowl Joan as Police Woman, Princeton, Emily Wells @ Spaceland Kings of Leon, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club @ The Greek The Mother Hips, Broken West @ The Roxy Hawnay Troof, The Octopus Project @ The El Rey Common @ The Wiltern Ben Kweller @ The Echo Jon Brion @ Largo James Intveld, Red......

Arrested Development - "Mr. Wendal" Arrested Development @ Santa Monica Pier (free) The Bloody Hollies, Restaurant, Muso @ Spaceland The Redwalls, Bang Lime @ The Roxy Sierra Swan, Carina Round @ Largo The Most Powerful Hand, The Young Sixties @ Mr. T's Bowl Potential Pillows, Grid, Safe Haven, Brutal Force, Last Hours @ The Whisky Emily Wells, Queen V, Fishtank Ensemble, Dawn Landes, The Maldives @ The Hotel Cafe Summers End, Rosemary's Billygoat, Dead......

Ying Yang Twins @ Key Club Cowboy Junkies @ El Rey Theatre Toots & the Maytals, Elijah Emmanuel & the Revelations @ House of Blues Wovenhand, The Dodos, The Lamps @ Silverlake Lounge Die! Die! Die!, Gliss, The Moderates @ Spaceland PCRV, Crank Sturgeon, Moment Trigger, Dog, Raven Chacon @ Il Corral Amber Pacific, Just Surrender, MontyareI, Powerspace @ The Troubadour Bitch & the Exciting Conclusion, Emily Wells, Vanessa Bley @ The Hotel Cafe......

Jill Cunniff, The Artist Formerly Known as Rob Giles & the Revolution, Emily Wells @ Hotel Cafe The Fuxedos (above), Vagabond Opera, The Abe Lincoln Story @ The Echo Evil Beaver, The Bourbon Saints, The Binges, Warren Drive @ Knitting Factory Monsters Are Waiting, The Brobecks, 8mm @ Safari Sam's Yellowcard, Narwahl @ The Troubadour The Watkins Family Hour @ Largo Unwritten Law, Fathom, Transit War @ Vault 350 Mon Cousin Belge, White, Bianca......

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 @......

The Cramps, The Demolition Doll Rods, The Groovie Ghoulies @ House of Blues ¡Forward, Russia! @ Spaceland Z Trip, DJ Goldenhead @ Vault 350 John Lee Hooker Jr. @ Harvelle's India.Arie @ Grove of Anaheim Stuart A. Staples @ The Troubadour Witchcraft, Danava @ Safari Sam's Ahmet Zappa (signing) @ Book Soup Billy Vera & the Beaters @ Rusty's Surf Ranch Jesca Hoop, Emily Wells @ The Hotel Cafe Los Super Elegantes, Mika Miko......