We've never been to the Celebrity Center for a concert, but we can vouch for Cowboy (not Country!) musician Dave Stamey if you're into that kind of thang. Still, for those inclined to roots music, The Arthur Adams Band will be at the Baked Potato in Studio City playing blues. The Arthur Adams Band @ The Baked Potato Editors, Hot Hot Heat, Louis XIV @ The Wiltern Manic Hispanic, Death by Stereo, GG Elvis &......

The Hives - "Tick Tick Boom" The Hives @ The Avalon The Hold Steady, Art Brut @ Henry Fonda Architecture in Helsinki, Glass Candy @ Troubadour The Thrills, Small Sins, Rock and Roll @ Spaceland Julio Iglesias @ Gibson Dos @ Alex's Bar Tunng @ Amoeba Hannah Montana @ Staples Cue the Moon @ Silverlake Lounge HoneyHoney, Whispertown2000, Buddy @ Hotel Cafe She Wants Revenge, Kenna, The Start @ Grove of Anaheim Freezepop, Solvent,......

They're the best band you'll see all summer. Yes, even better than Rage Against the Machine. Pound-for-pound Arcade Fire has more songs, better songs, and you can't call it comeback. Plus the Canadians will be playing two nights in a venue in a park that will still smell of the remnants of an actual fire. Unless Rage has a stage that looks like a 1970s super computer, another point must be awarded to the......

Dinosaur Jr., Awesome Color @ The Troubadour Modest Mouse @ Greek Gibson Fairport Convention @ McCabe's Dios Malos, Free Moral Agents, Todd Congelliere @ Alex's Bar Broken Needle, Circle One, Death Party @ Safari Sam's Ariel Pink, Soft-Boiled Eggies @ The Echo Los Kung Fu Monkeys, Defied, JBL, Final Summation, Squatters in Paradise @ Knitting Factory......

Billy Bragg @ Henry Fonda Paul Simon @ Greek The Shys @ Spaceland Stratovarius @ House of Blues 1349, Sothis @ Safari Sam's The Brombies @ Viva Cantina Bodies of Water @ Mr. T's Bowl The Shore, Asteroid #4 @ Silverlake Lounge Free Moral Agents @ The Smell The Dears, The Fields @ The Troubadour Mark Mallman, Surface Tension @ Viper Room Cherry Poppin’ Daddies @ The Knitting Factory......

FRIDAY • Night two of GSL's Flood & Mudslide Season Warm-Up Party at The Echo features 400 Blows, Free Moral Agents, Labwaste, Coaxial and Gabriel Hart and His Upset Black Guitar. Doors open at 7 PM; tickets are $10 or $18 for a two-night pass. • The second night of Nouvelle Vague at Tangier, with The Good Listeners and DJ Senor Amor. Tickets are $25. • Another Hitchcock double feature at 7:30 PM, with......