Honky @ The Scene The Roots @ Avalon Vice @ Steve Allen Theatre Brazilian Girls @ The Wiltern Veruca Salt, 45 Grave @ Vault 350 Dios Malos, Future Pigeon @ The Echo My Chemical Romance @ House of Blues Ladytron, Midnight Movies @ El Rey Theater Devo, A Flock of Seagulls, Bow Wow Wow @ Greek The Horrors, The Cinematics, The Deadly Syndrome @ Safari Sam's......

Art Brut, We Are Scientists @ Henry Fonda Joe Satriani & Steve Vai @ House of Blues Leon Russell, Dave Mason @ Cerritos Center DJ Krush @ Knitting Factory Groovy Rednecks @ Safari Sam's Poncho Sanchez @ Blue Cafe Silversun Pickups, Viva Voce @ The Echo Starsailor, Brothemandude, Peter Walker @ The Troubadour Backbiter, Motorcycle Black Madonnas, Project K @ Mr. T's Bowl Future Pigeon, Very Be Careful, Mezklah, Fatima @ Echo Park Lake......

Fuck Yeah Fest at the Jenson Rec Center, 1161 Logan St., Echo Park, CA, (323) 413-8200. Circle Jerks, The Bronx, 400 Blows, Future Pigeon, Burning Brides, Nudity, the Willowz, Blood Meridian, Black Fag, Horses, Horse the Band, Gayrilla Biscuits, Issiea Saggua, Bad Dudes, The Po Po’s, Sex Eyes, Modwheelmood, Gosling. $20, all ages. Agent Orange @ Safari Sam's Earth, Wind, and Fire @ Verizon Supersuckers @ Viper Room Colin Hay @ Largo Tim McGraw......

Here are a few live music options for the old and jaded, desert-averse people. Fri 4/28 - Wilderness / Year Future / Parts & Labor @ the Echo ($8) – Willing to fight the Gnarls Barkley crowd at the Roxy? Didn't think so. Baltimore’s Wilderness are beloved in the indie community. They’re post-punk inspired, but not in an insipid way (think Fugazi and PiL not She Wants Revenge and the Bravery). Year Future are......

Fri 4/14 – The Greenhornes @ Troubadour ($12) – This Cincinnati three-piece plays quality retro rock’n’roll that’s heavily influenced by The Yardbirds. The band includes the rhythm section that played on Loretta Lynn’s great album, Van Lear Rose, and they're also members of the Raconteurs (along with Brendan Benson and Jack White). Download Pattern Skies Sat 4/15 – Kennedy @ The 4th Annual Rock Paper Scissors Rumble ($5) – A rare opportunity to watch......

The Beatles The Capitol Albums Vol. 2 (Capitol) – Four disc collection of the American versions of the early albums (The Early Beatles, Beatles VI, Help and Rubber Soul) in both stereo and mono. A tempting purchase, but unless you’re a completist it’s tough to justify. Built to Spill You in Reverse (Warner Bros.) – There aren’t any big surprises on the Boise, indie rockers’ sixth studio album. They still have long songs, strong......

FRIDAY • Robert Pollard (Guided By Voices) and The High Strung play the Knitting Factory tonight at 8 PM. Tickets are $18. • ESG and Future Pigeon are on stage at The Echo tonight at 9 PM, along with guest DJs Michael Stock (Part-Time Punks), Jimi Hey (Indian Jewelry) and Dark Alley. Tickets are $25. [18+]......

It'll be a quiet night in the city, but a few rock clubs will be making some noise. At The Scene in Glendale: Very Be Careful with Future Pigeon. Catch a cacophony of sounds at The Smell with Kunta Kinte's Revenge, Bring Back the Guns and the seasonlly-(in)appropriate Jesus Makes the Shotgun Sound. Pretty lights photo by Jan Tik via Flickr......

Demolisten's 20th anniversary party is Saturday at the Knitting Factory and while you can't blame Fred Kiko (pictured, in action) for the whole thing, he's been an able helmsman for quite some time and probably wouldn't mind you buying him a congratulatory beer. The Friday night radio show on KXLU plays (duh) demos and has featured pre-known acts such as Beck, Devendra Banhardt, Guns N Roses and the everlasting Red Hot Chili Peppers. Celebrating......

Aside from the Vice Presidential debates, there are some events going on around town. If you decide to go out rather than remain home, glued to the TV as Cheney and Edwards duke it out, you can always catch the highlights on the radio while on your way to one of these fine events. At UCLA, "Where's My Democracy?" comes to Royce Hall. Downtown For Democracy has brought together a group of writers who......