Joanna Newsom - "Monkey and Bear" Joanna Newsom @ Disney Hall ZZ Top @ The Greek Of Montreal, Grand Buffet, MGMT @ Avalon Loudon Wainwright III, Joe Henry @ El Rey M.I.A., The Cool Kids @ The Wiltern Ben Harper, Piers Faccini @ Orpheum Rhino Bucket @ Knitting Factory Dave Mason @ House of Blues, Anaheim Eek-A-Mouse @ Galaxy Theatre Jesu, These Arms Are Snakes @ Echoplex She Wants Revenge, Kenna, theSTART @ Henry......

The Buzzcocks @ Spaceland Joe Satriani @ The Roxy Colin Hay, The Plimsouls @ Galaxy Theatre The Aquabats @ Henry Fonda Theater ALO, Culver City Dub Collective @ The Troubadour Maze w/ Frankie Beverly, Ashford & Simpson @ Gibson A for Attack, Sabertooth Tiger @ The Echo Raine Maida, The Veils, St James Inc. @ The Hotel Cafe Golden State, Emma Burgess, The Underwater @ Viper Room Earlimart, Castledoor, The Happy Hollows @ Santa......

Sonic Youth @ Urban Outfitters - Santa Monica Daft Punk, Ratatat @ LA Sports Arena The Rentals, Goldenboy @ Spaceland Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons @ Kodak The Dwarves, The Dickies @ Galaxy Theatre Veruca Salt, The Flys @ Key Club Erasure @ Grove of Anaheim Theo & the Skyscrapers @ The Echo Rasputina, My Brightest Diamond @ The El Rey Nervous Gender @ The Cocaine Black Kites, The Transmissions, The Switch @......

Great Northern Great Northern, The Upside Down, CoCo B's @ Little Radio (noon) Neil Hamburger, Dr. El Suavo, TV Sheriff @ Spaceland Hugh Cornwell @ Galaxy Theatre The Lovell Sisters @ McCabe's The Paul Green School of Rock @ The Roxy Street Trash, Geisha Girls, Le Face, The Diffs, The Hitz @ The Knitting Factory The Ramonas, The Outskirts, Adam West The Bat @ The Airliner Dukes Of Doom, The Perfect Black, The Plague,......

Dinosaur Jr., Awesome Color @ The Troubadour The Germs @ Galaxy Theatre Peter Case, Grant-Lee Phillips @ Largo Al Kooper @ McCabe's Don McLean @ The Canyon mere mortals @ Market Gallery The Fuxedos @ The Echo Atomic Punks, Lure, Demize, Flake @ Whisky A Gogo Los Infernos, Charley Horse, Hellbound Hayride @ Safari Sam's The Rock & Roll Adventure Kids, Les Hormones, The Lateenos @ Mr. T's Bowl Horse the Band, Black Pyramids,......

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Eddie Vedder, Ditty Bops (above), Woody Harrelson, others @ Henry Fonda Willie Nelson, George Strait, Lucinda Williams, many more @ Stagecoach Cypress Hill @ Vault 350 The Jerry Garcia Band @ Fais Do-Do Manic Hispanic @ Galaxy Theatre Rosanne Cash @ Disney Hall One+One (James Zabiela & Nic Fanciulli) @ Vanguard David Grier @ Boulevard Music Victor Wooten @ El Rey Suzanne Somers @ La Mirada Theater for Performance Arts......

Ying Yang Twins @ Galaxy Theatre OK Go @ Pepperdine Ted Leo @ El Rey The Mother Hips @ Roxy Relient K @ Avalon Peanut Butter Wolf, Honeycut @ Getty Eats Tapes, Powdered Wigs, Tik Tik @ The Smell The One AM Radio, Ola Podrida, Joel Virgil @ Tangier Los Straitjackets, Devil Dolls, Gamblers Mark @ Safari Sam's 1349, Goatwhore, Nachtmystium, Averse Sefira, Ascension @ The Knitting Factory The Briggs, KOS, Meg & Dia,......

Nurse With Wound @ Amoeba (7pm, free) De La Soul @ Galaxy Theatre Les Sans Culottes, Donita Sparks, Cheem @ Spaceland Man Man, Simon Dawes, The Ventriloquists @ Roxy Malik Pointer, The Darkside Crooks, Wreckloose @ On the Rox The Watkins Family Hour @ Largo Fantan Mojah @ Dragonfly Ken Andrews, First Wave Hello @ The Troubadour Big F*ckin Deal, The Cheat, Buffalo Roam @ Safari Sam's......

Norah Jones @ Amoeba (6pm, free) Fear, The Dickies @ Galaxy Theatre Stanley Clarke @ Vault 350 Radars to the Sky @ El Cid Miho Hatori @ The Troubadour sosohuman, Jucifer @ The Mint KRS-One @ Blue Cafe The Fray @ House of Blues Sparklehorse @ Henry Fonda Patty Booker @ Viva Cantina Castaneda @ Spaceland Chevy Metal @ The Canyon Darker Shadows Macabaret @ The Bordello Murderland, Candygram for Mongo, Automatique @ The......

With sweat dripping down my neck and the taste of stale whiskey on lips, I rocked the dance floor of the Galaxy Theatre in Santa Ana this past Saturday night. The reggae themed Surf Rock Tour took place just east of L.A., bringing out the fabulousness of Chapter 11, OPM, and Common Sense. Oh, and did I mention, there were even a few drunken guys boogieing down to James Brown between sets. Not to......

WEDNESDAY • The best selling duo of all time—Hall & Oates—perform tonight at the Greek Theatre at 7:30 PM. Tickets are $29-65. • The Black Keys, SSM and Mad Man Moon are on tonight at the Galaxy Theatre at 8 PM. Tickets are $15. • AFI at ArcLight presents a special screening of The French Connection tonight at 8 PM. • A limited number of tickets are available for the LA premiere of David......

FRIDAY • Robbie Fulks and special guest Randy Weeks play at McCabe's Guitar Shop at 8 PM. Tickets are $16. • The Dead 60s, Drunk Horse and Morningwood perform at Spaceland at 9 PM. • Carlos Guitarlos, Mike Stinson and The Blazers play at The Echo at 8:30 PM. Admission is $10. [18+] • Lion Fever, LKN and Pink Grenade hit the stage at El Cid tonight. Cover is $5. • Billy Zoom, Hellbound......

TUESDAY • Nickel Creek are at Largo tonight at 8 PM. • Hank III and JB Beverly and the Wayward Drifters perform at the Galaxy Theatre tonight at 8 PM. Tickets are $17.50. • Amoeba Music hosts a free in-store by the Violent Femmes tonight at 7 PM. Click here for a complete list of events for the week.......

FRIDAY • The inimitable Chris Whitley performs tonight at the Knitting Factory with Rob Shapiro from Populuxe. Doors open at 8 PM; tickets are $12. • Ray Wylie Hubbard and I See Hawks in LA are at McCabe's Guitar Shop tonight at 8 PM. Tickets are $15. • Guitarist extraordinaire Mark Knopfler and special guest William Topley perform at the Greek Theatre tonight at 7:30 PM. Tickets range from $30-79.50. • The Scene hosts......

THURSDAY • The Eels are at Avalon tonight with Strings at 8 PM. Tickets are $25. • The Knitting Factory Front Room hosts a benefit for the Peer Education Program of Los Angeles, featuring Wires On Fire, Jim Brown (Bluebird), Terrors, Energy Club, Darren Weiss (Wires on Fire/Belladonna) and The Naturals. The show starts at 8 PM; tickets are $10. • Doors open at 7:30 PM for Frankie and Tommy's Social Club at the......

FRIDAY • Melt Banana makes an appearance tonight at the Troubadour, along with Das Oath and Toxic Shock & The Flaming Tampons at 8 PM. Tickets are $12. • Architecture in Helsinki will be giving a free in-store performance at Amoeba Music at 7 PM. • The Books and Mia Doi Todd are at the Knitting Factory tonight at 8 PM. Tickets are $12 advance, $14 at the door. • At The Fold at......

MONDAY • The Troubadour has Mates of State with Irving and Ahmaste at 7:30 PM. Tickets are $15. • At The Fold at the Silverlake Lounge, see Emperor X with The Temporary Thing, Coalinga and Teddy's Cheer Club, starting at 8:30 PM. Admission is $5. • The Walkmen are performing at the Galaxy Theatre with Run.Run.Run, The Lassie Foundation and Gran Ronde. Tickets are $17.50 and the show starts at 8 PM. Find events......