Tonight's the first show of undergrounDNUOS, which is a nonprofit night of collaboration and experimentation put on by Amoeba Music and its employees as a labor of love. " It is a monthly series set at various underground spaces, art galleries, warehouses, and strange bars embracing the concepts of improvisation in any genre and any sound... it is designed to be a space for people to step outside of what they normally do and......

TALK What’s up with all the development in Downtown LA? What’s it going to look like in 5, 10 or 20 years? Moderated by Christopher Hawthorne, Los Angeles Times architecture critic, ALOUD at the Central Library features panelists Lauren Bon, Tom Gilmore, Martha Welborne and James Von Klemperer, AIA to discuss all things Downtown and development. 7 PM // ALOUD at the Central Library: Mark Taper Auditorium // 631 Fifth & Flower streets, LA......

MUSIC Tonight at the Jazz Bakery is the The Alternative String Group, an ensemble of students from Robert Anderson and Jacob Szekely's music school in West Hollywood, The String Project | Los Angeles. Both studio musicians who have worked with the likes of the Dakah Hip-Hop Orchestra and SuperNova, the two have put together a conservatory that is pretty high tech with their interactive music lessons, recording and filming them for student's personal analysis.........

Now that the rain has gone away, Spaceland on Ice can continue this week with The Chapin Sisters and their folk/pop. Meanwhile, at Spaceland itself, The Airborne Toxic Event continues their residency tonight with The Morning Benders, The Weather Underground. ALSO TONIGHT Mike Watt and the Missing Men, Monster Cock Rally @ The Prospector Birds & Batteries, The Karabal Nightlife, The Lonelyhearts @ The Fold/Silverlake Lounge Ollin, Omar Torres, La Verdad @ Temple Bar Six......

Who is brave or foolish enough to go out tonight? No, seriously. Why do you want to leave the house? There are some things to do if you are so inclined (queue writer's raised eyebrow). JAZZ The renowned Alan Broadbent Trio plays two sets tonight at the Jazz Bakery. 8 & 9:30 p.m. // The Jazz Bakery // 3233 Helms Ave. // (310) 271-9039 // $25 FILM Quentin Tarantino hosts a LACMA screening of South......

"A Little Prayer" by Evelyn Glennie, played with Fred Firth The Watkins Family Hour @ Largo Mike Stinson @ The Echo Sixteen Stars, Major O, Eggman & the Starkillers @ The Derby The Brown Out @ Fais Do-Do Wreckless Eric @ Safari Sam's Puddle Of Mudd, Solarcade @ Roxy Marc Cohn @ El Rey Theatre Francisco Aguabella Seven Piece Latin Jazz Ensemble @ Charlie O's Moutin Reunion Quartet @ The Jazz Bakery Evelyn Glennie......

Al Green, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Jr. Watson & The Texas Horns, others @ Doheny Blues Festival Stevie Nicks, Chris Issak @ The Greek The Sea & Cake, Robbers on High Street @ The Troubadour The Turtle Island Quartet @ The Jazz Bakery Pit er Pat, Priestbird, Ima Fucking Gymnast @ The Smell Armored Saint, Chingalera, Cockpit @ The Viper Room Grant Lee Phillips @ Largo Thank You Drive Through, Couzin It, Erick Macek @......

Kittie @ Key Club Dios (Malos), The Changes @ The Troubadour Tim Jones, The Watson Twins, Everest @ The Hotel Cafe The Make, The Fast Sails, Michael Van London, Tygers of Wrath @ The Mint Sabertooth Tiger, Che Arthur, Bobb Bruno, Que Sera @ The Smell Venus Envy, The Hundred Days, Ten Count Junky @ Viper Room I Heart Robots, The Knife Confession, Tanks @ The Good Hurt Squab, Swallows, Teddy's Cheerclub @ Mr.......

The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra just launched their new website. Classical music has went and gotten a makeover of black and white dashed with red, behind-the-music blogs posts the obligatory MySpace music profile and "LACO Pulse, the orchestra's network for the young and culturally savvy" (get together, drink, play pool, talk music). Shows to look out for this season at LACO are Musaic at the Jazz Bakery in May, Baroque Conversations 1 (we love Telemann!)......

The Game @ House of Blues The Make @ The Mint The Blow @ The Echo The Mando Dorame Quartet @ The Bordello Mose Allison @ The Jazz Bakery Paul Weller @ Avalon Nana Pancha @ The Knitting Factory Yes Me to Death, The Switch, Blood on the Tracks @ The Scene......

M. Ward, Victoria Williams @ El Rey Dengue Fever @ Temple Bar Morrissey @ Pasadena Civic Auditorium Gladys Knight @ Gibson The Monolators, Repeater, The Friends of Dennis Wilson @ Mr. T's Bowl KRS-One @ The Knitting Factory Ladysmith Black Mambazo @ Cal State Long Beach Pierre de Reeder @ The Mint Margaret Cho @ Largo Mose Allison @ The Jazz Bakery Ron Sexsmith, Annie Stela @ The Troubadour G Love & Special Sauce,......

There is a Pixies song that came out a while ago called "Allison". Some say that it was written about, or inspired by Mr. Mose Allison. Video after the jump. The Nightwatchman @ The Hotel Cafe KRS-One @ The Knitting Factory Bruce Hornsby @ Malibu Performing Arts Mose Allison @ The Jazz Bakery Kaki King, Christina Courtin @ Largo Pennywise, The Circle Jerks, Ignite @ House of Blues Hello Stranger, Bad Things, Ambrose @......

She Wants Revenge is back tonight. one month later, with Astra Heights and local independents - Monsters Are Waiting. The show is sold out at the Henry Fonda Theatre, but we know you have ways of getting tickets. Saxophonist Pharoah Sanders continues his six-day residency at the Jazz Bakery through Monday. Sanders used to play with Sun Ra and John Coltrane. Oni and Pika are from Osaka, Japan. They are Afrirampo. Nudity besides, their......

- Today in traffic: The 405-101 interchange exhales, alternate modes of transportation by the beach and the real story behind those red light cameras. Also, in light of our dual opinions on driving and public transpo this weekend, we should reference the LA Weekly info on the Red Line and the local public official with the coolest name: Zev Yaroslavsky. - Tookie Watch: Point. Counterpoint. - There was a tequila festival and nobody told......