Portland based musician and known as "the Stephen King of Indie Pop," Chris Robley and his band -- Fear of Heights -- play at Mr. T's Bowl tonight in Highland Park. Plenty of MP3s to check out of this indie-pop folk band below. Mr. Lif & The Perceptionists @ The Knitting Factory Jessie Evans, Von Iva, Deadbeats @ Silverlake Lounge Chuck Berghofer Midnight Jazz Band @ Charlie O's (Valley jazz club, not downtown one) The......

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......

Artist: Brownout Album: Homenaje Label: Freestyle Records Release Date: 01/29/2008 I'm really pleased to have a new favorite album and even more pleased to have it be from this year. Brownout is a side project of Grupo Fantasma but they are definitely not on the sidelines - they are an amazing hardcore funk phenomena from Austin and LA's in luck since they will be playing two gigs in town this week: Thursday @ the Rootdown......

A different kind of web-server: Los Angeles based social networking site MySpace is getting served with subpoenas in the case of the teenager who committed suicide following a friend fake-out that was allegedly helmed by a classmate's parent. All I wanna do is BANG BANG BANG BANG! and take your...Fritos? Two Lancaster gang members have been convicted for killing a kid over his junk food. Laquane Keith and Reno Williams shot and killed 18-year-old LeMarcus......

You Me and Iowa Things are starting to get back to normal here, after the holidays -- it's a great night in music for Los Angeles. For one, two major arts institutions are hosting some excellent concerts tonight. At the Natural History Museum's popular music and discussion series, First Fridays, Dr. Antonio Damasio, M.D., Ph.D. (Director of Brain and Creativity Institute, USC) will cover how the brain processes memory, language, emotions and decisions. And......

There's a reason Charlie O's has been voted as one of 100 best jazz clubs in the world three times by Downbeat Magazine. You just can't beat a Valley classic. 1. Guaranteed to have excellent quality, straight ahead jazz seven nights a week, 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. 2. No Cover Charge (except Monday nights when they bring in a full-on Big Band). 3. Zero Attitude. 4. Immediate non-valet parking in the back. 5.......

Friday is one of the most challenging nights of the week to hit the clubs, which is why LAist is thrilled that the venerable Firecracker has endured all these years. On the first, third and fifth Friday of every month, The Grand Star Jazz Club in Chinatown has been hosting this two-story club night for almost a decade, with live jazz downstairs and a hip-hop DJ packing the dance floor upstairs. The heyday of......

SXSW is right around the corner, in fact LAist will be there in less than a week. We are currently holding a contest to let a local band play at SXSW, and now we want to let someone local make our concert poster. Coincidentally, we also have 10 pairs of tickets to see the outrageously wonderful Macy Gray on Thursday, March 8th. But not just any old Macy Gray show (as if there was......

LAist is on a road trip to protest nuclear proliferation, and to celebrate beer drinking, which is why we're in New Orleans. On Bourbon Street. Drinking. Unlike Los Angeles, it's legal to drink beer on the streets here as long as it's not in a glass container. You can also smoke in the bars. This is probably the America the founders had hoped for in regards to freedom. Even though LAist doesn't smoke, we......