The Go! Team - "Doing it Right" Tell me this isn't the best single and video of the year Silversun Pickups @ The Wiltern Eagles, Dixie Chicks @ Nokia Theatre The Go! Team @ The Glass House Weird Al @ The Greek J. Lo, Marc Anthony @ Honday Center Jill Scott @ House of Blues Harry Dean Stanton @ The Mint Paul Green School of Rock @ The Roxy West Indian Girl @ Spaceland......

Mavis Staples, Charlie Musselwhite, The North Mississippi Allstars @ Malibu Performing Arts Jill Scott @ House of Blues Meshell Ndegeocello @ Galaxy Theater Two Gallants, Blitzen Trapper, Songs For Mom @ El Rey Say Hi To Your Mom, The Velvet Teen, The A-Sides @ The Troubadour The Parson Red Heads, Acute, Le Switch, The Weather Underground @ Spaceland Electric Six, Gore Gore Girls, We Are the Fury @ Key Club Kari Kimmel, Sareet @......

Bob Mould - "It's Too Late" Bob Mould @ The Roxy (unplugged) Jill Scott @ House of Blues The Subways, Mobius Band, Blackmarket @ Spaceland Matt Pond PA, Jesca Hoop @ Troubadour Dashboard Confessional @ Orpheum The Brombies @ Viva Cantina The Draft, Dead to Me @ Knitting Factory for the kids, so to speak Happy Hump Day Party for Charity! featuring Adult film star: Ava Rose and her Porn Posse, The Sanchez Band,......

Black Francis, Eastern Conference Champions @ Safari Sam's The Bird & the Bee @ Amoeba Music Jill Scott @ House of Blues Patrick Wolf @ El Rey Jimmy Eat World @ Wiltern Tom Brosseau @ Largo Matthew Dear, Mobius Band @ The Echo Mothers Anthem, Izzy the Eskimo, Cockpit, Spiral @ Viper Room Sally Kellerman, Marina's Daughter, Brandon McCulloch @ Genghis Cohen Arden Kaywin, Deadbeat Sinatras, Blackbird, Silver Needle @ The Gig......

Summer has passed and acts such as Suzanne Vega, Tegan and Sara, M.I.A., Spoon, and Rilo Kiley have reclaimed the spotlight after significant hiatuses, but the year is far from over. It’s now time to look forward to albums on the horizon that look like winners already: 21. In Our Bedroom After the War – Stars: The popular Canadian indie outfit is poised to take America by storm. (Release date: September 25) 20. As......

Jill Scott, Lupe Fiasco, Les Nubians @ UCLA Intramural Field John Doe, Pamela Des Barres @ Topanga Days War @ Greek Theatre Go Betty Go, Invid, Red Team Go, Stoic Frame @ Mr. T's Bowl Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys @ The Derby Humboldt Square, The Congregation, Candygram for Mongo, Latham, Dicktastics @ Viper Room The Henry Clay People, Swim Party, Family Tree Analog, Franklin for Short @ All Star Lanes Bizzart, Weekend......

Midnight Star, Heatwave, Bloodstone, El Chicano, Evelyn "Champagne" King @ The Forum The Roots, Jill Scott, Lupe Fiasco, Akon @ Gibson Amphitheatre The Ettes, Rocket, The Affair @ The Scene Bob Weir & Rat Dog @ Ventura Theatre Los Lobos @ The Canyon The Mentors @ The Knitting Factory Cindy Lee Berryhill, John Doe @ Largo The Groovie Ghoulies @ Alex's Bar Mirah, Anna Oxygen & Sir DSS, The Sharp Ease @ The Troubadour......

Dearly beloved, we are gathered here together in the sight of Rock and in the face of Roll, to join together you, dear LAist reader, and this New Music Tuesday in holy Matrimony. This mystical union is not to be entered into lightly, or unadvisedly, but reverently, discreetly, advisedly, soberly (ha), and in the fear of the reaper. More cowbell. L'chaim. OUT TODAY: .38 Special - 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: (A&M)......

Wednesday - Tonight "NHL Hockey" (KDOC, 6:00 p.m.) Ducks @ Avalanche "NHL Hockey" (Fox Sports, 7:30 p.m.) Kings @ Sharks "NBA Basketball" (PRIME, 7:30 p.m.) Sonics @ Clippers "Everyone Says I Love You" (IFC, 6:00 p.m.) An evening of Woody Allen movies on IFC "Jericho/Criminal Minds/CSI: NY" (CBS, 8:00 - 11:00 p.m.) New episodes. "Madonna: The Confessions Tour - Live From London" (NBC, 8 p.m.) Except, it's not really live I don't think, and......

Mayor Ray Nagin and his n'awlins constituents might not know this but LA has had it's own Chocolate City for the past 10 years. Garth Trinidad has been the wizard of sound for KCRW's Chocolate City program since 1996 and has been the key figure in launching important "urban alternative" acts for that time. It is safe to say that without Chocolate City, artists like Jill Scott and Goapele and labels like Ubiquity would......

WEDNESDAY • Pelican, Big Business, Red Sparowes and Everlovely Lightningheart perform at the Knitting Factory tonight at 8 PM. Tickets are $12. • The Sugar Water Festival takes place at the Greek Theatre at 7 PM, featuring Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Queen Latifah and Floetry. Tickets range from $51-$126. Click here to see our complete list of events for the week.......

TUESDAY • Nickel Creek performs a live in-store tonight at 8 PM at Amoeba Music, celebrating their new CD, Why Should the Fire Die?. • The Sugar Water Festival takes place at the Greek Theatre at 7 PM, featuring Erykah Badu, Jill Scott, Queen Latifah and Floetry. Tickets range from $51-$126. • At Tangier, Richard Swift, Great Northern, Cold War Kids and The Places will be performing tonight at 8 PM. Cover is $7.......