Etta James & Chuck Berry - "Rock n' Roll Music" Etta James and the Roots Band @ Wiltern Stevie Wonder @ Nokia Theatre Les Savy Fav @ El Rey Snoop Dogg's Smokin' XMAS Party @ House of Blues Mellowdrone @ The Echoplex Greyboy Allstars @ The Troubadour Lamb of God @ Long Beach Arena The Nightwatchman, Jill Sobule, Low Stars @ Hotel Cafe Andre Legacy, Dirt Nasty, Beardo @ Safari Sam's Mike Stern Quartet......

Mike Watt & The Missingmen @ Westside Eclectic Johnette Napolitano @ Roxy José González, Cass McCombs @ El Rey Jill Sobule @ Largo Honeycut, The Library @ Knitting Factory Gym Class Heroes, Plain White T's @ Long Beach Arena The Color Fred, Dear & the Headlights @ El Rey The Dirges, Disk Jockey Full of Bourbon @ Safari Sam's Head of Destiny, Killing Jonis, Killing Bees @ The Scene So So Glos, The Black......

KT Tunstall - "Black Horse & The Cherry Tree" KT Tunstall @ Avalon Misfits @ House of Blues Spiritualized @ The Vista Black Dice, No Age, Mika Miko @ Echoplex Sondre Lerche @ Troubadour American Music Club @ Echo Jill Sobule, Julia Sweeney @ Largo The Whigs, Wild Sweet Orange @ Spaceland Falco Does It Dirty, Omissa, There Shall Be Blood @ Knitting Factory Back Door Slam @ Viper Room DTFM, Truth In Fiction,......

Jesus and Mary Chain - "Sometimes Always" The Jesus and Mary Chain, BRMC, Soulsavers, Evan Dando @ The Wiltern Rihanna, Collie Buddz @ House of Blues Interpol @ The Forum Tokyo Police Club, White Rabbits, The Virgins @ El Rey Chino XL, MSP, 4-Zone, Zoola @ Knitting Factory Jill Sobule @ Largo Antiproduct, Creature Feature, Peppermint Creeps, Back to Zero @ Whisky......

Har Mar Superstar - "Power Lunch" Har Mar Superstar, Lady Dottie & the Diamonds, Rolan Bolan @ Viper Room Ryan Adams @ Wilshire Theatre Shout Out Louds @ El Rey Team Dresch @ The Echo Kenny Loggins @ Pacific Amphitheatre Jon Brion @ Largo The Fray, Gomez @ The Greek Jill Sobule, Julia Sweeney @ The Hotel Cafe B-Side Players @ Key Club Dickey Betts & Great Southern @ The Canyon Kenna, Carina Round......

All photos © / Pesky Humans Tom Morello, the living legend guitarist from Rage Against the Machine, released his solo project's debut album on Tuesday. Following an in-store appearance at Amoeba Records, Morello packed out the Hotel Cafe and assembled a show that could most accurately be described as something between a spectacle and a true extravaganza. If you would have told me that one day I would see Tom Morello, Alanis Morissette, Ben......

The Yardbirds circa 1967 Steve Vai and Jerry Cantrell are the only official guitarists listed for this Yardbirds "reunion", but don't be surprised if other legends decide to sit in with original drummer, Jim McCarty, and rhythm guitarist, Chris Dreja. The Yardbirds, The Flash Express, Rolling Blackouts @ The Knitting Factory The Little Ones, Sea Wolf, The Temporary Thing @ The Troubadour De La Soul, KRS One @ The Canyon The Motels, Berlin @......

Garbage, Bonnie Raitt, Keb’ Mo’, Victoria Williams, Sheryl Crow, Jackson Browne, the Martinis (Joey Santiago and David Lovering), and others @ Alex Theater (Beat It Wally benefit) Helmet @ The Troubadour Kaki King @ Hotel Cafe Joss Stone @ House of Blues Sally Kellerman @ Genghis Cohen Jill Sobule, Julia Sweeney @ Largo Polysics, The Outline @ The Knitting Factory Ferona Vai, In Memory, Anthema @ Viper Room Iceage Cobra, Jessie Deluxe, The High......

...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, Blood Brothers @ Henry Fonda Lucinda Williams @ Royce Hall Imogen Heap @ The Wiltern Joanna Newsom @ El Rey Jesca Hoop @ Temple Bar The Grande Mothers @ House of Blues Melvins, Big Business, Porn, Altamont @ The Troubadour Jill Sobule, Julia Sweeney @ Largo Los Abandoned @ The Echo Zach Brooke @ The Unknown Theater Mute Math, Cute Is What We Aim......

The Lemonheads @ The Troubadour Joey McEntire @ The Mint Goldenboy @ Cinespace The Nightwatchman, Bitch @ Hotel Cafe Jill Sobule @ Largo Women & Children, The Cairo Gang, Luke Top @ El Cid Dr. Octagon, Substance Abuse @ Safari Sam's Birdmonster, Pit er Pat, Blackmarket @ Spaceland The Youngs, Junia May & the Hymns @ Silverlake Lounge......

GWAR, Municipal Waste @ House of Blues Barbara Streisand @ Staples Jello Biafra @ El Rey (spoken word) The Rapture @ Henry Fonda James Blunt @ Virgin Megastore (signing) Sarah Silverman @ Largo Sierra Swan, OK Stranger, Hope Republic @ Viper Room Matt Fishbeck @ Silverlake Lounge Mr. Divisadero @ The Scene Desmond Child, Billy Steinberg, Jill Sobule @ Hotel Cafe Van Gunn, Lions in the Street @ Safari Sam's The Need, LCD, Start......

Congratulations to Bernie for winning The Cold War Kids tickets at the NME Club at Spaceland. Stay tuned to LAist for more contests! Merle Haggard @ Royce Hall Kasabian @ Henry Fonda Cold War Kids @ Spaceland Arianna Huffington @ Borders Books (Westwood) Porcupine Tree @ House of Blues Blue October @ Grove of Anaheim I See Hawks in L.A @ Highland Grounds Jill Sobule, Julia Sweeney @ Largo The Hot IQs @ The......

Heart @ Fairplex Pomona Apollo Sunshine @ Troubadour Feist @ Avalon Jill Sobule @ Largo Headlights @ Spaceland 311 @ Santa Barbara Bowl Bonnie Raitt, Keb' Mo' @ Greek New Maximum Donkey @ The Joint Death House Chaplain @ Mr. T's Bowl Scream, Beautiful Creatures @ Viper Room Supagroup, The Giraffes @ Key Club Tsuyama Atsushi, Kawabata Makoto, Tatsuya Yoshida @ The Smell Lisa Lisa, Zapp, The Manhattans, GQ, The Delfonics @ Hyundai Pavilion......

Kill Hannah, Matt & Kim, Rocket @ Safari Sam's Jennifer Glass (pictured) @ Hotel Cafe Pete Yorn @ Roxy Leroy Powell @ Viper Room Go Betty Go, Northern, Pop Kids @ Key Club Solare 3, Drew Gasperini @ The Derby Stars of Track & Field @ Spaceland Jill Sobule, Julia Sweeney @ Largo Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower @ Troubadour The Triggers, Society's Parasites @ Echo False Containment, 2ND, Azrael's Bane @......

Chuck E. Weiss @ Highland Grounds Jill Sobule, Julia Sweeney @ Largo the oohlas @ Silverlake Lounge The Lashes @ Safari Sam's Undercover Slut @ Whisky Go Betty Go @ Key Club Elegantly Wasted @ Knitting Factory 50 Cent Haircut @ Canter's Kibitz Room The Four Seasons con Salsa @ Hollywood Bowl Every Move a Picture, Persephone’s Bees @ Spaceland photo by kathrynsawesum via buzznet......

At The Wiltern, see Muse at 8:00 PM with The Exit. Tickets are $25. Tonight at The Echo, it's a two-part affair: At 8:30 PM, catch Jonathan Rice, Jill Sobule and John Doe. Doors open at 8:00 PM and tickets are $12. [18+] Following the show will be a special midnight screening of the Placebo DVD Once More With Feeling - Singles 1996-2004, featuring DJ Jean Lazarus and special giveaways from Astralwerks. Doors open......