As mentioned previously, earlier this month, over 50 singer-songwriters and bands participated in "Ho-Ho-tel" 2009, a three-night fundraiser with the proceeds benefiting the LAFD's "Spark of Love" Toy Drive, at the Hotel Cafe in Hollywood. more ›

Lady Sovereign, Young Love, Honeycut @ El Rey Lou Barlow, Emperor X, Applied Communications @ The Smell Cursive, The Parson Red Heads, Eastern Conference Champions @ The Troubadour Joe Purdy, Greg Laswell, Simnon Dawes @ The Hotel Cafe Adema, Daredevil Jane, The Sixth Chamber @ Viper Room Daniel Higgs, Ezra @ Il Corral Esteban @ The Canyon... more ›

We'd like to congratulate Neil for winning The Stills contest. The Stills play tonight at the Henry Fonda with The Land of Talk. If you didn't win, stay tuned, LAist has contests every week for your ass. Here are some other options tonight, a night full of killer live music. Rocket (pictured) @ Spaceland (free) Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Blood Brothers @ Hollywood Palladium Band of Horses @ Avalon Andrew's Bad Stuff, Fluffer, Rick Surveuor... more ›

The Pretty Vicious, Teenage Talking Cars @ Safari Sam's more ›

At 7:30 PM, Beyond Baroque is hosting a third anniversary reading for POOL Magazine, hosted by poets/editors Judith Taylor and Patty Seyburn with readings from the new issue by Stephanie Brown, Rick Bursky, Gina Lain, Suzanne Karpilovsky, Louise Mathias, Jim Natal, Alicia Partnoy and Charles Webb. Wine and cheese will also be served. more ›