Questlove on the red carpet last night at the Key Club in West Hollywood host of The Roots Jam Session | Photo by John Wayne Maioriello Last night, LAist had a spot on the red carpet of the Key Club in West Hollywood, host of The Roots Jam Session sponsored by Rock the Vote, Okayplayer and Keldof. The Jam Session has become a Grammy weekend tradition, for the last five years, the Philadelphia-based influential......

It's uncommon that a rapper takes the name he used for over 6 years and transforms it into an indie-rock band, but founder Yoni Wolf is known for breaking the rules and getting great results. Operating within the Anticon collective Why?'s sound is self described as "smart, shimmering, sweetly soured" and front man Yoni's delivery as a "candytime-dissonant, singsong-suicide style". Anyways, this is a special intimate performance previewing material from the band's forthcoming album,......

I know you haven't been to Gambrinus on the Redondo Pier and had their "Russian style hamburger" called belashi, which they describe as meat-filled fried bread. IF you have, skip this post... But if you haven't then what are you doing wasting your time with these stupid American hamburgers?! Seriously though, people who think they are "in the know" rant and rave about how wonderful it is at Naja's, which is located about 2......

With lines wrapping around the Borders bookstore in Torrance, yesterday Slash signed autographs and stoked fans of all ages excited and holding a copy of his new aptly titled book, "Slash". Arriving at 7:45, I saw that if i wanted to get a signed copy of Slash's book, i was going to have to wait in a line to get into the line that zig-zagged through the bookstore. I am not that patient, and......

Glass shards and hacked up pieces of plastic are all that remain of Redondo Beach's Pier's light poles which had to be cut down after one of the poles fell from todays strong winds. The poles are made of plastic, and have been aging in the sun for years. Once one pole fell, the city decided the rest had to come down NOW, before someone gets hurt, and more importantly before this potentially injured......

E-40 @ Vault 350 Reagan Youth @ The Knitting Factory Deep Purple, Blue Oyster Cult @ Pacific Amphitheatre Poison, Ratt @ Verizon MF Doom @ El Rey Squeeze @ Grove of Anaheim Burning Spear, Sly & Robbie, The Taxi Gang and Wailing Souls Reunion @ Hollywood Bowl Mike Stinson, Jake La Botz, Sarah Stanley, Mike Freas @ The Echo (free) The Short Necked Drafts, Apocalipstick, End, Alter Reality, Girls Night In @ The Whisky......

James Marshall isn't dropping the name DALEK, he says, "This just didn't feel like a DALEK kinda thing." Whatever kinda thing it is, LAist thinks it's awesome. We stopped by earlier today at the Merry Karnowski Gallery, where he will be exhibiting between August 4th through September 1st. Marshall told us that he does not have immediate plans for any new gallery showings, so come out while you can. When Marshall isn't painting he......

Despite our weekend report that the California Patients Group was doing all that it could to stay open, and continue to aid the sick and the needy with care and medical cannibis, they will be closing their doors. Here is a portion of an email sent out today from Coordinator Don Duncan: I am sad to report that we have decided to close CPG as a result of the economic and legal hardship resulting......

In the face of DEA raids, and LAPD cooperation with the feds, the California Patients Group (one of the 10 raided dispensaries) released this statement to it's patients: The campaign to defend safe access to medical cannabis is a risky one, and we have always known we could face the wrath of our federal government for taking a principled stand for people suffering from AIDS, cancer, multiple sclerosis, and other serious illnesses. Yesterday [July......

Today the DEA raided 10 marijuana dispensaries, made five arrests, and seized large quantities of marijuana and cash. All of this taking place the same day the Los Angeles City Council whipped out an ordinance calling for the federal government to stop singling out marujuana clinics that are legal under state law. The government is here to serve us, and to protect us, just like it reads on many cop cars. So when the......

Packing the house, Pigeon John got silly-tastic his first time headlining the Troubadour Friday July 20th (yesterday). He had DJ Chief XL, of Blackalicious fame, keeping the beats-a-bangin and the wax-a-scratchin. The above video is from almost the end of his set, of which was an hour long, and fun as hell. Pigeon John is the kind of hip-hop show you would bring your non-rap friends to, so that you could convert them into......

Last night Little Radio hosted Spoon and John Vanderslice in their dusty sweaty warehouse located Downtown LA. Little Radio also webcast the show, and Dewer's Whiskey as a co-sponsor kept the free drinks flowing. John Vanderslice opened and wasn't really a great pairing with Spoon, becuase Vanderslice plays a much more mellow style of music, with just his voice and his acoustic guitar. It was like too sleepy and folky, and all the indie......

Thursday July 12, 2007 kicked off the first of three concerts being put on for free by Zune. Zune is a machine that can hold songs and videos, and even lets you share them with your buddies. The Concert was a daytime event centering around eating lots of things drenched in BBQ sauce while listening to some of the biggest rappers bust out for the crowd. It was great!@#&*^@ The event was at the......