Suicidal Tendencies, Gwar, The Devil Wears Prada, Goatwhore, others @ Verizon Wireless Clay Aiken @ The Greek St. Vincent, Josh Haden, Death Vessel @ The Echo The Bronx, Qui (with the Jesus Lizard's David Yow) @ The Echo, benefit, early show (5:30pm) Billy Bob Thornton @ El Rey Theatre G. Love & Special Sauce, Ozomatli @ Pacific Amphitheatre Tift Merritt @ McCabe's Radars to the Sky, Bedroom Walls, Rademacher, Death to Anders @ Spaceland......

Camper Van Beethoven, Cracker @ Safari Sam's The Smithereens @ Key Club Mezzanine Owls @ The Scene The Moody Blues @ Pasadena Civic Auditorium The Octopus Project @ The Knitting Factory Ima Robot @ Roxy Blowfly @ Alex's Bar Jessie Deluxe @ Spaceland The Watkins Family Hour @ Largo Los Amigos Invisibles @ House of Blues Poets & Pornstars, The Appearances @ Viper Room Josh Haden, A Minor Canon, Chapin Sisters @ The Echo......

Don’t blink the first time you look for The Echo or you might miss it. Sans sign on this stretch of Sunset Boulevard you could be half-way to downtown or Silverlake. But when you do find it, there is every reason to believe you could become a regular. This little sister to Spaceland, The Echo has the same free Monday night thing going on. Parking on most night can be found within a block......

MONDAY • Order of the Wand, Josh Haden, The Cloud Room and Helen Stellar play for free tonight at The Echo at 8:30 PM. [21+] • The Willowz, Wolfmother, Driveblind and The Binges are at Spaceland tonight. Doors open at 9 PM and admission is free. • Author John Hodgman and his guitar-playing accompanist, Jonathan Coulton, will be at Book Soup tonight to present and sign Hodgson's The Areas of My Expertise at 7......

FRIDAY • Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men, Anne McCue and Mike Stinson are on tonight at the Troubadour. Doors open at 8 PM; tickets are $15 advance. • Irish punk-Celt-Americana darlings Sons and Daughters play tonight at Spaceland with The Blood Arm and Soft. Doors open at 9 PM. • Rondo Bros play tonight with Josh Haden at The Echo at 9 PM. TIckets are $5. [18+] • Bay Area phenom Lyrics Born......

THURSDAY • Indie up-and-comers Maximo Park are on tonight at the Troubadour with Goldspot and Dirty Little Secret. Doors open at 8 PM; tickets are $13 advance, $15 day of. • The Posies, Oranger and Deathray Davies perform tonight at the Knitting Factory at 7:30 PM. Tickets are $12 advance, $14 at the door. [21+] • Josh Haden, The Section Quartet and Listing Ship are on tonight at The Echo at 8 PM. Tickets......

TUESDAY • Architecture in Helsinki is at The Echo tonight with Scrabble and Army/Navy. Doors open at 8:30 PM; tickets are $8. • At The Fold at Tangier, Dustin O'Halloran will be performing solo on the piano, along with Monster and Josh Haden, as well as DJ Rocket Project on the patio. Cover is $15. • Tonight is the return of the montly RESfest, this month screening a retrospective of the directing team Ne-o,......

Though baseball appears to have overtaken America's sporting news, Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena is hosting former Lakers coach Phil Jackson when he signs his new book, The Last Season, at 7:00 PM. If you missed the free (and packed) in-store at Amoeba on Tuesday, head to the Viper Room tonight to see Declan McManus—better known as Elvis Costello—at 9:00 PM. LAist suggests buying tickets now. The Echo and KCRW are presenting an early show......