Sy Smith will be at the Temple Bar tonight | Photo by Marlene Fisher/fatmeatgreasy.com It's a quality night in Echo Park with Super Furry Animals and Holy Fuck are at the Echoplex and if you can swing it, right there at The Echo you'll find The Kooks and The Morning Benders. In Hollywood, Grammy award winning Dirty Vegas front man Steve Smith is slated to play acoustic tonight at the Hotel Cafe (but is......

Get your green drink on tonight. WORDS Author and USC professor Gina Nahai and actress Bahar Soomekh (Crash) read from Nahai’s latest book Caspian Rain – about a family falling apart just before the Islamic revolution in Iran. Immediately following, there’s a discussion of the changing lives of women of the Middle East, and relationships between Iran’s Jewish and Muslim communities, as well as how these communities interact in Los Angeles, “home to the largest......

FASHION: Inside Project Runway hits Beverly Hills tonight. Get a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the production, the catfights and, oh yeah, the fashion. Heidi Klum will be there, and organizers promise a few surprise guests. (The main auditorium is sold out, but a few tickets remain for the overflow theatre.) 7 pm // The Paley Center for Media // 465 N. Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills // $7 for closed-circuit viewing room. OPERA:The LA Opera brings......

Remember in high school when you had a crush on that guy a few grades older than you and you couldn't stop thinking about him or telling your friends about how you were totally going to go to prom together, and fall in love, and go to the same college, and live happily ever after- if only he knew who you were? What about in ninth grade when you dressed up as a “space......

The Pogues - "If I Should Fall From Grace From God" The Pogues, Ted Leo @ The Wiltern Cypress Hill @ House of Blues Regina Spektor @ Grove of Anaheim Danzig @ The Greek CéU @ The El Rey Ghostface Killah @ Vault 350 Lucha VaVoom @ The Mayan The Binges, Sasquatch, Jessie Deluxe, HDR @ King King Tristeza, Aqueduct, Georgie James @ The Echo Bela, The Mythical Creatures @ The Viper Room The......

So the Japanese have mastered a lot of things that maybe our feeble minds can't handle here in the good ol' USA. One of which is shirt-folding. I have tried this video at home in the morning and at night, sober and wasted (I thought it would be a cool party trick) but alas, it's not my bag. Of course this never stopped me from buying more shirts or supporting new labels launching here......

Monday night, rumor had it there would be a top-secret Blasters reunion at the King King. They needed footage for something they are filming about drummer Bill Bateman. The Blasters fronted by Phil Alvin still play gigs, but this is the first time the original band has played together since I don't know when. I got there just in time to see them do Marie Marie and two other songs before the Alvins drifted......

Silverlake Film Festival The 2007 Silverlake Film Festival heads into its second and final week. Highlights include… El Benny - A biopic based on the life of Benny Moré, considered by many to be the greatest Cuban singer of all time. The film concentrates on a period in the early 1950s when Moré left the orchestra of Duany and founded his own "Banda Gigante." The King of Kong - Washington resident Steve Wiebe decides that......

Starting this Thursday May 3rd, our little bohemian neighborhood that could, Silver Lake, will be holding its nine day long, 7th annual Silver Lake Film Festival, complete with indie movies, indie music, and even indie darling Parker Posey accepting the “Spirit of Silver Lake” award. Right in the shadow of the bright lights, doctored scripts and smarmy agents of Hollywood, SLFF, dares the big studios to F with them. 2007’s SLFF kicks off tomorrow......

About ten days ago at Spaceland Shapes of Race Cars (not Races Cars, LA Weekly), played with the Binges in a show that even Mummy from The Monster Squad attended and rocked out to. Tonight you'll have to choose which one you want to see, unless of course you're interested in laughing, in which case you might consider Patton Oswalt... or Metal Skool who are known to attract celebs to their shows. After the......

Cati Jean's stunning creation of L'Effleur Des Sens was one of LAist's highlights last year. French Cabaret, King King, Limited Engagement - it doesn't get much better than that. Therefore, it comes as quite a pleasant surprise that by popular demand the show is returning this year and kicking things off tonight. One of LA's best kept secret, L'EFFLEUR DES SENS features international and critically acclaimed dancers in musical numbers that are visually stunning......

The Killers @ Staples Rooney @ Roxy Sonic Boom, LSD & the Search for God, Eskimo Hunter @ Safari Sam's Clark 8, the Moondrops, the Health Club, Codpiece, John Thill, DiGiTs @ Mr T's Bowl Metal Skool, The Sixth Chamber, Hair Brained Scheme, Pretty Boy Floyd @ Key Club The Binges, Lightning Bill, Sergeant, Dirty Sweet @ King King Black Pine, Hearts Of Palm, Veer Right Young Pastor @ The Echo The Gene Krupa......

The Binges @ King King Ratatat @ Henry Fonda Rooney, Big City Rock, Golden State, Scanners @ The Roxy The Minor Canon @ Spaceland Anavan, Health, A++, Foot Village @ Pehrspace Quan & the Chinese Take-Outs, The Changos @ The Scene Wires on Fire, Sabertooth Tiger, Antarticans @ Silverlake Lounge The Kevin Kanner Quintet, The Parker String Quartet @ The Mint......

The Fratelli's doing "The Seeker" with Pete Townshend at SXSW Now that SXSW has wrapped, indie bands and up n comers are scattering around the country like cockroaches startled by the kitchen light. Tonight we have three groups that LAist was lucky enough to see out in Austin. We caught Bloc Party putting on an energetic and uplifting set in the back of Stubbs, we saw The Fratelli's do a light-hearted acoustic set on......

Downtempo electronica artist Rara Avis will have a chance to showcase tracks from his newly released E.P., Shaktified, at a series of shows in Hollywood and Santa Monica this weekend. The multi-instrumentalist’s work features a focus on tribal house/trance rhythms but his blues and Jimi Hendrix-influenced guitar riffs set him apart from others in this genre. Frequently a collaborator with other electronica DJs and producers, such as the Desert Dwellers, Zen Dancing, and the......

The Who @ Long Beach Arena Division Day, Love of Diagrams, Canon, La Rocca @ Spaceland Eastern Conference Champions, I Make this Sound, The Procession @ Silverlake Lounge The Binges, Bleu, Dial Zero, Andy Dick & the Bitches of the Century @ King King The Faceless, Toast to the Gods, Earned in Blood, Straight to Vengeance @ Whisky A Go Go Floater 6, The Nervous Wrecks, Boozehounds, Marie Catastrophe, Uglysticks @ Lava Lounge Go......

The Submarines, "Brighter Discontent" Tonight: The Who @ Long Beach Arena Division Day, La Rocca @ Spaceland Eastern Conference Champions, I Make this Sound, The Procession @ Silverlake Lounge The Binges, Andy Dick & the Bitches of the Century @ King King Metal Skool, Shapes of Race Cars, Pearl @ Key Club Tuesday: Rockstar Supernova, The Panic Channel, Dilana @ Long Beach Arena Money Mark @ Amoeba (free, 7pm) Mezzanine Owls, Black Palms @......

Eastern Conference Champions "To The Wind" The Airbourne Toxic Event, The Sharp Ease, Dead Ponies @ Viper Room Division Day, Bedroom Walls, Tigers Can Bite You @ Spaceland Ralph Stanley @ El Rey Sarah Silverman @ Largo Metal Skool, Prima Donna, Mardo, The Sugi Tap @ Key Club Eastern Conference Champions, Blvd., Meho Plaza @ Silverlake Lounge Will Haven, Eightfourseven, Death Valley High, Red Host @ The Troubadour The Binges, The Ringers, Andy Dick......

The Abe Lincoln Story @ The Echo Division Day, Great Northern, Peter Walker @ Spaceland Metal Skool, The Thornbirds, Drugstore Cowboys @ Key Club Cousin Kate, Amy Loftus @ The Gig Mia Sable, Kristy Kruger, Gil Landry @ The Hotel Cafe Eastern Conference Champions, Magic & Rattles, Valentino, The Shys @ Silverlake Lounge The Binges, Wired All Wrong, Minutes to Midnight, Andy Dick @ King King Robin Williams on Fire, Macka, The Pristines, Alexis......

The Binges, Tokyo Smog and host Andy Dick @ King King The Game @ House of Blues Lily Allen @ Henry Fonda Theater Paul Weller @ Avalon Metal Skool @ Key Club sosohuman @ King King Foreign Born, Black Palms, In Waves @ Viper Room A Kiss Could Be Deadly, Ultraviolet, Metroid @ Safari Sam's Alexandra Bustamante, Jessica Catarina, Dee, Olivia @ Cat Club Division Day, The Movies, Tandemoro, Happy Hallows @ Spaceland Simon......

First we'd like to congratulate our Justin Timberlake winner ChiGirl who has a great blog with our badge permanently on her blog. If you didn't win the JT seats, leave your button on your blog because we will have at least one contest a month for people who permanently link to us. How's that? Justin Timberlake, Pink @ Staples Center The Nightwatchman @ The Hotel Cafe Darker My Love, The Holy Curtain @ Safari......

Guns N' Roses, Sebastian Bach, Suicide Girls @ Gibson Too $hort @ The Knitting Factory Banyan @ The Mint Rama Duke @ Viper Otep @ Whisky A Gogo Sono Luz @ King King The Lonesome Spurs @ Cinema Bar Bad Acid Trip, Harry Perry (pictured) @ The Good Hurt Fortitude, Valiant, Third String Cavalier @ Roxy You Army, Macminn, Jason Karaban @ The Hotel Cafe The Dedication, Leonel, Buildings Breeding @ Lava Lounge Secret......

If you are not willing to take us up on 365 Plays/365 Days, but are still brimming at the seat to do something other than club it or have a Netflix night, here are two options for tonight and tomorrow. Friday We last met John Tejada at Minimalist Jukebox in the Walt Disney Concert Hall. Tonight, he celebrates the 10-year birthday of his record label, Palette Recordings. Presented by Robotnik, Compression will bring together......

Teenage angst has become a cottage industry, thanks to David Nadelberg. The LA-based writer, editor and "angstologist" created the stage show Mortified in 2002, where people read/perform entries from the pages of their old diaries, letters, songs, poems and notes in front of an audience. Growing in popularity like a jock in high school, the show has reached other cities besides LA -- Chicago, Boston, San Francisco and New York -- as well as......

The only thing we like better than ballet is witch trials. Who knew that we'd get Christmas on Halloween with a ballet about witch trials tonight and tomorrow night at King King? Don't answer that, Witch. "Burn" is only one of the two performances by the new LA ballet company. The other is about a Countess who kills a thousand women and bathes in the blood of virgins. Yes, yes, you could see that......

Snoop Dogg, Pussycat Dolls, Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley @ Greek No Means No @ The Knitting Factory Hawthorne Heights @ Wiltern Abby Travis @ Amoeba (free) DJ AM @ LAX Foxycock @ Lava Lounge Track Fighter @ King King Victim of Society, Dork @ Roxy Tom Freund, Brett Dennen @ Largo The Kooks, Trainwreck Riders @ Spaceland Twilight Singers, Stars of Track and Field@ House of Blues Cursive, The Thermals, Eastern Youth @ The......

Joseph Arthur @ El Rey Ladytron @ John Anson Ford The Pogues @ The Grove of Anaheim Method Man, Saigon @ House of Blues Bongo Fury @ Harvelle's Sono Luz @ King King Go Betty Go @ The Derby Head Like a Kite @ Cinespace Sean Hayes, Dave Palmer @ Largo The Ringers, Mulhollands @ Viper Room Daedelus, Thavius Beck, DJ Nobody @ The Echo Bettie Serveert, The Minor Canon @ Spaceland The Forecast,......

Sufjan Stevens @ Wiltern Rocket @ Spaceland Sarah Silverman @ Largo Burning Tree @ King King Brooks & Dunn @ Gibson Metal Skool @ Key Club Jim "Kimo" West @ Ghengis Cohen Dirty Little Secret, The Oohlahs, The Thieves @ Viper Room Lavender Diamond, Winter Flowers, Matt Fishbeck @ The Echo Hatebreed, Black Dahlia Murder, Napalm Death, Exodus @ House of Blues Antarcticans, Meeting Places, Light FM, Soon @ Silverlake Lounge......

Roger Waters @ Hollywood Bowl Johnny Bennett @ Hotel Cafe Queensryche @ Gibson Gov't Mule, Donavon Frankenreiter @ Wiltern Jet @ Henry Fonda Epic @ Paladino's Man Man @ Spaceland Marc Broussard, Sara Bareilles @ Roxy Destroyer 666 @ The Westchester Christopher Blue, Alana Sweetwater @ King King Missing Dave, Pimpbot, The Crud @ Fais Do-Do Yukmouth, Chase Maron, The Carte @ Knitting Factory Airborne Toxic Event, Land of the Ill Earthquakes @ The......

A++ (pictured), Micose & The Mau Maus, Manhaterrr @ The Smell Gym Class Heroes, Cobra Starship @ Knitting Factory Tony Joe White @ The Hotel Cafe Michael McDonald @ The Canyon Mark Mailman, Life as an Astronaut @ Safari Sam's The Ringers, OK Stranger @ Viper Room The Black Heartthrobs, Urth @ 14 Below Glacier Hiking, Ultraviolet @ Key Club Silent Point, No @ The Gig Salsa lessons 9-10pm @ King King The Boxing......