OK so the Oscars are this weekend. Even though the writers' strike is over, the prediction is that this will be a ho-hum (excuse me?) Oscars. First of all, the majority of the films presented for consideration are real downers, secondly, because of the strike, many potential presenters thought that the awards ceremony would be canceled or drastically cut back so they made other plans and are now not available to present at the show.......

The Jesus and Mary Chain, Giant Drag @ The Glass House Stephen Marley, Damian "Jr Gong" Marley @ House of Blues Tapes & Tapes, Harlem Shakes @ Spaceland Jet @ The Troubadour Vast @ El Rey The Shys, Dirty Sweet, Lords of Jack @ Viper Room Vow of the Repentent, Artistic Expression, The Circuit, The New Colony @ Roxy Xu Xu Fang, Stephenson Ranch Davidians, Ludger @ Silverlake Lounge Elliot Randall Band, Pete Hopkins,......

We don't know about where you are, but it seems like spring can't decide whether or not to happen. Some days are warm, some days are cold, and sometimes you aren't sure which. Baseball may have started up (and soccer/football winding down) but it still seems cold out there. Unless it's not. Anyways, onto the -ists. Austinist happily anticipated fall's Austin City Limits, even though they're not fully recovered from South By Southwest. In......

RBD @ Gibson Paul Weller @ Avalon Morrissey @ Pasadena Civic Auditorium Minnie Driver @ The Hotel Cafe X-Clan @ Key Club Loudon Wainwright III @ McCabe's (two shows) Billy Vera & the Beaters @ Cozy's Bar & Grill Grant Lee Phillips @ Largo Hookers & Blow @ Paladino's Joni & Gina's Wedding @ El Cid (lesbian wedding fun) G Love & Special Sauce, Matt Costa @ House of Blues Moving Units, The Deadly......

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......

Roger Waters @ Hollywood Bowl Mariah Carey, Busta Rhymes @ The Pond of Anaheim L.A. Guns, The Cauze @ Whisky Peter Tork @ The Coffee Gallery Backstage (Altadena) Mort Sahl @ McCabes The Black Seeds @ The Vine Street Lounge Two Ton Boa, Thrones, Bipolar Bear, Knight Rider @ The Smell Clear Static, Rome to Paris, Lylah @ Key Club Califone, The Heavenly States @ Spaceland Gil & Jer's Soul Explosion @ Liquid Kitty......

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......