For anyone who isn't storing all your party reserves for some big New Year's bash, here's what's going on around town tonight. JAZZ/VOCALS Silky-voiced Tierney Sutton and her band are on tap for a holiday weekend installment at the Catalina Bar & Grill. The ensemble has been nominated for a Grammy (Best Vocal Jazz Album) for their February 2007 release, and has headlined at notable venues such as Carnegie Hall, The Hollywood Bowl and Jazz......

Mere Mortals @ Silverlake Lounge Cheap Trick @ The Wiltern Peter Frampton @ The Canyon Regina Spektor @ Avalon Shelby Lynne, The Watson Twins @ El Rey Moving Picture Show, Castaneda @ Spaceland Robert Randolph & the Family Band @ House of Blues Drewfest, Big Moves, Juanita Mannequin @ Viper Room X-Ray OK, Letting Up Despite Great Faults @ Little Pedro's Mouse on Mars, Birdy Num Num, Carmen Rizzo @ The Echo Hijos de......

Brian Wilson @ UCLA Royce Hall Dirty Sanchez, Jefree Star @ Key Club Joshua Bell @ Disney Concert Hall Bob Lind @ Little Pedro's DJ AM @ LAX Sarah Green, Evan Bethany @ Tangier Tina Stevens @ Canter's Kibitz Room Jamie Lidell, Safety Scissors @ Safari Sam's Voxtrot, Low vs. Diamond, Yellow Fever @ The Troubadour River City Rebels, Penny Royals, Umbrella Tree @ Viper Room Kelly Dalton, Until June, Jay Nash @ The......

Remember Green Jell-O? Remember when they had to change their name to Green Jelly? Remember when they were given their own studio on Hollywood Blvd. a few blocks east of the Palladium to dig into their endless banks of creativity and bring back gooey nuggets of rock? Remember how they don't have that studio any more and now they have to open for Metal Skool? We kid our local Gwarabees. The Roots @ Avalon......

The Cramps, The Demolition Doll Rods, The Groovie Ghoulies @ House of Blues ¡Forward, Russia! @ Spaceland Z Trip, DJ Goldenhead @ Vault 350 John Lee Hooker Jr. @ Harvelle's India.Arie @ Grove of Anaheim Stuart A. Staples @ The Troubadour Witchcraft, Danava @ Safari Sam's Ahmet Zappa (signing) @ Book Soup Billy Vera & the Beaters @ Rusty's Surf Ranch Jesca Hoop, Emily Wells @ The Hotel Cafe Los Super Elegantes, Mika Miko......

Last spring LAist went to SXSW where there were 1,300 bands. Many were good, but a few rose to the top. Local trio Honky was one of the standouts. Dirty, sweaty, down home southern rock in the vein of all your favorites. Like if ZZ Top left behind some tattooed bastard sons out there in La Grange. Honky @ Little Pedro's Platinum Weird @ Roxy Josh Ritter @ Wiltern Shawn Colvin @ House of......

Ten days before Halloween and so many killer shows to choose from tonight. Clearly the obvious choice for the season would be dressing up as Eddie and going to the Maiden show. Imagine that parking lot scene. Sun Ra Arkestra, Money Mark, Watts Prophets @ Arthur Nights, Palace Theatre Bob Dylan @ Long Beach Arena Iron Maiden @ Irvine Meadows Rancid @ Henry Fonda The Decemberists @ Wiltern Meshell Ndegeocello @ Temple Bar Lucinda......

Guns N’ Roses, Alice in Chains, Muse, Papa Roach @ Inland Invasion Human League, Psychedelic Furs, ABC @ Hollywood Bowl Ani DiFranco @ Orpheum Asia @ The Canyon Brian Jonestown Massacre @ Safari Sam's Golden State, The Shore @ Viper Room Hed PE, Mower, The STD’s @ Key Club The Morlocks @ Little Pedro's The Section Quartet @ Largo Thee Mad Lovers, The Motives @ Mr. T's Bowl Sophie B. Hawkins @ The Vine......

The Donnas, Kinky, Rooney, Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs, John Doe, Johnette Napolitano, Agent Orange, Josie Cotton, many others @ Bergamot Station Cyndi Lauper @ The Canyon Bones @ Lava Lounge King of Beats @ Roxy Dragon Fire @ Mr. T's Bowl Suicide Holiday @ Viper Room Pat Benatar @ Pomona Fairplex Bloody Hollies, Black Furies @ Alex's Bar Ariel Pink, Holy Shit, Supercreep @ Little Pedro's Tommy James, Eric Burdon, The Grass Roots,......

The Black Keys @ The Avalon Nora Ephron & Lynda Obst @ The Writer's Guild Theatre The 44's @ Harvelle's 7 Redneck Cheerleaders @ Elephant Asylum Theatre Marty & Elayne @ Dresden Ninja Academy, Animatronics @ Mr. T's Bowl A for Attack, Veto @ Little Pedro's Osama Bin Sars, Them Hills, The Advantage @ The Echo Facehumper @ Malibu Inn Hem, Ollabelle @ Troubadour Bones @ Lava Lounge Dry September, Mulberry Purple @ Roxy......

John Fogerty, Lucinda Williams @ Greek Theater Sha Na Na @ Cerritos Center Rollins Band @ Key Club Tom Freund @ Hotel Cafe The Radishes, The Ramonas, The Knuckledraggers @ The Scene The Super Bees, Flash Express, Chelsea Smiles @ Safari Sam's The Starfuckers, Bed, Naughty Pet @ The Cat Club Whiskey Dicks, Elegantly Wasted @ The Gig Neil Hamburger @ Spaceland Swimsuit Rights, Party Fowl @ The Smell Otherwise, Wet Brain @ Viper......

Fri 4/7 - Nobody & Mystic Chords of Memory @ Echo ($5) – Nobody is a DJ and beat maker. The Mystic Chords of Memory feature Chris Gunst who was the main voice behind the Beachwood Sparks. They’ve collaborated on an album for Mush Records that will be released on 4/25. The press release calls it psychedelic hip-hop and sunshine folk-rock, which is an accurate description. If they can get 1/10th of Postal Service's......

If you're looking for something to do tonight, why not treat yourself to the last night ever of Blue Bongo. The regular club at Little Pedro's has managed to be dance club, blues club, avant-rock club and artist hangout all at once without ever copping attitude. But Little Pedro's, a chronically underappreciated Moroccan-Spanish hybrid bar, restaurant and club on the southeast edge of downtown's art-n-architecture district finally captured the imagination of a new buyer.......

TUESDAY • Silverlake's own Irving heads west to the Troubadour to open for Rogue Wave, with Mazarin. $12. • Head to the Walt Disney Concert Hall if you're feeling classically jolly; it's Christmas with Chanticleer, the all-male vocal orchestra. Cheap tix are $22. • Another Tuesday, another Mickey Champion night at Little Pedro's. Free chicken and cornbread at 11pm.......

WEDNESDAY • David Bazan (Pedro the Lion) and Rosie Thomas perform tonight at Largo. Doors open at 8 PM. • MF DOOM (Danger Doom, Madvillian, MF), Pigeon John and 8 Bit are on tonight at The El Rey. Tickets are $28.50. • It's the Clash of the Tetris Final Showdown at Little Pedro's, featuring music by Little One (ex-Sunday's Best) and Division Day, plus DJ sets by Jimmy Tamborello (The Postal Service) and Pedro......

FRIDAY • The Earlies, The Idaho Falls, Great Northern and No North bring on the pop tonight at The Echo. Doors open at 8:30 PM and tickets are $10. [18+] • Very Be Careful and El Manifesto play Dante's birthday party at Little Pedro's. The party gets going at 9 PM. Tickets are $7. • UCLA Live features a performance by the one and only De La Soul at 8 PM. Tickets are $22-38......

WEDNESDAY • Little Pedro's features "Clash of the Tetris" with a live performance by 8 Bit Weapon. Play in the 8-bit Tetris tournament and enjoy $2 Pabst, $5 well drinks and no cover. Starts at 10 PM. • The New Beverly is showing City of God at 7:30 PM, followed by Amores Perros at 10 PM. Click here to see our complete list of events for the week.......

THURSDAY • Tangier features James William Hindle, Bart Davenport, Andrew Goodsight and Hensley tonight at 8 PM. Tickets are $10. • Shannon McNally, Speechwriters LLC, Todd Thibaud and Miranda Lee Richards are at the Hotel Cafe tonight at 9 PM. • For those who didn't get tickets to Le Tigre, check out La Polla Loca at Little Pedro's, with resident DJs Senior and Rudy Blue, plus guest DJ JD of Le Tigre. Things heat......

THURSDAY • At the Knitting Factory, check out Red Sparowes (members of Isis, Neurosis, Pleasure Forever, Angel Hair and Halifax Pier) with Darker My Love, Skull Sküll (members of Liars and Young People), DJ Travis Keller and DJ Sam Velde at 8 PM. Tickets are $8 advance, $10 at the door. • The Raveonettes wrap up their last night at Spaceland with She Wants Revenge and Be Your Own Pet. Doors open at 9......

It's not like the Blue Bongo shows at Little Pedro's are a secret; heck, they even made yesterday's LA Times. But we can't not mention this. If you've been wondering when you should go (or go back), you might consider tonight for your journey to the Mexican-slash-Moroccan bar-slash-club perched on the easternmost edge of downtown. Because a little birdie told us that the indescribable Peaches will be DJing. Dare you shake your bootie to......

FRIDAY • Thievery Corporation will be appearing tonight at The Wiltern at 9 PM. Tickets are $35. • Tonight at The Fold at El Cid, $7 buys entrance to a fundraiser for titanradio.org, featuring Gris Gris, edIT, This Song Is A Mess But So Am I and Dirty Little Secret. Everything gets started at 9:30 PM. • Very Be Careful, El Manifesto & DJ Edwin Portillo are all performing tonight Little Pedro's. Doors open......

March 12th offers an eclectic array of activities. Fill the space between your ears with info about wind by attending the screeing of Wild Weather: Wind" at Caltech’s Beckman Auditorium, 332 S. Michigan Ave. , Pasadena. Show starts at 2 PM but doors open at 1:30. $5 also nets you a post-screening discussion will be led by Shane Murphy, of Caltech’s Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. Program is for ages 6 and up......

Queen of the Crenshaw and '40s and '50s jazz and blues legend Mickey Champion shakes her ass and breaks your heart Thursdays at Little Pedro's from 9PM-late. There's NO COVER, $3 rum n cokes, $4 boilermakers (that's a shot of whiskey and a bottle of MGD for you kids), it's all ages, and there's FREE fried chicken and cornbread around 10 PM. If you haven't seen Miss Mickey before or don't know anything about......

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......