Matthew Sweet and Bangles vocalist Susanna Hoffs head to the GRAMMY Museum tonight to unveil their newest project “Under The Covers Vol. 2,” as part of the Museum’s program “The Drop.”; The duo will take part in an onstage interview, participate in an audience Q&A and perform selections from their new CD. The new release features 16 of their favorite tunes from the 1970s. The event begins at 8 pm, and tickets are $14.95.
Pencil This In: Geek Dinner Ignites Tonight; Are Newspapers in Peril?
Holiday Songs: Balls of Metal
Need some butt-rock to motivate your ass out the door to finish shopping? Luckily it's not just Satan, Satan, Satan all the time with these guys.
Tonight in Rock: Dead Sara, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Mandy Moore
"The ghost of Stephen Foster" - Squirrel Nut Zippers Flogging Molly, The Bouncing Souls, Dead to Me, Punk Rock Karaoke @ The Avalon Dead Sara @ Knitting Factory Fuel @ The Grove of Anaheim Squirrel Nut Zippers @ El Rey Theatre Blues Traveler @ Galaxy Concert Theater Eilen Jewell, Rich Wyman, Evan Stone & His Translucent Ham Sandwich Band @ The Mint Pete Yorn, Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs, Donavan Frankenreiter, Phantom Planet, Peter...
Tonight in Rock in LA - Peaches, The Bangles, Golem
Peaches & Herm, Whitey, Jeffree Starr - she is the foul mouthed over-sexxed rappergrrl and Herm, her backing group consists of JD Samson (Le Tigre’s) and Samantha Maloney (Hole). Jeffree Starr is the transvestite who somehow became one of your Myspace friends @ Avalon The Bangles, Matthew Sweet, The Southland, and others perform as a benefit for the TunaHAKI foundation which helps AIDS orphans @ The Roxy Golem, Jill Soloway, DJ Anaan - Join...
Today in Rock in LA - The Donnas, Cyndi Lauper, Pat Benatar
The Donnas, Kinky, Rooney, Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs, John Doe, Johnette Napolitano, Agent Orange, Josie Cotton, many others @ Bergamot Station
Today in Rock in LA
The Cramps, Hank Williams III, Drive By Truckers, Dave Alvin, Candye Kane, Nona Hendryx, Richard Street @ Sunset Junction The Smithereens, Susanna Hoffs & Matthew Sweet, The Minus 5, Jefferson Starship (minus Grace Slick) @ House of Blues Faster Pussycat, Stephen Adler, Bang Tango @ Safari Sam's Gotan Project, Zero 7 @ Hollywood Bowl Minion, Hot Wired, Searh Tea, Rock Beats Paper @ Viper Room Nevermore, Agent Steel, Scarred, Cage, Nuclear Winter @ Knitting...
Live Music Picks Mon - Thurs
Infinity (the Journey cover band that played Spaceland on Friday) is a lot of fun to see live. Here are some other bands that are hopefully fun live.....
Live Music Picks: Seven Shows in Seven Days
Fri 4/21 - Dinosaur Jr @ Troubadour (SOLD OUT) – Here’s a show for the aging indie rocker. That first reunion show a year ago at Spaceland was a little disappointing (packed and a billion degrees inside). While Green Mind and Where You Been are still the best Dinosaur records, the first three with Lou Barlow have some great moments too. The show on Saturday night is sold out too.
Top Five New CD Releases
Gram Rabbit Cultivation (Stinky) – They’ve got a unique sound (kind of like Calexico mixed with trip-hop) and they’re from Joshua Tree. This is their second release and they’re performing live at Tower Sunset on 4/20 at 6:00 PM and the Echo on 4/21. Listen to some tracks on MYSPACE.

