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Tonight one half of acclaimed electro pop duo the Knife, Swedish experimental electro outfit Fever Ray will be performing at the Henry Fonda Music Box with none other than Pasadena-bred electronic mastermind Nosaj Thing. Local noise/punk act Mika Miko (LAist Review) are poised to take on the El Rey Theatre, opening for no-wave progenitors Teenage Jesus and the Jerks. And, lastly, LA-bred electronic musician/producer/MC Thavius Beck will be ringing in his latest disc at the Airliner in Lincoln Heights. But we strongly suggest heading over to Spaceland to catch English indie pop singer-songwriter Jack Peñate. Acclaimed Swedish electro pop trio Miike Snow are slated to kick things off. more ›

At the end of Fucked Up’s powerful, frenetic set, frontman Pink Eyes looks out at the crowd and says something along the lines of “You can say we played the Hipster Woodstock. You can say we play punk rock. One thing I know, my hips are in a state of shock.” It’s actually a fitting summary of last Saturday’s FYF festival - whose crowd is a healthy cross-section of young hipsters, and aging punk rockers with bad hips. I’m not entirely sure of the significance, but there seems to be a poetic irony in the proliferation of teenagers in Black Flag T-shirts and forty-somethings in Vivian Girls T-shirts. more ›

Long lines and food shortages aside, it would be hard to call the FYF Fest anything but a success. Now in it's sixth year, an inspired lineup and a great cause made the "hipster Woodstock" the most successful F-Yeah yet. In-depth reviews are fothcoming, and make sure to check out more LAist coverage here. more ›

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This week Cleveland-bred industrial rockers NIN will be performing not two, not three, but four farewell shows with Danish rockers Mew and local noise-infused rock outfit HEALTH in tow. Illinois-bred Smashing Pumpkins front man Billy Corgan will be playing to a sold-out crowd at the Hotel Café. And, lastly, the sixth annual F Yeah Fest, which boasts a bevy of artists including: the Black Lips, Tim & Eric, No Age, Lightning Bolt, Lucero, Converge, the Thermals, Glass Candy, Fucked Up, Matt Skiba, Times New Viking, Japanther, Mika Miko, Telepathe, Crystal Antlers, Darker My Love, AA Bondy, Wavves, Dios, Peanut Butter Wolf, the Strange Boys, Ninjasonik, Cold Cave, Har Mar Superstar, Avi Buffalo and Kurt Vile, will be taking place at Los Angeles State Historic Park. And, lastly, local indie rock act Division Day (LAist Review, #2, #3) will be gracing Spaceland with LA-based indie pop outfit and labelmates Bad Veins for this week's edition of Club NME. more ›

Tonight, as always, local multi-instrumentalist/producer extraordinaire Jon Brion (LAist Interview, #2, Review) will be jamming with friends at the Largo at the Coronet. Brazilian-bred singer-songwriter Céu is poised to grace the Roxy. And, lastly, local noise/punk outfit Mika Miko (LAist Review) will be headlining the Smell in Downtown with Audacity in tow. But we strongly suggest heading over to Spaceland to catch Portland's own folk rockers the Builders and the Butchers (LAist Interview). LAist favorites Illinois and Eastern Conference Champions are slated to kick things off. more ›

Tonight East Sussex-bred singer-songwriter Ed Harcourt (LAist Interview) will be performing at Bordello with none other than Nicole Simone. Local indie pop outfit Castledoor (LAist Review, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6) will be closing out a month-long residency at Spaceland. And, lastly, Portland's own indie pop songstress Casey Dienel, or rather White Hinterland, is poised to grace Echo Curio. LA-based noise/punk outfit Mika Miko (LAist Review) are poised to headline the Smell. LAist favorites the Strange Boys (LAist Review, #2) are slated to kick things off. more ›

Tonight Philadelphia-based Grammy Award-winning hip hop band the Roots will be taking part in the predominantly electronic, fledgling music festival Audiotistic, which takes place at the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino. Sussex-based pop rockers Keane are poised to headline the Hollywood Palladium. NY's own faux French indie rockers Nous Non Plus (LAist Interview) will be gracing Spaceland. And, lastly, local noise/punk outfit Mika Miko (LAist Review) will be ringing in their debut album at the Smell with none other than the Soft Pack. Although we recommend attending the aforementioned show, we strongly suggest heading over to the Henry Fonda Music Box to catch North Carolina's crown jewel: bluegrass-infused folk rockers the Avett Brothers. Chicago-based lo-fi/alt-country outfit Magnolia Electric Co. are slated to kick things off. more ›

Tonight New Jersey-bred indie pop outfit Danielson will be headlining Spaceland with local folk rockers Marvelous Toy in tow for this week's edition of Club NME. Prolific San Franciscan singer-songwriter Jonah Matranga is poised to grace the Hotel Café. And, lastly, a slew of LA-based rollicking rock bands, including NON+, Slang Chickens and Shark Toys, will be performing at Silver Lake Lounge. But we strongly suggest heading over to Amoeba Records in Hollywood to catch local noise/punk outfit Mika Miko (LAist Review), who will be ringing in their forthcoming debut We Be Xuxa tonight as well as tomorrow night. more ›

Tonight Bay Area punk rockers NOFX will be concluding a two-date stint at the Henry Fonda Music Box. Toronto's own raucous punk outfit Fucked Up are slated to headline the Echoplex with LA locals Mika Miko. LA-based indie rockers Oliver Future will be gracing Spaceland. And, lastly, English rapper Lady Sovereign is poised to flow at the Echo. But we insist that you head over to the Museum of Natural History to catch the second edition of First Fridays. Acclaimed indie-pop duo the Bird and the Bee will be accompanied by D.C.-bred indie rockers Jukebox the Ghost. more ›

Tonight ambient rockers Voices Voices will be performing at the Viper Room with Pop Noir. The football helmet-clad experimental electro outfit known as Anavan will be rocking out at the Echo for this week's edition of Part Time Punks. And, lastly, LA-based indie rockers Divisadero are playing with Daniel Brummel (of Ozma) at All Star Lanes in Eagle Rock for the Bowling & Drinking Club. But we strongly suggest spending the day in the Downtown Area. Around mid-day, in what will be touted as one of its best shows of the year, the Smell is hosting a prominent array of noisy locals, such as No Age (LAist Review, #2, #3), Mika Miko (LAist Review) and Abe Vigoda. And later on in the evening, funk and soul maestros Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings (LAist Review, #2) will be headlining Club Nokia. Neither event should be missed! more ›

Tonight Santa Cruz-by-way-of-Atlanta instrumental outfit Sound Tribe Sector 9 will be concluding a two-night headlining sting at the Wiltern. Poway punk rockers Unwritten Law are performing at the Roxy. On the early side of things, LAist's favorite singer-songwriter Theresa Andersson (LAist Interview) will be taking over Amoeba Records on Sunset at 2:00 PM. And, lastly, the Echo is playing host to local noise-infused rockers Mika Miko (LAist Review) for this month's edition of Hang The DJs. But we strongly recommend heading over to the Henry Fonda Music Box to catch the blisteringly good tunes of Autolux (LAist Review, #2). San Francisco-based psych rockers Wooden Shjips (LAist Review) are slated to kick off the show. more ›

We haven't seen a Sunday like this since the summertime. We've got Athens-based new wave rock band the B-52's performing at Club Nokia in Downtown. Seattle's own experimental rockers Minus the Bear will be coming through the Henry Fonda Music Box with our favorite Raleigh-based indie pop group, the Annuals. LA locals Tigers Can Bite You are slated to rock at the Alterknit Lounge at the Knitting Factory. And, lastly, singer-songwriter Charlie Wadhams will be continuing his month-long Sunday Night Residency at Tangier. Word on the street is that Tangier will be closing its doors soon due to financial woes. But how could anyone turn down the Part Time Punks Festival at the Echo and Echoplex compound? Not only will some of LA's prominent fringe acts be playing (The Muslims, Mika Miko, Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti), but living legends like Manchester's A Certain Ratio will be headlining the predominantly punk-tinged extravaganza. It will be the band's first performance in the US since 1985—the year I was born. more ›

Now that the election is over with the show-going commences. Tonight we've got electro sensation-turned-dud the Faint playing at the Wiltern with LA-based noise rockers Mika Miko. And speaking of shoddy electro-pop, we've got Shiny Toy Guns performing a KROQ-related contest-only event at the Viper Room. And, lastly, Brooklyn-based rock quintet Apes & Androids will be stopping by Spaceland for CLUB NME. But Portland's own folk rockers Musee Mecanique will be playing at Bordello with LA locals EXITMUSIC, Xu Xu Fang and Voice On Tape. Go, go, go! more ›

Tonight LA will be seized by festivals. Now in its third year, the LA Weekly's Detour Festival will be taking over the area around City Hall in Downtown. We're excited for Aussie electro-pop sensation Cut Copy, epic LA-based prog-rockers the Mars Volta, English folk rockers Noah and the Whale and DFA Records's latest and greatest, Hercules and Love Affair. The lineup is enticing, but certainly not for everyone. We had a rather traumatic experience last year involving Justice and drunken buffoons. It did not go over well. The 10th Annual Eagle Rock Music Festival, which takes place on Colorado Blvd. between Eagle Rock Blvd. and Argus St., boasts some 74 acts on 16 stages—the most comprehensive bill of local bands we've ever seen. We're excited for Abe Vigoda, Mika Miko (LAist Review), the Antarcticans, Gangi (LAist Review), and the Ship Collective's mainstay Earlimart. Need we mention that it's still free? And although it will be our festival pick of the night, we'd like to suggest a show for those who aren't interested in crowds. Head on over to Spaceland to catch Brooklyn-based folk songstress Rio en Medio. Tonight will serve as the record release party for her second full-length, Frontier. It will be the start of what promises to be a very successful career. more ›

Sunday afternoon marked yet another turn in what has come to be a rather unpredictable career for Randy Randall and Dean Spunt. more ›

Kelly Clarkson @ Gibson Mika Miko, Jay Reatard, No Age, The Strange Boys @ The Smell Rademacher, Earlimart, Tigers Can Bite You, Karabal Nightlife @ Spaceland Nickel Creek @ House of Blues Carlos Guitarlos @ Liquid Kitty The New Christy Minstrels @ Cerritos Center... more ›

KT Tunstall - "Black Horse & The Cherry Tree" KT Tunstall @ Avalon Misfits @ House of Blues Spiritualized @ The Vista Black Dice, No Age, Mika Miko @ Echoplex Sondre Lerche @ Troubadour American Music Club @ Echo Jill Sobule, Julia Sweeney @ Largo The Whigs, Wild Sweet Orange @ Spaceland Falco Does It Dirty, Omissa, There Shall Be Blood @ Knitting Factory Back Door Slam @ Viper Room DTFM, Truth In Fiction,... more ›

The Donna's @ The X Games - Honda Center, 2:30pm, $5 VHS or Beta, Gran Ronde @ The Troubadour The Slits, The Icarus Line @ El Rey Rick Springfield, John Waite @ The Gibson Gravy Train, Mika Miko, Sugar & Gold @ The Echo Unwritten Law, Zebrahead, Bullets & Octane, Bangkok Five @ Key Club Earthless, RTX, Entrance, Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound, Titan @ Safari Sam's The Mutaytor, DJ Wolfie, Blue, Porter Tinsley... more ›

The Raveonettes, Electric Duo, Midnight Movies, The Meek @ Spaceland The Black Angels, VietNam, Spindrift @ The Troubadour Deerhoof @ Natural History Museum B-Real @ Key Club The Pharcyde, Ugly Duckling @ Blue Cafe The Colour, Simon Dawes, Takota @ The Roxy Kottonmouth Kings @ Ventura Theatre Matt & Kim, Japanther, Mika Miko, No Age @ The Echo The Moderates, Gliss, The Cheat @ El Cid Sara Hickman @ McCabe's Lorenzo Lamas @ The... more ›

Lifetime, Mika Miko @ The Troubadour Kristin Hersh @ Amoeba (2pm) Mana @ Gibson Dave Alvin @ McCabe's Aimee Mann @ Largo Camera Obscura @ El Rey Neko Case @ Henry Fonda Leo Nocentelli, Cyril Neville @ The Mint Everyday Stranger, The Moderates, Ride the Blinds, Modicum @ Lava Lounge El Ten Eleven, Whirling Dervish, Someday Assassin @ The Scene John Wiese, Captain Ahab, Flaspar, Kyle H. Mabson, Sky Pigs @ The Smell Destruction,... more ›

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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... more ›

He is Angelina Jolie's uncle, Jon Voight's younger brother, he wrote the Troggs (and Hendrix, X, etc.) tune "Wild Thing", Janis's "Try (Just a Little Bit Harder)", and Juice Newton's "Angel of the Morning" and gave it all up to be a professional gambler. Now he tours around with a super-hot singer/violinist Carrie Rodriguez. James Wesley Voight aka Chip Taylor is at McCabe's tonight with Rodriguez Dead Meadow, The Ponys, Midnight Movies, Icarus Line,... more ›

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Fri 6/9 - Silversun Pickups / Film School @ the Echo ($10) – The Silversun Pickups drop their debut full-length, Carnavas, on July 25th on Dangerbird Records. The record is consistently strong and they're one of the handful of local bands with a really good chance of blowing up this year. Expect to hear a few Smashing Pumpkins comparisons in the reviews (classic Gish/Siamese Dream-era Pumpkins). San Francisco’s Film School frequently gets favorably compared to your favorite Manchester bands. more ›

• The Grindhouse Film Festival returns to the New Beverly Cinema tonight at 7:30 PM, featuring screenings of The Hollywood Hillside Strangler (aka Hollywood 90028) and Don't Go In the House. Show up on time for the free raffle and vintage exploitation trailers. Admission is $7. more ›

Maybe LAist should forgive the punk rock beer gut boys who, after watching a documentary in which girls talked about the frustrations of being in the scene and having to stand in the back while tall boys with greasy long hair crowded the stage in their aggro immature style, packed in in front of Mika Miko during the reception. At least they took the time to come to see the flick. Maybe not. Coming to a film based on these Bikini Kill lyrics and then being an inconsiderate doof is just not cool. Boys are poop, sometimes. more ›