Reeve Oliver plays Tuesday nights at the Key Club this month | Photo via their MySpace Tuesdays are usually slow nights in LA for music and as bands prep to head Texas-way for SXSW, we'll probably see even fewer choices like tonight. But fewer doesn't mean worse. Mountain Goats and Jeffrey Lewis (great video below) play at the Troubadour tonight (and tomorrow), Working For A Nuclear Free City is back with another concert, this......

Obama and Clinton onstage last week in Hollywood | Photo © 2008 by Jonathan Alcorn (sundogg) via LAist Featured Photos Pool Everyone's a songwriter when there's something big going on. YouTube is busting at the seams with song parodies of candidates and campaigns; some mourn for better choices, some simply sing their support, and some poke lots of fun at the candidates' foibles. Recently a couple of professional songwriters were asked by Weekend America......

75. The Cave Singers - Invitation SongsAccording to Seattleist, guitarist Derek Fudesco makes "sammiches" during the day and strums hypnotic lines by night. The Cave Singers encapsulate all that I love about the Northwest. Invitation Songs is chocked full of cozy, folk-bluegrass-tinged battle songs. "Helen" is built upon one savory guitar line and handful of reverb. Think Mountain Goats meets Will Oldham.The Cave Singers - "Lena" &righticonhover=0x333232&text=0x333232&slider=0xF2F2F2&track=0xFFFFFF&border=0xFFFFFF&loader=0x838383&soundFile=http://www.box.net/shared/static/7vw3ha90kk.mp3"> 76. Busdriver - RoadKillOvercoatThis madman put on one......

John Vanderslice is playing tomorrow night at the Largo. St. Vincent, who we interviewed this morning, is opening for him. It's sold out and even the scalpers are all, sucks to be you. They were both really funny and very smart. Of the two, Mr. Vanderslice seemed to enjoy answering the questions while Ms. Vincent seemed to enjoy eluding them in witty ways. Vanderslice was originally in the band mk Ultra, had an infamous......

EPMD, People Under the Stairs @ House of Blues The Mountain Goats @ El Rey Theatre The Wailers @ Vault 350 L.A. Guns, The Pegs, Kingbaby, Aces Over Kings, Noyze @ Whisky Heartstring Symphony, Minus the Hope, Signal to Noise @ The Good Hurt The Small Steppes, Mad Lovers, The Kevin K Band, The Hits @ Mr. T's Bowl Beasts of Bourbon, Dallas Crane, Children Collide, Panda Band, MINK @ The Troubadour Minutes Til......

Valentines Day left you feeling dirty? Cleanse yourself with these heartwarming tracks from the cyberspa. I'd like to thank God, my parents, Rick Ruben and The Hype Machine for making this possible. Happy Mondays - The Boys Are Back In Town (Sound of the Suburb) Fuzzy sonics… Mountain Goats - The Boys Are Back In Town (Sound of the Suburb) Just as you’d imagine… Wilco - Cars Can’t Escape (The Music Slut) Clearly, Jeff......

For us there is no better LA street fair than the Sunset Junction annual event in the Silver Lake stretch of Sunset Blvd. One can enjoy eating chicken on a stick and drinking a beer while peoplewatching the hipsters, the kids, those of alternative lifestyles, and the random tourists who don't really know what they've stumbled into. The volunteer "donation" is now a hard $15 admission, but for all the good music, good food,......

Rhino Bucket @ The Derby Sex Cobra, Dirty Heads, Last Vegas @ Viper Room Mountain Goats @ Amoeba (free, 7pm) Tina Stevens @ Canter's Kibitz Room Killing Breed, Toxic Ruin @ Whisky Zolar X, Thor @ The Knitting Factory Slow Car Crash @ Molly Malone's The Watkins Family Hour @ Largo The Sharp Ease, The Pope @ The Smell Randy Travis @ Cerritos Center for Performing Arts Gillespie All-Stars and other Big Bands @......

• The Mountain Goats grace LA with their special brand of music as part of the DIY Festival, tonight at The Echo. Tickets re $12 and things get started at 8:30 PM. [18+] • At 6 PM, Amoeba Music hosts well-coiffed noisemakers The Blood Brothers, playing a mini-set of songs from their new CD, Crimes. • The Knitting Factory hosts local band Anchors For Architects, along with Shalloboi, Half Mantis Group, Flying Douglas and......