To celebrate the life and music of Richie Hass, a local musician who passed away in March from Myeloma, his friends have organized a marathon benefit concert tomorrow at the Echoplex. Many of the bands Richie once played with will be performing, and include some of the best punk, jazz, and experimental bands in LA. Saccharine Trust, one of LA's old school punk bands will be playing their jazz-punk fusion in tribute to Richie, who......

Happy 50th to our weekly photo contributor Mike Watt! This is a self-portrait taken this morning, kayaking around Angel's Gate in the rain at dawn. He'll also be marking the occasion tonight by rocking DiPiazza's in Long Beach. Watt will be joining Nels Cline and Steve Perkins in Banyan, Perkins' experimental, mostly instrumental project. Opening bands are Alfajerk and Horrors of Toledo. Banyan goes on at 11pm, so you can still catch them if......

"Sni Bong" - Dengue Fever Dengue Fever @ Getty Center Deborah Harry @ Pantages Theatre (see our interview from earlier this week) John Mayer @ Nokia LIVE Pete Hopkins @ Key Club Pierce the Veil @ The Troubadour Bikini Science, The Atma @ The Derby Aceyalone, Leadership Crew, Epsilon Project @ Malibu Inn Jon Brion, Nels Cline @ Largo Kingsley, Self Against City, Visa @ The Roxy Diegos Umbrella, Casa do Samba @ The......

Last night Jeff Tweedy and the boys of Wilco performed a stellar two hour long set at the Greek. Since I had a wall pass, I had the pleasure of people watching and I must say that Wilco fans are happy folk. Singing along and even dancing at times, the fans were enraptured by the incredible musicianship. The bashful yet charismastic Jeff Tweedy led the crowd through a set comprised of half Sky Blue......

Rockstar Supernova, The Panic Channel, Toby Rand & Juke Cartel, Dilana @ Long Beach Arena Money Mark @ Amoeba (free, 7pm) Mezzanine Owls, Black Palms @ El Cid The Exies @ Whisky A Gogo Tribal, Azur @ House of Blues Georgie James, Love of Diagrams, DJ Franki Chan @ Safari Sam's Tom Brosseau, Pedestrian, Ill Lit, Lenka @ The Hotel Cafe Le Rev, Northern, Castle Door, Locksley @ Key Club Nels Cline & Glenn......

The Submarines, "Brighter Discontent" Tonight: The Who @ Long Beach Arena Division Day, La Rocca @ Spaceland Eastern Conference Champions, I Make this Sound, The Procession @ Silverlake Lounge The Binges, Andy Dick & the Bitches of the Century @ King King Metal Skool, Shapes of Race Cars, Pearl @ Key Club Tuesday: Rockstar Supernova, The Panic Channel, Dilana @ Long Beach Arena Money Mark @ Amoeba (free, 7pm) Mezzanine Owls, Black Palms @......

Sepultura, Sworn Enemy, Diecast @ Whisky X-Clan Toy Drive @ Temple Bar Ozomatli @ House of Blues Tigra @ Silverlake Lounge Los Abandoned @ Pershing Square (free, 8pm) Smegma, Nels Cline, Polar Goldie Cats, Dinosaurs With Horns @ The Echo The Woolly Bandits, Sons and Lovers @ Knitting Factory The Bolides, Forcefield On @ Alex's Bar The Watkins Family Hour @ Largo The Cave Singers, Moonrats @ Spaceland Naked & Shameless, Evil Maria @......

FRIDAY • Dead Meadow, Silversun Pickups and The Clean Prophets are at the Troubadour tonight at 8 PM. Tickets are $10 advance, $12 day of. • Spaceland features The 88, Derby and Rocco Deluca, plus a late night happy hour, with drink specials and no cover after 12:15 AM. • The Echo has the Los Abandoned Winter Formal, also featuring Gitch and DJ Santi, tonight at 8 PM. Tickets are $8. • Baritone Mattias......

THURSDAY • Japanese drone band Boris are performing a free in-store at Amoeba Music tonight at 7 PM. • Run Run Run, Golden State (previously known as paloalto), The Plebz and Bird perform at the Viper Room. Doors open at 8 PM. • Jon Brion and Nels Cline play tonight at Largo. Doors open at 8 PM. • AFI Fest opens tonight, featuring a total of 127 films at a variety of locations around......

• Local singer-songwriter Gary Jules—best known for his amazing cover of Tears for Fears' "Mad World"—is back for a Tuesday night residency at the Hotel Cafe tonight at 9 PM, followed by Waz at 10:30 PM. • Amoeba Music hosts a free in-store at 7 PM by the Nels Cline Singers, performing songs off their new album, The Giant Pin. • Also at 7 PM, Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena has author Landon Jones discussing......