The Tangier is hosting Shark Aid and it has nothing to do with saving those sometimes nasty sea dogs. Aaron Finely, a local sound engineer and musician (Rexaquarium, Kennedy, Joe Lies) was attacked by a shark last October, losing a good chunk of his leg. The medical bill is quite steep, so his friends set up this benefit concert to help out (story via Metromix). Lucky for Finely, his friends play great music. Tonight:......

It's a rockin' Friday night in LA with Stevie, Van Halen, RZA, and R. Kelly in town, a XMAS Sweater Party at Crash Mansion featuring local indie up'n comers, and cow punk comes alive at Safari Sam's, with X side project (since 1982) The Knitters....

from the upcoming Metal Skool movie - NSFW Thailand, Pink Mochi, Good on Paper @ Silverlake Lounge Burning Brides, Nebula, Sasquatch, Black Fur @ The Echo Metal Skool, The Refinery, Looker, The Grand Marquee @ Key Club The Horrors, Bloodcat Love, Suicide Club @ The El Rey Health, Juiceboxxx, Dan Deacon @ pehrspace Listing Ship, 3 Leg Torso, The Abe Lincoln Story, Ollin @ Mr. T's Bowl Disrott, Homesick Abortions, The Lab Rats, The......

The Blasters @ The Knitting Factory The Ditty Bops @ McCabe's Margaret Cho @ Largo The Groovy Rednecks @ The Old Towne Pub Kottonmouth Kings, SX10 @ Key Club The Fresh @ Spaceland Midnight Movies, Alexi Murdoch @ El Rey Clinic, Sea Wolf, Mentor Tormentor @ The Troubadour The Vox Jaguars, Muso, Shilo, Pink Mochi, The Monolators @ Mr. T's Bowl Daredevil Jane, Comes With the Fall, Black Summer Crush, Year Long Disaster @......

This Saturday is the return of the FAB Market downtown. Sponsored by the Selah Artistic Giving Center—an organization dedicated to supporting the local arts community—as well as other local groups, the Market will feature a little bit of everything. On the bill are artists and designers selling hand-crafted goods; live performances by Bike Extravaganza; ethnic and organic food (from the likes of Taste of Life Vegan Food, Mamas Hot Tamales and Cobblermania); business resources......

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......

After what was only meant to be a week-long hiatus, LAist is officially returning to it's customary events posts. For those who missed our events coverage, we apologize, but the delay could not be helped, as we were waiting for SBC to figure out why our phone, and then our DSL, would not work. Three weeks later, we're back in action. So, for those who did not get tickets to this weekend's sold out......

At MOCA at the Pacific Design Center, Frank Escher and Ravi GuneWardena, partners at Escher GuneWardena Architecture, will be giving an art talk on the Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec exhibition currently at MOCA. The talk begins at 6:30 PM. At Spaceland, see rowdy country rockers The Gourds with Von Cotten and Brokedown. Doors open at 9:00 PM. Tonight is the second and final Cheap Trick show at the Canyon Club. Doors open at 6:00......