What do you do when you're a gearhead with lightning-quick MacGyver fixes, $500 to spare and the need for speed? Most likely you're racing a junker you rebuilt with zip-ties and duct-tape at the 24 Hours of LeMons in Altamont Motorsports Park located between Livermore and Tracy in Northern California. That's where I spent this past weekend, tagging along with one of the LeMons veteran teams, Eyesore Pimpin (formerly known as Eyesore Racing) from Long Beach. This was their fourth LeMons race. more ›

Prince @ Hollywood Roosevelt Bad Religion, Tiger Army, The Vandals, Pennywise, The Used, Circle Jerks @ Warped, Pomona Andre Williams, Flash Express, Shapes of Race Cars, Boatel @ Safari Sam's Richard Cheese & Lounge Against the Machine @ The Derby Sluts For Hire, Bimbo Toolshed @ Mr. T's Bowl Feist, Grizzly Bear @ The Wiltern The Veils, The Comas, Asher @ Spaceland Busdriver, Shwayze @ Montmartre Lounge Soccer Mom, 419, The Dedication @ 14... more ›

After returning to Los Angeles after living back east, one of the things I missed most about NYC was the street fairs. Sure they got a bit redundant, the $5 bra and panties booth and the turkey leg cart and the Abercrombie irregular outlet store reject booth, but for a people watching voyeur like myself, street fairs are like having a parade in my honor. I can park my ass on the curb and... more ›

Jesca Hoop - "Big Fish" more ›

RJD2, Pigeon John @ Henry Fonda Insane Clown Posse @ Grove of Anaheim Sarah Silverman @ Largo Metal Skool, Shapes of Race Cars @ Key Club Bodies of Water, Kind Hearts & Coronets, Muso, Lava Children @ The Echo Dave Gleason, The Twains, The High Society @ Silverlake Lounge Gliss, Augie March, The Melismatics, The Moderates @ Spaceland Dirty Royals, Upstanding Youth, The Ugly Sticks @ The Gig Eric Lindley, The Health Club, Crash... more ›

They have a weird name, they're unsigned, but still their music ends up on big tv shows and on the radio. Dylan Callaghan, the frontman of Silver Lake's Shapes of Race Cars, explains how this can possibly be. LAist: 1. Shapes of Race Cars have been around forever. You're playing the Key Club tonight, opening for Metal Skool. What your favorite LA club to play in? Dylan Callaghan: tony, baby!!! SRC has not been... more ›

Lemonheads, Icarus Line, Giant Drag @ El Rey Jet @ The Troubadour Vast @ Malibu Inn Shapes of Race Cars @ Club Moscow (free) Grand Champeen @ Knitting Factory (lounge) Big Youth @ The Echo NaNuchKa, Nectarphonic, Oso @ Molly Malone's Stone Sour, Lacuna Coil, Shadows Fall, The Knives @ The Wiltern... more ›

About ten days ago at Spaceland Shapes of Race Cars (not Races Cars, LA Weekly), played with the Binges in a show that even Mummy from The Monster Squad attended and rocked out to. Tonight you'll have to choose which one you want to see, unless of course you're interested in laughing, in which case you might consider Patton Oswalt... or Metal Skool who are known to attract celebs to their shows. After the jump check out the hair band covering Led Zep with the singer from Disturbed and your favorite power forward, Dennis Rodman. more ›

If we could split ourselves in two we'd be at both Spaceland AND the Troubadour tonight but one Gossip does not equal three awesome bands. Yet. Year Long Disaster, The Binges, Shapes of Race Cars @ Spaceland The Gossip @ The Troubadour De La Soul, KRS-One @ Key Club Mew @ Henry Fonda Theater Nikka Costa @ Largo The Dan Band @ Avalon Ringside, Whitestarr, Grand Marquee @ Roxy Dean Wareham & Britta Phillips... more ›

Christina Aguilera, The Pussycat Dolls, Danity Kane @ Staples Center Albert Hammond Jr., The Mooney Suzuki @ El Rey Shapes of Race Cars @ Key Club Lo Fink Fi, The Young Knives @ Safari Sam's Sam Phillips, Dave Palmer @ Spaceland Capitol Steps @ USC Zoe, Los Abandoned @ Knitting Factory Divisible, Family Tree Analog, Clark 8, Red Italy @ the Scene David Ryan Harris, Chris Pierce, Chris Joyner, Zach Brooke, Swanti @ The... more ›

Tonight Christina Aguilera, Pussycat Dolls @ Honda Center Metal Skool @ Key Club Sally Kellerman @ Genghis Cohen Great Northern, Venus in Furs @ Viper Room Tuesday Christina Aguilera, The Pussycat Dolls, Danity Kane @ Staples Center Albert Hammond Jr., The Mooney Suzuki @ El Rey Shapes of Race Cars @ Key Club Sam Phillips @ Spaceland Wednesday Queensryche, Dokken, Great White, Jani Lane @ Key Club Albert Hammond Jr. @ Amoeba The Cult... more ›

John Butler Trio, Brian Wright & The Waco Tragedies, Steve Carlson Band @ The Hotel Cafe more ›

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 @... more ›