This past Friday LAist got to hang out with some of the bands playing at this year's Warped Tour. Assembled at the Plush lounge downstairs at the Key Club was a crowd of cameras and microphones vying for the attention of some choice bands as Reel Big Fish, The Aggrolites, and Katy Perry. The bands played a show signifying the kick off of Warped Tour, making it generally awesome that the show starts and ends......

Ziggy Marley @ Pacific Amphitheatre Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars @ Malibu Inn Queen Ida and her Zydeco Band @ Santa Monica Pier The Shys, Grand Ole Party, The Procession @ The Roxy Reel Big Fish. Less Than Jake @ The Wiltern Marnie Stern @ The Echo Volto @ The Knitting Factory The Big Believers, Baker London, The Kris Special, The P. Lacquers @ Mr. T's Bowl......

Devo, A Flock of Seagulls, Bow Wow Wow @ Grove of Anaheim Cypress Hill @ House of Blues KMFDM @ Henry Fonda Theater John Prine @ Wilshire Ebell Theater Nina Hartley (reading) @ Skylight Books Robyn Hitchcock & the Venus 3 with Peter Buck @ Key Club Average White Band @ The Canyon Volto @ The Knitting Factory Reel Big Fish @ Avalon Susan Werner @ McCabe's Dirty Little Secret @ Amoeba Bob Schneider,......

Trace Adkins - Dangerous Man (Capitol) Christina Aguilera - Back to Basics (two CDs; RCA) Carmine Appice - Ultimate Guitar Zeus (Escapi) Patricia Barber - Mythologies (Blue Note) Rory Block - The Lady and Mr. Johnson (Rykodisc) Cham - Ghetto Story (Atlantic) Cherish - Unappreciated (enhanced; Capitol) Philip Glass - "The Illusionist" soundtrack (Rykodisc) Joanna - This Crazy Life (Geffen) Andy Fairweather Low - Sweet Soulful Music (Proper) Maria Muldaur - Heart of Mine:......