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......

Liquid Kitty's annual punk rock BBQs have been such a success, this Sunday they are hosting a special Winter BBQ. What better to chase away the rain than with colorful drinks and hard-core thrash? Some dogs on the grill? Done! And all for the low, low, price of FREE. Liquid Kitty's BBQs are famous for reuniting long-lost 80s classics and this one is no exception. This year is marked by the return of old-school locals,......

For many of us who live east of La Brea, Liquid Kitty is the Westside bar. On Sunday, they held their sixth annual Punk Rock BBQ. Swarms of old-school punks spilled from the super-packed watering hole and out onto Pico, where grills, crammed with hot dogs, hamburgers, and sausage sent smoke wafting high in the hot summer air. Inside, $2 Pabst Blue Ribbon and free music kept the crowd bopping and fist-pumping, and screaming......

Rage Against the Machine, Wu-Tang Clan, Cypress Hill, Public Enemy, Nas, the Roots, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Sage Francis, Brother Ali @ Hyundai Pavillion John Densmore & Tribal Jazz @ LACMA (5pm) Poison, Ratt @ Gibson Hookah, Saccharine Trust, Ghidra @ Mr. T's Bowl Minnie Driver, Mark Olson, AM @ The Hotel Cafe Cheap Trick @ Hollywood Bowl Very Be Careful @ The Bordello Danger Kitty @ The Canyon Scissors for Lefty, Gran Ronde......

You may have noticed a new button on our left-hand column with the title We See The Best Concerts. It dawned on us the other day that we really do go to the best concerts and we usually write about them the next day or a few days later. So here's a wrap up of all 37 shows we reviewed this month, with links to the posts just in case you missed it. Chris......

After the amazing Redd Kross - Sonic Youth show at the Greek, we all headed over to an afterparty at El Cid. Thurston had asked punk legends Saccharine Trust to perform their classic album, Pagan Icons. The album thing was kind of a theme. If you want to know where bands like Nirvana got their inspiration from, in addition to Daydream Nation, you really need to add Pagan Icons and Born Innocent to your......

The double-header of Redd Kross and Sonic Youth completely blew my mind Friday night at the Greek. I had fantastic tickets (because my husband's online kung fu is the best), a photo pass (Thanks to the kind people at Nederlander Productions) and I was even on the list for the after-party (Thanks to Saccharine Trust and Dave Markey). I have seen Sonic Youth a number of times, starting with the Gila Monster Festival in 1984,......

Richie Hass Benefit featuring: Potion Box, Present Tense, The Freda Rente Band, The Adz, Backbiter, The Amadans, The Richie Hass Band, Vinnie Golia, The BellRays, Mike Watt & the Missingmen, The Marc Mylar Mob, Joe Baiza's Congress, Saccharine Trust, Carey Fosse, The Atomic Sherpas, Fatso Jetson @ Safari Sams 4pm-midnight TV on the Radio @ Henry Fonda Theater Sweet Honey in the Rock @ Royce Hall Fishbone @ Malibu Inn Goo Goo Dolls @......

Glen Campbell, Jimmy Webb @ Pepperdine's Smothers Theater Sebadoh, The Bent Moustache @ Spaceland Saccharine Trust @ Mr. T's Bowl My Chemical Romance, Rise Against @ The Forum Billy Vera & the Beaters @ Rusty's Surf Ranch Michael Crawford @ Long Beach Terrace Theater Big Bad Voodoo Daddy @ Cal State Northridge B-Side Players, Destani Wolf, Debi Nova @ Roxy Menomena, Bon Savants, The Parson Red Heads @ The Echo Do Make Say Think,......

Rev. Horton Heat @ Henry Fonda Rhino Bucket, @ Viper Room The Upper Crust @ Dragonfly Dirty Dozen Brass Band @ Knitting Factory Backbiter, Saccharine Trust, Third Grade Teacher The Changes @ Spaceland Glacier Hiking, Sugi Tap @ The Echo Kraig Grady, Daylight Bats @ Il Corral Invitro, Indorphine, Re-ignition @ Roxy Babyland, Captain Ahab, This Song Is a Mess But So Am I, Dommm @ The Smell Rob Dickinson, Carina Round, Rob Giles,......

Beck, Queens of the Stone Age, Redd Kross, !!!, Blonde Redhead, Of Montreal, The Like, The Blood Arm, others @ LA Weekly Detour Fest, Downtown LA Monsters Are Waiting, AfroBeat Down, The Japanese Motors, Jesca Hoop, others @ Eagle Rock Music Fest, Center for the Arts The Killers @ Wiltern Paul Simon @ Santa Barbara Bowl E-40, Too $hort @ Orange Pavilion Saccharine Trust @ Mr. T's Bowl Margaret Cho @ Largo Willie Clayton......

AFI @ Long Beach Arena Y&T @ Vine Street Banyan @ The Mint Etta James @ The Canyon Spoken Gun @ Malibu Inn Neighborhood Bullies @ Taix Kottonmouth Kings @ Vault 350 Ladykillers, Kleveland @ The Scene Toshi Reagon, Blackcast @ On the Rox Aisle 4, Dead City Sunday @ The Roxy Have Another Monkey @ Lighthouse Cafe Laurie Lewis & the Right Hands @ McCabe's Tortoise, Saccharine Trust @ The Troubadour Greg Laswell,......