The Dan Band asks everyone to stop the hate and have a happy holiday season. more ›

Stand Up To Cancer announced on Sunday that "from its launch on May 28, 2008, through September 5, 2008’s historic simultaneous commercial-free telecast, the initiative has raised more than $100 million to accelerate ground-breaking research and bring new therapies to patients more quickly." more ›

Detours, Grammy winning Sheryl Crow's current tour, makes its LA stop at the Greek on what should be a great evening for outdoor music. The tour features music from her most most recent studio CD of the same name. According to Crow, Detours was inspired by her experiences of the last couple of years and her view of current global events. more ›

It's been going on all day as it is: election coverage. Obviously you have your choice to get this news all night: CBS, ABC, PBS, CNN, MSNBC, and probably the best news source, Comedy Central. For all other decent viewing options see below. more ›

Pete Thomas, a drummer since he was a kid in Sheffield, England, joined Elvis Costello to form the Attractions and continues as the drummer for the Imposters. He has also played as a session musician with countless artists including Johnny Cash, Sheryl Crow, Neil Finn, John Wesley Harding, Joe Jackson, Los Lobos, Joan Osbourne, Pearl Jam, Bonnie Raitt, Squeeze, Richard Thompson, Rufus Wainwright, and the Waterboys. In 2003, Thomas was inducted into the Rock... more ›

Lindsay Lohan will finally reach the legal drinking age in a month and is planning her big Vegas bday bash sponsered by Ceasers and Svedka Vodka - US Weekly Nicole Richie reportedly checked back into rehab, reports vary on if its inpatient or outpatient - TMZ Britney Spears's impromtu lip synch performance at a Miami mansion on Saturday night did not go over well - NY Post A new kitten for TomKat? - MSNBC Former... more ›

Garbage, Bonnie Raitt, Keb’ Mo’, Victoria Williams, Sheryl Crow, Jackson Browne, the Martinis (Joey Santiago and David Lovering), and others @ Alex Theater (Beat It Wally benefit) Helmet @ The Troubadour Kaki King @ Hotel Cafe Joss Stone @ House of Blues Sally Kellerman @ Genghis Cohen Jill Sobule, Julia Sweeney @ Largo Polysics, The Outline @ The Knitting Factory Ferona Vai, In Memory, Anthema @ Viper Room Iceage Cobra, Jessie Deluxe, The High... more ›

Anna Nicole's new baby will have Howard K. Stern's last name. - TMZ via Defamer A 79 year-old woman was raped in her home this weekend - LAPD Blog Cops find a grenade in the home of a man barricaded inside his South Central crib - CBS2 Sheryl Crow in a bikini (which isn't so bad), at a John Mayer show (unforgiveable) - Egotastic Jack Abramoff via RNC Chairman Ken Mehlman got Allen Stayman... more ›

Matthew & Gunnar Nelson & the Stone Canyon Band @ Cerritos Center Snow Patrol @ Wiltern Sheryl Crow, John Mayer @ Verizon Wireless Drop Dead Genius, Minutes 'til Midnight, Slow Motion Reign @ Viper Room Medeski Martin & Wood @ Henry Fonda Cibelle, Chris Pierce, Shane @ Tangier Curumin, Honeycut, Tommy Guerrero @ Knitting Factory Taj Mahal @ Malibu Inn P.F. Sloan @ Largo Margaret Cho, Venus de Mille, Renee du Jour @ Safari... more ›

Bedroom Walls All Good Dreamers Pass This Way (Baria Records) – The All Music Guide gives this local band a 4.5/5 and says: “"If Elliott Smith were still alive and decided to get together and jam with Neutral Milk Hotel, the results might sound a lot like this self-described ‘romanticore’ quintet.” That’s very high praise indeed. They’re appearing live at the Troubadour on 5/30. Download a demo of “In Anticipation of Your Suicide” more ›

Tuesday is the biggest day of the week for audiophiles. We're like kids in
a candy store. In the spirit of that dizzy euphoria, we're launching our weekly
guide to what's hot and what's not. Since LAist is an online entity, our primary
focus on Tuesdays will be digital downloads. Why? We think digital is the
future of music. For instance, Warner Music recently announced plans for a
digital label, dubbed Cordless; Apple, Cingular and Motorola teamed
up to make ROKR; and iTunes now
offers digital liner notes for many of the albums in its catalogue. If video
killed the radio star, then digital music is the successor to the aging MTV.


What's Hot:

The best-selling digital singles this week were Kanye
West's Gold
Digger,
Fall Out Boy's Sugar,
We're Goin' Down, Black Eyed Peas' My
Humps,
Missy Elliot's Lose
Control and Green Day's Wake
Me Up When September Ends.*


Online Exclusives:

Over at iTunes, you can pre-order Fiona
Apple's long-awaited Extraordinary
Machine, Sheryl Crow's Wildflower, Franz
Ferdinand's You
Could Have It So Much Better, and Depeche
Mode's Playing
The Angel. If you purchase the Depeche Mode album, you're also
eligible for an exclusive pre-sale for their forthcoming tour.


What's New:

• Blonde from Fargo released Only in It for the Blondes.
• Valentin Ceja released Valentin Ceja y Su Rock 'N' Banda.
• George Clinton released Best of George Clinton Live.

OK, so the heat may have affected our brain a few weeks back when we first caught "Rock Star: INXS" on CBS. LAist wanted to like the show because the earnest rockers reminded us of our friends and neighbors, hell even the guy at the Starbucks on Sunset who asked us if we wanted a muffin or scone to go with our double-shot, no-foam latte this morning. Better yet, there was no sign of Ryan Seacrest. more ›

So we admit that we were skeptical. When Arrow 93.1 suddently went off the air (which we never actually found out; we only deduced this by the curious inclusion of Sheryl Crow and Berlin in the "Arrow" playlist the day the station went black), we were unsure what to make of the new station. more ›