Heavy Trash - "Dark Hair'd Rider" Heavy Trash @ The Echo The Octopus Project, Pedestrian, 8MM @ The Roxy Culver City Symphony Orchestra @ Veterans Auditorium Evanescence @ The Greek Theatre Henry Franklin Quartet @ Senor Fish (The Plan to End Homelessness benefit at 4 p.m.) She Wants Revenge @ The Henry Fonda Theater Nathan Hubbard's Everything After @ Cafe Metropol Very Be Careful @ The Regent Theatre......

Joanna Newsom - "Monkey and Bear" Joanna Newsom @ Disney Hall ZZ Top @ The Greek Of Montreal, Grand Buffet, MGMT @ Avalon Loudon Wainwright III, Joe Henry @ El Rey M.I.A., The Cool Kids @ The Wiltern Ben Harper, Piers Faccini @ Orpheum Rhino Bucket @ Knitting Factory Dave Mason @ House of Blues, Anaheim Eek-A-Mouse @ Galaxy Theatre Jesu, These Arms Are Snakes @ Echoplex She Wants Revenge, Kenna, theSTART @ Henry......

The Hives - "Tick Tick Boom" The Hives @ The Avalon The Hold Steady, Art Brut @ Henry Fonda Architecture in Helsinki, Glass Candy @ Troubadour The Thrills, Small Sins, Rock and Roll @ Spaceland Julio Iglesias @ Gibson Dos @ Alex's Bar Tunng @ Amoeba Hannah Montana @ Staples Cue the Moon @ Silverlake Lounge HoneyHoney, Whispertown2000, Buddy @ Hotel Cafe She Wants Revenge, Kenna, The Start @ Grove of Anaheim Freezepop, Solvent,......

Day Two of the Sunset Junction was even hotter. Hot Hot Heat, Buzzcocks, and She Wants Revenge continued the heat on Sunday. There were plenty of indie hipsters, shirtless gay men, junk food, amazing street art, cheap carnival rides, and of course photographs from me.......

Buzzcocks, Hot Hot Heat, The O'Jays, The Bronx, Airborne Toxic Event, She Wants Revenge, Cheb I Sabbah, Millie Jackson, Thelma Jones & Arthur Adams, Rocky Dawuni, Conjunto Jardin, The Aggrolites, The Movies, Eskimohunter, others @ Sunset Junction Street Fair Beastie Boys @ The Greek Smokey Robinson @ Cerritos Center RX Bandits, The Fall of Troy @ The Troubadour Esthero, One Trick Pony @ Roxy 311 with Matisyahu, the Wailers, Pato Banton @ Verizon Bowling......

Hot Hot Heat have been added to the Sunset Junction bill. I know you know Sunset Junction, the festival spread along Silverlake's streets in late August. It's sweltering, and us indie rock fans could never quite understand how old-skool Silverlake gay men could promenade in their leathers all day long. The days of gay old Silverlake are mostly gone now; heck, the 4100 Club took over Detour years ago. Anyway, I reminisce: no matter......

The Rentals, Golden Boy, Kyle Chipman @ Spaceland The Reyes Brothers w/ Mellow Man Ace, Optimus, J Killa @ Whisky The World Famous Beat Junkies @ The Knitting Factory The Red Elvises @ Rusty's Surf Ranch The Low Stars @ Hear Music (2pm) Howlin' Rain, Citay, The Moon Upstairs @ The Echo Persephone's Bees, Something for Rockets @ The Troubadour Jessica Fichot @ Amoeba (free, 2pm) Silverchair @ The Wiltern Rusted Root @ House......

She Wants Revenge @ Paramount Studios Gliss, Oakley Hall, McCarthy Trenching @ Spaceland Shiloe, Swim Swam Swum, Black Tales @ Mr. T's Bowl Michael De Winter, Chase Frank, Secretary Bird @ Safari Sam's Socratic, No One Goes Home, Brilliant Red Lights, In Theory @ The Knitting Factory Bodies of Water, The Western States Motel, No Little Kindness, Seasons @ The Echo Sticky Yeti, The Scene, Roses on Her Grave, Pan America, Stepsonday @ The......

John Fogerty @ House of Blues Killola @ Safari Sam's She Wants Revenge, Brazilian Girls @ Avalon Stellastarr, Monsters Are Waiting, Minipop @ The Troubadour Chaka Khan @ Malibu Performance Arts Brant Bjork, El Paso Hot Button @ The Scene Elke Robitaille, Sam Shaber, Charissa Nicole @ The Gig The Marsh, By All Means Necessary, Absinthe Academy @ The Good Hurt The Mutaytor @ The Knitting Factory......

The Rolling Stones @ Dodger Stadium Kevin Federline @ House of Blues The Lemonheads @ The Troubadour Pernice Brothers, Elvis Perkins @ Spaceland Copeland @ El Rey DJ AM @ LAX OK Stranger, Legs on Sale @ The Scene Los Tres, Cubiky @ The Knitting Factory Eject, Sergeant @ Silverlake Lounge Tereza, x86, Beat Mo @ Whisky A Gogo Sick Puppies, Building a Better Spaceship @ The Mint Dave Lichens, Goldspot, Chris Pierce @......

Vegoooooooseeeeeeeee is here! LAist is representing in Vegas! We got in last night and put $10 on black, a tradition. Life is good. We've been tackling exactly who we want to see and in what matrix we want to wander around, because let's be honest - one of the most exciting parts of a music festival is the preparation and debate amongst friends on what band is the most important. Inevitably, you miss someone......

Rancid, Rocket @ Henry Fonda Lou Barlow, You Am I @ Spaceland Bonnie "Prince" Billy @ McCabe's She Wants Revenge @ Greek Chris Tomlin @ Gibson D.O.A. @ Alex's Bar The Vibrators @ Knitting Factory Part Time Punks @ The Echo The Purple Gang @ Safari Sam's Sarah Tea, Colleen O'Brien, Rachel Stacy @ Viper Room Fiery Furnaces, Comets on Fire @ Arthur Nights, Palace Theatre......

Of the best acts at Coachella this year, Wolfmother were on the elite short list. Afroed, sabbathed, intense, and suprisingly soulful, the Aussie trio reached back into the 70s and brought back all the dark pleasures of Ozzy, Zeppelin, and even Yes, chock-full of beefy guitar and keyboard action. As mentioned by Duke on Tuesday, the hard-rock group is also the music you hear in the latest iPod + iTunes ad (video). Tonight Wolfmother......

Fri 5/26 - Elefant / Voxtrot / Silversun Pickups @ the Wiltern ($20) – Elefant's new album, The Black Magic Show, is out on Hollywood Records. They've got a stylish front man with lots of swagger and they should appeal to fans of the Killers and She Wants Revenge. Silversun Pickups are getting ready to release their debut full-length, Carnavas, on Dangerbird Records on July 11th. The people who’ve heard it say it’s really......

Here are a few live music options for the old and jaded, desert-averse people. Fri 4/28 - Wilderness / Year Future / Parts & Labor @ the Echo ($8) – Willing to fight the Gnarls Barkley crowd at the Roxy? Didn't think so. Baltimore’s Wilderness are beloved in the indie community. They’re post-punk inspired, but not in an insipid way (think Fugazi and PiL not She Wants Revenge and the Bravery). Year Future are......

Is anybody driving three hours to the desert for this? Two day passes ($167 + $23 in fees) and Saturday tickets ($86 + $15 in fees) are still available. Most of the rock bands have played LA clubs in the past few months. Otherwise you better really like DJs and house music…… Saturday 4/29 Depeche Mode (about 16 years past their prime), Daft Punk (five years past their prime), Franz Ferdinand (the last album......

She Wants Revenge is back tonight. one month later, with Astra Heights and local independents - Monsters Are Waiting. The show is sold out at the Henry Fonda Theatre, but we know you have ways of getting tickets. Saxophonist Pharoah Sanders continues his six-day residency at the Jazz Bakery through Monday. Sanders used to play with Sun Ra and John Coltrane. Oni and Pika are from Osaka, Japan. They are Afrirampo. Nudity besides, their......

The Olive Street blob is still a mystery, the LA Times reports. While the hot-water flushing of a nearby oil well seemed to be the source of the problem, stopping the flushing hasn't stopped the oozing goo. Maybe there's a leak. Maybe a long-stopped oil well in a parking lot on Olive Street has come alive. Only the blobmaster knows for sure. Patrons of the now-dead Al's Bar used to park near the streets......

Coachella, the 100-plus-degree Woodstock of the West has announced its 2006 lineup. As rumors had predicted, Depeche Mode will perform in the unofficial "I love the 80s" slot. We're surprised that rumors of Smashing Pumpkins and My Bloody Valentine reuniting haven't proved true. Maybe concert organizers are holding back a few "surprise guests" to goose ticket sales down the line. Combining the lists from Billboard and the LA Times, the confirmed bands include: Depeche......

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......