Tonight NY-bred indie pop outfit Vampire Weekend (LAist Review, #2, #3, #4) will be performing to a sold-out crowd at yet another unlikely venue, the Art Theater in Long Beach. Japanese all-female pop punk trio Shonen Knife are poised to headline the Echo with none other than Mike Watt & the Secondmen in tow. And, lastly, local indie rockers the Happy Hollows (LAist Review, #2, #3) will be kicking off a month-long residency at Spaceland with Dirt Dress and Pepper Rabbit. But we strongly suggest heading over to the El Rey Theatre to catch LAist favorites Local Natives (LAist Interview). NYC-based indie rock sextet White Rabbits are slated to headline. more ›

"Sticky Honey" - Juliette and The Licks Juliette and the Licks @ The Roxy (LAist says: "a can't miss tonight") Shonen Knife @ The Glass House John Mayer @ NOKIA Theater LA Live Stay Fucked, Good For Cows, Grandpire @ The Smell Tea Leaf Green @ The Troubadour Rocky Dawuni, Leon Mobley, Da Lion, DJ Nnamdi Moweta @ Temple Bar Joe Baiza Congress Of, Fatso Jetson, Half Assteroids, Scrappers, Not in the House @... more ›

On Sale Saturday at 10am Tool @ Nokia Theater, 12/10 Aimee Mann @ El Rey, 11/30 Mary J. Blige @ Nokia Theater, 11/20 Suagarcult @ House of Blues, Anaheim, 12/20 On Sale Now Neil Young @ Nokia Theater, 10/30 Regina Spektor @ Grove of Anaheim, 10/31 Neil Young @ Nokia Theater, 11/3 Yo La Tengo @ Ivar Theater, 11/3 Gwar @ Glass House, 11/24 Shonen Knife @ Glass House, 12/8... more ›

If any band has ever made me reconsider the old T-shirt adage, “If it’s too loud, you’re too old,” it’s Japan’s DMBQ. Last time I saw them, it was so loud I felt like throwing up for hours afterward. It was awesome. DMBQ, playing at The Smell on June 8, are a Japanese mishmash of psychedelic hard rock, noise and garage. The sonic mayhem produced by their guitars is so loud it truly defies... more ›

Ahhh time lapse photograph... what won't you show us? After the jump, Shonen Knife doing the song "Redd Kross". Don't ask why.... more ›

The white smoke slowly rose from atop the Angelyne billboard which meant the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce had decided who would get stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2007. more ›

Unless otherwise noted, all of the following shows are free of charge.

SUNDAY, 8/28

• Cellist Ruslan Biryukov and pianist Mary Au perform sonatas by Beethoven,
  Debussy and Shostakovich at LACMA's Bing Theater at 6 pm. Call 323-857-6234
  or visit www.sundayslive.org.
  

MONDAY, 8/29

• Inara George wraps-up her
  Monday Night Residency at the
  echo at 10:30pm.
  
• The Excuse, Modern Memory, Satisfaction and Magic
  Bullets play at The Fold
  Silverlake Lounge. The opening act takes the stage at 9pm.
  

TUESDAY, 8/30

• The Terry Gibbs Jazz Ensemble play at Hollywood & Highland at
  7pm. For info, call 323-467-6412.
  

• Tony Orlando and Dawn take the The
  Grove stage at
  7pm.
  
• I See Hawks perform at Cole's at 9pm. Call 213-622-4090.
  

• Shonen Knife and The Knack grace the stage at the Santa Monica Pier. The concert starts at 7:30pm. Call 310.458.8900 for details.
  
• Sam Graham performs at The Farmer's
  Market from 7-9pm. For details, call 323-933-9211.
  
• Odara play at the Culver City Hall Courtyard at 7pm. Call 323-933-9211.
  

• LACMA's
  Friday Night Jazz Series features Dr. Art Davis Quintet in the LA Times Central Court at 5:30pm.
  

After what was only meant to be a week-long hiatus, LAist is officially returning to it's customary events posts. For those who missed our events coverage, we apologize, but the delay could not be helped, as we were waiting for SBC to figure out why our phone, and then our DSL, would not work. Three weeks later, we're back in action. more ›