Photo courtesy of Polyfoto via Flickr You know its officially summer when the Hollywood Bowl schedule is in full swing and your local Whole Foods boast empty shelves of wine and cheese. Yes, the sun is out later and perfect temperatures always serve as a pleasant compliment to any night of music, but that isn’t to say that there’s nothing going on in your favorite sweaty rock venue. July happens to be a jam-packed month,......

2006 Performance of Unsilent Night in SF Unsilent Night @ Pan-Pacific Regional Park Tori Amos @ Nokia Theatre Spank Rock, LA Riots, Steve Aoki @ LAX Ingrid Michaelson @ Hotel Cafe Listing Ship, The Harpeth Trace @ Spaceland Bad Kitty Project @ Lighthouse Cafe The Evangenitals @ Mr. T's Bowl Wayne "The Train" Hancock @ Safari Sam's Ne-Yo @ The Wiltern Part Time Punks @ The Echo Carlos Guitarlos @ Liquid Kitty The Spazmatics......

Willie Nelson, Glen Campbell @ Autry National Center Bright Eyes with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Yo La Tengo, M. Ward @ Hollywood Bowl India.Arie, Ziggy Marley, Ottmar Liebert @ The Greek LA Riots, Toxic Avenger, Juiceboxxx @ Echoplex Low, Charlie Parr @ The Troubadour The Blasters, Charlie & the Valentine Killers @ Malibu Inn Zigzag Wanderers, Smash Fashion, Backbiter, Motorcycle Black Madonnas @ Mr. T's Bowl AM, Dirt Dress, Maria, The Sundelles @ The......

After putting together an insane line up of bands, and secruing the incredible Exposition Park in Downtown Los Angeles for the venue, The Neighborhood Festival hooked up with LAist's favorite locally-based photo sharing community, Buzznet in a ticket giveaway bonanza. All one has to do is join some group thing thang, and you're officially entered in the contest. They are giving away ten pairs, which is a lot, and on 9/20/07 12:00 pm PST 10......

Mastodon, Against Me, Cursive, Planes Mistaken for Stars @ Wiltern Sloan, Sea Wolf @ The Troubadour Spank Rock @ Safari Sam's Tim Finn @ Largo Rufus Wainwright @ El Rey Theatre Tourette, Privy Seals, Black Face, Everyday Loneliness, Dude War @ The Smell The Living Sisters, The Chapin Sisters, The Watson Twins @ The Echo Ex-Plex Musexpo, The Stevie Natale Band, Deep Insight, Skybombers, Jyrojets @ Roxy Charlotte Martin, Mozella, Amy Cooper @ The......

A Word or 51: I thought I was watching my TiVoed Golden Globes broadcast last night but it turned out to be the Screen Actors Guild Awards with the same winners almost across the board. If the Oscars follow suit can't we just get rid of this circle jerk and have one stinkin' awards show? Tonight - Monday - January 29, 2007 UCLA @ Stanford (PRIME, 5:00 p.m.) College basketball Carnival Marathon featuring The......

Every Friday, we at LAist will tell you whether or not you should wake up on Saturday to buy concert tickets. Tomorrow we think you should wake up because Coachella tickets go on sale. Who's playing at Coachella this year? April 27 - Björk / Interpol / the Jesus and Mary Chain / Arctic Monkeys / Sonic Youth / Brazilian Girls / Peaches / Comedians of Comedy / Gogol Bordello / Silversun Pickups /......

Like a presidential election, the information is trickling into the newsroom... Earlier today Andy let everyone know who most of the confirmed artists would be for this year's Coachella. Now we let you know who is playing on what days, etc. April 27 - Björk / Interpol / the Jesus and Mary Chain / Arctic Monkeys / Jarvis Cocker / Sonic Youth / Faithless / DJ Shadow / Peeping Tom / Brazilian Girls / Peaches......

Those are the headliners, other confirmed acts via the preliminary lineup ("subject to changes and additions") posted this morning at coachella.com: The Jesus and Mary Chain, Tiesto, the Arcade Fire, Interpol, Manu Chao, Willie Nelson, Air, Happy Mondays, Decemberists, Faithless, Gotan Project, the Good, the Bad and the Queen, Paul Van Dyk, Arctic Monkeys, Roots, Jarvis Cocker, Sonic Youth, Crowded House, Placebo, Satellite Party, Stephen Marley feat Jr. Gong, Kings of Leon, DJ Shadow,......

It’s Tuesday night, which means you better “Check Yo’Ponytail” at Safari Sam’s. They knocked us out with their Los Angeles debut at Spaceland this summer, and with a bigger fanbase and nastier lyrics, we’re sure Spank Rock, Baltimore’s raunchy street brats, will do it once again. Bringing Miami booty bass, dirty east coast beats, and lottsa dirty words, Spank Rock’s mind bending hip-hop will show Los Angeles how to do it right. Check Yo’......

Wolfmother, Pink Mountaintops @ Hollywood Palladium Starsailor, Taylor Hicks, The Like, Peter Himmelman, Lisa Pompaneau @ The Roxy Fair to Midland (System of a Down's Serj Tankian) @ Whisky PF Sloan ("Eve of Destruction", "Secret Agent Man") Largo Twisted Sister, Van Stone @ House of Blues Vince Gill @ The Wiltern Lemonsun, Satisfaction, Astra Heights @ The Echo Lamps, Pierre de Reeder, Junia May & the Hymns @ El Cid Emma Burgess, Holly Palmer......

The New Cars, Persephone’s Bees @ House of Blues Gob Iron @ The Troubadour Roger O'Donnell (The Cure), Christopher Willets, Haley Bonar @ Spaceland Spank Rock, Debonair Samir, DJ C-Town @ Safari Sam's Death Cab for Cutie, Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins @ Bren Events Center The Cops, Dead Ponies, Tsk Tsk @ The Scene Nova Kayne the Great @ Lava Lounge Wirgo, Garrison Starr, John Eddie @ The Mint Brandi Shearer, Elizaveta,......

Fri 6/9 - Silversun Pickups / Film School @ the Echo ($10) – The Silversun Pickups drop their debut full-length, Carnavas, on July 25th on Dangerbird Records. The record is consistently strong and they're one of the handful of local bands with a really good chance of blowing up this year. Expect to hear a few Smashing Pumpkins comparisons in the reviews (classic Gish/Siamese Dream-era Pumpkins). San Francisco’s Film School frequently gets favorably compared......

Gram Rabbit Cultivation (Stinky) – They’ve got a unique sound (kind of like Calexico mixed with trip-hop) and they’re from Joshua Tree. This is their second release and they’re performing live at Tower Sunset on 4/20 at 6:00 PM and the Echo on 4/21. Listen to some tracks on MYSPACE. Languis Other Desert Cities EP (Pehr) – Highly recommended new release from an under-appreciated local band. If you haven’t seen or heard them since......

TUESDAY • MIA appears tonight with Spank Rock at the Henry Fonda Theater. Doors open at 9 PM; tickets are $20. • Four Tet, Koushik, Jamie Lidell and DJ Peanut Butter Wolf are on stage tonight at The Echo at 8:30 PM. Cover is $12. [18+] • At the Silverlake Lounge, 9 PM brings on The Terrors, Lipstick Pickups and Gris Gris. Cover is $7. • Laura Cantrell and John Doe perform tonight at......