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......

Richie Hass and wife Michelle Richie Hass has lost his battle with cancer. Richie was a founding member of local art-band Zoogz Rift And The Amazing Shitheads, and played a number of instruments in a number of bands, most recently seen on vibes in Saccharine Trust, behind the drums with the Page Turner Band and playing bass for Freehead. Richie was an incredibly natural musician, proficient on every instrument he picked up. On the......

Bad Religion - "Incomplete" John Doe, Dead Rock West, Los Duggans, The Lone @ Safari Sam's Reyes Bros. @ Key Club Gipsy Kings @ The Greek Strunz & Farah @ Catalina Bar & Grill Lukas Haas, Jessica Fichot @ The Hotel Cafe Big Bad Voodoo Daddy & The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra @ Hollywood Bowl Festivals Fuck Yeah Fest: The Explosion, The Fuse, Busdriver, Boom Bip, Entrance, The Mae Shi, Fleshies, Residual Echoes, Imaad Wasif,......

Sonic Youth - "Kool Thing" (yes we know tonight they're playing Daydream Nation in its entirety but surely there will be an encore, right?) Sonic Youth, Redd Kross @ The Greek The Dwarves @ Safari Sam's The Bird & the Bee @ El Rey Pigeon John @ The Troubadour The Cribs @ Amoeba (6pm) Boz Scaggs @ The Canyon Jon Brion @ Largo Cool Britannia @ Hollywood Bowl Johnathan Rice, Whispertown 2000, Everest @......

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 @......

There's only one band that matters in rock today. Their music is loud and offensive. They appear to be murdering cartoon characters. They appear to be invading the planet. They're funny and fast and have horrible songs, but you will never go to a Gwar show and come out of the pit unscathed without a smile on your face. Pearl Jam doesn't have the balls to let them open for them which is another......

At The Echo, see the up-and-coming Pink Mountaintops accompanied by The Orphans, The Amadans with Jon Wahl and Kyoka with DJ Big TV. Doors open at 8:00 PM and tickets are $8. [18+] At the Hammer Museum, 7:00 PM brings a Hammer Conversation between director and screenwriter Bill Condon and award-winning writer T.C. Boyle. Arrive at LACMA at 1:00 PM for a screening of the 1941 Hitchcock film Mr. and Mrs. Smith, starring Carole......