Tonight we suggest you take a walk on the wild side. Start things off at Amoeba Records, where LA locals Abe Vigoda will be performing songs from 2008's Skeleton. The band's third album to date is an eye-opening, punk-infused tour de force. Then we recommend heading over to the Knitting Factory for what will undoubtedly be referred to as the noisiest lineup to come through town in some time. NY-based Ghengis Tron, Florida-based Yip Tip, LA's own Clipd Beaks and, of course, hometown noise heroes HEALTH are slated to take turns raping and pillaging your eardrums without restraint. ...

Last month, Joe Fielder, whose local music blog Radio Free Silver Lake has been in existence since February 2006, celebrated the second anniversary of his monthly Let's Independent! event, at Boardner's (MySpace) in Hollywood, with performances by Death to Anders (MySpace), The Savages (MySpace), and Xu Xu Fang (MySpace). Showcasing the best and most promising artists from the local indie music scene, past editions of Let's Independent! have included Great Northern (MySpace), The Movies......

Part three of three. Monday: Radars to the Sky, The Happy Hollows, Castledoor. Yesterday: Bodies of Water, Johnathan Rice. Today: The Henry Clay People, Gram Rabbit. Two weeks ago, the 28th annual Sunset Junction Street Festival (MySpace) took place in Silver Lake. Like Saturday, Sunday's lineup at the Bates Stage featured several buzzworthy artists from the indie music scene, starting with another local covered previously here -- The Henry Clay People (MySpace) -- backed......

Last month, local band Radars To The Sky (MySpace) performed at Spaceland (MySpace) in Silver Lake, opening for The Republic Tigers (MySpace). As described by Andrew at Amateur Chemist, "Radars To The Sky continues to harness the buzz they built up after wrapping up their successful Echo Residency in April. Spaceland was filling up nicely as the members of Radars To The Sky took the stage. Andrew Spitser (Vocals/Guitars) announced early on that they......

Last Sunday, Little Radio's Summer Camp series Downtown continued with performances by local bands Bloodcat Love (MySpace), Le Switch (MySpace), and The Flying Tourbillon Orchestra (MySpace). This show featured, among other things: During Bloodcat Love's set, frontman Myles Hendrik gave recently-axed LA Times veteran Kevin Bronson a heartfelt tribute in recognition of his support and promotion of the local indie music scene. With The Movies' Timothy James manning the sound booth, The Flying Tourbillon......

Earlier this month, local band The Sweet Hurt (MySpace) celebrated the release of their In the Shade of Dreams EP with a release party at Pehrspace (MySpace) in Echo Park, with Evan Slamka from Marjorie Fair (MySpace), Liz Pappademas (MySpace), and Alex Lilly from Obi Best (MySpace), formerly known as Colorforms (MySpace). The recent amount of local music blogger press about The Sweet Hurt leading up to the show -- at LA-Underground, Rock Insider,......