Tonight local multi-instrumentalist/producer extraordinaire Jon Brion (LAist Interview, #2, Review) will be jamming with friends at the Largo at the Coronet; And Jon's is performing less frequently these days, so you have no excuse to soak it up. Boston-based ex-Candy Butcher front man Mike Viola is poised to perform at the Hotel Café with pop singer-songwriter Bleu. LA-based grandiose, comedic art rockers the Fuxedos will be taking on Spaceland. But we strongly suggest heading over to the Bootleg Theater to catch local experimental electro pop songstress Cameron Mesirow, who performs under the pseudonym Glasser. Tonight Mesirow will be backed by Van Rivers and the Subliminal Kid—better known as the producers of Fever Ray and the forthcoming Blonde Redhead album. more ›

Tonight, much like last year, monolithic Parisian electro duo Justice will be headlining a Hard Haunted Mansion at the Shrine Auditorium that is sure to sate anyone who's craving a dance party. Local indie rock buzz band Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros (LAist Review) are poised to take on the Park Plaza Hotel with none other than DJ Shadow, Sea Wolf (LAist Interview, Review, #2, #3) and Little Dragon for KCRW's Masquerade Halloween party. And, lastly, LA-based rock outfit the Fuxedos will be throwing a Halloween party of their own at Spaceland. But we strongly suggest doing whatever it takes to get into the Jensen Rec Center to catch Brooklyn's crown jewel, the erratic experimental indie rock collective known as Dirty Projectors (LAist Review). Stand outside and listen, go eat tacos at Tacos Arizas—just be there goddamnit! more ›

Jean Paul Yamamoto @ outside Vroman's, Pasadena, 7/27/07 more ›

Morrissey @ The Palladium Gwar, CKY, Vains of Jenna @ The Wiltern Aesop Rock, Black Moth Super Rainbow @ Henry Fonda Theater Kool & The Gang @ Cerritos Center Mickey Avalon @ Boardner's Dark Star Orchestra @ El Rey English Beat, The Disrepair @ Key Club Bloodcat Love, Army Navy @ The Viper Room Airborne Toxic Event, Low vs Diamond @ Echoplex Nellie McKay @ Largo Genesis @ Hollywood Bowl Berlin @ The Canyon... more ›

Mikel of the Airborne Toxic Event (on the right) more ›

Rocket will play at the Knitting Factory tonight as part of IPO Jackshit @ The Baked Potato Harry Shearer @ House of Blues The Fuxedos, Quazar & the Bamboozled, Renfield @ Safari Sam's Ari Shine, The Slowtime Mondays, Rocket @ The Knitting Factory Electrocute, On Nova, Meals for Children, Nephews, Hank May @ The Troubadour The Stevenson Ranch Davidians @ The Echo You Am I, The Redwalls, The Wombats @ Spaceland Micah Wolf @... more ›

The attendees of Safari Sam's tonight will leave the Sunset Blvd club in the wee hours and they might have a few things to say about the evening, but "boring" wont be a word you will hear. With a lineup that begins with Renfield, followed by Quazar and the Bamboozled, and then The Fuxedos, the closing band Uncertain is going to have some strange and unusual acts to follow. One of our favorite magazines,... more ›

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 @... more ›

Clutch, Year Long Disaster, Backyard Tire Fire, Bernard's Millions @ Roxy Erykah Badu @ Grove of Anaheim Macy Gray @ Key Club The Fuxedos, Bang Sugar Bang @ Alex's Bar The Clientele, Beach House, Pipas, Fish Circus, The Murdocks @ The Knitting Factory Push Pull, Ex Oblivione, The Health Club @ Mr. T's Bowl Go Betty Go, Glassell Park 3, Nothington, Broke Til Thursday @ The Scene Idle Minds, Little Brothers Disease, Hellaphant, Little... more ›

The Brombies @ Viva Cantina more ›

Dinosaur Jr., Awesome Color @ The Troubadour The Germs @ Galaxy Theatre Peter Case, Grant-Lee Phillips @ Largo Al Kooper @ McCabe's Don McLean @ The Canyon mere mortals @ Market Gallery The Fuxedos @ The Echo Atomic Punks, Lure, Demize, Flake @ Whisky A Gogo Los Infernos, Charley Horse, Hellbound Hayride @ Safari Sam's The Rock & Roll Adventure Kids, Les Hormones, The Lateenos @ Mr. T's Bowl Horse the Band, Black Pyramids,... more ›

What NME wrote about local band Mere Mortals yesterday: The hotly tipped LA-based band are known for adeptly combining elements of Britpop and psychedelic rock reminiscent of Primal Scream or The Jesus And Mary Chain, earning them 'best unsigned band' accolades left and right. Mere Mortals @ Spaceland The Fuxedos @ Safari Sam's The Wreckers, Kate Voegele @ The Roxy Eleni Mandell @ The Bordello Intervention, Mathew Jordan, Anaura, The Dimes @ The Mint... more ›

Jill Cunniff, The Artist Formerly Known as Rob Giles & the Revolution, Emily Wells @ Hotel Cafe The Fuxedos (above), Vagabond Opera, The Abe Lincoln Story @ The Echo Evil Beaver, The Bourbon Saints, The Binges, Warren Drive @ Knitting Factory Monsters Are Waiting, The Brobecks, 8mm @ Safari Sam's Yellowcard, Narwahl @ The Troubadour The Watkins Family Hour @ Largo Unwritten Law, Fathom, Transit War @ Vault 350 Mon Cousin Belge, White, Bianca... more ›