The Key Club in West Hollywood hosted the The Roots Jam Session, Saturday night As we mentioned in our interview with Questlove, LAist was on the red carpet for the 5th Annual Roots Jam Session at the Key Club in West Hollywood. While we were hoping that this post would serve as a review of the best live band in the world jamming the night away with a little help from some of their......

Its no wonder that Puffy AmiYumi are the huge international superstars that they are because even though they sing in a language you don't understand, they are irresistibly charming and their songs will be stuck in your head for days. I guess it was an all ages show. I was standing next to the most angsty 12-year-old girl i have ever seen, but her along with everyone else had their fist pumping perpetually through......

After the successful release of their new album "Honeycreeper", international pop duo superstars Puffy AmiYumi are touring some West coast cities inlcuding the Key Club in Los Angeles November 16th, and the House of Blues in Anaheim November 18th. Puffy AmiYumi epitomize the phrase "I'm huge in Japan", but they don't just stop there. They're huge everywhere. It's as if the Beatles were two Japanese chicks, and started mashing out records in the mid-90s. They're......

Even though we smiled in the pictures in our rented tuxes and frilly dresses, most of us had a shitty time at prom. Some of those haunting memories and major disappointments may have followed us into adulthood, and for some, ruined our lives forever. When you're a teenager and the prettiest girl you know just broke up with her boyfriend, and your "girlfriend" lives far away and her dad won't let her fly back......

The Key Club gets top billing tonight because The Bronx headlines a benefit for Wheels for Humanity, which supplies wheelchairs. Also on the bill : Chuck Ragan (ex-Hot Water Music) with members of Flogging Molly, and some rock star karaoke. Everyone will probably be there for either the ice skating or Great Northern, but The Submarines came out with a haunting CD that we played all summer long. Go downtown and ice skate from......

Crosby, Stills, Nash, Young @ Hollywood Bowl Santana @ Verizon Ettes, Bright Light Fever, The Oohlas @ The Echo (free) Darker My Love @ Spaceland Beth Orton @ Avalon Corrine Bailey Rae @ House of Blues International Pop Overthrow @ Cat Club Panic! at the Disco @ Grove of Anaheim Amos Lee @ Hotel Cafe Smif N Wessun @ Knitting Factory Neuromance @ Viper Pack of Wolves @ The Good Hurt Metal Skool @......

LAist has ten pairs of tickets to give away for Wednesday's MySpace Records record release party at The Key Club. Celebrating the release of MySpace Records Volume 1 compilation, featured artists Plain White T's, The Summer Obsession and New Years Day are all scheduled to perform. Enter now for your chance to win; the contest ends Wednesday, December 14th at 9 AM. Fine Print: Affiliates of LAist (and any other -ist sites), MySpace, The......