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,......

Part of an ongoing series. Last month, local band Radars to the Sky (MySpace) had a month-long residency at The Echo (MySpace). The artists who've shared their stage included The Parson Redheads (MySpace), Aushua (MySpace), The Weather Underground (MySpace), The Transmissions (MySpace), The Henry Clay People (MySpace), Death To Anders (MySpace), The Flying Tourbillion Orchestra (MySpace), The Western States Motel (MySpace), and I Make This Sound (MySpace). For April 21st, they included Rademacher (MySpace),......

Everest at The Echo | Photo by Shayna Peveler via their MySpace page Last night we checked out What Made Milwaukee Famous playing to a small crowd at Spaceland. Simply put, amazing. We're shocked that more people were not there. Lucky for us, luck for you, they have four more shows within the next nine days here in LA starting Thursday at the Silverlake Lounge. "Sultan" - What Made Milwaukee Famous &righticonhover=0x333232&text=0x333232&slider=0xF2F2F2&track=0xFFFFFF&border=0xFFFFFF&loader=0x838383&soundFile=http://aprodxn.com/laist/zfiles/sultan.mp3"> "Resistance" -......

Built to Spill, Camper Van Beethoven @ Henry Fonda Wolf Parade, Holy Fuck @ El Rey OK Stranger, Voodoo Organist, The City Drive, The Mercy Kiss @ Safari Sam's The Brunettes, Ferraby Lionheart, Mezzanine Owls @ The Troubadour Death to Anders, The Transmissions, Health Club, One Trick Pony @ Spaceland The Starfuckers, Hypernova, Panic Club, Resistance, Vicious Licks, Drills @ Cat Club The Watkins Family Hour @ Largo Height, Pillow Fight Fight @ The......

Sonic Youth @ Urban Outfitters - Santa Monica Daft Punk, Ratatat @ LA Sports Arena The Rentals, Goldenboy @ Spaceland Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons @ Kodak The Dwarves, The Dickies @ Galaxy Theatre Veruca Salt, The Flys @ Key Club Erasure @ Grove of Anaheim Theo & the Skyscrapers @ The Echo Rasputina, My Brightest Diamond @ The El Rey Nervous Gender @ The Cocaine Black Kites, The Transmissions, The Switch @......

Kaiser Chiefs, Airborne Toxic Event @ Henry Fonda Meshell Ndegeocello @ Temple Bar Unsane, 400 Blows, Mouth of the Architect @ Spaceland Golden Ax, Batman vs. Predator, Disarm the Speaker @ Knitting Factory Girl in a Coma, The Randies @ Alex's Bar The Tennessee Three, Merle Jagger @ Safari Sam's Let's Go Sailing, Bedroom Walls, Whispertown 2000 @ The Troubadour Peachfuzz, The Shakes, The Scandells @ The Scene Castledoor, Dynamite Walls, The Signal Hill......

Brother Ali @ Amoeba (free) Albert Hammond Jr., The Dead Trees @ House of Blues El-P @ El Rey Doug Benson, Andy Kindler @ Largo AM, Jim Bianco, Buddy, Kelly Dalton, Laura Jansen @ The Hotel Cafe Gliss, Meho Plaza, The Flesh, Casper @ Spaceland Metal Skool, Vertical Chain, 3 Against 1, L.A. Bonfire @ Key Club Bodies of Water, The Parson Redheads, Muso, Knifey Head @ The Echo The High Society, Bolero, Victor......

Dixie Dregs, The Steve Morse Band @ The Canyon The Colour, Bodies of Water, Mod, Ann Lynn @ Spaceland Los Abandoned @ Amoeba (free) The Transmissions, Death to Anders, One Trick Pony @ The Echo Jay Reatard, Tokyo Electron, The Lamps, Static Static @ The Scene The Softlightes, The Changes, Dead Ponies, Antiques @ Silverlake Lounge The Hollowpoints, Sidekick, The Misguided, Dirty Tactics @ Knitting Factory The Starfuckers, Charlotte, Todd Townsend, In Question, The......

Tool @ Staples Brian Evans @ The Derby Los Punkinhedz, Toys That Kill @ Spaceland Every Move a Picture, Scissors for Lefty @ Safari Sam's Million Billion, Melee @ Hotel Cafe The Brokedown, Neighborhood Bullies @ Silverlake Lounge The Starfuckers, Kitka @ The Cat Club Mother Truckers, Merle Jagger @ The Mint The Transmissions, Death to Anders @ The Echo Suicide Silence, All Shall Perish, Too Pureto Die @ The Whisky photo by the......

Over the past few years, Michele Berc has gone out of her way to create and curate the coolest art show gathering in LA, Create:Fixate. This month's gathering, an all photography edition of the "Optical Lounge and Audio Lab" located in Downtown on the mezzanine of the Spring Arts Tower, was packed full of a diverse crowd of urban hipsters, art enthusiasts and an assortment of beautiful people. Jason Elias, contributing editor of American......