The last time we caught up with Wounded Cougar they were also at Safari Sam's where they play tonight. Singer dude had on these skin tight pants that were showing us everything (yet we still had to squint), there was one guitarist with a beard in a cheesy leather 70s jacket that was unzipped, another guitarist looked like he had just done some serious hall monitoring - but best of all was a dude......

10/2, 4-6, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13 - Morrissey @ The Palladium 10/2 - Nick Lowe, Ron Sexsmith @ Safari Sam's 10/3 - Datarock, Foreign Born, Honeycut @ The Echo 10/3 - Mark Ronson @ The El Rey 10/5 - Metric @ Henry Fonda 10/6 - Bloc Party, Justice, Satellite Party, Kinky, Autolux, Celebrity Skin @ Detour Festival 10/6 - Lukas Rossi @ Viper Room 10/6 - Steve Miller @ The Greek 10/7 -......

Patti Smith @ Santa Monica Pier Public Enemy @ House of Blues Tony Bennett @ The Greek Delta Spirit, The Outline, Sparrow Love Club @ The Roxy The Detroit Cobras, Dan Sartain, The Willowz @ The Troubadour Stonehoney, Alejandro Escovedo, The Estate @ The Mint Bang Sugar Bang, Sin Serenade, The Prix @ Alex's Bar Gore Gore Girls, Midnight Movies, Irving, The Architects @ The Echoplex The Veils, Carina Round, Paul McLaney, Julia Darling......

Out Today (The Baby List) Andrew Bird - Armchair Apocrypha (Fat Possum (Ryko)) LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver (Capitol) Ted Leo & the Pharmacists - Living with the Living (Touch & Go) Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank (Sony) I'm from Barcelona - Let Me Introduce My Friends [US Bonus Tracks] (Mute U.S.) Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Junk Culture (Caroline) El-P - I'll Sleep When You're......

About once a month here in LA there will be a night of rock that is perfect. A night where you really should do yourself a favor and take advantage of the overflowing monkey cup of killer tunes happening in our own backyard. A night so filled with great music that if you don't go outside and listen to the music you should really ask yourself why you a) read this blog b) have......

Anavan, Crooked Cowboy, Bob Bellerue, Bizzart @ Il Corral (fundraiser - go) Brian Wilson @ Long Beach Terrace Theater (final all Pet Sounds concert) Robbers on High Street, Lemon Sun, Mezzanine Owls @ The Echo (6pm) Of Montreal @ Avalon Cherryholmes @ Citrus College The Chieftains @ Cerritos Center The Briefs @ Alex's Bar (LA Derby Dolls afterparty) Shirley Caesar, Angie Stone, Kelly Price @ Galen Center RTX, The Binges, Year Long Disaster, HDR......

Tenacious D @ Gibson Frank Black @ House of Blues Sepultura @ Vault 350 Julieta Venegas @ Wiltern The Slits @ The Troubadour MF Doom, Madlib @ El Rey The Mutaytor, Stolen Babies @ Henry Fonda Midnight Movies, The Willowz @ Spaceland Jon Brion @ Largo The Fucking Ocean @ El Cid Golden State, Scissors for Lefty @ Viper Silent Meow, Beatmo, Dollyrots, Last Action Heroes @ Lava Lounge Have Another Monkey, Jeremy Buck......

Insane Clown Posse @ Vault 350 Los Lobos @ Disney Concert Hall Kristin Hersh @ El Cid Foreigner @ The Canyon The 88 @ The Getty (free) Omar, Kim Hill @ Temple Bar Pretty Boy Floyd @ Paladino's The Clean Prophets @ Amoeba (free) Citizen Cope, Alice Smith @ House of Blues Neglected Youth, Crazy Wetbacks @ Colbalt Cafe Murderland, Graveside Rockers, Stab-Outs @ The Scene Blond Lemon Jefferson @ Arcadia Blues Club Electric......

MONDAY • Order of the Wand, Josh Haden, The Cloud Room and Helen Stellar play for free tonight at The Echo at 8:30 PM. [21+] • The Willowz, Wolfmother, Driveblind and The Binges are at Spaceland tonight. Doors open at 9 PM and admission is free. • Author John Hodgman and his guitar-playing accompanist, Jonathan Coulton, will be at Book Soup tonight to present and sign Hodgson's The Areas of My Expertise at 7......

If you're looking for the biggest bang for your buck this weekend, forget about the movies and head for The 25th Annual Sunset Junction Street Fair. For $10, you'll be able to enjoy a myriad of local and national music acts, including Run Run Run, Jody Watley, Chaka Khan, The Willowz and a formidable list of deejays. The fair is open on Saturday, from 10am-11pm and Sunday from 10am-10pm. It spans the 3600-4400 blocks......

THURSDAY • The Willowz perform a free in-store tonight at Amoeba Music in support of their new album, Talking in Circles. They take the stage at 7 PM. • Alejandro Escovedo will be on stage tonight at Spaceland with Jon Dee Graham. Doors open at 9 PM. • The Smell hosts a benefit for the UNICEF Sudan Relief Fund, featuring performances by BARR, Bobby Birdman, The Plants, This Song Is A Mess But So......

Grab your keys and leave your debit card at home. Unless otherwise noted, all of the following shows are free of charge. MONDAY, 8/22 Inara George performs at the echo at 10:30pm. TUESDAY, 8/23 Catch the Susie Hansen Band at the Redondo Beach Pier at 6pm. WEDNESDAY, 8/24 Silversun Pickups play Spaceland at 9pm. (There's a $5 cover charge. However, you can get in free if you contact the band via myspace and request......

THURSDAY • At the Troubadour hosts Dwarves, Mondo Generator, The Willowz and DJ Brian Vasquez. Doors open at 8 PM; tickets are $12 advance. • Popsters Kinski perform a free in-store at Amoeba Music at 6 PM, followed by a set at The Echo featuring Polar Goldie Cats and Open City at 8:30 PM. Tickets are $8. [18+] • The Like, Soft and The Chapin Sisters perform tonight at the Viper Room. • "Also......

FRIDAY • The Echo features dancehall queen Rosie Flores with Mike Stinson and Speed Buggy at 8:30 PM. Tickets are $10. [18+] • Tonight at Spaceland, enjoy a record release party for The Willowz, with special guests Scarling, My Sexual Dad and Shoot Out the Lights. Doors open at 9 PM.  • Flamenco maestro Ottmar Liebert performs tonight at The Canyon Club at 9 PM. Tickets are $39.50. • Pinback performs tonight at Avalon.......

LAist likes nothing so much as a three-day weekend. Of course, you have to make it through Friday first—but that is so little to ask in return for sleeping in on Monday. Below are LAist's picks for this (long) weekend's entertainment. Get out there and enjoy your holiday! Today is the Fuck Yeah Fest in Echo Park, a celebration of all things Echo Park in the areas of music/art/spoken word/comedy, all going on at......