It's a big day with Sunset Junction Street Festival and all the amazing acts that are playing today and elsewhere, it's still a big night... more ›

This weekend is one of Los Angeles' most popular and well known music festivals out there. Sunset Junction takes place both on Saturday and Sunday. more ›

The Walkmen, Richard Swift & Sons of National Freedom @ The Troubadour
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In case you missed it, this weekend marked in a first of the series called MIXist by Josh Pressman. Check out and listen to his mix, Advanced Afrobeat For Beginners. more ›

Maria Taylor, who plays the Echoplex tonight, had most of their gear stolen this week in San Francisco, according to her record label. Of that stolen, there were five guitars, one bass and two pedals. However, they will still finish their tour, so tonight's show is still on. more ›

Realicide, Total Abuse, Cellblock, tik///tik vs. Xrin Arms, Small Breed @ The Smell more ›

There can't be a better match between Fourth of July and good local rock music than with Spindrift, the indie western-esque band that is one of our favorites. more ›

The Hammer museum kicks off it's I Also Like To Rock series in their courtyard tonight with Nico Vega and The Growlers. And for tomorrow night, there are still some quality shows (check before heading out, holiday shows tend to get canceled). more ›

It's the last night of the 1st Annual Sunset Strip Music Festival and it's also a night for electronica(ish) insomniacs at the Electric Daisy Carnival. Then tomorrow, it's all about indie with 14 or so bands at Kickchella in Eagle Rock. more ›

It's a weekend of festivals. First, you've got the 1st Annual Sunset Strip Music Festival, hosted in various classic West Hollywood clubs. Second, the Electric Daisy Carnival takes place Saturday downtown for an all night fete featuring Moby, Paul van Dyk, Rabbit In The Moon and many many others. And third is a pretty killer Sunday lineup of local favorites (14 bands total) at the All-Star Lanes in Eagle Rock called Kickchella. more ›

Yesterday's afternoon traffic reporting focused in on the Playboy Jazz Festival clogging the 101 freeway. The same for today? Probably. Our picks for tonight are The Fratellis and Anathallo. more ›

What's with popular acts canceling their shows? Beck, yesterday; The Ting Tings today at the Zero One Gallery downtown. Despite that, from Orange County to Los Angeles, there's good times to be had. One of the most creatively beautiful bands, Anathallo, plays Spaceland tomorrow night. To compete with that, The Fratellis play the Key Club. As for today, the Playboy Jazz Festival begins this afternoon (and continuing tomorrow) and the loud/soft punk sensibilities of Tweak Bird hit The Smell. more ›

Gram Rabbit, Sabrosa Purr, Quazar and the Bamboozled, Kind Hearts and Coronets @ Safari Sam's more ›

There are two upcoming music fundraising events of interest. At King King on Sunday, Ben Lee, Crash Kings and DJ David Roberti will all play a benefit concert to raise funds for a school that will serve the children of the Tashirat Orphanage and the impoverished children in the surrounding community of Tepoztlan, Mexico. Enough funds need to be raised by June 2nd in order for the school to open. The school will provide a safe haven where children receive basic necessities as well as the tools they need to flourish as individuals and achieve their dreams and highest potential, says organizer Marisa Godoy. It goes from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m., but the open wine bar will only serve from 7-9 p.m. ($25) more ›

Ben Pringle, Alex & Sam, Wisely, Mount Righteous @ Tangier (Read the Alex & Sam Interview) more ›

For most, it's a three-day weekend, chock full of good music, especially outdoors at Lightening in a Bottle outside Santa Barbara, Topanga Days in Topanga and the Jazz Reggae Festival at UCLA (more info can be found on yesterday's Tonight in Rock column). Complete listings for this weekend are below after the jump. more ›

A neighborhood group called We Love Long Beach is hosting a BBQ this afternoon. Free food, kid stuff, and bands: Deep Sea Diver (photos of Jennifer Dobson of DSD in a post by Koga) Original Colonies and Tijuana Panthers. more ›

Head to The Scene in Glendale tonight for some great bands (interview about tonight can be read here). If you miss it, one of the participating groups, Fol Chen, will be at the Highland Park Music Festival tomorrow at Zeppelin Music. It has a great line up including The Monolators and Pizza! And on Sunday, make sure to see Syd Straw and the People who was interviewed earlier this morning by LAist. more ›