Tonight, as always, local multi-instrumentalist/producer extraordinaire Jon Brion (LAist Interview, #2, Review) will be jamming with friends at the Largo at the Coronet. Pennsylvania-bred progressive rock singer-songwriter Todd Rundgren (LAist Interview) is poised to headline the Orpheum Theatre in Downtown. And, lastly, Los Feliz-bred Top 40 maestros the Airborne Toxic Event will be performing at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Downtown as well. But we strongly suggest heading over to the El Rey Theatre to catch Swedish electronic act Little Dragon. more ›

Todd Rundgren, the boundary-defying musician, vocalist, composer, producer and original Zen Master of computer technology applied to music, embarks on a very special mini-tour this week, performing his 1973 release A Wizard, A True Star in its entirety in four California cities. This Friday at the Orpheum Theater, Todd and his band will reprise an album so full of music, the pressing required narrowing the grooves so that it could all fit. Covering just about every rock/pop genre even a journeyman fan could imagine... more ›

Louis XIV - "Pledge of Allegiance" Mana @ Staples Smokey Robinson @ Pasadena Civic Todd Rundgren @ House of Blues Billy Vera & the Beaters @ Rusty's Surf Ranch Louis XIV, The Softlightes, Quazar & the Bamboozled @ The Troubadour Within Temptation, Tiefschwarz, The Dear & Departed, Jesse Rose @ Avalon Silver Apples, The Moon Upstairs, Residual Echoes, White Widow @ Spaceland The Quakes, The Henchmen, Gamblers Mark, Howlers @ Key Club Buck McCoy,... more ›

Spoon - "The Underdog" Spoon @ Henry Fonda The Airborne Toxic Event @ The Viper Room I'm a Bird You're a Bird @ The Cat Club 14 Year Old Girls @ Pehrspace Lucinda Williams @ El Rey Gram Rabbit, Donita Sparks @ Spaceland Metal Skool, Zombies Ate My Nation @ Key Club Todd Rundgren @ Grove of Anaheim Doug Benson, Patton Oswalt @ Largo The Happy Hollows, The Western States Motel, Tigers Can Bite... more ›