Dinosaurs and the Watson Twins at the Natural History Museum tonight. / Photo by Stephanie Asher via LAist's flickr pool. ART+MUSIC So you don’t feel like dealing with rush hour tonight on the Westside? Then pull over and head to Fridays Off the 405 at the Getty Center. See some art, listen to music (King Britt, Power Douglas) have a drink and look over the edge to make fun of all the poor saps......

LA Times staffer and Buzz Bands blogger Kevin Bronson's story "Taking the L.A. indie rock scene personally" hit stands last Thursday. By means of an intimate portrayal, Bronson set forth his pick of indie rock up-and-comers for L.A.'s indie rock scene in 2008. While I completely admire that he would put his neck out there for three rather small, entirely worthy bands (The Airborne Toxic Event, Castledoor, and The Deadly Syndrome) at the forefront of......

Gogol Bordello - "Ultimate" Stevie Wonder @ Santa Barbara Bowl Crowded House, Pete Yorn @ The Greek Gogol Bordello @ Henry Fonda No Age @ Amoeba Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds @ House of Blues The Watson Twins, King Straggler, Everest @ Spaceland Sally Kellerman, John Clinebell, Mimi @ Genghis Cohen The Mormons, Bad Dudes, The Frescas, The Janitors @ Mr. T's Bowl Lo Mass Republic, The Felice Brothers, Dan Mangan @ Viper Room I See......

You may have noticed a new button on our left-hand column with the title We See The Best Concerts. It dawned on us the other day that we really do go to the best concerts and we usually write about them the next day or a few days later. So here's a wrap up of all 37 shows we reviewed this month, with links to the posts just in case you missed it. Chris......

I have been out of LA for about 5 weeks now for work in a sleepy Nor Cal town. So needless to say I have been a bit out of the loop. A few things I do know: first and foremost, the new Spoon album Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga is pretty fuckin brilliant; I also know that Spoon played a "secret" show at Little Radio the previous night and it was quite the......

Great Northern, Sara Lov, Buddy @ The Bordello Brother Ali, Psalm One, BK One, Boom Bap Project @ The Troubadour AI, Soccer Mom, Suicide Girls, Galaxy Gran Prix @ Roxy Summer Darling, The Monolators, Castledoor, 8 Bit @ The Echo The Watson Twins @ Largo The Murdocks @ Relax Bar OK Stranger, Black Palms, A for Attack @ The Scene Just Off Turner, Sabrina Vargas, David Babich @ Tangier The Randies, Bang Sugar Bang,......

Mastodon, Against Me, Cursive, Planes Mistaken for Stars @ Wiltern Sloan, Sea Wolf @ The Troubadour Spank Rock @ Safari Sam's Tim Finn @ Largo Rufus Wainwright @ El Rey Theatre Tourette, Privy Seals, Black Face, Everyday Loneliness, Dude War @ The Smell The Living Sisters, The Chapin Sisters, The Watson Twins @ The Echo Ex-Plex Musexpo, The Stevie Natale Band, Deep Insight, Skybombers, Jyrojets @ Roxy Charlotte Martin, Mozella, Amy Cooper @ The......

Kittie @ Key Club Dios (Malos), The Changes @ The Troubadour Tim Jones, The Watson Twins, Everest @ The Hotel Cafe The Make, The Fast Sails, Michael Van London, Tygers of Wrath @ The Mint Sabertooth Tiger, Che Arthur, Bobb Bruno, Que Sera @ The Smell Venus Envy, The Hundred Days, Ten Count Junky @ Viper Room I Heart Robots, The Knife Confession, Tanks @ The Good Hurt Squab, Swallows, Teddy's Cheerclub @ Mr.......

Morrissey @ Pasadena Civic Auditorium Busdriver @ Amoeba (7pm) Pennywise, The Circle Jerks, Ignite @ House of Blues Helmet, Totimoshi @ The Troubadour Watson Twins @ Getty Center Gordon Lightfoot @ The Canyon Young Love @ Knitting Factory Midnight Movies @ Spaceland Peter, Bjorn & John @ Roxy Daughtry @ El Rey Dosh, Occidental @ The Echo Ladysmith Black Mambazo @ Pepperdine Kirsten Laiken, Moviestar Kiss, Highlines @ The Gig Kelly Shoes, Life With......

There are really only two major music festivals that truly matter, like really matter: Coachella and South by Southwest. The former happens over two three days in the desert near Palm Springs, the latter rages for about a week on the dusty streets of Austin, Texas. SXSW features over 1,000 bands. You buy a wristband and you wander from bar to bar, club to club, alleyway to patio and you get to see some......

The New Cars, Persephone’s Bees @ House of Blues Gob Iron @ The Troubadour Roger O'Donnell (The Cure), Christopher Willets, Haley Bonar @ Spaceland Spank Rock, Debonair Samir, DJ C-Town @ Safari Sam's Death Cab for Cutie, Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins @ Bren Events Center The Cops, Dead Ponies, Tsk Tsk @ The Scene Nova Kayne the Great @ Lava Lounge Wirgo, Garrison Starr, John Eddie @ The Mint Brandi Shearer, Elizaveta,......

Death Cab For Cutie, Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins @ Terrace Theater The Delta Spirit, What Made Milwaukee Famous @ Spaceland The Parson Red Heads, Black Pine, The Faraway Places, Nico Stai @ Echo Four Good Men, (ex members of Simple Minds & Big Country) @ Knitting Factory Sarah Silverman @ Largo Metal Skool, The New Fidelity, Underwater City People, Pu$$y Cow @ Key Club Rib Bib, Faggot, Gay Beast, The Munchers, Mad......

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......

Mere Mortals @ Silverlake Lounge Cheap Trick @ The Wiltern Peter Frampton @ The Canyon Regina Spektor @ Avalon Shelby Lynne, The Watson Twins @ El Rey Moving Picture Show, Castaneda @ Spaceland Robert Randolph & the Family Band @ House of Blues Drewfest, Big Moves, Juanita Mannequin @ Viper Room X-Ray OK, Letting Up Despite Great Faults @ Little Pedro's Mouse on Mars, Birdy Num Num, Carmen Rizzo @ The Echo Hijos de......

Sarah Silverman @ Largo Ray LaMontagne @ Troubadour Sea Wolf, Favourite Sons, The Watson Twins @ Spaceland Bernard Fanning @ Roxy Metal Skool @ Key Club Coaxial, Sexytime Explosion, The Bloody Hollies @ Silverlake Lounge Space Heater, Daedelus, Benny Strange @ Temple Bar Rock & Roll Soldier, The Tender Box @ King King Jo Mango, Annie Stela, Lior @ Hotel Cafe Mesia, Tolerance of Pain, The Royal Highness @ Whisky......

Tonight The Upper Crust (pictured) @ Spaceland Go-Go's, Morningwood @ Greek Steve Miller @ Pacific Amphitheatre Matt Costa, Watson Twins @ Troubadour The Romantics @ Hollywood Park Appleseed Cast @ The Echo Saturday Bobby Brown, En Vogue, Bell Biv Devoe, SWV @ Greek The Upper Crust @ Alex's Bar Z-Trip @ Vault 350 Mason Jennings @ Tower (Santa Monica) Sunday Fishboy @ Tangier Ray Davies @ Wiltern Greg Graffin @ Troubadour Monday Darker My......

LAist favorites Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins returned to LA and Spaceland on Thursday night. The show consisted basically of the songs from their album Rabbit Fur Coat. We decided to go after having the album on rotation for weeks, and liking each more each time. The songs are steeped in enough traditonal styles that they feel somewhat timeless. "Rabbit Fur Coat" is in a way a sad inversion of Dolly Parton's classic......

Tonight 6/26 Tsar, Hawksley Workman - Spaceland (free) T.I. - House of Blues Corinne Baily Rae - Troubador Metal Skool - Key Club Soccer Mom - Viper Tuesday 6/27 Mike Watt (dj set) - Amoeba (free) Be Your Own Pet - Troubador Beck, Jamie Lidell - Wiltern Les Claypool, The Coup - Avalon Slick Rick - House of Blues Flogging Molly - Molly Malone's Hawksley Workman - Temple Bar Il Divo - Greek Wednesday......

Mon 6/12 - Boy Kill Boy / Monsters are Waiting @ Spaceland (Free) – Spaceland's always a safe bet on Monday night. London’s Boy Kill Boy play that catchy dance-rock that you might like if you’re into Bloc Party and Franz Ferdinand. They’ve been on tour with Charlatans and Echo & the Bunnymen, so take advantage of seeing them for free. They’re also playing Lollapalooza and the Reading and Leeds festivals. Their first single,......

So, cool, right, Jenny Lewis played (with the Watson Twins) in Silverlake adjacent on Thursday night. And not only can you get a little bit of Rilo Kiley at the Vista Theatre, but you can check out the show online at their web site. But wait! It's not their web site...its a damn myspace page. And Jenny Lewis DOES, in fact, have a web site. And its well designed. And well updated. And musically......

On any other night this week, Felicity Huffman would be showcasing why she won a Golden Globe in Transamerica at the Vista Theatre but, last night, Jenny Lewis took over the stage performing songs from her newly released solo debut, Rabbit Fur Coat. We couldn't decide what the show most resembled. Sitting in a theatre with an all ages crowd felt a little like being in a high school auditorium on talent show night......