Last week, the Natural History Museum in Exposition Park continued its monthly First Fridays program with a sold-out show of music by The Phatal DJ and Chico Sonido in the African Mammal Hall and performances by the New Zealand-based The Ruby Suns and Australians Wolfmother in the North American Hall. more ›

Tonight Australian rockers Wolfmother will be performing with New Zealand's own indie pop outfit the Ruby Suns at the Natural History Museum for this month's edition of First Fridays. English pop rock act Starsailor are poised to grace the Troubadour. And, lastly, Atlanta-bred garage rockers Black Lips will be headlining the El Rey Theatre with LAist favorites the Strange Boys (LAist Review, #2) in tow. But we strongly suggest heading over to Spaceland to catch Montreal-based buzz band Winter Gloves. Local experimental indie rockers Useless Keys are slated to kick things off. more ›

The biggest international benefit concert since Live8 Live Aid of all time is ON. The 24-hour affair began around 10 p.m. PDT Friday and concludes late Saturday in Jersey. And we must rock because... why? Whelp... Al Gore said so. Yes, the former Veep who let some derelicts pickpocket his presidency before performing an Academy Award-winning PowerPoint presentation in An Inconvenient Truth is taking green global. Why not turn "can rock 'n' roll save... more ›

Tennessee is having a quaint little version of Coachella. Called Bonnaroo, the three-day outdoor festival is being headlined by the Police, above, and features the Flaming Lips, Gogol Bordello, Wilco, Wolfmother, and The White Stripes among others. Many of those bands have yet to play and thanks to the AT&T Blue Room you can see some of those heavy hitters live thru your computer. Just go to blueroom.att.com and click Live Now. Or you... more ›

Concert tickets that go on sale Saturday morning: Wolfmother @ Grove of Anaheim, 5/9 Bad Religion / Tiger Army / the Briggs @ Santa Monica Civic, 4/6 Joshua Radin @ El Rey Theatre, 4/21 The National @ El Rey Theatre, 6/26 moe. @ House of Blues Hollywood, 4/15 Mutemath @ House of Blues Hollywood, 4/25 Pat Benatar @ House of Blues Anaheim, 7/12 And don't forget Monday morning Police tickets go on sale for... more ›