Tonight the famed Watkins Family Hour (LAist Review) will be taking place at Largo at the Coronet. Vancouver-bred psych-infused rock outfit Pink Mountaintops are poised to take on the Echo with equally heady locals Xu Xu Fang (LAist Review, #2, #3). And, lastly, LA-based indie rockers White Arrows will be performing at the Silver Lake Lounge. But we strongly suggest doing whatever it takes to get into the El Rey Theatre to catch local indie rock buzz band Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros' (LAist Review). LAist favorites the LA Ladies Choir and Frank Fairfield are slated to kick things off. more ›

Tonight the famed Watkins Family Hour (LAist Review) will be taking place at Largo at the Coronet. Local psych rockers Xu Xu Fang are poised to grace Swinghouse Studios. And, lastly, ARIA Award-winning Australian five-piece blues/roots band the Audreys will be performing at the Hotel Café with Miami Beach-based singer-songwriter Rachel Goodrich and psych pop outfit Nightfur. But we strongly suggest heading out to the Santa Monica Pier to catch legendary Zimbabwean musician Thomas Mapfumo. more ›

Tonight local electronic mastermind Nosaj Thing is poised to headline the Airliner in Lincoln Heights. LA-via-Tel Aviv transplant Luke Top—otherwise known as Fool's Gold front man—will be gracing Spaceland with English rockers the Veils for this week's edition of Club NME. And, lastly, local psych rock outfit Xu Xu Fang (LAist Review, #2, #3) are poised to headline Three Clubs. But we strongly suggest heading over to Amoeba Music to catch Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros (LAist Review), who will be ringing in their forthcoming debut Up From Below. more ›

Tonight Indianapolis-based indie rockers Margot & the Nuclear So & So's will be headlining the Troubadour. Hello Stranger front woman and keytar goddess Juliette Commagere (LAist Interview, Review) is poised to continue her month-long residency at the Echo. And, lastly, local psych rockers Xu Xu Fang will be performing at the Silver Lake Lounge. But we strongly suggest heading over to Spaceland to catch the penultimate night of LA-based experimental psych duo Gangi (LAist Review). Local indie rockers LANDy, which, oddly enough, features actor Adam Goldberg, are slated to kick things off. more ›

Tonight is one of those nights where you find yourself asking, "Who isn't playing in LA?" You've just about always got Jon Brion (LAist Review) jamming with friends at Largo at the Coronet. Joshua Tree-based indie rockers Gram Rabbit (LAist Review) will be headlining the Troubadour with English psych rocker Pop Levi in tow. LA's own buzz band the Afternoons (LAist Review, #2) are slated to rock Spaceland with equally buzzworthy Xu Xu Fang (LAist Review, #2, #3, #4, #5). The Hotel Café will be hosting its usual bevy of singer-songwriters, including Greg Laswell (LAist Interview, Review, #2, #3, #4) and HoneyHoney (LAist Review, #2). And, lastly, LAist favorites One Trick Pony and Tenlons Fort (LAist Review, #2) are poised to put on a stellar set at the hole-and-corner Pehrspace. But as enticing as the aforementioned shows may be, we strongly suggest heading over to the Museum of Natural History, where they'll be kicking off the fifth annual First Fridays Series. LA locals the Little Ones will be accompanied by Montreal's finest, Plants And Animals. more ›

Earlier this month, Buddyhead held its Christmas Party at the Hotel Cafe (MySpace) in Hollywood, with a lineup that included poet Ryan Ritchie, Brandon Intelligator and The Sheriffs (MySpace), Tsk Tsk (MySpace), Sid Brown (MySpace), Todd Congelliere ("MySpace), Dios Malos (MySpace), Claire Cronin (MySpace), Zander Schloss (MySpace), Nick Jago, Alain Johannes, Jason Simon, Sweethead (MySpace), and Aaron North. more ›

Tonight New Orleans-based rapper Lil' Wayne is slated to headline the Gibson Amphitheatre. LA's own electronic genius Daedelus will be headlining the Echoplex and will be accompanied by Busdriver, the Mae Shi, Rumspringa and the Entrance Band. And although that stellar bill is all too enticing, we strongly recommend stopping by the Hotel Café for Buddyhead's Christmas Party. A trough full of celebrated local musicians, like QOTSA front man Josh Homme, Dead Meadow front man Jason Simon, Xu Xu Fang (LAist Review, #2, #3) and LAist favorites Dios (Malos) (LAist Interview), will preside over the unruly procession. more ›

Tonight Latin/hip-hop outfit Ozomatli will be concluding a three-night stint at the House of Blues Sunset. Legendary punk rock outfit X are slated to headline Club Nokia. Hepcat will be asserting that ska is still in season at the El Rey Theatre. And, lastly, LAist favorites Whispertown 2000 (LAist Interview, Review, #2) are putting on a holiday extravaganza at Relax Bar. But we strongly suggest that you head over to the Hollywood Forever Masonic Lodge. Okkervil River (LAist Review) front man Will Sheff will be performing with Swedish folk rocker the Tallest Man on Earth. If you caught wind of that egregious error within the last two hours, we are terribly sorry. The Buddyhead Christmas Party will take place tomorrow night! more ›

Last Friday, local indie favorites The Flying Tourbillon Orchestra (MySpace), Xu Xu Fang (MySpace), and Castledoor (MySpace) -- all three of whom have been previously featured here, here, and here -- performed in the courtyard of USC's Fisher Museum of Art. more ›

Now that the election is over with the show-going commences. Tonight we've got electro sensation-turned-dud the Faint playing at the Wiltern with LA-based noise rockers Mika Miko. And speaking of shoddy electro-pop, we've got Shiny Toy Guns performing a KROQ-related contest-only event at the Viper Room. And, lastly, Brooklyn-based rock quintet Apes & Androids will be stopping by Spaceland for CLUB NME. But Portland's own folk rockers Musee Mecanique will be playing at Bordello with LA locals EXITMUSIC, Xu Xu Fang and Voice On Tape. Go, go, go! more ›

Last month, Joe Fielder, whose local music blog Radio Free Silver Lake has been in existence since February 2006, celebrated the second anniversary of his monthly Let's Independent! event, at Boardner's (MySpace) in Hollywood, with performances by Death to Anders (MySpace), The Savages (MySpace), and Xu Xu Fang (MySpace). more ›

Yesterday, Little Radio's Summer Camp series Downtown continued with performances from local bands The Parson Redheads (MySpace), The Henry Clay People (MySpace), and Film School (MySpace). more ›

On Saturday night, local bands Xu Xu Fang (MySpace) and Film School (MySpace) performed at the Henry Fonda Theater, opening for the reunited Swervedriver (MySpace). more ›

Two highly recommended Hip-Hop shows take place tonight. Experience the powerful Gospel of Hip-Hop with KRS ONE at The Roxy or explore some electronic Hip-Hop with Sole and the Skyrider Band. And we mean no disrespect to Peanut Butter Wolf who is playing at El Rey with Chromeo, but we know for sure that show is sold out (scalp away!). The Troubadour has some jazz fusion rock going on (MP3s after the jump) and you can find straight ahead jazz at UCLA. more ›

"Let Them Knock" - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings The Tossers @ Chain Reaction Brooke Fraser, Jordan Lawhead @ The Troubadour A Place to Bury Strangers, Xu Xu Fang, Mere Mortals @ Silverlake Lounge Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings @ El Rey Theatre Oliver Future, Dan Rockett, Starving For Gravity @ The Viper Room Steve Carlson, Chris Stills, Bryan Master, Emily Jane White @ The Hotel Cafe Port O’Brien, The Cave Singers @ The... more ›

Rodrigo Y Gabriela @ Henry Fonda Yo La Tengo @ Ivar Pretty in Stereo @ Whisky Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus @ Honda Center Low Vs Diamond, Something For Rockets @ Viper Room Enon, Love of Diagrams, Model/Actress @ The Echo Minus the Bear, The Helio Sequence, Grand Archives @ Avalon Xu Xu Fang, Lion Fever, Winter Flowers, Magic Mirror @ Spaceland Jon Brion @ Largo Bootie LA @ Safari Sam's Melee @ Troubadour... more ›

Azur, Ruido De Fondo, 5%, Jubal, Tres Colores @ Safari Sam's more ›

The Hold Steady @ The El Rey H.R. @ Viper Room Rocket @ Red Dragon Studios (free drinks ?!?!) Electrelane, Tender Forever @ The Troubadour Love/Hate @ Whisky A Gogo The Watkins Family Hour @ Largo The Black Pine, Xu Xu Fang, Pity Party, Mountain Party @ The Echo The Judy Experience, Gutty & Moist, Ill Ease @ Mr. T's Bowl Pedestrian, Charles Russell, AM Pacific, Supe @ The Roxy Cecilia Noel & the... more ›

The Jesus and Mary Chain, Giant Drag @ The Glass House Stephen Marley, Damian "Jr Gong" Marley @ House of Blues Tapes & Tapes, Harlem Shakes @ Spaceland Jet @ The Troubadour Vast @ El Rey The Shys, Dirty Sweet, Lords of Jack @ Viper Room Vow of the Repentent, Artistic Expression, The Circuit, The New Colony @ Roxy Xu Xu Fang, Stephenson Ranch Davidians, Ludger @ Silverlake Lounge Elliot Randall Band, Pete Hopkins,... more ›

If you haven't see the Submarines during their month-long residency at The Echo, you need to go tonight, their finale. - The Editor Lou Barlow @ Safari Sam's The Submarines, Xu Xu Fang, June in July @ The Echo Pennywise, The Circle Jerks, Ignite @ House of Blues Social Conflict, Punk as a Doornail, Wolfgang Bang @ The Scene War Tapes, Lion Fever, The Starlite Desperation, DJ Keith Morris @ Viper Room Pity Party,... more ›

NOFX @ House of Blues Justin Timberlake @ Honda Center Kevin Nealon @ Comedy & Magic Club, Hermosa The Deadly Syndrome, Philistine @ Safari Sam's Pompei, Kissing Tigers @ Spaceland Trophy Wives, Jack Dill, The Lift @ Viper Room The Procession, Castle Door, Carina Round @ El Cid Xu Xu Fang, Astra Heights, I Make This Sound @ Silverlake Lounge Peter Walker, Sidestory, We Are Lions, Minipop @ The Troubadour The Front, Fireworks Apart,... more ›