Marleigh Riggins

WEDNESDAY • Brendan Benson and Giant Drag perform tonight at the Troubadour. Doors open at 8 PM, tickets are $15. • Cake, Gomez, Robbers on High Street and Voynse are on stage tonight at UCLA's Royce Hall, beginning at 7 PM. • Enjoy an evening of Todd Solondz at the New Beverly Cinema, with Happiness at 7:30 PM, followed by Welcome to the Dollhouse at 10:10 PM. Click here to see a complete list...

TUESDAY • Sea Level Records presents Sinking! at the Bigfoot Lodge with DJs sealeveltodd, Crooner and DJ Rebel Yell (aka Going Away James). Things kick off at 9 PM; admission is free, so long as you are over 21. • At the Knitting Factory, show up around 8 PM to see Damien Jurado, Two Gallants and Sail On, Sailor! for $10. Click here to see a complete list of this week's events....

MONDAY • At 7:30 PM, the Knitting Factory hosts a Dax Benefit Show, featuring Subtle (Doseone and Jel of Themselves and cLOUDDEAD), Busdriver, Daedelus, Damon Aaron and One AM Radio. Tickets are $10 advance, $12 at the door. • The Hotel Cafe, see Tommy Fields, Tony Lucca and Tim Jones beginning at 8 PM....

FRIDAY • KCRW presents Ulrich Schnauss, George Sarah & String Trio at the Knitting Factory. Tickets are $10 advance, $12 at the door. Show starts at 8 PM. • Magnolia Electric Co., The Court and Spark and Milton Mapes perform tonight at The Echo. Show starts at 8:30 PM and tickets are $10. [18+] • Also at the Knitting Factory, The Lucksmiths and Math & Physics Club onstage at 7 PM. Tickets are $10....

• Viva Voce, Ill Lit and Summer at Shatter Creek perform tonight at Spaceland. Doors open at 9 PM. • Fahey/Klein Gallery has an opening night reception for two new photography shows tonight from 7 – 9 PM. Opening tonight are shows by masters of the baroque, bizarre and the body—Joel Peter Witkin's Heart Beats Dust and Alvin Booth's Projections. Both shows run until June 18th. • At the Egyptian Theatre, see a screening...

WEDNESDAY • The Vacation perform their second night of record release gigs at the Silverlake Lounge. Tonight features performances by The Thieves, The Chelsea Smiles and Sabrosa Purr. Cover is $5. • Old 97s frontman Rhett Miller performs tonight at Largo at 8 PM. • The Hammer Museum has a screening of Get Rid of Yourself, an original film by the Bernadette Corporation, at 7 PM....

TUESDAY • Aqueduct, ArmyNavy and Ahmaste will be performing at the Knitting Factory at 8 PM. Tickets are $8. • At Spaceland, Damon and Naomi (with Kuri Hara of Ghost) will be performing with Timonium and The Moon Upstairs. Doors open at 9 PM. • Lewis Black will be signing Nothing Sacred at BookSoup at 7 PM. • Dutton's Brentwood hosts Amy Ephron for a signing of One Sunday Morning at 7 PM. Click...

MONDAY • The Troubadour has The Good Life, The Velvet Teen, Bella Lea and Consafos tonight. Doors open at 7:30 PM; tickets are $12 advance. • At the ArcLight, author Daniel Handler, director Brad Silberling and Executive Producer Julia Pistor will be on hand for a Q&A after the screening of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, beginning at 7:30 PM. • Local favorite Steve Almond will be signing his new book, The...

• Radio Vago will be on stage at The Fold at El Cid, also featuring Blow Up Blow and Plastic Letters. Cover is $5. • Aqualung will be giving a free in-store performance at Amoeba Music at 6 PM. • Phoenix, Dogs Die In Hot Cars and Joy Zipper perform at the Avalon. Image by indyrock.es. Click here to see our complete listing of this week's events....

• The Bastard Sons of Johnny Cash will be performing tonight at the Viper Room, with West Coast Grand and Merle Jagger. Doors open at 8 PM. • At the El Rey, VHS or Beta will be performing with the Electric 6 at 8 PM. Tickets are $20.50. • Russian sensation Regina Spektor hits the stage at the Roxy tonight at 9 PM. Tickets are $25.50. • This weekend is your last chance to...