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THURSDAY • Caitlin Cary (Whiskeytown) & Thad Cockrell play with Oslo at the Knitting Factory tonight at 9 PM. Tickets are $12 advance, $14 day of. • Cinespace is hosting a Hurricane Hold 'Em Charity Tournament to benefit the American Red Cross tonight at 8 PM. The buy-in is $25 per table, with a $3 suggested donation at the door (players and non-players welcome). RSVP to hurricaneholdem@yahoo.com. • "Cellos" premieres tonight at REDCAT, featuring...

We here at LAist are strong advocates of Halloween, and have provided the list below in an effort to help all of our readers enjoy this fine holiday as thoroughly as possible. Even if you don't get out there in full costume and party like Bela Lugosi, we hope you enjoy some of the following: FRIDAY • Pretty Girls Make Graves, Bullet Train to Vegas and Razrez are on tonight at the Troubadour. Doors...

WEDNESDAY • Imogen Heap and Joshua Radin are at the Hotel Cafe tonight at 9 PM. • Enjoy a New Beverly pre-Halloween Jodorowsky/Pasolini double feature of Santa Sangre at 7:45 PM, followed by Salo, or The 120 Days of Sodom at 10 PM. Click here for our complete list of events....

TUESDAY • Reverend Glass-Eye, Kip Boardman and Tony Gilkyson, Songs from the Hillside and The Parson Red Heads play tonight at Tangier at 7:45 PM. Cover is $8. • Nada Surf will be performing a special acoustic set tonight at Cinespace, along with Gogogo Airheart, Subtitle, DJ Steve Aoki and DJ Franki Chan. Doors open at 10 PM, cover is $5 and vodka drinks are free from 10-11 PM. [21+] • Photographer Elena Dorfman...

FRIDAY • Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men, Anne McCue and Mike Stinson are on tonight at the Troubadour. Doors open at 8 PM; tickets are $15 advance. • Irish punk-Celt-Americana darlings Sons and Daughters play tonight at Spaceland with The Blood Arm and Soft. Doors open at 9 PM. • Rondo Bros play tonight with Josh Haden at The Echo at 9 PM. TIckets are $5. [18+] • Bay Area phenom Lyrics Born...

THURSDAY • The Gossip, We Are Wolves and The Sharp Ease are at the Troubadour tonight at 8 PM. Tickets are $10 advance, $12 day of. • The Blasters and James Intveld play tonight at The Viper Room. Doors open at 8 PM. • Calla, Celebration and Fly Better Broken perform tonight at The Echo at 8:30 PM. Tickets are $10. [18+] • The legendary Gang of Four take the stage at Avalon tonight at...

WEDNESDAY • Medeski Martin & Wood will be busy blowing minds tonight at Avalon at 8 PM. Tickets are $23.50. • Kinky will be on stage tonight at the Knitting Factory at 8 PM. Tickets are $15 advance, $17 day of. [21+] • The Black Crowes are taking over the Henry Fonda Theater tonight at 9 PM. Tickets are $40. Click here for our complete list of this week's events....

TUESDAY • The Black Crowes are taking over the Henry Fonda Theater beginning tonight at 9 PM. Tickets are $40. • Iron & Wine and Calexico perform tonight at The Wiltern. Doors open at 7 PM. Tickets are $25....

What appears to be our first major storm is upon us, heralding the arrival of gloom and traffic that is fall-winter season in Los Angeles. Perhaps it's the lack of sunshine, the mounting sadness of natural disasters at home and abroad, the upcoming City Council elections, or maybe it's just the impending arrival of the holidays, but we've been thinking a lot about local issues and ways to improve life in LA. Enter Fallen...

Fewer than 12 hours remain to win tickets from Fandango to send you and a friend to see the new film Domino, opening tonight. In addition, the lucky winner will also receive a Domino prize pack, featuring a silver White Trash Charms necklace with a special Domino charm, t-shirts, shot glasses, a keychain and a poster from the film. To enter for your chance to win tickets and swag, fill out the entry form....