Tony Pierce

Last week The Donnas held their record release party at the Viper Room to celebrate their new collection of rock, Bitchin', the first release on their own label, Purple Feather. Opening the mostly all-female Viper Room lineup was Girl in a Coma, followed by our new loves, The Randies. But the night belonged to The Donnas who were all charged up and ready to rock - perhaps more than the audience - and demanded...

Arctic Monkeys @ Hollywood Palladium The Monolators, Mezzanine Owls, Amateurs @ The Echo Trisha Yearwood @ Cerritos Center Steel Pulse @ House of Blues James Blunt @ El Rey Midlake, Maria Taylor @ Henry Fonda Sally Kellerman, David Lucky @ Genghis Cohen Grant Lee Phillips, Morgan Murphy @ Largo The Expendables, B Foundation, Dirty Heads @ The Roxy Ride On Rides, Eastern Conference Champions @ Viper Room The Barbarellatones, The Black Fuzz, The Scrid...

The Submarines - "Brighter Discontent" Foo Fighters @ Henry Fonda The Submarines, Emma Burgess, Western States Motel @ Viper Room Editors, Ra Ra Riot @ The Wiltern Trisha Yearwood @ Cerritos Center Sarah Silverman @ Largo Metal Skool, Tickle Me Pink, Shapes of Racecars @ Key Club Happy Hollows, The Movies, Death to Anders, Lo Fi Sugar @ The Echo Del The Funky Homosapien, Devin the Dude @ House of Blues Gram Rabbit, The...

Eddie Van Halen still sorta is the greatest guitarist alive. And maybe you don't like your rock gods to be a little looney and close to death, but we do. And if we learned one thing about David Lee Roth it's that he aint no morning man, which is fine. What he is is the only front man that Van Halen should have ever had, and we're glad that all the nonsense was able...

Rufus Wainwright @ Hollywood Bowl Carlos Guitarlos @ Liquid Kitty Def Leppard @ Irvine Meadows The Richard Thompson Band @ Royce Hall The Randies, Girl in a Coma @ Alex's Bar Medeski, Scofield, Martin & Wood @ House of Blues Pitbull, Akwid, Amanda Perez, Crooked Stilo @ Sports Arena Velouria, Swords of Fatima, Third Grade Teacher @ Mr. T's Bowl 5 O'Clock Somewhere, Welldiggers Banquet, The Horsepainters @ The Echo Tijuanos, Monte Negro, Fitter,...

We know the UCLA taser fiasco didn't start the taser party, but some wacky kids have remixed the audio from the "don't tase me, bro" guy with your favorite MC Hammer track. It made us smile for some devious reason. Hopefully you'll get the same reaction. To us it was just a lighthearted end of a taser-happy week that included an OC cop tasering an autistic child. Dark humor, but humor nonetheless....

Louis XIV - "Pledge of Allegiance" Mana @ Staples Smokey Robinson @ Pasadena Civic Todd Rundgren @ House of Blues Billy Vera & the Beaters @ Rusty's Surf Ranch Louis XIV, The Softlightes, Quazar & the Bamboozled @ The Troubadour Within Temptation, Tiefschwarz, The Dear & Departed, Jesse Rose @ Avalon Silver Apples, The Moon Upstairs, Residual Echoes, White Widow @ Spaceland The Quakes, The Henchmen, Gamblers Mark, Howlers @ Key Club Buck McCoy,...

Because of the accents, this family sounds like they're from the midwest, which only adds to the charm. Upon further viewings everyone in this family is lovable. Michael is adorable in his reasoning and comeback. Mom is adorable in her passion and solutions. Whoever the kid is recording it is a classic, but why does (s)he turn off the cam right when Ma is about to layeth the smack downeth? And God bless the...

How the two best shows happening tonight are still not sold out is beyond me. If you dont wanna be outside listening to the pretty music coming from the pretty boys of Air you really should check out the Rentals at the Music Box. Word is there will be some special guests. The Rentals, Goldenboy, Copeland @ The Henry Fonda Air @ The Greek Cat Power @ Avalon Muse @ Irvine Meadows B-52's @...

While it's true that there's nothing better than teenage lesbian stories, celebrity teenage lesbian stories is like a cherry on top of a delicious sundae. Word is that Maureen McCormick aka Marcia Brady aka Little Miss Stuck Up Older Sister Teen Idol was exploring her sexuality backstage at Paramount with her tv sister Jan, aka Eve Plumb. The word comes from no other than McCormick herself who plans on releasing that tale and others...