On Saturday night, The Parson Redheads (MySpace) -- previously mentioned here -- headlined a local Aquarium Drunkard (MySpace) showcase at Spaceland (MySpace) in Silver Lake, supported by openers The Sweet Hurt (MySpace) and Willougby (MySpace) as well as the Ventura-based The Spires (MySpace). Tonight, at the Hotel Cafe (MySpace) in Hollywood, The Sweet Hurt and Miss Willie Brown (MySpace) open for a local band that's been getting some local music blogger love this week,......

Part three of three. Monday: Radars to the Sky, The Happy Hollows, Castledoor. Yesterday: Bodies of Water, Johnathan Rice. Today: The Henry Clay People, Gram Rabbit. Two weeks ago, the 28th annual Sunset Junction Street Festival (MySpace) took place in Silver Lake. Like Saturday, Sunday's lineup at the Bates Stage featured several buzzworthy artists from the indie music scene, starting with another local covered previously here -- The Henry Clay People (MySpace) -- backed......

Part one of three. Monday: Radars to the Sky, The Happy Hollows, Castledoor. Tuesday: Bodies of Water, Johnathan Rice. Wednesday: The Henry Clay People, Gram Rabbit. Two weeks ago, the 28th annual Sunset Junction Street Festival (MySpace) took place in Silver Lake. And while much of the fallout has focused on the admission fee and affected businesses, Saturday's lineup at the Bates Stage featured several buzzworthy artists from the indie music scene, starting with......

It's difficult to determine what rocked the most on Friday night at Alex's Bar in Long Beach. Was it Sun Trash's suggestive singer or guest percussionist, Sexual Chocolate, that made their set a highly entertaining mix of live performance theatre and rock and roll? Was it the way Zeke singer took a pause between lightning fast punk rock guitar coupled with almost inaudible, screaming rap-like lyrics to bemoan his Union job that gets him up......

Authored, Photographed and Submitted by Michael Zampelli It was Punk Rock nostalgia night on Saturday as old-shoolers Channel 3 and Shattered Faith topped the bill at the monthly Punk Rock Social at Alex's Bar in Long Beach. Spiky-haired newcomers, the Krum Bums, who are currently touring with GBH, set the tone with a flurry of adrenaline-injected tunes that stirred up action in the mosh pit. Shattered Faith followed suit with a showcase of their classic......

Part of an ongoing series. Last month, local band The Happy Hollows (MySpace) performed at The Echo (MySpace), opening for The Ruby Suns (MySpace) and Architecture in Helsinki (MySpace). On Sunday, The Happy Hollows' lead singer Sarah Negahdari performs a solo acoustic set at Pehrspace (MySpace) in Echo Park with The Physics of Meaning (MySpace), One Trick Pony (MySpace), and Rademacher (MySpace)'s Malcolm Sosa. Joe from Radio Free Silver Lake raves that "I'm really......