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......

Suicidal Tendencies, Gwar, The Devil Wears Prada, Goatwhore, others @ Verizon Wireless Clay Aiken @ The Greek St. Vincent, Josh Haden, Death Vessel @ The Echo The Bronx, Qui (with the Jesus Lizard's David Yow) @ The Echo, benefit, early show (5:30pm) Billy Bob Thornton @ El Rey Theatre G. Love & Special Sauce, Ozomatli @ Pacific Amphitheatre Tift Merritt @ McCabe's Radars to the Sky, Bedroom Walls, Rademacher, Death to Anders @ Spaceland......

Joe Fielder’s three ring indie-circus took to Boardner’s last night for the monthly Radio Free Silverlake event, “Let’s Independent.” With an entry price of FREE, the place was packed. Outdoor, under the tent by candelabra light, Bonnie and Clyde played silently on the giant screen and LAist henchmen lurked and lingered, collecting the vital details and the choicest informations as they pertain to the music and the masses. Also, we brought a flask of Nicaraguan......

Kaiser Chiefs, Airborne Toxic Event @ Henry Fonda Meshell Ndegeocello @ Temple Bar Unsane, 400 Blows, Mouth of the Architect @ Spaceland Golden Ax, Batman vs. Predator, Disarm the Speaker @ Knitting Factory Girl in a Coma, The Randies @ Alex's Bar The Tennessee Three, Merle Jagger @ Safari Sam's Let's Go Sailing, Bedroom Walls, Whispertown 2000 @ The Troubadour Peachfuzz, The Shakes, The Scandells @ The Scene Castledoor, Dynamite Walls, The Signal Hill......

Syd Barrett Tribute Night with Bedroom Walls, Big Search, Biirdie, Eleni Mandell, Good Listeners, Gwendolyn, Irving, Nora Keyes, Marjorie Faire, Pity Party, Priscilla Ahn, Thundersnail, Mezzanine Owls, Ina James, Leviathan Brothers, Douglas Lee, Kennedy, Yes Me To Death, Moon Upstairs, Hubcaps @ The Bordello Eleni Mandell (above) @ Amoeba Eddie Money @ House of Blues Colin Hay @ Largo Cece Winans @ Pasadena Civic Hot Rod Circuit, Limbeck, The Forecast @ The Troubadour Warner......

Eastern Conference Champions "To The Wind" The Airbourne Toxic Event, The Sharp Ease, Dead Ponies @ Viper Room Division Day, Bedroom Walls, Tigers Can Bite You @ Spaceland Ralph Stanley @ El Rey Sarah Silverman @ Largo Metal Skool, Prima Donna, Mardo, The Sugi Tap @ Key Club Eastern Conference Champions, Blvd., Meho Plaza @ Silverlake Lounge Will Haven, Eightfourseven, Death Valley High, Red Host @ The Troubadour The Binges, The Ringers, Andy Dick......

Joe Fielder's Radio Free Silverlake, with support from KXLU and Sea Level Records, has been presenting a monthly, indie music night called Let's Independent at the lovely and historic Boardner’s in Hollywood. Last Tuesday’s unwashed-hair trifecta included local acts, Tigers Can Bite You, The Black Pine and Let’s Go Sailing. TCBY (heh) went on first and went on loud, but did not actually come to life until halfway through the set when they energized......

Great Northern, Meeting Places, Dead Ponies, Tigers Can Bite You @ The Echo Lucy Schwartz, Katrina Parker, Josh Allan, Paul O' Connor @ Genghis Cohen Let’s Go Sailing, Bedroom Walls, Dappled Cities Fly, The Coral Sea @ Spaceland Black Fuzz, Tristan & the Tramps, St. Jorge & the Dragons @ Mr. T's Bowl Metal Skool, Wrapt in Plastic, She's Your Sister @ Key Club Quirks, The Letter Openers, Kriminal Pogo, Bull Lee @ Lava......

Tues 5/30 - Bedroom Walls / Let’s Go Sailing / Lavender Diamond @ Troubadour ($8) – Catch three strong local bands on one bill. Bedroom Walls has a new, critically acclaimed album on Baria Records. Download “Somewhere in Newhall (string quartet version)” Let’s Go Sailing is Shana Levy with various members of Silversun Pickups, Tanya Haden and others helping her out from time to time. Lavender Diamond is Becky Stark backed by some other......

Bedroom Walls All Good Dreamers Pass This Way (Baria Records) – The All Music Guide gives this local band a 4.5/5 and says: “"If Elliott Smith were still alive and decided to get together and jam with Neutral Milk Hotel, the results might sound a lot like this self-described ‘romanticore’ quintet.” That’s very high praise indeed. They’re appearing live at the Troubadour on 5/30. Download a demo of “In Anticipation of Your Suicide” Johnny......

TUESDAY • International Pop Overthrow hits Spaceland tonight, featuring Carlos Torres and the Furious Five, Run Run Run, Bedroom Walls, The Slow Signal Fade, The Nervous Return, James Combs and Gwendolyn. Doors open at 9 PM. • At Tangier, enjoy Devics with Great Northern and Tim O'Gara at 8:30 PM. Tickets are $10. • The El Rey hosts Brendan Benson and the Robbers on High Street tonight at 8 PM. Tickets are $19.50.......

FRIDAY • Electrelane performs tonight at the Troubadour with Be Your Own Pet and the Slow Signal Fade at 8 PM. Tickets are $12. • Aesop Rock performs tonight with Mr Lif, DJ Big Wiz and Cage at the Henry Fonda Theater. Doors open at 8 PM. • Ultimate geek-rockers Nerf Herder perform tonight at Spaceland with the Orange Peels. Doors open at 9 PM. • The Mean Reds are at The Echo tonight......

• Tonight at The Echo, " target="_blank">The Section Quartet will be performing at 8:00 PM. Cover is $7 at the door. [18+] • Show up at Amoeba Music around 7:00 PM for a free in-store performance by Ulysses (Rober Schneider of The Apples in Stereo). • Also in music, The Fold at Tangier hosts Devics acoustic, accompanied by Bedroom Walls, Lamps and Emma Zunz starting at 8:00 PM. Admission is $10. • At the......

In the spirit of the now-official season, tonight is the benefit screening of the Concert for George at the Knitting Factory. Performing will be Seth Swirsky with the Temple Bhajan Band, plus Minibar, Rusty Anderson (guitarist for Paul McCartney) and Bedroom Walls. Tickets are $8.00 and proceeds will benefit the American Cancer Society. Show starts at 6:30 PM. For the um-teenth night in a row, Social Distortion will be performing at the Wiltern with......

If you won't be attending tonight's Shortlist Concert at the Avalon, be sure to make it to one of the other activities available to those interested: At The Smell, see Portland's own no-wavers Glass Candy and the Shattered Theatre with Chromatics and Danava. Doors open at 9:00 PM and admission is $5.00. At The Echo, see '60s-inspired pop from The Faraway Places and their special guests, Spindrift and Bedroom Walls. The show starts at......

7:00 PM at Dutton’s Brentwood marks the start of an evening with poet J.D. McClatchy and photographer Erica Lennard, who will be signing American Writers at Home, their new book featuring the homes of Ernest Hemingway, Edith Wharton, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Robert Frost and those of 17 other great American authors. At the Troubadour, enjoy a rainy night with The Ocean Blue, Starflyer 59 and Bedroom Walls. Tickets are $15.00 advance and doors open at......

This weekend marks the arrival of the annual Sunset Junction Street Fair in Silverlake. SJ will be happening from 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM on Saturday and 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM on Sunday; the admission price is a $10.00 donation. But now for the good stuff—the music. SJ is known for having outstanding musical performances and this year promises to be no different. Highlights from the lineup include: Bedroom Walls The Like Dengue......

Happy Tuesday, readers. A nice selection of events have presented themselves today, so get out there and have a good time! At The Echo, Concerts for Victory presents John Doe, Kristin Hersh and Grant Lee Phillips, along with Blake Hazard and Bedroom Walls, in a concert to benefit John Kerry. Doors open at 7:30 PM and tickets are $15.00 pre-sale and $18.00 at the door. (18+)......