Tonight there are far too many shows to chose from. We've got the second and final night of pop songstress Alanis Morissette at the Orpheum Theatre in Downtown. Nashville-based piano man Ben Folds is headlining the Wiltern. Jon Brion & Friends will be jamming at the Largo at the Coronet. SF-based noise rockers Deerhoof are slated to wreak havoc on all eardrums at the Echoplex. Local indie rockers the Little Ones are stopping through the Echo. And, of course, Sean Carlson (LAist Interview) of the Fuck Yeah Fest is up to no good again. This time around he's got Sweden's own the (International) Noise Conspiracy playing the tiny stage at the Eagle Rock Arts Center. If you aren't planning on a sweaty, good time, then we strongly suggest you check into Spaceland. Berklee College of Music alums Apollo Sunshine (LAist Interview) will be performing gleaming tunes from 2008's Shall Noise Upon with Athens-based rockers Dead Confederate. ...

There are far too many shows to tend to tonight. First and foremost, experimental musician/producer extraordinaire David Byrne and Brian Eno will be performing together at the Greek Theatre in support of their first collaboration in nearly 30 years, Everything That Happens Will Happen Today. LA locals No Age are slated to tear your ear drums apart at the dingy confines of the Smell. But why see them tonight when you can see them in exciting makeshift venues like the LA River or the Downtown Public Library? Devon Williams, yet another great LA-based musician, will be stopping by Echo Park's egalitarian start-up Echo Curio. The rather palatial Wiltern will be hosting the return of Portland legends the Dandy Warhols. Oddly enough, Brooklyn-based noise rockers A Place To Bury Strangers are set to kick things in motion. Our only recommendation is to make sure you bring ear plugs! And lastly, speaking of noise, we've got Deerhoof at the Avalon with local favorites the Happy Hollows. But we heavily endorse plopping down at Spaceland to enjoy your Friday night. The Henry Clay People will be ringing in their latest effort, For Cheap Or For Free, with an impressive bill of bands, including two of our favorite LA acts: the Parson Red Heads and Le Switch. It'll surely be all things to all people....

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......

"The Perfect Me" - Deerhoof Sean McConnell, Amy Kuney, Kirkpatrick Project @ Genghis Cohen Barcelona, Big Moves, Knife Jockeys @ Knitting Factory Tool @ Nokia Theatre Goon Moon, Sun Trash @ The Troubadour One Flew South, Berko, Mark Macminn @ The Hotel Cafe The Binges,The Wildbirds, Codebreaker @ Spaceland Click Hear @ El Rey Theatre Deerhoof @ The Avalon Johnny Polanco y Su Orquesta Amistad @ El Floridita Chris Garneau, Rosewood Thieves @ The......

photo by Stephanie Asher via Flickr This month's “First Friday” found us standing in a lengthy line at the Natural History Museum, having parked at some shady, empty lot behind the stadium (because the major parking entrance was backed up with cars down the street), wondering both if my car would be towed and if we still had a chance to see Autolux and Deerhoof - especially since we’d had the audacity to skip......

The Raveonettes, Electric Duo, Midnight Movies, The Meek @ Spaceland The Black Angels, VietNam, Spindrift @ The Troubadour Deerhoof @ Natural History Museum B-Real @ Key Club The Pharcyde, Ugly Duckling @ Blue Cafe The Colour, Simon Dawes, Takota @ The Roxy Kottonmouth Kings @ Ventura Theatre Matt & Kim, Japanther, Mika Miko, No Age @ The Echo The Moderates, Gliss, The Cheat @ El Cid Sara Hickman @ McCabe's Lorenzo Lamas @ The......

Deerhoof, Hella, Busdriver @ El Rey GZA, DJ Muggs, Gone Mad @ Key Club Gram Rabbit @ Spaceland Will Hoge, The Jane Does @ The Knitting Factory Baxter House, Seasons, The Sufferers Incorporated @ Mr. T's Bowl God Forbid, Goatwhore, The Human Abstract, Mnemic, Arsis @ Whisky Franklin for Short, Highlines, One False Move, The Return @ Lava Lounge Stepsonday, Thieves & Liars, The Valley Arena, Light FM @ Silverlake Lounge Dar Williams, Priscilla......

This might be a good week to give your piggybank the ol' smasheroo and excavate your couch cushions for awol monies. The CD player NEEDS your donations. Don't delay. Rush out now in a buying frenzy. Here's a glanceable list of new noteables and rightous reissues being handed down today. Ten octzillion more after the jump... Arbouretum - Rites Of Uncovering (Thrill Jockey) The Bird & The Bee - Bird And The Bee (Blue......

Panic Channel, Sarah Silverman, Suicide Girls (pictured) @ Dragonfly The Grates, The Like, Har Marr Superstar (dj set) @ Spaceland Hit the Lights, Cute is What We Aim For @ Knitting Factory The James Gang @ Gibson James Brown, Angie Stone @ Hollywood Bowl The Zombies, The Holograms, Mooney Suzuki, Phantom Planet @ the Avalon Deerhoof, Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog @ The Troubadour Josh Gracin, Kelly Dalton @ House of Blues Snowden @ Silverlake......

Dear LAist, I know you're all over The Grates, but are you familiar with Kinky? I have been asked by two different boys today to see each of these shows. I don't know what to do. AHHHHHHH. - P. Hilton Dear Perez, Yes it's true we're down with the Grates, but the good news is that even though the Grates play at Cinespace on that Tuesday, 9/5 (by the way, you're quite an organized......