Note: Read Alex & Sam's February interview with Zach Behrens. Last Saturday, locals Alex & Sam (MySpace) and Jessica Fichot (MySpace) performed at Hotel Cafe in Hollywood. It was the last local show this year for self-described "chanteuse, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist" Fichot -- covered previously here -- as she will be in China (performing in Shanghai) in November and France in December. Meanwhile, this year has been quite memorable for Alex & Sam's Samantha......

Part one of two. On Saturday, Levitt Pavilions Free Music across America presented the inaugural edition of Make Music Pasadena (MySpace), with performances on six main stages and 24 other locations around the city. According to the festival's website, "The purpose of Make Music Pasadena is to encourage the community to find their inner artistic talents, and to unite them with new audiences. From professional musicians performing on main stages, to amateur musicians taking......

It's a rockin' Friday night in LA with Stevie, Van Halen, RZA, and R. Kelly in town, a XMAS Sweater Party at Crash Mansion featuring local indie up'n comers, and cow punk comes alive at Safari Sam's, with X side project (since 1982) The Knitters....

On Sunday, PasadenART Weekend concluded with a free seven hour Music Festival, featuring sets by Sara Lov (MySpace), Culver City Dub Collective (MySpace), Dengue Fever (MySpace), Ceci Bastida (MySpace), Jessica Fichot (MySpace), Balaio (a last-minute substitute for Tijuanos), and Jessie Baylin (MySpace), on the One Colorado Courtyard in Old Pasadena. The festival was the perfect showcase for Los Angeles as a cultural melting pot, as songs were sung not only in English, but in......

Q-Tip @ Key Club Whispertown 2000 @ Relax Bar Duncan Sheik, Holly Brook @ El Rey Dengue Fever, Jessica Fichot, Ceci Bastida, Tijuanos, Culver City Dub Collective @ One Colorado Ruben Guevara, 2Mex, El Vuh, Cihuatl-Ce, Quese IMC, Tolteka @ The Knitting Factory The Adicts, Sham 69, Orange, The Objex, The Spooky @ Vault 350 Magik Markers, Cryptacize @ Spaceland Floater, Veiled @ The Mint......

Bad Religion - "Incomplete" John Doe, Dead Rock West, Los Duggans, The Lone @ Safari Sam's Reyes Bros. @ Key Club Gipsy Kings @ The Greek Strunz & Farah @ Catalina Bar & Grill Lukas Haas, Jessica Fichot @ The Hotel Cafe Big Bad Voodoo Daddy & The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra @ Hollywood Bowl Festivals Fuck Yeah Fest: The Explosion, The Fuse, Busdriver, Boom Bip, Entrance, The Mae Shi, Fleshies, Residual Echoes, Imaad Wasif,......

The Rentals, Golden Boy, Kyle Chipman @ Spaceland The Reyes Brothers w/ Mellow Man Ace, Optimus, J Killa @ Whisky The World Famous Beat Junkies @ The Knitting Factory The Red Elvises @ Rusty's Surf Ranch The Low Stars @ Hear Music (2pm) Howlin' Rain, Citay, The Moon Upstairs @ The Echo Persephone's Bees, Something for Rockets @ The Troubadour Jessica Fichot @ Amoeba (free, 2pm) Silverchair @ The Wiltern Rusted Root @ House......