Joanna Newsom - "Monkey and Bear" Joanna Newsom @ Disney Hall ZZ Top @ The Greek Of Montreal, Grand Buffet, MGMT @ Avalon Loudon Wainwright III, Joe Henry @ El Rey M.I.A., The Cool Kids @ The Wiltern Ben Harper, Piers Faccini @ Orpheum Rhino Bucket @ Knitting Factory Dave Mason @ House of Blues, Anaheim Eek-A-Mouse @ Galaxy Theatre Jesu, These Arms Are Snakes @ Echoplex She Wants Revenge, Kenna, theSTART @ Henry......

The man responsible for killing a woman and her two young children in a street-racing accident last month has been tracked down and arrested in Mexico; Martin Marones is expected to be charged with three counts of murder. So many questions! Has "Heroes: Origins" been shelved? Or just "postponed" due to the writers strikes? Will we ever find out who's been offing the group of twelve? And what's up with this ADAM guy??? Two......

We are giving away a pair or tickets to Friday night's 8:00 p.m. concert of Joanna Newsom. This Friday, she will be playing at the Walt Disney Concert Hall with 28-piece orchestra conducted by Sean O'Loughlin, featuring arrangements by Van Dyke Parks....

The Pogues @ The Wiltern - Tonight ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of The Dead, Dethklok @ UCLA - Tonight Redd Kross @ Echoplex - Tomorrow The Polyphonic Spree, Rooney @ Henry Fonda - Tomorrow Yo La Tengo @ The Ivar - Tomorrow Low Versus Diamond @ Viper Room - Tomorrow The Bronx, The Mercy Killers @ Safari Sam's - Tomorrow Rodrigo Y Gabriela @ Henry Fonda, 11/3 Yo La Tengo......

New Releases April 24, 2007 All Smiles - Ten Readings of a Warning (Dangerbird) Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare (Domino) Leonard Cohen - Songs from a Room [Remastered][Bonus Tracks] (Sony Legacy) The Detroit Cobras - Tried and True (Bloodshot) The Band - Best of a Musical History (Capitol) The Electric Soft Parade - No Need to be Down - Hearted (Better Looking) Fishbone - Still Stuck in Your Throat (Sound in Color) Front......

Colin Meloy might look like just another guy in line at Radio Shack, but he knows no fear. After being called out by Stephen Colbert on the Colbert Report for utilizing his trademarked Green Screen effect, Meloy upped the ante -- and on December 20th on Comedy Central, we will all benefit from the “Decemberists vs. Stephen Colbert Guitar Solo Challenge.” Meloy also accepted LAist's dare of handing over a Top 10 best CDs......

...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, Blood Brothers @ Henry Fonda Lucinda Williams @ Royce Hall Imogen Heap @ The Wiltern Joanna Newsom @ El Rey Jesca Hoop @ Temple Bar The Grande Mothers @ House of Blues Melvins, Big Business, Porn, Altamont @ The Troubadour Jill Sobule, Julia Sweeney @ Largo Los Abandoned @ The Echo Zach Brooke @ The Unknown Theater Mute Math, Cute Is What We Aim......

Danzig @ The Wiltern Joanna Newsom @ Malibu Performing Arts Center Sugarcult, The Pink Spiders, Damone @ House of Blues Barenaked Ladies @ Gibson Butch Walker @ The Hotel Cafe DJ AM @ LAX Sally Kellerman @ Genghis Cohen The Handsome Family @ El Cid Slow Signal Fade, The Ivy Walls @ Silverlake Lounge Mike Stinson, Merle Jagger, Rancho Deluxe @ Safari Sam's I Heart Robots, The Maze @ 14 Below 2 Headed Dog,......

Compton gangsta rap is #1, sweet girl harp is #2. We can't wait for that mash-up. 1. Game - Doctor's Advocate 2. Joanna Newsom - Ys 3. Damien Rice - 9 4. Akon - Konvicted 5. Beck - Information 6. +44 - When Your Heart... 7. Sufjan Stevens - Songs for Christmas 8. Neil Young - Live at the Fillmore 9. Tenacious D - Pick of Destiny 10. Yusef - Other Cup 11. ...And......

For the third or fourth week in a row (who's counting?) our lovable loser, Beck, tops the charts at Amoeba in Hollywood with his latest collection. Just behind Beck is the super sweet double-cd Pavement reissue of Wowee Zowee that included, in some cases, information as to how to download a pristine MP3 copy of their April 1994 concert at the Palace here in Los Angeles. 1. Beck - Information 2. Pavement - Wowee......

(+44) - When Your Heart Stops Beating (Interscope) Ali B - Ali B Presents ... Air Breaks (Air) And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - So Divided (Interscope) April Wine - Roughly Speaking (April Wine) Bad Astronaut - Twelve Small Steps, One Giant Disappointment (Fat) Johnny Cash - At San Quentin (two CDs and one DVD; Columbia) Cassettes - 'Neath the Pale Moon (Buddyhead) Cee-Lo - Closet Freak (Arista/Legacy) Depeche......

Have you heard Devin Davis yet? We have, and frankly he has us wondering whether one of the year's best CDs hasn't already taken its bow. The album is called, "Lonely People Of The Wold, Unite!" Davis spent over two years recording it, playing virtually all the instruments himself. The result of all that hard work is a collection of songs that flow together, lift us up, toss us about and make us giggle......