Peter Case, Ron Franklin @ McCabe's Ice T @ Key Club John Doe @ Malibu Inn Hall & Oates @ Hollywood Bowl Joan as Police Woman, Princeton, Emily Wells @ Spaceland Kings of Leon, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club @ The Greek The Mother Hips, Broken West @ The Roxy Hawnay Troof, The Octopus Project @ The El Rey Common @ The Wiltern Ben Kweller @ The Echo Jon Brion @ Largo James Intveld, Red......

The Format, She Doesn't Get It First Annual Sunset Strip Music Festival - James Brown's band joined by special guests and fronted by stars like Dave Navarro, Jerry Cantrell, Mellow Man Ace, B-Real & Sen Dog, Vayden, Kings of Spain, Queen V, Kingbaby, others @ The Whiskey They pretty much had our favorite album of last year, they're great live, and they pretty much rule the galaxy, and they're playing at a beautiful theater......

Ying Yang Twins @ Galaxy Theatre OK Go @ Pepperdine Ted Leo @ El Rey The Mother Hips @ Roxy Relient K @ Avalon Peanut Butter Wolf, Honeycut @ Getty Eats Tapes, Powdered Wigs, Tik Tik @ The Smell The One AM Radio, Ola Podrida, Joel Virgil @ Tangier Los Straitjackets, Devil Dolls, Gamblers Mark @ Safari Sam's 1349, Goatwhore, Nachtmystium, Averse Sefira, Ascension @ The Knitting Factory The Briggs, KOS, Meg & Dia,......

New Music Tuesday has matzofied, seder’d out and re-opened for business on this fine Thursday eve. Please use caution while perusing the list -- these brand-spankin’, ultra-smokin’, bootie-shakin’, earth-movin’, mind-blowin’ new releases might just melt your face off. Especially the Hip Hop Tribute To Bon Jovi. Phenomenal. Well, theoretically phenomenal. You understand. Jarvis Cocker - Jarvis (Rough Trade) Mother Hips - Kiss the Crystal Flake (Mega Force) Brandi Carlile - Story (Sony) The Field......

The Raconteurs @ Wiltern "Despite a sound mix that bordered on muddy and amateurish, Jack White's new band, the Raconteurs, proved Tuesday in Tempe that they are much more than a 'side project' for the White Stripes star." - Arizona Republic 7/19 Mavis Staples @ Santa Monica Pier (free) Nine Black Alps @ Spaceland Gnarls Barkley @ Pacific Amphitheatre Sam Phillips @ Largo The Mother Hips @ 14 Below Slow Motion Reign @ Troubadour......