Tonight rappers Method Man and Redman will be performing at the House of Blues Sunset. We can only surmise that they'll be performing songs from 1999's Blackout!. Brit-rockers Travis is set to play to a sold-out crowd at the Troubadour. Florida's own Copeland will be shelling out saccharine indie pop songs at the El Rey Theatre in support of 2008's You Are My Sunshine. You'll surely get your fix of falsetto. Brooklyn-based pop rockers Bishop Allen will be performing at the Echo. And, lastly, psych rock act Spindrift will be celebrating the release of their forthcoming full length, 2008's The West, with grizzly blues rock duo Restavrant at the Roxy. But we suggest heading over to the Echoplex to catch Indie 103's Check One Twosday. Local indie rock songbirds Earlimart will be accompanied by Red Cortez, formerly known as the Weather Underground....

If you put together a dream lineup for a hip hop show, chances are it would look something like this year’s Rock the Bells festival. This year’s incarnation featured the reunion (finally!) of one of the most acclaimed hip hop outfits in history, A Tribe Called Quest as well as the first performance in years from California’s own Pharcyde. But was from top to bottom a who’s who of Hip Hop both past and present.......

Redman, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Supernatural, Smiff N Wessen @ House of Blues Silent Civilian, Occam’s Razor, Darksun, Our Last Rites @ Whisky A Gogo Suburban Legends, I Hate Kate, Mayday Mayday @ Knitting Factory Guns N' Roses, Sebastian Bach, Suicide Girls @ Gibson Gliss, Starlite Desperation @ Safari Sam's Ima Fucking Gymnist @ The Smell Kenny Loggins @ Cerritos Center The Brombies @ Viva Cantina Trulio Disgracias @ Viper Psoma @ The Good Hurt......