Nothing says Merry Christmas like mosh pits, sweaty fans and loud rock music, unless of course it is KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas. Night One, the more "edgy" of the two nights of KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas featured performances by rising stars Paramore, legends Bad Religion and chart toppers Linkin Park.......

KROQ's LA Invasion: Smashing Pumpkins, Foo Fighters, Velvet Revolver, Kid Rock, Chris Cornell, Cypress Hill, Satellite Party, Hot Hot Heat, Against Me, others @ Home Depot Center K- EARTH Show: The Doobie Brothers, Chicago, War, The Stylistics, The Four Tops @ Irvine Meadows Rise Against, Lagwagon, Strung Out, Silverstein @ Long Beach Arena Mudhoney, the Melvins, Flipper @ Henry Fonda Scorpions @ Gibson Guster @ Avalon Pink Martini @ Hollywood Bowl The Groovy Rednecks,......

Now that the dust has settled out in Indio, the world famous KROQ today announced its lineup for its annual spring fling, and just like any weenie roast there are some dogs in the bunch. So the question is, is it worth it to venture down behind the Orange Curtain and put up with annoying high schoolers in order to see The Killers, Bad Religion, Rise Against, Social D, Tim Armstrong and the Silversun......

Glen Campbell, Jimmy Webb @ Pepperdine's Smothers Theater Sebadoh, The Bent Moustache @ Spaceland Saccharine Trust @ Mr. T's Bowl My Chemical Romance, Rise Against @ The Forum Billy Vera & the Beaters @ Rusty's Surf Ranch Michael Crawford @ Long Beach Terrace Theater Big Bad Voodoo Daddy @ Cal State Northridge B-Side Players, Destani Wolf, Debi Nova @ Roxy Menomena, Bon Savants, The Parson Red Heads @ The Echo Do Make Say Think,......

Normally we would post a Tonight in Rock in LA list at this time, but in honor of the National Day of Mourning, most of the clubs have shut down for the night and those of us who like, let's say, the Dark Side of Things are celebrating with a Black Parade. This Saturday My Chemical Romance returns to LA, this time not in the cozy sunset strip club of the House of Blues,......

The Who @ Hollywood Bowl Barney @ Kodak Keb'Mo' @ Disney Hall Rise Against @ Bren Events Center Goldenboy @ The Hotel Cafe Peter Frampton @ Cerritos Center Vicente Fernandez @ The Gibson Five for Fighting @ House of Blues Quetzal @ Antigua Cultural Coffee House Medusa & Feline Science @ Fais Do-Do Pistolera, Upground, Orgullo Café @ Spaceland The Groovy Rednecks @ The Knitting Factory Atomic Punks, Kaustik, Dead End Jane @ Whisky......

Rise Against @ Wiltern Mudhoney @ Safari Sam's Say Anything @ El Rey Dave Alvin @ Getty Center The John Popper Project @ The Roxy The Dickies @ Vault 350 The Reyes Brothers @ Key Club Lindsey Buckingham @ Grove of Anaheim The House Harkonnen, Matt Cash @ The Mint Teche, Mehrey, Reverse Osmosis @ Viper Room Love Is All, Still Flyin’, Soft Boiled Eggies @ The Echo Gutttermouth, The Darlings, The Ladykillers @......

Looks like Inland Invasion is going to be a quasi-metal onslaught, nearly as meaty as Ozzfest, but just like most things KROQ these days, a tad watered-down and lacking. Guns N' Roses are the headliners of the Sept 23rd festival, and they're lacking a good chunk of Guns N' Roses. Hell, you don't even get Buckethead any more. Irony abounds as bassist Tommy Stinson now plays with Guns -- his first band was... The......