The Black Crowes' new album Warpaint, due out March 4th, was recently negatively reviewed in everyone's favorite trucker guy bible, Maxim. This was odd, however, since apparently, no advance copies of the album were given out. As it turns out, the reviewer never heard the album at all. According to The Black Crowes' website, when the band's management complained, the review was explained by Maxim's editors thusly: "Of course, we always prefer to (sic) hearing......

The Black Crowes @ The Orpheum The Shins @ The Greek Turbonegro @ Henry Fonda The Spazmatics @ Dragonfly Genitorturers @ House of Blues NE-YO @ The Wiltern Eek-a-Mouse, OPM, Rude Boys @ Malibu Inn The Nixes, Teaneck, Jim Holmquist & the Long Holidays @ All Star Lanes Spongebob & the Hi-Seas, The Hectors, The Monolators, I Make This Sound @ Safari Sam's......

The Village People, Thelma Houston, A Taste of Honey, Peaches & Herb @ The Greek The Black Crowes, Hubert Sumlin, Kenny Wayne Shepherd @ Henry Fonda The Fratellis @ The Avalon Keith Urban @ Staples Strawberry Alarm Clock @ Malibu Inn Unwritten Law, Zebrahead, Mickey Avalon @ Queen Mary The Queers, The Methadones, The Manges @ Alex's Bar Chupacobra, Third Grade Teacher @ Mr. T's Bowl The Joshua Redman Trio @ Catalina Bar &......

There's so much going on across the Ist-a-Verse that it's almost impossible to keep track these days. Fortunately, we do it so you don't have to! Londonist took a walk through Oliver Twist's London, thanks to a gorgeous map layer for Google Earth. They also caught up with modern-day fictional London, with the Fantastic Four and 28 Weeks Later. It was a week of insanity over at DCist. They started the week off with......

Congrats Jennifer who won the Vegoose Contest. It was a random pic (since who really can judge haikus since theyre all beautiful) but this is her entry: a band of horses storms the galactic abyss for a special sauce For the rest of youse, Tom Petty, The Roots, Cat Power (pictured), Phil Lesh, The Black Crowes, Fiona Apple, and many many more will be in Vegas for Halloween Weekend so if you like to......

FRIDAY • Dave Alvin & The Guilty Men, Anne McCue and Mike Stinson are on tonight at the Troubadour. Doors open at 8 PM; tickets are $15 advance. • Irish punk-Celt-Americana darlings Sons and Daughters play tonight at Spaceland with The Blood Arm and Soft. Doors open at 9 PM. • Rondo Bros play tonight with Josh Haden at The Echo at 9 PM. TIckets are $5. [18+] • Bay Area phenom Lyrics Born......

WEDNESDAY • Medeski Martin & Wood will be busy blowing minds tonight at Avalon at 8 PM. Tickets are $23.50. • Kinky will be on stage tonight at the Knitting Factory at 8 PM. Tickets are $15 advance, $17 day of. [21+] • The Black Crowes are taking over the Henry Fonda Theater tonight at 9 PM. Tickets are $40. Click here for our complete list of this week's events.......

TUESDAY • The Black Crowes are taking over the Henry Fonda Theater beginning tonight at 9 PM. Tickets are $40. • Iron & Wine and Calexico perform tonight at The Wiltern. Doors open at 7 PM. Tickets are $25.......