Just like that, one month is down in our quickening spiral towards the inevitable end of the world in 2012. According to the Mayans, you're running out of time to see good, high-quality comedy, so make this week count before it's too late. more ›

It's that spooky time if year, when Halloween themed shows start popping up in the places you least expect. There's a particularly raucous one going down at the Steve Allen Theater this weekend, while Marc Maron is taping his podcast and hosting a new show at the Laugh Factory this week. Both should be scary good. more ›

The 4th isn't quite here yet, so don't skip out on some amazing comedy this week (and upcoming weekend). With the LA Fringe Festival in full swing, there are plenty of great shows to go see; not to mention the local favorites like Tiger Lily. Do it! more ›

Welcome back, folks! Now that you're nice and rested, you should all be looking forward to a week full of laughs. We've got the start of the iO West comedy festival, a few stand up headliners crisscrossing the So Cal landscape, and the always amazing Jesse Miller Talk Show. Get out, get laughs, get invested. more ›

It's Memorial Day, which officially ushers in a summer full of BBQs, beach parties... and comedy! So why not honor the summer tradition with some amazing shows this week. Adam Carolla, Aries Spears, BILLY CONNOLLY?! Not to mention a few long-time great shows, like Sit N' Spin, to keep you satiated as the summer swings into full gear. more ›

Hannibal Buress continues to crush stages across the Southland, with more shows this week than we can list here. One of them, though, is Sunday night at the Improv in Irvine, which is putting on an absolute clinic on how to book shows. Gas being what it is, better grab some friends to make the ride to Irvine. more ›

Despite all the good stuff happening this week, you just can't overlook the juggernaut that is Laugh Your @$$ Off, this Saturday at the Alex Theatre. Kevin Nealon, Dana Carvey, Christopher Titus and Billy Gardell?! To benefit kids?! With tickets starting at $35 (and taxx deductible), there's no reason not to get involved. more ›

Don't freak out, folks... Hannibal Buress is in town. Perhaps the most hyped young comic of the past year, Buress is an absolute force, and he's doing the Meltdown show on Wednesday. You know where I'll be! Elsewhere, Tiger Lily is looking as good as ever, while a bunch of UCBNY shows are taking over the west coast for a week. more ›

With the weather changing back into reasonable, it's the perfect week to get out and...stand in line to get back inside a building... At any rate, you can make laughter your sunshine, or just spend your day looking out your office window, so by the time these shows start you're so sick of the sun you can't stand it. more ›

Tonight Québécois post rockers Godspeed You! Black Emperor will be headlining the Music Box at the Henry Fonda Theater. LA-based lo-fi pop act Best Coast are poised to be a part of Global Green USA's 8th Annual Pre-Oscar Party. And, lastly, NY/LA-based folk troubadour Elvis Perkins (LAist Interview) will be gracing Royce Hall at UCLA. But we strongly suggest heading over to the Satellite to catch local indie rock outfit Last American Buffalo. more ›

Tonight local indie rockers Red Cortez (LAist Review, #2, #3, #4) will be performing at the Satellite with LA-based rock outfit Eastern Conference Champions. Local indie rock act Princeton (LAist Interview) are poised to grace Bardot. And, lastly, LA-based indie pop quartet Robotanists will be taking on the Silver Lake Lounge with none other than LAist favorite, local experimental indie pop quartet Hands. But we strongly suggest heading over to the Echo to catch local alt-rock outfit Everest (LAist Review, #2). LAist favorites, LA-bred rock and roll outfit Slang Chickens, New York indie rock quartet Papa, and Echo Park-based indie rock quintet Young Hunting are slated to kick things off. more ›

Tonight Sacramento-bred alternative rockers Cake will be concluding a three-night stint at the Troubadour. Alabama-based surf rock outfit Man or Astro-man? are slated to take on the Echo. But we strongly suggest heading over to the Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock to catch Washington D.C.-based rocker Ted Leo. more ›

Tonight prolific Washington, D.C.-based rocker Ted Leo will be gracing Skybar at the Mondrian. The Living Sisters—a triumvirate of venerable female troubadours, which includes Inara George, Becky Stark, and Eleni Mandell, are poised to take on the Broad Stage in Santa Monica. And, lastly, Admiral Radley, an LA-based indie rock conglomerate that is... more ›

Tonight Sacramento-bred alternative rockers Cake will be headlining the Troubadour. Minnesotan genre-hopping, full-figured singer-songwriter Har Mar Superstar is poised to take on the Satellite. And, lastly, LAist favorites the Monolators (LAist Review, #2) will be gracing hole-and-corner Pehrspace. But we strongly suggest heading over to the Echo to catch NY's most proficient guitar player Marnie Stern. LAist favorites, Sacramento's Tera Melos are slated to kick things off. more ›

Tonight Southern rockers Lucero will be headlining the Echo with none other than local alt-rockers Olin & the Moon (LAist Interview). Local alt-rock act Dawes are slated to perform for free at UCLA's Royce Hall (if you're a student of course). And, lastly, local garage pop quartet Dum Dum Girls will be gracing the Skybar at the Mondrian. But we strongly suggest heading over to the Satellite to catch New Orleans-bred indie pop act the Generationals. LAist favorites, Shadow Shadow Shade (formerly known as the Afternoons) and NY-based duo Minks are slated to perform as well. more ›

Tonight Baltimore-bred dream pop duo Beach House will be headlining the Music Box at the Henry Fonda Theater with San Franciscan indie rockers Papercuts in tow. The phoenix that rose from the ashes of Page France, Maryland-based indie folk act Cotton Jones are poised to take on the Troubadour. And, lastly, New Orleans-bred indie pop act the Generationals will be gracing the Hotel Café. But we strongly suggest heading over to the El Rey Theatre to catch Swedish indie pop trio the Radio Dept. more ›

Our Pick: Jake Bellows, Daniel Ahearn's record release, Judson & Mary @ Lot 1 Cafe. Also tonight Akron-bred folk rock singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur will be headlining the Bootleg Theater. Los Angeles-by-way-of-Georgia country-infused folk songstress Amanda Jo Williams is poised to grace the Echo. And, lastly, local indie rockers the Western States Motel (LAist Interview, Review) will be taking on LaBrie's in Glendale with none other than... more ›

Tonight NY-based punk rockers H2O will be headlining the Roxy with special appearances by Matt Skiba of Alkaline Trio and Chad Gilbert of New Found Glory. San Franciscan retro 80s-infused post-punk outfit the Soft Moon are poised to grace the Echo for this week's edition of Part Time Punks. But we strongly suggest doing whatever it takes to get into the Music Box at the Henry Fonda Theater to catch Atlanta-based singer-songwriter Cat Power. LAist favorites, local indie rockers Demo Team are slated to kick things off. more ›

Tonight Texas-bred American Academy Award-winning singer/songwriter Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses will be headlining the El Rey Theatre in support of his third studio-album—2010's T Bone Burnett-produced Junky Star. Chicago-based multi-instrumentalist folk rockers the Autumn Defense are poised to take on the Troubadour. And, lastly, local psych-tinged indie rockers Nightfur will be gracing the hole-and-corner Pehrspace. But we strongly suggest heading over to Origami Vinyl to catch Long Beach's own surf punk trio Tijuana Panthers. LAist favorites, LA-by-way-of-Glasgow retro 50s/60s pop outfit Neverever are slated to kick things off. more ›

Tonight local indie rockers Shadow Shadow Shade (formerly known as the Afternoons) will be taking on the Satellite with none other than Great Northern (LAist Review, #2) and LA-based lo-fi, punk-tinged, all-girl trio Wet & Reckless. San Franciscan disco pop quintet Sugar & Gold are poised to perform at the Bootleg Theater. And, lastly, Long Beach-bred one-man band Nima Kazeroun, who performs under the pseudonym So Many Wizards, will be gracing the hole-and-corner Pehrspace. But we strongly suggest heading over to the Echo to catch Long Beach-based indie rockers We Barbarians. LAist favorites, San Diegan buzz band LESANDS and San Juan Capistrano-bred indie rock outfit the Union Line are slated to kick things off. more ›

It's Tuesday. Do you know where your rock is? You may find it at the Conga Room for School of Seven Bells or perhaps your rock is waiting for you for FREE @ Amoeba Music. No? It's at the Troubadour for Ceci Bastida and Oh Land? Oh really? I heard The Satellite was where the rock was with Marvelous Toy, Airlines and The Pass. 87 Stick Up Kids would beg to differ from their hold at the Echoplex, and I bet Sara Lov would have a word to say about that from the Hotel Cafe. Hotel too fancy? Try a motel. A Western States Motel at LaBrie's. Says the Silverlake lounge, it's all Smoke and Feathers. more ›

What a stellar week of comedy we've got in store for ourselves, folks. Lily Tomlin is doing a show at the Comedy & Magic Club, The Meltdown Show is amazing as always, and there are even a few killer possibilities to compete with your Sunday timeline, if the Super Bowl isn't exactly your thing. Check it! more ›

Tonight Seattle-based alternative rockers Fences will be performing for free, in-store at Amoeba Music prior to warming up the stage for Gainesville's own punk rock quartet Against Me! at the Music Box at the Henry Fonda Theater. San Franciscan pop folk act the Finches are poised to take on the Smell in Downtown. And, lastly, Oakland-bred experimental rockers Clip'd Beaks will be taking on the Echo. But we strongly suggest heading over to the Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock to catch Swedish indie rockers Peter Bjorn and John (LAist Review, #2), who will be touring in support of their yet-to-be-released sixth studio album—2011's Gimme Some. more ›