Ryan Adams – Royce Hall, Jan. 30 & 31

Dave Alvin – McCabe's Jan. 18 & 19

Autechre – Echo, April 4

Bad Religion – House of Blues, April 4 & 5

Big Sandy, Deke Dickerson – Safari Sam's, Dec. 28

Black Heart Procession – Spaceland, Jan. 11

Black Mountain – Troubadour, Feb. 5

Built to Spill, Meat Puppets – Feb. 22 & 23 (all ages, 8 p.m.)

Circle Jerks – Henry Fonda, Jan. 4

The Cool Kids – Echo, Jan. 19

Nikka Costa – Roxy, Dec. 30

DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist – Wiltern Feb. 15 and House of Blues Anaheim Feb. 14

Dead Meadow – Echo, Feb. 5

Rob Dickinson (Catherine Wheel) – Viper Room, Jan. 24

Digital Underground – Viper Room, Dec. 28

The Donnas – Feb. 6, Crash Mansion

Drive-By Truckers an North Mississippi All-Stars – Avalon, Feb. 12

The Eagles of Death Metal – Roxy, New Year's Eve

Steve Earle – Royce Hall, UCLA, March 25

Editors, Hot Hot Heat – Feb. 9, Wiltern

Jeremy Enigk (Ex Sunny Day Real Estate) – Troubadour, Jan. 20

The Entrance Band – Spaceland, Dec. 28

Explosions on the Sky – Wiltern, March 17

Jay Farrar (Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt) – Troubadour, Feb. 26

Tim Finn (Split Enz, Crowded House) – Troubadour, Jan. 26

Faun Fables – Knitting Factory, Jan. 14

Talib Kweli, and DJ sets from members of The Rapture and Bloc Party, Roosevelt Hotel, New Year's Eve

Talib Kweli – House of Blues, Jan. 25

Liars, No Age – Feb. 22, El Rey

Lupe Fiasco – House of Blues, Jan. 17

Gabriel & Dresden, New Year's Eve, Avalon

Germs, Adolescents – Dec. 28, Key Club

Gram Rabbit, Blood Arm – Spaceland, New Year's Eve

Neil Hamburger & Friends – Spaceland, Dec. 30

Justice, Peaches, 2 Live Crew – Hard Music Festival, New Year's Eve, Downtown LA

KRS-One – Roxy, Jan. 18

Lenny Kravitz – Santa Monica Civic, Jan. 17

The Mars Volta – UCI Bren Events Center, Jan. 30

Melvins, 400 Blows – Echo, Dec. 30

Meteors – Key Club, Feb. 1

Rhett Miller – Troubadour, Feb. 8

Molotov – Wiltern, Jan. 31

Money Mark – Troubadour, Jan. 9 and Echo, Jan. 24,

Bob Mould – El Rey, March 25

Mountain Goats – Troubadour, March 4 & 5

MSTRKRFT, Tiesto, Z-Trip, Giant Club downtown, New Year's Eve

Willie Nelson – Nokia, Feb. 13

Odetta – McCabes, Jan. 25 & 26

Maceo Parker – Roxy, Feb. 17

Pinback – Avalon, Feb. 21

Poison the Well, The Locust – Troubadour, Jan. 22

Rriiccee (Vincent Gallo & Erik Erlandsen, ex-Hole) – Rec Center Studio, Echo Park, Dec. 22

Six Organs of Admittance – Echo, Jan. 10

The Supersuckers, Viper Room, Dec. 29, 30 & New Year's Eve

Veruca Salt – Safari Sam's, New Year's Eve

Mike Watt – Knitting Factory, Jan. 6

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