Los Angeles Entertainment

Music entertainment in Los Angeles

  1. A

    Cat Club

    Slim Jim Phantom, drummer for the 1980s rockabilly band Stray Cats, owns this teensy rock den with its cozy sofa loft and smoking patio. If you can, come on Thursday when the charmingly named Starfuckers (Slim Jim, ex–Guns N' Roses Dizzy Reed and a changing roster of their aging rockstar friends) get jamming around midnight.

    reviewed

  2. B

    Knitting Factory

    This bastion of indie bands isn't as out there as its New York City mother club, but it welcomes patrons of all ages and offers up top-notch world music, progressive jazz and other alternative sounds. Headliners take the main stage, the rest make do with the intimate (and often free) AlterKnit Lounge.

    reviewed

  3. C

    Spaceland

    [ourpick] Spaceland Beck played some early gigs at what is still LA's best place for indie and alterna-sounds. When the ad says 'special guest, ' you never know what level of star might show up for quick and dirty impromptu sessions.

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