Do It. Adele's Los Angeles Concerts.

If you don't have Adele's album 21, buy it now.

Also--see her next week at the Greek Theatre (6/6) or the Hollywood Palladium (6/9).

Adele's "Make You Feel My Love" is on a compilation charity CD, Songs for Japan, that I picked up at a Best Buy in Montreal last week and have been listening to non-stop. Other tracks include John Lennon's "Imagine", Bob Dylan's "Shelter from the Storm", and Eminem Featuring Rihanna's "Love the Way You Lie".

Los Angeles shows Monday June 6 and Thursday June 9.

Tickets available through Ticketmaster, if sold out, try Craigslist.

-- Leslie Anne Wiggins

Photo credit: thatgrapejuice.net

Advance Notice. Arctic Monkeys at the Palladium.

I really love the Arctic Monkeys' "Whatever People Say I am, That's What I'm Not (2006)" album. I wasn't the only one--it was (and still is) the fastest selling debut in UK chart history. Since then, they've released "Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007)" (Fluorescent Adolescent is a great song), and "Humbug" (2009). Clearly they're due for a new release, and it's coming--with one new song "Brick by Brick" already up on their website.

In September 2007 I saw them play the Hollywood Palladium (pre-renovation), and it was a lot of fun. On Friday June 3, they'll be back. Order your presale tickets tomorrow starting at 10:00 a.m. (till 10:00 p.m.) through Live Nation with the password "pedicure". Onsale to general public Friday March 11 at 10:00 a.m.

Also noteworthy--Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner has been dating English "It girl"/modern day fashion icon Alexa Chung since 2007.

-- Leslie Anne Wiggins

Photo credit: starpulse.com

Advance Notice. LCD Soundsystem and the xx.

The post-Coachella L.A. dates for bands are starting to roll in. To start us off with a bang, there's new dates from LCD Soundsystem (see: amazing video above) and the xx.

Electro-pop minimalists the xx are bringing their gloomy-with-an-ounce-of-optimism sound to two different venues this June: they're set to play the Henry Fonda Music Box on Sat., June 5th ($22.50), and the much-larger Wiltern on Sun., June 6th ($25). Expect the young threesome to have really mastered their instruments and live skills by now; and a short set considering their debut album clocks in at less than 40 minutes (they're known to do a few covers, though). Tickets for both shows are set to go on sale TODAY at 10 a.m.

On the near-opposite side of the spectrum, party starters LCD Soundsystem to the Hollywood Palladium on Fri., June 4th ($30) and to the Fox Theater in Pomona on Sat., June 5th ($25). The mid-sized venues are perfect to get your dance on, and for whatever shenanigans James Murphy and Co. are sure to bring; everyone's been raving about "Yeah"'s epic set-ending performance this past Saturday. Both concerts go on sale officially on Friday at 10 a.m. but there's also a Goldenvoice presale for the Fox date happening TODAY at 10 a.m., and a Live Nation presale for the Palladium on tomorrow at 10 a.m.

Both shows are sure to sell out--as the just-announced Local Natives show at the Troubadour on June 4th did after one day--and with them all coincidentally occurring on the same weekend (and going on sale at the same time!), you'll have to play your cards right. Either way, though, you can't really go wrong. Summer can't come quickly enough.

-- Chau Tu

Advance Notice. Metric.

It hasn't been too long since Metric's last visit to L.A., but that doesn't mean they aren't welcome. The Canadian rockers bring a great, energetic live show, with frontwoman Emily Haines sounding (and looking) as beautiful as you can imagine. After seeing them this past summer at the Wiltern, I was so pleased by how good they sounded live, and how powerful many of their songs come across in a wide, live venue.

And considering that Wiltern show easily sold out, you'll want to be early for this next show. Metric is set to play March 26th at the Hollywood Palladium, and tickets go on sale this Saturday, Feb. 6 at 10 a.m. Or, if you sign up for their mailing list, you can get tickets right now. Don't wait on this one--2009 was a great year for Metric, and 2010 could be even bigger.

-- Chau Tu

Photo credit: Metric