Tonight we're wishing a great big Happy 4th Birthday to DJ Ted and his baby BAGeL Radio. The party is at Bottom of the Hill with performances by Birdmonster, Division Day and Two Seconds, and yes there will be cupcakes! The show is 18+ and only $10, but for those of you who aren't in the city tonight you can still listen in to the party performances thanks to the fine folks at Lala.com.......

Our concert picks for the week of 9/8-9/14. If you don't get yourself out of the house this week to see some live music, SFist is going to have to stage an intervention. SFist will get you started by giving away a copy of Tralala's self-titled CD, in honor of their show Saturday at the Hemlock. We like to think of Tralala as Tilly and the Wall's hip cousin from Brooklyn (sans the tap dancer),......

How did we miss this last week? Mixing two offenses recently made popular by Minnie Driver (actors playing the role of "earnest singer-songwriter") and Shawn Colvin (artists appearing on "Oprah" to divulge details about personal struggles in the same week their new CD comes out), Robert Downey Jr. came out with his debut album The Futurist last Tuesday. That was the same day of his "Oprah" appearance, for anyone who's counting. Music is all......