[Updated: 2:30 p.m.] After placing a call to Out of Vogue to get a comment from Mike Atta about the show tonight, he gladly talked to us about how he's doing and thoughts about playing again. See his comments added to the bottom of this post.

Cancer-battling guitarist Mike Atta has a long way to go to beat his illness, but he's definitely taking one big stride tonight when he rejoins the Middle Class for a comeback show in Reseda. After recuperating from a tough round of cancer treatment, Atta is joining his band mates--along with the Adolescents, Love Canal and Glue Gun--at Webers, an all-ages venue.
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Brett Bixby

Scott Devours living every rock drummer's wet dream

Scott Devours' friends nearly dashed his dreams. Long Beach's 46-year-old drummer extraordinaire got a call February 5 from The Who--yes, that Who!--to ask if he could fill in THAT night for their drummer who pulled a tendon, Ringo Starr's son Zak Starkey. Devours' buddies surrounding him at home advised him in no uncertain terms to politely decline.

They're not saboteurs. On the contrary, Devours' friends, fellow musicians, were terrified for him and adamantly said he should refuse because The Who--obviously one of the most famous rock bands evah--was going to hit the stage at San Diego's Valley View Casino Center in front of more than 10,000 people in merely seven hours. Impossible.

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Another 'Watch the Throne' album? That shit cray.

It looks like rap's favorite tag-team Kanye West and Jay-Z are about to HAM on us again. Thanks to some flippant confirmation (which we're more than happy to lick up) from Yeezy's long-time producer Mike Dean, the Internet buzz surrounding a sequel of the duo's Watch the Throne album is making us all jittery over here. In a recent interview with online culture mag Quiet Lunch, Dean (aka the Coca-Cola Cowboy) leaked the info while discussing his regular Rolodex of earth-shattering projects. "I'm working on the G.O.O.D. Music album of course," says Dean. "I'm working on 'Watch the Thrown 2,' it's not started yet, but it's coming."

We'll be waiting with bated breath, guys. Just don't pull a Dr. Dre and have us waiting 10 years. Click the jump to catch the video of Dean's interview (which includes everything from stories about working with Tupac, Pimp C to his fascination with You Tube tutorials). More »

Timothy Norris

Drum roll, please...

Individual results may vary.

We've just rolled out a new and improved calendar of Orange County concerts.

Our online music listings are now sortable by artist, venue and price. We've also got a raw, unadulterated, alphabetical list of upcoming shows in the drop-down menus on the righthand side of that page.

And now you can even buy concert tickets directly from our website, with more options on the way.

Take a look. Bang around a little. We're still tweaking, so let us know what you think in the comments below.

​From the man who brought us "Rifles Burs" and "Snacks" comes a new song/video called "Imdabes." It's already blowing up Youtube, so I'm going to go head and call it now: It's an instant classic, the kind you don't take home to mother.

On the track, Gillionaire tells listeners that he "be the one that win Street Fighter tournaments," "got the highest score in the world on my SAT" and that he's in the best at "watching all them '90s videos -- Power Rangers, All That, Kenan & Kel."

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​We celebrate the dorkiest of dorky music fans by dubbing today as Rush Day, All Day: It is, after all, 2-1-12.
Both the album and the song, released in 1976, is actually about the year 2112. For many, the fact that 2112 is considered the definitive Rush album is reason enough to celebrate it. After the jump, everything you ever needed to know about the song--from gear to inspiration to art work.
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​Because I can't count the number of times I've wanted to hear "Rich Girl" and a music player was nowhere in sight, the Hall and Oates hotline (aka "Callin' Oates") is a lifesaver.  All you have to do is call and you get a choice of four (!) Hall and Oates classics to listen to in its entirety: "One on One"; "Rich Girl"; "Private Eye" and "Maneater." Try it for yourself; a demo of what happens after the jump.

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​Thom Yorke has confirmed on BBC 1 that Radiohead will be touring in 2012. Speaking to BBC Radio 1's Giles Peterson, Yorke said: "The idea is to go out and play next year on and off during the year."

The band announced two shows in New York yesterday, and have only played one live show, to support their album The King Of Limbs.

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Laila Derakhshanian

​We listen to a lot of music here at Heard Mentality. Sometimes, that music is accompanied by art that you can actually observe for hours. And sometimes, that art is not so desirable, or aesthetically pleasing (ahem, Prince--even if you did "produce, arrange, compose, and perform" all your songs). So we decided to improve these album covers by photoshopping the cutest things in the world on them. Enjoy! More »

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