Local Natives keyboardist Ryan Hahn has something to confess about the strange jeers that kick off his eclectic indie-pop band's earworm of a single, "Airplanes," an otherwise bright slice of folksy melody and drumline effervescence. "We give him a hard time a lot," explains Hahn, 24, referring to lead singer Kelcey Ayer, 25, who wrote the song.

Metal heads, stoners, and hard rock aficionados turned out in droves for the intimate show at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday night, a benefit for cancer-stricken Eagles of Death Metal bassist Brian O'Connor, which boasted the first Queens of the Stone Age gig in the U.S. since 2008.

L.A.'s leading pale-faced soulster Mayer Hawthorne plays the majority of instruments on his 2009 self-produced debut, A Strange Arrangement, which helps explain why his throwback R&B is still holding listeners' attentions a year later. Also responsible are the songs' playful videos, like the just-released clip for "Your Easy Lovin' Ain't Pleasin' Nothin.'" Watch it below.

Monday night, the swanky new Los Angeles installation of NYC's Soho House social club played host to an intimate listening party for the self-titled debut solo album of TV on the Radio guitarist-producer Dave Sitek, aka Maximum Balloon.