- Tonight, Friday December 5th, Vapors Magazine hosts the grand opening of Kangol, the british-based headwear outlet, in Venice Beach. The event will feature an open vodka bar sponsored by Svedka, and DJ Sets from Royal Rumble and Marshall Barnes–who most recently killed it at Hard Turkey Soup last Wednesday. The event is free with rsvp.

 - Tuesday, December 9th: Mr. Oizo of Ed Banger Records will make a rare US appearance at Dim Mak Tuesdays over at Cinespace. His set will be spinning a set along with Them Jeans and Dan Oh.

 - Wednesday, December 10th: All the way from Brazil, CSS will be doing a DJ set at All Star Lanes in Eagle Rock (where Datarock and Ladytron have played sets as well…) It’s free with RSVP and is sponsored by Filter Magazine and Antics. rsvp before they close the list.

 - Also Wednesday, the good people over at HARD have booked an evening at the Viper Room featuring a DJ Set from Crystal Castles. Presale tickets can be found here.

 - Thursday the 11th: 55DSL and BPM Magazine host a party at South Coast Plaza, with an afterparty in Downtown LA at La Cita. RSVP here.

 - Friday, December 12th: Institubes superstar kid DJ Surkin returns to the Avalon. He will be headlining the 18+ event, with supporting sets from AC Slater, and Hard‘s own Destructo. Tickets are $10 presale here.

Such great timing… All this the week of my final exams!