The Monday Show Low Down (Or “Picture My Hands Really Far Apart”)

Gah. I’ve been hard at work on my video game and am behind on, um, just about everything in what passes for my personal life these days. But I’ve finally caught up on show listings for the site today...

Some of the best recent show announcements include last week’s Band of the Week pick El Perro Del Mar playing The Jensen Rec Center on March 13th … the day before SXSW in Austin.

Then two of LA’s best new bands The Airborne Toxic Event and The Deadly Syndrome will play the same night at The Echo on February 2nd. And Portland's The Blow are coming to town to play The Echo on Sunday, February 4.

Don’t forget that next week is our Let’s Independent! event at Boardner’s on Tuesday, the 23rd with Let's Go Sailing, The Black Pine, and Tigers Can Bite You… Go listen to tracks from all three bands at our myspace page. Mark your calendars. Tell your friends.

And be sure to listen to KXLU 88.9 FM on the radio or via their site’s live simulcast on Thursday, the 19th at 5:00 PM for an interview and in-studio performance with The Black Pine and then Monday, the 22nd at 5:00 PM for headliners Let's Go Sailing.

These bands have announced new shows for LA: The Movies, The Airborne Toxic Event, The Deadly Syndrome, Hello Astronaut, Goodbye Television, 8mm, El Perro Del Mar, Rykarda Parasol and the Tower Ravens, Softlightes, Amy Cooper, Black Lips, The Annuals, Bloc Party, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, The Books, Bloodcat Love, Mezzanine Owls, Lemon Sun, Robbers on High Street, Xu Xu Fang, June in July, The Henry Clay People, The Ponys, Deerhunter, The Blow, Josh Haden, A Minor Canon, Pity Party, Nels Cline, Glenn Kotche, Viva Voce, The Village Green, Kind Hearts & Coronets, The Lava Children, Eleni Mandell, The Autumns, All India Radio, IO Perry, Hello Meno, Richard Swift, The By And By, Signal Hill, Amestor, The Valley Arena, Light FM, Thieves and Liars, Stepsonday, The Depression Party, Ryan Gilmore, Sink To See, Caught Up, Red Sky Warning, Them Terribles, The Battle of Land & Sea, The Colour, Demander, Languis, Hopewell, Timonium, Maya Shore, Life Underwater, Hearts of Palm UK, Odd Modern, Murmur, The Primos, A.M., The Digits, Signal Hill, Idyllists, Timonium, Rajiv Patel, The Changes, The Front, Ninja Academy, Earl Greyhound, Castaneda, The Sharp Ease, Dead Ponies, Little Wolverines, Brother Reade, Lavender Diamond, Peter Bjorn And John, The Henry Clay People, Shiloe, Family Tree Analog, Sincere Parody, Murmur, Signal Hill Transmission, The Narodniks, Robedoor, The Lights From Here, The Black Pine, In Waves, The Good Listeners, Cavil At Rest, Tandemoro, Tigers Can Bite You, Black Palms, I Make This Sound, Bodies of Water, The Shakes, Division Day, and Great Northern. (See the right-hand column for dates and venues.)

Whew! This update took hours to put together… Lemme know if I’ve missed anything.

RELATED LINKS:
- Mini-Interview: The Airborne Toxic Event
- Mini-Interview: The Deadly Syndrome
- Mini-Interview: The Blow
- Mini-Interview: Let's Go Sailing