The Monday Show Low Down (Or “Sometimes I Feel Like I Can Run Forever...”)

I'm updating on my lunch break at work right now, so gotta keep it quick... Click here if you want to hear a stream/download of the Demo Listen episode I did with Octavius and Lawyer Jed on KXLU 88.9 FM last Friday night.

Also did a little DJing at Little Radio Summer Camp yesterday, too. Fun times...

Anyway, enough about me, let's take a look at the shows going on this week here in LA.

Monday, June 18
- Thailand, Pink Mochi, & Good On Paper @ The Silver Lake Lounge (FREE)
- The Deadly Syndrome & Something For Rockets @ Spaceland (FREE)
- Escape The Fate @ The Troubadour
- Burning Brides, Nebula, Sasquatch, & Black Fur @ The Echo (FREE)
- Health, Dan Deacon, Video Hippos, Knight Rider, & Juiceboxx @ Pehrspace
- Frank Lenz, Frankel, Numbers Station, & Francisco the Man! @ The Scene (Glendale – FREE)
- The Natural Disasters & Adeline @ Bordello
- The Parson Redheads, The Quarter After, & The Lovetones @ Safari Sam’s
- Ollin, Abe Lincoln Story, 3 Leg Torso, & Listing Ship @ Mr. T’s Bowl
- The Shys @ The Viper Room
- Kevin Kanner, Gerald Clayton, Tim Green, & Ambrose Akinmusire & The Mint (FREE)
- The Horrors w/ Bloodcat Love @ The El Rey

DECISION:
You only have two more weeks to catch the free Thailand or The Deadly Syndrome residency nights, so you better choose one tonight. Both are great live plus free.

Tuesday, June 19
- Castledoor & The Procession @ Spaceland
- the young goodman browns (Formerly Black Heart Brigade) @ The Mint
- Jamie Stewart (Xiu Xiu), Shearwater, Minus Story, & Brothers & Sisters @ The Echo
- The Cauterized, The Dolemite Project, Sinful Bliss, & Eat the Living @ The Scene (Glendale)
- The Grand Marquee & Van Gunn @ Safari Sam's
- You, Me, & Iowa and The Remus Lupins @ The Troubadour
- Architecture In Helsinki, Gang Gang Dance, & Ariel Pink @ The Henry Fonda

DECISION:
Big band pop act Castledoor are great live and I’ve been meaning to check out The Young Goodman Browns.

Wednesday, June 20
- I Make This Sound @ The Three of Clubs (FREE)
- The White Stripes @ “Icky Thump Records” on Sunset
- Ferraby Lionheart & Eleni Mandell @ The Hotel Cafe
- Louis XIV @ The Roxy
- Barbie and the Hookers, Cut the Line, Lower Class Kids, & Second Class @ The Scene (Glendale)
- Juiceboxx @ The Echo
- Jesse Malin @ The Troubadour
- Hazelden @ The Derby
- Radio Birdman @ The El Rey
- 8MM @ Molly Malone's
- Moonrats @ Safari Sam's
- Io Echo @ The Cat Club
- CLUB NME w/ The New Year & David Bazan @ Spaceland
- Amnion, Dirt Bird, & Tara Busch @ Bordello
- Moving Picture Show @ The Silver Lake Lounge
- Acute, Jesse Malin, & Wild Birds @ Troubadour
- The Police & The Foo Fighters @ Staples

DECISION:
If I didn’t have to work late this week, I’d be at The Hotel Café for the pop music stylings of Ferraby Lionheart on Wednesday night.

Thursday, June 21
- Sea Wolf @ The Echo
- The Beatles Tribute: with Kind Hearts & Coronets, Io Echo, The Karabal Nightlife, & more @ Safari Sam's
- The Minor Canon @ Hotel Café
- Nomo @ Spaceland
- The Police & The Foo Fighters @ Staples
- Summer Party w/ Josie Cotton, Nikki Corvette & the Stingrays, Little Girls, & Makeout Party @ Echoplex
- Zach Steel @ Canter's Kibitz Room
- Norah Jones & M. Ward @ The Greek
- Deadbeat Sinatra, Red Cavalier, The Owsleys, & Experiment Perilous @ The Scene (Glendale)
- Castledoor, The Don’ts, Japanesian Barbie, & Emma Burgess @ The Silver Lake Lounge
- Tortoise @ The El Rey

DECISION:
If you haven’t seen Sea Wolf or The Minon Canon before and heart semi-melancholic pop music, you really ought to do yourself a favor and go check one out on Thursday night.

Friday, June 22
- The Switch & Division Day @ Safari Sam’s
- Rob Crow (of Pinback), Johnny and The Moon (w/ Dante Decaro of Wolf Parade), & Manic @ Spaceland
- Carina Round @ Amoeba Music
- Castledoor @ Chain Reaction
- The Controllers, Thee Undertakers, Elegant Bastards, & The Devil @ The Scene (Glendale)
- Repeater @ Fais Do-Do
- Divisadero, 1985, The Louvre, & The Solvents @ Pehrspace
- Silver Daggers @ Henry Fonda Theater
- Low @ The Troubadour (Cancelled)

DECISION:
Sea Level Records’ Going Away Party on Friday night at Safari Sam’s is not to be missed. The last time I saw The Switch play? They completely fucking killed it. And Division Day? I don’t they have a song that I don’t like or lurve.

Saturday, June 23
- Tarwater @ Spaceland
- Low @ The Troubadour (Cancelled)
- Silver Daggers @ Henry Fonda Theater
- Turn Of The Radio @ Echoplex
- DJ Food @ The Troubadour
- Alela Diane, Lee Bob Watson, Mariee Sioux, Aaron Ross, & Benjamin Oak Goodman @ The Echo
- Fluff, Supreme Dicks, & Boy/Girl @ The Scene (Glendale)
- The Natural Disasters, The Evangenitals, Vermouth, Cousin Junebug, Ollin, & 8 Bit @ Mr. T's Bowl
- The Weather Underground, Nightbirds, & Lismore @ Pehrspace
- The Police & The Foo Fighters @ Dodger’s Stadium

DECISION:
I don’t really know any of the bands playing on Saturday night too well… Any suggestions? (Check the comments below.)

Sunday, June 24
- Little Radio Summer Camp w/? @ The Little Radio Downtown Warehouse
- Tegan & Sara @ Amoeba Records (free in-store)
- One Trick Pony @ The Good Hurt
- Nomo @ Spaceland
- Janeane Garofalo @ The Troubadour
- Kites in Flight, Finn Riggins, Jared Mees, Volitons @ The Scene (Glendale – FREE)
- El-Haru Kuroi, The Devil's Romantics, The Mamasuki, & The Keys @ The Eagle Rock Bowling & Drinking Club at All-Star Lanes
- DJ Shadow, Cut Chemist, & Jurassic 5 @ The Hollywood Bowl

DECISION:
I’m definitely going back to Little Radio Summer Camp on Sunday ... just for fun in the sun ... but I don’t know who is playing. After that? Maybe The Devils Romantics at The Eagle Rock Bowling & Drinking Club.

That's it. Did I miss anything? Please lemme know.