The Monday Show Low Down (Or "The Smoke Machine Gave Me A Sore Throat")

I'm still way behind with the site's show calendar beyond this week, but will catch up by Thursday's concert post. Sorry... The nice weather, the wonder that is The Gold Room, helping friends move, and God of War II can all dogpile up to do that to you.

Here's what this week is looking like:

Monday, July 30
- Eskimo Hunter, Deep Sea Diver, & The Pity Party @ Spaceland (FREE)
- The Preacher's Son, Simon Stokes, & Gabriel Hart @ The Scene (FREE)
- 5 O'Clock Somewhere, Ollin, Hello Dragon, & Visions of Hildegard @ The Echo (FREE)
- Lo Fi Sugar, The Stevenson Ranch Davidians, Sons & Lovers, & Nightfur @ The Viper Room
- The Mae Shi, Treasure, Mammal, Bon Voyage, & Bob Bellerue @ Pehrspace
- Eastside Mondays w/ Thailand, The Health Club & The Natural Disasters @ Royale
- Eastern Conference Champions @ Safari Sam’s
- Jesse Harris @ Hotel Cafe
- Franklin For Short @ Tangier
- Vomit Bomb @ The Knitting Factory
- Echo & Ass & Titties present M.I.A. @ Echoplex
- Light FM, Miniature Tigers & Owl Owl @ The Silver Lake Lounge (FREE)

DECISION
It's your last night to see the free residencies for Light FM, Eskimohunter, and 5 O'Clock Somewhere, and the noteworthy Thailand and Lo Fi Sugar are also playing out.

Last minute addition: The Spinto Band are joining the crew at The Silver Lake Lounge tonight.

Tuesday, July 31
- Bat For Lashes, Tara Busch, Lion of Panjshir, & Magick Daggers @ Spaceland
- Bishop Allen, Page France, & Castledoor @ The Echo
- Carina Round @ The Key Club
- Abe Vigoda, Talbot Tagora, We Quit, & John Thill @ The Smell
- The Last Town Chorus @ Amoeba Music
- Casxio, Calls After Midnight, Iglu and Hartly, Le Rev, & Spacekitti @ The Silver Lake Lounge
- Astra Heights & Oliver Future @ The Troubadour
- Wallpaper Airplanes @ The Roxy
- Michael Penn & Patton Oswalt @ Largo
- Echo & Ass & Titties present M.I.A. @ Echoplex
- Who Rides the Tiger, The Black Fuzz, & Iron of Odra @ The Scene
- Peter, Bjorn, & John w/ Fujiya & Miyagi @ The Henry Fonda

DECISION:
The line-up over at Spaceland seems pretty strong on Tuesday night... The UK's Bat For Lashes with two bands I've been meaning to check out for awhile, Tara Busch and Lion of Panjshir.

We're giving away a few pairs of tickets to the show. Write us here with your full name to be entered in the drawing.



Wednesday, August 1
- Signal Hill Transmission, Ianrajproj, & Fenn Fenn Rangers @ The Silver Lake Lounge
- Lily Marlene, Nora Keyes, & Dirtbird @ Bordello
- The Swell Season @ The El Rey
- Dub Club @ Echoplex
- Indie 103.1 presents CLUB NME w/ Great Glass Elevator & Houseguest @ Spaceland
- Fear Before The March Of Flames @ The Troubadour
- The Automatic Music Explosion, Backwoods Payback, Hurt Model, & Last Holy Fools @ The Scene
- The Violent Femmes @ House of Blues Anaheim
- The Stevenson Ranch Davidians @ The Echo

DECISION
I dunno for Weds night. (I thought Signal Hill was playing, but it's Signal Hill Transmission.) Who do you recommend?

Thursday, August 2
- Electric Children @ The Cocaine at Live Jazz
- Filter Magazine’s Revenge of the Sunset Strip w/ Pop Levi, Grand Ole Party, The Shys, The Procession @ The Roxy
- Jill Sobule & Jesse Denatale @ Largo
- Le Face, Vomit Bomb, NASA Space Universe, & ThExamples @ The Smell
- Lil' Band O' Gold @ Spaceland
- Marnie Stern @ The Echo
- The Section Quartet, The Minor Canon @ Pershing Square
- Light FM, Foolproof , The Pacific, Route7, The Power Cords, & Leave @ The Knitting Factory
- Street Dogs & The Tossers @ The Troubadour
- Thee LA Gentlemen Callers, The Fresas, Tommy Peacock & the Gas, & Burlesque @ The Scene
- Marni Stern @ The Echo
- The Chaser & Kelly Demartino and James Combs @ Tangier
- Sabrosa Purr, nadaContra, & Secret Six @ The Silver Lake Lounge

DECISION:
People have been saying good things about the live show for San Diego's Grand Ole Party.

Friday, August 3
- The Monolators, I Make This Sound, E>K>U>K, Mister Loveless, & Dirty City Brothers @ Mr T’s Bowl
- Nymph @ El Cid
- Hornet Leg, Jeremy Jay, Dietra Kruschev, & The Zookeepers @ The Smell
- Big Business & Tweak Bird @ Spaceland
- The Slits & The Icarus Line @ The El Rey
- Grand Ronde @ The Troubadour
- Rick Springfield @ The Gibson Ampitheatre
- Gravy Train!!!!, Mika Miko, Sugar & Gold, DJ Rudy @ Echoplex
- Theodore Meredith Meyer, Charles Mansfield, Matt Eckel, Liz Pappademas, Beth Thornley & Rob, Barbara Gruska @ Pehrspace
- Lucid Sound, Casper, Repeater, & The Great Gleaming Sea @ The Scene
- VHS or Beta @ The Troubadour

DECISION
You read our recent interview with The Monolators and were wondering when you could see them play? Here you go.



Saturday, August 4
- Radars To The Sky, Rademacher, Bedroom Walls, & Death to Anders @ Spaceland
- GWAR & Suicidal Tendencies @ The Verizon Wireless Ampitheater
- Billy Bob Thornton @ The El Rey
- Captain Ahab, Tik///Tik, & I.E. @ The Smell
- Subtle @ The Troubadour
- Andy Palacio and the Garifuna Collective @ Amoeba Music
- The New Ship Pres. - Benefit for Ferdie (400 Blows) w/ The Locust, The Bronx, Qui @ Echoplex
- Sleeping People, Tenebre, Signal Hill, & Nephews @ Pehrspace
- Indian Jewelry, Nymph, Softboiled Eggies, & Pterodactyl @ The Scene
- St Vincent, Josh Haden, & Death Vessel @ The Echo
- Carina Round @ Coco De Mer
- 8-Bit @ The Airliner

DECISION:
You can't go wrong with the lineup of Radars To The Sky, Rademacher, Bedroom Walls, and Death to Anders all together ... And apparently Spaceland agrees because they're taping the show for their Spaceland Recordings series.

And if you didn't get a chance to catch Signal Hill at last Tuesday's Let's Independent!, they're playing this Saturday night.

Sunday, August 5
- Tara Busch @ Tangiers
- The New Room, Bullet for Dali, Patient Patient, & The Monthlies @ The Scene
- Sacred Fools @ Spaceland
- After Hours featuring DJ Phil B @ The Henry Fonda
- Eagle Rock Bowling & Drinking Club Presents Underwater City People, The Leviathan Brothers, & Sonadora @ All-Star Lanes
- Echo & Part Time Punks Present 1990s plus special guests @ The Echo
- The French Semester @ Mr T’s Bowl

DECISION
The Eagle Rock Bowling & Drinking Club is always a good time. Just read the cover feature in this week's upcoming Pasadena Weekly. (I'm quoted twice in it. Woo!)

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