The Monday Show Low Down (Or “And Like A Good Haircut, You Never Stick Around…”)

You ever have one of those weekends where you go to shows every night and you kind of feel bad about it a little, but at the same time, it’s pretty great? Yeah…

Remember how it was so crowded when Band of Horses played at The Echo that you thought about leaving because you were starting to feel claustrophobic but you were crammed in so fire-hazardey tightly that you knew there was no possible way you could leave?

(It was almost that packed on Saturday night for The Deadly Syndrome’s CD release event – but probably more fun.)

Sometimes it gets so that you almost don't notice that familiar tickle of beads of sweat trickling down the back of your spine. Sometimes you start to think seriously about getting ear plugs professionally made like your drummer friends have.

Sometimes you wonder if you’re going to too many shows…

But then you realize that just so they're all good, that's probably not possible.

Anyway, here’s some of this week’s highlights:

Monday, September 10
- The Happy Hollows, Western States Motel, Tigers Can Bite You, & The Transmissions @ The Echo (FREE)
- Gram Rabbit & Donita Sparks @ Spaceland (FREE)
- The Valley Arena, Younger Youth, Meho Plaza, & Casxio @ The Silver Lake Lounge (FREE)
- Sabrosa Purr @ Safari Sam's
- Pussy Cow, Legs on Sale, & The Dedication @ The Scene (FREE)
- The Airborne Toxic Event @ The Viper Room
- Lucinda Williams @ The El Rey
- Black Olive, Brandon Mayer, Bryony Atkinson, & Michael Miller @ Bordello
- Meho Plaza @ The Silver Lake Lounge
- Spoon @ The Henry Fonda

DECISION:
The Airborne Toxic Event at The Viper Room is the best thing going on the west side on Monday night, while the free line-up of The Happy Hollows, The Western States Motel, Tigers Can Bite You, and The Transmissions at The Echo rules the east.

Tuesday, September 11
- Rogue Wave @ The El Rey
- Bob Log III @ Spaceland
- Qui, Sabertooth Tiger, & Lozen @ The Echo
- Art Brut @ The Key Club
- Hornz & Halos, Substance Abuse, Longevity, & Papillon @ The Knitting Factory
- Teaneck, New Maximum Donkey, & The Good Cheer @ The Scene
- Maserati, El Ten Eleven, & Good To Be @ The Silver lake Lounge
- Lamps, Strangers Smile, & Tiffany Randol @ Bordello
- Paris Loves LA & Pianorag @ The Derby
- Yo Majesty & Von Iva @ Echoplex
- Spoon @ The Henry Fonda

DECISION:
I’ve got nada on Tuesday. I’m going to a Dodgers game, which I hear is baseball.

Clearly, you can see why I was kicked out of Chicago...

Wednesday, September 12
- Pinback @ Amoeba Music (7PM)
- Kinski, Dead Ponies, & Unnatural Heroes @ The Echo
- Club Moscow w/ Dead Sara & Bedtime For Toys @ Boardner’s
- Dub Club @ The Echoplex
- Indie 103.1 presents CLUB NME w/ BM LINX @ Spaceland
- Sweet Evil, 10’Ors, Sons and Lovers, Green and Wood, & The Press Fire @ The Silver Lake Lounge
- Spoon @ The Henry Fonda
- Madame Palmita’s Parlor of Wonders @ Taix
- Everest, Buddy, Sally Jaye, & The Panderers @ Bordello

DECISION:
Pinback’s playing music from their new album for free at Amoeba on Wednesday, so get off work early and get over there. Then, you probably ought to head to Bordello for Everest.

Thursday, September 13
- Rock Insider presents Indie Schmindie w/Thailand, IO Perry, & Solare @ The Scene
- Adeline @ Tangier
- Where’s Moo? @ The Gig
- Filter’s Revenge of the Sunset Strip w/ Jason Falkner, Castledoor, & Annie Stela @ The Roxy
- The Transmissions, One Trick Pony, Death To Anders, & Health Club @ Spaceland
- Height, Pillow Fight Fight, & Billfold Bill @ The Smell
- Grand Ole Echo @ The Echo
- Big Family Benefit w/ Sleven Rucci-Airo, Tree Adams, Glenn Fox, Cydney Robinson, Megan Jacobs, Buddy, Tom Freund, & Holland Greco @ Bordello
- Cavil At Rest, Austin James Band, Cosio, & Good Avery @ The Silver Lake Lounge
- The City Drive, Ok Stranger, Voodoo Organist, & more @ Safari Sam’s
- The Brunettes, Ferraby Lionheart, & Mezzanine Owls @ The Troubadour
- Built To Spill @ The Henry Fonda
- Wolf Parade @ The El Rey

DECISION:
Lots of great shows on Thursday night… We’re helping present The Transmissions, One Trick Pony, Death To Anders, and Health Club at Spaceland, then there’s Rock Insider’s Indie Schmindie with Thailand, IO Perry, and Solare at The Scene, Wolf Parade at The El Rey, Ferraby Lionheart and Mezzanine Owls at The Troubadour, and Castledoor at The Roxy.

And you pretty much can't go wrong with any of those shows...

Friday, September 14
- Anders Parker @ The Hotel Cafe
- Built To Spill @ The Henry Fonda
- The Cinematic Orchestra @ The El Rey
- Bad Dudes, Experimental Dental School, Bipolar Bear, & The Primos @ Pehrspace
- Suishou No Fune, Ancestors, Pocahaunted, & Sea Of Air @ The Smell
- The Binges, Year Long Disaster, Dirty Sweet, & Sea of Air @ Spaceland
- Static Static & The Guilty Hearts @ The Scene
- Echo & Underground present Calvin Harris & BM LINX @ The Echo
- The Squares & The Small Hours @ Cantner’s Kibbitz Room
- YACHT & The Dirty Projectors @ The Echo
- The Bravery @ The Wiltern

DECISION:
I don't know any of the acts playing on Friday night overly well, but folks have written in recommending The Dirty Projectors at The Echo and Anders Parker at The Hotel Cafe.

Saturday, September 15
- Wolf Parade @ The Glasshouse (Pomona)
- KROQ LA Invasion w/ The Smashing Pumpkins, Hot Hot Heat, Foo Fighters, & more @ Home Depot Center
- Lieutenants @ The Scene
- Akimbo, Lebanon, Pony Pants, & Hundreds and Thousands @ The Smell
- Echo, IHEARTCOMIX, Hang the DJs present VHS or Beta, Institubes, Protokoll, & Walter Meego @ The Echo
- Greasy Beats w/ dj mix master wolf @ Bordello
- Indie 103.1 Lobster Festival w/ Eagle & Talon, Great Northern, Scissors For Lefty, & more @ Port of Los Angeles
- Check Yo Ponytail w/ VHS or Beta & Protocol @ The Echoplex
- Guster @ The Avalon
- Devon Paulson, Trap of the Trap, & Sublamp @ Pehrspace
- Mudhoney & The Melvins @ The Henry Fonda

DECISION:
The Lobster Festival at The Port of Los Angeles with Great Northern and Eagle & Talon sounds oddly compelling. I imagine it involves wearing bibs…

Sunday, September 16
- Health Record Release Show w/ Abe Vigoda & Kyle H. Mabson @ The Smell
- Handsome Furs, Johnny and The Moon, & Nico Stai @ The Echo
- Los Duggans, Mishka Shubaly, WellDiggers Banquet, & Brodie Foster Hubbard @ The Scene
- Acute, Miniature Tigers, & Ryen Siegr @ Tanger
- The French Semester @ The Que Sera
- Eagle Rock Bowling & Drinking Club presents Letting Up Despite Great Faults, The Henry Clay People, Enid the Dowl, & Manhattan Murder Mystery @ All-Star Lanes
- Part Time Punks w/ Spektrum & Midnight Movies @ The Echoplex

DECISION:
The LA Times compels you to go see The Henry Clay People at The Eagle Rock Bowling & Drinking Club at All-Star Lanes.

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