The Monday Show Low Down (Or "Blinking Means Help Is On The Way")

It's not long now before the holiday season grinds going out to see live music into dust for a bit -- though there are still a few noteworthy shows going on this week. (By the way, remember to check out the site over the time-off cause we have a few feature articles planned.)

Let's take a look at the next seven days in a row...

Monday, December 17
- Indie 103.1’s Check One… Two w/ The Happy Hollows & Great Northern @ The Viper Room
- Performer Magazine presents: The Binges, Dan le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip @ Spaceland
- Finn Riggins & The Ethels @ The Silver Lake Lounge (FREE)
- The Binges @ Spaceland (FREE)
- Hit Record @ The Troubadour
- The White Coffin Terror, Los Malvados, Need, & Phantom .357 @ The Scene
- Exitmusic, The Lamps, & In Waves @ Bordello

DECISION:
The Indie 103.1 Check One, Two... Holiday Party at The Viper Room looks great, what with both Great Northern and The Happy Hollows together, and the Bordello show with the respectively spooky and loud Exitmusic and In Waves should also be well worth your time plus energy.

Tuesday, December 18
- Radio Free Silver Lake Presents Let’s Independent! w/ The Flying Tourbillon Orchestra, Frankel (filling in for Amnion), & Castledoor @ Boardner’s (FREE)
- Ranch Party w/ Clyde Wrenn @ Spaceland
- Marvelous Toy, One Trick Pony, Captain Automatic, & Sam And Alex @ The Silver Lake Lounge
- Might Six Ninety & IO Echo @ The Troubadour
- The Monolators, Shiloe, Happy Dwarf, & The Wallburds @ The Scene (FREE)
- Oliver Future @ The Viper Room
- Ranch Party w/ Cousin Lovers, Merle Jagger, & Clyde Wrenn @ Spaceland
- David Ryan Harris, Chris Pierce, & Destani Wolf @ The Roxy
- John Gold, Maycomb: The Mew, & Franklin For Short @ Bordello

DECISION:
We had a late line-up change for our Let's Independent! event at Boardner's with Castledoor and The Flying Tourbillon Orchestra where great indie pop act Frankel will be filling in for the unavoidably detained Amnion.

It's FREE and fun and a solid alternative to office holiday parties and running around buying presents when you really could just order them online and stuff.



Go here for all the details and to hear tracks from all three bands right here.

Wednesday, December 19
- The Rhone Occupation @ The Hotel Cafe
- Fangs On Fur, (((6))), & Binary Field @ Bordello
- Pioneers, The Chiggers, & Skates & Rays @ The Scene
- Rose Rossi, Leviathan Brothers, B.R.A.M., & Learning Music @ The Silver Lake Lounge
- Mutating Meltdown, All Neon Like, Ima Gymnist, Finally Bomb Squad!, & Holy Buffaglow @ The Smell
- The Binges & Dirty Kings @ The Troubadour
- Indie 103 present CLUB NME w/ The Republic Tigers & The Hugs @ Spaceland

DECISION:
What I've heard so far from The Rhone Occupation is pretty good and mean to try to catch him/them live.

DOWNLOAD: Leave It Alone MP3

Thursday, December 20
- Forcefield On, Evil Maria, & Seasons @ The Scene (FREE)
- Stereotype The Sound @ The Troubadour
- Rumspringa, The Devil Makes 3, Army Navy, & Chief @ The Echo
- The Lilys, Mezzanine Owls, & Winter Flowers @ Spaceland
- Quan And The Chinese Takeouts, Panic Movement, & Minbike @ Mr T’s Bowl
- Digits, The Red Hearts, The Muslims, & People Eaters @ The Smell
- Arthur Magazine Presents Michael Hurley, Entrance Band, & Ans @ Bordello

DECISION:

It's down to a chance to see Mezzanine Owls play their new stuff at Spaceland or catching Army Navy performing their new material at The Echo to me.

Friday, December 21
- Holiday Show w/ Nightfur & The Hundred Days @ El Cid
- Rademacher CD Release Party @ The Echo
- Echo Curio Holiday Party w/ Manhattan Murder Mystery, Guppies, & The Health Club @ The Echo Curio
- Security Productions, Punk Rock Whores, The Thingz, Andrew’s Bad Stuff, Rovers Pinky, & MC Acid Andy @ Mr T’s Bowl
- 8th Annual Sunset Snowball Bash hosted by Cisco Adler featuring Shwayze, 3Oh!3, Hyper Crush, Lisa D'Amato The Medic Droid, LMFAO, & Dj Skeet Skeet @ The Roxy
- Bullet For Dali, The Pacific, The Wallburds, & The Great Gleaming Sea @ The Scene
- Terrors, Heavy Face, Wire Werewolves, Obstacle Corpse, & Admiral Angry @ The Smell
- Lilys, Ariel Pink, & Hot Shit @ Spaceland
- Die Rockers Die, Madamn Grislee (record release), & Finland Station @ Pehrspace
- Busdriver & Daedalus @ The Troubadour

DECISION:
We're giving away a few pairs of tickets to Rademacher's CD Release Party at The Echo... Just write us here with your full name in order to be entered in the drawing.

I'm also a huge fan of 60s psyche pop act Nightfur, who are also playing on Friday night at El Cid.

Saturday, December 22
- Almost Acoustic Cursemas featuring The Curse, Sweetest Perfection, & Anna Stafford String Quartet @ The Roxy
- Xman @ Mr T’s Bowl
- The Probe, The Most Powerful Hand, Tijuana Knife Fight, & Iron Mtn @ The Scene
- Very Be Careful Holiday Special @ Bordello

Sunday, December 23
- The Happy Casualties, Happy Dwarf Band, The Sly Digs, & The Weather Undergrounds @ Mr T’s Bowl
- Lungbutter, Suns Beneath, & Mantis Mantis @ The Scene

DECISION:
I'm afraid I've got nothing for Saturday or Sunday night. Anyone?

That's it. Please let me know if I missed anything.