The Monday Show Low Down (Or "I Know Who The Werewolf Is!!")

How about that one sports team, huh? I'm not really sure who played... but that could well be either my complete and utter lack of interest in sports or the fact I've been on a scary monster deadline lately.

The latter has caused me to miss more shows that I'd like to admit lately -- but I'm glad that I'll be able to show people the video game I've been working on in the near future. Maybe I can even post a trailer...

Anyway, here's what this week is looking like and what I'd be going out to if I could. (To quote Lou Reed, "Some people like to go dancing... Other peoples? We gots to work!")

Monday, February 4
- The Karabal Nightlife, Kissing Cousins, & Sonadora @ Bordello
- Vampire Weekend @ Amoeba Music (FREE - 7PM)
- The Digs @ Mr T's Bowl
- Henry Clay People, Coco B’s, Le Switch, & The Natural Disasters @ The Echo (FREE)
- The Lynx Technique; Names in Vain; Jim, Son of James, & Johnny Mack @ The Scene
- Robert Francis, Jesse Denatale, & Dan Cranes @ The Silver Lake Lounge (FREE)
- Icarus Line @ The Viper Room
- Hot Chip @ The El Rey
- KCRW Presents Rickie Lee Jones @ Echoplex
- Pinhead Gunpowder @ The Troubadour
- Sean Carnage Presents Foot Village, Carla Bozulich, Sonelle, Barry Conley, & Jeff Boynton @ Pehrspace
- The Pity Party, The Happy Hollows, Light FM, & Rademacher @ Spaceland (FREE)

DECISION:
You can't go wrong tonight. Start out at Amoeba for the Vampire Weekend in-store at seven and then proceed to either Spaceland for the fucking incredible line-up of The Pity Party, The Happy Hollows, Light FM, and Rademacher, The Echo for The Henry Clay People and Le Switch, or Bordello for The Karabal Nightlife.

Tuesday, February 5
- Lo Fi Sugar, Quitzow, & Setting Sun @ The Silver Lake Lounge
- Happy Dwarf, The TV Liers, Weatherground & Bella Novella @ The Scene
- Never At Night, Oh Halo, Artichokes, & Maria Orieta @ Bordello
- The Harpeth Trace, Chief Nowhere, Kind Hearts & Coronets, Cat Hair Ensemble @ Safari Sam's
- Black Mountain @ The Troubadour
- Harpeth Trace @ The Echo
- Atomic Sherpas, Joe Baiza Congress Of, Swamp Cajun Beeters, & Vixen Magdalene Burlesque @ Mr T's Bowl
- Dead Meadow, Midnight Movies, & Great Northern @ The Echoplex
- The Harpeth Trace, Kind Hearts & Coronets, Cat Hair Ensemble, & Chief Nowhere @ Safari Sam's

DECISION:
Last time I saw Midnight Movies, they sounded pretty damn good, I've never seen a bad show from Great Northern (wait! looks like it's The Great Northwest instead), and I've been meaning to check out Dead Meadow (who my friend George like to call "Shred Meadow").

Wednesday, February 6
- Aquarium Drunkard Presents Frankel, Le Switch, The Weather Underground, Blair, & The World Record @ The Silver Lake Lounge
- Willoughby, Bukka Allen, Lenly, & Lindi Ortega @ Tangier
- The Donnas @ Crash Mansion
- Dub Club @ The Echoplex
- Velvet Revolver @ The Wiltern
- No Little Kindness & Guestimates @ Mr T's Bowl
- Indie 103 Presents CLUB NME w/ Ungromskullen & Minipop @ Spaceland
- Broadway Calls @ The Troubadour
- Rainman Suite, Underwater City People, Tommy Peacock and The Gas, & The Dedication @ The Scene
- Metromix.com Presents Gran Ronde EP Release Party w/ Bloodcat Love, Wartapes, & Bigbang @ Bordello

DECISION:
Aquarium Drunkard's show at The Silver Lake Lounge should be amazing already between Le Switch and Frankel, and I've heard good things about Blair and The Weather Underground to boot.

Thursday, February 7
- WonderGround @ The Hotel Cafe
- Lux & Ruby's Burlesque-A-Go-Go w/ The Del Reys & The Pike Bishops @ @ The Scene
- The LA Record Presents The Entrance Band, Tweak Bird, & Mountain Party @ The Silver Lake Lounge
- KCRW Presents Ceci Bastida, Calico Horse, Danger Bees, & Free Moral Agents @ Bordello
- The Kooks @ The Troubadour
- Rizorchestra, Flywright, The Kris Special, Franklin For Short, & Seasons @ Mr T's Bowl
- The Lilys @ The Echo
- Blood On The Wall, Afternoons, & Anders and Woods @ Spaceland
- Scary Kids Scaring Kids with Haste The Day @ The El Rey
- Summer Darling EP Release Show w/ Twilight Sleep & You Me & Iowa @ Charlie O's in the Alexandria Hotel

DECISION:
Folks speak well of Summer Darling, so I'd like to check them out, and You Me & Iowa and Twilight Sleep both sounded great last time I heard them play. At the same time, Afternoons are really damn good live, too.

Friday, February 8
- The Studiofix, Quan & The Chinese Take-Outs, Leopol & His Fiction, & Dick Politic @ The Scene
- Piet, Divisible, Surrender The Pink, & Mrs Brown's Lovely Daughter @ Pehspace
- Rhett Miller @ The Troubadour
- Rumspringa, Halloween Swim Team, Bad Dudes, & Pocket Rockets @ The Smell
- Super Furry Animals, Holy Fuck, & Abe Vigoda @ Echoplex
- Musec, Chelsea Trash, The Sundowners, Majestys, & Huntsville @ Mr T's Bowl
- The Kooks, The Morning Benders, DJ’s Daisy O, & Myles Hendrik @ The Echo

DECISION:
I've got nothing for Friday night... Want to pop your own recommendations down in the Comments secion?

Saturday, February 9
- Polka Freakout, I See Hawks In LA, Cosio, & Monte Negro @ El Cid
- Crystal Antlers, Candy Apple, & Balloon @ @ The Scene
- Pillows, Foot Foot, & Monster @ Echo Curio
- Holloys, Tigers Can Bite You, & Shiloe @ Spaceland
- Editors @ The Wiltern
- The Dazes, Chupacobra, The Chopsticks, & The Black Widows @ Mr T's Bowl
- Bipolar Bear, Totally Serious, We Be The Echo, & Tremellow @ The Smell
- Robyn @ The Troubadour
- The New Check Yo Ponytail w/ Mixhell (live), Data, My!Gay!Husband!, Franki Chan, & Paparazzi @ The Echo
- Descarga! The Echoplex
- Katie The Pest, Nephews, Mospeada, & Trinidad w/ acoustic guests: john thill, splintercake, & the most awesome protagonist @ Pehrspace
- Sway, Divisadero, & Hello Dragon @ Crane's Tavern

DECISION:
I've been wanting to see Foot Foot play since I heard them on myspace and Jax at Rock Insider talked them up.

Sunday, February 10
- Razzle Blaster, Radioflash, & Rhythm Nun @ The Scene
- Electrocute, The Lady Tigra, B.R.A.M., & ARP @ Spaceland
- Part Time Punks @ The Echo
- Dr Mint, Plotz! Killsonic, & Vinny Golia Quintet @ Mr T's Bowl
- Alex And Sam, Liz Pappademas, & Dustin Boyer @ Tangier

DECISION:
Again, I've got nothing for Sunday night... Eagle Rock Bowling & Drinking Club, please come back.

That's it. Please let me know if I missed anything and I'll update with any additions.