The Monday Show Low Down (Or "I Woke Up In The Past Then Realized It Was Today...")

Nope. Not going to Coachella this weekend. I went a few years back when it was the amazing line-up of Radiohead, Broken Social Scene, The Pixies, Belle & Sebastian, The Black Keys, The Cure, Air, and more, which was fantastic. And we stayed at an old Howard Hughes’ bachelor pad with a pool and a Jacuzzi and all the style in the world.

Since then, the line-ups haven’t grabbed me as much, someone else has snagged that damn house, and I’ve been, oh, a little more focused on local LA music -- also? lazy... -- so I’ve skipped.

If you’re heading out, have a great time. Definitely some great shows in town before the festival.

Monday, April 21
- Radars to the Sky, You Me & Iowa, Rademacher, & "Special Guests" @ The Echo (FREE)
- Blanket & Emily Lacy @ Echo Curio
- Ruby james & Matt Ellis @ The Troubadour
- The Lieutenants, HMS Terror, & Go Betty Go @ The Silver Lake Lounge (FREE)
- Sissy Spacek & Skull Skull @ The Smell
- The Abe Lincoln Story, The Burlington Family, & Kate Kilbane and The Porters @ Mr T’s Bowl
- Norfolk & Western, Weinland, Next of Kin, & Lamps @ Bordello
- Sean Carnage Presents The Monolators, Battlehooch, & Right Hand Band @ Pehrspace
- Seasons, Mind Sound, Ghost Machinist, & The Beeters @ The Scene (FREE)
- Johnathan Rice, Amnion, Jonathan Wilson, Johnathan P Sparagus @ Spaceland (FREE)
- Pre w/Health @ UCLA's Kerckhoff Hall
- Indie 103.1 Presents Sky Parade, Moonrats, Mercy Mercy, & Warpaint @ The Viper Room
- KROQ Presents Locals Only w/ Moving Picture Show, Emery Bird, & Big Bang @ Crash Mansion (FREE w/ RSVP)

DECISION:
If you find the Radars To The Sky residency w/ Rademacher and You, Met, & Iowa at The Echo too crowded tonight because of their unannounced “special guests” (I’m working from the assumption this is the band what was signed last week) then it’s worth checking out last minute adds Amnion at Spaceland.

Tuesday, April 22
- Indian Jewelry, Geneva Jacuzzi, The Muslims, & Imaad Wassif with Two Part Beast @ The Echo
- Black Kites & The Hectors @ La Cita
- Rocco DeLuca, Annie Stela, Trainwreck, Luke Paquin @ Spaceland
- Mark Mallman, Dorian Wood, Fascinoma, & Tour De France @ The Silver Lake Lounge
- Chase Frank @ The Knitting Factory
- Coca Cola, Lamicaela Bastidas, Naima Earth Band, Excessive Acts, & MASTER CYLINDER @ Mr T’s Bowl
- KROQ & Safari Sams presents Virtual Tuesdays w/Guitar Hero Competition and THE EYE PODZ(18andOver) @ Safari Sam’s
- ASCAP Presents The Weather Underground, Aushua, Oliver Future, & Karin Tatoyan @ The Troubadour

DECISION:
The Weather Underground’s EP release party w/ Aushua, Oliver Future, & Karin Tatoyan at The Troubadour sounds fun. (Scroll down for our interview w/ them from last Friday.) And so does The Black Kites and The Hectors at La Cita.

Wednesday, April 23
- Club Moscow Presents Policy @ Boardner's of Hollywood
- Bigbang, The February Fifths, & The French Semester @ The Silver Lake Lounge
- Security Productions, Bad Poetry Minute, The Hell Surfers, & Kamikaze @ Mr T’s Bowl
- The Dodos @ Amoeba Music (7pm)
- Sean Hayes @ El Cid
- Dub Club Presents: Michael Prophet, Meets Scientist @ Echoplex
- The Ruby Suns & The Happy Hollows @ The Echo
- Indie 103 presents CLUB NME w/ His Mischief @ Spaceland
- Sara Lov, Hands, Eulogies, & Cinnamon Roll Gang (puppet show) @ Tangier
- Her Space Holiday @ The Troubadour

DECISION:
The Dodos are playing Wednesday at Amoeba for free and then returning next week to perform at The Natural History Museum (w/ Les Savy Fav). Definitely go to one or both.

Thursday, April 24
- The Afternoons, Throw Me The Statue, & Siberian @ The Silver Lake Lounge
- Caribou w/ Fuck Buttons @ The El Rey
- The Watkins Family Hour @ Largo
- La Micaela Bastidas, Halloween Swim Team, Blue Jungle, & Manhattan Murder Mystery @ Mr T’s Bowl
- Hell Ya! pres: Birds of Avalon, Twilight Sleep, Venus Infers @ The Echo
- Flight of the Conchords @ Amoeba Music
- The Black Heart Procession @ The Troubadour

DECISION:
You can’t go wrong with pop aficionados The Afternoons and the haunty echoey Twilight Sleep are also well worth catching.

Friday, April 25
- Daniel Brummel (of Ozma), The French Semester, & Foreign Keys @ Spaceland
- LaCo$te, Ima Gymnist, & Dude Dogg @ Pehrspace
- Club Underground pres: Aanchors Aaweigh @ The Echo
- Urban Underground @ Echoplex
- Le Face, NASA Space Universe, Duke Nukem Forever, & Fail! @ The Smell
- Look Past the Stars, Mama Suki, The Time of the Assassins, Paul Avion, & Bigfoot on Mars @ Mr T’s Bowl
- Jon Brion @ Largo
- Mudcrutch @ The Troubadour
- Coachella Valley Music Festival @ Empire Polo Fields in Indio

DECISION:
If you missed pop act The French Semester on Tuesday because you went to The Troubadour (and are skipping Coachella), here’s your second chance.

Saturday, April 26
- One Trick Pony, Mad Gregs, & The Slow Demise @ Pehrspace
- Evil Maria CD Release Show @ Tangier
- The Joggers & The Big Sleep @ Spaceland
- blue mask, Smash Fashion, Steve Gregoropoulos, Biblical Proof of UFOs, Freehead, The Urinals, Motorcycle Black Madonnas, Backbiter/Friends/Amadans, The Probe, & End Fatso Jetson @ Mr T’s Bowl
- Mudcrutch @ The Troubadour
- The Traditional Fools, Thee Makeout Party, Pterodacdude, A.M., & Audacity @ The Smell
- Jon Brion @ Largo
- James Brown Tribute @ The Echo
- Coachella Valley Music Festival @ Empire Polo Fields in Indio

DECISION:
One Trick Pony’s show at Pehrspace on Saturday won’t be a cd release party now, but it’s a great opportunity to see them play at a nice small, quiet place where you can appreciate 'em fully.

Sunday, April 27
- Neil Hamburger w/Andy Kindler, Fancy Space People, The Fuxedos, Mack Lindsay, & plus special guest @ Spaceland
- Taylor Goldsmith @ Tangier
- The Human Echo, Joshua Lane, The Health Club, & ? @ Mr T’s Bowl
- Richie Hass Memorial/Benefit @ Echoplex
- Grand Ole Echo pres: Dead Rock West, Jeremiah & the Red Eyes, Bob Woodruff, Sarah Stanley @ The Echo (early)
- Part Time Punks @ The Echo (late)
- Captain Ahab, Fleshtone, I.E., & Kyle H Mabson @ The Smell
- Coachella Valley Music Festival @ Empire Polo Fields in Indio

DECISION:
Oops! The show at Pehrspace has been pushed into the future. Anyone have any recommendations for Sunday night?

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