The Monday Show Low Down (Or "One Of These People ... Is A Werewolf!")

Been working so much lately I've been missing shows left and right, but the new game is coming along well. I hope to sneak out for a few of the nights this week, but I'm really, really, really looking forward to our Let's Independent! show on the 19th. All three acts are fantastic.

Monday, August 11th
- Indie 103.1’s Check One...Two presents... Love Grenades, Ladies and Gents, Little Red Radio, & The Kiss Off @ The Silver Lake Lounge (FREE)
- Sean Carnage Presents KXLU’s Demolisten w/ Pinched Nerve, Dog Weed, & Mi Ami @ Pehrspace
- Ric Veda @ Cafe Mariposa
- The Urxed, Soft Circle, Abe Vigoda, Bow Ribbons, Lucky Dragons @ The Smell
- Warpaint, Megapuss, Rainbow Arabia, Captain Ragz @ Spaceland
- Pierre De Reeder & Michael Runion @ The Echo (FREE)
- Inara George Record Release @ Largo
- Sean Carnage Presents KXLU’s Demolisten Pinched Nerve, Dog Weed, & Mi Ami @ Pehrspace
- Heck Acounting, No Go Know, Dan and Mindy and The Gorilla from Criminal Belly, & Hello From Reno @ Mr T's Bowl
- Jeffrey Davis (of Brian Jonestown Massacre) & friends @ Cafe Mariposa
- Love Grenades & Ladies and Gents @ The Silver Lake Lounge (FREE)

DECISION:
The folks behind KXLU Demolisten show are putting on a night at Pehrspace tonight. I don't know the acts that are playing, but they've turned me on to good music (like Amnion, por ejemplo).

Tuesday, August 12th
- Paleface, Mouse Kills Tiger, My Imaginary Friends, & Dallas Don @ The Silver Lake Lounge
- Bigelf @ Amoeba Music (7pm)
- Billy Boy on Poison @ The Troubadour
- Magic Johnson, Don Hellions, David Scott Sloane, & Lacoste @ The Smell
- Static Aktion Presents: Ahlzagailzehguh, Yellow Tears (members of Halflings), Rale, Infinite Body, & Human Hands @ Pehrspace
- Or The Whale, Idaho Falls, Leslie & the Badger, Caleb Nichols, & Daniel Ahern @ The Echo
- Ariel Pink, Chairlift, Gary Wilson, DJs Ian Marshall & Don Bolles @ Echoplex
- The Good Night, Townland, & Bats in the Belfry @ Tangier
- Veronique's Red Velvet Variety Show @ Echo Curio
- Or The Whale, Idaho Falls, Leslie & the Badger, Caleb Nichols @ The Echo

DECISION:
Some people like Ariel Pink's weirder music, some people like his 60s pop stuff more. Never know what you'll get...

Wednesday, August 13th
- Rachael Cantu, Nicole Simone, & Odessa @ Tangier
- My Flag is on Fire, The Ukulady, & The Solvents @ Echo Curio
- The Locusts, Qui, Upsilon Acrux, Halloween Swim Team @ The Echo
- White and The Writing & Pink Mochi @ The Silver Lake Lounge
- Dub Club @ Echoplex
- Low vs Diamond @ The Troubadour
- The East Conference Champions @ Redwood Bar
- Slummonkechelon, The Big Booty Party, The Dharma Bums, & Manhattan Murder Mystery @ Mr T's Bowl
- Club Moscow/ Dead Ponys, Wallpaper, & The Black Palms @ Boadner's of Hollywood

DECISION:
Tuesday night with Manhattan Murder Mystery at Mr T's Bowl sounds like much fun.

Thursday, August 14th
- River of Suns, Daniel Ahearn, & Liz Pappademas @ Tangier
- Marcus Very Ordinary, Roger moon, & Wadsworth @ Tangier
- Chester French, Jeppe (of Junior Senior), Inverse @ Spaceland
- Xiu Xiu & Carla Buzolich @ The Echo
- Dawes & Chief Dawes @ The Troubadour
- Sunny McGroovy, Rebecca Harris, Circus Atari Acrobats, Super Duper Star, The Happy Casualties, Enid the Dowl, & Codpiece @ Mr T's Bowl
- Respect presents: Optical, Machete DJ, b2b @ Echoplex
- Actress, Idyllists, The Gene Wilder, Socadia, & Alicia Marie @ The Silver Lake Lounge
- The Octopus Project @ The Knitting Factory

DECISION:
Austin's madcap instrumental act The Octopus Project are even worth going to see at a Hollywood strip mall...

Friday, August 15th
- The Mormons 10th Anniversary w/ Ninja Academy, Midway, The Bolides, & The Beeters @ Mr T's Bowl
- Hearts of Palm UK, Fascinoma, Josh Steinmerz, & Dana's @ Echo Curio
- Benji Hughes, B.R.A.M., & Quazar and The Bamboozled @ El Cid
- Flying Lotus @ Amoeba Music (8pm)
- Valient Thorr @ The Troubadour
- Moses Campbell, Watercolor Paintings, & Haim @ The Smell
- Spindrift, Crooked Cowboy, The High Society @ Spaceland
- Idina Menzel @ The Wiltern
- Jon Brion @ Largo
- Starlight Desperation Album Release @ Redwood Bar
- Boris Smile, Joy Shannon and The Beauty Marks, & Shiloe @ Pehrspace
- Club Underground presents: Pop Levi, The Parson Redheads @ The Echo

DECISION:
Spindrift are one of those local psych rock acts that usually play warehouse shows that never get advertised... Worth catching.

Saturday, August 16th
- Benji Hughes, Whispertown2000, & Belle Brigade @ El Cid
- Panic Movement, Seasons, & Million Kids @ Cafe Mariposa
- Model K, Emperors of Japan, & Fight From Above @ Pehrspace
- New Maximum Donkey, The Power Cords, Go Set Go, & more @ Mr T's Bowl
- Ars Petria, Jesus Makes the Shotun Sound, EXIT MUSIC, & Voices Voices @ L'Keg Gallery
- The Queens of the Stone Age @ The Henry Fonda Music Box
- Colin Hay @ Largo
- Zs, Daniel Francis Doyle, & Upsilon Acrux @ The Smell
- Manimal Vinyl presents: The Muslims, Gangi, Pizza!, Amanda Jo Williams @ Spaceland
- Matt Pryor (The Get up Kids & The New Amsterdams) & Chris Conley (Saves the Day) @ The Troubadour
- Bank Holiday, Crash Holiday, Amazing Reverb Engine, & Pillows @ Echo Curio
- James Jackson Toth, The Duchess & The Duke @ The Echo
- Hang the DJs w/ The Par Avion Band & Jeppe of Junior Senior @ The Echo (late)
- Pizza! Gangi, The Muslims, & Amanda Jo Williams @ Spaceland

DECISION:
I've told myself that I will finally go see Benji Hughes this time he's in town...

Sunday, August 17th
- Super Karma @ Zen Sushi
- Amoebapalooza @ King King
- Grand Ole Echo @ The Echo (early)
- Steve Barton and the Oblivion Click, Extra, Megasapien, Sidewalk Society @ Spaceland
- Ditka, Under The Asbury, She and The Wolves, & Chrome 2007 @ Mr T's Bowl
- Part Time Punks presents: Suki Ewers (ex-Opal/Mazzy Star) CD Release Event w/ Old Toy Trains @ The Echo (late)
- Obi Best (formerly Colorforms), Readers, Mooey Moobau, & Johnnie Newman @ Tangier

DECISION:
Suki Ewers is another local act I've been meaning to see. This show is the cd release party for her latest album and Old Toy Trains are also playing.

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