The Monday Show Lowdown (Or "And I Ask Myself What Glenn Danzig Would Do...")

It's hard to describe how fantastically well yesterday evening's UNDER COVERED event at All-Star Lanes turned out without coming off like some self-parody of a blogger overly-effusively gushing about a night. Words basically fail... It was one of the most fun times I've ever had at a show. Constant surprises.

Expect a full report later this week after some of the video footage is processed, but, off the top of my head, some of the highlights included: Death to Anders covering the pre-Happy Hollows Sarah Negahdari favorite Driver, Radars to the Sky's performing Rademacher's It Really Shouldn't Matter, The Flying Tourbillon Orchestra playing The Movies' The Monumental Life, and Marvelous Toy doing Fol Chen's No Wedding Cake.

Many thanks to everyone who performed, came out, and helped put on the show -- w/ huge kudos to Pauline from Pehrspace and Janine and Marie from The Eagle Rock Bowling & Drinking Club. (I bowled a 153 and drank an indeterminately large amount of alcohol last night, so believe I'm officially in the club now.)

Monday, February 16
- KROQ Locals Only, Buzzbands LA, Metromix, Citizen LA, and The Fold present Local Natives, Eastern Conference Champions, Army Navy, & Paperplanes @ The Silver Lake Lounge (FREE)
- Aquarium Drunkard presents Le Switch, The Minor Canon, The Breakups, Swim Party @ Spaceland
- Sean Carnage Presents Foot Village, E&E, Puppy Dog, Man’s Assassination, & Vampire Pussy @ Pehrspace
- The Holloys, Rainbow Arabia, Pit Er Pat @ Echo (FREE)
- The Jake LaBotz Band @ Redwood Bar
- PENULTIMATE OBSOLESCENCE - a GOODBYE to ANALOG TELEVISION with SAMUEL PARTAL + MICHAEL JACOBS + ALBERT ORTEGA @ Echo Curio
- Wildbirds & Peacedrums @ Amoeba Music (7PM)

DECISION:
Tonight's a great night to catch Le Switch's free residency at Spaceland because smarty pop merchants The Minor Canon are playing. Likewise, it's a good time to head over to the free Local Natives residency because pop act Army Navy are on the bill.

Tuesday, February 17
- Radio Therapy presents HORSE The Band, iamerror, & Neon Navajo @ The Smell
- Juana Molina @ The Troubadour
- Miranda Lee Richards, The Chapin Sisters, The Moon Upstairs, & Big Search @ Spaceland
- Mike Stinson & Dave Gleason @ Redwood Bar
- Hello From Reno, BoxViolet, & Name of the Moon @ Mr T's Bowl
- The Murder City Devils @ The Henry Fonda Music Box (sold-out)
- Lounge Night w/ NUTTY, Double Naught Spy Car @ The Echo
- Where's Moo, Recycled Air, Audra Mae, & Deccatree @ The Silver Lake Lounge
- Ben Lee w/ Mandy Moore @ Largo
- Juana Molina, Laura Gibson, & Luke Top @ The Troubadour
- THE KARABAL NIGHTLIFE + THE MONOLATORS + THE SHIVERS @ Echo Curio

DECISION:
There's a good folky/poppy collection of bands over at Spaceland, while Echo Curio boasts a diverse a fun line-up and Nintendocore group HORSE The Band destroy at The Smell.

Wednesday, February 18
- ISGOODMUSIC.COM Night w/ Downtown Union, Go West Young Man, Automatique, The Health Club, Manhattan Murder Mystery, Ars Poetria, The Widows, Collisions, On Our Radar Baxter House, Bastidas & Secret Alphabet @ The Scene
- Club Moscow w/ Casxio @ Boardner's of Hollywood
- As Tall As Lions @ The Troubadour
- CLUB NME w/ The Mystery Jets, Low Flying Owls @ Spaceland
- Tatsuya Nakatani & Michel Doneda, I Heart Lung, Nick deWitt, & Destroyer Of Brains @ The Smell
- LA Underground Presents Halloween Swim Team, Monstro, Featherbeard, Cobra Lilies, & Trick Tracy @ Mr T's Bowl
- The Murder City Devils @ The Henry Fonda Music Box
- Low End Theory @ The Airliner
- Dub Club @ Echoplex
- YONDERLOW + COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS + MRS BROWN’S LOVELY DAUGHTER + JULIET PIPER + CHONCEY LANGFORD @ Echo Curio
- No Culture @ The Echo
- Jessica Fichot, Meemies, & Adam Arcuragi @ Bordello
- Archways, Crash Encore, & MFA @ The Silver Lake Lounge
- Marathon Live w/ The Binges + Mere Mortals + Nick Jago @ 3 Clubs
- Andrew Bird @ The Orpheum

DECISION:
ISGOODMUSIC.COM's night at The Scene sees a whopping twelve bands play (including punk heartthrobs Manhattan Murder Mystery), while multi-instrumentalist pop virtuoso Andrew Bird performs at The Orpheum.

Thursday, February 19
- Nathan Payne, van buren boys, wicked wicked ways, avery james, & the hillandales @ The Scene
- Duncan Sheik @ The Vista Theatre
- Annuals @ The Troubadour
- The Watkins Family Hour @ Largo
- Manimal Vinyl and KXLU presents BlackBlack, Alexandra Hope, Corridor, VoicesVoices @ Spaceland
- Electric Children, The Gramercy Riffs, Cobalt Cranes, & Amoveo @ Mr T's Bowl
- Eleni Mandell, The Useless Keys, & Whispertown 2000 @ The Echo
- M Barkley Green's Working Jazz Trio @ Home (FREE)
- OLD TIME JAM hosted by TRIPLE CHICKEN FOOT! @ The Hyperion Tavern
- Respect - AK1200, Scooba, Boxmon b2b Notation, MC Questionmark @ Echoplex
- Living Suns, Lemonwilde, & Wake Up Lucid @ The Silver Lake Lounge
- Evidence @ Amoeba Music (7PM)

DECISION:
I've been keeping an eye out for The Useless Keys. They've got members of three local groups I enjoyed in the past, so expect good things from them. They're opening for the mercurial Eleni Mandell at The Echo.

Friday, February 20
- Bring Back Indie Show w/ Tasso, the gramercy riffs, the lost libraries, ballerina black, & go west young man @ The Scene
- CORREATOWN + RED MAIDS + THE GIFT MACHINE @ Echo Curio
- Irregular Wine Tasting @ Echoplex
- Jon Brion @ Largo
- Murder By Death @ The Troubadour
- Split Lip Rayfield, Sarah Gayle Meech @ Spaceland
- Static Aktion presents... Thurston Moore, The Haters, Dead Machines, Hive Mind, Randy Yau, David Scott Stone, & Pedestrian Deposit @ The Smell
- The Franks, Mega Wand, Kill Kill Kill, & Bestial Mouths @ Pehrspace
- Dropkick Murphys @ Hollywood Paladium
- Falsetto Teeth & The Eternal Triangle @ Mr T's Bowl
- Echo & Club Underground present Broken Spindles @ The Echo
- Sara Lov, Manuok, & Horse Stories @ Home (FREE)

DECISION:
Gotta love Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore for continuing to support smaller venues, experimental acts, and the like.

Saturday, February 21
- The French Semester, Artichoke, Photons, The Flower Machine, & Leisure Pills @ Mr T's Bowl
- Joshua Radin w/ Meiko & Jesse Harris @ The Henry Fonda Music Box
- Kid Infinity, Bastidas, Houseshoez, & E & E @ The Smell
- Gangi @ Apple Store in Glendale Galleria (6:30)
- Gowns, Dawn Kasper (performance art), Auto Da Fe, & Vaudeville @ Pehrspace
- AFTERNOON SHOW with DEAD MACHINES SOLO SETS w/ SPYKES / TOVAH D-DAY + DAMION ROMERO + HIVE MIND vs SIXES + JASON CRUMMER + OBSTACLE CORPSE + JARRETT SILBERMANN @ Echo Curio (2PM)
- RATS + LA FOG + DEVIN SARNO + guests @ Echo Curio
- Funky Sole @ The Echo
- Lisa Hannigan @ The Troubadour
- Grails, James Blackshaw @ Spaceland
- Hang the DJs @ Echoplex

DECISION:
Feed Your Head's Brad and I were just talking yesterday about how good The French Semester's new album is... It straddles the line between rock and pop and is influenced by a lot of our favorite late 60s bands.

Sunday, February 22
- SPIRIT VINE + EAGLE WINGED PALACE + MY PET SADDLE (local music DJ set by Radio Free Silver Lake) @ Echo Curio
- VOICEsVOICEs @ The Smell
- Neil Hamburger, Kidneys, The Imaginary Bear and Barney Puppet Show @ Spaceland
- KidRockers presents The Broken West, Whispertown 2000 @ The Echo
- The Derailers, The Palominos, Mike Stinson and Dave Gleason @ Redwood Bar
- Blood hook, nothing yet, the mormons, & the kids of widney high @ The Scene
- Part Time Punks - Arthur Russell Tribute Nite w/ Hecuba & Julia Holter @ The Echo
- Alex & Sam @ Home (FREE)

DECISION:
Sunday night at Echo Curio should be great fun. The recently-signed (and lovingly spooky) Eagle Winged Palace with blues/psych Spirit Vine and "too tired to sleep music" of My Pet Saddle. (And I'll be djing a mix comprised of newer tracks by local bands.)

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