Twilight Sleeps is one of the bands that opens for Pity Party tonight at Spaceland | Photo by Joya Martuscello Sometimes Monday nights lead to tough choices. For Jax at Rock Insider, it's between The Pity Party (who we interviewed this morning) and The Henry Clay People. Luckily, both bands are playing all month. Still, there are many choices. If you like your music Folk, your drinks cheap and have never been to Joe's......

Smash Fashion plays Monday nights at Crash Mansion | Photo via their MySpace page Month-long residencies are one of the best ways to catch up-and-coming bands in Los Angeles. You have at least four times to catch a band, and each time, if they are gaining popularity over each show, it will be harder to see them. Last Thursday at their final residency concert, The Airborne Toxic Event played a sold out show with......

Pity Party at Little Radio on New Years Eve | Photo by Koga/LAist Despite it being Superbowl Sunday, February residencies got off to a great start last night with Alex & Sam at Tangier. Tonight is the first night of February residencies at Spaceland, Silverlake Lounge, Crash Mansion and The Echo/Echoplex. By last Thursday, The Airborne Toxic Event had gained so much popularity from their January residency, they had to reject 300 people from......

Part of an ongoing series. Two weeks ago, locals The Airborne Toxic Event (MySpace), declared one of three bands to watch by The LA Times' Kevin Bronson, performed the first of five shows for their January residency at Spaceland (MySpace) in Silver Lake. The artists that are sharing the spotlight with them are a veritable who's who of rising stars on the indie music scene. Thus far, they have included Canon Blue (MySpace), The......

We Barbarians, the Long Beach locals who recently played on tour with the Cold War Kids, begin their Silverlake Lounge Residency tonight. And we fully approve. &righticonhover=0x333232&text=0x333232&slider=0xF2F2F2&track=0xFFFFFF&border=0xFFFFFF&loader=0x838383&soundFile=http://aprodxn.com/laist/zfiles/webarbarians1.mp3"> "Yesmen & Bumsuckers" - In The Doldrums EP &righticonhover=0x333232&text=0x333232&slider=0xF2F2F2&track=0xFFFFFF&border=0xFFFFFF&loader=0x838383&soundFile=http://aprodxn.com/laist/zfiles/03Doldrums.mp3"> "In The Doldrums" - In The Doldrums EP &righticonhover=0x333232&text=0x333232&slider=0xF2F2F2&track=0xFFFFFF&border=0xFFFFFF&loader=0x838383&soundFile=http://aprodxn.com/laist/zfiles/04SpunOut.mp3"> "Spun Out" - In The Doldrums EP Tonight, they play with Aushua (Orange, CA) and Drew Grow (Portland, OR); next week with The Henry Clay People and Matt Death and......

Take note as Spaceland produces two great concerts tonight. One, a free concert downtown at Pershing Square featuring clean and well orchestrated story telling sounds of the Mezzanine Owls. It's the Spaceland On Ice series, so go skate and listen to music! At Spaceland itself, The Airborne Toxic Event is in residency this month starting tonight where they will place with the Henry Clay People, Natural Disasters and Frankie Palmer. Getting a little more wordly,......

Lydia Lunch w/ Sonic Youth - "Death Valley 69" James Taylor @ Barnes & Noble - Third St. Promenade (6pm) Lydia Lunch @ Hammer Museum HIM, Bleeding Through @ The Orpheum Loudon Wainwright III @ Largo Suzanne Vega @ El Rey Castledoor, Polytechnic @ Spaceland Athlete, Gemma Hayes @ Troubadour Paramore @ The Wiltern Magnet, Sara Lov, The Panda Band @ The Roxy Correatown, The Broken West, The Henry Clay People, The Monolators @......

The Pogues - "If I Should Fall From Grace From God" The Pogues, Ted Leo @ The Wiltern Cypress Hill @ House of Blues Regina Spektor @ Grove of Anaheim Danzig @ The Greek CéU @ The El Rey Ghostface Killah @ Vault 350 Lucha VaVoom @ The Mayan The Binges, Sasquatch, Jessie Deluxe, HDR @ King King Tristeza, Aqueduct, Georgie James @ The Echo Bela, The Mythical Creatures @ The Viper Room The......

Kid Sister - "Pro Nails" Got my toes done up with my fingernails matchin Kid Sister, A-Trak & DJ Mehdi, Kavinsky, Cool Kids @ The Roxy Sunset Rubdown @ El Rey J.Lo & Marc Anthony @ Staples Dios Malos, The Movies, The Submarines, The Henry Clay People @ Little Radio Youth Brigade, Career Soldiers @ Safari Sam's Video Games Live @ Nokia Theater Rick Springfield @ House of Blues Anaheim Southern Culture on the......

Justin Timberlake @ Staples Center Cheap Trick @ Bike Fest, Bonelli Park (San Dimas) Pink Martini @ Hollywood Bowl The Spazmatics @ Dragonfly VHS or Beta @ The Glasshouse Handsome Furs, Johnny and The Moon, Nico Stai @ The Echo Hello Menno, Io Perry, Mike Stinson, Alina Simone, Icebird @ Spaceland Letting Up Despite Great Faults, The Henry Clay People @ All Star Lanes......

Beastie Boys @ Wiltern (Gala Event) Earlimart, The String Dream Team @ Echo Park Rec Center Studios Echoplex Foreign Born, In Waves @ The Echo Peter Himmelman, Rebecca Pidgeon, Eric Himan @ The Mint The Mormons, Fuckass & the Grease Patrol @ Mr. T's Bowl The Watkins Family Hour @ Largo The Like @ Cinespace The Go, Apache, Thee Makeout Party, Sweet Evil @ The Knitting Factory Kissing Cousins, The Garden Angels, The Pete's,......

yes. even if we had $3,000+ to pay to see Prince, we'd see the Donnas and their friends at Safari Sam's tonight The Donnas, Donita Sparks, The Binges @ Safari Sam's Prince @ Hollywood Roosevelt LA Guns, Love-Hate, Little Caesar, Rhino Bucket @ The Knitting Factory Steve Winwood @ House of Blues Widespread Panic @ Orpheum Moving Units @ Music Box Colin Hay @ Largo Battles, Ponytail @ The Troubadour Motorycle Black Madonnas, Backbiter......

Kaiser Chiefs, Airborne Toxic Event @ Henry Fonda Meshell Ndegeocello @ Temple Bar Unsane, 400 Blows, Mouth of the Architect @ Spaceland Golden Ax, Batman vs. Predator, Disarm the Speaker @ Knitting Factory Girl in a Coma, The Randies @ Alex's Bar The Tennessee Three, Merle Jagger @ Safari Sam's Let's Go Sailing, Bedroom Walls, Whispertown 2000 @ The Troubadour Peachfuzz, The Shakes, The Scandells @ The Scene Castledoor, Dynamite Walls, The Signal Hill......

The Raveonettes, Electric Duo, Midnight Movies, The Meek @ Spaceland The Black Angels, VietNam, Spindrift @ The Troubadour Deerhoof @ Natural History Museum B-Real @ Key Club The Pharcyde, Ugly Duckling @ Blue Cafe The Colour, Simon Dawes, Takota @ The Roxy Kottonmouth Kings @ Ventura Theatre Matt & Kim, Japanther, Mika Miko, No Age @ The Echo The Moderates, Gliss, The Cheat @ El Cid Sara Hickman @ McCabe's Lorenzo Lamas @ The......

Jill Scott, Lupe Fiasco, Les Nubians @ UCLA Intramural Field John Doe, Pamela Des Barres @ Topanga Days War @ Greek Theatre Go Betty Go, Invid, Red Team Go, Stoic Frame @ Mr. T's Bowl Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys @ The Derby Humboldt Square, The Congregation, Candygram for Mongo, Latham, Dicktastics @ Viper Room The Henry Clay People, Swim Party, Family Tree Analog, Franklin for Short @ All Star Lanes Bizzart, Weekend......

Brother Ali @ Amoeba (free) Albert Hammond Jr., The Dead Trees @ House of Blues El-P @ El Rey Doug Benson, Andy Kindler @ Largo AM, Jim Bianco, Buddy, Kelly Dalton, Laura Jansen @ The Hotel Cafe Gliss, Meho Plaza, The Flesh, Casper @ Spaceland Metal Skool, Vertical Chain, 3 Against 1, L.A. Bonfire @ Key Club Bodies of Water, The Parson Redheads, Muso, Knifey Head @ The Echo The High Society, Bolero, Victor......

Iggy & The Stooges @ The Wiltern Sarah Silverman @ Largo Rooney, Graham Colton, Bleu @ The Roxy Metal Skool, The Atomic Outlaws, Anna’s Brother, Kottak @ Key Club The Black Pine, Happy Hollows, Valentine @ The Echo Midget Fanclub, The Make, The Lieutenants, Blood on the Stereo @ The Gig A Static Lullaby, A Thorn For Every Heart, Kaddisfly @ The Knitting Factory The Henry Clay People, Clark 8, Downtown/Union, The Soft Hands,......

Queensrÿche, Dokken, Great White, Jani Lane @ Key Club Albert Hammond Jr. @ Amoeba Music (6pm) The Cult @ Henry Fonda Bright Eyes, Vetiver, Whispertown 2000 @ El Rey The Young Knives, Dandi Wind @ Spaceland Sick Puppies, Redgun Radar, Narwhal @ The Troubadour Resident Head, The Actual, Rama Duke @ Viper Room Golden Arms, The Henry Clay People, Cosio, Skyscraper Frontier @ Silverlake Lounge The Littlest Viking, Let's Drive to Alaska, Tommy Santee......

Christina Aguilera @ Honda Center Metal Skool @ Key Club Sally Kellerman @ Genghis Cohen The Front, Pity Party, Great Northern, Venus in Furs @ Viper Room Kissing Tigers, The Henry Clay People, To Live & Die in L.A. @ The Troubadour Buffalo Roam, Castledoor, Where’s Moo, The Panda Band @ Silverlake Lounge The Vacation, Lions in the Street, Ride the Blinds, The High Saints @ Safari Sam's The Greatest Touchdown Ever Scored, Who......

Two of LAist's favorite bands are playing tonight. The (still) best unsigned LA band in LA, the Mere Mortals. And the happiest/saddest tunes ever from a married couple since the Carpenters, The Submarines. Mere Mortals, Pity Party @ Silverlake Lounge (free) The Submarines @ The Echo Sarah Silverman @ Largo The Idyllists, The Rolling Blackouts @ Safari Sam's (LA Weekly hints that Lemmy might show up) The Broken West @ Spaceland Metal Skool @......

The Colour @ Spaceland Unwritten Law, As Fast As @ House of Blues The Spazmatics @ The Canyon High Places, Yachts @ Il Corral The Studiofix, Icy Core of Jupiter @ The Smell Wallpaper Airplanes, Tracing Amber @ Lava Lounge Suicide Holiday, Kilter Grey, Tom Korbee, My So Called Friend @ Viper Room John West, Chris Pierce (no relation), Kandace Lindsay @ The Hotel Cafe Kissing Tigers, Die Rockers Die, The Henry Clay People,......

Talib Kweli @ House of Blues Steve Aoki, DJ AM @ LAX The Spazmatics @ Dragonfly T.S.O.L., Manic Hispanic, The Adz, Black Fag @ Vault 350 You Me & Iowa, Scarlet Grey, The Henry Clay People @ Spaceland Valient Thorr, Nebula, Artimus Pyledriver @ The Scene All Shall Perish, The Faceless, Continuum, 13 Killings @ Whisky Anavan, Sexytime Explosion, Deadly Sins @ Alex's Bar Soft Environmental Collapse, Wrapt in Plastic @ Mr. T's Bowl......