Electro rockers, Piel, will play tonight at Crash Mansion | Photo from their MySpace page Last chance to catch bands in their Monday night January residencies. That, plus Fred Armisen, who LA Weekly says "does Prince better than Prince." Fred Armisen, Petra Haden, Chelsea Peretti @ The Troubadour Bloodcat Love, The Growlers, Sons & Lovers, Idyllists @ The Viper Room The Parson Red Heads, Idaho Falls, The Monolators, Papercranes @ Spaceland Piel, Odd Modern......

FRIDAY • The Helio Sequence, King of France (featuring Michael Azerrad, author of Our Band Could Be Your Life) and The Can't See are at Spaceland tonight. Doors open at 9 PM. • Rademacher, Harpeth Trace, The Kris Special and Raymond Richards (of The Idaho Falls) are playing a free show tonight at Mr. T's Bowl in Highland Park. The show starts at 10 PM. • Kristin Hersh's second night at Tangier opens with......

FRIDAY • The Earlies, The Idaho Falls, Great Northern and No North bring on the pop tonight at The Echo. Doors open at 8:30 PM and tickets are $10. [18+] • Very Be Careful and El Manifesto play Dante's birthday party at Little Pedro's. The party gets going at 9 PM. Tickets are $7. • UCLA Live features a performance by the one and only De La Soul at 8 PM. Tickets are $22-38......

FRIDAY • Brazilian Girls and Something for Rockets are at Avalon tonight at 8:30 PM. Tickets are $20. • The Nervous Return are in the Knitting Factory Front Room with Tsk Tsk, The Cinema Eye, Shoot Out The Lights and This Blush. The show starts at 8 PM and cover is $7. • Bay Area beat maestro Lyrics Born is at the El Rey with Ostrich Head, Noah King, Speech Impediments, Swamp House and......

THURSDAY • At the Knitting Factory, check out Red Sparowes (members of Isis, Neurosis, Pleasure Forever, Angel Hair and Halifax Pier) with Darker My Love, Skull Sküll (members of Liars and Young People), DJ Travis Keller and DJ Sam Velde at 8 PM. Tickets are $8 advance, $10 at the door. • The Raveonettes wrap up their last night at Spaceland with She Wants Revenge and Be Your Own Pet. Doors open at 9......

THURSDAY • The Chapin Sisters and The Idaho Falls are at Spaceland tonight. Doors open at 9 PM. • Better Than Ezra are at The Roxy tonight with Ingram Hill. Doors open at 8 PM and tickets are $20. • For the rest of the week, catch special screenings of a 70mm print of the classic Lawrence of Arabia at 7:30 PM at The Aero. • At the Egyptian Theatre, scholar Kevin Barry will......

Though baseball appears to have overtaken America's sporting news, Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena is hosting former Lakers coach Phil Jackson when he signs his new book, The Last Season, at 7:00 PM. If you missed the free (and packed) in-store at Amoeba on Tuesday, head to the Viper Room tonight to see Declan McManus—better known as Elvis Costello—at 9:00 PM. LAist suggests buying tickets now. The Echo and KCRW are presenting an early show......