Test Your Reflex plays this month at Hotel Cafe on Wednesdays | Photo by Luke Wooden via their MySpace Despite SXSW starting up this week with 100+ Los Angeles based bands heading over there, residencies are growing stronger and more venue-diverse across the line, especially on Monday nights where the volume makes it hard to choose from. Here's to a great month of residencies, rock on. Mondays The Chapin Sisters @ The Echo (Free),......

It may be a holiday, yet Mondays are always a guaranteed good night for music with all the residencies in addition to tonight's appearance of Venice local Harry Perry (pictured right) in WeHo We Barbarians, The Morning Benders, Rio Bravo @ Silverlake Lounge Idyllists, The Movies, Light FM, C.R.A.F.T. Club @ Viper Room Radar Bros., Tigers Can Bite You, Kárin Tatoyan, Holloys @ The Echo The Parson Red Heads, The Shaky Hands, Francisco The Man,......

Metal Skool with Kelly Clarkson Wu-Tang Clan @ House of Blues The Signatures, DJ BAD @ Temple Bar Capt. Jeffrey & the Chumbuckets, The Phil Friendly Trio, Darren Stout @ Safari Sam's Devils Playground @ The Bordello LA Jones @ Blue Dog Happenin' Harry & the Hap Tones All Star Band @ The Cat Club The Big Manny Band @ Liquid KItty Metal Skool, Handsome Devil, Eject, Coda Vesta @ Key Club Sumitra @......

Blind Boys of Alabama Christmas Concert, Belly Up Tavern 12/19/06 Great Northern, Happy Hollows @ Viper Room Blind Boys of Alabama Xmas Show @ Disney Hall Guns in Hands, Deadly Sins, Lost Remorse @ Cobalt Cafe Hit Record @ The Troubadour The Lamps, Exit Music, In Waves @ Bordello Metal Skool, Weapon of Choice @ Key Club The Binges, The Ringers, Dan le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip @ Spaceland The White Coffin, Terror @......

Twisted Sister, Metal Skool, the Iron Maidens, and Jani Lane of Warrant are putting on a benefit concert this Friday to support wounded veterans and the families of soldiers overseas. Expect Twisted Sister to rock hits from their Twisted Christmas album (see video after the jump). Doors open at 5:00pm at the Bren Events Center in Irvine, with the show starting about an hour later. Get there early so you have time to adjust your......

Metal Skool w/ Jeremy Piven - "Back in Black" Metal Skool @ Key Club Ky-Mani Marley @ Amoeba Emo Phillips @ Steve Allen Theatre Softlightes, Porterville, El Ten Eleven @ Spaceland The Ramonas, Shatto, All New Like @ The Airliner I See Hawks In LA, Cydney Robinson @ The Bordello D-Strutters, Ninja Academy, Masterslave @ Crash Mansion L.A. Saint Motel, Le Switch, Last American Buffalo, Voxhaul Broadcast @ Viper Room......

Sarah Silverman @ Largo Metal Skool Tommy Peacock, 3 Against 1 @ Key Club Razorlight, Gran Ronde @ Henry Fonda Chris Daughtry @ Orpheum Softlightes, Sunday Drivers, Arizona, Unbusted @ Spaceland Tickle Me Pink, Dead Sara, The Record Life @ Safari Sam's Pedestrian, Cydney Robinson, Holly Palmer @ The Bordello Black Hole Suns, Scott Wolf, Grogans Girl @ The Good Hurt Mercy Killers, The Black Rose Phantoms, Static Though @ Knitting Factory......

Bruce busking in Copenhagen Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band @ Sports Arena Tegan and Sara, Northern State @ Orpheum Queens of the Stone Age, Mastodon @ Nokia Rakim, Ghostface KIllah, Brother Ali @ House of Blues Limbeck, Annie Stela, Rachael Cantu, Tiffany Randol @ The Hotel Cafe Abe Lincoln Story @ Mr. T's Bowl Castledoor, Aaron Espinoza, Frankel, The Morning Benders @ The Echo Hot Hot Heat @ House of Blues, Anaheim......

The Go! Team - "Ladyflash" The Go! Team @ Amoeba (6pm) Firey Furnaces, Pit er Pat @ The Troubadour The Jesus and Mary Chain, Soulsavers, Evan Dando @ House of Blues - Downtown Disney Limbeck, Annie Stela, David Harrington, Megan Palmer, Terrene @ The Hotel Cafe Castledoor, Twilight Sleep, The Flying Tourbillon Orchestra, The Monolators @ The Echo Oliver Future, Something For Rockets, The Satin Peaches @ Spaceland I Make This Sound, Rademacher, Model......

PJ Harvey - "White Chalk" PJ Harvey @ Orpheum Rilo Kiley @ Santa Monica Civic Sarah Silverman @ Largo Black Francis, Eastern Conference Champions @ Safari Sam's Castledoor, Hearts of Palm UK, Princeton @ The Echo Limbeck, Travis Shettel, Andrew Deerin, Chris Koza @ The Hotel Cafe Metal Skool, Born as Ghosts, Immune, Glacier Hiking @ Key Club Suburban Legends, Taxi Doll, Skrotum Kiss @ The Knitting Factory Abe Lincoln Story, Doug Stewart &......

Morrissey @ Pasadena Civic, 2/1/07 Morrissey @ Palladium John Prine @ Cerritos Center Limbeck, The Fareckiea White Soul Band, Jason Karaban @ The Hotel Cafe Redman, Kidz in the Hall, Akir @ House of Blues Fionn Regan, Brandi Shearer @ The Troubadour Justice @ Henry Fonda Patton Oswalt @ Largo Oliver Future @ Spaceland Holly Golightly, Castledoor @ The Echo Fireball Johnson, The Uglysticks @ The Gig AD Chandler, Pam Shaffer @ Genghis Cohen......

Your boy begins his 10-night stand at the re-opened Palladium. This is why they hate us. Morrissey @ Palladium Angie Stone @ Roxy Oliver Future, Asher, Salt & Samovar @ Spaceland Burning Brides, Who Rides The Tiger @ Viper Room Castledoor @ The Echo Metal Skool, Suicide Holiday, Glass Pinata @ Key Club Swords of Fatima, Abe Lincoln Story, Themes @ Mr. T's Bowl The Black Angels, Spindrift, Brian Glaze @ The Troubadour The......

The Submarines - "Brighter Discontent" Foo Fighters @ Henry Fonda The Submarines, Emma Burgess, Western States Motel @ Viper Room Editors, Ra Ra Riot @ The Wiltern Trisha Yearwood @ Cerritos Center Sarah Silverman @ Largo Metal Skool, Tickle Me Pink, Shapes of Racecars @ Key Club Happy Hollows, The Movies, Death to Anders, Lo Fi Sugar @ The Echo Del The Funky Homosapien, Devin the Dude @ House of Blues Gram Rabbit, The......

Spoon - "The Underdog" Spoon @ Henry Fonda The Airborne Toxic Event @ The Viper Room I'm a Bird You're a Bird @ The Cat Club 14 Year Old Girls @ Pehrspace Lucinda Williams @ El Rey Gram Rabbit, Donita Sparks @ Spaceland Metal Skool, Zombies Ate My Nation @ Key Club Todd Rundgren @ Grove of Anaheim Doug Benson, Patton Oswalt @ Largo The Happy Hollows, The Western States Motel, Tigers Can Bite......

Gram Rabbit @ Spaceland Happy Hollows, Billionaires, Soft Hands @ The Echo Metal Skool, The Rainmain Suite, Silver Needle, Die Fast @ Key Club Inherit Disease, Gomorrah, Necronazarene, Abysmal Chaosphere, Rott @ Safari Sam's Seasons, Teddy's Cheer Club, Baxter House, Dirty City Brothers @ Mr. T's Bowl Free To Be Me @ Redondo Beach Pier (drum circle 4pm) The Minor Canon, Satisfaction, The Prix @ Viper Room......

The Thamesmen - "Gimme Some Money" Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer & Friends @ Avalon Joss Stone @ The Greek Sarah Silverman @ Largo Metal Skool, Shapes of Racecars, The Ringers, Crash Hot @ Key Club The Section Quartet w/guests Grant Lee Phillips, Sam Phillips, Linda Perry @ Troubadour Low vs Diamond, The Young Immortals, IO Echo, Mr. Uncertain @ Spaceland Blackcowboy, Neuromance, MC Rut, The Blackout Trust @ Viper Room I Make......

Jeff Tweedy of Wilco would probably prefer it if you didn't talk on Wednesday Spinal Tap @ Avalon, tonight Joss Stone @ Greek, tonight Metal Skool, Shapes of Racecars @ Key Club, tonight Stevie Wonder @ Santa Barbara Bowl, Tues Gogol Bordello @ Henry Fonda, Tues Wilco @ Greek, Weds. The Like @ Spaceland, Weds Los Lobos @ Santa Monica Pier, Thurs Kronos Quartet @ California Plaza, Thurs Mat Kearney @ House of Blues,......

Beastie Boys @ Greek Theatre [two photo essays of last night's show here and here] Ted Nugent @ House of Blues Manic, Dead Ponies, Minutes til Midnight, Policy @ The Echo Low vs Diamond, Oliver Future, The Lonely H, The Scare @ Spaceland Metal Skool, Tattooed Millionaires, The Unwanted Guests, Ramonas LA @ Key Club Resident Hero, Rama Duke, Hello Vegas, Putnam Hall @ The Troubadour The Crash Kings, Birds & Batteries, Walker Young......

the all highschool-girl Japanese ska band, Oreska Band, will play tonight at the Echo Queens of the Stone Age @ Henry Fonda Squeeze @ The Greek Veruca Salt @ The Roxy Deep Purple @ Ventura Theatre Gliss, Moderates, Io Echo, Black Kites @ Viper Room Manic, Stranger Smile, On the Surface, Oreska Band @ The Echo The Vaginals, Clark 8, John Thill, Lacoste @ The Scene Metal Skool, Rasa 9, Eject, Steady Ground @......

The Wombats - "Kill The Director" The Wombats, Oslo @ Roxy Metal Skool, The Mulhollands, The Automatic Music Explosion @ Key Club Low Vs. Diamond, Nico Vega, Flash By Image, Alamo Race Track @ Spaceland Mighty Six Ninety, Saucy Minx, Run Run Run, Unbusted @ Viper Room Plasticsoul, Kold War, Atomic Bitch, The Trainwrecks, Jordan Zevon @ The Cat Club Chencha Berrinches, Los Creepers, Sweet Sensations, The Scuffs @ The Knitting Factory Manic, Princeton,......

Rush @ Hollywood Bowl Slint @ Henry Fonda Sanjaya Malakar, Melinda Doolittle, Lakisha Jones, Jordin Sparks @ Staples Center Division Day, Saint Motel, The Health Club, Moving to France @ Viper Room Buckwheat Zydeco, Doug Legacy & the Zydeco Party Band @ Safari Sam's Patton Oswalt @ Largo Snow Patrol, Hot Hot Heat @ Greek Johnny Polanco @ El Floridita Metal Skool, D’Amato, The Hammer, AL-CE-MI @ Key Club Plasticsoul, Brandon Schott, The Breakups,......

Spoon @ Little Radio Louis CK, Dana Gould @ Largo Ferraby Lionheart, Franklin for Short, Karabel Nightlife @ Tangier Moris Tepper, Thee LA Gentleman Callers @ The Echo Vampire Weekend, Grand Ole Party @ The Troubadour Black Lips @ Amoeba (6pm) Suki Ewers @ The Bordello Eskimo Hunter, Minutes til Midnight @ Spaceland High Society, Honeypot, The Futhamuckas @ The Scene Good on Paper, Happy Hollows, Thailand, Hearts of Palm UK @ Viper Room......

Mere Mortals @ Spaceland Hugh Cornwell @ the Roxy I See Hawks in LA @ the Bordello Metal Skool, March, The Perfect Victim, Paperback Hero @ Key Club Light FM, Peter Walker, The Ghost Lullaby, Icebird @ Silverlake Lounge Media Control, Sweet Sensations @ Safari Sam's 5 O'Clock Somewhere, Ollin, Bollweevil @ The Echo War Tapes, In Waves, Broaddaylight, Skates @ Viper Room Legends of Swing Big Band @ Charlie O's Doubleplusgood, Moothart @......

Fall Out Boy, +44, The Academy Is . . ., Paul Wall @ Honda Center Metal Skool, Virginia City Revival, Glass Pinata, Silver Needle @ Key Club The Adored, Lola Ray, The Neon Trees @ Knitting Factory The Ghost Lullaby, Peachfuzz, Jessie Deluxe, Ready the Jet, The Dirges @ Safari Sam's Thee Fine Lines, Quan & the Chinese Take-Outs @ The Scene Suicide Club, Totally Radd, Protection, Love Lies Sleeping @ Viper Room......

Bad Manners @ Safari Sam's Thailand, Radars to the Sky, Blue Skies for Black Hearts, Fast Computers @ Silverlake Lounge Metal Skool, Inberst, Sound of the Struggle, It’s Revenge @ Key Club Patton Oswalt @ Largo Nomo, The Lions @ Temple Bar Health, Robin Williams on Fire @ Pehrspace Cracker & a Coaster, The Abe Lincoln Story, The Digs @ Mr. T's Bowl Eagle & Talon, Open Air Stereo, Van Gunn, Barcelona @ The......

from the upcoming Metal Skool movie - NSFW Thailand, Pink Mochi, Good on Paper @ Silverlake Lounge Burning Brides, Nebula, Sasquatch, Black Fur @ The Echo Metal Skool, The Refinery, Looker, The Grand Marquee @ Key Club The Horrors, Bloodcat Love, Suicide Club @ The El Rey Health, Juiceboxxx, Dan Deacon @ pehrspace Listing Ship, 3 Leg Torso, The Abe Lincoln Story, Ollin @ Mr. T's Bowl Disrott, Homesick Abortions, The Lab Rats, The......

Smoosh: They're 14, they've been rocking for years. We interviewed them in April. Touring America is what they're doing for their summer vacation. What are you doing for yours? The Pipettes are equally cute, but in a very different (and legal) way @ The Troubadour Juliette and the Licks @ Spaceland LCD Soundsystem, Yacht @ El Rey Theatre Thailand, Repeater, Death to Anders, Expo 70 @ Silverlake Lounge Hymns, Mezzanine Owls, The Parson Redheads,......

Jesca Hoop - "Big Fish" On the Surface, Something for Rockets, Low vs. Diamond, Shapes of Race Cars @ Viper Room Jesca Hoop, Thao & the Get Down Stay Down, Tom Schraeder @ The Hotel Cafe The Monolators, Downtown-Union, The Natural Disasters @ The Scene Thailand, The Break Up Brenda's, I Make This Sound, The Coco B's @ Silverlake Lounge Spindrift, Wiskey Biscuit, Crooked Cowboy @ Safari Sam's Burning Briges, Lion Fever, Luxury Flats......

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......

RJD2, Pigeon John @ Henry Fonda Insane Clown Posse @ Grove of Anaheim Sarah Silverman @ Largo Metal Skool, Shapes of Race Cars @ Key Club Bodies of Water, Kind Hearts & Coronets, Muso, Lava Children @ The Echo Dave Gleason, The Twains, The High Society @ Silverlake Lounge Gliss, Augie March, The Melismatics, The Moderates @ Spaceland Dirty Royals, Upstanding Youth, The Ugly Sticks @ The Gig Eric Lindley, The Health Club, Crash......