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), Echo Park
Warpaint @ Bordello ($5), Arts District (Downtown)
The Voom Blooms (no 3/10 show) @ The Viper Room (Free if on MySpace RSVP list or $10), West Hollywood
Voxhaul Broadcast @ Spaceland (Free), Silver Lake
Reeve Oliver @ Detroit Bar (Free), Costa Mesa
Metal Skool (lifetime residents) @ Key Club ($18 for 21+ // $28 for 18-21), West Hollywood
Beatnik Jr. @ Crash Mansion ($3), South Park (Downtown)
Adjoa Skinner, Carney @ Molly Malone's ($10), Fairfax District
The Amazements @ pehrspace, Historic Filipinotown
Jake La Botz @ The Redwood Bar (Free), Bunker Hill (Downtown)
Tuesdays
Reeve Oliver @ Key Club (Free, 15+), West Hollywood
The Heart String Symphony, Puppies & Kittens @ Molly Malone's ($5), Fairfax District
Chris Murray Combo @ Knitting Factory -- Alterknit ($5), Hollywood
The Makers @ SevenGrand (Free, buy drinks), Downtown
Wednesdays
Halestorm @ Viper Room ($10), West Hollywood
Test Your Reflex @ Hotel Cafe ($8), Hollywood
Thursdays
theSTART @ Crash Mansion ($5), South Park (Downtown)
Sundays
Alex & Sam @ Tangier ($8), Los Feliz
Read the LAist Interview with Alex & Sam
If any bands are missing from this list, please drop a suggestion to zach@laist.com.
