Residencies

These days a lot of LA promoters strongly believe in residencies (the same band playing the same night of the week each week for a month). The theory goes that if a band is good, word-of-mouth will ensure that the crowd builds each week. Spaceland used to own free Monday nights; there was always a line after 10:30pm. A lot of bands got record deals as a result of their Monday night residency at Spaceland. But these days it's getting harder to keep track of all the residencies. I know it's already the 13th, but here's what the month of October has to offer:

Spaceland:
Mondays - Colored Shadows (free) [LA band, tripped out - press on their page sounds like they wanna sound like Doves]
Wednesday - Bigbang [from Norway, sound a bit like the Black Crowes]
Thursday - Green and Yellow TV [email band to get on list - LA band - straightforward rock]

The Echo:
Monday - Lavender Diamond (free) [folk pop]
Tuesday - The Waking Hours [according to their myspace page they sound like Rooney and Phantom Planet]

The Fold:
Monday @ Silverlake Lounge - The Words (free)
Wednesday @Silverlake Lounge - Sabrosa Purr ($5) [listen for yourself]
Sunday @ Tangier - Mt. Egypt ($5) [sounds promising and indie, have a listen]

I've only spent about two minutes listening to each of these bands. A couple of them sound promising and a couple of them sound terrible. At least they're all out there doing it.....