Los Angeles Needs... A Wednesday Update
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Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Los Angeles Needs... A Wednesday Update

Los Angeles Needs... A Wednesday Update
It took only a few bars into "Spandex Hitman" to get used to the new configuration of The Monolators with their new guitarist Raymond Gurrola (formerly of EKUK and Maxwell Demon) last night at Echo Curio. And further blurring the lines of irony and coincidence, former Monolators guitarist Tom Bogdon's band Shirley Rolls were playing exactly 5.9 miles away at Mr. T's Bowl around the same time. While it may have been a tough decision for long-time fans to choose between them, we were lucky enough to make it to both and enjoy the same hearing loss at each. So for the first bout between Monos vs. Shirleys, we'll call it a draw -- although you be the judge (see vids below).

Hope to see some of you at tonight's show at Mr. T's. Again, if you're not up for going out tonight because of illness, laziness, or otherness, be sure to hit up either Stickam, CoverItLive.com, or our Twitter. We tested everything last night and everything shockingly worked -- we actually noticed two people checking out our live broadcast of Odd Modern's performance. Keep in mind, the video quality is obviously not going to be that great in low light but we'll do our best. Also, we printed out way too many posters for tonight's show so we'll have some for free. As always, we encourage wearing t-shirts of your favorite obscure/mainstream local/non-local awesome/crappy band, especially if they're actually playing tonight. Finally, there will also be free pizza for those who show up early and why wouldn't you when Cobra Lilies will be going on first?

In other news: Speaking of free pizza. Everyone's favorite food group Pizza! is giving away two free downloads on their site. Go get them and go see them live on Friday at L'KEG... The 2009 Eagle Rock Music Festival is now taking applicants for this year's event, scheduled for 10/3. Get in quickly or you'll be left out... UK buzz band Sky Larkin will be shooting a video in town on 3/15 before SXSW and they need extras. If you're interested in being apart of rock music video history email them.


The Monolators - "Let's Be Best Friends in Space" (Live at Echo Curio, 2/17/09)



Shirley Rolls - "Unraveling" (Live at Mr. T's Bowl, 2/17/09)
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